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by Doug VanderLaanEditor

Meeting in its first official session Tuesday,the newly constituted Barry County Board ofCommissioners made quick work of sidestep-ping a proverbial hand grenade.

The board tabled what’s quickly become acontroversial proposal to amend the bylaws ofits parks and recreation board, primarily inreaction to public comments made at last

week’s committee of the whole meeting byHastings Charter Township Supervisor JimBrown.

Brown likened the proposed allowance ofnon-county resident members of the parks andrecreation board to make motions — but not tovote — on issues before the board to “lettingsomebody ... take a hand grenade, wrap it up,and throw it in the middle of a room.”

Parks and Recreation Board member Rick

Moore was on hand Tuesday to defuse theheated rhetoric and point out to commission-ers the vital importance of working togetheron multi-jurisdictional projects that benefitthe larger region.

“I apologize for not being here last weekbecause of a family emergency,” said Mooreduring opening public comments, “but, ifanyone has questions about the Paul HenryTrail, please see me before things blow upinto unfortunate rumors.”

Moore used the Paul Henry ThornappleTrail, which passes through Barry County andinto Eaton County, as an example of just thekind of multi-jurisdictional project that suc-ceeds because of cooperation from individu-als and government leaders in several coun-ties.

It was precisely that cooperation fromEaton County residents who serve on theBarry County Parks and Recreation Board,though, that raised the concern of commis-sioners last month who questioned the possi-bility that outside county committee memberscould vote on revenue recommendation issuesthat might lead to increased taxes for BarryCounty residents.

At last week’s committee of the wholemeeting when Parks and Rec Board ChairMichelle Skedgell presented the set of newamendments, which included the eliminationof voting rights for non-county committeemembers, County Commissioner Ben Geigerasked why the amendments still allowed non-county committee members to make a motionfor a vote.

That’s what raised Brown’s ire and the allu-sion to hand grenades.

“Coffee shop mill conversation,” is howMoore termed the reaction in remarks madefollowing Tuesday’s meeting.

“People wonder about the way we dothings on the parks and rec board and all theyhave to do is ask me,” said Moore. “I’ve beentrying to build this trail system since 1981 andit’s very important in a multi-jurisdictionalsystem like ours to work with our neighbors.It’s just a shame to have so much dissension.”

During his public comments Tuesday,Moore told commissioners of a recent pro-posal he had received to build a trail fromWoodland to Lake Odessa that could possibly

County tables parks and rec changes to deal with fallout

by Julie MakarewiczStaff Writer

A Canada-based tool and die companycalled Accurate Machine and Tool Ltd. plansto build a new site in Middleville and hopesto be operational by late summer or early fall.

The expansion is the first move out ofCanada for the company.

Owner Peter Bodi said he hopes to havebetween five and 10 employees in the firstyear and maybe as many as 25 to 30 employ-ees by the third year.

The Middleville Village PlanningCommission Wednesday night approved asite plan for the company, at 987 GrandRapids St. It as approximately 2.5 acres onthe southeast corner of Crane Road andGrand Rapids Street, formerly the site of DanValley Excavating.

Two buildings currently occupy the site.Plans are to demolish the westernmost build-ing now and replace it with a 23,000-square-foot metal and glass block building. A secondphase of the project will demolish the secondbuilding with an addition built later.

Bodi said timing on the second phase inMiddleville will depend on how business

expands.Bodi said he was drawn to West Michigan

because one of his company’s largest cus-tomers is Bradford White.

“Our biggest customer is in Middleville.We’ve been working with them [Bradford

Canadian tool and die makerlooking to expand in Middleville

by Sandra PonsettoStaff Writer

Wednesday, Jan. 9, the day Hastings AreaSchools and the Hastings EducationAssociation were scheduled to attend a non-binding fact-finding session before a statejudge, the HEA announced it had a reached atentative two-year contract agreement withthe district.

Negotiations began in April 2012 as part ofthe re-opening of a two-year contract settledin 2011, which allowed re-opening for finan-cial situations. Because the school systemended the previous school year with an audit-ed deficit of $622,607, the district appealed tothe HEA to re-open negotiations. However,talks became more heated in September afterteachers rejected an “on-schedule” 6 percentsalary reduction this fall that their negotiatorshad tentatively agreed on with the board. Theon-schedule reduction, or permanent paydecrease as opposed to a limited-time reduc-tion, became a sticking point, and negotia-tions entered mediation.

The tentative agreement is for two-yearcontract with a 6 percent off-schedule, or one-time, salary reduction for the 2012-13 schoolyear with one furlough day; which meansteachers will each give up the equivalent ofone day’s pay over the remaining course ofthe year. Next year, teachers will take 6 per-cent salary reduction — 3 percent an on-schedule, permanent reduction and 3 percentan off-schedule, one-time reduction.

“Over the course of two years, this offerwill save the district over $1 million ($1,080,859),” said HEA President Wendi McCauseyof the compromise that was reached Dec. 20.

“Mediation on Dec. 18, did not go well. Wefelt like we made offers which includedeverything the board of education asked forand they still came back saying ‘no,’” shesaid. “The catalyst for getting this TA [tenta-tive agreement[ was [Hastings Area Schoolssuperintendent[ Todd Geerlings taking thelead and calling [HEA negotiator] TracyGeorge, anxious to make a deal.”

“The proposed contract is a compromisefor both sides,” said Geerlings. “The teachers

have agreed to a salary reduction, which isvery difficult for them, but the district hasbeen in dire financial straights, and this willget us in the black; by the end of the year weshould have just over $600,000 in the fundbalance.”

“This [tentative agreement] allows them tocompletely eliminate their debt and have afund balance,” said McCausey.

Before the tentative agreement wasreached, the HEA filed an unfair labor prac-tice lawsuit against the board. As part of thecontract agreement, the HEA will withdrawthe ULP.

McCausey said the HEA is cautiously opti-mistic.

“The teachers have been saying since April2012 that they have been willing to help. This[tentative agreement] demonstrates that will-ingness,” she said. “The teachers are givingthe district money out of their own walletsand affirming their desire to help in this crisis.We are saying, ‘Here is my wallet. I’m trust-ing you with the money in it now.’ This is ahuge give on our part, being that there is somuch distrust between us and the board.”

The district now bears the onus to maintaina positive fund balance, make fiscally respon-sible decisions and seek alternative fundingsources, said McCausey.

“We are now trusting that these things willbe done,” she said. “This is the perfect oppor-tunity for the district to work on rebuildingthis trust with the teachers and with the com-

munity. “The teachers are going to continue to ask

tough questions and expect answers to howtheir money is being spent. The communityneeds to do the same,” McCausey said.“Everyone needs to be held accountable forthe financial future of Hastings AreaSchools.”

McCausey said everyone needs to beproactive if the district’s financial strugglesare to be resolved.

“It will take hard work,” she said, “Theworst thing would be for nothing to changeand for the district to be right back here in twoyears. The teachers want to see Hastings AreaSchools continue to grow and be a placewhere parents choose to send their children.

“Teachers have many great ideas abouthow to cut expenses and make better use offinancial resources,” said McCausey. “Theyare in the classrooms every day and knowwhat is needed, what works and what does-n’t.”

Geerlings said once the district has settledthe contract, it will be time to start lookingforward.

“It is our goal to start strategic planning inthe spring, and we want teachers and commu-nity members to be involved in that process,”he said, “We hope there will be more harmo-ny in the district as we work through thestrategic planning to get the district moving ina more positive direction.”

Hastings school district and teachers reach tentative agreement“The teachers are goingto continue to ask toughquestions and expect answersto how their money is beingspent. The community needsto do the same. Everyoneneeds to be held accountablefor the financial future ofHastings Area Schools.”

Wendi McCausey,HEA president

“Our biggest customer is inMiddleville. We’ve beenworking with them [BradfordWhite] for eight or 10 years,and we believe they aregrowing and will expand,”

Pete Bodi, owner AccurateMachine and Tool Ltd.

See FALLOUT, pg. 8See EXPANSION, pg. 8

Saxons beat Bronson to win LambThe Hastings varsity wrestling team celebrates its championship Saturday at the 51st Annual LH Lamb Invitational at Hastings

High School. The Saxons beat runner-up Bronson by seven points to take the title, 200 to 193. Mitchell Sarhatt, Kenny Cross,Jason Slaughter and Nate Pewoski won individual flight titles for the Saxons, and the Hastings team had five runner-up finisheson the day as well. See more inside. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Healthy LivingSupper Clubmeets tonight

The Hastings Healthy Living SupperClub kicks off 2013 with a presentationon how to fight hunger and maintain ahealthful weight Thursday, Jan. 10, at theHastings Seventh-day Adventist ChurchFellowship Hall, 888 Terry Lane,Hastings, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

The program will feature health pro-fessional Evelyn Kissinger, a lifestyleconsultant, registered dietitian, interna-tional speaker, author and teacher.Kissinger will discuss how to tame the“hungry gene” to reach and maintain ahealthy weight.

The club has changed its meetingschedule to the second Thursday of eachmonth from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Everyone iswelcome to join the group for always-free presentations, food, fellowship andsimple solutions for making healthierlifestyle choices.

The Hastings Healthy Living SupperClub is an outreach partner of the BarryCounty B.Healthy Coalition. For moreinformation email hhlsclub@gmail.comor call 269-948-3161.

Maiden Voyageperforming Sunday

Sunday, Jan. 13, at 6 p.m., FirstPresbyterian Church of Hastings willhost the second of a five concert series.This week the local group MaidenVoyage will perform.

Members of the band are AngieSeeber, Colleen Acker and MelindaSmalley. Each brings her own vocal styleto the group, as well as skills on variousinstruments, such as piano, guitar andpercussion. Collectively, they create ablend of vocal harmonies.

They will present an hour-long con-cert of original and popular favorites.The concert is free and open to the pub-lic. However, free-will donations will beaccepted.

First Presbyterian Church is locatedon M-37 Highway, north of Hastings.

Free radon testkits available inJanuary

Residents of Barry or Eaton countiesmay stop by the health department officein Hastings or Charlotte to pick up a freein-home test kit during January. Test kitsare limited to one kit per address.

Radon is a naturally occurring gasresulting from the radioactive decay ofradium, which is found in small amountsin almost every kind of soil and rock. Asa gas, radon moves upward through thesoil and enters buildings through cracksand openings in the foundation floor orwalls.

According to a Michigan survey, ele-vated levels of radon are expected in oneout of eight homes. In some counties, upto 45 percent of homes may have radonlevels above the EPA recommendedlimit. The only way to know if a homehas elevated radon levels is to test it.

To learn more, call or visit the envi-ronmental health division of the Barry-Eaton District Health Department inHastings at 330 W. Woodlawn Ave.(269-945-9516, ext. 5) between 8 a.m.and noon or 1 to 5 p.m. weekdays; or callthe MDEQ Indoor Radon Program at800-RADON GAS (800-723-6642).

NEWSBRIEFS

See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2

A Vermontville man had to be extricatedfrom his pickup truck and airlifted to ahospital after an accident in near I-94 in

Calhoun County Monday.The 32-year-old Vermontville resident,

who was not identified by press time,

reportedly was heading north when he strucka semi-tractor that was pulling out of the TATruck Stop on 11 Mile Road just off of theexpressway Jan. 7 around 6:35 p.m.

According to a press release from theEmmett Township Department of PublicSafety, officers arrived to find the pickuplodged under the southbound semi trailer.Both the driver and his 28-year-old girlfriendfrom Battle Creek needed to be extricatedfrom the vehicle with serious injuries. Fourpassengers in the back seat, including thegirlfriend’s three children and her sister, hadminor injuries. The driver was airlifted byAirCare, and the other passengers weretransported to Kalamazoo for further medicaltreatment.

The semi driver and passenger were notinjured.

The road was closed for several hours.Alcohol and drugs may have been a factor inthe crash; the investigation continues.

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YOUR ARE INVITED TOTHE 2013 INAUGURAL BALL

Honoring President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden

Saturday, the 19th of January,8:00 in the evening until ? ? ?

At the Historic Thomas Jefferson Hall

Light food and refreshments will be served. Live music for your dancing pleasure.

On this 57th Presidential Inauguration Celebrationplan now for an evening celebrating President Obama’s

SECOND TERM IN OFFICE.

Dress is optional from formal to blue jeans. $10 per person

Please join your friends and neighbors for this celebration of Victory!

Paid for by the Barry County Democratic Committee, 238 S. Jefferson St., Hastings, MI 49058

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Golf course reverting back to farmlandEarlier this week, smoke could be seen rising from the recently sold River Bend Golf

Course on West State Road in Hastings. The recreational facility traded hands to newowner Larry Haywood. Haywood is converting the land back to a family farm.Haywood has removed parts of the course irrigation and many trees in order to plowin the spring.

WEST

N: 9 4M: 10 5 4 3L: 2K: Q 10 7 6 4 3

EAST

N: Q 5 3M: JL: A K 10 8 7 6 5 3K: 8

BETTER BRIDGE INBARRY COUNTY

by Gerald Stein

NORTH

N: J 7 2M: 8 7 6 2L: 9 4K: A K J 5

SOUTH:

N: A K 10 8 6M: A K Q 9L: Q JK: 9 2

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Dealer: West

Vulnerable: Both

Lead: Pick It

North East South WestPass

Pass 4L ????

Today’s column shows another example of the opposition using the pre-emptive bid to inter-fere with the North/South hands. After two passes, East is in a perfect position to preempt witheight diamonds headed by the AL and KL. This is the kind of bid that is a delight for the bid-der with the weak hand and a nightmare for the bidder with the strong and powerful hand. WithSouth looking at his hand and 19 high card points and one for length in the spade suit, certain-ly South knows he must do something. But what should South do? Bid? Pass? Double? Theseseem to be the three options open to the South player. What bid would you have made as theSouth player?

With both sides vulnerable, South does not need too much from his partner North to make agame in spades. That would be 620 points for their side if it makes. Conversely, South knowsthat East has eight diamonds for such a bold bid after two passes. That leaves only five cardsremaining, with a strong possibility of singletons and doubletons. Setting East with one trickvulnerable would net only 200 points for the North/South team. Setting East with two tricks vul-nerable would net 500 points for the North/South team. With a known eight diamonds, that isprobably the maximum number of tricks North/South could take. The choice then is to take 500points and a set, or go for the vulnerable game of 620. What would you do?

If you are a regular reader of this column, you know the answer already. Of course, go for themost points that you can get. Bid the 4N and go for the best possible score. If East elects to sac-rifice and bids 5L, then double as your second option and hope that you can set the East play-er for down three and an 800 point bonus on your side of the ledger.

As it turns out, the hand was played at a number of tables at 4N while at an equal number oftables the 4L bid was doubled. With a lead of the 3M from the West player, the South playertook the trick with the QM. South promptly drew two rounds of trump finding that the QN didnot fall. That is one losing trick. The other two losing tricks appear to be the two diamond tricksthat East had for her opening bid of 4L. South could have played East for the QN and finessedthe Queen, making an overtrick, as the cards lie.

When the singleton club in the East hand is taken and East shows out of clubs by never lead-ing them again, South immediately knows where the QK is and can successfully finesse the QK

and claim all tricks remaining. South lost two diamond tricks and one spade trick. North/Southsuccessfully made a vulnerable game for the top board of 620 points.

For those tables that chose to defend and work to defeat the 4L contract doubled, their workwas cut out for them. While East has eight certain tricks, and would be down two tricks if thedefenders played their cards correctly for a score of 500 points for the North/South team, yetthere is danger that South will play one too many spade tricks and set up the QN for East allow-ing the East player to take nine tricks and only be down one trick for a paltry score of 200.North/South would have been given a bottom score for not having defended well.

South must be careful to take the AN, and then switch to the AM, the KM, putting East onlead. Then South must play carefully when East has to lead from her hand. In this way, East willlose one club, one heart, and three spade tricks, down two for a minus 500 points.

Still, East/West can be happy if they do go down minus 500 once they know that North/Southcan make a vulnerable game and 620 points. Isn’t bridge fun?

*****A bridge class called “Eight Conventions You Should Know” will begin on the fourMonday mornings in February 2013. Start your New Year’s bridge resolutions today.Organized through the Institute for Learning in Retirement program at the KelloggCommunity College Battle Creek campus on Hill Brady Road, this class will providebridge playing time, bridge instructions, a chance to make new friends, and a chance toimprove your bridge game. Call the KCC office for details.

*****(Gerald Stein, an Accredited Bridge Teacher for the American Contract Bridge League,

teaches bridge classes at local schools and bridge clubs. You can visit his bridge blog at:http://betterbridgeinbarrycountymichigan.blogspot.com)

• Pennock Health Services’Echocardiography Lab has been grantedanother three-year term of accreditation inechocardiography-adult transthoracic andadult stress by the Intersocietal AccreditationCommission. Accreditation by the IACmeans that Pennock Health Services hasundergone a thorough review of its opera-tional and technical components by a panel ofexperts. The IAC grants accreditation only tothose facilities that are found to be providinghigh-quality patient care, in compliance withnational standards through a comprehensiveapplication process, including detailed casestudy review. IAC accreditation is a “seal ofapproval” that patients can rely on as an indi-cation that the facility has been carefully cri-tiqued on all aspects of its operations consid-ered relevant by medical experts in the fieldof echocardiography.

• Hastings Mutual Insurance Companyrecently appointed Kellie M. Haines to theHastings Mutual Board of Directors. Hainesis the president of Axios Inc. in Grand Rapidsand has experience in financial management.

• Hastings Mutual, which serves six statesin the Midwest, was again awarded an A-plusfinancial strength rating from A.M. BestCompany in 2012. Although the rating wasaffirmed, A.M. Best revised the outlook fromstable to negative based on the company’sgeographic concentration and correspondingexposure to severe weather-related losses. Inspite of less than favorable underwritingresults and operating earnings due to stormlosses, Hastings Mutual maintains a strongrisk-adjusted capital position. The rating

affirmation reflects the company’s capitaliza-tion with moderate underwriting leverage, aconservative investment risk profile andfavorable loss reserve development, as wellas the five-year operating performance drivenby solid investment income. These positiverating factors are derived from the company’slong-standing agency relationships and thecompany’s adherence to sound operating fun-damentals.

Kellie Haines

Vermontville man air-lifted after colliding with semi

NEWSBRIEFScontinued from

front page

Martin LutherKing Day ofService slated

The Barry County United Way andVolunteer Center is hosting a MartinLuther King Day of Service project forthe second year, benefiting local resi-dents in need.

The project has two parts. The first is apersonal care products drive, a communi-ty-wide collection that will take placenow through Jan. 21. Bins will be avail-able for drop-off at Buckland Insuranceoffices in Hastings and Delton and BarryCounty United Way. Products that will becollected include hotel-size and full-sizeshampoo, conditioner, lotion, bars ofsoap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and more.

The second part is the MLK Day ofService. From 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, Jan.21, the Barry County United Way andVolunteer Center will host volunteers atthe Barry Community EnrichmentCenter, 231 S. Broadway, Hastings.Volunteers of all ages are invited to helpfill personal care bags with items thatwere collected and donated. Organizershope to complete 200 care packs to bedistributed at the Barry CountyContinuum of Care’s resource connectionfair.

Anyone interested in volunteering maycall the Barry County United Way office,269-945-4010, or go online to www.bcu-nitedway.org to get more information onvolunteering and local events in need ofvolunteers.

It’s been nearly 50 years since race cars slid through Turn Four at the old Hastings Speedway, but the venerable race track’ssecrets still survive in the memories of those who attended and on what’s left of the old quarter-miler just outside of town. ReadSaturday’s Reminder to learn what three former race car drivers discovered when they returned to the scene this week.

Hastings Speedway still holds stories

by Sandra PonsettoStaff Writer

Monday evening the Hastings PlanningCommission discussed the formation of ajoint planning commission for the urban serv-ices district, which currently includes thehotel site in Rutland Charter Township on M-43/M-37 and the parcel to the east of the siteand west of the city limits.

The urban services and economic develop-ment agreement recently signed by Rutlandand the city requires the establishment of aJPC, which would have jurisdiction overproperty in the urban services district. TheJPC would include representatives fromRutland Charter Township and the City ofHastings and possibly from other governmen-tal units involved in the Joint PlanningAssociation, which includes representativesfrom the city, county, and Rutland andHastings Charter townships.

Hastings City Manager Jeff Mansfield saidthe urban services agreement has been placedin escrow until the hotel is hooked up to thecity’s sewer and water system.

“The sewer main is actually complete. Itwas completed about a month ago,”Mansfield told the planning commissionMonday. “The water main will probably beconstructed later this spring, and we’ll proba-bly connect the water main, sometime in Mayor June, to the hotel. They are still hoping, Ithink, to have the hotel open in July.

“When the hotel connects to the utilities,that’s when the conditional transfer of thehotel site [to the City of Hastings] will occur,”he said. “When that happens, we’ve agreedwith Rutland township that we will imple-ment, we will continue to use their zoningregulations for that site.”

Mansfield said that only areas that are con-ditionally transferred to the city would comeunder the city’s zoning jurisdiction. Currently,that is limited to the hotel site, although theother parcel would be included when it ishooked up to utilities or at the end of threeyears, when it also would be conditionallytransferred to the city.

“On top of that, the urban services agree-ment requires that a joint planning commis-sion be formed and that that joint planningcommission have planning authority for thearea that is conditionally transferred. So,again, it is only the hotel site,” he said, addingthat the city is required to create a zoning mapfor the area in question as soon as reasonablypossible.

“That could take several months,” he said.“It would be better if it could happen simulta-neously. We could be preparing the ordinanceand have it waiting for that conditional trans-fer to occur and then implement that ordi-nance.”

Mansfield said the zoning in the area couldbe very similar to what is in the city’s B-2zoning district but may include some compo-

nent of Rutland township’s zoning.“So, we have to have this entire discussion

about what we want to have that zoning regu-lation, that zoning district, look like,” he said.“This is all very good stuff because we arealso talking about having compatible zoningordinances along the entire West State Streetcorridor. It gives us the opportunity to look atwhere we have differences between the juris-dictions, and smooth those differences out.”

The City of Hastings and Rutland townshipboard will schedule a joint informationalmeeting in the near future to review and dis-cuss the JPC and its jurisdiction.

In other business, the commission:• Unanimously approved a motion giving

its annual approval of the HastingsComprehensive Community Plan establishedin 2007 and recommendation that theHastings City Council do the same.

• Heard and discussed a proposed amend-ments to the B-2 zoning district, [the businessdistrict west of downtown on M-43/M-37],and building design standards for new con-struction in the same area. Hastings CityPlanner, Tim Johnson, prepared the proposalsdiscussed and will update them, based oncommissioner comments, for further consid-eration and discussion the February planningcommission meeting.

• Discussed zoning additional areas in theJPA for industrial and light industrial devel-opment.

Hastings Planning Commission discussesformation of joint planning commission

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Hastings library is one of 38 world webcast sitesMike Evans (standing, left) from Hastings Public Library makes it possible for citizens to learn from Calvin College’s January

Series. The series is being webcast from Grand Rapids to 38 sites worldwide and runs for 15 days. Interested citizens may con-gregate in the library’s second floor community room from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., until Jan. 23 to hear experts speak on topics, suchas turning oppression into opportunity the immigration debate feeding the world and the future of farming inside Washington, D.C.;and inaugural addresses in American history. For more information on the January Series, go to www.calvin.edu/january.

by Julie MakarewiczStaff Writer

Finally, chickens can come home to roostin Middleville.

After nearly a year of discussion and pub-lic hearings, the village council ended thedebate Tuesday night by setting fees for per-mits for people wanting to raise chickens.

Permit fees will be $35 for the initial per-mit and $15 for an annual renewal.

The fees were initially suggested at $50 forthe initial permit, but some council memberssaid that was too high.

Zoning Administrator Catherine Getty saidshe reviewed her recommendation and saidprobably a $35 fee would cover most of hertime to inspect sites and make sure all provi-sions are being met.

The council opted to allow chickens withseveral restrictions, including the size anddistance of the shelter for the chickens, set-backs from rear and side yards and other reg-ulations. The permit allows only up to fourhens per property and no roosters will beallowed.

Council member Shannon Endsley said shedoesn’t think it’s fair to make chicken ownerspay a permit fee at all.

“Why are we singling them out? We don’tcharge for people who have dogs they keepoutside. I think it’s very unfair for the peoplewho have chickens. When are we going tostart charging for dogs?” she asked.

The village currently does not have anyordinance regulations for dog permits.

Endsley said she doesn’t think anyoneshould have to pay a fee for pets.

“I shouldn’t have to pay to have a pet onmy own property,” she said.

Endsley, Mike Lytle and Ed Schellinger allvoted against the proposed fees. Lytle andSchellinger voted against allowing chickensin the village at all.

Schellinger said he hopes the zoningadministrator and the village staff keep aclose eye on people who have chickens andmake sure they remain in compliance evenafter they’ve received their initial permit.

Chicken fees set in MiddlevilleMiddleville council wants mountainbike trail marked before final decision

by Julie MakarewiczStaff writer

Before Middleville Village Council mem-bers give final approval for a mountain biketrail in Wildwood Trails Park, they want tosee exactly where the trail will be created andwhat, if any, trees would have to be removed.

During Tuesday’s meeting, council memberJoyce Lutz asked Michael Gormley and mem-bers of the Michigan Mountain BikeAssociation to mark the trail and then guidecouncil members together on a tour of the trail.

“I want them to tape the trail so we can allgo out there and see exactly where it’s goingto be. This map and picture doesn’t really tellus what will happen,” said Lutz.

She said she was concerned about treeremoval.

“There are a lot of trees out there. If youhave to cut some, once they’re cut, they’regone,” she said. “I just don’t think we shouldallow a trail until we know exactly what’sgoing to be done. Otherwise I feel like wecould get blind-sided.”

Wildwood Trails Park is located on OakMeadow Drive off Town Center Drive inRolling Oaks Estates, behind the Middle VillaInn. The park is about 20 acres of wooded,rolling hills, although the western portion isan open natural grassy area.

Gormley brought the proposed mountain

bike trail to the council a few months ago andhas been working with the MichiganMountain Bike Association for expertise inthe trail design and preparation.

Council member Phil VanNoord said he’swalked the area and doesn’t think there willbe an issue with the bike trail.

“There is heavy brush – very heavy brush— and some of that will have to be removed,”he said.

Tim Curtis, a trail coordinator for YankeeSprings and a member of the MMBA, said thetrail will have to be marked before it’s creat-ed anyway, so it’s not really a setback to goout and mark it now for the council members.

“We’ll mark the trail, check the grades andplan out the entire trail. Then if it’s okay,we’ll clear the brush,” Curtis told the council.“The MMBA has a good reputation and hasput in many trails.

“We want to build the trail to be sustain-able. No one is going to taking out trees big-ger than two inches in diameter. There will bea lot of brush removed, but the plan is to cre-ate the trail using the existing landscape andgoing around the existing trees,” he said.

Curtis cautioned that areas will be hard forthe council members to walk through becauseof the heavy underbrush, but said he and oth-ers can definitely go out and flag the trail togive a better idea of how it will lay within the

center of the park and not interfere with thewalking paths already created.

The trail is proposed to be about 1.75 milesand will be a one-way trail just wide enoughfor one bike at a time in most areas. The onlyplace where the trail will intersect with thewalking path is at the beginning of both trailsat the park entrance.

Council members earlier voiced concernabout safety for walkers if the trails intersect-ed. An earlier proposal showed several areaswhere the bike trail would cross the pedestri-an trail. That has been revised to eliminate theconcerns.

Lutz recommended tabling action on themountain bike trail and then pushed for a votebefore any discussion. She said according toRobert’s Rules of Orders, her motion shouldhave simply been voted on without discus-sion.

Council was told, however, that they havenot officially adopted Robert’s Rules ofOrder, so it would be up to council PresidentCharlie Pullen to determine how to proceed.Pullen said he would allow discussion andthen allowed the vote.

Mike Lytle, Ed Schellinger, and PhilVanNoord voted against tabling the issuewhile Sue Reyff, Lutz, Shannon Endsley andPullen voted in favor of tabling until thecouncil can walk the marked site.

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Fiscal cliff bill turns out to be no deal at allLast week, Congress debated late into the

night trying to avert another series of hurdlesin the race to avoid the “fiscal cliff.”Legislation was necessary due to the agree-ment Congressional leaders made over 17months ago with the president when theywere at odds over raising the debt ceiling.The deal was supposed to force the adminis-tration and Congress to find common groundon program cuts that were supposed to gointo effect Jan. 1.

The compromise bill passed last weekonly put off for another day the real workthat must be done. Not only did the legisla-tion avert the underlying issues plaguing ourcountry, it was filled with ‘pork’ for specialinterest groups. Even after President Obamaridiculed Republicans for their position onspending, he supported a bill that, not onlyraised payroll taxes immediately for everyworking American, it was also filled withtax benefits for the wealthiest of Americans.

Hidden in the legislation that supposedlykept us from going over the fiscal cliff byraising taxes on all working Americans andon individuals making more than $400,000 ayear was a list of these “rider” provisionsreported in a major daily newspaper:

• Section 312: Extends the “seven-yearrecovery period for motorsports entertain-ment complex property.” This loopholeextends a tax break for any developer, pro-fessional sports franchise or investment firmthat builds an arena or major sporting facili-ty. Cost to taxpayers: Between $43 and $46million over the next two years.

• Section 306: Provides tax credits to cor-porations that own and operate railroads,such as Warren Buffett’s BerkshireHathaway. Buffett owns so many railroads,he and his fund had to sell 9.6 million sharesof Union Pacific railroad and 1.9 millionshares of Norfolk Southern railroad, in orderto purchase Burlington Northern Santa Ferailroad without being declared an illegalmonopoly. Cost to taxpayers: $165 to $331million.

• Section 317: Extends special expensingrules for certain “film and television produc-tions” — in other words, Hollywood studios.Cost to taxpayers: Between $75 and $266million annually.

• Section 307 and Section 316: Pays min-ing corporations to buy safety equipmentand offer safety training for its workers. Costto taxpayers: Yet to be determined.

• Section 328: What would a “bipartisanbill” be without a section giving money toGoldman Sachs? This section extends “tax-exempt financing for the New York LibertyZone.” After the Sept. 11 attacks on NewYork City 12 years ago, Congress approvedfunding to help companies located in thedestroyed twin towers and other affectedbuildings relocate to new offices. More thana decade later, taxpayers are still funding thecorporate high-rises and penthouses offinancial giants like Bank of America.Goldman Sachs alone has reportedlyreceived over $1.6 billion just from this oneprogram. Cost to taxpayers: Yet to be deter-mined.

• Section 322: Extends the “ActiveFinancing Exception to Subpart F.” Even thebill itself describes this loophole as a“strangely worded provision.” It provides taxbreaks and loopholes for the richest corpora-tions in the world. Designed to eliminate thetaxes that banks and other mega-corporationspay on profits from loans they make fromtheir massive wealth reserves, critics havelong complained that this corporate welfareprogram is one of the many federal govern-ment subsidies that pays American compa-nies like General Electric, Caterpillar and JPMorgan to move American jobs overseas.Those are three of the biggest lobbyists forthe extension of this tax break. Cost to tax-payers: $9 billion.

• Section 323: Extends “look-throughtreatment of payments between relatedCFCs [controlled foreign corporations]under foreign personal holding companyincome rules.” Called a “gibberish-soundingprovision” in the bill, it is championed bythe U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In reality,this is a loophole that allows U.S. corpora-tions to earn profits on foreign investmentsand foreign subsidiaries without payingtaxes on them. This is another corporate wel-fare program that critics argue is paying U.S.companies to send American jobs overseas.Cost to taxpayers: $750 million annually.

• Tax break for depreciation and forresearch and development: No section num-ber is provided for this loophole, but thispart reportedly extends a well liked, butexpensive tax credit. These tax credits reim-burse corporations for their research anddevelopment costs, as well as depreciationcosts on certain items. Cost to taxpayers: $4billion annually for research and develop-ment; $55 billion annually for depreciationcredits.

The last Democratic president, BillClinton, faced a similar problem early in hisadministration, but he chose to listen to theexperts around him and went in a differentdirection than the current president.

When Clinton stepped to the podium afterreceiving the oath of office in 1992, he toldthe nation that we must invest in our people

and in jobs for the future while, at the sametime, cutting our massive debt.

“It will not be easy, it will require sacri-fice,” said Clinton, “but it can be done anddone fairly.”

Experts at that time told Clinton that, if heexpected to get anything done during hispresidency, he must deal with the deficit firstor nothing else would matter.

Since coming to office, President Obamahas talked about the deficit and continues tohammer Republican leaders over a plan todeal with it, yet the real work is put off foranother day.

As another year came to an end last week,Congressional leaders and the presidentargued over the fiscal cliff and a road map todeal with increased taxes and meaningfuldeficit reduction. Yet, they signed a bill thatadds more debt and sets the stage for evenmore confrontation in the coming months.

In the wee hours of the new year,Congress passed the so-called fiscal clifflegislation of over 150 pages — with thepayoffs described above — that was intend-ed to set the stage for deficit reduction.

An illustration Sunday morning on NBC’s“Meet the Press” program demonstrated thatthe feds plan to collect approximately $2.4trillion in revenues to be used against $3.8trillion in spending. That leaves us with adeficit of approximately $1.4 trillion.

In simpler terms, think of it as if you hadan income of $24,000 but spent an averageof $38,000 per year, putting the rest,$14,000, on your credit card.

It doesn’t take an accountant to realizethat you wouldn’t be able to continue to dothis very long before your house of cardswould come tumbling down. Yet, Congresscontinues to spend without a valid plan toget our financial house in order.

When Clinton named Robert E. Rubin tobe his treasury secretary, Rubin told thepresident that, “if the country doesn’t get itsarms around this economic problem, it willenter a steady, long-term, maybe permanent,decline.”

Rubin was a multimillionaire investmentbanking executive who realized the need fordeficit reduction.

In one of my columns last year, I includ-ed comments made by Federal ReserveChairman Alan Greenspan during a meetinghe had with Clinton before Clinton tookoffice.

“The federal deficit is so high and unsta-ble,” said Greenspan, “that the traditionalargument with deficit spending and increas-ing jobs does not hold.”

Greenspan counseled the new presidentthat addressing the long-term deficit wasessential and that, as a practical matter, itwas impossible to jump-start the economywith a short-term stimulus package asClinton had suggested during his presiden-tial campaign.

“Deficits are such a threat to America’sfuture,” said Greenspan, “that higher taxesin the name of deficit reduction just might beworth it.”

In the months following, Clinton realizedthat he had to build bipartisan support fordeficit reduction or economic growth would-n’t be possible. Now here we are, more than20 years later, again debating the importanceof getting our deficits under control. It’sbeen suggested that by the time Obamaleaves office our national debt could be inexcess of $21 trillion.

When Clinton left office, he was able toannounce that the country’s economy wasnot only strong but that, for the first time indecades, the nation had not only a balancedbudget but a projected surplus, as well.

To do it, Clinton was forced to work witha Congress that, for the first time since the1950s, was in the hands of the Republicansin both the Senate and the House ofRepresentatives. Clinton worked withSpeaker of the House Newt Gingrich onGingrich’s “Contract with America,” callingfor congressional reforms to improve fiscalreasonability, pass anti-crime legislation,implement welfare reform and strengthenour country’s national security.

In contrast, last week, Congress and thepresident agreed on a bill that does nothingto solve our fiscal crisis and puts off imple-menting any spending cuts to deal with theroot problem for two months. So, not onlywill Congress and the president have to dealwith spending cuts, getting a deal to raise thedebt ceiling will be added to the debate.

If American taxpayers expect any mean-ingful legislation to get done in the future,we must call for a national referendumagainst pork barrel spending by requiring alllegislation to be free of add-ons that havenothing to do with the intent of the originallegislation. This might be the formula weneed to clean up the mess we’ve got our-selves into.

If we expect to solve this crisis, it’s timethat the president takes the lead, as Clintondid in his second term when Republicanscontrolled both houses, to find a way towork together to solve America’s problemsbefore it’s too late.

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Northern layerJust enough snow fell by Thursday, Jan. 3, to highlight the contours of a field along North Charlton Park Road in Hastings

Charter Township. Falling snow that morning added a veil over the landscape.

We’re dedicating this space to a photograph taken by readers or our staff members that represents Barry County. If you have a photo toshare, please send it to Newsroom Hastings Banner, 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, MI 49058; or email news@j-adgraphics.com.Please include information such as where and when the photo was taken, who took the photo, and other relevant or anecdotal information.

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Do you recognize these folks or knowwhy this photo was taken? It may havebeen a local band competition. The twomen seated appear to be Art Steward(left) and Herb Moyer, music teachers atHastings High School. The young ladyhas a ribbon that says “Official,” and theman standing is wearing a jacket withan emblem bearing the words“Nashville, W.K. Kellogg, Band.” He isholding a paper that says “Adjudicator’sComments.” While many of the photo-graphs that have appeared in this sec-tion were taken by Barth Studios in the1950s, this was taken by Whites PhotoService, Leach Lake, Route 3,Hastings, likely making it from the1960s. What more can you tell us about

this photo?The Banner archives have

numerous photographs fromthe middle of the past centu-ry that have no date, namesor other information. We’rehoping readers can help usidentify the people in thephotos and provide a littlemore information about theevent to reunite the photoswith their original clippingsor identify photos that maynever have been used. Ifyou’re able to help tell thisphotograph’s story, we wantto hear from you. Mail infor-mation to Attn: NewsroomHastings Banner, 1351 N.M-43 Highway, Hastings,

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Fred Wurm of Hastings recognizedRobert and Ruth Klevorn, owners of KBSupply in downtown Hastings (about whereKing’s Appliances is today), in last week’sphoto. He did not know the woman on theleft. The Klevorns co-owned the businesswith “Woody” and Marie Bachelder, Wurmsaid, and suggested the photo was taken in1954 or earlier.

Joyce Levengood said she thought theman pictured among several open ladders inthe Dec. 27 Banner might be her late hus-band, Clark Levengood, who served as abusiness manager for Hastings AreaSchools in the early 1960s. She said thephoto may have been taken when the dis-trict was remodeling one of its buildings.

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Home builders groupforecasts increasedhome constructionin 2013

The Home Builders Association ofMichigan is forecasting that single-familyhome construction in 2013 will increase by 39percent over 2012 levels. HBA Michiganattributes the positive forecast to a strongerMichigan economy and state legislationaimed at stimulating the housing industry.

“With record low new-home production forthe past several years, pent-up demand isfinally beginning to burst through in the mar-ketplace,” said Robert Filka, CEO of HBAMichigan. “When combined with positive taxand regulatory changes that will encouragemore investment, our outlook is more opti-mistic than it’s been in nearly a decade.”

The number of single-family home permitsrecorded year-to-date in Michigan was up 36percent through the end of October 2012.Those are the latest numbers available fromthe U.S. Census Bureau. Current projectionsare for some 10,000 single-family home per-mits to be issued in Michigan for all of 2012.

Looking ahead at single-family home per-mits in 2013 – and assuming a reasonablesolution to the looming US “fiscal cliff”negotiations – Michigan HBA forecasts13,928 permits to be issued in the comingyear. In addition to stronger economic factors,Filka said the housing industry will benefit bya new law that reduces the tax on new inven-tory homes constructed by homebuilders.

The Home Builders Association ofMichigan is a professional trade associationcomprised of 27 local homebuilder associa-tions around the state and their builder, sub-contractor and supplier members.

Seven Michigansites added toNational Registerof Historic Places

The State Historic Preservation Office,Michigan State Housing DevelopmentAuthority, announced Jan. 3 the WilliamstonDowntown Historic District and the HanoverHigh School Complex among

Seven properties and historic districts inMichigan have recently added to the NationalRegister of Historic Places, the nation’s list ofhistoric and archaeological sites worthy ofpreservation.

The most recent listings include:• Center Avenue Neighborhood Historic

District, Bay City.• Upper Twin Falls Bridge over the

Menominee River, in Breitung Township,Dickinson County, and the Town of Florence,Florence County, Wisc.

• Williamston Downtown Historic District.• Hanover High School Complex, Jackson

County.• Benjamin and Maria (Ogden) Drake

Farmstead, Oshtemo Charter Township,Kalamazoo County.

• Grand Rapids Storage and Van CompanyBuilding, Kent County.

• Boyne City Central Historic District,Charlevoix County.

In addition to the seven new listings, theGrand Circus Park Historic District designa-tion was updated to provide for buildingsbuilt or renovated during the period 1930 to1962. This will allow for the preservation ofstructures representing significant Moderndesign.

Michigan has more than 1,600 listings inthe National Register of Historic Places,including some 250 districts made up of morethan 20,000 properties. For information onthe National Register of Historic Places andother programs of the State HistoricPreservation Office, visitwww.michigan.gov/shpo or call 517-373-1630.

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Protecting ‘the most beautifulplace in America’ continuesTo the editor:

In the waning days of the 112th Congress,the Senate approved a bill I’ve been fightingto pass to protect more than 35,000 acres ofSleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.The bill was introduced almost two years agoand made its way through a committee hear-ing and then a committee vote, and finallywas considered by the full Senate. The Houseof Representatives failed to take up the bill,but Senate passage makes me optimistic wecan push this important legislation across thefinish line in the incoming Congress.

Senate passage was the result of years ofeffort by concerned citizens and communitygroups, local officials, the business communi-ty and the National Park Service. I’ve intro-duced the bill along with Sen. DebbieStabenow in the past two Congresses toestablish a wilderness area that better protectsprecious natural habitat while improvingaccess to areas with recreation opportunitiesor historic resources.

If you haven’t visited this Michigan jewel,it’s a must-see. Stretching for 35 miles alongthe northern Lower Peninsula’s LakeMichigan shore, the park features toweringancient sand dunes that are the products ofwind, wave and ice action over thousands ofyears, and are truly one of nature’s great mas-terworks. Just last year, ABC’s “GoodMorning America” named Sleeping BearDunes the most beautiful place in America.The lakeshore park, which encompasses morethan 70,000 acres, also protects and interpretsan extraordinary history of Native Americans,early pioneers, farmsteads and maritimeactivities.

Unfortunately, because a requirementincluded in a 1982 law directs the NationalPark Service to manage significant portionsof the park as wilderness, the public cannotaccess some roadways and historic areas.These areas include county roads and otherareas the local community did not believeshould be managed as wilderness.

Over a period of many years, the commu-

nity and the National Park Service worked torevise the park’s management plan, includinga new wilderness proposal, to preserve bothprecious habitat and public access. Our legis-lation excludes these features from thewilderness designation to ensure that access,recreation and historic preservation are bal-anced at the lakeshore, reflecting communityinput.

The wilderness designation in our bill rede-fines the areas that should be managed aswilderness to reflect a balanced approach toconservation, recreation and historic preser-vation, which are all important goals of thislakeshore. The wilderness areas are undevel-oped and possess significant and valuablenatural characteristics.

In contrast, developed county roads andstate highways, boat launches and many his-torical structures have all been excluded fromthe wilderness designation to maintain accessand recreational opportunities and ensurepreservation and interpretation of historicalresources. Hunting, fishing, trail use andcamping at Sleeping Bear Dunes NationalLakeshore would continue. Motor boatswould still be allowed offshore of the dunesand allowed to beach in areas adjacent to thewilderness area.

The Senate passed the bill in late December.Rep. Bill Huizenga introduced companion leg-islation in the House that had the bipartisansupport of the Michigan delegation, and wewere hopeful the House would act before theend of the 112th Congress Jan. 3 and send thebill to President Obama. Unfortunately, theHouse failed to take it up, which means thatthe bill expires. We plan to reintroduce the billin the 113th Congress, and Senate passagemakes me optimistic that we can pass thisimportant legislation in both chambers toensure that the woods, waters and beaches ofSleeping Bear Dunes will remain unspoiled forcountless generations to enjoy.

Carl Levin,Senior U.S. senator from Michigan

by Vonda VanTilSocial Security Public Affairs Specialist

We can expect to see a number of changesin this new year, and Social Security is noexception. In 2013, people who receive SocialSecurity or Supplemental Security Incomepayments will see their benefits increase.

All Social Security and SSI payments willreceive a 1.7 percent cost-of-living increase.The average monthly Social Security benefitfor a retired worker in 2013 is $1,261 (upfrom $1,240 in 2012), and the average month-ly Social Security benefit for a disabled work-er in 2013 is $1,132 (up from $1,113 in 2012).These changes were reflected in SSI pay-ments dated Dec. 31, 2012 and SocialSecurity payments dated in January 2013.

For people who receive SSI, the maximumfederal payment amount has risen to $710 (upfrom $698).

Other Social Security changes in 2013 are

worth noting. For example, a worker paysSocial Security tax on up to $113,700 ofannual income (up from $110,100 in 2012).A worker earns one credit after paying taxeson $1,160 in earnings in 2013 (up from$1,130). As always, a worker may earn amaximum of four credits each year and a per-son generally needs 40 credits (or 10 years ofwork) to be eligible for retirement benefits.

To learn more about these and otherchanges for 2013, visit the Social Securitywebsite at www.socialsecurity.gov, and readthe fact sheet about the changes atwww.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/fact-sheets/colafacts2013.htm.

Vonda VanTil is the public affairs specialistfor West Michigan. You may write her c/oSocial Security Administration, 3045 KnappSt. NE, Grand Rapids MI 49525 or via emailto vonda.vantil@ssa.gov.

People receiving Social Securityand SSI get ‘raise’ in 2013

Thursday, Jan. 10 — January Series pres-ents Peter Diamandis, “Abundance: TheFuture Is Better than You Think,” 12:30 to1:30 p.m.; Movie Memories enjoys“Kathleen” with Shirley Temple, 5 to 8 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 11 — preschool story time lis-tens to stories about “mitten weather;”January Series presents Capt. Scott Smiley,“Hope Unseen,” 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.; teenvideo game tournament, round 1, 6 to 8 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 14 — January Series pres-ents Jeff Van Duzer, “Why Business Mattersto God,” 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.; computer class-es tackle e-readers, 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 15 — toddler story time lis-tens to stories about dragons, 10:30 to 11a.m.; January Series presents Rebecca Skloot,“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,”12:30 to 1:30 p.m.; young chess tutoring,4:30 to 5:30; open chess, 6 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 16 — January Seriespresents Cokie Roberts, “An Insider’s Viewof Washington, D.C.,” 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.;teen advisory board meets, 3:45 to 5 p.m.

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

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ties). Michigan State Senate, State Capitol, Farnum Building Room 915, 125 WestAllegan Street, Lansing, MI 48909-7536. Send mail to P. O. Box 30036, Lansing, MI,48909. Phone: (517) 373-3447. E-mail: senrjones@senate.michigan.gov

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MLAWDP.O. Box 335, Delton, MI 49046

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The international gas rush is on. In 1998Mitchell Energy was the first to successfully borehorizontally and fracture shale using the “slickwa-ter” method, it was in the Barnett shale of Texas.This was the birth of “unconventional gas” extrac-tion that we call fracking. It is changing thingsworldwide. This does not compare with the old ver-tical fracking of limestone. The slickwater fracture is2 to 7 million gallons of our fresh water mixed withmethanol, ethylene glycol, diesel, naphthalene,xylene, hydrogen chloride, toluene, ethylbenzene,diethanolamine, formaldehyde, thiourea, benzylchloride, benzene,……and much more according tothe U.S. House of Representatives Committee onEnergy and Commerce, April 2011.

This unconventional gas drilling in Texas,Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, West Virginia,Pennsylvania, and now Michigan has yielded hugeamounts of natural gas. Large multi-national corpo-rations are beginning to build export terminals. ThePittsburgh Tribune reports 20 terminals have been

applied for with the first one approved. It is partlyowned by Singapore and will export 2 billion cubicfeet a day to companies in South Korea, India,Spain, and Britain. The American gas will be pur-chased and frozen to -260F for $7.00 per millionBTUs then sold for up to $17.00 overseas. In con-trast with China and OPEC free trade prohibits tar-iffs and the profits will be kept off shore.

We the citizens of Barry County are not going tobenefit from our public lands and waters being rapedand polluted by this dirty process. Why do our offi-cials keep saying it has been done for 50 years?MLAWD has filed suit to stop this misuse of ourpublic lands in Barry and Allegan County. We havefiled with the IRS to become a 501c3 tax exemptorganization and we can now accept tax deductiblecontributions. Our legal fees are going to be hugewe need your financial support. Please join us andhelp protect our green areas. Together we can dothis!

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

GRACE COMMUNITYCHURCH

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

SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCHOF DELTON

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

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

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

WOODLAND UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

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

PLEASANTVIEWFAMILY CHURCH

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

WELCOME CORNERSUNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

ST. ROSECATHOLIC CHURCH

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

ST. CYRIL’SCATHOLIC CHURCH

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

WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH

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

QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

GRACE BRETHREN BIBLECHURCH

600 Powell Road, Hastings. PastorBob Wilson. Church Phone 269-948-2330. Pastor’s Home 269-945-4356. bjw1633@sbcglobal.net.Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; WorshipService 10:45 a.m.; Sunday Evening6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m.

NEW BEGINNINGSCHURCH OF GOD

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

COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

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

SAINTS ANDREW &MATTHIAS INDEPENDENT

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

HOPE UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

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

COMMUNITY BAPTISTCHURCH

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

ABUNDANT LIFEFELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES

A Spirit-filled church. Meeting atthe Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M-66south of Assyria Rd., Nashville,Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise &Worship 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m.; Wed.6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys &girls ages 4-12. Pastors David andRose MacDonald. An oasis of God’slove. “Where Everyone is SomeoneSpecial.” For information call 616-731-5194 .

HASTINGS ASSEMBLY OF GOD1674 S. State Rd., Hastings, MI49058 Phone 269-945-2285.Sunday morning service times: 9a.m. with nursery and preschoolavailable and 11 a.m. with nursery,preschool and kids’ church avail-able.

CHURCH OF CHRIST541 N. Michigan Ave., Hastings.Minister Collin Pinkston. Phone269-945-2938. Sunday School 10a.m.; Worship 11 a.m. WednesdayNight Bible Study 7 p.m.

HASTINGS FIRST UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH

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

HASTINGS FREEMETHODIST CHURCH

2635 North M-43 Highway,Hastings. Telephone 269-945-9121.Pastor Daniel Graybill, Pastor BrianTeed, and Youth Pastor EricGillespie. Sunday: Nursery and tod-dler (birth through age 3) care pro-vided. Worship Services: 9:15 a.m.and Children’s Sunday School (ages2 thru 5th grade). 10:45 a.m. &Children’s Junior Church (4 yearsthrough 4th grade). Junior andSenior High Youth Group 6:00 p.m.,and several adult small group oppor-tunities. Wednesday Mid-Week at6:30 p.m.: Pioneer Club, 4 yearsthrough 5th grade. Adults: MarriageEnrichment Class, Women’s PrayerGroup and a Men’s Bible Study.Thursday: Senior Adult (50+) BibleStudy at 10 a.m. and lunch atWendy’s, 11:30 a.m. Third ThursdayBrunch at 9:30 a.m.

LIFEGATE COMMUNITYCHURCH

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

GRACE LUTHERANCHURCH

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

Sunday, Jan. 13 - Worship Services8 and 10:45 a.m.; Sunday School9:30. Jan. 13 - Noisy Offering forLove, Inc.; Men & Women’sAlcoholics Anonymous 7 p.m. Jan.14 - Adventurers Bible Study 7 p.m.;Recovery Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Jan.15 - Congregation Council 7 p.m..Jan. 16 - Wordwatchers Bible Study10 a.m. Jan. 17 - Adult Choir 7:15p.m. Location: 239 E. North St.,Hastings, 269-945-9414 or 945-2645, fax 269-945-2698. Pastor AmyLuckey. http://www.discover-grace.org

FIRST PRESBYTERIANCHURCH

405 N. M-37, Hastings, MI 49058.(269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. JeffGarrison, Pastor. Sunday Services:8:55 a.m. Traditional WorshipService; 10 a.m. Sunday School forAll Ages; 11 a.m. ContemporaryWorship Service; 6 p.m. YouthGroup Meeting. Nursery andChildren’s Worship available duringboth services. Visit us online atwww.firstchurchhastings.org and ourweb log for sermons at: http://hast-ingspresbyterian.blogspot.com.Thursday - 6 p.m. Hastings Soccer.Friday - 9 a.m. Pickleball. Saturday- 10:30 a.m. Praise Team. Monday -4 p.m. Pickleball; 7 p.m. Knit Wits.Tuesday - 6 p.m. Hastings Soccer.Wednesday - 3 p.m. Pickleball.

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HUDSON, FL - Anton “Tony” Turkal, age95, of Hudson, FL, passed away onDecember 27, 2012.

He was born in Bessemer, MI, on August 1,1917. Tony attended Iowa State TeachersCollege for his teaching degree and theUniversity of Michigan for his mastersdegree.

He was in the army during WWII in themilitary police. After leaving the service hejoined the Hastings High School staff in1945. He was a teacher and a coach until hisretirement in 1981.

Tony married Virginia Riedel in 1944.He was preceded in death by Virginia; his

parents; two sisters and three brothers.Tony is survived by a brother, Mike, of

Bessemer; son, Steve (Barb); daughter, SueFerguson (Mike); four grandchildren, AmyBowman (Trent), Jennifer Turkal, MattFerguson, Katie Ferguson, and two greatgrandchildren, Alexis Ferguson and ZacharyBowman.

A graveside interment will take place in thespring at Riverside Cemetery.

Memorials should be made to the HastingsEducation Enrichment Foundation.

Anton “Tony” Turkal

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HASTINGS, MI - Sheryl Ann Curtis, age66, of Hastings, passed away January 7,2013, at home with family by her side. Shewas born January 1, 1947, in Hastings, thedaughter of Gerald B. and Ardeth E.(Williams) Garrison.

Sheryl attended Hastings High School,graduating in 1965. She married Chip Curtison November 23, 1966, which later ended indivorce. Sheryl worked for Lescoa inMiddleville until retirement in 1999. Sheenjoyed gardening, reading, jigsaw puzzles,her truck, and garage sales. Sheryl volun-teered at Thornapple Valley Church. She also partici-pated annually in the Relay for Life.

Sheryl was preceded in death by her father,Gerald Garrison; mother, Ardeth Nagel; andbrother, Michael Garrison.

Sheryl is survived by her son, Ben and DebCurtis of Hastings; daughter, Renee and RodSnore of Hastings; six grandchildren, Jessica(Andrew) Mepham, Nick (Megan) Curtis,Blake (Brandi) Curtis, Shane Madden, ChaseSnore and Chelsea Snore; two great grand-children, Aubree Curtis and GabrielMepham; significant other, Neil Endsley; sis-ter, Linda Pelak and three brothers, MikeNagel, Mark Nagel and Mitch Nagel.

Memorial contributions may be made tothe American Cancer Society, Great LakesDivision, Attn: Memorial and Tribute Gifts,1755 Abbey Rd., East Lansing, MI 48823.

A memorial service will be held Thursday,January 10, 2013 at noon at the GirrbachFuneral Home in Hastings, with a visitationbeing held one hour prior to service timefrom 11 a.m. until noon. Cathy Peters will beofficiating the service. Interment will takeplace at Cedar Creek Cemetery.

Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home,please visit our website at www.girrbachfu-neralhome.net to sign the online guest bookor to leave a memory or message for the fam-ily.

Sheryl Ann Curtis

HASTINGS, MI - Richard CharlesHinckley Jr., age 61, of Hastings, went to bewith the Lord, Friday, January 4, 2013, atBlodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids. He wasborn June 2, 1951 in Hastings, the son ofRichard C. and Ruth Ellen (Hawkins)Hinckley Sr.

Richard received his GED from theHastings Adult Education program. He mar-ried Mary Cwik on October 30, 1971.Richard worked at a canning factory, and amachine shop in Lake Odessa. He also heldvarious odd jobs while also working on thefarm. Richard’s interests included watchingwrestling, NASCAR (favorite driver wasJimmy Johnson), playing cards, word search,fishing and hunting. He especially enjoyedspending time with his family. Richardenjoyed watching his grandkids grow andloved spending time with them as well.

He was preceded in death by his parents,Richard Charles and Ruth Ellen Hinckley Sr.;brothers, Bobby Hinckley and DennisHinckley.

Richard is survived by his wife, MaryHinckley; daughter, Sue (Myerel) Kidder;sons, Timmy Hinckley and Joey Hinckley, allof Hastings; grandkids, Michelle Kidder,Lucus Kidder and Justin Kidder; siblings,Ann Hoffman of Hastings, Sandy Windes ofHastings, Judy (Ben) Martz of Freeport,Luke Hinckley of Hastings, Billy (Tressa)Hinckley of Battle Creek, Lucy Tobias ofFlorida and many nieces and nephews.

Richard was loved by his family and willbe greatly missed. The family wishes tothank Carl Smith of Tom's Market and hisfamily for helping out in a big way.

Respecting Richard’s wishes, cremationhas taken place. A memorial service will takeplace on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 11a.m. at the Confessions of Truth Ministries(former Wesleyan Church) Hanover St.,Hastings, with Pastor Sandy Woodmansee,officiating.

Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home,please visit our website at www.girrbachfu-neralhome.net to sign the online guest bookor to leave a memory or message for the fam-ily.

Richard Charles Hinckley Jr.

NASHVILLE, MI - Vickie Lu Root/Lynd,age 48, of Nashville, passed away January 7,2013 at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo. Shewas born July 15, 1964 in Battle Creek, thedaughter of Arthur Lynd and Sandra (Tuttle)Breitner.

Vickie attended school in Hastings. Sheheld various factory jobs and worked as abartender for several years before becomingdisabled from medical illness. Vickie’s inter-ests included crocheting, decorating cakes,playing bingo and visiting numerous casinos.She also enjoyed spending time with herfamily. Vickie attended Quimby UnitedMethodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her father,Arthur Lynd; grandparents, Lucinda andChester Lynd and Cloyce and Leona Tutttle;and sister, MaryAnn Forster.

Vickie is survived by her daughters, Amy(Gary) Jackson of Lake Odessa, Jamie Heathand fiancé Richard Fox of Grand Rapids;Sandra and Sophia Smith of Hastings; moth-er and father, Sandra and James Breitner ofHastings; brothers, Allan (Carolyn) Lynd ofUnion City, Warren (Christina) Smith ofTexas, Brian Smith of Hastings, MartyBreitner of Hastings, Art Lynd of BattleCreek, Doug Lynd of Battle Creek; sisters,Brenda Smith of Louisiana, Lisa Morales ofWisconsin, Elane Lynd-Campos of Holland,Lee Lynd of Battle Creek, Vickie Vining ofHastings, Janice Parsons of Oregon, SueGentry of Hastings; grandsons, Ezekeial andXzavier Bunnell of Grand Rapids and manyaunts and uncles.

A memorial service will be held Saturday,January 12, 2013 at the Girrbach FuneralHome in Hastings at 4:30 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made tothe funeral home to help cover final expens-es.

Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home,please visit our website at www.girrbachfuneralhome.net to sign the online guestbook or to leave a memory or message to thefamily.

Vickie Lu Root/Lynd

NASHVILLE, MI - Carol J. Pestka, age72, of Nashville passed away Wednesday,January 9, 2013 at Eaton CommunityPalliative Care, in Charlotte.

Funeral services will be held at the DanielsFuneral Home, Nashville, at 2 p.m. onSaturday, January 12, 2013 with PastorDeano Lamphere officiating. Interment willtake place immediately following the funeralservice at Hastings Township Cemetery.

Please visit our website at www.danielsfu-neralhome.net for further details.

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Barry County

LOCAL Rural Task ForceA public meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 29 at 10:00 pm for the purpose of allowinglocal officials and interested citizens to provide input into the planning and allocation of ruralFederal Aid funds, for rural Federal Aid routes in Barry County and transit systems for FY 2013- 2017. The meeting will be held in the Barry County Road Commission at the following loca-tion: 1725 West M-43 Highway; Hastings, MI 49058. Additional information for this meetingcan be found at www.KATSmpo.org.

In Michigan, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) distributes Federal Aid moneyto local agencies. A LOCAL Task Force for roads within the county, cities, and villages priori-tizes projects. Roads eligible should be listed as a major collector or higher. The LOCAL TaskForce is made up of representatives of Barry County townships, cities and villages. In additionto road and bridge projects, projects involving mass transportation and non-motorized trans-portation may be considered.

Questions regarding this meeting can be directed to the Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study,representing the Southcentral Michigan Planning Council, at (269) 343-0766 or through e-mailat info@katsmpo.org. 77575394

As an investor, how can you avoid makingmistakes? It’s not always easy, becauseinvesting can be full of potential pitfalls. Butif you know what the most common mistakesare at different stages of an investor’s life,you may have a better chance of avoidingthese costly errors.

Let’s take a look at some investment mis-takes you’ll want to avoid when you’reyoung, when you’re in mid-career, whenyou’re nearing retirement and when you’vejust retired.

When you’re young …Mistake: Investing too conservatively (or

not at all) — If you’re just entering the work-ing world, you may not have a lot of moneywith which to invest. But don’t wait until yourincome grows — putting away even a smallamount each month can prove quite helpful.Additionally, don’t make the mistake ofinvesting primarily in short-term vehicles thatmay preserve your principal but offer little inthe way of growth potential. Instead, positionyour portfolio for growth. Of course, stockprices will always fluctuate, but you poten-tially have decades to overcome these short-term declines. Since this money is for retire-ment, your focus should be on the long term— and it’s impossible to reach long-termgoals with short-term, highly conservativeinvestments.

When you’re in mid-career …Mistake: Putting insufficient funds into

your retirement accounts — At this stage ofyour life, your earning power may well haveincreased substantially. As a result, youshould have more money available to investfor the future — specifically, you may now beable to “max out” on your IRA and still boostyour contributions to your employer-spon-sored retirement plan, such as your 401(k),403(b) or 457(b). These retirement accountsoffer tax advantages that you may not receivein ordinary savings and investment accounts.Try to put more money into these retirementaccounts every time your salary goes up.

When you’re nearing retirement …Mistake: Not having balance in your

investment portfolio — When they’re withinjust a few years of retirement, some peoplemay go to extremes, either investing tooaggressively to try to make up for lost time ortoo conservatively in an attempt to avoid

potential declines. Both these strategies couldbe risky. So as you near retirement, seek tobalance your portfolio. This could mean shift-ing some of your investment dollars intofixed-income vehicles to provide for yourcurrent income needs while still owningstocks that provide the growth potential tohelp keep up with inflation in your retirementyears.

When you’ve just retired …Mistake: Failing to determine an appropri-

ate withdrawal rate — Upon reaching retire-ment, you will need to carefully manage themoney you’ve accumulated in your IRA,401(k) and all other investment accounts.Obviously, your chief concern is outlivingyour money, so you’ll need to determine howmuch you can withdraw each year. To arriveat this figure, take into account your currentage, your projected longevity, the amount ofmoney you’ve saved and the estimated rate ofreturn you’re getting from your investments.This type of calculation is complex, so youmay want to consult with a financial profes-sional.

By avoiding these errors, you can helpensure that, at each stage of your life, you’redoing what you can to keep making progresstoward your financial goals.

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

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by Elaine GarlockThe Lake Odessa Area Historical Society

meets tonight, Jan. 10, at 7 p.m. at the freighthouse for a program on telephones and thetwo rival companies that operated in LakeOdessa in the early years of the village. JohnWaite will present the program. There will betime for the audience to share stories of theearly phone systems, incidents from the partyline and Hello, Central stories. Refreshmentswill be served. Visitors and guests are wel-come.

Saturday, Jan. 12, the Ionia CountyGenealogical Society will meet, with newpresident Lori Fox presiding. Discussions,library research, fellowship and refreshmentswill add to the meeting. The library will beopen until 5 p.m. Looking ahead, the localhistorical society will host the annual quiltand textile exhibit the weekend of Jan. 26 and27. Get out that heirloom quilt or coverlet andplan to exhibit it that weekend. The quilt maybe tattered and worn, but it could be a goodexample of the needlework of a grandmotherin the 1890s or earlier, or it can be a quiltmade just last year. Wall hangings, table run-ners, crocheted or knitted pieces and needle-point are all welcome.

Dean and Jean Hyde, in company with hersisters Colleen Kelly and Husband James andBonnie Walthorn, attended the Saturdaymemorial service at the United MethodistChurch in Carson City for their cousin DonaRanger who died in December at age 94.

There has been much more railroad activi-ty in recent days. Four refrigerator cars on thesiding of Twin City Foods are waiting to befilled. Also the double track alongside has hadtwo pieces of equipment used for repair andreconstruction of tracks, waiting to be used.The elevator siding has two carloads of cottonseed, as well. One is being unloaded ontowaiting semi-trucks for dairy cattle feed.

With a January thaw promised this week,homeowners should be able to get those last-minute jobs done outside, such as picking upbranches from the lawn, taking down someChristmas lights, and scraping the sidewalks.

Then we can hunker down, expecting win-ter to return with full vengeance.

A recent article stated that Quebec maplesyrup producers have noted that early seasonsare now common. A check with local produc-ers gave the same observation. Last year’s saprun began Feb. 1, a month early.

STOCKSThe following prices are from the closeof business last Tuesday. Reportedchanges are from the previous week.Altria Group 32.14 +.70AT&T 34.35 +.64BP PLC 43.40 +1.76CMS Energy Corp 24.76 +.38Coca-Cola Co 37.04 +.79Eaton 55.02 +.84Family Dollar Stores 57.32 -6.09Fifth Third Bancorp 15.44 +.24Flowserve CP 155.03 +8.23Ford Motor Co. 13.35 +.40General Mills 41.27 +.65General Motors 29.37 +.54Intel Corp. 21.09 +.47Kellogg Co. 56.85 +1.00McDonald’s Corp 90.94 +2.73Pfizer Inc. 26.02 +.94Perrigo Co. 108.86 +4.83Ralcorp 89.76 +.11Sears Holding 40.16 -1.20Spartan Motors 5.15 +.23Spartan Stores 15.37 +.01Stryker 56.97 +2.15TCF Financial 12.73 +.58Walmart Stores 68.59 +.36Gold $1,659.40 -13.06Silver $30.32 unchangedDow Jones Average 13,328 +224Volume on NYSE 651M +29M

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Newborn BabiesHarper Whitlee, born at Pennock Hospital onDec. 29, 2012 at 12:52 a.m. to Richard andSusan Suntken of Sunfield. Weighing 9 lbs. 6ozs. and 20 inches long.

*****Noah James, born at Pennock Hospital onDec. 28, 2012 at 7:57 a.m. to Heather Patrickand Jim Woodrick of Lake Odessa. Weighing7 lbs. 3 ozs. and 19 inches long.

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Tiphany Taylor and Nate Hedges of Hastings.Weighing 7 lbs. 12 ozs. and 21 inches long.

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In a special meeting Friday evening, Jan.4, the Delton Kellogg Board of Educationvoted unanimously to split the May millageproposal into two parts. One millage pro-posal will ask for $11 million to upgradetechnology, classrooms and make the schoolbuildings more energy-efficient. The secondproposal, totaling $3.3 million, will focuson upgrading the district’s athletic facilities,including new concessions and bathroomsat the football field, renovating the track andbuilding auxiliary gym with fitness center.

The millage proposal committee workedfor months with consultants researchingschool system needs and residents’ prefer-ences. The wish list totaled more than $24million, and the committee worked to whit-tle the proposal down to $14.3 million.Concerns arose about asking the communi-ty to support such a large package and thedanger of students losing funding for essen-tial technology tools.

School Superintendent Paul Blacken saidthe board and committee did not want tosacrifice the technology, safety features andoperational savings by combining every-thing into one large proposal.

At the regular December board meeting,

the issue was tabled due to members differ-ing on whether to approach the new millageas one question or two.

President Andy Stoneburner said he hadstruggled with the issue for many weeks.

“I have a hard time seeing this as onequestion passing,” said Stoneburner. “Ithink in the area of the community I am in,they will look at this list and there is some-thing on this list for everyone, but there isalso things to tick people off. In order forme to support this, the athletic portionwould need to be split off into a secondquestion.”

Outgoing Vice President Paul Hughessaid he agreed with Stoneburner.

“The people I have talked to are all forthe new technology and anything to help thekids,” said Hughes. “When they see the ath-letic part they say, ‘What’s all this for?What’s wrong with what we have?’ Theyjust want a choice. If the work is done, thereshould be no problem getting a secondquestion passed. But, we don’t want to loseeverything. We have to have the computers,and that’s what I am for, that’s how I look atit.”

The next regular board meeting will beMonday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. in the elementaryschool.

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White] for eight or 10 years, and we believethey are growing and will expand,” said Bodi.

Bodi said his company has talked aboutexpanding in the United States for severalyears. “The conditions, timing — everythingjust seems to be right now,” he said.

He said his company also has otherMichigan customers and hopes a presence inWest Michigan will renew some old relation-ships with former customers.

Bodi added that there is a great market notonly in Michigan, but also in Indiana, Ohioand Illinois.

“We really like West Michigan, and we’re

very excited about this expansion. EveryoneI’ve dealt with in West Michigan is very pro-fessional and straightforward,” said Bodi.

He also said he’s impressed with the skilledworkforce available.

Bodi said the project is still contingentupon financing that is still being worked out.

Steve Witte with Nederveld and Associatespresented plans for the site and told planningcommissioners most of the existing landscap-ing will remain in place. Additionally, he saidlighting plans will be worked out with the vil-lage zoning administrator.

Witte asked the planning commission to

consider delaying sidewalk construction onGrand Rapids Street and especially CraneRoad until they could be connected with otherproperties. But planning commissioners saidthey require sidewalks at the time of con-struction to ensure they will be in place.

“The only way we can see it being a walk-able community like we want it to be, is to getsidewalks installed wherever we can,” saidplanning chairperson Fran French.

Planning member Shellie McQueen saidthe extension of Crane Road provides addi-tional opportunities for people to walk in thatarea, and she wants to encourage more side-walks.

Accurate Machine and Tool Ltd. is a pri-vately held company founded in 1938 byJoseph Bodi and his son George Bodi. PeterBodi is now the fourth generation in the busi-ness.

Accurate Machine and Tool Ltd. is a sup-plier to many manufactures in Canada and theUnited States including those in the appli-ance, lighting, electrical, construction andautomotive industries. The company pro-duces stamped parts, injection molded part,prototypes and assemblies. They also designand build dies, molds, tools, jigs, and fixtures.

The company’s Toronto location is about40,000 square feet and has about 50 employ-ees.

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Cory Roy-Don Merica, 30, of Hastings wassentenced Jan. 2 in Barry County CircuitCourt for breaking and entering a buildingwith intent. Judge Amy McDowell orderedhim to serve 90 days in jail, with credit fortwo days served. Merica must pay $1,198 incourt assessments and serve 24 months onprobation. The final 60 days of his sentencewill be suspended pending successful com-pletion of probation. A work release wasgranted. Merica must pay $80 a month towardcourt assessments. Charges of home invasion,second degree; conspiracy to commit; and

receiving and concealing stolen propertyworth more than $1,000 and less than$20,000, were dropped by the prosecutor’soffice.

Eric Robert Lee, 23, of Delton was sen-tenced Jan. 7 in Barry County Circuit Courtfor breaking and entering with intent, stolenproperty less than $200, and a probation vio-lation. Judge Amy McDowell ordered Lee toserve 365 days in jail, with credit for 365 daysserved. Lee also must pay $3,209 in courtassessments.

Lunch meat swipeleads to arrest

Hastings Police responded to a residencein the 800 block of North East Street Dec.31 for a reported domestic assault involvinga gun and a threat of suicide. Police madecontact with the victim who said she andher husband began arguing earlier in theday when he removed ham from her sand-wich. Reportedly, they continued to argueall day and at one point the husband slappedher in the back of her head, knocking herglasses off, because he didn’t feel she wasgiving him enough attention. The victimsaid her husband called for a family meet-ing at which time he grabbed a gun andstarted talking about killing himself. Thecouple’s son took the gun away from hisfather. The husband then left the house.Hastings Police later stopped the 47-year-old Hastings man and he admitted hisactions had probably scared his family. Hewas placed under arrest for domestic vio-lence.

Woman anticipatesneed for shoes

Hastings Police were called to a WestNelson Street residence Dec. 31 for areported domestic assault. Officers spokewith two men who said their mother wasintoxicated and out of control. They told thepolice their mother had assaulted both ofthem and had also thrown a drinking mug,breaking a window. The 55-year-oldHastings woman told police she had donenothing wrong, but her sons wanted her outof the house and she would put on her shoessince she was probably going to jail. Sheregistered .25 percent blood alcohol leveland was arrested for domestic violence.

Argument startswith toothbrush

Hastings Police were called New Year’sDay to a home in the 200 block of WestNelson Street for a reported domesticassault. Officers spoke with the daughter ofthe alleged victim, who said her mother hadjust been assaulted by her live-in boyfriend.The 58-year-old Hastings man told officershe was packing his belongings to move out.The victim told officers the man had beendrinking all day and had observed picturesof his ex-wife on the Internet, which upsethim. She told police said he had started anargument over a toothbrush. He thenallegedly grabbed the telephone out of herhand as she was attempting to call 911 andpunched her twice in the face. The man wasplaced under arrest for domestic violence.

Man pushes, butwarrant is stronger

Hastings Police were called to the 600block of West Green Street Jan. 2 for areported fight. As the officers arrived in thearea they spoke with the caller who said hesaw a man push a woman to the ground andcould hear yelling and screaming. Thecaller said when the woman was pushed tothe ground she stopped yelling, and he wasafraid she was unconscious. When policemade contacted the woman, she said sheand her boyfriend had argued, he becameupset and pushed her to the ground. The 38-year-old Hastings told officers he could notremember exactly what happened because itall happened so fast. Officers soon learnedof an outstanding warrant from CalhounCounty for unpaid child support. The manwas placed under arrest on the warrant.

KP duty doesn’tlast long at VFW

Deputies were called to the Delton VFWHall on Stoney Point Drive Jan. 1 around4:40 a.m. for a triggered security alarm. Adeputy found the kitchen door slightlyopen, but everything appeared to be intact.The door was then locked, and secured andthe case closed.

Purse walks whilewoman dances

Hastings Police spoke with a woman Jan.1 around 2:52 a.m. who reported moneytaken out of her purse while she was insideOlde Towne Tavern. She said she had beenout on the dance floor and had left her purseon the floor near where she was dancing.When she was finished dancing, she noticedher purse was missing. She was told anoth-er woman had picked up her purse and wentinto the bathroom with it. She checked in

the bathroom, but was unable to find herpurse. According to the woman, a short timelater someone approached her and returnedthe purse. When the victim checked thecontents of her purse, she noticed between$150 and $200 was missing. This investiga-tion remains open.

Driver says enoughis enough too late

Hastings Police stopped a car on NorthBroadway Jan. 4, after noticing it in the 200block of West State Street traveling with noheadlights on after dark. Police reported astrong odor of intoxicants when speakingwith the 32-year-old Hastings. He said hehad been drinking at the Walldorff BrewPub and at Hastings Bowl. He then toldpolice he had had enough to drink, claimingto have had six or seven mixed drinks andsome beer. His Breathalyzer test registered.13 percent, and he was placed under arrest.

Deputies put stopto threatening texts

A Nashville woman went to the BarryCounty Sheriff’s Department Jan. 7 toreport harassment by telephone. She saidher son and daughter started receiving thetext messages about three weeks before,and it was becoming a problem, with possi-ble threats against her family and property.While speaking with a suspect’s mother,deputies discovered the suspect had filed acomplaint the previous evening against thereporting woman. The suspect’s motheragreed her daughter, 17, would have nomore contact or communications with thecomplainant’s children. A phone messagewas left for another suspect, who is 20 yearsold. All parties agreed to have no more con-tact or communications with each other.The case is closed, reportedly, unless newproblems arise.

Too many catsconcerns relative

A California woman called deputies Dec.12 to complain one of her relatives had toomany cats. The caller wanted deputies tocheck on the welfare of the cats located at ahome near Nashville on Guy Road. She tolddeputies the elderly relative was on a fixedincome and probably couldn’t afford to feedthe cats properly. Reportedly, the elderlywoman was being cared for by a grand-daughter who had contacted the HumaneSociety to remove the cats, but the cats werenot removed. When Animal Control con-tacted the granddaughter, she said most ofthe cats in the house are strays and she can’tafford to feed them on a fixed income.Reportedly, Animal Control staff counted13 cats in the house, and all appearedhealthy. The young woman asked if thecounty would take the cats that were not hergrandmother’s favorites and started catch-ing the cats. She signed ownership over tothe county on six cats - three each of gender.Animal Control also provided informationon having the remaining cats spayed orneutered. The case is closed.

Loose dogscorralledbut collared

Animal Control staff was called to thearea of East North Street in Hastings for areport of loose dogs the afternoon of Jan. 2.The caller said two dogs were runningaround in the street, a brown and white pit-bull and a black Lab. A woman had con-fined the dogs and handed Animal Controldog tags upon their arrival. The pitbull waswearing a collar with the name Flash andthe black Lab was wearing an orange collar.The case is open pending follow-up.

Driver is third-shifttired, not reckless

A Chevy Lumina was reported to be trav-eling down Patterson Road, at 6:17 a.m.Jan. 3 in a reckless manner and deputieswere dispatched to the area. They ran thelicense plate number provided by a callerand found the vehicle parked at the regis-tered owner’s residence on Archwood Drivenear Gun Lake. The woman driver, who hadjust arrived home, told deputies she was onher way home from work and was verytired. She did not believe she was drivingrecklessly. The deputy recommended thatshe not drive when overly tired and inspect-ed her vehicle, but found no damage. Shewas given a verbal warning, and the case isclosed.

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“It demonstrates the need for multi-juris-dictional cooperation,” said Moore of thepossible project that would cross from BarryCounty into Ionia County. “That’s why it’s soimportant to work in harmony.”

The tabled motion is expected to bebrought back for discussion at next week’scommittee of the whole meeting. Revisionsto the proposed bylaw amendments are antic-ipated to contain elimination of the non-resi-dent motion option.

Harmony is what Commissioner JoyceSnow also was hoping to achieve Tuesday,announcing that, after last week’s appeal thatshe receive the commissioner assignment tothe Community Corrections Advisory Board,she would withdraw her request and resign asa private citizen from her membership on theboard.

“There was some concern that there couldbe a conflict of interest,” Snow told commis-sioners. “Currently, there is not, but, downthe road, there could be. I will be resigning asa voting member at the advisory board’sFebruary meeting and will work as a volun-teer.”

Snow had appealed to commissioners lastweek that, because of her extensive experienceworking with ex-offenders and as the founderof Starting Over for Success, an organizationthat reacclimates back into society offenderswho’ve paid their penalty, she would be anideal county board representative.

Counsel from Geiger and CountyAdministrator Michael Brown convincedSnow to reconsider.

“Starting Over for Success is a 501(c)3nonprofit and we can apply for state and fed-eral grants,” pointed out Snow in remarks fol-lowing Tuesday’s meeting. “We’ve neverreceived any grant money, but, if we were toget something, it could potentially be a con-flict of interest under the Hatch Act.

“I thought about waiting until we got agrant and then resign, but that could look sus-picious,” she said.

Snow is now slated for assignments to theairport board, the Community ResourceNetwork, Community Action agency, theplanning and zoning board, and the solidwaste oversight committee.

In other business, the county boardapproved:

• A one-year agreement with the BarryCounty Veterans Affairs Commission andBarry County United Way to provide veter-ans services for Barry County. The $25,000agreement resolves a months-long dilemmathat occurred after the authorized agent forcounty veterans affairs admitted to employeefraud, a situation that put delivery of immedi-ate and emergency needs to county veteransin jeopardy.

• Approved $2,587,785 in pre-paid invoic-es and $7,641 in commissioners payroll.

The board will meet next for a committeeof the whole session Tuesday, Jan 15, at 9a.m. in the board chambers at the countycourthouse.

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The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 10, 2013 — Page 9

The ‘Hastings Houseof Two Doctors’

The following column, written by the lateEsther Walton, appeared in the Aug. 15, 1991,Hastings Banner. Now the Adrounie HouseBed and Breakfast, it was from this house adoctor was summoned to tend to the ailingHon. Daniel Striker, who lived in anothericonic home to the east and will be featured innext week’s Banner.

*****The nearly 100-year-old house at 126 S.

Broadway, the corner of South Broadway andWest Court Street, was built by Dr. George W.Lowry. He purchased the land from Dr. W.A.Upjohn in 1887, built the house and movedthe practice, which he had purchased from Dr.Upjohn, into the new house. He practicedthere until his retirement in 1921.

Dr. Haroutoune Adrounie of Lacey, pur-chased the practice and moved into the housein 1922, following Dr. Lowry’s death.

The house only had two owners from thetime it was built until the death of DorothyAdrounie in 1988. Dr. V. Harry Adrounie isthe third owner of the house, which is nearingits one 100th birthday. [Dr. V. Harry Adrouniedied Feb. 9, 2010, at age 94.]

Short biographies of the two doctors fol-low:

Dr. George W. Lowry(1850-1922)

Dr. George W. Lowry was born inZanesville, Ohio, Nov. 28, 1850. He attendedschool in Zanesville and graduated fromDelaware College, Delaware, Ohio.

He then attended medical school at theUniversity of Michigan, graduating in 1874.He began practicing medicine in Commerce,in the Detroit area.

In 1881, he purchased the practice of Dr.W.A. Upjohn in Hastings. In 1887, he alsopurchased lot 656, the south half of lot 721and lots 722 and 723 from Dr. Upjohn. These

lots included the corner lot where Broadwayand Court Street cross and the south portionof the block running west along Court Street.

One the corner lot, facing east and theBarry County Courthouse, south of the W.A.Upjohn home, he built a Queen Anne-Eastlake style home with an office in thesouthwest corner of the dwelling. The housewas completed in 1892.

The office is listed in the city directory for1893-94 as 108 W. Court St. At that time,Broadway was the center of the city. A changein the street numbering system occurred in1915 when Jefferson became the center of thecity and the even numbers were on the southside of the streets.

Dr. Lowry worked at a general practice, buthe specialized in ear and eye diseases. He wasa skilled surgeon and had patients coming tohim for care from many other Michigancities, as well as from other states.

Dr. Lowry did not express a partisan politi-cal preference, but he was a political personinterested in the welfare of the city and theschool system. He was mayor of Hastingsfrom 1906 to 1908. During his administrationas mayor, telephone poles were removedfrom the business section of the city andplaced underground. The business area streetsalso were paved with bricks during this time,which cut down on the mud in wet weatherand the dust in dry weather.

Dr. Lowry also served on the school board,acting as its president for a period of time. Hewas a Mason and belonged to Camp No. 1031of the Modern Woodsmen of America. Heserved on the board of the MethodistEpiscopal Church, of which he was a life-long member. When Woodlawn Cemeterywas established on Aug. 31, 1896, he was oneof the members of the company.

He served as president of the Barry County

The “Hastings House of Two Doctors” today is the Adrounie House Bed & Breakfast.

Medical Society and was an active memberof the Michigan Medical Society.

Dr. Lowry was a very generous man, oftenmaking house calls and taking care of peoplewho were unable to pay for his services. Forone demonstration of his generosity, one onlyneeds to look at the house on the southwestcorner of Green and Broadway streets. Thehouse built on that corner by Jack T.Lombard, just three blocks from the Lowryhouse, is from the same plans. Dr. Lowryloaned his set of plans to Mr. Lombard, whobuilt that house.

(This information comes from an Upjohndiary, where W.A. Upjohn noted the sale ofthe lots and the loan of the plans by Dr.Lowry to Mr. Lombard.)

Dr. Lowry was married twice, had twodaughters and one son, George A. Lowry. Hisbrother, the Rev. Dr. Hiram Lowry, wasfounder and president of the PekingUniversity, Peking, China. A second brother,the Rev. Alexander Lowry, lived in NewYork, while a third brother, Howard Lowry,lived in Oakland, Calif.

Dr. Lowry retired from active practice in1921 due to the failure of his health. He diedon April 24, 1922, after suffering a massivestroke.

His death certificate lists apoplexy [uncon-trolled bleeding on the brain due to a stroke]complicated by pneumonia as the final diag-nosis. He was 71 years, four months and 26days of age.

There is a picture of Dr. Lowry, in which heis wearing a derby hat and smoking a largecigar. Harry Adrounie found the photographin the attic of the Lowry-Adrounie home, fol-lowing the death of his mother, DorothyAdrounie. The picture is now at HastingsCity Hall.

He would have been 56 years old when hewas elected mayor. This photograph couldhave been taken at this time in his life.

Dr. HaroutouneAssadour Adrounie

Dr. Haroutoune Assadour Adrounie wasborn April 6, 1882, in Zeitoun, Turkey. Hereceived his bachelor of arts degree from St.Paul’s College, Tarsus, Turkey, an Americanschool.

Dr. Adrounie was active in penetrating theTurkish lines during the 1909 siege of Tarsus,which included an attack on the college. Hebrought aid to the Armenians and Americansfrom the British in Messinea. Ten thousandlives were saved, but he was in grave person-al danger. Teachers at the college arranged forhim to come to the United States with lettersof recommendation in his possession.

He worked on a farm in New Jersey to earnenough money to further his education. Hesought out Dr. John Harvey Kellogg in BattleCreek, and attended the Battle Creek MedicalCollege for one year.

He then entered the University of Illinoisand received his medical degree in 1912. Heinterned at the Battle Creek Sanitarium. In1915, he moved to Lacey, to begin a countrypractice. He made house calls, traveling byhorseback, cutter, Model T Ford and on foot,often without receiving any payment for hiswork.

He married Dirouhie (Dorothy) Kalaidgionof Battle Creek Aug. 19, 1912. They had twochildren, V. Harry Adrounie (currently livingin Hastings) and Zabelle Adrounie (who diedin 1976).

The couple purchased the practice of Dr.George W. Lowry in 1922, moving into theSouth Broadway home and office. They soonsettled into the community life of Hastings.The couple also became citizens of theUnited States in 1922, with Judge ClementSmith of Hastings officiating.

Dr. Adrounie died Feb. 29, 1936. DorothyAdrounie continued to live in the home onSouth Broadway until her death in 1988.

Her life is an interesting story in itself. Sheplayed a significant role in the Republicanpolitics of the community, the state ofMichigan and in national politics.

Dr. V. Harry Adrounie returned to Hastingsfollowing his retirement from the UnitedStates Air Force medical service. He is thecurrent owner of the “Hastings House of TwoDoctors,” although he has not chosen to livethere. The house is under consideration bythe Bureau of History of MichiganDepartment of State for a State HistoricMarker. [A marker was indeed placed on thesite in 1992.]

SYNOPSISPRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP

Regular MeetingDecember 12, 2012

Supervisor J. Stoneburner called the meeting toorder at 7:00 p.m.

Present: Supervisor J. Stoneburner, Treasurer K.McGuire, Clerk DeVries, Trustee Grundy andTrustee R. Goebel.

Absent: none.Also present were 16 guests.Pledge of allegiance and a moment of silence for

our troops.Agenda was approved.Minutes from the November 14, 2012 and

December 10, 2012 were approved.Correspondence, if any, was read.Public Comment, if any, was received.Barry County Commissioner report and Parks

Report were given.Fire & Police Departments report were placed on

file.Supervisor, Treasurer and Clerk’s Reports were

received.Approved to pay Township bills for $69,389.89.Approved the Resolution regarding Pine Lake

Aquatic Plant Control Project.Approved attending the MTA Conference in

January 2013.Approved appointing an Unsafe House Hearing

Officer.Public comments and Board comments, if any,

were received.Board comments, if any, were received.Meeting adjourned at 8:42 p.m.

Submitted by:Ted DeVries, ClerkAttested to by:Jim Stoneburner, Supervisor 77575265

NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTSOF BARRY COUNTY

Notice is hereby given that the Barry CountyPlanning Commission will conduct a public hearing

for the following:Case Number SP-2013 Levi L. & Fannie

Stutzman.Location: 6551 Maple Grove Road in Section 17

of Maple Grove Township.Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a

home occupation, major (i.e., woodworking) perSection 2339 in the Agricultural zoning district.

MEETING DATE: January 28, 2013. TIME: 7:00p.m.

PLACE: Community Room, Courts & LawBuilding at 206 West Court St., Hastings, MI.

Site inspection of the above described propertywill be completed by the Planning Commissionmembers before the day of the hearing. Interestedpersons desiring to present their views upon anappeal either verbally or in writing will be given theopportunity to be heard at the above mentionedtime and place. Any written response may bemailed to the address listed below, faxed to (269)948-4820 or emailed to jmcmanus@barrcounty.org.The special use applications are available for pub-lic inspection at the Barry County Planning Office,220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closedbetween 12-1 p.m.); Monday thru Friday. Pleasecall the Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for fur-ther information. The County of Barry will providenecessary auxiliary aids and services, such as sign-ers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes ofprinted necessary being considered at the meetingto individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hear-ing upon ten (10) days notice to the County ofBarry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliaryaids or services should contact the County of Barryby writing or calling the following: Michael Brown,County Administrator, 220 West State Street,Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284.Pamela A. Jarvis, Barry County Clerk. 77575371

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FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect adebt. Any information obtained will be used for thispurpose. If you are in the Military, please contactour office at the number listed below. MORTGAGESALE – Default has been made in the conditions ofa certain mortgage made by: Lisa L. Blocher, a sin-gle woman to Mortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide HomeLoans, Inc., its successors and assigns,Mortgagee, dated August 17, 2007 and recordedAugust 21, 2007 in Instrument # 20070821-0001118 Barry County Records, Michigan. Saidmortgage was assigned to: Bank of America, N.A.,successor by merger to BAC Home LoansServicing, LP fka Countrywide Home LoansServicing, LP, by assignment dated May 24, 2012and recorded June 4, 2012 in Instrument # 2012-000777 on which mortgage there is claimed to bedue at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-FourThousand One Hundred Eight Dollars and Fifty-Four Cents ($64,108.54) including interest 6.5%per annum. Under the power of sale contained insaid mortgage and the statute in such case madeand provided, notice is hereby given that said mort-gage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgagedpremises, or some part of them, at public vendue,Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM onFebruary 7, 2013. Said premises are situated inCity of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and aredescribed as: Lot 44 of Hardendorf Addition to theCity of Hastings, according to the recorded platthereof, except: Commencing at the Southwest cor-ner of said lot; thence East 3 feet; thence North 70feet; thence East 8 feet; thence North 35 feet;thence West 11 feet; thence South 105 feet to theplace of beginning. Commonly known as 227 WMuriel St, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption peri-od shall be 6 months from the date of such sale,unless determined abandoned in accordance withMCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which casethe redemption period shall be 30 days from thedate of such sale, or upon the expiration of thenotice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever islater; or unless MCL 600.3240(17) applies. If theproperty is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, underMCL 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsi-ble to the person who buys the property at the mort-gage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder fordamaging the property during the redemption peri-od. Dated: 1/10/2013 Bank of America, N.A., suc-cessor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing,LP fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP,Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo &Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our FileNo: 12-73801 (01-10)(01-31) 77575403

SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C., ISATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFOR-MATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT(248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARYDUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been madein the conditions of a mortgage made by ANTHONYG. CROSARIOL and DEBORAH A. CROSARIOL,HUSBAND AND WIFE to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely asnominee for lender and lender's successors andassigns,, Mortgagee, dated November 16, 2004 andrecorded February 23, 2005 in Document No.1141843, Barry County Records, Michigan. Saidmortgage is now held by GMAC Mortgage, LLC suc-cessor by merger to GMAC Mortgage Corporationby assignment. There is claimed to be due at thedate hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-ThreeThousand Six Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars andSeventy-Two Cents ($183,676.72) including interestat 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage and the statute in such casemade and provided, notice is hereby given that saidmortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mort-gaged premises, or some part of them, at publicvenue at At the East doors of the Barry CountyCourthouse in Hastings, Michigan. in Barry County,Michigan at 01:00 PM on February 7, 2013. Saidpremises are located in the Township of Barry, BarryCounty, Michigan, and are described as: Land situ-ated in the Township of Barry, County of Barry, Stateof Michigan, is described as follows: COMMENC-ING AT THE WEST 1 / 4 POST OF SECTION 6,TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, BARRYTOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN;THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 35SECONDS EAST, 885.90 FEET ALONG THEWEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 6; THENCENORTH 51 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 42 SECONDSEAST, 406.50 FEET ALONG THE CENTERLINEOF STONEY POINT DRIVE TO THE POINT OFBEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 51 DEGREES 24MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST, 25.73 FEETALONG SAID CENTERLINE; THENCE NORTH 57DEGREES 02 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST,109.78 FEET ALONG SAID CENTERLINE;THENCE SOUTH 35 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 02SECONDS EAST, 504.24 FEET TO AN INTERME-DIATE TRAVERSE LINE OF THE SHORE OFCROOKED LAKE; THENCE NORTH 79 DEGREES15 MINUTES 18 SECONDS WEST, 183.08 FEETALONG SAID INTERMEDIATE TRAVERSE LINE;THENCE NORTH 36 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 14SECONDS WEST 375.50 FEET TO THE POINT OFBEGINNING INCLUDING ALL LAND LYINGBETWEEN SAID INTERMEDIATE TRAVERSELINE AND THE WATERS OF CROOKED LAKE ASDETERMINED BY THE EXTENSION OF THE SIDELINES, SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT FOR PUB-LIC HIGHWAY PURPOSES OVER THENORTHERLY 24.75 FEET THEREOF. The redemp-tion period shall be 6 months from the date of suchsale, unless determined abandoned in accordancewith MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemp-tion period shall be 30 days from the date of suchsale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mort-gagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your dam-ages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bidamount tendered at sale, plus interest. If the proper-ty is sold at a foreclosure sale, the borrower will beheld responsible to the person who buys the prop-erty at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mort-gage holder for damaging the property during theredemption period. If you are a tenant in the proper-ty, you may have certain rights. Dated: January 10,2013 GMAC Mortgage, LLC successor by merger toGMAC Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee/AssigneeSCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C. 23938Research Drive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills,Michigan 48335 GMAC.000699 (01-10)(01-31)

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

Default having occurred in two mortgages bothmade on July 31, 2007, by Michele E. Pare, a sin-gle woman, to Union Bank, and both recorded onAugust 7, 2007, in the Barry County Register ofDeeds at Document 20070807 - 0000592, and atDocument 20070808-0000654, respectively, onwhich mortgages there is claimed to be due andunpaid as of December 5, 2012, Two HundredNineteen Thousand, Eight Hundred Seventy NineDollars and 89/100 Dollars ($219,879.89) principaland interest; no suit or proceedings at law or inequity have been instituted to recover the debt, orany part of the debt, secured by the above mort-gages, and the Power of Sale contained in themortgages having become operative by reason ofsuch default and pursuant to the statutes of theState of Michigan.

Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, January17, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. at the Barry CountyCourthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI, 49058,that being the place for holding the Circuit Court ofBarry County, there will be offered for sale and soldto the highest bidder the property described in thisNotice, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfyingthe amount due and unpaid on the mortgages,together with an interest rate at 10.75%, theexpenses and charges of sale, including reason-able attorney fees, provided by law and in the mort-gages, and also any sums which may be paid bythe Mortgagee necessary to protect its interest inthe premises. The parcel will be sold as one unit, asallowed by the mortgages unless otherwise select-ed by Union Bank.

The land and premises in the mortgages men-tioned is described as follows:

LOTS 50 AND 51 OF ALGONQUIN LAKERESORT PROPERTIES #1, ACCORDING TORECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDEDIN LIBER 2 OF PLATS ON PAGE 56, BARRYCOUNTY RECORDSThe Real Property is commonly known as 2359

Old lroquois Trail, Hastings, MI 49058.The tax identification number is 08-13-050-055-

00.The length of the redemption period wilt be six

months or shorter if deemed abandoned pursuantto law.

If the property is sold at a foreclosure sale pur-suant to this Notice, then under MCLA 600.3278,the borrower will be held responsible to the personthat buys the property at the mortgage foreclosuresale or to the mortgage holder for damaging theproperty during the redemption period.MORTGAGEE:Union BankPrepared By: Peter A. Teholiz (P34265)THE HUBBARD LAW FIRM, P.C.5801 W. Michigan AvenueLansing, MI 48908-0857Telephone: 517-886-7176 77573303

SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C., ISATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFOR-MATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT(248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARYDUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has beenmade in the conditions of a mortgage made byRICHIE L. SMITH and FAYE L. SMITH, HUSBANDAND WIFE, to UNITED COMPANIES LENDINGCORPORATION, Mortgagee, dated September 11,1998, and recorded on September 17, 1998, inDocument No. 1018002, and assigned by said mort-gagee to The Bank of New York Mellon, f/k/a TheBank of New York, as successor-in-interest toJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for BearStearns Asset Backed Securities Trust 2006-2,Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-2, asassigned, Barry County Records, Michigan, onwhich mortgage there is claimed to be due at thedate hereof the sum of Forty-Five Thousand OneHundred Forty-Eight Dollars and Sixty-Seven Cents($45,148.67), including interest at 9.750% perannum. Under the power of sale contained in saidmortgage and the statute in such case made andprovided, notice is hereby given that said mortgagewill be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged prem-ises, or some part of them, at public venue, At theEast doors of the Barry County Courthouse inHastings, Michigan at 01:00 PM o'clock, on January17, 2013 Said premises are located in Barry County,Michigan and are described as: COMMENCING ATTHE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTH-WEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 1, TOWN 1 NORTH,RANGE 9 WEST, RUNNING THENCE NORTH 50RODS; THENCE WEST 48 RODS; THENCESOUTH 50 RODS; THENCE EAST 48 RODS TOTHE PLACE OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT THE EAST330 FEET OF THE SOUTH 330 FEET THEREOF.The redemption period shall be 6 months from thedate of such sale unless determined abandoned inaccordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which casethe redemption period shall be 30 days from thedate of such sale. If the above referenced propertyis sold at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 600 ofthe Michigan Compiled Laws, under MCL 600.3278,the borrower will be held responsible to the personwho buys the property at the mortgage foreclosuresale or to the mortgage holder for damaging theproperty during the redemption period. The Bank ofNew York Mellon, f/k/a The Bank of New York, assuccessor-in-interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank,N.A., as Trustee for Bear Stearns Asset BackedSecurities Trust 2006-2, Asset-Backed Certificates,Series 2006-2 Mortgagee/Assignee Schneiderman& Sherman, P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300Farmington Hills, MI 48335 JPMC.001103 CONV(12-20)(01-10) 77573318

SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C., ISATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFOR-MATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT(248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARYDUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has beenmade in the conditions of a mortgage made byADAM P. KITELEY and BETH A. KITELEY AKABETH A. OWENS, HUSBAND AND WIFE, toMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender'ssuccessors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated March22, 2010, and recorded on March 31, 2010, inDocument No. 201003310003378, and assigned bysaid mortgagee to THE HUNTINGTON NATIONALBANK, as assigned, Barry County Records,Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to bedue at the date hereof the sum of One HundredThirty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-NineDollars and Seventy-Two Cents ($134,879.72),including interest at 5.375% per annum. Under thepower of sale contained in said mortgage and thestatute in such case made and provided, notice ishereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosedby a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some partof them, at public venue, At the East doors of theBarry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at01:00 PM o'clock, on January 17, 2013 Said prem-ises are located in Barry County, Michigan and aredescribed as: A PARCEL OF LAND IN THENORTHEAST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 22, TOWN 4NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST DESCRIBED AS:COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1 / 4 OF SAIDSECTION 22; THENCE EAST 748.4 FEET;THENCE SOUTH 41 DEGREES 05 MINUTESEAST 610.01 FEET TO THE BEGINNING;THENCE SOUTH 41 DEGREES 05 MINUTESEAST 220 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 57 DEGREES25 MINUTES WEST 200 FEET; THENCE NORTH41 DEGREES 05 MINUTES WEST 220 FEET;THENCE NORTH 57 DEGREES 25 MINUTESEAST 200 FEET TO THE BEGINNING. Theredemption period shall be 6 months from the dateof such sale unless determined abandoned inaccordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which casethe redemption period shall be 30 days from thedate of such sale. If the above referenced propertyis sold at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 600 ofthe Michigan Compiled Laws, under MCL 600.3278,the borrower will be held responsible to the personwho buys the property at the mortgage foreclosuresale or to the mortgage holder for damaging theproperty during the redemption period. THE HUNT-INGTON NATIONAL BANK Mortgagee/AssigneeSchneiderman & Sherman, P.C. 23938 ResearchDrive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, MI 48335HMC.001573 FNMA (12-20)(01-10) 77573329

SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C., ISATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFOR-MATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT(248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARYDUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has beenmade in the conditions of a mortgage made byCHARLES D. MIDDLETON RN, A SINGLE MAN, toMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender andlender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, datedApril 19, 2007, and recorded on April 24, 2007, inDocument No. 1179691, and assigned by saidmortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, NationalAssociation, as assigned, Barry County Records,Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to bedue at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-SevenThousand Eight Hundred Thirty Dollars andSeventy-Seven Cents ($77,830.77), including inter-est at 7.000% per annum. Under the power of salecontained in said mortgage and the statute in suchcase made and provided, notice is hereby giventhat said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale ofthe mortgaged premises, or some part of them, atpublic venue, At the East doors of the Barry CountyCourthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PMo'clock, on January 24, 2013 Said premises arelocated in Barry County, Michigan and aredescribed as: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH-WEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST 1 / 4 OFTHE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 35, TOWN3 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST FOR A PLACE OFBEGINNING; THENCE EAST 325 FEET; THENCENORTH 260 FEET; THENCE WEST 325 FEET,THENCE SOUTH 260 FEET TO THE PLACE OFBEGINNING. The redemption period shall be 6months from the date of such sale unless deter-mined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption periodshall be 30 days from the date of such sale. If theabove referenced property is sold at a foreclosuresale under Chapter 600 of the Michigan CompiledLaws, under MCL 600.3278, the borrower will beheld responsible to the person who buys the prop-erty at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to themortgage holder for damaging the property duringthe redemption period. JPMorgan Chase Bank,National Association Mortgagee/AssigneeSchneiderman & Sherman, P.C. 23938 ResearchDrive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, MI 48335JPMC.001127 FHA (12-27)(01-17) 77573417

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSUREWILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO

COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATIONOBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUM-BER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARYDUTY.

Default having been made in the conditions of areal estate mortgage made by Jerry L. Bracy andJodi Bracy, formally husband and wife, of 10757Cox Road, Bellevue, Michigan 49021 and NPBMortgage, LLC, a Michigan limited liability compa-ny, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE,Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, dated August 4,2005 and recorded on August 10, 2005 inInstrument No. 1150856 of the Barry CountyRegister of Deeds, which mortgage has beenassigned to Northpointe Bank, a Michigan bankingcorporation, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive,NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, by virtue of anAssignment of Mortgage dated November 9, 2012,and recorded on November 19, 2012 with the BarryCounty Register of Deeds in Instrument No. 2012-007342 and upon which there is now claimed to bedue for principal and interest the sum of EightySeven Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Dollars andSixty Two Cents ($87,940.62), which continues toaccrue interest at the rate of 6.500%, and no suit orproceedings at law having been instituted to recov-er the debt or any part thereof;

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of thepower of sale contained in the mortgage, and thestatute in such case made and provided, onFebruary 7, 2013 at 1:00 p.m., the undersigned willsell at the East door of the Barry CountyCourthouse, Hastings, Michigan that being theplace of holding the Circuit Court for the County ofBarry, at public venue to the highest bidder for thepurpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaidupon the Mortgage, together with the legal fees andcharges of the sale, including attorney’s feesallowed by law, the premises in the mortgage locat-ed in the Township of Assyria, Barry County,Michigan and which are described as follows:The South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of theSoutheast 1/4 of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range7 West. P.P. # 08-01-012-001-00

which has an address of 10757 Cox Road,Bellevue, Michigan 49021.

The redemption period shall be six (6) monthsfrom the date of such sale, unless determinedabandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a inwhich case the redemption period shall be thirty(30) days from the date of such sale. Northpointe Bank3333 Deposit Drive, NEGrand Rapids, MI 49546DATED: December 20, 2012Drafted By:William M. Azkoul (P40071)Attorney for Mortgagee161 Ottawa, N.W., Ste. 205-CGrand Rapids, MI 49503(616) 458-1315 77573496

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALEDefault having occurred in a mortgage dated

April 13, 2007 by Warren J. Williams and SusanneK. Williams, husband and wife to Union Bank andrecorded on April 23, 2007, in the Barry CountyRegister of Deeds at Document 1179601 and amortgage made on September 25, 2007, by WarrenJ. Williams and Susanne K. Williams, husband andwife to Union Bank, and recorded on October 2,2007, in the Barry County Register of Deeds atDocument 20071002-0002673, on which mort-gages there is claimed to be due and unpaid as ofOctober 23, 2012, Two Hundred Twenty NineThousand, Four Hundred Eighty Seven Dollars and42/100 Dollars ($229,487.42) principal and interest;no suit or proceedings at law or in equity have beeninstituted to recover the debt, or any part of thedebt, secured by the above mortgages, and thePower of Sale contained in the mortgages havingbecome operative by reason of such default andpursuant to the statutes of the State of Michigan.

Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, January31, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. at the Barry County court-house, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058, thatbeing the place for holding the Circuit Court of BarryCounty, there will be offered for sale and sold to thehighest bidder the property described in this Notice,at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying theamount due and unpaid on the mortgages, togeth-er with an interest rate of 10.9%, the expenses andcharges of sale, including reasonable attorney fees,provided by law and in the mortgages, and also anysums which may be paid by the Mortgagee neces-sary to protect its interest in the premises. The par-cel will be sold as one unit, as allowed by the mort-gages unless otherwise selected by Union Bank.The land and premises in the mortgages mentionedis described as follows:

LOT 801 AND THE WEST 14 FEET OF LOT 802OF THE CITY, FORMERLY VILLAGE OF HAST-INGS, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLATTHEREOF, CITY OF HASTINGS, COUNTY OFBARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN.

Commonly known as: 305 S. Church St.,Hastings, MI 49058. Tax ID# 08-55-201-243-00.

The length of the redemption period will be sixmonths or shorter if deemed abandoned pursuantto law.

If the property is sold at a foreclosure sale pur-suant to this Notice, then under MCLA 600.3278,the borrower will be held responsible to the personthat buys the property at the mortgage foreclosuresale or to the mortgage holder for damaging theproperty during the redemption period.MORTGAGE: Union BankPrepared By: Peter A. Teholiz (P34265)THE HUBBARD LAW FIRM, P.C.5801 W. Michigan AvenueLansing, MI 48908-0857 77574159

AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTINGTO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATIONOBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IFYOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORT-GAGE SALE - Default having been made in theterms and conditions of a certain mortgage madeby JAMES T SIMINGTON SHAWNA A SIMING-TON, , Mortgagors, to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Bank ofAnn Arbor, Mortgagee, dated the 20th day ofOctober, 2009 and recorded in the office of theRegister of Deeds, for The County of Barry andState of Michigan, on the 22nd day of October,2009 in Liber Instrument No. 200910220010393 ofBarry County Records, page , said Mortgage hav-ing been assigned to JPMorgan Chase Bank,National Association on which mortgage there isclaimed to be due, at the date of this notice, thesum of Fifty one thousand seven hundred seventyseven dollars and 47/100 ($51,777.47), and no suitor proceeding at law or in equity having been insti-tuted to recover the debt secured by said mortgageor any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of thepower of sale contained in said mortgage, and pur-suant to statute of the State of Michigan in suchcase made and provided, notice is hereby giventhat on the 31st day of January, 2013 at 1:00 PMo’clock Local Time, said mortgage will be fore-closed by a sale at public auction, to the highestbidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings,MI (that being the building where the Circuit Courtfor the County of Barry is held), of the premisesdescribed in said mortgage, or so much thereof asmay be necessary to pay the amount due, as afore-said on said mortgage, with interest thereon at5.500 per annum and all legal costs, charges, andexpenses, including the attorney fees allowed bylaw, and also any sum or sums which may be paidby the undersigned, necessary to protect its interestin the premises. Which said premises are describedas follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land,including any and all structures, and homes, manu-factured or otherwise, located thereon, situated inthe Township of Prairieville, County of Barry, Stateof Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: THESOUTH 400 FEET OF A PARCEL OF LAND INTHE EAST 26 RODS OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THESOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 13, TOWN 1NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, DESCRIBED AS FOL-LOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EASTLINE OF SECTION 13, WHICH LIES 1220 FEETDUE NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OFSAID SECTION 13, THENCE DUE SOUTH 812FEET, THENCE WEST 429 FEET, THENCE DUENORTH 812 FEET, THENCE DUE EAST 429 FEETTO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. During the twelve(12) months immediately following the sale, theproperty may be redeemed, except that in the eventthat the property is determined to be abandonedpursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may beredeemed during 30 days immediately following thesale. Pursuant to MCLA 600.3278, the mort-gagor(s) will be held responsible to the person whobuys the property at the foreclosure sale or to themortgage holder for damaging the property duringthe redemption period. Dated: 1/3/2013 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for JPMorganChase Bank, National Association 888 W. BigBeaver, Suite 800 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600CHASE FARM GNMA Simington (01-03)(01-24)

AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTINGTO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATIONOBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOUARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGESALE - Default having been made in the terms andconditions of a certain mortgage made by JESSICARAE MCINTYRE , a single woman, Mortgagors, toJPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association ,Mortgagee, dated the 1st day of April, 2010 andrecorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, forThe County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the7th day of April, 2010 in Liber instrument#201004070003739 of Barry County Records,page on which mortgage there is claimed to be due,at the date of this notice, the sum of One hundredsixty thousand seven hundred sixty five dollars and60/100 ($160,765.60), and no suit or proceeding atlaw or in equity having been instituted to recoverthe debt secured by said mortgage or any partthereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power ofsale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant tostatute of the State of Michigan in such case madeand provided, notice is hereby given that on the31st day of January, 2013 at 1:00 PM o’clock LocalTime, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale atpublic auction, to the highest bidder, at the BarryCounty Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being thebuilding where the Circuit Court for the County ofBarry is held), of the premises described in saidmortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessaryto pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mort-gage, with interest thereon at 5.500 per annum andall legal costs, charges, and expenses, includingthe attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sumor sums which may be paid by the undersigned,necessary to protect its interest in the premises.Which said premises are described as follows: Allthat certain piece or parcel of land, including anyand all structures, and homes, manufactured or oth-erwise, located thereon, situated in the MapleGrove, County of Barry, State of Michigan, anddescribed as follows, to wit: BEGINNING AT APOINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 2,TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, DISTANTNORTH 89 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 39 SECONDSWEST, 624.19 FEET FROM THE SOUTHEASTCORNER OF SAID SECTION; THENCE NORTH89 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 39 SECONDS WEST,220.13 FEET ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE;THENCE NORTH 01 DEGREE 15 MINUTES 21SECONDS WEST, 800.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH89 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 39 SECONDS EAST,220.13 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREE 15MINUTES 21 SECONDS EAST, 800.00 FEET TOTHE POINT OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO ANEASEMENT FOR STATE HIGHWAY PURPOSESOVER BIVENS ROAD TO HIGHWAY M-79/M-66AS RECORDED IN LIBER 468 ON PAGE 692.During the six (6) months immediately following thesale, the property may be redeemed, except that inthe event that the property is determined to beabandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the prop-erty may be redeemed during 30 days immediatelyfollowing the sale. Pursuant to MCLA 600.3278, themortgagor(s) will be held responsible to the personwho buys the property at the foreclosure sale or tothe mortgage holder for damaging the property dur-ing the redemption period. Dated: 1/3/2013 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for JPMorganChase Bank, National Association 888 W. BigBeaver, Suite 800 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600CHASE FARM Mcintyre (01-03)(01-24) 77575247

SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C., ISATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFOR-MATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT(248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARYDUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has beenmade in the conditions of a mortgage made byTODD W. CROSS and KATHY L. CROSS, HUS-BAND AND WIFE, to Fifth Third Bank, an OhioBanking Corporation successor by merger to FifthThird Bank, a Michigan Banking Corporation alsoknown as Fifth Third Bank (Western Michigan),Mortgagee, dated November 7, 2007, and recordedon December 3, 2007, in Document No. 20071203-0004808, Barry County Records, Michigan, onwhich mortgage there is claimed to be due at thedate hereof the sum of Fifty-Six Thousand FiveHundred Forty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Eight Cents($56,545.38), including interest at 3.750% perannum. Under the power of sale contained in saidmortgage and the statute in such case made andprovided, notice is hereby given that said mortgagewill be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged prem-ises, or some part of them, at public venue, At theEast doors of the Barry County Courthouse inHastings, Michigan at 01:00 PM o'clock, on January31, 2013 Said premises are located in BarryCounty, Michigan and are described as: A PARCELOF LAND IN THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF THESOUTHWEST FRACTIONAL 1 / 4 OF SECTION18, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 10 WESTDESCRIBED AS COMMENCING AT A POINT 46RODS NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNEROF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF THE SOUTH-WEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 18, THENCE NORTH139 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING,THENCE WEST 200 FEET, THENCE NORTH 139FEET, THENCE EAST 200 FEET, THEN SOUTHTO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. The redemptionperiod shall be 6 months from the date of such saleunless determined abandoned in accordance with1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemptionperiod shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.If the above referenced property is sold at a fore-closure sale under Chapter 600 of the MichiganCompiled Laws, under MCL 600.3278, the borrow-er will be held responsible to the person who buysthe property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or tothe mortgage holder for damaging the property dur-ing the redemption period. Fifth Third Bank, an OhioBanking Corporation successor by merger to FifthThird Bank, a Michigan Banking Corporation alsoknown as Fifth Third Bank (Western Michigan)Mortgagee/Assignee Schneiderman & Sherman,P.C. 23938 Research Drive, Suite 300 FarmingtonHills, MI 48335 FMCO.000012 CONV (01-03)(01-24) 77575252

SYNOPSIS

PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP

Special Meeting

December 10, 2012

Supervisor J. Stoneburner called the meeting toorder at 10:00 a.m.

Present: Supervisor J. Stoneburner, Treasurer K.McGuire, Clerk DeVries, Trustee Grundy andTrustee R. Goebel.

Absent: none.Also present was 1 guest.Pledge of allegiance and a moment of silence for

our troops.Agenda was approved.No Minutes to approve.Correspondence, if any, was read.Public Comment, if any, was received.Discussion on policies and procedures for resi-

dent with Eric Thompson from PCI.Public comments and Board comments, if any,

were received.Meeting adjourned at 10:45 a.m.

Submitted by:Ted DeVries, ClerkAttested to by:Jim Stoneburner, Supervisor 77575268

STATE OF MICHIGANPROBATE COURT

COUNTY OF BARRYNOTICE TO CREDITORS

Decedent’s EstateFILE NO. 12-26214-DE

Estate of James R. Swanson. Date of birth:06/13/1936.

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

R. Swanson, who lived at 513 Gaskill Road,Hastings, Michigan died 05/18/2012.

Creditors of the decedent are notified that allclaims against the estate will be forever barredunless presented to Donna Swanson, named per-sonal representative or proposed personal repre-sentative, or to both the probate court at 206 WestCourt Street, Hastings, MI 49058 and thenamed/proposed personal representative within 4months after the date of publication of this notice.Date: 01/01/2013C. Marcel Stoetzel, III (P61912)P.O. Box 352Hastings, MI 49058(269) 948-8321Donna Swanson513 Gaskill RoadHastings, MI 49058(269) 945-9925 77575286

STATE OF MICHIGANPROBATE COURT

COUNTY OF BARRYNOTICE TO CREDITORS

Decedent’s EstateFILE NO. 12-26272-DE

Estate of Thomas Kim Newland. Date of birth:11/25/1942.

TO ALL CREDITORS:NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent,

Thomas Kim Newland, died 06/10/1999.Creditors of the decedent are notified that all

claims against the estate will be forever barredunless presented to Craig S. Newland, named per-sonal representative or proposed personal repre-sentative, or to both the probate court at 206 W.Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 and thenamed/proposed personal representative within 4months after the date of publication of this notice.Date: 01/02/2013Michael J. McPhillips P33715121 West Apple Street, Suite 101Hastings, Michigan 49058(269) 945-3512Craig S. Newland1442 108th StreetOtsego, Michigan 49078(269) 377-2638 77575338

STATE OF MICHIGANPROBATE COURT

COUNTY OF BARRYPUBLICATION OF NOTICE

OF HEARINGFILE NO. 12-26235-GM

In the matter of KARA NOBLE.TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including:

EDWARD FEHRLEN II whose address(es) areunknown and whose interest in the matter may bebarred or affected by the following:

TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held onWednesday, February 6, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at 206West Court, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 beforeJudge William M. Doherty P41960 for the followingpurpose:

PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIANOF MINOR.Date: January 3, 2013DAVID H. TRIPP P29290206 SOUTH BROADWAYHASTINGS, MI 49058(269) 945-9585BRENDA NOBLE437 EAST WALNUTHASTINGS, MI 49058(269) 804-1493 77575358

STATE OF MICHIGANPROBATE COURT

COUNTY OF BARRYPUBLICATION OF NOTICE

OF HEARINGFILE NO. 12-26234-GM

In the matter of KAELEE NOBLE.TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including:

EDWARD FEHRLEN II whose address(es) areunknown and whose interest in the matter may bebarred or affected by the following:

TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held onWednesday, February 6, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at 206West Court, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 beforeJudge William M. Doherty P41960 for the followingpurpose:

PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIANOF MINOR.Date: January 3, 2013DAVID H. TRIPP P29290206 SOUTH BROADWAYHASTINGS, MI 49058(269) 945-9585BRENDA NOBLE437 EAST WALNUTHASTINGS, MI 49058(269) 804-1493 77575360

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

THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVEMILITARY DUTY.

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

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

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

the conditions of a mortgage made by Jerry L.Jackson and Christina E-Joy Jackson, husbandand wife, original mortgagor(s), to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee,dated November 11, 2003, and recorded onNovember 18, 2003 in instrument 1117839, andassigned by said Mortgagee to Bank of America,N.A. as assignee as documented by an assign-ment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on whichmortgage there is claimed to be due at the datehereof the sum of Fifty-One Thousand TwoHundred Fifty-One and 70/100 Dollars($51,251.70).

Under the power of sale contained in said mort-gage and the statute in such case made and pro-vided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at public vendue, at the placeof holding the circuit court within Barry County, at1:00 PM, on February 7, 2013.

Said premises are situated in Township of Barry,Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot30 of Scott Park, according to the plat thereof asrecorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 68

The redemption period shall be 12 months fromthe date of such sale, unless determined aban-doned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, inwhich case the redemption period shall be 30 daysfrom the date of such sale.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale underChapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961,pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the property atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damaging the property during theredemption period.Dated: January 10, 2013For more information, please call:FC X (248) 593-1302Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #417915F01(01-10)(01-31) 77575384

LEGAL NOTICES

The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 10, 2013 — Page 11

LEGAL NOTICESNOTICE OF JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALETHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATIONWE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOUARE A BORROWER ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTYATTENTION PURCHASERS: This sale may berescinded by the circuit court at the request of theplaintiff. In that event, your damages, if any, shall belimited solely to the return of the bid amount ten-dered at sale, plus interest, as determined by thecourt. Barry County Circuit Court Case No. 10-618-CH NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE JUDICIAL SALEIN PURSUANCE and by virtue of Judgment(s)and/or Order(s) of foreclosure in the Circuit Courtfor the County of Barry, State of Michigan, madeand entered on the 12th day of January, 2012, in acertain cause therein pending, wherein HSBCMortgage Services, Inc. was the Plaintiff and JeffSchantz was the defendant. The aforementionedJudgment(s) and/or Order(s) established a debtowing to Plaintiff in the amount of $127,979.10, pluspost-judgment interest at an annual rate of 8.125%and other amounts recoverable pursuant to saidJudgment(s) and/or Order(s). NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN that in order to satisfy said Judgment(s)and/or Order(s), in whole or in part, the propertydescribed below shall be sold at public auction, byan authorized sheriff / deputy sheriff or countyClerk/Deputy county Clerk, to the highest bidder, atthe Circuit Court for the County of Barry, on the 24thof January, 2013 at 1:00 PM, local time. On saidday at said time, the following described propertyshall be sold: property located in the City ofHastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, par-ticularly described as The West 1/2 of Lots 1302and 1303 of the City, Formerly Village of Hastings,according to the recorded plat thereof.. Tax ParcelID: 08-55-201-447-00 More commonly known as:227 W South St, REDEMPTION PERIOD IS SIXMONTHS. For more information please call248.642.2515. Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys forPlaintiff 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, MI 48334-2525 T# 329389L02(12-06)(01-10) 77572736

FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. MAYBE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATIONOBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.IF YOU ARE A MILITARY SERVICEMEMBER ONACTIVE DUTY NOW OR IN THE PRIOR NINEMONTHS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE.Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the con-ditions of a certain mortgage made by RichardPopenhagen And Rachel Popenhagen, HusbandAnd Wife to Mortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc. as nominee for Novastar Mortgage,Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 3, 2007, andrecorded on January 24, 2007, as DocumentNumber: 1175527, Barry County Records, saidmortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank NationalTrust Company, as Trustee for NovaStar MortgageFunding Trust, Series 2007-1 NovaStar HomeEquity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series2007-1 by an Assignment of Mortgage datedOctober 01, 2012 and recorded October 11, 2012by Document Number: 2012-005616, , on whichmortgage there is claimed to be due at the datehereof the sum of One Hundred Twelve ThousandFour Hundred Eighty-Five and 22/100($112,485.22) including interest at the rate of8.62500% per annum. Under the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage and the statute in suchcase made and provided, notice is hereby giventhat said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale ofthe mortgaged premises, or some part of them, atpublic venue, at the place of holding the CircuitCourt in said Barry County, where the premises tobe sold or some part of them are situated, at 01:00PM on January 17, 2013 Said premises are situat-ed in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County,Michigan, and are described as: THE FOLLOWINGDESCRIBED PREMISES SITUATED IN THETOWNSHIP OF, COUNTY OF BARRY AND STATEOF TO WIT: BEGINNING AT THE EAST QUARTERPOST OF SECTION 27, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE8 WEST; THENCE SOUTH 87 DEGREES 14 MIN-UTES 21 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE EASTAND WEST QUARTER LINE OF SAID SECTION27, A DISTANCE OF 664.55 FEET; THENCENORTH 02 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 01 SECONDSWEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE EASTHALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THENORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 27, ADISTANCE OF 1335.21 FEET TO THE NORTHLINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THENORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION;THENCE NORTH 87 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 45SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE,205.17 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 02 DEGREES 20MINUTES 09 SECONDS EAST, 284.00 FEET;THENCE NORTH 87 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 45SECONDS EAST, 460.14 FEET TO THE EASTLINE OF SAID SECTION 27; THENCE SOUTHALONG SAID EAST SECTION LINE, 1047.27FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECTTO EXISTING ROADWAY EASEMENT FORHUTCHINSON ROAD ON THE EAST AND HICK-ORY ROAD ON THE SOUTH. SUBJECT TO ALLEASEMENTS, RESERVATIONS, COVENANTS,CONDITIONS, AGREEMENTS OF RECORD, IFANY. Commonly known as: 14300 HutchinsonRoad If the property is eventually sold at foreclo-sure sale, the redemption period will be 6.00months from the date of sale unless the property isabandoned or used for agricultural purposes. If theproperty is determined abandoned in accordancewith MCL 600.3241 and/or 600.3241a, the redemp-tion period will be 30 days from the date of sale, or15 days after statutory notice, whichever is later. Ifthe property is presumed to be used for agriculturalpurposes prior to the date of the foreclosure salepursuant to MCL 600.3240, the redemption periodis 1 year. Pursuant to MCL 600.3278, if the proper-ty is sold at a foreclosure sale, the borrower(s) willbe held responsible to the person who buys theproperty at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to themortgage holder for damaging the property duringthe redemption period. TO ALL PURCHASERS:The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. Inthat event, your damages are, if any, limited solelyto the return of the bid amount tendered at sale,plus interest. If you are a tenant in the property,please contact our office as you may have certainrights. Dated: December 20, 2012 Randall S. Miller& Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Deutsche BankNational Trust Company, as Trustee for NovaStarMortgage Funding Trust, Series 2007-1 NovaStarHome Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates,Series 2007-1 43252 Woodward Avenue, Suite180, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, 248-335-9200Case No. 12OMI01272-1 (12-20)(01-10) 77573308

FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect adebt. Any information obtained will be used for thispurpose. If you are in the Military, please contactour office at the number listed below. MORTGAGESALE – Default has been made in the conditions ofa certain mortgage made by: Diane Dallas, A SingleFemale to Option One Mortgage Corporation,Mortgagee, dated October 25, 2002 and recordedNovember 25, 2002 in Instrument # 1092382 andcorrected by affidavit dated November 19, 2012and recorded November 29, 2012 in Instrument#2012-007635 Barry County Records, MichiganSaid mortgage was assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank,N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage LoanTrust 2003-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series2003-1, by assignment dated July 20, 2007 andrecorded July 30, 2007in Instrument # 20070730-0000298 on which mortgage there is claimed to bedue at the date hereof the sum of One HundredTwenty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-FourDollars and Fourteen Cents ($121,864.14) includ-ing interest 7.5% per annum. Under the power ofsale contained in said mortgage and the statute insuch case made and provided, notice is herebygiven that said mortgage will be foreclosed by asale of the mortgaged premises, or some part ofthem, at public vendue, Circuit Court of BarryCounty at 1:00PM on January 17, 2013 Said prem-ises are situated in Township of Hastings, BarryCounty, Michigan, and are described as: That partof the Northeast one-quarter of section 28, Town 3north, range 8 west, described as, commencing atthe intersection of the north line of said section andthe centerline of Nashville Road (highway M-79)which is 1094.5 feet west along the North line ofsaid section from the northeast corner of said sec-tion, thence south 23 degrees 45 minutes east200.71 feet along the centerline of said road,thence southeasterly 410.72 feet along said center-line on a 1227.77 foot radius curve to the left, thechord of which bears south 33 degrees 20 minutesEast 408.80 feet, thence south 42 degrees 55 min-utes east 127.71 feet along the centerline of saidroad, thence south 47 degrees 05 minutes west 834feet more or less to the east line of the west one-half of the northeast one-quarter, thence Southalong the East line of the West one-half of theNortheast one-quarter 1447 feet more or less to thesoutheast corner of the west one-half of the north-east one-quarter, thence west along the east andwest one-quarter line 313.5 feet more or less to thesouthwest corner of the east 19 acres of the westone-half of the Northeast one-quarter, thence northalong the west line of the east 19 acres of the westone-half of the Northeast one-quarter 2640 feetmore or less to the North line of said section, thenceEast 532 feet more or less to the place of begin-ning, subject to the right of way for highway pur-poses over the north 33 feet and over that part lyingnortheasterly of a line which is 33 feet southwester-ly from and parallel with the centerline of NashvilleRoad (highway M-79) Commonly known as 1890Nashville Rd, Hastings MI 49058 The redemptionperiod shall be 6 months from the date of such sale,unless determined abandoned in accordance withMCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which casethe redemption period shall be 30 days from thedate of such sale, or upon the expiration of thenotice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever islater; or unless MCL 600.3240(17) applies. If theproperty is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, underMCL 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsi-ble to the person who buys the property at the mort-gage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder fordamaging the property during the redemption peri-od. Dated: 12/20/2012 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., asTrustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2003-1,Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo &Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our FileNo: 12-66766 (12-20)(01-10) 77573313

FORECLOSURE NOTICE

This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect adebt. Any information obtained will be used for thispurpose. If you are in the Military, please contactour office at the number listed below. MORTGAGESALE – Default has been made in the conditions ofa certain mortgage made by: Russell M. Peasley, amarried man to Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis,Mortgagee, dated November 19, 2004 and record-ed December 15, 2004 in Instrument # 1138757and modified by agreement dated February 7, 2012and recorded March 20, 2012 in Instrument#201203200002855 Barry County Records,Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned throughmesne assignments to: CitiMortgage, Inc., byassignment dated January 23, 2010 and recordedFebruary 5, 2010 in Instrument #201002050001068 on which mortgage there isclaimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of OneHundred Twelve Thousand One Hundred TwoDollars and Thirty-Four Cents ($112,102.34) includ-ing interest 4.375% per annum. Under the power ofsale contained in said mortgage and the statute insuch case made and provided, notice is herebygiven that said mortgage will be foreclosed by asale of the mortgaged premises, or some part ofthem, at public vendue, Circuit Court of BarryCounty at 1:00PM on January 17, 2013. Said prem-ises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, BarryCounty, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel ofland in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25,Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Maple GroveTownship, Barry County, Michigan, described as:Beginning at a point on the West line of saidSection 25 , distant North 00 degrees 16 minutes09 seconds East 931.62 feet from the Southwestcorner of said Section 25; thence North 00 degrees16 minutes 09 seconds East 220 .00 feet along saidWest Section line; thence North 88 degrees 38 min-utes 54 seconds East 650.32 feet; thence South 00degrees 41 minutes 27 seconds West 220 .05 feet;thence South 88 degrees 38 minutes 54 secondsWest 648.70 feet to the point of beginning. ModelYear 1999 Make/ Model Crystal Valley PatriotVIN/Serial#: CV819ABIN Commonly known as8797 S. Clark Rd., Nashville MI 49073 The redemp-tion period shall be 6 months from the date of suchsale, unless determined abandoned in accordancewith MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in whichcase the redemption period shall be 30 days fromthe date of such sale, or upon the expiration of thenotice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever islater; or unless MCL 600.3240(17) applies. If theproperty is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, underMCL 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsi-ble to the person who buys the property at the mort-gage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder fordamaging the property during the redemption peri-od. Dated: 12/20/2012 CitiMortgage, Inc., Assigneeof Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates,P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 12-72844 (12-20)(01-10) 77573324

SCHNEIDERMAN & SHERMAN, P.C., ISATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFOR-MATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT(248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARYDUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has beenmade in the conditions of a mortgage made byLARRY ELSON and VIRGINIA ELSON, HUSBANDAND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee forlender and lender's successors and assigns,Mortgagee, dated June 15, 2006, and recorded onJune 28, 2006, in Document No. 1166566, andassigned by said mortgagee to Federal NationalMortgage Association, as assigned, Barry CountyRecords, Michigan, on which mortgage there isclaimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of OneHundred Nine Thousand Two Hundred Forty-NineDollars and No Cents ($109,249.00), includinginterest at 2.000% per annum. Under the power ofsale contained in said mortgage and the statute insuch case made and provided, notice is herebygiven that said mortgage will be foreclosed by asale of the mortgaged premises, or some part ofthem, at public venue, At the East doors of theBarry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at01:00 PM o'clock, on January 31, 2013 Said prem-ises are located in Barry County, Michigan and aredescribed as: PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4OF SECTION 33, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 10WEST, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THEWEST 1 / 4 POST OF SAID SECTION 33;THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 45SECONDS EAST ALONG THE EAST AND WEST1 / 4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 300 FEET; THENCESOUTH 00 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 15 SECONDSEAST 1452 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES52 MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST 300 FEET TOTHE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION; THENCENORTH 00 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 15 SECONDSWEST ALONG SAID WEST LINE 1452 FEET TOTHE PLACE OF BEGINNING. The redemptionperiod shall be 6 months from the date of such saleunless determined abandoned in accordance with1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemptionperiod shall be 30 days from the date of such sale.If the above referenced property is sold at a fore-closure sale under Chapter 600 of the MichiganCompiled Laws, under MCL 600.3278, the borrow-er will be held responsible to the person who buysthe property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or tothe mortgage holder for damaging the property dur-ing the redemption period. Federal NationalMortgage Association Mortgagee/AssigneeSchneiderman & Sherman, P.C. 23938 ResearchDrive, Suite 300 Farmington Hills, MI 48335LBPS.002536 FNMA (01-03)(01-24) 77575236

FORECLOSURE NOTICETHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATIONWE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT

THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVEMILITARY DUTY.

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

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

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

the terms and conditions of a Mortgage made byCalvin T. VandenBosch and Sarah R.VandenBosch, husband and wife, of 1734 ManitouLane, Middleville, Michigan 49333, now residing at2023 133rd Avenue, Hopkins, Michigan 49328(“Mortgagor”), to ChoiceOne Mortgage Company ofMichigan, a Michigan corporation, of 109 E.Division, Sparta, Michigan, 49345, dated August31, 2006, and recorded with the Barry CountyRegister of Deeds, State of Michigan, onSeptember 8, 2006, in Instrument No. 1169719,which Mortgage was assigned to and is now ownedby CHOICEONE BANK, a Michigan banking corpo-ration (“Mortgagee”), of 109 E. Division, Sparta,Michigan, 49345, pursuant to an Assignment ofMortgage dated October 13, 2011, and recorded onOctober 21, 2011, with the Barry County Register ofDeeds, State of Michigan, in Instrument No.201110210009877 (the “Mortgage”). The sumclaimed to be due and owing on said Mortgage asof the date of this Notice is One Hundred NineteenThousand Sixty-Four and 08/100 Dollars($119,064.08) including principal and interest.

Under the power of sale contained in saidMortgage and the statute in such case made andprovided, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that onThursday, February 14, 2013, at 1 p.m., local time,said Mortgage will be foreclosed at a sale at publicauction to the highest bidder at the Barry CountyCourthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings,Michigan 49058 (that being the place of holdingCircuit Court in said County) of the premises andland described in the Mortgage, or so much thereofas may be necessary to pay the amount due on theMortgage, together with interest, legal costs, andcharges and expenses, including the attorney fee,and also any sums which may be paid by the under-signed necessary to protect its interest.

Said premises are situated in the Township ofYankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and aredescribed as:

The East 150 feet of Lots 1 & 2, LakesideSubdivision, according to the recorded plat thereof,as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 55. Subjectto and together with Sanitary Sewer Easement.PPN: 08-16-118-001-30

Commonly known as 1755 Briggs, Middleville,Michigan 49333.

The redemption period shall be six (6) monthsfrom the date of such sale unless determined aban-doned in accordance with 1948 CL 600.3241 or600.3241a, as the case may be, in which case theredemption period shall be 30 days from the date ofsuch sale.

The Mortgage also includes other property locat-ed in Hopkins Township, Allegan County, Michigan,which is being foreclosed on contemporaneouslywith this property.

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale underChapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961,pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the property atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damaging the property during theredemption period.Dated: January 4, 2013ChoiceOne BankMortgageeIngrid A. Jensen, (616) 608-1107, Attorney for MortgageeClark Hill PLC, 200 Ottawa NW, Suite 500, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 77575343

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALEThis firm is a debt collector attempting to collect

a debt. Any information we obtain will be used forthat purpose.

Default has occurred in the conditions of a mort-gage made by CHARLES K. and JOANN P.MILLER, NOT PERSONALLY BUT AS TRUSTEESON BEHALF OF CHARLES K. MILLER TRUSTNO. 1 and JOANN P. MILLER TRUST NO. 1 (col-lectively, "Mortgagor"), to NATIONAL BANK OFHASTINGS, a Michigan banking corporation, of 241West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058,dated April 19, 2002, and recorded in the office ofthe Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michiganon May 15, 2002, as Instrument No. 1080579 (the"Mortgage"). First Financial Bank, N.A., a nationalassociation, of 300 High Street, PO Box 476,Hamilton, Ohio 45011-0476, was the successor byconsolidation to Sand Ridge Bank, an Indiana cor-poration, of PO Box 598, Schereville, Indiana46375, which was the successor by consolidation toNational Bank of Hastings, and subsequentlyassigned the Mortgage to Chemical Bank("Mortgagee") as evidenced of record by an assign-ment of mortgage dated September 21, 2012,recorded October 1, 2012, as Instrument No, 2012-005185, Barry County Records. By reason of suchdefault, the Mortgagee elects to declare and herebydeclares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgagedue and payable forthwith. Mortgagee is the ownerof the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage.

As of the date of this Notice there is claimed tobe due for principal and interest on the Mortgagethe sum of One Hundred Five Thousand ThreeHundred Eighty Three and 85/100 Dollars($105,383.85). No suit or proceeding at law hasbeen instituted to recover the debt secured by theMortgage or any part thereof.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the powerof sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute insuch case made and provided, and to pay theabove amount, with interest, as provided in theMortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expens-es, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and alltaxes and insurance premiums paid by the under-signed before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosedby sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendueto the highest bidder at the east entrance of theBarry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan onThursday the 7th day of February, 2013, at oneo’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered bythe Mortgage are situated in the Township ofYankee Springs, County of Barry, State ofMichigan, and are described as follows:

Commencing at the Northeasterly corner of Lot22 of Elmwood Beach; thence Easterly on continu-ation of the North Line of Lot 22 to the Easterly sideof Mile Road for place of beginning; thence Easterlyon the continuation of the North Line of Lot 22 to thewater's edge of Gun Lake; thence Northerly,Northwesterly and Westerly along Gun Lake to MileRoad; thence Southerly along Mile Road to thebeginning, excepting therefrom: the South 40 feetof said parcel.

Together with all the improvements erected onthe real estate, and all easements, appurtenances,and fixtures a part of the property, and all replace-ments and additions.

Commonly known as: 3443 Elmwood BeachRoad, Middleville, Michigan 49333P.P. #06-16-070-020-00

Notice is further given that the length of theredemption period will be six (6) months from thedate of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. Ifthe premises are abandoned, the redemption peri-od will be the later of thirty (30) days from the dateof the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) daysafter the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant toMCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are consid-ered abandoned and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs,executor, or administrator, or a person lawfullyclaiming from or under one (1) of them has notgiven the written notice required by MCLA§600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are notabandoned.

If the premises are sold at a foreclosure sale,under MCLA §600.3278 the Mortgagor will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the premises atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the Mortgageefor damaging the premises during the redemptionperiod. Dated: January 10, 2013CHEMICAL BANKMortgageeTimothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP900 Fifth Third Center111 Lyon Street, N.W.Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2487(616) 752-20008836328-1 77575348

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

THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVEMILITARY DUTY.

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

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

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

the conditions of a mortgage made by RichardFrank and Abigail B. Frank, husband and wife, orig-inal mortgagor(s), to Lend America, Mortgagee,dated July 31, 2009, and recorded on August 26,2009 in instrument 200908260008726, andassigned by said Mortgagee to LoanCare, a divi-sion of FNF Servicing, Inc. as assignee as docu-mented by an assignment, in Barry county records,Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to bedue at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-EightThousand Four Hundred Seventy-Nine and 88/100Dollars ($98,479.88).

Under the power of sale contained in said mort-gage and the statute in such case made and pro-vided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at public vendue, at the placeof holding the circuit court within Barry County, at1:00 PM, on February 7, 2013.

Said premises are situated in Township ofOrangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and aredescribed as: That part of the Northeast 1/4 ofSection 7, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, describedas: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of saidSection 7; thence North 89 degrees 18 minutes 00seconds West 1320.51 feet, along the South line ofthe Northeast 1/4; thence North 00 degrees 15 min-utes 08 seconds West 695.99 feet, along the Eastline of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4, to the pointof beginning; thence North 00 degrees 15 minutes08 seconds West 370.00 feet; thence North 89degrees 28 minutes 40 seconds West 269.45 feet;thence Southeasterly 81.56 feet, along a 151.83foot radius curve to the right, the chord of whichbears South 15 degrees 34 minutes 38 secondsEast 80.56 feet; thence South 00 degrees 19 min-utes 57 seconds East 292.53 feet; thence South 89degrees 28 minutes 40 seconds East 247.75 feet,to the point of beginning. Subject to and togetherwith an easement for ingress, egress and utilities asdescribed below. Description of a 66 foot wideEasement for Ingress, Egress and Utilities: that partof the Northeast 1/4 of Section 7, Town 2 North,Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at theEast 1/4 corner of said Section 7; thence North 89degrees 18 minutes 00 seconds West 1320.51 feet,along the South line of the Northeast 1/4; thenceNorth 00 degrees 15 minutes 08 seconds West1318.97 feet, along the East line of the West 1/2 ofthe Northeast 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 28 min-utes 40 seconds West 464.30 feet, along the Northline of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 ofsaid Section to the point of beginning, and the cen-terline of said 56 foot wide strip of land; thenceSouth 00 degrees 19 minutes 58 seconds East24.45 feet; thence Southeasterly 141.58 feet, alonga 150.0 foot radius curve to the left, the chord ofwhich bears South 27 degrees 45 minutes 38 sec-onds East 135.38 feet; thence South 54 degrees 24minutes 49 seconds East 111.13 feet; thenceSoutherly 143.31 feet, along a 151.83 foot radiuscurve to the right, the chord of which bears South27 degrees 23 minutes 53 seconds East 138.05feet; thence South 00 degrees 19 minutes 57 sec-onds East 404.65 feet, to reference point A and thepoint of ending of said 66 foot wide strip of land,also subject to and together with an easement foringress, egress and utilities over a 60.0 foot radiusturnaround, the radius point of which is the afore-said reference point A.

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

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale underChapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961,pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the property atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damaging the property during theredemption period.Dated: January 10, 2013For more information, please call:FC H (248) 593-1300Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #357226F03(01-10)(01-31) 77575353

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

THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVEMILITARY DUTY.

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

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

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

the conditions of a mortgage made by Krista M.Kennedy and Jason L. Kennedy, Wife and Husbandas Joint Tenants, original mortgagor(s), to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee,dated June 17, 2009, and recorded on June 24,2009 in instrument 200906240006576, andassigned by said Mortgagee to Bank of America,N.A. as assignee as documented by an assign-ment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on whichmortgage there is claimed to be due at the datehereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-ThreeThousand Eighty-Three and 74/100 Dollars($193,083.74).

Under the power of sale contained in said mort-gage and the statute in such case made and pro-vided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at public vendue, at the placeof holding the circuit court within Barry County, at1:00 PM, on February 7, 2013.

Said premises are situated in Village ofMiddleville, Barry County, Michigan, and aredescribed as: Lot 30, Misty Ridge No. 2, accordingto the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6,Page 49 of plats, Barry County records.

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

If the property is sold at foreclosure sale underChapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961,pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be heldresponsible to the person who buys the property atthe mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damaging the property during theredemption period.Dated: January 10, 2013For more information, please call:FC X (248) 593-1302Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #417921F01(01-10)(01-31) 77575362

IF YOU ARE NOW ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTYOR HAVE BEEN IN THE PRIOR NINE MONTHS,

PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT 248-502-1400.

MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made inthe conditions of a mortgage made by DarrenRoberts and Carrie Roberts, husband and wife, toFifth Third Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, datedJune 11, 2009 and recorded June 22, 2009 inInstrument Number 200906220006522, and , BarryCounty Records, Michigan. There is claimed to bedue at the date hereof the sum of Eighty ThousandNine Hundred Thirty-Eight and 95/100 Dollars($80,938.95) including interest at 5% per annum.

Under the power of sale contained in said mort-gage and the statute in such case made and pro-vided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at public vendue at the BarryCounty Circuit Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan inBarry County, Michigan at 1:00 PM on FEBRUARY7, 2013.

Said premises are located in the Village ofMiddleville, Barry County, Michigan, and aredescribed as:

The following described real estate located in theVillage of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan:Lot 8,Block 62, Village of Middleville, Barry County,Michigan, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 27.The redemption period shall be 6 months from thedate of such sale, unless determined abandoned inaccordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which casethe redemption period shall be 30 days from thedate of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: Theforeclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In thatevent, your damages, if any, are limited solely to thereturn of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus inter-est.

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

If you are a tenant in the property, please contactour office as you may have certain rights.Dated: January 10, 2013Orlans Associates, PC.Attorneys for ServicerP.O. Box 5041Troy, MI 48007File No. 12-511546(01-10)(01-31) 77575389

by Brett BremerSports Editor

The Trojans had a different strategy thisholiday season.

Thornapple Kellogg/Hastings varsity boys’swimming and diving coach has had teamspile on the yardage during the break in yearspast. This winter it was about the quality ofthe strokes rather than the quantity of theyardage.

“More work on speed and technique versusthe distance part and the endurance side of it,”Bultema said. “It seemed to pay off from whatthe kids told me their times were.”

The TK/Hastings boys had two-a-day prac-

tices three times a week over the break.“I was kind of curious to see how they

came out. If they would be tired, and stillsore, but they seemed to swim okay time-wise,” Bultema said.

The Trojans returned to the pool Tuesday toknock off Fremont 112-74 in a non-confer-ence dual in Hastings, winning ten of the 12events.

Despite the lopsided results, there were anumber of events where the Trojans werepushed by the Packers. Levi Ryfiak andDaegen Mix won two events each forTK/Hastings.

Ryfiak edged Jonathon Dorgan of Fremont

by three hundredths of a second in the firstindividual event of the day, the 200-yardfreestyle. Ryfiak touched the wall in 2 min-utes 5.79 seconds, and Dorgan in 2:05.82after eight lengths of the pool. Ryfiak had amuch bigger cushion in winning the 100-yardbutterfly in 59.22 seconds.

Mix edged JonPaul Hills to win the 50-yardfreestyle in 24.61, with Hills finishing in24.81. In the 100-yard freestyle, Mix just beatDorgan 55.44 seconds to 55.60.

Ryfiak and Mix also teamed with NickMyers and Jared Bailey to win the 400-yardfreestyle in 3:50.97.

TK/Hastings swept the relays, with Ryfiak,Jacob Miller, Corey Robins and DexxVanHouten winning the 200-yard freestylerelay in 1:44.42 and the team of Bailey,VanHouten, Mix and Miller winning the 200-yard medley relay in 1:59.53.

VanHouten won the 200-yard individualmedley in 2:32.61, Bailey the 500-yardfreestyle in 5:51.83 and Nate Ryfiak won thediving competition for TK/Hastings with ascore of 170.55.

The evening wasn’t just about the winnersfor TK/Hastings, Bultema said he was keep-ing a close eye on his second and third swim-mers in each event.

“I thought they competed well,” Bultemasaid. “We discussed before the meet to makesure that out second and third swimmerswould compete, and make sure that theyswam the whole race. That was importanttoday, and I think they did that.”

It really showed up in the 200 IM, whereTK/Hastings had the top three finishers. BenAnderson was second in 2:40.57 and RonnieCollins third in 2:49.13.

Fremont’s first win came in the tenth event,

the 100-yard backstroke, which CalvinCrandell won in 1:07.45. Hills followed thatup by out-touching VanHouten in the 100-yard breaststroke, winning in 1:13.06.

VanHouten finished win 1:13.34.TK-Hastings is at Allegan this evening,

then will be at home against West CatholicTuesday.

by Brett BremerSports Editor

With one game over the holiday break andjust one this week, Hastings varsity boys’ bas-ketball coach Steve Storrs said his guys aregetting a little sick of practicing.

They’ll get the chance to get back into theswing of things next week when they openthe OK Gold Conference season. League playstarts with a visit from Wayland Tuesday, theSaxons will then host Ottawa Hills Friday(Jan. 18).

Storrs said his team will spend a lot of timein practice during this week preparing to tryand slow down the Wayland offense. TheWildcats are 7-1, and have been held under 60points only twice this season.

The Saxons are off to a 5-1 start after scor-ing a 59-40 non-conference victory atCharlotte Tuesday.

Luke Heide led the way for the Saxonswith 15 points. Ian Beck had nine points.

The Saxons found some success near thebasket. Eric Hart finished with 12 points andfive rebounds. Michael Eastman had sevenpoints, five rebounds and five assists, andMarshall Cherry chipped in six points andseven rebounds.

Hastings jumped out to a 20-6 lead in theball game.

Storrs was pleased to get out to the earlylead. It gave him the chance to get a numberof this juniors who have very little varsityexperience a little playing time. He was espe-cially pleased with the defensive effort he sawfrom Carson Williams and the rebounding ofJon Wilcox off the bench.

The Saxons did have their ups and downsthroughout the course of the evening.Charlotte outscored the Saxons 13-10 in the

second quarter.Keegan Johnson led Charlotte with nine

points.

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SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULEComplete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org

THURSDAY, JANUARY 106:00 pm Boys Varsity Swimming Allegan Public Schools A6:00 pm Girls MS Cheer Wyoming Jr. HS A

FRIDAY, JANUARY 118:00 pm Boys Varsity Ice Hockey Bishop Foley HS H

SATURDAY, JANUARY 129:00 am Boys Varsity Wrestling Lowell HS Lowell Duals A

TUESDAY, JANUARY 154:00 pm Boys Fresh. Basketball Wayland Union HS H4:00 pm Girls Fresh. Basketball Wayland Union HS A5:00 pm Girls MS Cheer All League H5:30 pm Boys JV Basketball Wayland Union HS H5:30 pm Girls JV Basketball Wayland Union HS A6:00 pm Boys Varsity Swimming West Catholic HS H7:00 pm Boys Varsity Basketball Wayland Union HS H7:00 pm Girls Varsity Basketball Wayland Union HS A

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 165:30 pm Boys Varsity Wrestling GR Ottawa Hills HS H5:30 pm Boys JV Wresting GR Ottawa Hills HS Quad H5:30 pm Boys B Team Wrestling GR Ottawa Hills HS H6:00 pm Girls Varsity Cheer OK Gold/Green Jam

@ Wayland A6:00 pm Girls JV Cheer OK Gold/Green Jam

@ Wayland A7:45 pm Boys Varsity Ice Hockey Lowell HS H

THURSDAY, JANUARY 174:30 pm Boys Fresh. Basketball GR Ottawa Hills HS H4:30 pm Girls Fresh. Basketball GR Ottawa Hills HS A6:00 pm Boys Varsity Swimming Wayland Union HS A6:00 pm Boys JV Basketball GR Ottawa Hills HS H6:00 pm Girls JV Basketball GR Ottawa Hills HS A

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The Lakewood girls’ basketball programwill be hosting its fifth annual Hoops forHope evening Friday, Jan. 11, at LakewoodHigh School.

The Lakewood varsity girls’ and boys’ bas-ketball teams will both be in action that night,against Capital Area Activities ConferenceWhite Division foe Stockbridge. The boys’game is set to tip-off at 6 p.m., with the girlsto follow around 7:30 p.m.

The Hoops for Hope games are played toraise awareness and money for the fightagainst cancer. All money raised will bedonated to the American Cancer Society’sCoaches vs. Cancer program. Money will beraised through T-shirt sales, a bake sale,through a memory/honor wall and otherdonations.

A Miracle Minute will be held at half-timeof the varsity boys’ basketball game, and can-cer survivors will be honored prior to the startof the varsity girls’ contest.

Contact varsity girls’ basketball coachDenny Frost at Lakewood High School topurchase a T-shirt prior to the event.

LHS will hostHoops for Hopeevent on Friday

The Thornapple Kellogg varsity wrestlingteam finished second at the Battle of theHills team tournament held at Forest HillsCentral Saturday, falling only to OK Goldfoe Grand Rapids Catholic Central 35-32.

The Trojans posted wins over Lawton 54-19, Mattawan 57-16, Forest Hills Central 42-32, and Sparta 40-30.

Winning five matches for the Trojans wereseniors Ryan Flynn and Paul Haney.Winning four matches for the Trojans wereseniors Nick Glowe and Cole Gahan.

The Trojans were scheduled to visitHamilton Wednesday. They will be back inaction Saturday at a tournament hosted byLowell and then return to OK Gold action athome against Wayland Wednesday.

GRCC edgesTK for title atBattle of Hills

Hastings guard Grace Made tries to dribble by Charlotte’s Annie Keenan duringTuesday’s non-conference contest at Hastings High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Hastings has lots of time toprep for conference opener

Saxon center Maddie Dailey flips up ashot during the second half of Tuesday’snon-conference contest against visitingCharlotte. (Photo by Perry Hardin)

The Trojans’ Daegen Mix swims along on the anchor leg of his team’s 400-yardfreestyle relay team, which won its event during Tuesday’s dual with Fremont. (Photoby Brett Bremer)

TK/Hastings sophomore Jared Bailey nears the end of his first length during the400-yard freestyle relay Tuesday evening in the CERC Pool. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

TK/Hastings’ junior Dexx VanHouten races through the water during the butterfly leg of the 200-yard individual medley duringTuesday’s non-conference dual with Fremont in the CERC Pool in Hastings. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Speed and technique work pays off for swimmers

by Brett BremerSports Editor

Delton Kellogg senior guard BriannaRussell was more than a little excited toknock down two big free throws to help herteam to a tight Kalamazoo Valley Associationvictory over visiting Kalamazoo ChristianTuesday.

The Panthers improved to 6-2 overall and4-2 in the league with their 50-43 come-from-behind victory over the Comets.

“She knocked down two huge free throws,much to her own surprise,” said DeltonKellogg head coach Mike Mohn. “I told heryou probably ought to act like you’ve donethis before, but she says ‘well coach, Ihaven’t.’ I guess that’s appropriate. She reallyhad a good game.”

Russell finished with just the two points,but was a big part of the defensive charge thatgot the Panthers back in the ball game afterthey fell in a 29-21 hole in the first half. TheComets held Delton to just six points in theopening quarter.

“We just came out sluggish. I mean reallysluggish in that first quarter, I think a littlecarryover from the Parchment game onFriday,” Mohn said.

Delton had just one field goal and four freethrows in that first quarter. The Cometspushed their lead to 10 points at 31-21 withthe first bucket of the second half. Those werethe last points the Comets would score in thethird quarter though, as Delton went on a 13-0 run the rest of the period.

“(Brianna) ‘Breezy’ Russell came on offthe bench, and she’s really coming on as oflate,” said Mohn. “Defensively she’s fast. Sheflies around. She doesn’t know what she’sdoing, but it doesn’t matter. She just gets inthe way. She had a couple really big steals,she hawked down a ball she had no businessgetting to. She’s just so quick.”

Once Delton had the ball, Mallory Sewelland Brooke Martin led the way. Sewell fin-ished with 17 points, including eight in thefourth quarter. Martin ended up with 13points, and Mohn said he’s having a fun time

watching her growing into becoming a leaderfor the team.

Delton Kellogg also got seven points eachfrom Rachel Parker and Sarah Rendon, andfour points from Kristen Mohn.

Carly Vandenberg led KalamazooChristian with 13 points. Allison Snowdenand Ashley Balkema had eight each, andStephanie VandeLugt chipped in seven pointsas well as 13 rebounds.

It was a bit of a slow start for the PanthersFriday too, at Parchment. Parchment scored a50-42 win over the Delton Kellogg girls, afteroutscoring them 17-10 in the first quarter.

Martin had 20 points in the losing effort,and Sewell finished with 17 points and 13rebounds.

Parchment got 16 points from MeredithStutz and 15 from Kendyl Hinton.

Delton Kellogg’s girls will be atGalesburg-Augusta Friday and then atSchoolcraft Tuesday.

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Maple Valley varsity boys’ basketballcoach Chris Ewing said his Lions talked allweekend about how it would take a lot for ateam to beat them.

Unfortunately for the Lions, they wereright. It did take a lot - three overtimes.

Galesburg-Augusta handed the visitingLions their first loss of the season Tuesday,knocking them off 81-73 in triple overtime.

Ewing said a long three-pointer by theRams’ Jordan Born erased a three-point Lionlead at the end of the first overtime session,and then three free throws by the Lions’Sammy Benedict erased a three-point Ramlead at the end of the second overtime.

In the end, it was the Rams’ KyleMallawitz who finished off the Lions. He was4-of-6 from the free throw line down thestretch (and 13-of-16 at the line for the night).He scored the first four points of the third, andfinal, overtime period and finished with agame-high 26 points.

Benedict led the Lions with 22 points,while Micah Bromley added 19 points andAustin Gonser 15 points and ten rebounds.

Behind Mallawitz for the Rams, Bornpoured in 19 points and Andy Gregg 17.

“That was a long, long game,” said Ewing.It wouldn’t have been a long game if the

Lions hadn’t been able to put together a bigcomeback. They were down 12 points at onepoint in the second period, and still trailed 35-28 at the half.

Mallawitz and the Rams built their lead byattacking the basket. The Lions struggled tostop their penetration, and when they wereable to get over in time the Rams did a goodjob of dishing off the basketball for othergood looks at the basket.

“We changed up our defense a lot,” saidEwing. “We went to a 3-2 zone and a half-court press a lot, but they beat those prettyeasily for a while, so we went back to whatwe’re comfortable with, or full-court man-to-

man. But as the game went on we got a littletired, did a bit more reaching and weren’tmoving our feet as well.”

The Rams also threw a few differentdefenses at Maple Valley. The Lions didn’tshoot too well, knocking down just 20-of-29free throw attempts. They only hit 14 fieldgoals all game.

Both teams had more turnovers than theywould have liked. The Lions finished with 20and the Rams with 22.

Galesburg-Augusta improves to 3-3 overall

this season with the win. The Lions are 6-1.The Lions now have a tough game ahead atSchoolcraft Friday.

At least one Maple Valley junior was happythere wasn’t any school last Friday. Bromleyliked the opportunity for himself and the restof the Maple Valley varsity boys’ basketballteam to be able to come into the school duringthe day and have a shoot-around.

The Lions could find out of their shotswere on, and if they weren’t they could workout the kinks before returning to KalamazooValley Association action against visitingKalamazoo Christian that evening.

Bromley’s shot was on, and it was still onat 8 p.m. when the Lions and Comets tippedoff. He drilled four three-pointers and led theLions with 24 points in their 66-58 overtimevictory over the Comets.

“Everyone is so excited right now,”Bromley said. “We’re coming together as ateam and just blessing God for the opportuni-ty to start like this and have the team that wehave.”

Bromley wasn’t the only Lion who’s shotwas on. Maple Valley hit five three-pointersin the third quarter to dig out of a five-pointhole against the Comets. The Lions led 43-38after three quarters, and the lead was still fivepoints for the Lions at 54-49 with two and ahalf minutes to play.

Kalamazoo Christian cut the Lion lead to54-53 with just over a minute to play on anoffensive put-back by 6-5 senior center DylanGooch. Bromley put his team back up threewith 54 seconds left, attacking the basket fora lay-up that made it 56-53 in favor of theValley.

The Lions got a stop on the ensuing Cometpossession, but after a time-out threw the ballback to the Comets with 26 seconds left onthe clock. Kalamazoo Christian’s BrennanHeidema grabbed the ball and passed it out toNate Niewoonder, who missed a three fromthe top of the key, but Jason Westrate pulleddown an offensive rebound. Westrate kickedit back out to Heidema, who drilled a three totie the game at 56-56 and send it to overtime.

Another offensive rebound, this time byGooch, turned into the first points of the over-

time session. The Comets led 58-56, but did-n’t score again. A 7-of-14 performance at thefree throw line in the overtime, and anotherbig three by Bromley sealed the win for theLions.

Maple Valley also got 15 points fromGonser, seven from Garret Mater, six fromTyler Hickey and five each from Benedict andGarrett Miller.

Heidema led the Comets with 19 points onthe night, while 6-6 sophomore center ColeVanOosten added 16 points. NateNiewoonder finished with ten and Gooch hadsix.

Lion head coach Christopher Ewing wasvery pleased with the job his team did on theComets’ two big centers.

“They have some really good big guys,very powerful in the middle, and we knew ifwe could stop those two guys and kind of winthe boards we would definitely be in thisgame right to the end and these guys, they

did,” Ewing said. “They did exactly whatwe’ve been working on. We’ve been workingon rebounding for the last two weeks, becausewe knew against Springport we struggled. Wesaid, we have to learn to box out.Rebounding. The only thing that was missingfrom the components of this team wasrebounding, and this game we startedrebounding.”

The Comets’ size changed the Lions offen-sive strategy a bit too. Throughout the earlypart of the season they’d been penetrating forshort jumpers and looks right at the basket abit more, and relying less on their three-pointshooting.

“One of the things I keep preaching is, haveconfidence,” Ewing said. “Believe in your-self. When you shoot that three, every shot isgoing in. That’s what these guys have done.They really just stepped it up and they’re hav-ing that confidence boost right now thatthey’re unstoppable.”

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Jeff Minehart found his shooting touchover the break.

Minehart drilled six three-pointers in thefirst half, helping Delton Kellogg to an earlylead at Parchment Friday, but the hosts ralliedin the second half for a 55-52 KalamazooValley Association victory.

Minehart finished with 20 points.Parchment’s Kendall Griffin was the game-high scorer though, finishing with 27 points.

Delton led by seven points at the half, buthead coach Steve Miknis said that Parchmentwent inside to chip away at the Delton boys’lead.

“We played a full four quarters, but they

just had the upper hand with their timelyshooting. Jeff’s six threes in the first half real-ly sparked us, but they answered. We had acouple looks at the end to tie the game butcame up short.”

Delton Kellogg also got 10 points and 10assists from Zach Leinaar . Zach Meyerschipped in 10 points too, and Colton Tobiasadded seven points and nine rebounds.

Griffin was the only player in double fig-ures for the host Panthers. Jack Binegar addedeight points and Tristan Jehnsen had seven.

Delton Kellogg is now 1-6 overall and 1-5in the KVA.

While Parchment went inside to come back

for a win over the Delton Kellogg boys,Kalamazoo Christian got the job done fromthe perimeter Tuesday.

The Comets scored a 68-35 win over thePanthers in Kalamazoo, drilling nine three-pointers in the process.

Nate Niewoonder led the way for theComets, hitting four threes and finishing with22 points. Brennan Heidema had 14 and LeviWolthuis eight points.

Delton Kellogg got 13 points from TJWooden and 10 from Minehart.

Delton has a couple more tough leaguecontests ahead, at Galesburg-Augusta Fridayand home against Schoolcraft Tuesday.

Parchment edges DK boys by three

by Brett BremerSports Editor

The Lions need to find some confidence onthe offensive end of the floor.

Sophomore forward Olivia Rickettsshowed off a little in the fourth quarter,attacking the basket when she was able to getthe ball in the post. She scored six of herteam-high eight points in the fourth quarterFriday.

It was too little too late though, as theLions fell behind visiting KalamazooChristian 34-6 through the first three quarters.The Comets went on to finish off a 43-17Kalamazoo Valley Association victory.

“We have to show up to compete. We haveto show up to compete. That’s all it comesdown to,” said Maple Valley head coachLandon Wilkes.

“No matter what offense, no matter whatdefense. Whatever we do. It’s still basketball.Those things don’t change.”

The Comets shut out the Lions in the open-ing quarter, taking a 10-0 lead with they even-tually pushed to 18-0 before Johanna Kylescored the Lions’ first two points three and ahalf minutes into the second quarter.

The taller Comet team scored most of itsfirst quarter points with the help of strongoffensive rebounding. The Lions did limitthat part of the Kalamazoo Christian attack abit the rest of the way.

Allison Snowden had a handful of offen-sive rebounds in the first five minutes for theComets, and put two of them back up forbuckets. She was one of three Comets witheight points at the end. Carly VandenBerg andAshley Balkema also finished with eightpoints each.

Britney Laaksonen led the Comets withnine points.

Ricketts was the only Lion with more thantwo points.

“You have to take shots when you’re giventhe opportunity in a game,” Wilkes said. “Ican’t tell you how many times tonight theywould have a girl standing in the lane (ondefense), our girl would not get to the three-point line. We would stand four feet behindthe three-point line and catch the reversal,rather than shrinking in. Then, what are yougoing to do four feet behind the line?

Nothing. At least if you’re on the three-pointline at least you have the ability to get off ajump shot.”

The Lions are now 1-7 overall this seasonand 1-5 in the KVA.

Maple Valley fell 37-22 to visitingGalesburg-Augusta Tuesday, falling in anearly hole again. The Rams outscored theLions 11-3 in the opening quarter.

The Lions chipped that lead down to 23-17heading into the fourth quarter, but the Ramswent on a 14-5 run to close out the evening.

Kati Thompson led the Rams with 17points. Noelle Mejeur added nine points andKathryn Dooley had eight.

Timara Burd and Kyle had six points eachfor the Lions, while McKailey Bodenmulleradded four points.

The Lions make the long trip toSchoolcraft Friday.

Offense lets down Lionsin loss to K-Christian

by Brett BremerSports Editor

Viking head coach Wayne Piercefieldcould tell a minute into the ball game that histeam didn’t have it Friday night.

Lowell outscored the Lakewood varsityboys’ basketball team 17-5 in the openingquarter, then went on to post a 65-35 win overthe visiting Vikings.

“That other team showed up again,”Piercefield said. “We’ve got two very differ-ent teams - one that wants to show up andplay and one that just wants to have a uniformto put on.”

The Vikings had their uniforms on proper-

ly, but not much else went right. They turnedthe ball over 26 times against the RedArrows’ zone defense.

“We were down ten in a matter of a minuteand a half,” Piercefield said.

The Lakewood coach doesn’t like the factthat for much of this early part of the seasonthe team’s offense has driven its defense.When the Vikings knock down a big three-pointer, they get fired up and carry that inten-sity to the other end of the floor.

The Vikings would be better off if theyflipped that, he thinks, with a defensive stop,a big rebound or a steal sparking the offensiveeffort.

After the big start, Lowell pushed its leadto 33-15 at the half then outscored the Vikings20-3 in the third quarter.

Jason Malling led the Red Arrows with 20points. He knocked down five three-pointers.

Lowell also got 14 points from AustinLemke and 11 from Grant Noskey. They bothhad four rebounds and Lemke added fiveblocked shots.

Alex Caudy led the Vikings with 12 points.Dylan Durkee, Michael Carr, Nate Kauffmanand Kyle Kneale had four points each.

Lakewood is now 3-5 overall this season.The Vikings return to action Friday at

home against Stockbridge.

LHS boys fall behind Arrowsearly and never recover

Maple Valley’s Sammy Benedict tries to get around Kalamazoo Christian’s ChaseCarlson at the top of the key during Friday night’s KVA contest at Maple Valley HighSchool. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Maple Valley’s Garret Mater races infor a lay-up ahead of KalamazooChristian’s Nate Niewoonder during thethird quarter Friday. (Photo by BrettBremer)

Maple Valley’s Micah Bromley flips upa shot late in the first half againstKalamazoo Christian Friday night. (Photoby Brett Bremer)

Maple Valley guard Timara Burd (24) has a shot turned aside by KalamazooChristian center Rebekah VanDam during the fourth quarter of Friday night’s KVA con-test at Maple Valley High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Maple Valley’s Marissa Pierce (left) isfouled by Kalamazoo Christian’s CarlyVandenBerg as she tries to attack thebasket late in the first quarter Friday.(Photo by Brett Bremer)

by Brett BremerSports Editor

It may have been the tournament’s decidingmoment.

For the second year in a row Hastings’Kenny Cross found himself on his back in thechampionship round at Hastings’ own LHLamb Invitational. For the second year in arow, Cross wound up on top.

Bronson’s Brandon Losinski scored anearly reversal in the second period of their152-pound championship match, then turnedCross onto his back twice for six near fallpoints before Cross scored a reversal of hisown and ended the period down 8-4.

After that, it didn’t take much time in thethird period of Cross to score a take down andthen end the match with a pin in 4 minutes 15seconds.

“I knew what to do to beat him, but I waswrestling his style of wrestling at first, whichisn’t good,” said Cross.

“He likes to get on top and put his legs in,what he did, and power half you. He’s a slowwrestler. He waits for you to go, which I knewhe was going to do that.

“I need to be just firing, just go, go, go untilI get gassed.”

Cross is now 18-0 this season, and he saidthat Losinski and Thornapple Kellogg’s ColeGahan are the only wrestlers to score pointsagainst him this year other than wrestlers whohe’s given free releases to.

Hastings would wind up winning the 51stAnnual LH Lamb Invitational by seven pointsover Bronson, 200 to 193.

Bronson, a team which beat the Saxons in adual 51-28 at the Coldwater Tournament inDecember, had more individual champions(five) and more medalists (12) than any otherteam in the nine-team tournament.

Hastings was second in each of those stats,with four champions and 11 medalists, butfirst in points. The Saxons and BronsonVikings met in six flight championships,which each team winning three of those.Hastings did have 17 pins to Bronson’s 15throughout the course of the day.

“We kind of expected (Bronson) to be theteam to beat, but our kids, we had a couplewins against them that we lost during thatdual,” said Hastings coach Mike Goggins.

The Saxons’ Mitchell Sarhatt scored a 7-5win over Bronson’s Tom Littlefield in the103-pound championship, scoring a takedown with 15 seconds left in the third periodto win it.

In the 140-pound championship Hastings’Joe Siska fell 8-6 to Bronson’s Joe Albarranin overtime, but Albarran had pinned Siska intheir previous meeting this season.

“Those kinds of things kind of helped out,”Goggins said.

Jason Slaughter scored the Saxons’ other

championship with a win over a Bronsonwrestler, topping Jukoada Sexton 8-4 in the160-pound final.

Hastings’ also had Nate Pewoski pinPetoskey’s James Gazarotto 2:35 into their285-pound championship match.

Bronson had Wes Disbro pin the Saxons’David Hause 3:31 into the 112-pound cham-pionship match, and Hunter Machus pin theSaxons’ Zach Wilcox 2:50 into the 125-poundfinal.

Jake Littlefield and Kahle Scheenks alsowon titles for Bronson. Littlefield pinnedCharlotte’s Andrew Morgan 1:34 into the119-pound final, and Scheenks scored a 7-5 inover Lakewood’s Austin Kietzman in the 130-pound championship.

Jordon Bennett won Lakewood’s lone title,pinning Hastings’ Stephen Kendall 3:41 intotheir 145-pound championship match.

Hastings also had Chase Huisman finishsecond, falling 18-8 to Charlotte’s TaylerWilkins in the 171-pound championshipmatch.

The Charlotte heavyweights were tough,with Hunter Challender topping Lakewood’sJack Tromp 8-3 in the 189-pound final andChase Challender scoring a 9-3 win overLakewood’s Lars Pyrzinski in the 215-poundchampionship match.

Chase Challender was named the tourna-ment’s most outstanding wrestler, finishingthe day by handing Pyrzinski his first loss of

the year.Lakewood’s Pyrzinski and Bennett each

now have just one loss on the year.“It just takes a monkey off the back and

keeps everybody focused going into theJanuary run,” said Lakewood head coach BobVeitch.

The Lakewood coach said he’s changed hisstrategy a bit in his 29th year of coaching.

“I’ve changed my philosophy from years

ago, I told the kids, if we were falling behindon team points in this tournament I’d bepulling them off to the side and ripping thesnot out of them,” said Veitch. “I learned, it’snot about now. It’s about the end of the sea-son. A little bit smarter. I can tell you, somany years we were just burnt out by the timewe came to the end. We wanted to win everySaturday, it got to kill, kill, kill and by the endwe were just burnt. Now, whatever happensyou just keep getting fundamentally readyand put it together by the run time and hope-fully the kids are still on fire.”

Charlotte, with all the heavyweight wins,was third on the day with 127 points.Lakewood was fourth with 105.5 points, fol-lowed by Petoskey 89, Unity Christian 40,Ionia 36, East Grand Rapids 34 and Creston21.

Ionia’s Jordan Zamarron was the otherflight champion, topping Charlotte’s DaltonZaluga 5-2 in the 135-pound final.

Hastings had Ethan Haywood at 130pounds and Nic Shaffer at 125 both placethird.

Lakewood had Jeremy Innes third at 140pounds, Garrett Phelps fourth at 171, RaidenMacleod third at 285.

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Hastings’ Stephen Kendall (front) triesto break free from the grasp ofLakewood’s Jordon Bennett in the 145-pound championship match Saturday atHastings High School. (Photo by BrettBremer)

The Saxons’ Jason Slaughter (right) scores near fall points as he holds Bronson’sJukoada Sexton on his back during the second period of their 160-pound champi-onship match Saturday at the LH Lamb Tournament in Hastings. (Photo by BrettBremer)

Hastings 119-pounder Nic Shaffer (top) nears a pin against Petoskey’s Rob Kibbein the match for third place Saturday during the LH Lamb Tournament in Hastings.(Photo by Brett Bremer) Thursday Angels

Riverfront Fin. Ser. 44-24; Varney’s Const.43-25; Miller Farm Repair 41-27; Moore’sApts. 39-39; Cathy’s Cut & Curl 37-31;Hastings Bowl 32.5-35.5; DJ on the Roll 29.5-38.5.

High Games and Series - D. Furlong 116;N. Newton 131; L. Jackson 150; J. Myers153; D. Curtis 174; J. Gasper 190; W. Barker150; A. Castelein 215-625; K. Shumway 175;M. Weiler 146; B. Brown 148; J. Wood 176;M. Gdula 211-597; J. Wyant 172; B.Noteboom 180; N. Taylor 148; L. Kendall182.

Thursday MajorsHastings Bowl 45-27; Pocket Pounders 45-

27; Red Rockets 43-29; Old Men 41.5-30.5;Muff Divers 37.5-34.5; Arens Lawn 34.5-37.5; HDR 30.5-41.5.

High Games and Series - K. Hess 203; S.Ashley 236-591; A. Taylor 200; B. Taylor214; J. Hunt 191-527; J. Barnum 214; K.Phenix 203; D. Hiar 222-616; R. Furlong 184;J. Gibson 191; G. Gonzales 200; P. Gasper223-605; T. Heath 257-699; D. Lambert 243-597; R. Guild 250-656; L. Campbell 174; C.Wyman 186; J. Haight 210-586; T. Varney190; J. Olin 235-578; M. Magoon 204-576; D.Varney 204-564; B. Stadel 132; M. Arens196-517.

Sunday Night MixedComebacks 46; Street Bowlers 41; H20 38;

Sunday Snoozers 34; You’re Up n Shit 32;Straightliners 30; The Wild Bunch 29.

Women’s Good Games and Series - S.Vandenburg 198-561; F. Featherly 163-417;C. Demott 145-382; K. Plett 161-369; K.Genther 175; M. Simpson 171; F. Ames 153.

Men’s Good Games and Series - M.Snyder 199-552; C. Featherly 188-484; J.Shoebridge 189; R. Snyder 180.

Tuesday TriosSam 50-15; Washking 49-19; CB’s 38.5-

29.5; Coleman Ins. 34.5-29.5; Look Ins. 34-34; Team Turkey 34-34; Classic Trio 30-38;Lu’s Team 29.5-34.5; Blair Landscaping 27.5-40.5; Ghost Team 0-68.

High Game - Shirlee V. 208; Renee B. 193;Mary H. 192.

High Series - Shirlee V. 536; Mary H. 510;Paula R. 498.

Tuesday MixedHometown Lumber 49; Boyce Milk

Haulers 46; Hurless Machine 41; Barry Co.Red Cross 39.5; J-Bar Antique Tractors 26.

High Game - M. Burd 213; K. Beebe 211;G. Hause 202; C. Featherly 200; D. Blakely200; D. Benner 191; C. Steeby 173; N.Boniface 162; M. Bryan 161; R. Gross 143; B.Norris 127.

High Series - K. Beebe 540; M. Burd 531;C. Featherly 510; M. Bryan 428.

BOWLING SCORES

by Brett BremerSports Editor

Both teams started out playing tremendousdefense Friday night.

Lakewood’s varsity girls’ basketball teamfigured things out on the offensive end.Lowell’s girls never really did.

The Vikings scored a 38-28 win over visit-ing Lowell in non-conference action, improv-ing to 3-6 on the season.

“We played with some energy at the defen-sive end,” said Lakewood head coach DennyFrost. “We have been stressing that our ener-gy level has been low in some games and thatwe needed to play harder, especially ondefense. We did a nice job of only giving upeight points in the first half, and 15 throughthe first three quarters.”

Frost said seniors Maddie McLean, EllieReynolds and Liz Campeau took the defen-sive challenge to heart, and played majorroles in the victory. He was also pleased withthe steps forward he saw Taylor VantLandtake Friday, and with the way JessycaStoepker and Konnor Geiger were able tohold their own against the taller girls fromLowell.

“They are starting to get more comfortablewith their roles,” Frost said. “I was reallypleased with the effort. We will make mis-takes, but make them playing hard.”

There weren’t many defensive mistakes bythe Vikings, certainly not through the firstthree quarters. The Vikings led 3-2 after onequarter, then picked things up a little tooutscore the Red Arrows 27-13 over thecourse of the next two quarters. Lakewoodled 30-15 heading into the fourth.

“We struggled with their 1-3-1 half courttrap in the first half, but did a better job ofgetting the ball to the middle and kicking itback out,” Frost said. “Plus we hit someshots, which always makes it better.”

Emily Kutch led the Vikings offensivelywith 12 points, and also had nine rebounds,three assists, four steals and two blockedshots.

VantLand and Brooke Wieland had eightpoints and five rebounds each. Wieland alsohad six assists and two steals.

Campeau and McLean had four pointseach, and Campeau tied Kutch for the teamlead in rebounds with nine. Reynolds hadthree steals, while Geiger and Stoepker hadtwo each.

Lowell got 13 points from KateMontgomery and six from Aubrey Steed.

Lakewood returns to action at home Fridaywith a CAAC-White contest againstStockbridge.

Lakewood turns up defensiveeffort to down Red Arrows

Hastings, Cross, wind up on top against Bronson

The Hastings bowling club won its firstcompetitions of 2013 as the boys and the girlsboth scored 22-8 victories at East GrandRapids Tuesday.

Sophomore Cheyanne Roush finished offthe victory for the Saxon girls, sitting onthree strikes going into the tenth frame of thesecond game she need two more strikes toclinch the win in the game for her team.

She got those two strikes, and then a nine,to finish off the meet’s high game of a 194.That tally put the Hastings girls up 545 to 537in the second game. Hastings girls won thefirst 520 to 434.

Roush and Sarah Taylor led the Hastingsgirls, with Connie Depue and Sakora Stoutalso winning points for the girls’ team.

Both the girls’ and boys’ teams split theirtwo Baker games with the Pioneers.

The Hastings boys matched the girls’ twowins in the regular team games, winning 730-656 and 607-581.

“With a win under our belt we are feelinggood, however we are far from where weneed to be,” said Hastings coach Kyle Hoyt.“This is a team that needs to work on manythings and if I can get them all on the samepage and have them realize what it takes tocompete at a high level I think we can be apowerhouse in the near future.”

Mitchell Philley led the way for theHastings boys, winning both his match playpoints. Josh Clous also gained two teampoints for his two match-play wins in the reg-ular games. Those two guys are both unde-feated in match play for the year.

Matthew Scott and Corey Stout also wonmatch-play points for Hastings.

The Saxons’ next meet will be againstPennfield Jan. 22 at 3:30 p.m.

Hastings bowlingteams both scorevictories overPioneers

Maple Valley’s varsity competitive cheerteam continues to up its school record score.

The Lions had their top score everSaturday, while finishing third at their ownMaple Valley Invitational.

The Lions finished with a score of 602.2.Charlotte took the day’s title with a score

of 675.5 and Portland was second at 617.9.Maple Valley had the second best round

three score of the day, behind Charlotte, witha 265.9.

Charlotte had the top score in each of thethree rounds, a 208.3 in round one, a 193 inround two and a 274.2 in round three.

The Lions started the day with a 176.8 inround one and a 159.5 in round two.

Comstock was fourth in the final teamstandings with a score of 590.88, followedby Bronson 576.88, Homer 501.2 andJackson Parma Western 464.1.

The Lions were set to open SouthernMichigan Competitive Cheer Conferenceaction at Delton Kellogg High School lastnight. They’ll be back in action Monday atSpringport.

MVHS cheerover 600 forthe first time

Delton Kellogg’s varsity competitive cheerteam was more than 40 points better than itsnearest competition at Saturday’s DKInvitational in Delton.

The Panthers had the top score in each ofthe three rounds and finished the day with atotal of 641.4000 points. Hanover-Hortonwas second with a score of 610.5000.

Delton Kellogg scored a 199.9 in roundone, a 178.0 in round two and a 263.5 inround three.

Hanover Horton had the second best scoresin rounds two and three, finishing behindDelton in the third round because of an eight-point deduction.

White Pigeon was third overall with604.5000 points, followed by Zeeland West559.8000, Schoolcraft 526.4000, Hopkins524.2000 and Buchanan 450.4800.

That invitational was the first of back-to-back home meets for the Delton Kellogggirls, who were scheduled to host theSouthern Michigan Competitive CheerConference opener last night, with teams likeWhite Pigeon and Schoolcraft returning toDelton to try and stop the Panthers fromdefending their conference title.

Delton is back in action Saturday at theGull Lake Invitational.

DK cheer takeschampionshipat its own invite