https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/25/731/SunandNews_2022-06-11.pdf 612dcfeb2a0ab1937a5268f0e10fd4a8 PDF Text Text The Sun and News 1 * i _U r ■j I* I Your Hometown Newspaper Serving Middleville and Caledonia Areas No. 24/June 11, 2022 144th year Published by J-Ad Graphics, Inc. • 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 Thornapple Township picks chief but is keeping it a secret for now Greg Chandler I Staff Writer 9usqqn b sd o) > bnc iu8 I) oriw j tnfiw d-aoslq B a JA fibnoM Ml qrria s ano w znoil .stsbib insm morfT igismH on9 noquZ aozLGiq ) Isncri o3 I Thomapple Township has apparently found the person to be the next chief of its fire and emergency services department. But they're not saying yet who that person is. They want to get a contract in place before announcing the identity of the new chief. At a special board meeting Monday afternoon, the town­ ship board voted 6-0, with one abstention, for the board’s Emergency Services Committee to begin negotia­ tions with the new chief can­ didate, the potential replace­ the retiring ment for Township Thornapple Emergency Services Chief Randy Eaton. Prior to the vote, township Supervisor Eric Schaefer praised the work of the Emergency Services Committee, “along with a panel of local fire chiefs and Contributing Writer i£ inirfj gnibnul > 9flT m V.01? OJ llfl 02 tnoD rtoisM JnuofiiL KU Mil diiw ai itsril im d£0£ ,IE ?rfT w mmol jninusJ nnV 1A VtnuoD J Ite 1£ port of the selection process and the input of the firefight­ ing community in the pro­ cess. “I think it was a wise deci­ sion, that you brought in the professionals that you did, to help in making that decision,” Buckowing said. “That gives to me confidence, as a board member, that the right channels were followed and the right questions were asked." Schaefer said he's hopeful that the township and the chief candidate can agree on a contract by next Monday, when the board is scheduled to hold its regular meeting for June. The board Monday voted to moved that meeting from its usual 7 p.m. start time to 4:10 p.m., to be followed by a reception honoring Eaton's retirement at 6 p.m. that night. Musical to open next week The Caledonia Community Players will host a PG-rated, 2-hour, 20-minute music theater production on June 17 and 18, and June 24 and 25 at the Duncan Lake Middle School Performing Arts Center, 9757 Duncan Lake Ave. SE. A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is a Tony Award-winning production set in 1907 in London. Caledonia Community Players Director Jim Collver, above, says there are a lot of hilarious moments in the production. From left are: Allison Tousley, Tyler Suttner, Collver, Rebecca Jantzen, Landen Gnat, Abigail Reagan.To read more about See CHIEF, page 3 the production, turn to Page 4. County eyes ARPA uses at Gaines forum Village overbills James Gemmell |niX592 io mbi longtime firefighting person­ nel whose experience, wisdom and insight made the process of vetting many highly-qualified candidates less difficult.” The three-member com­ mittee consists of Schaefer and trustees Ross DeMaagd and Sandy Rairigh. Schaefer confirmed after Monday’s meeting that the township interviewed three finalists for the TTES chief position, two from within the department and one from outside. The township received a total of 21 applica­ tions for the opening, Schaefer said. “One of the prerequisites is we wanted the new EMS chief to be potentially a para­ medic. If we've got one [advanced life support unit] out there, we have the ability to send another ALS out,” Schaefer said. Township Treasurer Deb Buckowing spoke out in sup- Kent County leaders are seeking transformational ideas on how to spend $127.6 million in county American Rescue Plan Act funds. The third and final community forum to explain the ARPAfunding process was held Wednesday, June 8, at the Gaines Township Hall. The county has allocated $10.7 million of that amount so far to various projects. Congress passed ARPA in March 2021. A certain amount of federal stimulus money was allocated to each municipality nationwide, with the amount based on their respective population sizes. Local government boards must declare how they intend to use the funds by Dec. 31, 2024, and the funds must be spent by Dec. 31, 2026. The first community forum was held June 2 at the Kent County Health Department and the second one was June 6 at the High School Rockford Teaching & Creative Learning Center. Kent County Administrator A1 Vanderberg and Kent of Board County Commissioners Chairman Stan Stek led the discussion at all the forums. County Board Vice Chairwoman Emily Brieve, who rep­ resents Gaines and Caledonia townships in county commission District 10, also attend­ ed the meeting in Gaines Charter Township, “I like that we had a good turnout with lots of different ideas or really good variety," Brieve said in a brief inter­ view after the meeting. “I think we have some good options with some of our nonprofits that want to maybe expand some health­ care facilities. Also, pro­ grams in the athletic area that people want to grow and would really benefit our community." Vanderberg also thought forum in Gaines the Township went well. “I think that we had very high-quality comments and suggestions,” he said. “Some thoughtful discussions. And so, we’re really looking for­ ward to seeing some of these ideas and projects come in.” A link to an online survey asking how county ARPA money should be spent was emailed to 90,000 stakehold­ ers in Kent County on May 19. The deadline for responding to the survey is June 24. The survey is available at kentcountyarpa.com There is a separate proposal portal on the same website where people or organizations can submit proposals for transformational projects. Printed copies of the survey are available at the county administrator’s office. The deadline is July 15 for sub­ missions. • “I think we’ve received about a thousand responses, so far,” Vanderberg said. “We’re definitely starting to see some trends with some of the things that residents think are transformational.” Several citizens asked Vanderberg and Stek ques­ tions during Wednesday’s forum. One of them was Robert Upton Jr. with the NIA Centre. The nonprofit agency develops programs to promote the health, wealth and culture of AfricanAmericans. He asked how the county is making sure during the ARPA input pro­ cess to factor diversity into its decision-making. “We have a number of ways,” Vanderberg replied, “The first is evaluating each project. We do expect equity will be weaved throughout all of the categories. He said Kent County has hired the national consulting firm Guidehouse to review each project, “and we do have Teresa Branson, our chief inclusion officer, who will be part of that review 99 effort. And this week, we met with the Black Impact Collaborative. They repre­ sent 14 African-American organizations in the Grand Rapids area. Also, the West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the AsianPacific American Chamber of Commerce, and other groups.” Marcus Ringnalda, the founder and president of the nonprofit Friends of Four Star Inc., asked Stek and Vanderberg about the county’s criteria for selecting who receives its ARPA funds. He specializes in restoring his­ toric buildings such as the former Four Star Theatre on S. Division Avenue in Grand Rapids, Vanderberg replied that the county won’t’be using a strict grading system for evaluating project ideas. “I think it’s intended to be a balancing of, ‘What is the genius of the idea? What’s the potential for that idea? Is it concrete and can it be done?’ It may be the viability issue you're talking about. It may be a question of whether you can pair up with other organizations,” Vanderberg said. Other citizen questions at the forum asked about using See ARPA, page 2 Bradford White Greg Chandler Staff Writer The village of Middleville overbilled Bradford White Corp. - the community's largest employer - more than $106,000 for utilities, an audit of the village's finances found. Dan Veldhuizen of the accounting firm Siegfried Crandall PC outlined details of the 2021 audit in a presen­ tation to the Village Council at a committee of the whole meeting Tuesday afternoon. “Simply put, your major customer was overbilled for IN sewer and water charges," Veldhuizen told council members. The village had charged Bradford White more than it should have for water and sewer service dating back to late 2019, “but it really stood out this year because there was this $106,000 additional billing that shouldn't have been there,” Veldhuizen said. The audit found the village overcharged Bradford White $57,631 in the sewer fund and $48,462 in the water fund in See WHITE, page 3 S’ISSIDE • Middleville still working on process to find city manager • Yankee Springs residents asked to pay for roadwork • Caledonia Township planners OK warehouses in industrial park • TK’s Hilton wins her second state medal in hurdles at D2 Finals • Caledonia 4x800-meter relay team captures state medal at D1 Finals �< Page 2/The Sun and News, Saturday, June 11, 2022 ——■ ARPA, continued from page 1 / x- ARPA funds to help connect people in the community to mental-health resources, cre­ ating opportunities for peo­ ple of color in the agriculture field, public transportation and workforce development. The county has prelimi­ narily identified five categories or “buckets” for placement of project ideas that come in. Stek said the categories stem from what county commissioners see as the key values and needs in the community. Guidehouse will determine whether each proj­ ects meets all the federal eli­ gibility requirements for funding. “And ARPA itself sets forth parameters on what the money can be spent for. So, we’ve tried to synthesize those two together,” Stek said, The categories that proj­ ects will fall under are: 1) Community Health: “Here, what we’re lookin for are ideas that address such things as mental health within the community, physical health systems,” Stek explained. explained. ““One One of of the the projproj­ ects ects we we’’ve ve already already initiated initiated aa little little bit bit of of work work on on is is the the Crisis Crisis Stabilization Stabilization Unit Unit syssys­ tem within Kent County, Also, removal of lead paint from water lines.” 2) Quality of Life: “What we’re looking at are the kinds of projects that might arise out of the parks system, parks or riverfront enhance­ ment - there already are some projects percolating in that area. And entertainment or attraction kinds of facili- ties,” Stek said. 3) Infrastructure: “These are the systems that drive the county and what we do, such as broadband (internet), stormwater flooding mitiga­ tion and countywide mobili­ ty. Through the pandemic, we’ve learned that broadband is an essential public service. The tele-health needs now in the community, the home-education potential that may be needed, working from home. All of these require a good, robust broadband system. So, we need to address that,” Stek said. 4) Economic Innovations and Workforce Development, 5) Improving Government Operations: Buildings and technologies, for example. Stek said the county will be looking to leverage or “grow” the county’s $127.6 ARPA allotment H illion through partnerships with other local governments, “One of the ideas was brought up that, since the cities and townships also have ARPA funds, maybe the county, city, township and state could each put in 25 percent, and maybe the provider would put in 25 (percent). We’re hoping it will reverberate. That it will be a spend where the value grows and grows into the future. That would be the best bar for a project submittal,” Vanderberg said. He added that the county Board ofCommissioners will be the governmental body that ultimately chooses which projects will be awarded county ARPA funds for Please join us for our Grand Opening Celebration! investment. The county commission may begin appropriating ARPA funds for specific projects as soon as July, but the county leaders said could be later based on how many to be proposals have reviewed. Any projects that receive ARPA grants will be required to submit a report to the fed­ eral government. Vanderberg said the county can help with that. “We will be available to answer questions to the best of our ability. We have a consultant who can also help answer questions,” he said. said. As far as mobility and public transportation, traffic congestion on major roads and freeways has become a growing issue in Kent County in recent years. Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act last fall and it may take effect next year. “There is certainly reason to believe that some compo­ nent of the infrastructure bill could be woven into this (county ARPA) process,” Stek said after the meeting. “And we may be well-posi­ tioned with some of our ideas to be able to work quickly once that funding breaks loose.” Brieve said a couple of school districts in Gaines Township have expressed interest in adding some more high school athletics fields and tracks. She said the athletic events on them would “....... bring more people into the community who may spend money at township restau­ rants and hotels. “There’s also a need with Little League programs that have expanded in the last few years with people getting interested in being outside more (post-pandemic),” she said. “And I think in the grand scheme of things we really care about people’s health, too. So, getting kids and families active. I think, too, there are theater projects that could benefit the community. “Bring in as many mem­ bers of the community as you can for support of the project. The more members you have that are interested in it, the better it’s going to serve the community.” <*> 91 (Xi i6Z * I i |z ;hl# LifrftLi*1® I " June 23rd, 2022 from 4:00PM - 8:00PM June 25th, 2022 from 11:00AM - 3:00PM — ■ ""I M at 9818 Cherry Valley Ave SE STE #225 Our doors are finally opening for business and we would like to introduce ourselves to our new city of Caledonia and surrounding area! Stop by and say hello, while we enjoy drinks and appetizers and toast to a new beginning. to ta si Stic PETZOLD AGENCY Call us at 616-271-4965 or email mpetzold@farmersagent.com FARMERS INSURANCE Kent County Board of Commissioners Chairman Stan Stek, at right, addresses the audience at a county ARPA forum in Gaines Township Hall on June 8. Listening at the lectern is Kent County Administrator Al Vanderberg. (Photo by James Gemmell.) Thank you, for all you've done for our community. Join the Spectrum Health Pennock team in celebrating Dr. Smendik's retirement after 30 years of dedicated service. b St l*Si * kSd % VnZ !!< Douglas Smendik, MD Si • s. wlk Spectrum Health Pennock & �\ v i ‘I The Sun and News, Saturday, June 11, 2022/ Page 3 Yankee Springs residents asked to pay for roadwork Greg Chandler Staff Writer 1?%^ J V I S SJ I 'i ■ * js; *J 1 ; '•n. Hat ' * ■' ft*- t Residents in the Elmwood Beach area of Yankee Springs Township are being asked to pay for a road improvement project that’s planned for later this year. But if the project proceeds, only a portion of the residents will actually see a new road surface in front of their homes. The township board Thursday voted 4-0 to declare its intention to cre­ ate a special assessment district for the 77 homes in the Elmwood Beach Association for the project, which has an estimated cost of $55,000. The project calls for resurfacing the southernmost onethird mile of Elmwood Beach Road, north from Shady Lane Drive. The road is 0.74 miles long. “The south end [of the road] has a little bit lower elevation, so [it has] maybe a poorer road base, and it gets all the traffic for those easons, it deteriorates quick­ er,” Township Clerk Mike Cunningham said. Petitions must still be filed However, the homeown­ with the township supporting ers’ association plans to the project. Signatures must seek an assessment of all 77 be obtained by property parcels again in a few years owners when the northern 0.41owners whose property makes makes up up atat least least 60 60 percent percent mile section will need to be of of the the total total frontage frontageon __ resurfaced, on Cunningham said. Elmwood Beach Road. In addition, petitioners “Once that’s done, must get signatures from at everybody will be sort of least 50 percent of property square,” Cunningham said. owners on both segments “It is a little unusual. of the road, Cunningham We’ve done a lot of talking said. about how to deal with that The entire stretch of and, to make it palatable, Elmwood Beach Road, north not only to the residents of Shady Lane Drive, was but to the board.” last resurfaced in 2006 at a All of the parcels will be cost of about $36,000. assessed equally, All parcel owners in the Cunningham said, association were assessed A public hearing before equally for the work, the township board could Cunningham said, take place at the board’s next Cunningham told board regular meeting on Thursday, members that the township July 14. That’s two days attorney and assessor had before the annual meeting of Elmwood concerns about the idea of the Elmwood Beach assessing all the parcel own­ Association. ers in the association for only “Because of the tight timea partial resurfacing of the frame, we are asking a lot of road. time and energy to move this Only 25 parcels along the thing to a point where it can one-third mile stretch will be acted on and still get the et the benefit of the new work done this fall,” associa­ pavement this summer, he tion representative Ed Elies said. said. —. Middleville TOPS 546 news The June 4 meeting opened with roll call and the secretary’s report. 2 fish jumped into the fishbowl and 3 fish jumped out. Chris’ program was to introduce a new contest for the month of June called “Summer Fitness Challenge.” Points roints are given for spending active time outdoors for at least 30 minutes a day, ramping up usual activity, marching in place together at the meeting for 1 minute, starting the week with a work­ out on Mondays, enjoyin; an activity, and relaxin' with gentle stretches at least twice a week. Sue lost the Ha-Ha box. The meeting ended with marching in place as mem­ the recited bers Rededication pledge. TOPS, a weight-loss support group, meets every WHITE, continued from page 1 i I alifess 2020, adding up to an amount ilW r 0(j[ COfUffl I (i(tX MX of $106,093. A “prior period adjustment” was recorded in 2021 to correct errors tied to the overbilling, according to the audit document. Village Finance Director Alexandra Longstreet was not present for Tuesday's com­ mittee of the whole meeting, but Veldhuizen offered a the­ ory as to what led to the over­ charge. “Part of it was the way the software calculated the bill­ ings [that] were rated to the compound meters,” Veldhuizen said. “Alec [Belson, Department of Public Works Director and co-interim Village Manager] was involved and helped us under­ stand the way it should have been. He has always ... helped us understand the number ot gallons billed. That’s how we do our predictive test. If we hadn't had that information, it would have been even harder to find the error. “It’s been detected, it's been corrected, as far as I know. I don't know how the customer is being repaid, r t 4 Lincoln Saturday at Meadows in Middleville. Weigh-in is from 10 to 10:15 a.m., followed immediately by the meeting. A mask must be worn when in the building, and attendees must be vacci­ nated. Social distancing is practiced. Anyone with questions may call Chris, 269-908­ 3731. The first meeting is free. - what's being done with that... I'm sure it will be taken care of.” Village Co-interim Manager Duane Weeks told the council that he and Belson have been in contact with Bradford White officials regarding the overcharge. “[We] made sure they understood everything that was going on with that,” Weeks said. “We’re hoping to get a meeting here in the next week or so, to find what is most acceptable for Bradford White as far as making sure we get this taken care of.” Weeks said he hoped to have the matter resolved “in the next few weeks.” The Bradford White utility excepted, overcharge Veldhuizen presented a high opinion of the village’s finan­ cial state. “The village is in a very healthy financial position, probably better than I have seen in the 20 years I have worked here,” he said. The village experienced a general fund surplus ot $89,640 last year, due primar- Elies told board members that he will try to get the petition signatures by June 30In other township news: • The board has scheduled a meeting at 3 p.m. next Wednesday to work on the budget for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. The budget meeting could lead to some deci­ sions by the board on how it will spend its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. The township has a list of 35 suggestions so far as to what to do with the money. The board will hold a publie hearing on the budget at 6 p.m. June 22. • Cunningham informed the the board board that that all all the the concon­ tracts and and the the installment installment tracts purchase agreement for financing construction of the kiosk at the township park. •The board approved increases in some zoning fees. For example, anyone seeking to establish a commercial business in the township will pay $250 for a site plan review, up from $150. Requests to rezone property will cost $400. double the previous $200 fee, while applications for plats, condo­ miniums, manufactured home communities and planned unit developments will have a fee of $600, up from $500. •The next township blood drive will be from 2 to 6 p.m. June 29 at the township fire station, 1825 S. Payne Lake Road. •The annual firefighters breakfast will take place from 7 to lu :ju a.m. 10:30 Saturday, July 2, atthe fire station. CHIEF, continued from page 1 Trustee Kim Selleck abstained from the vote. “I don’t have any information on who the person is, [their] background or anything. I can’t make an informed decision,” Selleck said. In other business Monday, the board approved the hir­ ing of Fleis & VandenBrink to do survey work on two parcels that the township has signed purchase agreements on Paul Henry Henry on to to extend extend the the Paul Trail Middleville Trail north north of of the the Middleville village village limits. limits. The purchase of the two parcels will help to fill in a gap on the trail between Garbow Road and Stimson Road, Township Zoning Administrator Catherine Getty said, “There will be about two miles more of trail that will be acquired,” Getty said, “Unfortunately, there will still be a gap. Itis what it is for now.” The township will pay Fleis & VandenBrink $10,200 for the survey work. The township needs to have the survey work done and get the legal description for the two properties before it can close on purchasing the land, Getty said. It Rotary Club of Middleville 32nd ily to the village receiving more money in state grants than had been anticipated according to the audit docu­ ment. The village took in more than $98,000 in revenues above what had been budget­ ed. while spending was about $8,800 above budget, the document said, The village entered 2022 with a general fund balance of $944,250, of which $866,416 is unassigned and can be spent for any purpose. The fund balance represents 59 percent of the village’s current year Veldhuizen expenditures, said. “That’s usually how I mea­ sure the health of your fund balance,” he said. “Most cities and villages have somewhere between 15 to 20 percent, You’re very healthy, certainly not excessive. It's better than most of the cities and villages [in the state].” The major street fund bal­ ance grew by $207,835 for the year to $1,093,325, while the local street fund decreased $27,310 to $486,650, accord­ ing to the audit document. township hall expansion and renovation have been signed, Construction on the nearly $1.08 million project is expected to get underway later this month. • The board approved funding of up to $1,000 toward the creation of a Funfest event at the township park July 30. in conjunction with the General Federation of Women's Clubs of Gun Lake Area, The event will include a “Treasures of the Trunk,” a GFWC fundraiser, as well as a food truck, bounce house and balloon art. The event will give township officials an opportunity to get public input on develop­ ment of a township parks master plan. •The board approved •The funding up to $1,350 for the installation of an information ANNUAL HERITAGE DAYS DUCK RACE FUNDRAISER RACE HELD AUGUST 20, 2022 AT 3PM AT THE CANOE LAUNCH 1st Place: $300 | 2nd Place: $200 | 3rd Place: $100 | 4th Place:$50 Each year, the Rotary Club gives more than $10,000 to charitable activities throughout the activities TK include: graduating Awarding seniors, community. annual supporting the These scholarships Barry to County Imagination Library, contributing to the Middleville Food Pantry, and underwriting for the Barry County Kick Start for Kids. Your ticket purchase helps make this possible. 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When I came back from vacation, everyCaledonia this month. The Caledonia Community thing had shut down,” Collver Players will host the said. “We bumped it to the fall PG-rated, 2-hour, 20-minute (of 2020), thinking COVID theater production June 17 would pass quickly. And now, and 18, and June 24 and 25 at this is our third attempt and the Duncan Lake Middle we’re actually making it hapSchool Performing Arts pen this time. Many community theaters Center, 9757 Duncan Lake Ave. SE. All the shows start across the country have not at 7 p.m. and the cost is $20 survived the pandemic. But for reserved seating. There is CCP and a team of teams have persisted through all the delays a 15-minute intermission. Tickets may be purchased to make this musical happen, “A lot of people should online at vancoevenLs.com/ BFFG or via a link on the cale- think about how community doniacommunityplayers.org theater and small theaters website. You also can scan a like this need support from QR code on the Caledonia the public,” Stage Manager Community Players Facebook Treva Wyman said. “They page or buy tickets in person can't really survive without at the Caledonia Community that support.” Col I ver said A Gentleman's Resource Center in the middle Guide to Love and Murder is school. The show’s director, Jim “a great way for everybody to Coilver, noted the musical kind of laugh at themselves. originally was scheduled for There is a lot of hyperbole in production in 2020, but the the show about how we look COVID-19 pandemic kept at others” The scene is set in London pushing it back, resulting in a two-year delay. He said no in 1907. The plot centers on a COVID-related restrictions poor young man, Monty will be in place on stage or for Navarro (played by local actor the audience. Dan Bittner), who leams after Collver serves as the his mother dies that he is ninth Caledonia Community in line to inherit the earldom of •4 U 4^. 41 A’n 2* trlf I ♦ K F I —W 1 * La - a. &y f ‘n *» ™ “ 1 kl < J •A ** At* TV V * • ■. V fl Tl-*- •• < V V* . r4<v V I ’ J w i 3 .> <■ r-< r 2* • I®, & V* I *1 y ri? -A.'\ -k I * I fl t. • -■<*» f ■1 _____ Jim Collver stands on a chair in this scene from the theater production at the Duncan Lake Middle School Performing Arts Center. At left, Tyler Suttner rehearses one of his roles. At right is student volunteer Landen Gnat, Highhurst, which is controlled by the upscale D’Ysquith banking family. Inheriting the earldom would bring Monty a vast fortune. “He receives an unexpected knock on the door from a visi­ tor that he doesn’t know and her name is Miss (Marietta) Shingle, who I play,” local Jody actress/volunteer McCargar said. “She’s kind of a cooky, mysterious character who we don’t really know what her background is until the very end of the show. But she proceeds to tell him, ‘Wake up! You are ninth in line, an heir to the D’Ysquith family.” A light bulb goes off in Monty Navarro’s mind. He gets in touch with the family and tries to make a family con­ nection, but is turned away with a cold shoulder because his mother had married for love instead of money and position. “So, she was disinherited,” Collver explained. “And through a mishap, one of them dies and slowly (Monty) makes his way through the D’Ysquith family, killing them off, one at a time.” “People start to die in unusual, creative and funny ways,” McCargar said. 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Peter Berg Hl I Join us for our traditional yet casual worship Dr. Brian F. Harrison, Pastor Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Ml iffiSiiR Rev. Elizabeth A. Hurd committed followers of Jesus Christ who will reach our community with the Gospel aWniw Caledonia United Methodist Church baptist (church s^® Shining Forth Gods Light" Sunday Morning Worship........................ 10: 00 a.m. Community Group..................................... 11: 00 a.m. Si* Wednesday 6:30 pm & 7 pm Pastor Ed Carpenter - 616-868-0621 James L. Collison, Pastor Sermons online: WhitneyvilleFellowship.org www.yankeespringsbiblechurch.org A I �r“ -■ w L A- Discussing the upcoming musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, are, from left: stage manager Treva Wyman, ensemble member Sherry Collver, show director Jim Colver. Ki) ■ ■s 36 ItJJ a Wi litan |U I ItbM inti I Hr A iiAvnn 1 lv«' * htaw very likeable guy who is doing “That’s the biggest job I national Broadway show tours all this in his mother's name have, making sure the clothes and Wyman has staged-manbecause she was so mortified are ready to go, and (they) get aged shows around the country, at how she had been treated by in them. Before we open the “I think people will be very the D’Ysquith family and dis­ show, we have to practice that shocked to see how good this for hours to try to get it perfect production is. I think they will inherited." McCargar said the two and make sure it happens be extremely happy with the quality of the show: everything female leads are a love triangle quickly," Wyman said. She continued, “We have a from the set the costumes, the of Monty’s, “which adds to the hilarity. He's in love with checklist of what exactly music. At least half of our actors both of them and can’t figure they're wearing, all the little have a degree in music or the­ pieces. Because we are layer­ ater. So, you're watching people out what to do." One of those female leads ing. So, they’ll have a base who aren’t your average comis Molly VanderWest, who costume and then we’ll add munity theater," McCargarsaid, The Caledonia Community plays the social-climbing pieces on topofit. So, we have Players is a part of the Sibella. The other is Madra to make sure we know each Community Likkel, who plays Monty’s piece, where it goes, and what Caledonia Schools’ Continuing cousin, Phoebe. Both are character it’s for." Education department. The Because the show is set in local actresses. Meanwhile, Collver plays England in the early 1900s, the district supports four theater all nine doomed members of clothing is in period for that era. programs from second grade Our costume designer up to adult level. The commuthe wacky D’Ysquith family. k4An/l fknf'c o nf fhn hnmnr nity program started in 1992. And that's a lot of the humor (Andrea Lautenbach) is great," Wyman said. said. ““She She’’ss been been “They started to do one-act in the show; it's the same per- Wvman son playing all these different pulling and making stuff and comedies and then they would M we have all different kinds of do different Fourth of July all different kinds of do different Fourth of July characters. went celebrations. They They then then went Some of those characters pieces for the different roles." celebrations. M Collver said there are 11 on to do lull full performances, include a closeted bee enthusi­ actors on stage in the show, all Monique Brennan said. She is Monique Brennan said. She is ast, a body builder, a priest and of them playing multiple roles, the coordinator of the the coordinator of the a philanthropist. Community During the production, There also is some off-stage Caledonia Resource Center Coordinator. Collver has to make a lot of voicework to help round out “This theater has been quick costume changes back­ the sound. kkThe show is very challeng­ going on 30 years now," stage. The change times range ]anywhere from a couple of ing and difficult," McCargar Brennan added. “So, we are minutes to just eight seconds said. “There is a level of very excited that - after a twoduring one part of the show. In near-operatic singing year break for COVID - we are able to get back at it. We another instance, he has to required." McCargar also mentioned are very appreciative of the change from a woman charac­ ter to an old man, which also there is a lot of Broadway- school district to support com­ means changing the sound of caliber talent in the show. She munity theater." McCargar was asked if the his voice from female to male, pointed out that music director That is where Wyman plays Craig Swat! has performed in local production might play in 44 44 4 w&ijfet rh & I a... *«|l ‘ i » f ’ ? 'c, , , I I* : >» a key role as the stage manag­ er- She runs the show, making sure everything goes smoothly and all the actors tire wearing the correct clothes and carry­ ing the right things. , : , SPRAY FOAM " or Cell From left, Landen Gnat, Jim Collver, and Tyler Suttner rehearsing for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Local actress Rebecca Jantzen is stand­ ing behind them. (Photos provided by Jody McCargar) other communities or venues in the future. “We'd liked to," she replied. But there is still concern over COVID. I think there is a reluctance to get people out there." In early May, several cast members in the Thomapple Players’ production of Young Frankenstein tested positive for COVID-19, prompting post­ ponement of subsequent The Barry-Eaton Barry-Eaton shows. The District Health Department issued a news release May 6 saying the cases may have stemmed from three events at Community the Barry Enrichment Center in Hastings: a May 4 dress rehearsal, a May performance and and aa May May 55 55 performance after-performance after-performance gathering. gathering. McCargar said all the actors andactresses actressesinin““AAGentleman's Gentleman's and Guide to Love and Murder" are community volunteers. community McCargar said she and her husband — Grand Rapids Civic Theatre music director Wright McCarger - moved to the 44 Caledonia area during the pan­ demic and were looking for a way to get involved in the community. Both are piano players and teach it privately. Wright sings as a member of the show's ensemble. We noticed that a lot of community theaters are closing up. And we just felt really strongly that we needed to pitch in and volunteer in whatever way our skills could be used," McCargar said. Collver, age 57, said he has been involved in theater since he was in middle school. He said it is important for a community. It gives people, if they have the bent to do theater, the outlet to do that without having to travel to an area with higher prices to see shows" he said, “Community theater is a lot more affordable. It is a fantastic way to make connections and it builds community, from the gathering ofpeople to the show,and the castmembers being able to connect with each 44 44 other and make new friends. And build that mini-communi­ ty within the community." “A lot of people will go to those big theaters - and they put on great productions - but we also, as a small theater, can put on great productions," Wyman said. McCargar said the Caledonia Community Players have many loyal volunteers. A Caledonia High School stu­ dent, Landon Pecha-Gnat and his father, Troy Gnat, both participate in the show, for example, Caledonia has a very vibrant community,” McCargar said. “Its super exciting as we get closer to the show opening. They just come out of the woodwork. So, people painting and building things, doing cos­ tume work and all kinds of behind-the-scenes efforts. Participating in a theater production is great for fami­ lies, just to be able to learn and laugh together while you work towards a common goal. 44 44 % 11 s/re/w/A for fodoy hope for fornOrrOW. let's ralk. 5* �Page 6/The Sun and News, Saturday, June 11, 2022 Middleville Planning Commission recommends rezoning for ice cream shop I • A Hi James Gemmell Contributing Writer A Middleville couple is proposing to demolish a condemned house on M-37 and build an ice cream shop in its place. Greg and Cheryl Lydy discussed their plan at Middleville Tuesday's Commission Planning meeting in the village hall. The planning commission voted 7-0 to recommend the village council rezone the two-parcel property at 512 and 516 Broadway Street (M-37) from its cur­ rent R-2 medium density residential designation to C-2 highway commercial. It is about 28,000 square feet. The location is next to Three Brothers Pizza and just north of Misty Ridge Drive. The Education Station Childcare Center sits behind the site. The village council’s Committee of the Whole will review the proposal at its July 5 meeting. It calls for a 24-by-36-foot build­ ing to be constructed with a pavilion so customers can sit under a roof. “We plan to do it up nice. It’ll be a place for people to visit and eat ice cream, pizza, whatever they want, Greg Lydy said. “We’re going to (demolish) the house next week. Then we would break ground. It will be up and running next spring.” Village staff previously approved a demolition permit. Because it is in the This buffer map shows where Greg and Cheryl Lydy’s ice cream shop will be built, if they receive rezoning and site-plan approvals. (middleviilevillagemi.documents-on-demand.com) Downtown Development Authority district, the project might qualify for facade grant funding, according to assistant manager, village planning and zoning director Brian Urquhart. 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Main Street Downtown Middleville (269) 795-8827 jparkstsnoinsmi.com FarmBureaulnsurance.com 4 1 �* I The Sun and News, Saturday, June 11, 2022/ Page 7 I Caledonia schools thank voters Local trooper receives state award Trooper Eric T. Desch of the Michigan State Police Wayland Post is being recog­ nized by the Governors Traffic Safety Advisory Commission for his long-term contribution and commitment to traffic safety in Michigan. Desch, nominated for the Richard H. Austin Long­ Term Service Award, was commended for his efforts and impact addressing and combating hazardous driving. For more than 21 years, he has dedicated his life to pub­ lic safety, criminal investiga­ tion and enforcement, state police said. His traffic activi­ ty often has led to criminal I When Caledonia vot­ ers approved the fiveyear non-homestead operating millage in 2020, they protected Caledonia Community Schools losing from funding year over year due to a state law that ties local tax rates to inflation rates, also known as the Head lee Amendment. Voters approved a 19.4399-mill renewal of the non-homestead mill­ age in May 2020. State law limits the amount school districts can levy in property taxes for operating millages to 18 mills each year, so the extra 1.4399 mills has investigations and arrests, In addition to processing crime scenes as an evidence technician, firearms instruction, and training probationary troopers. Trooper Desch consistently has a high level of traffic enforcement,” said 1st Lt. Keith Disselkoen in nomi­ nating the trooper. “He consistently leads the post in traffie stops for hazardous viola­ tions and hazardous citations.” Rom 2019 to 2021, Trooper Desch led the MSP Wayland Post in total citations and hazard­ ous citations. During the same period, he wrote 321 total traffic citations, 94 percent of which were for haziirdous violations. ftft served as a buffer against losing tax revenue due to the Headlee Amendment. also known as a Headlee rollback. CCS estimates it would have lost over SI.2 mil­ lion, or roughly $227 per pupil, over the first three years of the millage without that buffer. “By avoiding this loss in revenue, we were able to fully address numer­ ous unforeseen challeng­ es brought on by the pandemic and the rapid inflationary costs we all have experienced throughout these challenging past few years,” Superintendent Dr. Dedrick Martin said. “I want to thank our com­ munity again for sup­ a our students and porting e being proactive about the future of our dis­ trict. Being able to levy the full 18 mills through the non-homestead millage means CCS can receive the full per-pupil foundation allowance from the state. These funds are critical to keepin a money in the classroom by supporting day-to-day operations, like pro­ grams, curriculum mate­ facilities, rials, and teacher salaries, Martin said. All funds from the non-homestead millage are tracked and available on the district website to ensure taxpayer dollars wisely. he are spent wisely, added. CCS has received a clean financial audit for more than 20 years and has an AA bond rating from Standard & Poor's. Marlin noted. With two years remain­ ing on the current mill­ age, district officials are projecting there will be enough of a buffer to protect against future Headlee rollbacks and allow the district to stay fully funded until the millage expires in 2025. Garage Sale THURS.-SAT., JUNE 16­ 18, 2022, 9am-4:30pm, 2836 Beatrice Ave., Middleville (Gun Lake). Two giant ga­ rages full of something for everyone! Men's clothing, household items, books, puzzles, antiques, tools, items for the man cave, and much more! ICE CREAM SHOP, continued from page 6 and improve the site sup- ports the economic devel- f*; opment and commercial planner in Grand Haven development of a highly on June 9. He briefly visible site,” he said. served as Acting Village A public hearing was Managerin Middleville opened at the planning following former Village commission meeting, but Manager Patricia Rayl's no public comments were resignation April 27. Rayl made about the proposed is helping village staff project. After the search for a permanent Committee of the Whole replacement, reviews the rezoning Planning commissioners request in July, it will go wished Urquhart well in the full village council for his new job and thanked consideration, possibly in him for his years of ser­ late July. A site plan will vice with the village. Grand Haven will be in have to be approved before ground can be broken for good hands,” Planning Commission Chairman the ice cream shop. On a separate note, it Jason Holzhausen said. “It’s been a pleasure to was Urquhart's last public meeting with the village. work with you guys for the He submitted his resigna- past 8-1/2 years,” Urquhart tion May 13 and it took said. “There have been 50 effect June 7. Urquhart site plans that have been began his new job as city reviewed either as a com4ft A future land-use map indicates where the blight­ ed property is that would be redeveloped along Broadway Street into an ice cream shop, (middlevillevillagemi.documents-on-demand.com) J J Of M//) i x rr* i 11 w ► J* Ooms tel** mittee, administratively or as a planning commission since I started, and a total of 266 new- dwellings.” Department of Public Works director Alec Belson and former village manager Duane Weeks were appointed by the vil­ lage council to take over as interim co-managers of the village on May 25. Belson is still the DPW director and will be pri­ marily focused on those according to duties. 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Martin Schools named General Federation of Women’s Clubs Gun Lake 9 66 Inc. as one of three recipients of the award. The Gun Lake club was recognized for its continued dedication to education. The GFWC Gun Lake Inc. provides annual scholar­ ships, Thanksgiving dinners, art supplies, hats, mittens, and underwear for students in need, as well as books, funds to support the mobile library and donations to the band and drama programs. Summer Wonder geared to limit ‘summer slide’ Kent District Library’s Summer Wonder” program is promising “a journey of reading, learning and explor­ ing through the great out­ doors.” KDL is teaming up with Kent County Parks this sum­ mer to bring participants opportunities for outdoor discovery, scavenger hunts, STEAM activities and more. The program will run through Aug. 13. The Summer Wonder 30-Day Challenge is free and includes adventures and priz­ es for all ages. Sign up online at kdl.beanstack.org or through a Summer Wonder Workbook available at any KDL branch. “Summer Wonder is back with more outdoor adventures than ever before,” said Kris Vogelar, Branch Outreach and Programming Specialist. “If your kids think summer learning is boring, Summer Wonder will certainly prove them wrong!” Library staff members said this program is a great way to limit the “summer slide” that negatively affects learning between the end and start of the traditional school 66 year. Extensive research shows that children involved in summertime reading pro­ grams sponsored by public libraries are more likely to maintain their academic skills and, in many cases, do better on standardized tests. KDL also is offering a great line-up of free pro­ grams for all ages including Wet and Wild Animals, Tom Amazing Plunkard’s Adventures, Drawing Sea Creatures, The Wonderful World of Henna and Motherland House Concerts. For a full program listing including dates, times and locations, visit kdl.org/ events. For more information about this program, visit kdl. org/summer. Kent District Library is a public library system operating 20 branch libraries that serve nearly 400,000 resi­ dents of 27 different munici­ palities throughout Kent is an County. ItIt is IRSdesignated 501(c)(3) nonprofit supported by millage dollars and private dona­ tions. KDL is a member of the Lakeland Library Cooperative. For more information, visit kdl.org. Caledonia Township planners OK new warehouses Greg Chandler Staff Writer Caledonia Township Township planning commissioners Monday approved the construction of two new industrial warehouses in the Southbelt Industrial Park after debating whether to require sidewalks as part of the developments. Commissioners unaniunanimously approved site plans for construction of a 131,000-square-foot ware­ house on more than 13 acres at 5120 Beltway Dr. and a 41,800-square-foot building on a nearly 3.86980 parcel at acre Southbelt Dr. Both build­ ings are so-called “spec" buildings, meaning a specific user or users for the warehouses warehouses have have not not yet yet been identified. commissioners Some found themselves conflicted between the site plans that were presented for the two warehouses and a 2015 township ordinance that requires sidewalks to be pub-­ built on both sides of a pub lic or private road or street in an industrial, residential, office or mixed-use devel­ opment. Typically, you you may may not not ““Typically, think think people people are are walking walking in in the the industrial industrial park, park, but but actually actually quite quite aa few few people people do do at at lunch lunch and and during during breaks,” Township Planner Lynee Lynee Wells Wells said. said. ““We We’’ve ve been slowly adding those sidewalks [to that park]. park]."” But the ordinance also allows commissioners to grant waivers to the side­ walk requirement if it might impact wetlands on the property, if there are no practical options for where to locate a sidewalk, or if there are 10 or fewer lots on a street, according to the township general ordinance document, “I’m struggling a little bit with our lack of consistency on sidewalks,” said Commissioner Tim Bradshaw, who also sits on the township board as a trustee. “I don’t like that we’re not following through with side walks,” our sidewalks, Commissioner Carol VanLaan said. But Doug Stalsonburg of the building, as well as Exxel Engineering, repre- sidewalks to the walkway senting First Companies and building entries facing the loading docks. Inc., had issues with requiring sidewalk to be installed Wells said she met with in front of the Southbelt FirstCompanies president Drive Craig Baker a few years Drive property. property, “This area is basically ago to discuss sidewalks in all developed. This is the the industrial park, “We had several properonly undeveloped lot on i Southbelt, < Stalsonburg ties that were already develsaid. To put a sidewalk in oped, and that retrofitting across the frontage, I total- sidewalks would take many ly get it, you gotta start years, if not decades, someplace. But I think the because buildings were only way that sidewalks built,” she said. “So we talked through how a side­ are gonna happen on Southbelt is to make a walk system could be township project out of it implemented, based on the someday. I don’t know developable parcels. That why anybody else, any of was when we worked on the neighboring parcels having [sidewalks on] one would volunteer putting in side and limiting those mid­ sidewalk in and continue block crossings. They have the sidewalk to go some­ complied with that over place. I do think it makes time.” sense to provide a piece of The Beltway Drive propsidewalk from the building erty will have a sidewalk to the street so they don’t connection to the front of have to mess up their land­ the building, but commis­ scaping.” sioners did not require side­ In their conditions for walk across the entire front approval, commissioners of the property. required a sidewalk along The Southbelt Drive Southbelt be provided with could house four tenants, a connection to the front of Stalsonburg said. ■/ - id S'15 4 t ■ $ z iS * $ (if® tiiW! Middleville scopes out process for village manager search Greg Chandler two administrators: Patricia that we have, the different Staff Writer Rayl resigned as village paths that you could choose It will be at least another manager in late April, and to take to fill the manager’s month before the village of Brian Urquhart this week position, and look to bring Middleville finalizes a pro- left his position as assistant those forward to the council cess for finding its next village manager and plan­ to get some direction and manager. ning and zoning adminis- work to get things in place,” manager. The village council its trator to take a city planner The village council at its Weeks said. committee of thewhole job in Grand Haven, Once the process is under­ meeting Tuesday discussed Former Village Manager way, way, Weeks Weeks said, said, the the councounhow to proceed with the Duane Weeks and cil could choose at any time search. Department of Public Works totoput put the the process process on on hold. hold. Over the last six weeks, Director Alec Belson are Council members agreed the village has lost its top functioning as co-interim that the time to start is now. managers for the time being. “We can’t put off the Weeks told council mem­ inevitable," said President bers that now is the time to Pro Tempore Fran French, get the ball rolling on the who presided over search. Tuesday's meeting in the “[Our] recommendation absence of President Sherry F! is to the council that we Ronning. “It needs to be start this process, start pull­ done. We need to look at the Caledonia, MI ing together some informa­ process that we want to tion of the different options use.” I think we have to start moving forward with it. I fallow thfc H hate to see us put it off - for — State of the Art Systems reason? what reason? ” Council Sun & News; Compl ete Collision Service Trustee Ed Schellinger Qn Facebook said. We can’t expect Frame Repairs these two gentlemen to kee p up to [Weeks and Belson] to be State -CAR Certified Technicians Direct Repair Facility * Most insurance companies date until the available forever. French said Ronning has new edition been getting information L esonal GOLD CLASS ✓// I CA9 from the ZZ-° Michigan Water Bourne System is printed^ Municipal League, which does offer assistance with Open Monday thru Friday 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. managerial searches, but that typically the council has tended to work on its Ed Pawloski Jr., Owner own in looking for a new manager. 110 Johnson St., Caledonia • www.edsbody.com Weeks also brought up the issue of the planning UTsBNYSh f i “Your Safety is Important to Us 66 66 :nfib . » 616.891.0150 ■ and zoning administrator vacancy, saying the village has options as far as it what it wants to do with the posi­ tion going forward, such as whether the position should remain full-time. “There is a possibility, depending on the applicant that you choose [for village manager], they may have a planning and zoning background similar to when you hired Rebecca [Fleury, now Battle Creek’s city manag­ er] as she had a treasurer's background,” Weeks said, Trustee Mike Cramer insisted that the village find a certified planning and zoning administrator to replace Urquhart. “We need to keep main­ tain [redevelopment ready community] certification." Cramer said. “We just fixed the fact that we had close to 1,000 homes that were non­ conforming [with village zoning]. Weeks said, with limited available land in the village for development, that might be something the village could address in decidin what to do about the plan­ ning and zoning position. “We don’t have a whole lot of areas in the village for substantial new growth,” Weeks said. Weeks said he and Belson will continue working on ideas for the search process. w Cl.” Fdtfne mik I Ir I hrii ISJD a at itpt; ’’Silt Si s �x:? ■Qva' I A % S'1 * ■ s ‘hr 11 J r Sisi,’, -a W Olll^ tout it r* bIei4 wni4 I a 1 I liinaa’l bw lia aisidiln; mi H«X S-MJinri MM r 4 f & aifKipL’ 1hii tetpdd W Ij ■Itt 1 rhE place this year. The National 24-Hour Challenge, which was to have been held in Middleville on June 19, was canceled last week. More details as to why were announced this week. “We realize that this can­ cellation comes as a surprise and at the last minute,” event executive director Gary Goscenski posted on the challenge’s website. “We have been working non-stop to secure appropri­ ate safety services for the event, and we wanted to exhaust every last option before canceling the event.” The National 24-Hour Challenge is the largest 24-hour personal best cycling event in the United States. The event began in 1983 and has been held in Middleville for the past 19 years. In a Facebook post issued Monday, Goscenski went into greater detail about the challenges race officials faced in trying to secure both law enforcement and medical support services for the event. “Every year, we have paid for 15 local sheriff reserve deputies to provide traffic control, especially on the night loop intersec­ tions,” Goscenski wrote in the post. “On Jan. 14, 2022, we submitted our request for 15 local sheriff reserve dep­ uties, just as we have in the past. “The last week of April, we received an initial indi­ cation from the sheriff department that they may be unable to provide all of the local sheriff reserve deputies we requested for our The streets and roads around Middleville will be much quieter than they were during Father’s Day Weekend in 2019. National 24-Hour Challenge organizers announced they would be cancelling the 2022 event and provided more details about why this week. The event had trouble securing law enforcement and medical support services. (File photo) event. On May 13, 2022, we were notified that they would be able to provide two sheriff reserve deputies for our event this year.” Race organizers then looked into alternatives for securing additional traffic control assistance, contact­ ing eight other local, coun­ ty and state law enforce­ ment entities, contacting fire departments and offer­ ing overtime rates to full­ time law enforcement per­ sonnel to provide assis­ tance, Goscenski wrote in the post. Similar challenges came up with regard to medical support, according to the Facebook post. “We have always paid for an ambulance and EMT to be on-site for all 24 hours of the National 24-Hour Challenge,” Goscenski wrote in the post. “On Feb. 25. 25, 2022. 2022, we submitted our request for an ambulance and EMT on-site just as we have in the past. On May 19, 2022, we received word that we would have an ambulance, but they could only provide an EMT to staff the ambulance for 8 hours.” On May 22, the National 24-Hour Challenge Board met and determined that the event would be canceled if additional police or medical coverage could not be found by May 31, according to the Facebook post. “As of May 31, 2022, we had only secured four law enforcement personnel and had not identified addition­ al medical personnel. We had exhausted all possibilities, which led to the cancellation of the event,” the post said. Goscenski called the inability to secure sufficient traffic control and medical support “as a surprise to us.” The board plans to meet later this month to discuss what the next steps are for the future of the 24-Hour Challenge. “The National 24-Hour Challenge board recognizes the need to evaluate both the location and scheduling of the event such that all necessary services will be available,” Goscenski wrote in the Facebook post. After the 2020 24-Hour Challenge was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, last year’s event drew about 200 riders from across the United States. By day, the riders rode a 50-mile loop on low-traffic roads between Middleville and Delton. By night, they rode a 7.6-mile loop on roads surrounding Thomapple Kellogg Middle School. in IRI822 ir Bifid IK I ] iK a ids®1 L-i . iH I 5: ' ip5 ; i -Gas and Oil Furnaces -Gas and Oil Boilers^ -Air Conditioners -Heat Pumps -Water Heaters -Humidifiers I 7’ 4 r ■ : Hiiii!-11 - 4* Jib' Ll * t> j << DeWeerd (65) LENNOX V HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING, INC. * 9 0’ PUBLIC NOTICE t * I I 1 Residential & Commercial ■ ■ fK I' WE’RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR HEATING AND COOLING NEEDS DEWEERDHTG.COM I ■ *4* r 269-792-2234 Since J955 A+ BBB • The Village of Middleville Public Works Department will be flushing fire hydrants beginning at 7:00 am on Thursday, June 16, 2022, and will continue throughout the week and the following week. Village water customers may experience some discoloration, and or pressure difference while this regular maintenance is being ac­ complished. The water remains safe to drink during this process. Usually letting the tap run for a few minutes will clear up any dis­ coloration and normal pressures will return once flushing opera­ tions have been completed. If you have any questions regarding this operation, contact the Department of Public Works at 269­ 795-2094. Village water operators appreciate your patience in our endeavor to provide you the highest quality water possible. Posted: June 1,2022 Glorimar Ayala Village Clerk �j 4 Page 10/The Sun and News, Saturday, June 11, 2022 TK’s Hilton wins her second state medal $ Brett Bremer Sports Editor T k ■ ► L - ‘ Thomapple Kellogg senior Trysta Hilton left Forest Hills Eastern High School in Ada Saturday with her third track and field state medal. Hilton ran her fastest ever 100-meter hurdle race in her preliminary heat of the race Saturday morning at the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 2 Track and Field Finals, hitting the finish line in 16.34 seconds. She was just off that time in the after­ noon when she placed eight in the finals of the race with a time of 16.42. She would have needed another PR to finish any higher than eighth. Chelsea sophomore Leila Wells ran a personal record of her own to edge Warren Regina junior Ella Jenkins in the race. Wells won in 14.96 seconds with Wells a hun­ dredth of a second behind. Mason sophomore Riley Gill was third in 15.37. They were the only three girls to finish the race in less than 16 seconds. Jenkins bounced back later in the afternoon to win the 300-meter low hurdles with a personal record time of 44.99 seconds. Hilton turned in a time of 48.03 that had her 11th in the 300-meter hurdles. Hilton is a now a two-time state medalist. She fifth in the 300 hurdles as a junior in 2021. Hilton was the Trojans' lone state medalist Saturday, but she wasn't the only TK athlete setting a new personal best. Thornapple Kellogg sophomore Jaxan Sias ran to a personal record time of 51.32 in the boys’ 400meter dash which had him in 11th overall. The top four guys in that 400 all set new personal records, finishing in less than 50 sec­ onds, with Howard City Tri County junior Stuart Gold winning in 49.18. Whitehall sophomore Trannon Aylor was the runner-up in 49.39. Sias was seven hundredths of a second faster at the state finals than he was in set­ ting his PR previously at the OK Gold Conference Championship last month. Sias also ran with the TK boys’ 4x200-meter relay team. Seniors Jonah Schilthroat, Alex Harrington and junior Gabe Lajoye placed 15th in that race with a time of 1 minute 32.04 sec­ onds. It was the best time of the season for the foursome in the race by more than half a second. Aylor, Nate Bolley, Lukas Palmer and Malcolm Earvin J' $ * $ ft ft J* ,^le 1 Thornapple Kellogg senior Trysta Hilton runs to a personal record time of 16.34 seconds between Gladwin’s Lizzie Haines (left) and Warren Regina’s Ayva Marugi (right) during their preliminary heat of the 100-meter hurdles at the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 2 Track and Field Finals hosted by Forest Hills Eastern High School in Ada Saturday. Hilton went on to place eight in the event, earning her second state medal. (Photo by Valerie Slaughter) from Whitehall won that 4x200-meter relay in 1:29.73, besting the four­ some from Detroit Martin Luther King by five hun­ dredths of a second for the victory. '3> V x.iv A Thomapple Kellogg also got a personal record from freshman distance runner Ava Crews who placed 18th in the girls’ 3200-meter run with a time of 11:48.05. She shattered her previous PR of 12:11.04. From the OK Gold Conference Championship May 13 to the state finals Saturday Crews shaved about 45 seconds off her 3200 time. The East Grand Rapids girls and Berrien Springs boys won MHSAA L.P. Division 2 State Championships Saturday. The EGR girls finished the day with 66 points. Grand Rapids Christian was second with 37.66 points ahead of Zeeland East 30, New Boston Huron 29, Bridgeport 28, Unity Christian 23.66, Allendale 21, Dearborn Divine Child 20, Ludington 20, Madison ‘ ar j£gja ijfW * See TRACK A/VD FIELD, page 15 & Kiwanis CLUB OF CALEDONIA k to Kiwanis Club of Caledonia 19th Annual Charity Golf Outing Sponsors r k - L• We would like to thank all of our sponsors, attendees, and volunteers for their donations, efforts, and time to help the children in the Caledonia, Dutton and Middleville Communities. ► r i ki “Kids Need Kiuxmis” Diamond Sponsors Edward Jones Drew McFadden Office • D C Byers Platinum Sponsor - United Bank GW. 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Crews improved her personal record in the race to 11 minutes 48.05 seconds in an 18th-place finish. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Si • • ~ I” c ♦ 1 r I �The Sun and News, Saturday, June 11, 2022/ Page 11 Summerhays has pair of hits for Trojans in district defeat Brett Bremer Sports Editor Grand Rapids Christian, the district host, bested Thomapple Kellogg 15-0 in the MHSAA Division 1 District Semifinals at the Eagles' Gainey Athletic Complex Saturday morning and then went on to a 5-2 win over East Grand Rapids in the district final. Thomapple Kellogg’s senior. lone senior, Jonah Summerhays, singled in both of his at-bats for the only two hits of the day for the Trojans Eagle pitcher against Christian Burgess who struck out nine and walked one in the four-inning bailgame. . Kyle Remington was I-for-2 with a solo home run for the Eagles and Nathan Hedlund was 2-for-3 with a double an RBI and two runs scored. Burgess was 3-for-3 with a double a run and an RBI. The Eagles had 13 hits in the ballgame. East Grand Rapids man­ aged to manufacture a run in the top of the seventh inning to snap a 2-2 tie and score a 3-2 victory over Hastings in ballgame its semifinal Saturday morning while the Trojans faced off against the Eag‘es-... . ............ ...... The Saxons scored two * 11 I " I ’il * fl * * • 1 < “'“’i - JI4 £**“*,' runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to tie the contest at 2-2. Senior Carter Reil had a fine final game for the Saxons on on the the mound. mound. He He Saxons went went the the distance distance inin taking taking the the loss, loss, striking striking our our four, four, walking two and scattering six hits while giving up two earned runs, “He pitched a really solid game. He pitched a complete game and just ended up on the back side of that,” Hastings head coach Jason Sixberry said. “East Grand Rapids was a very solid team. We did our job overall, except for allowing the one run that got to third on an error. Overall, Carter Reil pitched a game that very easily could have been won by us.” Reil hit Gavin Bishop, the Pioneers' lead-off man in the seventh. Bishop stole second and went to third on a Saxon error. He scored what proved to be the winning run on a fly ball into center by teammate David Bemecker. Tyler Morris led off the fifth inning with a single for the Saxons. Aiden Morton dropped down a sacrifice and reached on a Pioneer error, giving Hastings guys on first and second with nobody out. Matt Thompson followed with a bunt to third base that the Pioneer third baseman was unable to make a play with. That had the bases loaded with nobody out. one-outsingle singleby byEaston Easton AAone-out Tibble Tibblescored scoredJohn JohnTellkamp, Tellkamp, aa courtesy courtesy runner runner in in for for Morris, and kept the bases loaded. A fly-out into center by Harrison Smalley brought Morton home from third and tied the game. Hastings outhit the Pioneers 7-6 in the ballgame, but runs were tough to come by. Morris, the Saxon catcher, was the only Hastings guy with two hits. He was 2-for3. Mason Denton, Tibble, Reil, Landon Steward and Lars Sorensen had the other Saxon singles, East Grand Rapids pitcher Brendan Burns matched Reil’s seven-inning perfor­ mance for the Pioneers. He struck out six, walked one and didn’t allow an earned run in earning the win. A three-run home run by Jackson Isaacs with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning allowed the Eagles to walk-off in their 5-2 win over the Pioneers in the district final, Grand Rapids Christian scored a run in the first and another in the second of the district final and led until the Pioneers scored a run in the top of the fourth and then found the equalizer in the sixth. Remington was 3-for-3 with two runs and an RBI in the lead-off spot for the Eagles. Eagles. He started the Eagles' seventh inning surge with a one-out single. Nathan Hedlund followed with a single and they came around to score on Isaacs’ home run. Isaacs was 2-for-4 with four RBI in the bailgame. Canon Paul and Seth had the other two Eagle hits in the district final. Remington started the dis­ trict final for the Eagles and struck out six, walked two and gave up one earned run on four hits during his five innings on the mound. Cam Seth got the win in two innings of relief. The Eagles followed up that performance by defeating South Christian 12-2 in the regional semifinals back at the Gainey Athletic Complex Tuesday. Grand Rapids Christian will face Vicksburg in one regional final at Hope College in Holland today, June 11, while Hamilton and Charlotte square off in anoth­ er. The winners of those two ballgames will meet in a Division 2 State Quarterfinal at 3 p.m. this afternoon. 1»i i Season ends for Trojans and Saxons at softball district ■jl > I irett Bremer Sports Editor Hastings and Thornapple Kellogg both saw their varsi­ ty softball teams conclude their season in the MHSAA Division 2 District Semifinals at Hopkins High School Saturday. OK Gold Conference rival Wayland bested the TK ladies in their district semifi­ nal 9-0 and then went on to defeat host Hopkins 10-0 in five innings in the district final. 4 ■I 5] 4 Ji I’ I •I I The only three hits for Thomapple Kellogg in its 9-0 loss to Wayland were a pair of singles by Kylee Hoebeke and one from Eliana O’Riley. Wayland pitcher Emma Ludema threw the first six innings striking out 13. She allowed the three hits and didn't walk a batter, Hopkins got to the district by game championship knocking off Hastings 8-2 in their semifinal match. Hastings had four hits in Scot baseball falls to FHC in DI district semifinal its loss to the Vikings. Zoey Bennett was 2-for-3 with an RBL Morgan Deal and Jayden Karsen both singled once. The Saxons scored their two runs in the bottom of the fifth after Hopkins had moved out to a 6-0 lead. The Saxons' scoring rally got going with two out after Liliana Fox had led off the inning with a walk. She moved to second on a ground out by Emily Simmons. Karsen’s single moved Fox to third. Fox would score on a Hopkins error and then a pair of passed balls allowed Karsen to get to third. Karsen came home on an RBI single into right by Bennett. Cassidee Easey went the distance in the circle for the Saxons allowing six earned runs on 11 hits. She struck out three and didn't walk anyone. Registration going on now for annual Kilt Klassic race The 15^ Annual Kilt Klassic 5K Run/Walk and Fun Run will be held Saturday, July 2, in downtow n Caledonia beginning at 8 a.m. ’ The event has moved inside Ralph E. Myers Memorial Stadium in Caledonia where the start and finish line are held. The race goes from inside the Stadium out onto the Thomapple Trail, through the Caledonia schools' campus and then back to the high school track. The annual event is a fundraiser or the Caledonia High School cross country and track and field programs. The cost to participate in the 5K is currently $30 and reg­ istrants receive an event T-shirt. Regular registration continues until June 19. In-person registration is Trail runners race 10 to 100 kilometers Homburg of Charles Lansing and Emily Van Tol of Ada won the men’s and women's 100K races as part of last weekend's Switchback Endurance Yankee Springs Trail Run. The annual even includes 100K, 50K, 25K Night, half marathon and 10 K races June 3-5. Homburg completed the 100K race in 9 hours 33 min­ utes and 16 seconds . He was a little over 14 minutes ahead of Abraham Kane of Kalamazoo who was the runner-up. A total of 14 men and women completed the 100K event that took off Saturday morning from the Long Lane Outdoor Center. Van Tol fin­ ished her run in 13:35:55. Van Tol set a new course record while improving her personal record by more than an hour. The 50K champions Saturday were Ethan Vigario of Fort Wayne, Ind. And Cindy Huntington from Portage, Champions in the 25K Night run, which started Saturday at 8 p.m., were Simon Giraud of Okemos and I^auren Dietrich of Greenbush. Josh Miller of Rockford and Jessica Gotwals of Goshen, Ind. led the half marathon race Sunday. The 10K champs Friday evening were Todd Meredith of Allegan and Lindsey Parker of Byron Center. [Bruce's Frame end Alignment! Full Service Body Shop • • • • Remove allowed the dav before and day of the race at the packet pick-up station, but in-person registrants will not be guaranteed a T-shirt. Packet pick-up will be held July 2 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and July 3 from 6:30 a.m. until 7:45 a.m. at the south concession stand inside the stadium. Registration for the Kids Fun Run will be at the south concession stand as well and is open until right before the Fun Run begins. The cost to participate in the Fun Run is $15. Youth can compete in 100-meter, 400-meter and 1600-meter races on the track. The plan is for the Fun Run to begin at 9:15 a.m. More information and links to registar can be found on the event's Facebook page at KiltKlassic5K or kiltklassic.com. Wheel Alignments Auto Glass Installation Insurance Work Welcome Visa & MasterCard Accepted Over 40 years experience brucesframe.com I The Caledonia varsity baseball team made quick work of Ottawa Hills, but couldn't get by Forest Hills Central in the MHSAA Division 1I District Tournament hosted by East Kentwood High School Saturday. The Fighting Scots opened the state tournament with a / 13-0 win over the Ottawa * Hills Bengals. Forest Hills Central bested Lowell 7-2 in its district semifinal ball­ game. The Rangers took an 8-6 win over the Scots in the district final. The win moved the Rangers into Thursday’s MHSAA Division 1 Regional Semifinals at Jenison where they were by were bested Grandville 3-1. GIVE US A CALL TODAY! HARMLESS BAT REMOVAL BAT PROOF & CLEAN UP FULL ATTIC RESTORATION 10 YEAR WARRANTY 517-599-1019 www.thebatguysbatremoval.com FUNtlUA A 415 2nd • Middleville t �Scots top eight at DI Finals in the 4x800 . (Photo by Brett Bremer) Brett Bremer Sports Editor Caledonia senior Donavan Malison opened the MHSAA lx)wcr Peninsula Division I Track and Field Finals at Rockford High School by winning a state medal with the Scots’ 4x800-meter relay team and then capped off his day by running his fastest 800-meter race ever. Mattson. Josh Oom , Andrew Adams and Caden Dixon, all 2022 Caledonia High School graduates, ran to a time of 7 minutes 55.78 seconds to place seventh in the 4x800-meter relay Saturday. The time was a little over three seconds fast er than their previous best in the race this season, which camc May 28 at the MITCA Division I Team State Finals. Mattson look nearly seven seconds off his personal record lime in the 800-meter run later in the day. He fin­ ished 11 th in that race in 4 minutes 19.27 seconds. That time makes him (he third fastest 800-meter runner in — the history of Caledonia High School. The Caledonia varsity boys’ track and field team had a pair of relay teams running Saturday. The 4x800-meter relay team was the only one truly at full strength, Fighting Scot senior Mason Powers paid close attention to the pole vault competition Saturday, sitting in the middle of a field event area filled with Fighting Scots. Powers was a member of the Scots’ 4x 100-meter state qualifying team, which holds the school record in the race, and one of the top seed­ ed pole vaulters for the Division 1 Finals. He also qualified for the finals in the long jump along with sophomore more teammate teammate Jordan Gutierrez. Powers was unable to compete Saturday due to an injury however. That left Gutierrez as the lone long jumper at the finals for the Scots. Sophomore Molly Winger as the lone pole vaulter. And it left freshman Isaac Gabrielse to THE HOTTEST STARS Caledonia seniors Caden Dixon, Josh Oom, Donavan Mattson and Andrew Adams celebrate their state medal winning performance in the 4x800-meter relay at the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Track and Field Finals in Rockford Saturday. The foursome ran to a time of 7 minutes 55.78 seconds to place seventh in the event. (Photo supplied) fill in on the 4x 100-meter relay team for the first time. Gabrielse performed well. He teamed with sophomores Dharius Walker, Brock Townsend and Ethan Bcrends to place 17th in that 4x 100-me­ ter relay with a time of 43.41 seconds. That was the second best time of the season for the Scots in the relay, bettered only by the school record run of 42.99 at the MITCA Team State Finals by Powers and company. Gutierrez was 16th in the long jump with a mark of 20 feet 3.5 inches. In the throws, Caledonia had senior Caleb Paarlberg 12th in the shot put with a mark of 47-1.5 and junior Carlo Aybar 13th in the dis­ cus with a mark of 137-1. Senior Morgan Babb fired off a lop throw of 109-2 to finish 13th in the girls' dis­ cus and Winger was 12th in the girls' pole vault by clear­ ing the bar at 10-3. Detroit U-D Jesuit took the Division 1 slate champi­ onship on the boys’ side Saturday with 41 points. Caledonia senior Morgan Babb gets set to fire off a throw in the discus competition during the MHSAA L.P. Division 1 Track and Field Finals at Rockford High School Saturday. (Photo bv Brett Bremer) JI •k �Caledonia senior Donavan Mattson, a state med­ alist with the Scots’ 4x800-meter relay team earlier in the day, hits the final straightaway at the end of the 800-meter run during the MHSAA L.P. Division 1 Track and Field Finals at Rockford High School Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ifo, Caledonia sophomore Molly Winger tries to get over the bar at 10 feet 9 inches in the pole vault com­ petition during the MHSAA L.P. Division 1 Track and Field Finals at Rockford High School Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ahead of Oak Park 60, Ann Arbor Huron 55, West Ottawa 47, Ann Arbor Pioneer 38, Rockford 32, Traverse City Central 29. Allen Park 26, Walled Lake Central 24 and Plymouth 15 in the top ten. • Senior sprinter Kalia Jackson led the Renaissance girls to their win by taking the 100-meter dash in 11.64 and the 200-meter dash in 23.51. Teammate Olivia Jenkins, another senior, was third in the 100 and fourth in the 200. Renaissance senior Leeah Burr won the 400meter dash in 55.05. Jackson and Jenkins joined Madison Sheard and Jayla Graham in winning the 4x 100-meter relay in 47.01 and teamed with Chloe Vines and Jayla Dace to win the 4x200-meter relay in 1:38.09. Traverse City Central senior Julia Flynn was a two­ time state champion. She took the girls’ 800-meter run in 2:08.00 and the 1600 in 4:39.75. West Ottawa junior Arianne Olson won the 3200-meter run in 10:12.43 and was the runner-up to Flynn in the 1600. from Abigail Russell Allen Park, a sophomore, swept the girls' throws winning the shot put at 41-8.25 and the discus at 144-4. Byron Center girls best Scots in district softball * zk semifinals in Kentwood 1* ’I ft Hr 8* -- . - 1? * tert# Il % / Byron Center ended the Caledonia varsity softball season in the MHSAA Division 1 District Semifinals at East Kentwood High School Saturday. The Bulldogs scored a 10-0 win in six innings over the Fighting Scots and then went on to win the district championship with a 7-2 win over the Wyoming Wolves in the final. Wyoming reached the dis­ trict final with an 11-3 win over Forest Hills Central in its district semifinal match. Byron Center will take on Hudsonville in an MHSAA 1 Regional Division Semifinal at Jenison High School today, June 11. Grand Haven and Rockford meet in the region's other semifinal match-up with the regional final planned for 2 p.m. Caledonia sophomore Ethan Berends gets a handoff from teammate Brock Townsend to begin the final leg of the 4x100-meter relay Saturday during the MHSAA L.P. Division 1 Track and Field Finals at Rockford High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ZK> fp OOQO MM >9 fTlMWnWTWI MOMI —. c°UNr< NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION MONDAY, JUNE 27 at 7:00 P.M. Please be advised the Thornapple Township Planning Commission will hold public hearings on June 27, 2022 at 7pm or as soon thereafter as possible. The public hearings will take place in the Township Hall, 200 E. Main St., Middleville. The pub­ lic hearing will address the following: PUBLIC HEARING #1 Proposed construction of a private road to serve ten (10) new parcels. The applicant is seeking Planning Commission approval to construct a private road to serve ten (10) new parcels on parcel 08-14-030-014-00 located on Jackson Road. [Thomapple Township Zoning Ordinance Section 21.26(b)]. PUBLIC HEARING #2 Zoning Ordinance text amendment to allow “Self-Storage Facilities” by Special Use in Thomapple Township's General Commercial Zoning District. 1) Article XII General Commercial Zoning District regulations, 2) Article XIX Special Uses, and 3) Article XXXII Definitions. Any interested person may attend the public hearings to learn about the extent and location of the proposed private road and zoning text amendments and offer comments to the Planning Commission. A copy of the private road application and proposed ordinance text amendments noted above may be examined in the Township offices at the address noted above during regular business hours. Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Written comments regarding the application may be addressed to: Secretary, Sandy Rairigh, Thomapple Township Planning Commission, P.O. Box 459, Middleville, Ml 49333. Americans with Disabilities Notice Persons with special access needs should contact the Township Clerk at 269-795-7202 no less than 72 hours before the hearings. Cindy Willshire, Thornapple Township Clerk �I 1/iLLoLff^ I w 100 E. MAIN ST. MIDDLEVILLE, Ml 49333 * WSSN# 4360 s/lA/aJteJv QycajLit^ 2021 Middleville's Department of Public Works is pleased to present the Water Quality Report. This report is a snap­ shot of the quality of water that we provided to you in 2021. Included are details about where your water comes from, what it contains, and how it compares to EPA and State standards. Our goal is to provide you with a safe, dependable drinking water supply. Trained, state-certified personnel operate your water utility. It is our pleasure to provide you with a safe, abundant water supply. • I Detected Range Violation Date of Violation MCL 1 positive + 1 repeat Presence/absence NO positive in a month Conforms are bacteria that are naturally present in the environment and are used as an indicator that other, potentially harmful, bacteria may be present. Conforms were found in more samples than allowed and this was a warning of potential problems. Usually, coliforms are a sign that there could be a problem with the system's treatment or distribution system (pipes). Whenever we detect coirform bacteria in any sample, we do follow-up testing to see if other bacteria of greater concern, such as fecal coliform or E. coli, are present. All samples taken were found to be negative for E. coli bacteria. Contaminant Total Coliforms Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses health risks. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the EPA: Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791). Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immune-compromised persons such as those with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen risks of infection by Cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791). The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally-oc­ curring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or human activity. Contaminants that may be present in source water include: • Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife. • Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or result from urban storm water runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming. • Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban storm water runoff, and residential uses. • Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are byproducts of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can also come from gas stations, urban stormwater runoff, and septic systems. Chlorine or Chloramines J Bacteriological sample site # 1 Bacteriological sample site # 2 Bacteriological sample site # 3 Bacteriological sample site # 4 Average of all measurements taken in the month RAA calculated quarterly of 12 monthly averages.___________ Chlorine or Chloramines Bacteriological sample site # 1 Bacteriological sample site # 2 Bacteriological sample site # 3 Bacteriological sample site # 4 Average of all measurements taken in the month Definitions; Water Terminology F M .16 06 .18 09 13 N/A for RAA in year covered by OCR M .18 22 .26 .45 .28 J 20 03 .08 .64 24 J .19 .48 .08 .92 .42 32 63 47 65 .52 22 s .19 .13 .14 38 21 O 27 N 38 40 50 .64 .48 41 50 35 • ppm or mg/l: parts per million or milligrams per liter .38 49 66 .59 .51 2 36 .62 .42 67 .63 54 9 .69 .36 .39 97 57 .5 48 .56 .99 63 .83 .16 .19 .9 .52 .5 15 .23 .75 .41 89 .24 47 .63 .5575 .37 .31 .52 69 .47 .53 .62 58 .76 .62 1.23 1.21 1.04 1.14 1 16 Monitoring and Reporting to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Requirements: The State of Michigan and the USEPA require us to test our water on a regular basis to ensure its safety. We met all the monitoring and reporting requirements for 2021. IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER Monitoring Requirements Not Met for the Village of Middleville The Village of Middleville is required to monitor your drinking water for specific contaminants on a regular basis Results of regular monitoring are an indicator of whether or not our drinking water meets health standards During the monitoring period of July 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021, we did not complete all monitoring for radium-226 and radium-228 and therefore, cannot be sure of the quality of your drinking water during that time. The violation does not pose a threat to the quality of the supply's water. What should I do? There is nothing you need to do at this time This is not an emergency. You do not need to boil water or use an alternative source of water at this time. Even though this is not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened and what we are doing to correct the situation. The table below lists the contaminants we did not properly test for, how often we are supposed to sample for these contaminants, how many samples we are supposed to take, how many samples we took, when samples should have been taken, and the date we will collect follow-up samples. ’ Contaminants Required sampling frequency Radium-226 and Radium-228 1 sample every quarter from TP006 Number of samples taken Date samples should have been collected to 0 07/01/2021 09/30/2021 12/31/2021 . This notice is being sent to you bv the Village of Middleville • MCL: Maximum Contaminant Level - the maximum contaminant allowed - is the highest level of a contami­ nant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology. I certify that this water supply has fully complied with the public notification regulations in the Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act. 1976 PA 399, as amended, and the administrative rules. • MCLG: Maximum Contaminant Level Goal - the goal is the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there are no known or expected risks to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety. ^Z)ouCc^ This report includes all required MDEQ testing which have either MCLs or detects. Iron Sodium <10 ppm <1.0 ppm N/A 4 PPm N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A AL MCLG Date Lead Jul-Sept 2021 Copper Jul-Sept 2021 Lead Jan-June 2020* Copper Jan-June 2020* Lead July-Dec 2020* Copper July-Dec 2020* * These are corrected figures from the Radiological MCLG >10 ppm >1.0 ppm N/A 4 PPm N/A Jan-Dec 2021 Sept. 2021 Our Water 4.04 ppm .034 ppm 25.27 ppm .24 ppm 252.67 ___ PPm .007 ppm 0 ppm Our water 15 ppb 0 6 ppb 1.3 ppm 1.3 ppm 0.1 ppm 15 ppb 0 PPb 1.3 ppm 1.3 ppm .2 ppm 15 ppb 0 4 ppb 1.3 ppm 1.3 ppm 0.1 ppm 2020 Consumers Confidence Report 1 Range of Detections Violation 0-12.97 ppm 0-.04 ppm 0-38.6 ppm 0-.49 ppm 216.81­ 370.89 ppm 0- 009 ppm 0 ppm No No No No No No No # of sites above AL Range of Results ~ 0 3 0 1 0 0-12ppb 0-.141ppm 0-21 ppb 0-.2ppm 0-15ppb 0-.482ppm 0 Date Test Result Violation MCLG MCL Gross Alpha Radium 226 Radium 228 Feb. 2021 Feb. 2021 Feb. 2021 .98 .35 1.6 No No No 0 0 0 15 pCi/l 5 pCi/l 5 pCi/l Radiological Date Test Result Violation MCLG MCL Gross Alpha Radium 226 Radium 228 June 2021 June 2021 June 2021 ,77 .91 .52 No No No 0 _0_ 0 15 pCi/l 5 pCi/l 5 pCi/l Radiological Date Test Result Violation MCLG MCL Nov. 2021 Nov. 2021 .230 0450 No No __0_ 0 5 pCi/l 5 pCi/l Radium 226 Radium 228 Contaminant_________ Chlorodibromomethane Chloroform____________ Total Trihalomethanes Bromodichloromethane Date B Date samples will be collected by • A/L: Action Level - the concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded,triggers treatment or other require­ ments that a water system must follow 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 1i0 Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes schools and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail • pCi/l: picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water Jan-Dec Jan-Dec Jan-Dec Jan-Dec Jan-Dec 0 84 ..... o ppb: one part per billion corresponds to a single penny in $10,000,000 Nitrate Nitrite Chloride Fluoride Hardness 4 $ Ai* jl Our water supply has 138 lead service lines and 517 service lines of unknown material out of a total of 1200 service lines. For more information, please contact Alec Belson, DPW Directorat 269-795-2094 • ppb: parts per billion or micrograms per liter MCL 82 .86 47 .85 .75 i jiltaf o mg/l: one part per million corresponds to a single penny in $10,000 Date(s) Sampled 52 54 1.05 .63 What happened? What is being done? We inadvertently missed collecting the radium-226 and radium-228 samples within this required monitoring period. We will collect the required follow-up sample no later than December 31, 2021. Our staff is making every effort to assure this does not happen again. • N/D: Non-Detects - laboratory analysis indicates the contaminant is not present Inorganic Contaminant __ 4 2021 .62 36 ”77 A D RAA calculated quarterly of 12 .57 .57 .48 monthly averages.___________ Figures in this table represent the amount of total chlorine detected in our drinking water measured in parts per million (ppm). • Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities. In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the EPA prescribes regulations that limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water, which must provide the same protections for public health. 6* 2020 eral Information Your water comes from four ground wells, two of which are located near the water storage tower on the west side of town. A third well is located off Irving Rd. near the Village limits. Production well #6 on Irving Road and production well #3 on the west side are built to a depth of 78 feet and utilize unconfined sand and gravel aquifers. Production well # 4 on the west side is built to a depth of 352 feet and utilizes the Marshall Sandstone aquifer. Well #5 is located to the west of Bryanwood Estates Development near the Thomapple River. This well is built to a depth of 197 feet. F MCL Detected Range Violation PPm PE.™ PPm PPm ______ PPm______ —JPPH1L__ ______ PPm______ ______ PPm______ NO NO NO NO @0 ESid WSSN 04360 CERTIFICATION: Wfl ES IH Signature Title DPW Director Date Distributed June 11. 2022 31 Mjflj Additional Monitoring Information Chlorine residuals: Chlorine is added to our drinking water as a disinfectant. Maximum residual dis­ infectant level (MRDL) of four ppm has been established by safe drinking water rules. This is the highest level allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that the addition of a disinfectant is necessary for the control of microbial contaminants. Maximum residual detection level goal (MRDLG) is the established level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk to health. That level has been estab­ lished at two ppm. Sodium: Sodium has no MCL or MCLG. Sodium contamination in drinking water typically comes from the erosion of natural deposits. . Nitrates: Nitrates in drinking water at levels above 10 ppm is a health risk for infants less than six months of age. High nitrate levels in drinking water can cause blue baby syndrome. Nitrate levels may rise quickly for short periods due to rainfall or agricultural activity. If you are caring for an infant, you should ask for advice from your health care provider. K9 Lead: If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Infants and children who drink water containing lead could experience delays in their physical or mental development. Children could show slight deficits in attention span and learning abilities. Adults who drink this water over many years could develop kidney problems or high blood pressure. Lead in drinking water is pri­ marily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. The Village of Middleville is responsible for providing high-quality drinking water but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in drinking water, testing methods and steps you can take to minimize exposure are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 800-426-4791 or http://www.epa.gov/drink/info/lead. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has completed a source water assessment for community water supplies. This study evaluates community water source wells for susceptibility to contamination. The eval­ uations are based on several categories which are well log and location, geologic sensitivity, well construction, water chemistry and isotope data, and isolation from sources of contamination. Scores of these categories are added for an overall well score. All well scores are totaled to arrive at a water system score, which is translated into a susceptibility determination. Middleville's susceptibility is rated as moderate. Results of the entire assessment report may be viewed at the Village Department of Public Works during the hours of 6:00 am to 2:30 pm, Monday through Friday. ' I We are committed to providing you safe, reliable, and healthy water. We are pleased to provide you with this in­ formation to keep you informed about your water. This report is updated and published annually. We will keep you informed of any problems that may occur throughout the year. Customer questions or comments on drinking water issues are welcome and may be addressed at regularly scheduled Village Council meetings. Meetings are scheduled every second and fourth Tuesday of each month throughout the year. Meetings start promptly at 7:00 pm in the council chambers of the Village Hall located at 100 E. Main Street, Middleville, Ml 49333. This report will not be mailed directly to customers. A copy may be obtained at the Village offices between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. The report is also available on the Village web page at: www. villaQeofmiddleville.org Im For more information about your water or the contents of this report, contact Alec Belson, Department of Public Works Director, at 100 E. Main St. Middleville, Ml 49333 or call (269) 795-2094. ' '111 �The Sun and News, Saturday, June 11, 2022/ Page 15 TRACK AND FIELD, continued from page 10 I Heights Lamphere 19, Warren Regina 19 in the top ten. East Grand Rapids junior Camryn Bodine took the 800-meter run in 2:12.46, besting Parma Western senior Alyna Lewis by just over half a second for the victory. Bodine’s teammate Drew Muller, a sophomore, won the 1600-meter run in 4:51.41. Grand Rapids Christian senior Madelyn Frens was the runner-up in that 1600 and ran to a winning time of 10:44.24 in the 3200-meter run. EGR senior Ainsley Workman was the runner-up in 3200. The EGR foursome of Workman, Sophia Lado, Muller and Bodine won the 4x800-meter relay in 9:25.89. Muller and Bodine also teamed with Claire Weaver and Avery Hecksei for a run­ ner-up performance in the 4x400-meter relay. New Boston Huron junior Elizabeth Anderson won the 200-meter dash in 25.07 sec­ onds and the 400-meter run in 56.28. The only other two­ time individual champ in the girls’ meet was Ludington ■ XS 5 % * X Vs IW' w X. 2 _ V PX' ■ >5 V f K ' M *■> * •til jJk I s 1» *1^ JSJS !S51 ^'■1 V * Berrien Springs won the boys’ meet with 41 points ahead of Forest Hills Eastern 33, Whitehall 31, Allendale 31, Pinckney 30, Spring •NiKWX’ie, The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is calling it a “Three Free Weekend." There will be no charge for Michigan residents and non-residents to fish, visit state parks and boating access sites or to ride OR Vs (outdoor recreational vehi­ cles) this weekend - June 11-12. A Recreation Passport will >I t-eioIRtaia WfcH 25 IT n*len-s' WbMkt.' Lake 29, Frankenmuth 27, Holland Christian 26. Detroit Martin Luther King 20. Dearborn Divine Child 19. Edwardsburg 19, Mason 19 and Monroe Jefferson 19 in the top ten. to win the 4x100-meter relay in 42.44. Hailey was the D2 boys’ sprint champion taking the 100-meter dash in 10.77 and the 200-meter dash in 22.11. Berrien Springs senior James York was the boys’ long jump champion w ith a personal record mark of 22-10 and he teamed with Junyoung Chung, Jake Machiniak and Jamal Hailev TK senior Trysta Hilton smiles from the medal stand after an eighth place finish in the 100-meter hurdles at the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 2 Track and Field Finals in Ada Saturday. Michigan DNR plans Three Free Weekend for June 11-12 X f * 7 *t ■Dot senior RyAnn Rohrer who took the discus with a per­ sonal record throw of 135-7 and the shot put with a mark of 41-11. not be required for entry into state parks and boating access sites. Those who wish can legal­ ly can ride without buying an ORV license or trail permit. All other ORV rules and laws still apply. In Michigan, riders can access 4,000 miles of state-designated ORV routes and trails and the state’s six scramble areas (Bull Gap, Black Lake Scramble Area, Holly Oaks RV Park, Silver Lake State Park, The Mounds and St. Helen’s Motorsport Area). All other regular fishing regulations apply as well. Free Fishing Weekends next year, in 2023, are set for the weekends of Feb. 18-19 and June 10-11. Thomapple Kellogg sophomore Jaxan Sias sprints to a personal record time of 51.32 seconds in the 400-meter dash at the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 2 Track and Field Finals hosted by Forest Hills Eastern High School Saturday. The time put him in 11th place in the race. 1550 N. Broadway, Hastings leg acyathasti ngs. The Legacy We here at the Legacy G are extremely lucky to 4 have Dennis Walters coming to our course. Mr. Walters has worked with the legends of the game including Palmer. Nicklaus. IgoiHl Player and Woods. l»l ABOUT DENNIS WALTERS -•—*SIS-- Dennis is the only person paralyzed below the waist who earns a living as a professional golfer. 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Babb will be a member of the Adrian College Women’s Basketball program next season. She poured in 20 points in her team’s 50-47 victory while adding eight rebounds, four steals and a blocked shot. Kelloggsville’s Brea’Ana Smalley was the East team MVP with 15 points. Earning MVP honors Tuesday earned Babb and Smalley the right to return and compete in Wednesday’s all-star game with a new roster of coaches and team­ mates. The MVP East team, led by 21 points and nine rebounds from Rockford’s Elie Irwin took Wednesday’s girls’ contest 66-57. Henry competed with an East squad Wednesday eve- ning, falling 115-87 to their West opponents. Covenant Christian s Evan Engelsma won MVP honors for the West team with 19 points, 14 rebounds and three Henry’s blocked shots, Brayden teammate Wilkerson from NorthPointe Christian took East team MVP honors with 22 points, five assists and two blocks. Henry will join the Aquinas College Men’s Basketball program next season. The TA-WA-SI Athletic Association ran all-star bas­ ketball games in the area from 1973-2005. The event returned as the Ring of Fire All-Star Game in 2007 with a mix of graduating seniors from around Grand Rapids. The all-star games were last held in 2019, I -MB* ' Morgan Babb, a 2022 Caledonia High School graduate, celebrates with friends, family and her fans after scoring 20 points and earning MVP honors for her West team at the Ring of Fire Champions All Star Game at Davenport University Tuesday. (Photo supplied) Recent Caledonia graduate Morgan Babb shows off her hardware after earning MVP honors for her winning West team in the first game of the Ring of Fire Champions All Star Game at Davenport University Tuesday. (Photo supplied) Welcome Jerinda Schell, PA Now accepting new patients Jerinda Schell, PA-C, is a certified physician assistant. She earned her bachelor’s degrees in biology and chemistry from University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and her bachelor’s degree in physician assistant studies from Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa. Jerinda is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. . Jerinda is now accepting new patients. Visit findadoctor.spectrumhealth.org or call 269.795.4434 to schedule an appointment. Jerinda Schell, PA-C Spectrum Health Pennock Family Medicine - Middleville 490 Edward Street Middleville, Ml 49333 Spectrum Health 269.795.4434 Pennock ■ M �� https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/25/731/SunandNews_2022-07-09.pdf 725da06c505d3b5850cd01e4d0b1c44b PDF Text Text ( I The Sun and News I .UP t ) L A Your Hometown Newspaper Serving Middleville and Caledonia Areas No. 28/July 9, 2022 144th year Published by J-Ad Graphics, Inc. • 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 1 Middleville Committee of the Whole discusses village I manager position, rezoning property for ice cream shop m ■ 3 111 James Gemmell I looked at more applications and interviewed more people, instead of taking the next one in line,” Ronning said. “The purpose of the com­ mittee should be to review on behalf of the council, consume our feedback and then come up with a recommendation that we vote on collectively," trustee Kevin Smith said. “Versus other committees where we’ve made a recom­ mendation that is wholesale ignored and then (the council) just takes a vote, anyway. Smith said the committee should be used to collectively capture the opinion of the entire village council, and “then rebuffer back to the council for final approval. Patricia Rayl’s resignation took effect April 27. Belson and Duane Weeks have been serving as the village's interim co-managers since May 25. Trustee Ed Schellinger said the search process used in 2020 to find a new village manager was not as inclusive of the entire council as it should have been. All coun­ ci I members were able to review the job applications two years ago, but the search committee dominated the pro­ cess more than some councilmembers liked. And the first person chosen decided to withdraw his application. “I think what we made the mistake on was, when the first person drew back — because he was just looking for a raise — we should’ve went out and * .1 /□Yl Contributing Writer The Middleville Village Council will review applications and give input regarding the open village manager posi­ tion before a search committee makes recommendations or conducts interviews. The council’s Committee of the Whole agreed to that and discussed several other topics at Tuesday’s meeting in the village hall. The ad hoc search commit­ tee consists of President Sherry Ronning, President Pro-Tempore Fran French, clerk Glorimar Ayala, trustee Mike Lytle and interim village co-manager Alec Belson, who also is the Department of Public Works director. Previous village manager EM Middleville DDA finalizing plans for next month’s Heritage Days festival j erfT ioouo') II, ZfIOI! rjqoodJ tod noil ?z>jkni Lubnoo jodT riW od J JZri/Jrii) Bi/l Ji. ! oaslli tx FT' yj VTK)fl2 ul O1rl ) fab Jj/liM ■mri-oo oildr/l it James Gemmell Contributing Writer Middleville’s signature summer festival takes place next month, and the Downtown Development Authority is making final preparations for the threeday event. bbi IV! lornmip ixan unwoG nodluA Ricqsiq 9VO Y£b M See VILLAGE MANAGER, page 5 old-fash­ include a parade, old-fashioned games, live music, food trucks, a makers' mar­ ket and the Charlie Pullen Memorial Car Show featur­ ing classic vehicles on East Main Street. It is being completely reconfigured this year,'' The Heritage Days festival, which runs Aug. 18-20, celebrates the village's history dating back to 1834. This year's events will be held primarily at the downtown community pavilion, amphi­ theater and in the adjacent Sesquicentennial Park. It will of ■ ■■ * Middleville Committee of the Whole members discussed the search for a village manager and the upcoming Heritage Days festival, among other things, in a meeting Tuesday at village hall. Left to right: Ed Schellinger, Mike Lytle, Fran French, Sherry Ronning, Kevin Smith, Tom DeVries, Mike Cramer. (Photo by James Gemmell) ji* I DDA Chairwoman Kim Jachim said. “The car show is going to be in the back, the arts and crafts will be down there (at the pavilion). And we'll have the information booth and a band Friday — I l« J 41 See HEft/TAGE DAYS, page 2 r - - Police identify Caledonia driver killed in head-on crash in Gaines Township m I James Gemmell Contributing Writer The Kent County Sheriff’s Office has identified the 42-year-old Caledonia man who was killed in a head-on traffic crash June 29 in IsrlT •'IBOVaT taw oriw q fi lm I Gaines Township. Sgt. Eric Brunner said Robert Peter Antecki died after his southbound Chevy Trailblazer crossed over the lane center turn on Kalamazoo Avenue near Crystal Springs Blvd. That is between 68th and 76th streets. The Sheriff’s Office said the SUV struck a north north-­ bound GMC Terrain Terrain driven by a 29-year-old man from Alto. Kent County Sheriff’s deputies, paramedics from American Medical Rescue and Cutlerville firefighters responded to the scene June 29. (Photo by James Gemmell) IneX fuD bnB lemmas ■» r. a । h U -•? I . I » I 9 I / . I r I > ■ < 1 <**■ IN S1ISSWE • Festivities come to Caledonia for Fourth of July • Kinsey Street road project in Caledonia wrapping up • Yankee Springs asks for public input for parks and recreation plan • Middleville logs successful Fourth of July celebration b X 4 * 1 I * t I 1 Runners took to the popular Kilt Klassic 5K race in Caledonia last weekend. Ethan Barnes, a former NCAA All-American middle distance runner at Grand Valley State University conquered the course the quickest. See page 6 for full results and a recap of the event. % * । * 11 * Kilt Klassic in the books It happened around 8:30 p.m. The drivers were the only ones in the respective vehicles. Besides the sheriff’s department, the Cutlerville Fire Department, American Medical Response (AMR), and the Kent County Road Commission also responded to the crash. The Alto man’s name had not been released at the time this story went to press. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition after the accident. Police did not pro­ vide an update on his condi­ tion. No one else was injured. The Sheriff s Office is con­ tinuing its investigation into what caused the crash, including waiting for lab reports to come back. “Toxicology can take a while, so that part is still open,” Brunner said. •• t • •H 4 * I t ♦ > r> * I % �4 4 Page 2/The Sun and News, Saturday, July 9, 2022 I HERITAGE DAYS, continued from page 1 night. I think it's going to be like it was years ago (before the CO VID-19 pandemic).” The festival will run Thursday, Aug. 18 and Friday, Aug. 19 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. The Middleville Lions Club will hold family activities Thursday as part of a Community Night Out fea­ turing Touch a Truck & ‘They have some really neat, funky-looking vehicles like vacuum trucks and different types of vehicles that you don't see all the time,” Bussard said. “Those are things have on things we’ll Thursday night. Something that we haven’t done, but we’re really trying to make Heritage Days more than just one day that draws people.” Heritage Days will incor­ porate a couple of weekly activities that already take place downtown: the farm­ ers’ market, which is every Friday until Oct. 15 at the pavilion, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., and the Riverbank Concert Series that occurs Fridays from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. through August at the DDA amphitheater. The Friday night concert will feature the group Out of Favor Boys, which is spon­ sored by the Mix Coworking Studio. At the same time and location, the Middleville Rotary Club will be holding a cookout and providing root beer floats. On Saturday, the annual historically-themed parade will begin at 10 a.m. After taking a different path last year, the parade will revert back this year to the more traditional route starting at the Thornapple Valley Church parking lot on State Street, going over to Larkin Tractor vehicles. Touch a Truck to sit sit on on Truck allows allows kids kids to vehicles vehicles or or touch touch vehicle vehicle equipment. equipment. ““And And we we’re re hoping hoping to to have some some antique antique tractors, tractors, have some modem modem tractors, tractors, tow tow some trucks and police and fire vehicles," Director vehicles,” DDA Katherine Bussard said. The village’s Department of Public Works will provide some, as well. Travis Alden, a board member with the Thornapple Area Enrichment Foundation, talked to the Middleville Committee of the Whole on Tuesday about the bever­ age garden that will be held under the community pavilion Aug. 20. (Photo by James Gemmell) J 20% Off Fabrics (excludes sale items) - Ends July 30, 2022 • Hulst Cleaners Pick Up Station Show kindness! I FIRST AUCTION - JULY 1ST vrsA Saturday 9 am-3 pm Hulst Cleaners Pick-Up Station A T. • A| •• & ?:■ & I# H0 111* ini’ ,L ''J Ip I ^fS I 44 I I 44 C* ’ Uh X 4F ’-SteT ta ferity ——- The Caledonia Library • '’t SUMMER CRAFT & VENDOR SNOW Contact: “Order Buyer” Simon Yoder 517-983-0845 Ervin Mullet 517-852-0667 ■h OPEN: Monday-Friday 8 am-5:30 pm; I 4 .’d • ** Yellow squash, zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers, and maybe more in smaller quantities available. 945-9673 ■• r4 THEN EVERY TUESDAY & FRIDAY 11 A.M. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE QUESTIONS: ASK US... 218 E. State St., Hastings • 4% (Aw 44 44 6210 Barryville Rd., Nashville Pray for our Country If r Jl 44 Barry County Produce Auction Sale u that's a fundraiser for the parks program. They’ve had some service groups volun­ teer to facilitate the staging with the canoes.” The Blue Zones organiza­ tion will be working with the Middleville DDA this year at Heritage Days. The global group works with communi­ ties to make them more envi­ ronmentally friendly. The DDA is collaborating with Allison Wiswell, who is the active director for the Barry County region of Blue Zones. “We're working with Blue Zones to establish a parklet, which will be a blocked-off, shaded area using (nine) parking spaces.” Fisher said. So. there will be a cool area for people to come and relax and enjoy their time. We're excited to introduce that this year, and hope we can con­ tinue to utilize spaces like that throughout our other community events.” Bussard described the parklet as a “mini park.’' “So, we're working on coming up with a really cute display with large patio umbrellas for shade and Adirondack chairs, picnic tables and things,” she said. Heritage Days will be phenomenal," Jachim said. “Our (DDA) events just keep getting better and better. People of all ages coming down, families getting out again. Our Friday night music is making record numbers.” “We're really excited to offer something for everyone," Fisher said. “We have something fun for all.” nization. If the beverage garden is approved by the village council, the Thomapple Area Enrichment Foundation and Thomapple Arts Council will sell beer, cider and seltzer by the can to raise funds for scholarships and community grants. Lemonade and other refreshments also will be available under the all-ages beverage tent. Bussard said the down­ town gazebo and adjacent green space will be used for many of the activities. A legacy video she record­ ed for Heritage Days will be included that Saturday on a large screen as part of a pop­ up museum display. The Thomapple Kellogg Alumni museum will be participat­ ing, as well. The display will be at the gazebo and include some local artifacts. “And then, we'll have our vendor's market,” Bussard said. “Basically, everywhere there is sidewalk and pave­ ment beyond the pavilion. We're trying to be conscious about keeping that handi­ cap-accessible so that any­ one in a wheelchair can make it to every booth.” The Thornapple Area Parks and Recreation Commission is planning a canoe regatta that will launch at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 from the Thornapple River downtown and head north to the Indian Valley Campground and Canoe Livery on 108th Street. They'll have all kinds of contests and awards for peopie,” Bussard said. “And Street and then up Main Street. “We’re looking forward to having a great turnout and excited to continue the tradi­ tion with the parade,” new Rotary Club president Matt Richmond said. After that, there will be kids' games and the car show emceed by DJ Mosaic until 1:30 p.m. “We have our traditional kids’ games and fun children’s section with the blow­ ups (inflatables) and bounce houses,” Heritage Days Committee Chairwoman Kristen Fisher said in a phone interview. She also is the DDA vice chair. “We're excited to be able to incorporate those vehicles into the parade at the end, as well.” There will be some cool­ ing stations set up down­ town. We're hoping to have those be informative, histori­ cal markers. So, as you come to cool down or go through the misting station, you can learn some historical infor­ mation or good stories about the town,” Fisher said, A comhole tournament and beverage garden will be held under the pavilion from 12 to 6 p.m. The tournament is sponsored by Jason Parks Farm Bureau Insurance in Middleville. The money will be used to benefit a local orga- te •L. - •« Saturday, July 16 • 10a.m. - 3p.m. Journey Church Parking Lot dL- I 9185 Cherry Valley Ave., Caledonia, MI Marilyn Wagner.com Bruce's Frame and Alignment pE/MAX 616.299.0154 L RE/MAX T> • • • • IS II “T Enrich your family with another culture. 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The project had been scheduled thethe scheduled to to take take place place in in fall fall of of 2021, 2021, but but was was put put on on hold because because of of projected projected hold high bidding costs. When the project was bid out earlier this year, the low bid by Lake-based Twin McCormick Sand and Gravel came in nearly $120,000 Main Street to Maple Street, The project included a combination of both curb and gutter and open ditch clean out. The road project also included included sanitary sanitary sewer improvements and extension between Main and Maple and associated storm sewer and drainage improvements. Originally, the project was slated for completion by mid-to-late July. Pavement markings still need to be applied to the road surface. Concrete work neers had estimated. McCormick Sand and Gravel’s bid was $461,114. The Kinsey Street project received more than $424,000 in in federal federal and and state state funding funding -- $283,000 the $283,000 from from the Michigan Department of Transportation and the Grand Valley Metropolitan Council Council and another $141,550 through the federal CARES Act that was part of an overall $3.7 million allocation of COVID-19 relief funding for road projects around the Grand X V1 * '4 1' *7 J'*'*; Ic fc r *V - M 9 fl W fan, hfc “*'*! anOi^ * Staff Writer Yankee Springs Township wants to hear from residents on ideas for updating the township's parks and recre­ ation plan. The township has posted an online survey where peopie can voice input on what amenities they use at the township park as well as what amenities or facilities they might like to see in the future. About 90 responses to the survey have been received so far, said Sandra Marcukaitis of the township parks commission. Survey results will be used as part of the process of updating the township's parks and recreation plan, which must be updated every five years. The survey is connected only to the township and township park, and has no connection to the Yankee Springs Recreation Area, which is under the jurisdic­ tion of the Michigan Department of Natural and Resources’ Parks Recreation division. Surveys are available online at surveymonkey. com/r/YankeeSpringsParks. Hard copies of the survey are also available at the town- The project to reconstruct Kinsey Street in Caledonia nears completion. (Photo by Greg Chandler) Butch Welton’s Yankee Springs seeks ideas for park Greg Chandler Fleis & VandenBrink pro­ vided construction engineer­ ing services to the village in the amount of $85,200. Factoring in engineering costs as well as contingency funding, the total village share of the project cost was expected to add up to about $160,000, Moxey told the Village this ---- to’-' Council earlier year. 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Box 100, Delton, MI 49046 (269)623-5115 • bucklandinsurance.com �Page 4/The Sun and News, Saturday, July 9, 2022 Louis Alvin Shoemake. Louis went home to be police officer earning the Louis Alvin Shoemaker rank of Sergeant, and retired with the Lord in the early III was born the oldest of Taking hours of July 4, 2022, at the after 25 years. eight children to Lewis A. advantage of the GI bill, age of 83 with loved ones and Grace (Logan) near. Louis earned an associates Shoemaker on December Louis left a legacy of love degree at Henry Ford 19, 1938 in Crummies, KY a* to Jean his wife of 61 years; Community College, in Harlan County. The Mark in son, degree bachelors (Sherry) Shoemaker family moved to Criminal Justice at Eastern Shoemaker; daughter, Michigan in 1946 in search Michigan University, and a Linda (Don) Rosendall; of better jobs and to leave master’s degree in Public daughter, Karen (Michael) the coal mines when Louis Administration at Wayne Abell, and grandchildren, was eight years old. At an State University. Upon Shanna Shoemaker, Mark early age, Louis gave his life from retirement the (Marissa) Shoemaker, to Christ at a revival meet­ Dearborn Police Steven (Andrea) Glenn, ing. Department, Louis became Chelsea (Aaron) Edlefson, Louis attended Romulus the Chief of Police in the Erin (Tommy) Nguyen, High School and worked a money to buy Jean an paper route and at Teds engagement ring. On June Villageof Middleville, for 12 Ashley (Justin) Nielsen, Grocery Store. 10, 1961, Louis and Jean years. Megan (Chris) Winter, years. Louis and Jean spent years Drew (Hailey) Abell, Taylor at He began dating Jean married Friendship in a labor of love building Glenn, Clay Abell, Donnie Entrekin at the age of 19 Baptist Church. They immeafter meeting her at diately returned to El Paso their dream cabin in Dafter, Rosendall, and 13 great Friendship Baptist Church and lived there until Louis in the upper peninsula of grandchildren. in Lincoln Park, ML Jean was honorably discharged Michigan. They enjoyedthe The family would like to would leave a seat next to on April 17, 1962. peace and solitude they thank the kind staff of her empty for Louis to sit The couple moved back found amongst the 168 acres Kindred Hospice and Green services. to Michigan where they they owned. during church Acres of Wayland for the Louis finally asked Jean out welcomed their first child, Ever following his Lord loving care they gave to when a group from church Mark, two months later, Jesus Christ, Louis served as Louis. was going together out to The young family pur­ a deacon at his local church, Louis’s family received eat. chased a home in Dearborn taught Sunday School, sang friends on on Saturday, July In order for there to be and Louis and Jean com- in the choir, and contribut- 9, 2022, at the Beeler Gores fewer mouths to feed at pleted their family with two ed to many building projects Funeral Home where his Linda home, Louis and his brother, daughters, Linda and and other missions work. funeral service was conductJames Atmer, joined the Karen. Louis and Jean After Louis’ second ed. Burial took place in their family family in in retirement Army. They were both staraised their from Mount Hope Cemetery tioned atat Fort Fort Bliss Bliss inin El El church church and and spent spent much much Middleville, Louis and Jean tioned Memorial contributions time camping camping and and fishing, fishing. adventured Paso, Paso, TX. TX. InIn service, service, Louis Louis time throughout to Gideons International taught taught classes classes for for the the Hawk Hawk Louis Louis was was aa true true outdoorsoutdoors­ Alaska, the western states, will be appreciated. Please missile. man and and avid avid hunter hunter of of and and Texas, Texas, where they visit missile. man www.beelergoresfuOn Louis’ first leave from deer and turkey. became “ winter Texans neral.com to share a memjoined the Army, he came home to Louis the and took joy in the ory or to leave a condo­ Michigan and worked for Dearborn Police Christian community of lence message for Louis’s his dad to earn enough Department, served as a Bibleville in Alamo, TX. family. Michael Reed Smith •> Michael Reed Smith, age 72, of Middleville, MI, after ongoing health battles went to be with the Lord on July 4, 2022. Mike was bom on August 8, 1949 in Grand Rapids to Ronald and Doris (Cooper) Smith. Mike is survived by his wife of 53 years, Georgia (Marsh) Smith; children, Michael (Christa) Smith, Trade Peters Matthew mith; grandchildren Shawn (Lori) Peters, Brendan Peters, Matthew Smith, Raddix U reat-granddaughter, Smith; Rhylie Peters; siblings, Chris (Mary Lou) Smith, Paula (Jim) Fillmore, Becky (Steve) Hubbert; in-laws, (Arlan Patty Stavnheim), Steve Marsh, Wayne Marsh, Kindra Marsh; many uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews, and loving extended family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ronald and Doris (Coopei^ -Smith; in-laws, George and Elouise Marsh; brother-in-law, Kent Marsh. He worked as a master plumber and owned and operated Smith Plumbing for over 20 years. After his retirement, he worked at West Michigan Auto Auction. In his spare time, Mike enjoyed being outdoors fishing, hunting, doing yardwork, and gardening. He loved to share the bounty of his beautiful garX- J den each year. Faith was a very important part of his life, and he loved the Lord deeply. Most important to Mike was his family, and he was a true family man and will be missed dearly by all who love him. Relatives and friends please join Mike’s family on Sunday, July 10, from 1-3 p.m. at the Beeler-Gores Funeral Home for a celebration of his life. Following the visitation, the family invites friends and family to join them at the Blue Waygu/ Yankee Springs Golf course at 12300 Bowens Mill Rd., Wayland, MI 49348 for a time of fellowship and a light lunch A private family burial will take place on Monday, July 11, 2022 at Coman Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of ones choice. Please visit www.beelergoresfuneral.com to share a memory or leave a condolence message for Mikes family. 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ONE CHURCH - TWO LOCATIONS * Saturday Evening Mass 5:00 p.m. Sunday Masses 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Pastor: Rev. Peter Berg http://goodshepherdlcms.googlepages.com MP III OURNEY < 9:30 a.m. I Offering support groups for Grief. Cancer. Children of Divorce. Infertility, and more. CALEDONIA: 9669 Kraft Ave., Caledonia Phone: 616-891-9259 www.holyfamilycaledonia.org 908 W. Main Street, Middleville (Missouri Synod) Sunday Worship cornerstonemi.org/support HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH Lutheran Church Middleville let's talk. Mid * J 6 > • w » 5 1 % \ 1 I • “ > I * * I I * • 4 I I I II Vi < V I L I I 1 I 4 I 1 V I s I 1 �f t v\ % The Sun and News, Saturday, July 9, 2022/ Page 5 Nathan Board Schellinger agreed. “Basically,” he said, “it boils down to the fact that the entire council really didn't make the decision (in 2020). We all know that ” The council has agreed that, this time around, all councilmembers will be able to review and give opinions on the applications as they come in and before the search committee gives rec­ ommendations or the appli­ cants are whittled down to a list of finalists. The full council would then be given input on the finalists. “As I recall, we didn't do Nathan Samuel Board, that last time,” Schellinger said. age 37, of Caledonia, MI, Ronning went home to be with his and Smith Lord and and Savior on agreed. Wednesday, July 6, 2022. After the village council He waspreceded in decides on a short list of finalists, the search commit­ death by his sister, Jill; Elmer tee will review the nargrandparents, Velthouse, Don and Mary rowed-down list of appliuncles Jeff cants and make recommenBoard; uncles, Terry dations to the full council. Velthouse, and Joyce The council will then discuss aunt, Board; aunt, the final interview process Benedict. He will be lovingly before a decision is made on remembered by his par­ the new village manager. In late June, the village ents, Dennis and Diane brother, Chad council authorized a public Board; brother, Chad grandmother, advertisement of the village Board; manager position, setting the Barbara Velthouse; several salary range between aunts, uncles and cousins. Nathan loved to help oth­ $78,000 and $88,000 annual­ ly, depending on the individers. He enjoyed lawn care, ual's qualifications. The ad his truck and spending time was posted in early July. with his dog, Barkley, being are sports and volunteering. Applications Funeral services will be accepted through Aug. 1. Belson said the applica­ held 11 am Saturday, July 9, tion-review process will start 2022 at Corinth Reformed before then. He recommend­ Church, 129 100th St. SE, Byron Center, with Pastor ed the council meet by Nagel officiating. mid-July to review final Jason guidelines for the manager Burial Lakeside Cemetery. Relatives and friends may search and get a job candimeet the family Saturday date scoring system set up before reviewing any appli­ from 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. prior cations. Experience in grant to the service at the church. Those who wish may writing, public works, rezon­ make memorial contribu­ ing, budget and finance, gen­ tions to Pine Rest Christian eral village management and people skills are some quali­ Mental Health Services. Condolences may be sent fications Smith said the council should consider in online at www.mkdfuneralthe search process. home.com. u * kN s > l k SJ L ' ’ 2 Qi Qi ■4? L <1 I 1 ' S k S. K.X ik Kt ' '*1 ■ ■ % Si 3"'. T ■ 5 k IS > ' *r ,r«i* w « »a M Mi w ismrli ■ft ■' aw I J • p' 1 •*- “At least we ’d have a we'd starting point,” French said. We all get to put a word in. I like the fact that everybody wants to be involved. Belson said after Tuesday’s meeting it is still undetermined whether vil­ lage attorney Mark Nettleton will be asked to moderate the applicants' job interviews, as he did in 2020 during the last manager-search process. 64 99 I**. J­ >> J 14^ 4 - fl A 1 • •- r~~ Xr 1 i t Village council to review agreements tied to sale of old fire bam The Committee of the Whole unanimously The Committee of the agreed Tuesday to have Whole voted 7-0 to forward the full council review to the full village council a development and purchase Middleville couple’s request agreements related to the to have a two-parcel property sale of the old fire barn at 512 and 516 Broadway property at 115 High Street (M-37) rezoned to Street to Acorn Treehouse allow for an ice cream shop Ventures LLC. to be built. It currently is The village council zoned R-2 (medium density approved in May a $40,115 residential) and Greg and bid by Acom owner Johnny Cheryl Lydy are requesting it DeMaagd to purchase the be rezoned to C-2 highway 0.126-acre parcel and a commercial. That would be 6,075-square-foot former in alignment with the vil­ fire bam that sits on it. The building has about 2,000 lage’s master plan. The Middleville Planning square feet on the first floor, Commission recommended along with a 2,229-squarelast month the council foot garage and a 1,000-square-foot office and approve the rezoning for the 28,000-square-foot property, mechanical room. The sec­ The proposal calls for a ond floor has an 842-square24-by-36-foot building to be foot residential area. The village council must constructed with an adjacent approve the language of the pavilion, The site isnextto Three development and purchase Brothers Pizza and is just agreements before they can north of Misty Ridge Drive. be signed by village officials Greg Lydy said last month and Acom Ventures. After the ice cream business would that, the council can adopt an share a parking lot and an ordinance to approve the access drive with Three sale. After the sale, Acorn Brothers. “Which is a big thing for Ventures will lease to the Corridor village at no cost a portion of M-37 the Committee to look to,” trust­ the property so it can continee Mike Cramer said. “In ue storing Department of between the two buildings, Public Works vehicles and they're intending to have a equipment. “The buyer would get pos­ pavilion where you can get ice cream, get pizza and have session at closing. But then, some place to sit and eat out- we would have that 12-month side. It’s everything we’re lease with that property,” really looking for in that Belson said. “It would give space that we didn't even us time to build the addition to the DPW garage.” really know we needed. 44 I The Middleville Committee of the Whole unani­ mously agreed Tuesday to have the full village council review development and purchase agreements related to the sale of the old fire barn property at 115 High Street to Acorn Treehouse Ventures LLC. (Photo by Jayson Bussa) 1 r t ! I I I _ *• I a * The Middleville Committee of the Whole voted 7-0 to forward to the full village council a Middleville coupie’s request to have a two-parcel property at 512 and 516 Broadway Street (M-37) rezoned to allow for an ice cream shop to be built. (Photo by Jayson Bussa) I. I I I ment. “That gives us time to do a e> little research and discussion on where we would want to move it to,” Belson said. The building will be reno­ vated into a mixed-use com­ mercial property that will include a cafe, bakery and coffee roasting and canning operation, according to vil­ lage documents. DeMaagd owns Left Field Cafe at 124 Main St. He has said previously that he may add an outdoor patio and a walk-up bar. Also in the lease is a sepa­ rate agreement pertaining to a tornado siren the village owns and operates on the High Street property. The village and Acorn Ventures will have 12 months after closing to mutually decide whether the tornado siren will remain on the property and how it will be main­ tained. 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(Photo by Greg Chandler) By Greg (’handler Staff Writer A total of 274 runners turned out on a beautiful morning last Saturday for (he 15th annual Caledonia Kilt Klassic 5-kilometcr race. The race, which began and ended on the track of Ralph E. Myers Football Stadium, is an annual event to support the track and cross country teams at Caledonia High School. Runners start the race on the track of Ralph E. Myers Football Stadium. (Photo by Greg Chandler) This year s race featured record-setting perfor­ mance in the women s divi­ sion. as Melissa Winchester, a former NAJA cross coun­ try All-America at Aquinas College, ran a time of 17:39.6. Winchester's time broke the previous wom­ en's record of 17:47 that was set by Kelli Jackson in 2014. Ethan Barnes, a former NCAA All-American middle distance runner at Grand Valley State University and a second grade teacher at Lee Elementary School in Thornapple Kellogg Schools, was the men's champion in a time of 15:38.4. Ben Fulton placed second in 15:54. Betsy Neustifter was the women's runneruo runnerup in Melissa Winchester, a former NAIA All-America in cross country, set a new women’s meet record at the Caledonia Kilt Klassic with a time of 17:39.6. The previous record was 17:47, set by Kelli Jackson in 2014. (Photo by Greg Chandler) 183505 Village Manager Village of Middleville, Ml The Village of Middleville is seeking a qualified applicant to serve as Village Manager to oversee the administration of the $5.5 million local government op­ eration and serve the approximately4,295 resident community. The Manager of this general law village serves at the pleasure of the sev­ en-member Village Council, which is headed by a Village President. The suc­ cessful candidate will be a leader in the community, with effective communica­ tion and interpersonal skills, impeccable ethics, and an ability to develop and execute a vision for this small town located along the beautiful Thomapple River. The Village offers a solid benefits package, including a defined benefit retire­ ment plan, health plan and a salary depending upon qualifications and experi­ ence. A detailed job posting and related application forms are available at www.villaqeofmiddleville.org. To apply, please send the application form, resume, cover letter, salary history and five professional references via mail or overnight delivery to: Village Clerk Village of Middleville PO Box 69 Middleville, Ml 49333-0069 Application materials may also be delivered in person, in a sealed envelope, at Village Hall, 100 East Main Street, Middleville, Ml 49333. Questions can be directed to Duane Weeks, Interim Village Manager, at weeksd@villaqeofmiddleville.org or (269) 795-3385. Some of the partici­ pating runners, such as Tamara Barney (#509) and Sally Gless (#578), fit in with the race theme by running in kilts. (Photo by Greg Chandler) 183743 2 N S H 0 W Male 14 and under: I. Kort Thompson, 18:26.20; 2. Cameron Wright, 19:23.70; 3. Albert Halley, 19:40.00. Male 15 to 19: 1. Jamin Thompson, 16:08.10; 2. Donavan Mattson, 16:32.50; 3. Joseph Vanderkooi. 16:46.50. Male 20 to 24: 1. Micah Meindertsma, 16:08.60; 2. Noah Peterson, 16:26.30; 3. Jared Fennema, 25: 30.70. Male 25 to 29; 1. Christof Muller, 16:51.70; 2. Austin Tenelshof, 18:35.40. Male 30 to 34: 1. ien Fulton, 15:54.00; 2. Nicholas Thelen, 16:48.60; 3. Adam Looman. 16:59.10. Male 35 to 39: I. Ben Walker, 17:15.20; 2. Brandon Alexander, 20:56.70; 3. Matthew Cook, 21:06.30. Male 40 to 44: 1. Jeff Finkbeiner, 18:32.70; 2. Greg Seif, 21:39.10; 3. Josh Edgar, 21:49.50 Male 45 to 49: 1. Ben Thompson, 16:58.80; 2. Mark Deblaay, 19:57.80; 3. Scot Morrell, 20:07.40. Male 50 to 54: I. Wayne Oom, 19:42.90; 2. Kent Mattson, 29:04.50; 3. Joel Degood, 29:26.70. Male 55 to 59: 1. Steven Fein, 20:35.40; 2. Tom Kribs, 21:46.60; 3. Emil Woemer, 24:05.80. Male 60 to 64: 1. Tom Dean, 22:37.70; 2. Jerry Barnaby, 23:38.30; 3. Charles Colburn. 26:35.60. Male 65 to 69: 1. Mike Wcingate, 26:09.10; 2. Doug Wierenga, 29:37.90; 3. Thom Kohl, 32:24.30. Male 70 and over: 1. Ned Newhof, 25:28.40; 2. Donald Ondersma, 26:02.20; 3. Charles Schadler, 28:47.40. Female 14 and under: I. Ellie Harmon, 21:50.80; 2. Cora Draft, 24:01.80; 3. K. Faber, 26:31.70. Female 15 to 19: I. Leah Thompson, 20:59.30; 2. Madelyn Fennema, 21:21.70; 3. Alyssa Defields, 21:25.10. Female 20 to 24: 1. Kelli Laube, 21:12.50; 2. Kayla Francis, 28:53.70; 3. Natalie Weibel, 29:00.80. Female 25 to 29: 1. Kimberly Muller, 18:46.90; 2. Mckenzie Pluymert, 19:30.50; 3. Crystal Schaiblc, 26: 23.00. Female 30 to 34: I. Cassandra Hester, 27:17.80; Katie Mchugh, 30:03.90; 3. Katie Mueller, 36:10.10. Female 35 to 39: 1. Betsy Neustifter, 18:31.00; 2. Rebecca Wright, 22:30.90; 3. Christine Bridges, 23:18.40. Female 40 to 44: I. Rebecca Wiltjer, 20:05.00; 2. Shannon Collins, 24:09.40; 3. Elizabeth Crosby, 24:20.20. Female 45 to 49: 1. Susan Fein, 22:51.00; 2. Amy Pugh, 24:1 8.80; 3. Amanda Walma, 27:5 1.30. Female 50 to 54: 1. Jill Degrove, 24:43.70; 2. Heather Deblaey, 28:23.70; 3. Dawn Rybarczyk, 28:41.10. Female 55 to 59: 1. Rhonda Toogood, 30:31.10; 2. Karen Reusch, 32:34.10; 3. Kerri Diemcr, 32:54.80. Female 60 to 64: 1. Susan Pifer, 29:58.30; 2. Dion Wierenga, 30:20.80; 3. Tamara Barney, 48:15.70. Female 65 to 69: 1. Mary Beth Skupien, 3 1:36.90; 2. Carla Safie, 40:38.00; 3. Sally Gless, 48:15.40. Female 70 and over: 1. ‘Anonymous Participant’, 41:15.20; 2. Dottie Sullivan 41:38.60; 3. Linda Barber, 51:21.60. I ’ H •V r ✓ aI I L <1 r I I 4. • I IM 3 f • l GAINES CHARTER TOWNSHIP KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Gaines Charter Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider the following request at the July 28, 2022, 7:00PM meeting: Special Land Use request to build a 576 square-foot freestanding carport in the Agricultural/ Agri-Business Zoning District (A-B) for residential use, for a total of 3,168 square feet of accessory buildings on the property. a. Property Address: 9525 Meadow Valley Lane, Caledonia, Ml 49316 b. Parcel #: 41-22-26-200-036 c. Applicants: Scott Miller 1 m| 'b Any interested party may appear and be heard on said proposals. Information related to these requests may be inspected, by appt., during regular business hours at the Planning Department window located in the Gaines Charter Township Offices. For information related to this request, con­ tact Dan Wells at (616) 980-6188 or dan.wells@gainestownship org. In order to be entered into the public record, signed written comments must be received by 5:00 PM on July 28, 2022. Persons with disabilities needing special accommodations should contact Kim Triplett at (616) 698­ 6640 one week prior to the meeting to request mobility, visual or any other assistance. LOCATION OF HEARINGS: GAINES CHARTER TOWNSHIP OFFICES, BOARD ROOM, 8555 KALAMAZOO AVE., SE, CALEDONIA, Ml 49316 V‘ '■’H �k. •» A long line of people await getting hot dogs from the Middleville Lions Club. About 500 hot dogs were served in less than two hours. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE tna« the special assessment d-stnct wittwi whch the toregong ELMWOOD BEACH ROAD SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO 4fl • PROPOSED DISTRICT numbers betow and on the attached map I .if a *V ® (I: l l ’•me';*’* ■ 61 *1.^ TA 7 “" »l. lal U k W WtSiJtLfnhtaird’i; iter■kWUtlHiHl 1 WtMlto tek. Hill. Vm.i Mft ’ Kids had plenty of places to go and play for the day. Middleville gets strong turnout for Fourth of July festivities Grvg ( handler JI [ski) SI a** I ll:& Staff Writer The Fourth of July celebra­ tion in Middleville brought hundreds into the downtown area for activities during the day. and then later to the AYSO soccer fields for fire­ works. It was the second year in a row that activities were held downtown in advance of the For Rent Business Services BUYING ALL HARD­ WOODS: Walnut, White Oak. Tulip Poplar. Call for pricing. Will buy single Wai nut trees. Insured, liability w & workman's comp. Fetterlev Logging, (26%H1S-77M3. w 0^1^’ if CONSTRUCTION: ADDI­ TIONS, REMODELING, Roof­ ing Siding Pole Kims & FYvks. Licensed builder 25 wars. Tom Beaid. "‘gW- MATT ENDSLEY, FABRI­ CATION and repair, custom trailers, buckets, bale spears, etc. Call 269-804-7506. less than two hours. Bussard said. There were also activities for kids, and the Lions of Michigan Foundation had its KidSight Trailer available for free vision testing downtown. At the soccer fields, live music, games and food trucks preceded the fireworks “Overall, we had a really great event.” Bussard said. imiiiiiinitv Saric Help Hanfed NOTICE OF SELF STORAGE SALE Please notice Red Dot Stor­ age 195- Caledonia located at 5590 68th Street SE, Cale­ donia, MI 49316 intends to hold an auction of the storage unit in default of payment. This sale will oc­ cur as an online auction via w w w. stora gea u ct i on s .com on 7/26/2022 at 9:30 AM. Unless stated otherwise, the contents are household goods, furnishings, boxes, and general equipment. The list of Unit numbers is as follows: #356; #357; #430; #239. All property is being stored at the above self-stor­ age facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. 5 manager for details. GOLF COURSE MAINTE­ NANCE EMPLOYEE- All s of Golf course mamas tenanev. including trimming, mowing, tree removal, and bunker work Please see Evan and apply in person at Saskatoon Goh Club 9038 92nd St., Alto, Ml. To set up an Appointment call 616-891Q229 ext. 16 or apply online at saskatoctogolf.com. J 3 BEDROOM# BATH Home on 2 secluded acres. Caledonia Schools. Available August 1st 3122. $25(X Vmenth. blMRVHMh. Mc fireworks. ‘The crowd was about double what it was last year.’ Development Downtown Authority Director Katherine Bussard said. Bussard estimated at least 3.500 people turned out between (he daytime activi­ ties and the fireworks. The Middleville Lions Club served 500 hot dogs in PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board has received plans showing the proposed o< the prop*-1 in the road paving project and associated activities together with an estimate of the amount of $55 000 The proposed road improvement will consist of milling the road surface as needed and installation of asphalt on the south 0 33 miles ♦/- o< Elmwood Beach Road The cost of the project « proposed to be raised by special assessment on parcels m the proposed distort The Yankee Springs Township Board has passed a resolution tentatively declaring its intention to undertake such project and to create the afore-described special assessment distort PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board has placed the project plans and costs estimate on file with the Township Clerk and said plans cost estimates and special assessment district may be examined at the Township Clerk s office from the date of this Notice to the date of the pubic hearing and may further be examined al such pubic hearing PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board proposes to make a per parcel special assessment each year for a period of three years (2022 2024 inclusive) of approximately $238.10 per year Additionally, the Township Board reserves the nght to levy a lesser assessment in any year that there are more funds m the special assessment district fund than the amount needed PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a pubic hearing on the plans, distort, and cost estimates will be held at Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N nggs Road. MiddieviUe. Ml. on July 14. 2022 at 600 pm At the hearing, the Board win consider any written objections and comments to any of the foregoing matters which are Wed with the Township Clerk at or before the hearing, and any objections or comments raised at the hearing; and at the hearing (or any adjournment of the hearing which may be made without further notice), the township board may revise, correct amend or change the plans, cost estimates or special assessment distort PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if written objections to the project are filed with the Township Board at or before the heanng. signed by the record owners of land constituting more than 20% of the total frontage on the road the township board may not proceed unless petitions m support of the project, signed by record owners of more than 50% of the total frontage on the road proposed for improvement and tor inclusion in the special assessment distort are fHed with the township Written comments or objections may be Med with the derk at the address set out below PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that appearance and protest at the pubic hearing is required m order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the Stale Tax Tribunal withm 30 days after the special assessment rot is confirmed An owner or party in interest or his or her agent may appear In person at the heanng to protest toe special assessment or shall be permitted to Me at or before the heanng his or her appearance or protest by letter and h«s or her personal appearance shall not be required All interested persons are invited to be present m person or by representative and to express hear ng their views at the PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that rf the township board determines to proceed with the special assessment, the board w* cause a special assessment rod to be prepared and another hearing will be held, after notice to record owners of property proposed to be specially assessed, to hear public Yankee Springs Township wi« provide necessary reasonable aids and services to individuals with disabilities at the heanng upon tour (4) days notice to the Township Clerk at toe address betow v * X A ■ A w.* L Mfital •mni4 1 Yankee Spnngs Township 284 N Bnggs Road MtodleWte, Ml 49333 �Page 8/The Sun and News, Saturday, July 9, 2022 * w Patriotic celebration takes over Caledonia for Fourth of July Greg Chandler Staff Writer Hundreds of local residents, many dressed in red. white and blue, packed Main Street last Saturday for Caledonia's annual Independence Day parade. I Spectators rose to their feet feet and and applauded applauded local local veterans veteransasasthey theycame camedown down Main Main Street. Street. They They also also enjoyed enjoyed music music from from the the Caledonia Caledonia High High School School marching marchingband. band.The Theprocesproces­ sion included 2022 As is tradition in the comcom­ munity, Caledonia’’ss munity, Caledonia Independence Day Day event event isis Independence held the the Saturday Saturday before before the the held Fourth of of July. July. The The procesprocesFourth sion began at Duncan Lake Middle ­ Middle School School and and conclud concluded near the Village Hall. Caledonia Hometown Hero Jodi JodiVanderVelde, VanderVelde,who whowas was honored honored for for her her contribucontribu­ tions tions toto the the community. community. VanderVelde VanderVelde owns VanderVelde owns the the Family Tavern onon Main FamilyTavern Main Street, which her parents founded 50 years ago. After the parade, frog and turtle races took place in front of of Frontier and Cooling, Heating and Later in the evening, the annual fireworks display was held at the CalPlex sports and recreation complex, put on by Arthur RozziPyrotechnics Inc. Hundreds watched the display from the CalPlex, the west parking lot of Duncan Lake Middle School and Holy Family Catholic Church. 4 The Caledonia High School marching band plays George M. Cohan’s “You’re a Grand Old Flag” during the parade. The worship team from Alaska Baptist Church provided music prior to the parade. The color guard from American Legion Post 305 led the Caledonia Independence Day parade. Students from the Caledonia High chapter of the Future Farmers of America pass out candy. Jodi VanderVelde, Caledonia’s Hometown Hero for 2022, waves to the crowd. VanderVelde is the owner of the Family Tavern on Main Street. UtlctclLe^iJUj^ X Bib?. ' F 1 JI ■ tA r _, . - SA • / ^B - - -— I B .. . >* DDA WWW.MIDDLEVILLEDDA.ORG | (269) 241-1170 *4^ ft —• * * M. ’I "I 4 J **■ ■ ( REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) •:* r FOR LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR The Village of Middleville Downtown Development Authority is soliciting proposals from qualified landscape engineers and/or contractors for the building three brick terraced retaining walls and level, sod-covered layers surrounding our community amphitheater. Interested parties should request a copy of the detailed RFP from the DDA Director, Katherine Bussard, by calling (269) 241-1170, emailing Katherine@MiddlevilleDDA.org, or writing the Middleville DDA at P.O. Box 402, Middleville, MI 49333. Completed RFPs must be returned to the DDA no later than August 31, 2022 at 5:00 PM. Please contact Katherine at the DDA with any questions. * MARKET 7 EVERY FRIDAY, 3-7 PM, NOW - OCTOBER 14 I I 4 I Held at the Middleville Community Pavilion on Main Street, the Market is your one-stop shop for locally grown produce and artisan crafted goods. Farm-fresh fruits and vegetables offer a flavorful way to nourish healthy families, and supporting local agriculture helps our community stay healthy, too. The Middleville Market also features a fine array of baked goods, maple syrup, honey, herbs, flowers, succulents, and more. Woodworkers, fiber artists, seamstresses, soap makers, jewelers, painters, and many other talented craftsmen are regulars at this established market, which is now in its 18th year. POWERED GY DDA ♦ I ♦ 4 r I i » • I t 9 & f < / • i < <* ft Mt ■ * I (RFP) FOR MURAL ARTIST The Village of Middleville Downtown Development Authority is soliciting proposals from qualified mural artists and painters for potential projects throughout our downtown, with particular interest in compositions featuring natural wildlife native to the Middleville area. Interested parties should request a copy of the detailed RFP from the DDA Director, Katherine Bussard, by calling (269) 241-1170, emailing Katherine@MiddlevilleDDA.org, or writing the Middleville DDA at P.O. Box 402, Middleville, MI 49333. Completed RFPs must be returned to the DDA no later than August 31,2022 at 5:00 PM. Please contact Katherine at the DDA with any questions or to arrange a site visit. 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M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 Discussions on standalone library begin in Middleville Greg Chandler Board of Education nearly a Staff Writer year ago indicating the adviDiscussions are underway sory board’s desire to estabon bringing a standalone lish a public library separate public library to Middleville. . from the school district. “At the same time, (the A community library advi­ sory board has been discuss­ school board) had a discus­ ing the idea for several sion - they feel like it’s time months. On Wednesday for (the library) to leave the night, about 15 people turned school, as well," she said. “I out at Thornapple Township think at this point, the school Hall to discuss and brain­ board and the public library storm ideas for making the board are on the same page. We know that we’re going to project happen. At this point, there are separate. We don't know the logistics of how." many unanswered questions. The TK school district “What are we asking for? When are we asking for it? boundaries include nearly Where are we going to put all of Thornapple Township it?" board member Kate and large sections of Yankee Bynski said. “Once we have Springs and Irving town­ the who-what-when-where- ships. It also includes smallwhy, we can start asking er portions of Rutland people for money." Charter Township, Carlton Currently, the Thornapple Township and Orangeville and Township in Barry County, Kellogg School Wayland Community Library, located Leighton and Allegan in inside the high school, serves townships as the library for the County, and Caledonia and Bowne townships in Kent Middleville community. “Our challenge here is that County, Because the library is right now, our public library is a school district bound­ inside a school building, ary," advisory board member hours for public use are limChris Boysen said. “Nobody ited. During the school year, it else runs like that." Boysen wrote a letter to is only available to the pubthe Thornapple Kellogg lie 12 hours a week - 3:30 J nziCl I nd no Il oiiduq ioo A god noz xlJ gni ZrilnOfTI jrtgin r it mo OJ IkH li frnot I; loajoiq U /A iu vnsm wiW narW . oioriW ■pti od dzn/H >dw art) h ,ydw I slqooq anuD ummoD babizni 9fll ralfabiM wO on High az £ zi ba ifl znri:) inin G J NT(O n sdj J* riT oT lid lif miqqji BilliW sdi 001 Ta trio wiifiT 1 £ luq sninT bicz ‘irigm I oW •I 3T3W 313W .bait j bait i 0 teal ggntog ZU in A art) mortT < i 1 * ’ I I £ < with more than 28 years' experience as a full-time firefighter. He retired June 22 from the Meridian Township Fire Department, near where he Lansing, worked for 23.5 years, the last eight as senior captain and acting battal­ ion chief. Before that, he served five years as a firefighter in Covert, near St. Joseph and Benton Harbor. The board members welcomed Richardson during board comments at the end of the meeting. 3 S66 NEW FIRE CHIEF, 1 1 • ♦ 4 * * See LIBRARY, page 2 <1 0 ■ t 4 9 I 1 । J I * I r * • '• - ’ I I I 0 r • • • • t I See ETHICS POLICY, page 3 • All-America honor for local swimmer headed to Purdue U. • Middleville council approves purchase agreement on old fire barn • Yankee Springs green lights paving project on Elmwood Beach Road J * I 4 I I f • Seger into coaching hall of fame after 86 varsity tennis seasons I ♦ 1 ISB-IJIE IN f I * asked. “Yes, we have had a problem, and that's why it was brought forth," Lindsey said in response. The vote to approve came after an unsuccess­ ful attempt by Erskine to table the policy. It had been tabled by the council in February and March, « * ♦ 4 < 9 ♦ .J according to the Lakeland website. A marketing committee has developed a website (middle villecommunitylibrary.org) and a social media presence that includes Facebook and Instagram, The website invites users to send messages to the adviso- ing ethically. It's doing what we should be doing, for the betterment of the village," Schuler said. But not everyone on the council felt the policy was needed. “I don’t know how we managed to get along without this for the last (period of years)," Erskine said. “Have we had a problem up to this point?" Neil I •» f I * 0 I that and honor that with our behavior." The policy seeks to “assure that all elected and appointed Village officials conduct themselves in a manner that will instill pub­ lic confidence and trust in the fair operation and integ­ rity of the government of the Village of Caledonia." Provisions in the policy include the practice of civility and decorum in discussions and debate, and avoiding personal comments that could be deemed offensive. In addition, the policy forbids officials from disparaging a village employee publicly, influencing village officials in makin appointments or awarding contracts, and soliciting political support from staff members. It calls for offi­ cials who have a concern about a staff member’s per­ formance to bring it up privately with the village man­ ager. “It’s pretty much just act- Greg Chandler Staff Writer A hotly-debated ethics and conduct policy for offi­ cials in the village of Caledonia was approved by the slimmest of margins on Monday night. The Village Council voted 4-3 in favor of the eight-page policy, which is designed to serve as a guide for how elected and appointed officials should act on village matters. The policy applies to the council as well as members of appointed boards and com­ missions. Village President Jennifer Lindsey and trustees Gerrianne Schuler, Cheryl Miller and Jean Soest voted in favor of the policy. Trustees Dan Erskine, Karen Hahn and Bill Neil voted no. “I think we owe it to our residents to conduct our­ selves in a certain manner,” Lindsey said. “They elect us. They put their faith in us, and we should respect William Richardson * ' i ized service for whatever you need." The library could also affiliate with the Lakeland Library Cooperative, a coop­ erative that serves 42 librar­ ies in eight counties, including Barry. The current library at TKHS is part of the Lakeland cooperative, as are the Freeport District Library and Hastings Public Library, Ethics policy in Caledonia Village passes on narrow vote Savanah Kaechele Contributing Writer Thornapple The Township board has approved the hiring of William Richardson as new the township’s services emergency chief. “This process was rather detailed, and we put a lot of work into it," Trustee Ross DeMaagd said during Monday night’s board meeting. “We found that there were several people that were quite well quali­ fied, and we are just happy to have such qualified candidates and we feel Bill [Richardson] is going to be a good fit for us." A native of St. Joseph, 50-year-old the Richardson comes to Thornapple Township nwol with a larger library organi­ zation, such as Kent District Library. For example, the library in Caledonia is a KDL library. “(KDL’s) speciality is service contracts," said Josh Mosey, a member of the advisory board who is also a digital marketing specialist with KDL. “They provide a specific, custom- to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturdays. During the summer, the library is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, according to the district website. One of the possible mod­ els a Middleville library could follow is to affiliate Thornapple Township hires new fire chief irfT * Vf Chris Boysen led discussions on the proposed Library advisory board member Laura Kenyon talks about efforts to market the new library. (Photo Middleville public library Wednesday night at the Thornapple Township Hall. (Photo by Greg Chandler) by Greg Chandler) V , • « ‘ 1 1 *e I r < ♦ i r a i I I I * < I < • ♦ * I t < 9 9 I r I • < < l ♦ 9 v • t 9 I a �I projects running on time for TK schools outing slated for July 29 1 Greg Chandler Staff Writer The new early childhood center at Thornapple Kellogg Schools is on track to open with the new school year next month. Assistant Superintendent Chris LaHaie updated the TK school board on the progress of the ECC and other con­ struction projects across the district during Monday's board meeting. “There’s a lot going on,” LaHaie said. The early childhood center, which is on Bender Road just south of the Middleville vil­ lage limits, is expected to be turned over to the district on Aug. 19, in time for classes to begin four days later. The center will house the district’s preschool programs, Great Start Readiness Preschool, early childhood special edu­ cation and child care. In the building’s academic wing, the unit ventilators should be fired up and run­ ning. Flooring and carpeting were expected to be completed this week, and all the casework is complete, LaHaie said. In Unit A, which consists of the gymnasium, offices and the meeting room where the TK board will soon hold its meetings, drywall and bathroom tile work is now complete. Piping and duct work are also complete, as is installation of windows. Painting of the offices and gym took place this week, LaHaie said. Outside, site grading work is ongoing. Most of the play­ ground equipment is in place with the rest expected to be added soon. The storage shed Sun and News Staff The Caledonia Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its 12th annual Tee-up For Scholarships golf outing on Friday, July 29 at Saskatoon Golf Club, located at 9038 92nd St. SE. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. The Tee-up For Scholarships golf outing is the sole fundraiser for the Caledonia Area Chamber of Commerce program. scholarship This scholarship is awarded to deserving Construction continues to progress on Thornapple Kellogg Schools Early Childhood Center, which is expected to be completed in time for classes to begin in late August, (photo by Greg Chandler) has been ordered and curb work is complete. Asphalt work work is is scheduled scheduled for for next next week, while while desks desks and and chairs chairs week, are are expected expected to to be be delivered delivered early next month, LaHaie said. Board Vice President Jeff Dickman asked about the surface for the playground, • ‘There’s going to be some areas with mulch, there’s going to be some areas with rubber pellets,” Superintendent Craig McCarthy said, The early childhood center will consist of 10 classrooms and a sensory room. Each classroom will have its own restroom and an adjacent mudroom for storage. It will replace the district Learning Center, which was originally built in 1938 as the high school. That building is being tom down to allow for more parking around McFall Elementary School. The major concern at the middle school deals with the installation of new heating and cooling units. While a new 10-ton rooftop HVAC OPERATION'HEL'PjSjlET DINNER’/iRAFFLE Caledonia American Legion Post 305 Event Location: BARRY EXPO CENTER 1350 M-37, Hastings, Ml \SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 2022 t7 5:00 PM unit was expected to be shipped Friday, LaHaie raised concerns about the accumulator tanks that are needed for six of the building’s 10 roof­ top units. “It looks like they’re not going to ship until mid-August, so worst-case scenario (is) we won’t have all 10 units up and running when students return,” he said. “At worst case, we’ll have four (units), medium case, we’ll have seven, best case is we’ll have 10, but it’s looking like it may be the end of the first week of school before everything is cooled and up and running.” The new tennis courts at the the middle middle school school have have been been poured, while the trench drains and the sidewalks between the courts were poured this week. The old tennis courts have been demolished. Roofing work is expected to be completed by the end of July. Concrete polishing is complete and carpet­ ing is being installed. “We’re moving the class­ room furniture back as they (complete carpeting installation),” LaHaie said. At McFall, all work is expected to be completed by Aug. 1. The vertical unit ven- high school seniors who reside in the Caledonia Community School district and demonstrate character and leadership in the community. Team and individual package prices include 18 holes of golf, cart, lun­ cheon, mulligans, on-course games, and one door prize ticket per per­ son. Entry fees are $115 per person and $450 per foursome. Raffle tickets, 50/50 tickets and skins will also be available for purchase at the event. Sponsorship packages are also still available. i*1 J $ >5 li I (/ tilators in all the classrooms di were set last week and this r? week, and secondary power unit work is also taking place, LaHaie said. Roofing work is complete ry board if they to get library here, I would at Elementary School. involved with the library expect.” “There’s a little bit of cleanup project, board member Laura Cheryl Cravero said that work, nothing of note,” Kenyon said. it would be premature to LaHaie said. “It’s based on WordPress, discuss a library millage Bus loop curbs were cut so we have the ability to without support from the last week, and curbs will soon add a blog,” said Rachel business community, such be poured, LaHaie said. Blocher, who has been as White Bradford One final punch list item - working on the website. Corporation and Gun Lake freezer panels - is complete at “What I’m doing is I’m set­ Casino. Page Elementary School. ting up a lot of the pages “If we can go to the pub- ^i^1^ “Page is signed, sealed and and I’m not publishing lie and say ‘we have $4 delivered,” LaHaie said. them, so that when we’re million pledged by busi­ District officials met with ready to go, it’ll go (live).” ness, and now we need an . fc l« the project design team The Facebook and X-millage to raise the extra Monday to discuss pending Instagram pages are titled $2 (million),’I think people work work atat the the high high school, school, “Middleville Needs A New will look at what we have focusing on lockers and Library.” accomplished and they're expansion of of the the cafeteria. cafeteria. An article article about about the the more willing to fund the expansion An The district plans to go out for library initiative is also last little part to put us over bids on the project in early expected in the new edition the hurdle,” Cravero said. November. of the Key, the school dis­ “I think we need to look at “Everything is on schedule trict newsletter, Kenyon corporate sponsorship there,” LaHaie said, said. before we even try to figure The construction projects Jennifer DeVault, a for­ out a millage.” were made possible by voter mer vice president of the “A fundraising consul­ approval of a 25-year, $42.8 Barry Community tant would say you need to million bond issue in Foundation who is now have about 75 percent of November 2020. Owen- KDL’s director of opera­ your money raised before Ames-Kimball is the con­ tions, suggested the group you go public and ask oth­ struction manager for the consider bringing on a ers to give,” DeVault said projects and GMB Architects fundraising consultant. in response. and Engineers is doing the “I know in Rockford, One thing the board did design work. where they’re just building agree on by consensus is to an expansion to the library keep the library boundaries there, they hired The Breton consistent with the school Quality Family Eye Care Since 1929 Group as a fundraising con­ district boundaries, at least sultant,” said DeVault, who for now. was with BCF from 1997 to “To do the cleanest OPTOMETRIST 2017. “There’s another one, would be to leave it like it Keith Hopkins, who has is,” Boysen said. — 2 LOCATIONS — been active in Barry County The board is expected to recently, he just raised invite Lakeland Library • HASTINGS: 1510 N. 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Other data. important” or “important" down to preserve Caledonia's popular responses included On the question of how small-town small-town character, retail (61 percent), brewer-people felt about Caledonia while improving improving neighborneighbor- ies and distilleries (57 per­ as a place to live, 78 per­ while hoods generated generated ““very very cent) and arts and enter­ cent of respondents gave hoods either a “very satisfied” or important”” or or ““important ” tainment (55 percent), important important" “satisfied” response. About responses from 86percent according to survey data. of those surveyed. As far as what type of 75 percent said they were About 89 percent con- housing respondents want­ “very satisfied” or “satis­ sidered improvements to ed to see, 62 percent pre­ fied” that the village was a the downtown downtown “very ferred the detached sin­ good place to raise a fami­ important” or “important,” gle-family homes while 33 ly. About 86 percent said according to survey data, percent said they did not they were “very satisfied” On the question of what want any new housing at or “satisfied” with the kind of businesses resi­ all. Multi-family apart­ community’s quality of dents would like to see in ments were only supported life, according to survey the village, 85 percent of by 6 percent of respon- data. €4 Greg Chandler “This This isis going going out out as a meeting in September 2020 Staff Writer draft. draft. ItIt will will come come back back with consultant Nathan After more than a year with withcomments commentsand and con con­ Mehmed from the planning and a half of discussion bycerns,cerns, ” Village President firm Williams & Works. ” Village President the Caledonia Planning Jennifer Lindsey said. The plan update includThe ed aa public public input input process, process, Commission, an updated The Michigan Michigan Planning Planning ed The survey survey was was conducted conducted land use plan for the vil- Enabling Enabling Act Act requires requires The municipalities last summer summer on on the the survey survey lage is ready for review. municipalities toto provide provide last The Village Council updates updates of of their their future future hosting site SurveyMonkey, Monday approved a resoludevelopment plans to with more than 260 people responding. tion of intent to adopt the affected entities such as responding. Questions addressed such such issues issues as as general development plan, counties and schools. addressed It’s the first time the vil- land use, community ser­ and approved distribution of the plan to entities such lage master plan has been vices, infrastructure and as Caledonia Township, updated since 2013, the environment, according Kent County planning and according to the plan docu- to the plan document. The survey showed near­ Community ment. The update process Caledonia began with an outdoor ly 85 percent of responSchools. c % SJ S ’Vi ETHICS POLICY, continued from page 1 to’ <1 1 I IM ID . J * • w® •> ***«!*> However, when reviewing the county numbers, the number of fire calls was down 6.9 percent from last year, from 1,011 to 941. Alarm to arrival time alarm being when the call is received at dispatch - mutual aid in Caledonia. “We’ve had a couple more since then,” Eaton said. “It seems to be the season right now for house fires and structure fires. Hastings, Wayland and Yankee [Springs] have had some too.” Outgoing fire chief Randy Eaton provided the board with an emergency services report regarding calls for the month of June. Eaton reported four struc­ ture fires, two in Thornapple Township, one in Middleville and one * w ■ that’s very important. You’ve had it for months now - months and months and months,” Thornton said. “This is something that a lot of people are watch­ ing and wondering when it’s ever going to happen. To leave it up to three peo- pie - this is something that needs to be discussed amongst all of you. It real­ ly does,” the manager added. • Lindsey agreed. “I don’t think the council members have had the opportunity to go through this. It’s been in our pack- ets for months,” she said to Erskine. “Every month we bring it up to try to discuss it, and you table it.” The vote to table was 4-3, defeated with Lindsey, Schuler, Miller and Soest voting against Erskine’s motion. was 15.12 minutes. This is no matter the destination, Thornapple or Irving township, Eaton added, Eaton also shared that ambulance calls make up 18 percent of the overall 911 calls at dispatch. “It’s not slowing down,” he added. Also, during the meeting, the board approved additional compensation for Chief Eaton for the time he has stayed past his retirement date. He will receive an additional $500 per week from the original date of retirement, June 1, to the end of Chief Richardson’s training period. “A great thanks to Randy [Eaton] for staying and helping us through this process.” Supervisor Eric Schaefer said. NEW FIRE CHIEF, continued from page 1 ---------------- few f have opportunity to inspect it and peruse it and look it over page by page, line by line,” Erskine said. Village Manager Jeff Thornton expressed frustration with Erskine’s motion. something “This is council members were present. Only six members attended the May and June meetings, with Neil absent from both meet­ ings. “I do have a belief that we should have a committee of three of us go over this thing ... and and then again in April after an initial vote to approve ended in a 3-3 deadlock, with Schuler absent. Schuler asked to have the policy reconsidered in May, and council mem­ bers agreed not to have a revote until all seven I I DDA * •• J ns? it?. L rate Eiaft lute b* WWW.MIDDLEVILLEDDA.ORG I (269) 241-1170 it - * • •• ■M ( REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR 1 The Village of Middleville Downtown Development Authority is soliciting proposals from qualified landscape engineers and/or rfj :; contractors for the building three brick terraced retaining walls and level, sod-covered layers surrounding our community amphitheater. Interested parties should request a copy of the detailed RFP from the DDA Director, Katherine Bussard, by calling (269) 241-1170, emailing Katherine@MiddlevilleDDA.org, or writing the Middleville DDA at P.O. Box 402, Middleville, MI 49333. Completed RFPs must be returned to the DDA no later than August 31, 2022 at 5:00 PM. Please contact Katherine at the DDA with any questions. i jr n ■ MARKET 'i EVERY FRIDAY, 3-7 PM, NOW - OCTOBER 14 ■ I i •- i » I I 9U" Held at the Middleville Community Pavilion on Main Street, the Market is your one-stop shop for locally grown produce and artisan crafted goods. Farm-fresh fruits and vegetables offer a flavorful way to nourish healthy families, and supporting local agriculture helps our community stay healthy, too. The Middleville Market also features a fine array of baked goods, maple syrup, honey, herbs, flowers, succulents, and more. Woodworkers, fiber artists, seamstresses, soap makers, jewelers > painters, and many other talented craftsmen are regulars at this established market, which is now in its 18th year. I !«' $ ■far & % 5^ 7X? I I POWERED BY DDA i 7 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL t>' A M । (RFP) FOR MURAL ARTIST r. The Village of Middleville Downtown Development Authority is soliciting proposals from qualified mural artists and painters for potential projects throughout our downtown, with particular interest in I I compositions featuring natural wildlife native to the Middleville area. Interested parties should request a copy of the detailed RFP from the DDA Director, Katherine Bussard, by calling (269) 241-1170, emailing Katherine@MiddlevilleDDA.org, or writing the Middleville DDA at P.O. Box 402, Middleville, MI 49333. Completed RFPs must be returned to the DDA no later than August 31,2022 at 5:00 PM. Please contact Katherine at the DDA with any questions or to arrange a site visit. Plan your visit or apply to be a vendor at www.middlevilledda.org/middleville-market/ —w z T«-* if' f1 li A > f I i 4 I - — 1 I I f f a * 1 w t « 0\ < I f < 9 9 r » » i- r 9 ' « » a » J. i 9 > t I lit I t I ♦ 1 I ■ I » • ’ ♦ » > i » » • f • • ‘ . I 9 I * / e I » 4 i I r 9 r t t I f I 1 9 » I 9 • I I I »*« i * 4 A 9 * —- 4---- , l 1 TF f <1 4 I I »। > I I 1 I T I b I * i i 4 । * i % I * I I I i I r ’ < » » ♦ 1 \ 4 i •<»»». 9 * v l % * I 1 �James Gemmell Contributing Writer A third-party auditor gave Gaines Township a clean bill of financial health as staff begins work on prepar­ ing a budget for the next fiscal year, which begins Jan. 1. Dan Veldhuizen is a principal with the Siegfried Crandall P.C. accounting firm, which conducts an annual audit of the town­ ship’s financial operations. He gave a review to the township board at its monthly meeting on Monday night concerning the fiscal year 2021 audit. “The township, as a whole, is very healthy finan­ cially,” Veldhuizen said. “It is in a good financial posi­ tion in each of its various funds (such as government, enterprise, sewer and public safety).” The auditor also gave the township an “unmodified, clean opinion,” which means there were no significant errors in its financial statements. Helping the financial pic­ ture considerably this year are two new funding sources. One is the township-wide special assessment levy passed by the township board last October that is dedicated to fire, rescue and police services. It runs for 15 years and can be adjusted by the township board up to a maximum of 1.5 mills if public safety costs continue to rise. 64 The other funding source is the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) federal stimu­ lus allocation that communi­ ties across the country were given to offset the effects of the pandemic. The money was distributed to each municipality based on its population size. Gaines Township received about $2.7 million. Veldhuizen said there were a couple of significant budget violations last year that the township had to address in response to a letter from the State of Michigan. It had to do with how the budget was classi­ fied. The state recommends that townships adopt their budgets at the activity or departmental level to avoid the confusion and viola­ tions that thatcancancome comewith with tions lumping together multiple line items items atat the function line the function level. “Because of the fact the township has traditionally adopted the budget at the function level, but we monitor at the department level, that creates a disconnect when you need to do budget amendments,” Township Manager Jonathan Seyferth explained in an interview after Monday’s meeting. “All the expenses were properly authorized by the board, but because the budget amendment wasn’t done properly at the function level, that’s where the violation came in. So, Saturday, July 23rd 66 Signed Trip 9 La 99 Chili Dogs, Sides & Drink $12 WNEflpST 707 Hours: 12pm-8pm Tues.-Sat. 12pm-4pm Sun. •J 9175 Cherry Valley Ave SE, < Caledonia 616.710.0796 V ;y! On Monday night, auditor Dan Veldhuizen told the Gaines Township Board that the township is in good financial position with its fund balances. (Photo by James Gemmell) New sidewalk benches and trash receptacles were installed along the Division Avenue corridor this past week between 68th and 76th streets. (Photo by James Gemmell) The minutes indicate the board went into closed ses­ week on a one-mile stretch sion to consult with legal moving from a depart­ ment-level budget for next between 68th and 76th counsel concerning possifiscal year will make it streets. The remaining ble litigation in the case of easier to monitor those installation was about to get “Caleydonia, LLC. vs. underway. Gaines Charter Township.” types of things.” The violations occurred Once completed, the total Because it was a closed before Seyferth became the project cost, including some session, no details have township manager in May bronze plaques for the been released publicly as of 2021. benches and removal of the press time. But Caleydonia, Seyferth also provided the old benches, is estimated to LLC is registered under the townshipboard with a bud- be be aa little little less less than than $50,000. $50,000. name name of of Sam Sam Eyde. Eyde. The The get update for the second It is being split between Lansing-based Eyde and his quarter of the current fiscal Gaines Township, which is company owns the property year (2022). Work on the on the east side of Division atat 8460 8460 Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Ave., Ave., fiscal 2023 budget is getting and Avenue, and Byron Byron which which is is where where IndianapolisIndianapolis­ underway now because rev­ Township, which is on the based based American American Kendall Kendall enues have started rolling in west side. The Gaines board Properties had proposed from various sources. The authorized spending up to building a $100 million board voted 7-0 to move $20,000 for its share of the town center called Prairie $650,000 out of the town­ project. Wolf Station. ship’s general fund account Dr. Paul France, chair­ After 20 months of disinto public safety as part of man of the Division cussion, the township board a technical bookkeeping Avenue Corridor voted 4-3 in February to measure. * Improvement Authority, reject the developer’s New sidewalk benches had encouraged businesses request to rezone the propand trash receptacles to financially support the erty from an agricultural/ installed along Division project. He raised nearly rural-residential designa­ Ave corridor half of the money needed tion to a planned unit develThe township board from businesses along the opment. authorized a budget amend­ corridor. The 82-acre community ment in April to pay for the “It really does look nice, center would have featured replacement of 22 public and those other benches a pedestrian plaza and retail benches and as many trash were getting to be a haz­ space, plus 499 dwelling receptacles along the side­ ard,” France said. units consisting of condo­ walks of the Division Township board holds miniums, terrace homes, Avenue corridor improve­ special closed-door meet­ apartments and senior-livment zone, located between ing ing space. It’s across the 60th and 84th streets. New Gaines Township has street from the township arch-back black benches posted to the township’s hall. and black onyx trash bins website minutes of a special Township Board from Illinois-based Barco meeting held by the board approves final prelimi­ Products were installed last on June 6 nary plat for Hoffman Meadows The township board voted 7-0 Monday to Host an Exchange Student Today! approve the final plat for (for 3, 5 or 10 months) phase one of the proposed Hoffman Meadows residenMake a lifelong tial subdivision at 2410 68th Street. That is west of Hanna Lake Avenue. The first phase of the plat con­ sists of 40 single-family home lots within a 15-acre area. Most of the site work has been completed. The preliminary plat was approved by the board in March 2021. Chris Vander Hoff of Caledonia-based Bosco Construction Inc. was the applicant. He said there may be as many as 130 single-family lots when the entire project is completed, No home construction has begun yet. Public input period on new Gaines master plan closes July 31 Township residents have until July 31 to respond to a survey that will be used by planning and zoning offi­ cials to develop a new township master plan. The survey asks the pub­ lic what the township’s needs and priorities are, and where future residential and commercial development should go. The survey is posted on the gainestownship.org website. Community Development Director Dan Wells said about 300 surveys have been submitted, so far. Two open houses were held by the township this spring where residents had a chance to ask questions. “I’m actually starting to work on the text of the mas­ ter plan,” Wells said. “This is the 30,000-foot view of the township.” 9 Full Service Body Shop • • • • Wheel Alignments Auto Glass Installation Insurance Work Welcome Visa & MasterCard Accepted friend from abroad. brucesframe.com Hanna from Germany, 17 yrs. 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The library’s board of - Shirley Bruursema, trustees are each appointed Region 6 representative for KDL to four-year terms by the Kent County Board of Shirley over the pandemic has just issues that come through Commissioners. Bruursema has been the been through the roof. In the library that many of us Region 6 representative for fact, we’re in the top 60 in don’t even know about." One example he cited is 19 years, covering the City the world on e-books circuof Kentwood, as well as lation," Werner said. “So, Caledonia and Gaines residents of Kent County Antenna Men Digital TV Antennas townships. love their electronic materiwe Cell Phone Boosters “I think probably the als and we love to provide 269.967.8241 most exciting of all that we them to people.’’ TV ANTENNA & TOWER New KDL Regional have accomplished was get­ INSTALLATION www.theantennamen.com ting through the pandemic,’’ Manager Kiosha Jeltema Bruursema said. “We made was introduced to the town­ THORNAPPLE it through with flying col­ ship board. She manages TOWNSHIP BOARD ors. We had engaged with the Gaines Township and 200 E MAIN ST. MIDDLEVILLE, Ml 49333 our patrons, our staff, our Kentwood library branches. SYNOPSIS OF MEETING leadership team, our direc- She recently replaced MINUTES tor - and everything just Cheryl Cammenga, who Monday, July 11, 2022 Meeting called to order at 7:00 seemed to flow right on was with the Kent District m. Six members present. Sellp. through. Nobody got laid Library for 43 years before eck was absent. off. The patrons couldn’t be retiring this summer, Items approved: 1. Printed Agenda approved as happier.” Jeltema has a master’s presented. KDL Executive Director degree in social work. 2. Consent Agenda approved “Kiosha, I was looking at as presented. Werner Lance also 3. Approved motion to accept addressed the board. He our report and I noticed the EMS Committee’s recom­ said 2020 was a tough year there are a lot of social mendation to hire William Richin terms of in-person library work efforts being made ardson to be the next Emergency attendance district wide, through the library now,” Services Chief. 4. Approved motion to increase 2021 proved to be an Township Supervisor Rob Chief Eaton’s pay an additional improvement and things are DeWard said. “I didn’t real­ $500.00 per week from the orig­ inal date of retirement (June 1st) ize the scope of that. So, I starting to return to normal to the end of Chief Richardson’s think you’re the right per­ training period. in 2022. 5. Approved motion to permit “One bright spot is that son at the right time to be the continuation of Chief Eaton ’ s able to deal with all the our electronic circulation ' * & • **■ "*■ • • _ _ — J? . The Kentwood branch of the Kent District Library. Leadership at the library recently reported a major influx in its circulation of e-books. (Courtesy photo) KDL's partnership with Feeding America West Michigan’s summer lunch program. “Gather 2 Grow," which serves youths at local libraries. ^swersVBS • ♦4- H IRKALL^ I w b * <k * II r* 4 < 5fc J r l B 5 < * 1 an ■ iW .^11 » ■ ’ I fan ■ *• «*’ fag ■ ■ $■ faty 4 « : t naj i gjijij I • ’ t aaipM am V S-’ E. Sa ft gg 383’ ^g jgi ' * g ©K- * * W>l Yankee Springs town hall groundbreaking set for Monday Greg Chandler o L. Si. 5* Staff Witter Yankee Springs Township will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday to mark the start of the expan­ sion and renovation of the township hall. The ceremony is slated to get underway at 10 a.m. at the hall, 284 N. Briggs Rd. Representatives from the township and Dorr-based Mugen Construction, the project contractor, will turn over the first ceremonial shovels of dirt on the project. The township board earli­ er this year voted to move ahead with the project, which will renovate the existing 4,000-square-foot building and add more than 1,700 square feet of office space. The expanded offices will include office space for the supervisor, treasurer, clerk, istrator; a secure entry space , r on the the north north side side of of the the on building where residents will be greeted by the deputy clerk and deputy treasur­ er; a place to store election equipment; and a conference meeting room. Those were among the priorities identiTied by the renovation committee. The hall meeting room renovation will include installation of a raised plat­ form for the board, a new heating and cooling system, an audio visual system and new closet space. Mugen Construction was awarded the project in June after submitting the low bid of $981,844. Adding in design and engineering costs, the total project is expected to cost nearly $1.08 million - more than $120,000 less than what project engineers had esti- current insurance coverage until October 31,2022. 6. Approved motion to adopt Zoning Ordinance 02-2022 to al­ low self-storage facilities by Spe­ cial Use in Township’s General Commercial Zoning District. 7. Approved motion to permit Great Lakes Energy to access Thornapple Township’s public right-of-way pursuant to the MET­ RO Act. Meeting adjourned at 7:27 p.m. Prepared by Deputy Clerk Amy Brown. Approved by Township Supervisor, Eric Schaefer. Copies of the meeting minutes are available upon request from the Township Clerk or by visiting our website at https ://thornapple-twp.org/meeting-minutes/ office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, fs fw Join us for Vacation Bible School Dates: July 25—29 Times: 9am—12pm Ages: Children entering Kindergarten (age 5) through entering 6th grade. First Baptist Church of Middleville 5215 N. M-37 Highway Middleville, Ml 49333 www.fbcmiddleville.net Register Online: fbcmiddleville.net 184180 I I N P S NOTICE PUBLIC ACCURACY TEST NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Public Accuracy test for the August 2, 2022 Primary Election will be conducted on July 19, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Gaines Township Community Room, lower level, located at: 8555 Kalamazoo Ave SE., Gaines Township, Michigan The Public Accuracy test is conducted to demonstrate that the program and computers that will be used to tabulate the results of the election have been prepared in accordance with law. Michael Brew, Clerk Gaines Charter Township 184182 MIKING I Now Hiring I 1 I I Looking to make a career change at a local company that offers a regular schedule? 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In the most recent scam, a fraudulent caller, posing as a law enforcement offi­ cer, threatens to arrest the victim if money is not sent. Typically, the reason given by the caller is to pay fines for outstanding warrants. warrants. often The callers will will often ““spoof, fake their spoof,”” or phone numbers so the call appears to be coming from a local police department, like the Kent County Sheriff’s Office. The callers will often ask victims to obtain a prepaid credit card from a local store and provide them with the credit card number. Once the money is taken from the credit card, there is very little law enforcement can do to identify the suspect and recover the money. The suspects are often not from the area and are difficult to identify because they use spoofed approach, are technology cally savvy, and often tar­ get young people and the elderly. The Sheriff’s Office stressed that any legiti­ mate law enforcement officer will not demand cash or gift cards from residents. phone numbers that change frequently and are hard to trace. threat-­ The callers often threat en to extort victims with physical or financial harm or the release of sensitive data. They are becoming more sophisticated and organized in their ■"f i Yankee Springs approves Elmwood Beach paving project * / The Elmwood Beach Association asked the township to divide up the costs by homeowner rather than by parcel. “In most cases, it’s more equal or fair to bill per owner and not per parcel,” Township Clerk Mike Cunningham said. “It’s not perfect, but it’s better. It seems to make sense.” The last time Elmwood Beach Road was paved was in 2006. The entire 0.74-mile length of the road was resurfaced at a cost of about $36,000, with all parcel owners assessed equally, Cunningham said, As part of the process of creating a special assessment district, homeowners Greg Chandler Staff Writer The Yankee Springs Township board Thursday unanimously approved plans for a paving project on Elmwood Beach Road on Gun Lake, as well as the creation of a special assessment district that will pay for the project. The estimated $55,000 project will resurface only the southern 0.33-mile section of the road, but all 72 property owners on the road will share the project cost equally. The northern portion will be repaved at a later date. There are a total of 77 parcels along the road with five property owners owning two parcels each, 9 raised the bar to make sure that this was what the neighborhood wanted to do. Ninety percent (support) is pretty convincing to me.” - Yankee Springs Township Clerk Mike Cunningham had to sign petitions of support for the project. Support was nearly unanimous - 93 percent of prop­ erty owners signed petitions - 46 of 49 on the north side of the road and 21 of 23 on the south side, Cunningham said. “Normally, they were asking for 51 percent (of the property owners to sign)," Cunningham said. “But because of the odd way it was being billed out - half (the road) paved, but everybody pays - we raised the bar to make sure that this was what the neighborhood wanted to do. Ninety percent (sup­ port) is pretty convincing to me.” . Ryan DeWard, who is one of the property owners that owns two parcels, Cunningham said, Five companies submit­ ted bids for the paving work, with Murray’s Asphalt being the low bid­ der at $48,251. Additional costs for legal fees, pub­ lishing public notices of the hearings and sending letters to homeowners informing them of the hearings brought the final cost to nearly $55,000. Each parcel owner would be assessed $763.49 under the current cost esti­ mate. Paying off the assessment over three years at 3 percent interest would cost $262.06 per year. “A lot of people choose to just pay it off right away," Cunningham said. signed the petition, but wanted to make sure the assessment was divided equally among property owners and not parcels, where he would have been assessed twice. “I do think it’s the fair­ est way, to do it by home­ owner,” DeWard said. “I think it's a good idea, the road needs it. I think it increases our property value by having a good. nice, aesthetically pleas­ ing, drive-able road.” Property owners can remove themselves from the petition if they have second thoughts on the project between now and the Aug. 11 public hear­ ing, where the assessment roll will be finalized, 9 •> ..ft / $ h ANGELA I FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE nW * DONAT RUMP v 21st District I I •x for Kent County Commissioner ■ » ♦ As a Commissioner I will not make any promises to you that I can't keep! I do promise to show up at every meeting, prepared, and ready to scrutinize all issues, especially financial issues related to how your tax dollars are being spent. • Be aware: that my opponent is a LOBBYIST! Do you want a lobbyist > representing you as a County Commissioner? I don't. That is why I am running to represent you. • Endorsed by: Only You. I am a grass roots candidate beholden to no one but you, the voters. I signed the Kent Contract. For more information go to Kent Contract.com. 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Girls participation increased 6.8 percent to 109,128 athletes, while boys participation was up 6.5 percent to 151,414. The overall MHSAA participation totals count students once for each sport in which they partici­ pate, meaning students who are multiple-sport athletes are counted more than once. A total of 23 sports saw increases in participation during 2021-22 compared to 2020-21. Ten sports saw double-digit percentage increases, led boys track & field (27.2 percent to 22,120 partici­ pants), girls track & field (22.4 percent to 15,594 participants), and boys skiing (22.4 percent to 1,001 participants). Wrestling (17.1 percent) and boys bowling (16.2 percent) also saw double-digit increas- SHIH-TZU MORGIE CROSS, very cute, nice lap dog. $525. 517-726-0706. SHIH POO PUPPIES for sale. Small, super cute. 1st shots and wormed. $600.00, 517­ 852-4881. Community Notice NOTICE OF SELF STORAGE SALE Please notice Red Dot Storage 195- Caledonia located at 5590 68th Street SE, Caledonia, MI 49316 intends to hold an auction of the storage unit in default of payment. This sale will occur as an online auction via www.storageauctions, com on 7/26/2022 at 9:30 AM. Unless stated otherwise, the contents are household goods, furnishings, boxes, and general equipment. The list of Unit numbers is as follows: #356; #357; #430; #239. All property is being stored at the above self-storage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details. es, along with girls tennis (11.4 tennis), girls bowlin S (11.2 percent), girls competitive cheer (10.6 percent), boys golf (10.5 percent) and girls lacrosse (10 percent). Wrestling's major boost came in part because of a nearly 300-percent increase in girls participants with 620 taking the mat for the first season of the MHSAA offering a girls championship division at its Individual Wrestling Finals. Also enjoying increases in participation during 2021-22 from the previous year were girls golf (8.1 percent), girls skiing (7.6 percent), boys basketball (6.4 percent), girls soccer (6.3 percent), boys swimming & diving (6.1 percent), boys lacrosse (5.8 percent), softball (3.6 percent), girls basketball (3.1 percent), baseball (3.0 percent), boys tennis (2.8 percent), football (2.4 percent), girls volleyball (2.0 percent) and girls swim­ ming & diving (1.2 percent). A decline in boys’ soccer participation can be consid­ ered negligible. Girls cross country and ice hockey decreases were slight at a little over 1 percent, while boys cross country and girls gymnastics declined by roughly 4 percent. All-America honor for local swimmer headed to Purdue Abby Marcukaitis, a 2022 graduate of Thornapple Kellogg High School and member of the Delton Kellogg/Thornapple Kellogg/Hastings varsity girls’ swimming and diving team has earned All-America honors from the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association High School Swimming Coaches Association. Marcukaitis was one of the country’s top 100-yard backstroke swimmers during the 2021-22 season - winning an MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 State Championship in the event with a time of 55.07 seconds. Marcukaitis was also 11th in the 50-yard freestyle at the state finals her senior season. Marcukaitis is set to swim for Purdue University next season. Marcukaitis also received Academic All­ America honors from the NISCA last month. Barry County Produce Auction 6210 Barryville Rd,, Nashville FIRST AUCTION - JULY 1 ST lNSUt47. THEN EVERY TUESDAY & FRIDAY 11 A.M. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE SPRAY FOAM Closed or Open Cell or Blown-In Fiberglass COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES The minutes of the June 28, 2022 Regular Council Meeting, which were approved on July 12, 2022, are posted at the Village Hall at 100 E Main Street and on the website at www.villaqeofmiddleville.org. IHMl Yellow squash, zucchini, tomatoes, cucumbers, and maybe more in smaller quantities available. Roy Mast • 517-652-9119 Contact: “Order Buyer” Simon Yoder 517-983-0845 Ervin Mullet 517-852-0667 I 2501 N. Ionia Rd., Vermontville < 183505 •1 X cI h II i | Ilia I!;:1 -Mh X4— !’ .j l - n»i Hl lit Jill hul I I ’I I P m I . <v> Utl1} I nnv1 184223 It • ’ll.hat -... •Hl 1 • li Hi J iiii!®: H’i ► Li ::: Mil! 7* ::: »H r-» V H jYtidclLe.vifjLe VILLAGE OF MIDDLEVILLE COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN Village Manager NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF VILLAGE ORDINANCE AND SUMMARY OF THE REGULATORY EFFECT THEREOF Village of Middleville, Ml The Village of Middleville is seeking a qualified applicant to serve as Village Manager to oversee the administration of the $5.5 million local government op­ eration and serve the approximate^,295 resident community. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 12, 2022, the Village Council of the Village of Middleville adopted Ordinance No. 2125 (the “Ordinance”), amending Section 78.04 thereof, the Village Zoning Map, to rezone the following described lands within the Village. The principal provisions of the amending ordinance are as follows: . The Manager of this general law village serves at the pleasure of the sev­ en-member Village Council, which is headed by a Village President. The suc­ cessful candidate will be a leader in the community, with effective communica­ tion and interpersonal skills, impeccable ethics, and an ability to develop and execute a vision for this small town located along the beautiful Thornapple River. 1. Rezoning of Lands. Section 1 of the Ordinance rezones certain described lands within the Village from its former R-2 Medium Density Residential zoning classification to the C-2 Commercial District under the Village of Middleville’s zoning ordinance, legally described as: The Village offers a solid benefits package, including a defined benefit retire­ ment plan, health plan and a salary depending upon qualifications and experi­ ence. PERMANENT PARCEL 08-41-074-013-00: MIDDLEVILLE LOT 13 BLOCK 74 AMENDED PLAT OF A.D. BADCOCK’S ADDITION TO MIDDLEVILLE ■ A detailed job posting and related application forms are available at www.villaqeofmiddleville.org. AND To apply, please send the application form, resume, cover letter, salary history and five professional references via mail or overnight delivery to: Village Clerk Village of Middleville PO Box 69 Middleville, Ml 49333-0069 Application materials may also be delivered in person, in a sealed envelope, at Village Hall, 100 East Main Street, Middleville, Ml 49333. PERMANENT PARCEL 08-41-074-012-00: MIDDLEVILLE LOT 13 BLOCK 74 AMENDED PLAT OF A.D. BADCOCK’S ADDITION TO MIDDLEVILLE 2. Effective Date. The amending ordinance will become effective on July 16, 2022. A copy of the ordinance may be examined or purchased at the offices of the Middleville Village Clerk, 100 East Main Street, Middleville, Michigan, during Village office hours. VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE Dated: July 12, 2022 VILLAGE OF MIDDLEVILLE Questions can be directed to Duane Weeks, Interim Village Manager, at w ksd@villaqeofmiddleville.org or (269) 795-3385. 1 I » ( OF f I n F I ( I I I ' I i I I I ♦ i 4 I 4 4 I V I । i I * _» • 4 1 1 K I V < I 1 % I ♦ » 1 4 I I * 1 I •I V<b 1 • , J 1 1 1 6 1 w Fl, I • • \ * ♦ * * K * » I * V v > I 6 > 1 k I % 4 �I ar Seger into coaching hall of fame after 86 varsity tennis seasons > FINANCIAL FOCUS r Provided by Andrew McFadden and Jeffrey Westra of Edward Jones Pr pare yourself for a long retirement * j W 11 want to live long lives »'e all expect to live long lives. But are we fmar ally prepared for this Be re we get to the issue of pr iration. let’s look at a cou : e of interesting find­ ings frfim a 2022 survey by Age Wave and Edward • 7he surveyed retirees said, on average, they expect to live to 89, and they said the ideal length of retirement is 29 years. • When asked if they want to live to 100, nearly 70% of the respondents said "yes." The main rea­ son for this desire for long life? To spend more years with their family and friends. Of course, none of us can sec into the future and know how long we'll be around. But with advances in medical care and a great­ er awareness of healthy lifestyles, these aspirations have a real basis in reality. However, if you’re going to enjoy a longer lifespan, and the extra years with your loved ones, you need to ensure your finances are also in good shape. How can you make this happen? I lore are some basic steps to follow: • Save and invest early and often. This may be the oldest piece of financial investment balances may fluctuate, especially in vol­ atile financial markets such as we've seen in the early part of this year. But you'll get a clearer picture of your situation if you look al long-term results. results, For example. have your accounts grown over the past 10 years as much as you had planned? And going forward, do you think you're in good shape, or will you need lo make some changes to your investment strategy? Keep in mind that, if you're 50 or older. you can make "catch-up" contributions to your IRA and 401(k) that allow you to exceed the regular limits. You may also want to adjust your investment mix as you near retirement lo potential­ ly lower your risk expo­ sure. Hopefully, you will enjoy many years of a healthy, happy retirement. And you can help support this vision by carefully considerin your financial moves and making the ones that are right for you. advice, but it’s still valid. The earlier you sum saving and investin •J for your retirement the greater your potential accumulation. Consider this: If you began saving just $5,000 per year at age 25, and earned a hypothetical 6.5% annual rate of return, and didn't take any early withdrawals, you'd end up with $935,000 by the time you reached 65. But if you waited until 35 to start saving and investing, and you earned the same hypothetical 6.5% return again with no early withdrawals - you'd only end up with $460,000. And if you didn’t start saving until 45, you'd end up with just over $200,000, again given the same 6.5% return. • Be mindful of debt. You may not want to be burdened with certain debts when you enter retirement. So, while you’re still work­ ing, try to reduce unwanted debts, particularly those that don't offer the financial benefits of tax-deductible interest payments. The low­ er your debt load, the more you can save and invest for the future. • Keep reviewing your progress. It's important to monitor the progress you need to make toward achieving your goal of a comfortable retirement, Over the short term, your * •J This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor Edward Jones, Member S/PC Brett Bremer Sports Editor Tennis matches are few and far between in Middleville this summer, as progress continues on a dozen new tennis courts between the Thornapple Kellogg High School and Middle School buildings. Throughout much of five decades Larry Seger made sure a lot of balls were bein„ hit throughout the summer either on the courts atop the windy hill just west of the high school or on the courts built behind the then middle (now school McFall Elementary) which were dedicated as the Larry L. Seger Community Tennis Courts in 1994. Seger was also induced into the Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Association in 1994. Seger still had more than 25 years of coaching tennis at Thornapple Kellogg High School ahead of him when his name was affixed to those ‘new* courts. Those courts have since been demolished as well as the ‘new* set of eight which were built back « I Hellenbrand VVhAl'» Irt .up:* HE* i» li i irflC | :«t8 VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF MIDDLEVILLE *4r< SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL ■HiW '■•sate 'it® SERVICING ALl MAKES AND MODELS 1 i Applionces Drinking Wafer I u othrooms 1 Beverages b - 'SiifJ '^0 Showers & Baths l. Household Pets LI I Personal Hygiene Food Preparation 9980 Cherry Valley, Caledonia 49316 On the corner of M-37 and J OOth Street Mon-Fri. 8:30am-5:30pm and Sat 830am-2pm •I I I 616.89170303 WWW MAYNARDSWATERCONDITIONING COM n I Li i 4 kJ P. .S Authorized PRO'S PICK’ Deafer I h ‘ Simple to Buy, Simple to Own, Simple to Love... Call Today! Section 3 of the Ordinance provides for the publication and effective date of the Ordinance. Village Ordinance No. 2126 will become effective upon its publication or upon the publication of a summary of its provisions in a local newspaper of general circulation in the Village. A copy of the foregoing Ordinance, Ordinance No. 2126 may be examined or purchased at the Village offices, 100 East Main Street, within the Village, during Village office hours. — - —Me 4 Walrrf* Make the Right (hoi Section 2 of the Ordinance provides for the severability of the Ordinance in the event a portion of the Ordinance is determined to be unenforceable. I z mas. illoa J Authorized Dealer Section 1 of the Ordinance amends Division 2 of Article III of Chapter 70 of the Code relating to the Village’s sewer system to add a new section, Section 70-141. Section 70-141 sets forth the procedure for providing notice of sewer overflows or backups and resolving claims for damage caused by such overflows and backups. Written notice of the backup and any claim for damages must be provided to the Village within forty-five (45) days after the damage or physical injury was discovered or reasonably should have been discovered by the claimant. After submission of the written claim, and additional documentation and investigations required as set forth in the Ordinance, the Village may make a determination as to liability with respect to the claim. The provisions of Section 70-141 are set forth in Act 222 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 2001, as amended. t A & A See TENNIS, page 11 AYNARD'S F WATER CONDITIONING PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Village Council of the Village of Middleville (the "Village”) has adopted Village Ordinance No. 2126 (the “Ordinance") amending Chapter 70 of the Village Code of Ordinances (the Code"). The principal provisions of the Ordinance are summarized as follows: I .*>1 '.1 i Over 40 years of experience NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO VILLAGE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND SUMMARY OF THE REGULATORY EFFECTS THEREOF 4 J1 M Be "SENSIBLE" , about your water! VILLAGE OF MIDDLEVILLE COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN Dated: July 12, 2022 about half an hour and just enjoyed doing that. "This morning. 1 kind of had my morning all set and I got up about six o'clock or so and I got a text message from [Jack Campbell] who I hit once a week with and he says, do you want to play this morning? So, I was in Caledonia this morning at 7:30 hitting tennis balls. That is probably the most tennis I have had in a long time. He credits his wife Linda with shouldering a lot of the family load while he was at the tennis courts. Its only in recent years that he really is learning what "spring cleaning’’ means. In reality though, Seger is still adding to his coaching resume. He continues to help out his daughter, Erin Schaefer, who coaches the varsity girls' team at Cadillac High School. His grand ___ e___ _ ____ 7 Schaefer daughter, Ellery played fourth singles for the Vikings as a sophomore this spring. Larry and Linda also have a son, Brian, who still lives in the area. Both Erin ’..fl?5 i 1M222 * V on the high school site some years later. And now’ Seger is receiving another Hall of Fame honor. He has been named to the Michigan High School Coaches Association (MHSCA) Hall of Fame Class of 2022. "It seems like in the world of no-brainers it is a big no-brainer,” Dr. Christopher Noah said of Seger earning his spot in the MHSCA which is located in the Student Activities Center on the campus of Central Michigan University, The 64th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Banquet will be held Sept. 25 at CMU’s Bovee Center. While training horses and competing in barrel racin events fills up a lot of Seger's time, there is always time for tennis. "Yesterday. I came in here [the Hastings Library] and l __ _the Wall _____ ., read Street______ Journal," Seger said Friday. "I had my tennis racket with me and stuff and I told my wife [Linda] I was probably goin to go up and try Hastings' new cement backboard. I went up there and hit for z r:’l> I I ♦ p. Gr< ll �I The Sun and News, Saturday, July 16, 2022/ Page 11 TENNIS, continued from page 10 and Brian played tennis for Larry at TK. “I coached [Ellery] a little bit,” Seger said. “It started out just spending a couple hours with her. It is too far away to spend a lot of time, but I got up there and we went indoors when it was cold in Cadillac to a gym did some things for a couple hours, and then after that I just started coaching her at a match here and there. Before I knew it, I was coaching the doubles teams at some dual matches. She had a tournament at Fruitport, so I drove up there and [Erin] coached the Fruitport site and I coached the Spring Lake site. We had some good wins and they ended up winning the tournament. That was a fun day. The kids were pretty happy.” “I still love doing that and I have done it before. I have coached Cadillac at state tournaments. I have coached them at regional tourna­ ments. It has been fun to get to know her kids. Even back when I was still coaching, we’d have a Thursday [regional] tournament and I’d have a Friday tourna­ ment, so I could coach my regional and her regional. I did that a few times. I’m kind of addicted to coaching, so when I get a chance I just do it. His barrel racing activities are just an extension of that. He’s coaching horses instead of tennis players. Seger, who stepped down from coaching at Thornapple Kellogg after the 2020 varsi­ ty girls' season was canceled due to the pandemic, coached a total of 86 varsity seasons at TK throughout 52 consec­ utive years. He led 40 varsity boys’ teams and 46 varsity girls’ teams. Those squads earned 741 dual meet victo­ ries - which is third all time among tennis coaches in the history of the state of Michigan. • • • *x ■• s?, S' Il tfa * ♦ fl ■ Ui Tq. “All the kids and all the about winning at all. What he players need to be congratu- really stressed was just get­ lated for that,” Seger said, ting people to improve, and “Ail the players, the boys doing the best that they and the girls, they all put that could. That was his thing. It together, whether they had a struck me really my final winning season or a losing year how hard he was work­ season or a .500 season it ing with kids who had never doesn’t make a difference played before, and ended up they all contributed in some loving it. He had a very supway some how to the pro­ portive style. There was gram itself. I hope they take nothing demeaning and notha little pride in that. ing negative. You really had TK tennis teams won 22 to be a screw up to get a conference titles under negative word out of him. Seger, five regional champi- And, he knew the sport. He onships and finished in the had a strategy, and he worked top five at the state touma- extremely hard at it. ment three times, had seven We’re not tennis people teams in the top ten at the [in Middleville] as a rule, state tournament and 13 in whatever that means,” Noah the top 15. His teams had ten said. “I think that was a little undefeated seasons. bit of his secret sauce: he Seger ^eger took over the taught people how to stand, Middleville boys’ program how to hold a racket, how to in 1969 - a team made up of hold the ball. He got people two seniors, Fred Polhemus as raw as you could get. He and Chris Sherman, and six just taught the basics and freshmen. That team went then really stressed self 3-10. improvement. I really don’t “The two singles players think his goal was ever to be [Polhemus and Sherman] great, it was just to get peowere both seniors, and they pie as good as they could be knew more about tennis than and in doing that sort of I did frankly,” Seger said. became great.” They were really good guys Not to say he wasn’t and both of them were good competitive or didn’t love winning.” players.” The team was 8-9 the next Seger’s eyes light up when season, with all those fresh­ he talks about finding strate­ men returning for their soph­ gies to help Cadillac girls omore season, and the team pull off some regional and went 11-7 in 1971. That state finals upsets in recent 1971 season was the first of years. He was asked days before 23 consecutive seasons with a winning record in duals for the inaugural Middleville var­ sity girls’ tennis team was set the TK boys’ program. Noah played on a few of to play its first match to coach Seger's early varsity boys’ that program in 1974. He had tennis teams in Middleville, to postpone the season opener graduating from TK in 1983. against Allegan to have time The Trojan program was at to teach everyone how to one its peaks at that point keep score. That first girls' winning conference champi- team was 0-9. The ladies went 4-7 the following year onships in 1981 and 1982. Noah was one of six of and then 9-6 in 1976 capping Seger’s players to earn all­ of its first winning season by winning its conference tourstate honors over the years. His legacy is not just nament. The 1977 TK girls numbers. It is how he got team won the overall conferNoah said. “His them See TENNIS, page 12 coaching style, it was not CO Rt—TH WEt rnvonwrMiRwu Board member, Rairigh, supported by Board member, Willshire, moved the adoption of the following ordinance: ORDINANCE NO. 02-2022 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING: ARTICLE XII “C” GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT, ARTICLE XIX SPECIAL USES, AND ARTICLE XXXII DEFINITIONS, OF THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCES, MICHIGAN; AND WHEN ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE. kI THE TOWNSHIP OF THORNAPPLE QRDAI £ Section 1. Amendment of the following articles of the Thornapple Township Zoning Ordinance effective date June 25, 2016. ARTICLE XII “C” GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT 99 Section 12.1 Architectural standards will also be applied to all buildings and renovations of existing buildings. Large floor area, single-occupant retail use buildings are prohibited in this zoning district. In-fill and reuse of existing sites planned and zoned for commercial use will be encouraged before rezoning of vacant lands. Section 12.3 Special Land Uses The following uses of land and buildings may be permitted when authorized as a special land use by the Planning Commission, subject to regulations contained in Article XIX: (a) -(I) . (m) Self Storage Facility (self-storage warehouse, self-storage facility, mini storage) ARTICLE XIX SPECIAL USES Sections 19.72 Self Storage Facility (self-storage warehouse, seif-storage facility, mini storage) li 9 w *«. c. The entire public road frontage, exclusive of access drives, shall be enclosed with a six (6) foot high decorative metal fence. Fencing not facing the public road may be enclosed with a six (6) high vinyl coated chain-link fence. Fencing plan subject to Planning Commission approval. D. Exterior appearance: Buildings shall be attractive and surfaced with high quality materials as approved on the site plan. Site plan shall include architectural renderings or shop drawings indicating material types, surface textures, and colors. w a. Storage units shall have pitched roofs with gables. b. Building exterior shall be faced with metal, brick or stone unless otherwise approved by the Planning Commission. c. Buildings shall have neutral colors. d. Buildings shall be oriented so that the doors to storage units do not face toward the road unless such doors will be completely screened from view from the road. Planning Commission may consider allowing gable ends with doors to face the roadway. E. Driving areas in and around buildings shall have a solid surface (cement or asphalt) as specifically shown and labeled on site plan. F. On-site circulation a. All one-way driveways shall be designed with at least two lanes. One ten (10) foot wide loading/unloading lane and one fifteen (15) foot travel lane, for a total pavement width of at least twenty-five (25) feet. b. All two-way driveways shall be designed with at least three lanes. One ten (10) foot wide loading/unloading lane and two twelve (12) foot travel lanes, for a total pavement width of at least thirty-four (34) feet. c. The loading/unloading lanes may be eliminated if the driveway does not serve storage units. Signs and painted lines shall be used to indicate parking and traffic direction throughout the site. B . ■ -Wlli. ■ All storage shall be enclosed within a building; provided, however, that up to 25% of the gross fenced area may be used for the outdoor storage of licensed trailers, recreational vehicles, and similar items. The outdoor storage area shall be specifically identified on the site plan and screened from the view of adjacent properties by walls, fencing or landscaping. »► J. There shall be no storage of hazardous or dangerous materials on the premises. K. Buffer zones as required in Article XXV. L. Use of semi-trailers for storage is prohibited. M. Electrical service, except for lighting, is prohibited within storage units. A facility consisting of individual, indoor self-storage units for the storage of business, personal or household goods as well as the indoor and/or outdoor storage of boats, cars, trailers, recreational vehicles, and small trucks, rented or leased on an individual basis and related services. This use shall be for those who are to have access to such units for storing and removing personal property only, and not for residential purposes. Such a use does not allow for the rental of trailers or vehicles, or the outdoor storage of construction equipment. All outdoor vehicle storage shall be for licensed, registered vehicles only. Section 2. Severability. Should any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction determine that any part of this Ordinance is unlawful, such finding shall not affect the remainder and this Ordinance is declared to be severable. Section 3. Effective Date, This Ordinance or a summary thereof shall be published as required by law and shall become effective upon the expiration of seven (7) days following its publication. •w - n.-r- ■ H. 32.2.140 Self-storage facility (self-storage warehouse, self-storage facility, mini storage): I- -- 2- iz -- - ■ ■ All site plans require approval from Thornapple Township Emergency Services. A commercial establishment offering for-rent, individual spaces for the purpose-of storing-goods-, materials,-motor vehicles, etc. within an enclosed building. -An outdoor area for parking vehicles-may be included so long as it is surrounded by-buildings-on the same lot-. • - *>■ ■ G. MmuSterage] f ■ । DeWeerd ^65) HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING, INC. DEWEERDHTG.COM No building shall exceed a height of 24 feet. ARTICLE XXXII DEFINITIONS - _ B. No sales, service or repair activities or anything other than storage (and the rental, maintenance, and supervision of storage units) shall be conducted on the premises. Auctions may be allowed from time to time in the event of an eviction or failure to claim belongings. -Gas and Oil Furnaces -Gas and Oil Boilers -Air Conditioners -Heat Pumps -Water Heaters ^5 Humidifiers * sss . Minimum lot size is 4 acres. 44 Residential & Commercial - A. 9 44 WE’RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR HEATING AND COOLING NEEDS -- Description and Purpose The “C" General Commercial Zoning District provides for a wide array of office, retail and service commercial uses. This District is intended to apply along segments of M-37 Highway consistent with the adopted 2007-2020 Master Plan. All land development and building construction in this District will be served by public sanitary sewer and water supply for both potable water and fire protection if necessary. 44 Hi 184212 TOWNSHIP BOARD TOWNSHIP OF THORNAPPLE Barry County, Michigan Z^X ----- LENNOX » A+ £ . EE Since J955 269-792-2234 ORDINANCE NO. 02-2022 Adopted 7-11-2022. Publication date: 7-16-2022. Effective date: 7-23-2022. i bbb I I I » » 9 I I i t I I I » • • A I 9 » I I I J » • । I ’ I I I I < * • I 1 i » * I I I * I I l » * 1 * % I I V I I 4 I > » I t t I I I l K I I l I » I 1 I * I i I ► i A % ♦ I I I I * % » I I 1 I I • A I > I 1 1 * 1 % �* < Page 12/The Sun and Hews. , Juty 16, 2022 TENNIS, continued from page 11 ence championship in nine of the next 11 seasons, in 1979, they won a regional title and finished fifth in the state. Joining Noah in earning all-state honors over the years was Nathan LaVoie from the boys’ program and Deb Plocg, Julie De Morrow, Erin Wolverton (four times all-state) and Shelly Wolverton from the girls program. “|Seger| coached summer tennis, organized summer leagues in Middleville for decades, in the 70s. 80s and 90s. he would be at the courts early in the mornings and stay as long as kids wanted.’ Noah said. Seger said lhe ebbs and flows of the high u school pror gram also went along w ith the ebbs and flows of the time he was able to invest dunng the summers. He said the program excelled in three waves. ‘This first group, the way we got that good, I was runmng 18-and-under. 16- and -un­ der. 14-and-under. 12-and-under leagues all summer long.” Seger said. “They played and they played and they played and they just filled the courts. Wc didn’t have many courts, hut they filled them. We had a tournament at the end of the •I • MZp to* * • * « fa >< fill" V year that was two weekends and four days during the week. We played a ton of tennis during that lime and that is what made those kids so good.” Seger. a teacher at al Thornapple Kellogg Schools, got into being an instructor in lhe driver s education pro pro-­ gram in the summers throughout the years, which took time away from the ten­ nis courts for stretches. In lhe 1980s and 1990s inter city league matches around lhe area helped boost the program. More driver's education time for Seger fol lowed a strong stretch though. Seger co-coached the girls' program for six sea­ sons w ith current head coach Philippe Sylvestre, and Seger was happy lo learn from Sylvestre as they guided lhe girls together. “He brought a teaching style that I just love - a co-operative learning kind of thing. You gel a lol more contacts in for the players for the time that they're on the court. There are more con­ tacts which means you gel better faster” Seger said. “He just brought that here and I loved the whole idea. He and I did some good things during those six years, winning a regional champion­ ship and we qualified for slate another time. They missed qualifying or I Hllll’IH J ! •! 1 I ' nun" [. ■■ • • • .. •• *M i^V । I* ti hy Ulfll’i •ttiiru !?’ n ‘II ,!‘*'»iui nt i’ ir'-‘ A •• If" '"'•til, •h ‘h fr ?,1 ^♦16 *6»• •’•Th Larry Seger directs players on the court during a 2019 varsity girls’ tennis match in Middleville. Seger coached a total of 86 varsity boys’ and girls’ tennis seasons at Thornapple Kellogg and has been named to the 2022 Class of the Michigan High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame. (File photo) the sure finals by a point in the spring of 2019 in w hat Seger called “probably the toughest regional you can be in in the stateT “And we had nine players coming back. That was the tough part of 2020. We had nine players coming back and we worked lhe summer before getting our 12. We knew who our 12 w ere going to be for the 2020 season and we thought we w ere going lo be pretty dam good and take another run at lhe regional, Of course it didn’t happen. We had four days of practice and that was the end of it That was a tough w ay for me to go out. Those kids, 1 live for those seniors, and to not see them go through and be able to show w hat they could have shown to this day eats at me to tell you the truth.” Had it not been for that break, Seger thinks he might still be leading the TK girls’ program alon with Sylvestre, “I had to get these records together [for lhe MHSCA Hall of Fame induction], and going back through those it was an absolute treat lo go back over and read those names and think about all the tournaments, and matches and all the things that we have been through and all of the terrific people I have worked with. I have been so lucky to work with quality people - truly lucky.” “All in all it has been great working with the players and parents lie ys and girls both. ” He had good support from assistant coaches over the years with great efforts from Martha LaVoie w ho coached alongside him for numerous years. He remembers LaVoie being a part of what he remembers as lhe 1994 girls’ team where they had 54 girls to lead. George Dudik also was invaluable in more recent seasons. Don Hutchens and Dick DeMorrow were also key parent coaches over lhe 9 OFWars. As the country•F remembers the 50th anniversaryw of Title IX this year, Seger looks back on its importance. He remem­ bers watching friends in a high school basketball game and noticing six cheerleaders on the sideline cheering for the boys - girls who never got the chance to participate in lhe numerous activities avail­ able for the guys. I just thought that was so wrong.” Seger said. He was as bit disappointed when he wasn’t the first choice to start the girls’ ten­ nis program in Middleville in 1974, 1974, but but the the world world was was dif dif-­ ferent then ferentSeger then said. Seger said. “ItIt made made sense sense atat the the time. time, They asked the girls’ phys. ed. teacher. They wanted to have women coaching girls. They had locker room issues. (1 All that stuff hadn’t been settled yet. Everything was up in the air. Everyone was asking, ‘what do we do? What do we do? When the first choice announced right before the start of the season, Seger was happy to “do a favor' for the athletic director and take over the program. “That first girls team that didn't win a match meant so much to the program, because they stayed with it. they worked hard, and they just show ed a lot of heart,” Seger said. “A lol of those girls first in the program went on to w in a conference championship or a tournament championship. They were so competitive, a group of girls that didn’t win a match, but mean so much lo the program. That is why I always think, everybody contributes, Whether •fyou w in a match or you don’t win a match you contribute to what is there and you contribute to the team and the spirit of the team, team. There i nerc are so many good things in sports in terms of commitment and dedica­ tion. Tilings that employers really want. They want peopie being on lime. They want them committed. They want them dedicated. You find things in sports that business people want and they value. I think sports are a huge part of education. ■ |m ■i 1 F •4 J w rm rt 0. ■ I 1 / /fi jw health journey, wl -■ - m _. A fourBetter li ealth.org/FindYourBetter ... I k ?J 1 • • ■ -£-f- » ,A Spectrum Health £ 4 « I A •j *1 I 1 I r. i f, tl 4 t 11. it < i �� https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/25/731/SunandNews_2022-07-23.pdf f34d8e7010ef868f824c8f3826f83f4b PDF Text Text **• / "At” and News M • ©fl I * ^4 < -J c. 'X ?! L < i * * Your Hometown Newspaper Serving Middleville and Caledonia Areas No. 30/July 23, 2022 144th year Published by J-Ad Graphics, Inc. • 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 Astros take Taylor in second round of MLB Draft Brett Bremer Sports Editor Andrew Taylor made sure he got a nap in early Sunday afternoon, July 17, and it was a good choice. Sunday turned to Monday during night one of the 2022 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft when former Houston Astros outfielder Michael Bourn stepped to the podium to announce the Astros’ choice with the final compensation selection of the second round. “With the 80th pick of the 2022 MLB Draft, the Houston Astros select Andrew Taylor, a right-hand­ ed pitcher from Central University Michigan (CMU),” Bourn said right around 12:30 a.m. EDT Monday. Taylor, a 6-foot-5, 190pound right-hander from Alto who graduated from bfiA log oil omofta boog ifiuZ gnnub lojaM (Il.IM) I£rf3iM KX| Off 1 eoiteA oqrno'j D3? Off ) iW ££0£ ileuoH roibnA rq bo irtoiM UMD) bnuoin cbnoM lynT bnuoq ' ojIA 4t Caledonia High School in 2019 and went on to help Central Michigan to two NCAA Regional appearanc­ es, was the final selection of day one of the draft. “In the moming we went to church like normal, normal. Calvary Baptist Church, and then I came back had lunch and I was not stressed at all. I fell asleep for two hours. I took a good long nap to kind of get my mind off of it. We get to draft time. It started at what, like 7. It didn’t really get to the second round until 10:45ish, llish our time, maybe even a little later than that honestly. We were all kind of dozing off. Not really falling asleep, just resting our eyes. Then it wasn’t until the 72nd pick or so that I got a phone call from my agent Marc Kligman." The Astros were hoping to work out a deal to take Taylor - and the two sides were quickly able to find common ground. [Kligman] gave me a call back I think one pick before saying I was going to be an Astro. So, we kind of had an idea a couple minutes before.” At that point in the Taylor household it was just Andrew, his father Bob, his mother Miriam and his younger sister Ainslee still awake. His younger brother Aryn had called it a night around 9:30 p.m. “We didn't know whether I would go like I did on Sunday or if would go on Monday. So, we just kept it nice and simple with some family. My grandparents were over earlier, but they headed back," Taylor said. Taylor said he had a bit of 44 * <H 31 I ♦I / 5 ft / - - Andrew Taylor, a 2019 Caledonia High School graduate from Alto, spent three seasons with the Central Michigan University Chippewas before being drafted with the final pick of the second round of the 2022 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros late Sunday night/early Monday morning. Taylor earned multiple All­ America honors during his redshirt freshman season in 2021 while being named the MAC Pitcher of the Year, and followed that up by breaking his own CMU single season strike out record in the spring of 2022, (Photo courtesy Central Michigan University) See TAYLOR, page 13 * Yankee Springs breaks ground on township hall expansion, renovations sY 0} Greg Chandler Staff Writer Work is getting underway on the expansion and renova­ tion of the Yankee Springs Township Hall. Township officials and Z community members gath­ u ered for a brief groundbreak­ •< ing ceremony Monday morn- P t ing at the 51-year-old build­ ing at 284 N. Briggs Rd. We don't do this every AV Pc day. We’ve been waiting a FW , lot of years to do this, and Yankee Springs Township officials and community members, joined by project now we’re gonna do it. Township Supervisor Rob designers and construction officials, dig in to officially mark the start of the town­ ship hall expansion and renovation project Monday. (Photo by Greg Chandler) Heethuis said. It’s a great day for the township." The township board The nearly $1.08 million approved the project earlier J project will include a this year and awarded the to 1,727-square-foot office to Mugen office contract addition on the north side of Construction in June. The the building and renovation company submitted a bid of r of the current 4,000-square- $981,744 for the work. Add foot building, including the in design and engineering I from current offices and the meet- costs Fleis & ing room where township VandenBrink of $97,000, anV.ee and the total project cost is board meetings take place. “We're starting next week expected to be $1,078,744. with the actual breaking That's less than the more Jground, with the excava­ than $1.2 million Fleis & tion,” said Dave Simpson, VandenBrink gave the townproject manager for Mugen ship last year as the estimatConstruction of Dorr, the ed project cost, A 10-member office renoproject contractor. “Phase I will be complete right around vation committee consisting the end of the year, and then of elected board members, we’ll be wrapped up with township employees and tour Phase II at the end of April." citizens considered six dif­ Yankee Springs Township Supervisor Rob Heethuis building options The addition will take ferent speaks about the project prior to Monday ’ s groundplace first, followed by the See RENOVATIONS, page 2 breaking. (Photo by Greg Chandler) renovation, Simpson said. ) / lioW sort! no io noil fcowuT ■» I « - ■* t ■ • twoT A 4 JV lurmrun 10 I borj 9133 gni 11 it gni l£ it gni € ■ f 1 1 4 * I r li k 44 V 1 .ytb y io sol iw won riwrwoT lurir jI ' f VI. OjB I I U. > ■ -iIf * ♦ fY W M t a (wo 4 J 4 44 irrtenwoi i srfT (io^toiq *r 1 nonibbt lllIKl 3(11 iud loot ) tnonuo ooi gni /J A fovr dt riiiw ebauoig 12 ”,noil Caledonia schools strike three-year agreement with teachers Greg Chandler Staff Writer With about a month to go before classes get underway for the 2022-23 school year, teachers in the Caledonia Community Schools have a new contract. The Caledonia Education Association, the union that represents the district's teachers, recently ratified a three-year contract that will run through June 30, 2025. The Board of Education unanimously approved the agreement at its board meet- ing June 20. The agreement affects more than 260 teach­ ers in the district. “We are extremely pleased to have reached this agreement. school board President Marcy White said in a press release. The board feels this contract strikes a balance between meeting the needs of CEA members while maintaining fiscal integrity for the dis­ trict. The collaborative spir­ it shown by the Caledonia It See NEW CONTRACT, page 3 S-jIS-STUE! IN • TKMS students perform at the BBBC Camp Concert in Marshall 1 t i tyitenoD i iao[OTq □ srf llrw »bns sdl II rwRP I ID 03£iq Lfivonoi > A » I > * :i ' 1 I » l 9 A I i >> 9 I % I ’4 1 I f / I for splash pad • Police investigate shooting near East Kentwood • Former Cutlerville fire chief sentenced for embezzlement I I ' I • Caledonia Twp. seeks proposals t f > I « r * > > bi / v 1 I 4 4 I I I I 4 I I • 4 I t » �Page 2/The Sun and News, Saturday, July 23, 2022 Caledonia Township green lights — -8_____ new Taco John’s restaurant RSV0VAD0NS, continued from page 1before settling on two recommendations - both calling for expanded offices, with one that would include reno­ vating the meeting hall, the other without the meeting hall renovation. From there, the board decided to move ahead with renovating the meeting hall as part of the project. The expanded offices will include office space for the supervisor, treasurer, clerk, assessor and zoning administrator; secure entry space on the north side of the building where residents will be greet­ ed by the deputy clerk and deputy treasurer; a place to store election equipment and a conference meeting room. Those were among the prior­ ities identified by the renova­ tion committee. The hall meeting room renovation will include installation of a raised plat­ form for the board, a new heating and cooling system, an audio visual system and new closet space. The meeting hall portion of the building will still be available for upcoming elec­ tions before it is renovated. During renovation, the town­ ship will have to find an alternate location for its board and planning commission meetings. No decisions on a location have been made, Heethuis said. The township is financing $600,000 of the project cost through installment purchase agreement with Highpoint of Community Bank Hastings, which will be paid back over 10 years at an interest rate of 2.64 percent. It is also using $50,000 of through the the funding American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to cover the cost of the secure office entrance. The township will pay the remaining cost out of its gen­ eral fund. The township began the current fiscal year July 1 with an unrestricted fund balance of more than $1.97 million, of which it plans to use about $309,000 during the 2022-23 fiscal year. J. ■____ •____ — Greg Chandler restaurants the company is Staff Writer establishing in Michigan, A new taco drive-through with the other one on 28th restaurant is coming to Street in the city of Wyoming, Caledonia Township. said Ana Pelhank. a project The township planning engineer for Restaurant commission Monday Holdings LLC, the project approved a special land use applicant. “We’re starting on the and site plan for the con­ struction of a Taco John’s on west side (of the state) and a 2-acre outlot at the north- hopefully expand to the east east comer of Broadmoor side,” Pelhank said. The site is zoned for high­ Avenue (M-37) and 68th Street, south of the Meijer way commercial use. DriveExpress gas station and con­ thru restaurants are allowed venience store. The new eat­ as a special land use in that ery ery isis expected expected to to be be comcom- zoning district, township pleted by the end of this year, planner Lynee Wells said. Based in the state of As part of the condition of Wyoming, Taco John’s oper- approval, commissioners ates nearly 400 quick-serve required stop signs at a fourrestaurants in 23 states across way intersection where the the country. The Caledonia access drive into Taco John's location is one of the first two crosses an internal access $ I i taco john's I SINCE 1969 road that connects to the Meijer gas station. “The location of the ingress and egress drive on the interior of the road cre­ ates a de facto four-way stop,” Wells said. “We did talk about this during the Meijer project as well. They said once one of those outlots come in, that would be the time to do those four-way stops, so we included that as a condition of approval.” The developer plans to install pedestrian connec­ tions from the restaurant to the existing pathway on Broadmoor and 68th, Wells said. Commissioners also put in a condition for a split face block enclosure for the dumpster to keep it out of public view, with the color and material of the enclosure to be reviewed by the plan­ ner. Township seeks proposals for Community Green splash pad J 1 $0 nw jij I lI ***' 0^ $ V MM Greg Chandler Staff Writer After delaying its inclusion as part of the Community Green park in Caledonia because of cost concerns a couple of years ago, the idea of a splash pad at the park is back on again - and it may get some funding assistance through the American Rescue Plan Act. The township board voted 5-0 Wednesday to submit a request for proposals from contractors that may be inter­ ested in building the water feature. The splash pad was part of the original plan for the park, but then plans changed, and the site that had been estab­ lished for that amenity became additional pickleball courts. . We still recognize that a splash pad would expand the An architect’s rendering depicts the additional space that will be included in the township office as a result of the hall expansion and renovation work. (Photo by Greg Chandler) 44 SUMMER SPECIAL I High Efficiency I I I RUMP FURNACE 1 A MBA & AIR $300 OFF I I I I I 11 I | 4 | I I * . I * Must present this coupon. Expires 8-15-2022 The company built by referrals ” HEATING G COOLING 210 East Main Street, Caledonia I | Locally owned business. r t I t 4 I $ The township had set a $400,000 budget for the project. Only two bids were received, and the lowest bid. by Nugent Construction, was $79,000 above budget. they had a prescription of how to construct a post­ frame foundation in water that’s two (feet) below the surface,” he said. “That’s poison to us. We either gotta drain it off or do something about that.” Harrison said he was “ not We still recognize that a splash pad would comfortable” with the expand the use of the park, both from an age Fifelski design. standpoint and enjoyment standpoint.” “I don’t like that we’ve value-engineered this build­ - Bryan Harrison, Caledonia Township ing down to a point where it Supervisor does look like nothing but a maintenance building. I real­ ly want it to meet a higher animated video clip of what Robertson said he con­ standard, that looks like it the structure might look like, tacted several contractors belongs next to the park, next Harrison also proposed set­ who had expressed interest to the library, that it really ting aside $100,000 out of in the project but did not looks like we have a campus the township’s nearly $1.39 submit bids. One of them, of well-designed, beautiful million ARPA allocation for Dorr-based builder Dan buildings,” Harrison said. the project. He also suggest­ Fifelski, told Robertson that I think we need to go ed the use of about $300,000 he could come in with a pro- back to the (request for pro­ for building the park’s main- posal that was less expen­ posals) and get public bids, tenance building that has sive than the bids that were given the cost,” the supervi­ been held up because of costs submitted. sor added. that exceeded the township “Tim (Bradshaw, town­ Robertson said the specifi­ budget. ship trustee) and I did meet cations on the building's Engineers have estimated with Dan for quite awhile,” interior have not changed. the cost of the splash pad at Robertson said. “I think he “We didn't change the about $337,000, Harrison introduced some thoughts dimension of the building, said. . that we felt were interesting we didn’t change the inside, Township Treasurer/ and bore further effort.” so it’s not really a departure Administrator Richard Fifelski then revised his from a whole new building. Robertson said he had spo- proposal and submitted it to It’s kind of the same building ken to township engineer the township. . with a different skin on it,” Todd Boerman, who gave “The inside of the building he said. him a timetable of having the really didn’t change at all . Trustee Richard Snoeyink splash pad operational by the outside of the building said he was surprised” by next summer. would change slightly. It the new proposal. He said he “I think the idea was to wouldn’t have a wainscot thought the board had agreed begin construction and site look. look. ItItwould wouldhave haveaastraight straight to tweak the specifications of work ... before the end of the panel, floor up to (the the project before going back year with the idea to have it eaves),” Robertson said, out for bid again. ready for prime time by the The building would also “The last time we had our end of May, which is about have one large garage door, vote, we were going to keep when you’d want to be using instead of two under the the building the same, we it,” Robertson said. previous plan, Robertson weren’t going to monkey The board on Wednesday said. with it,” Snoeyink said. “We also considered an alternate Fifelski said a post-frame were just going to wait for a proposal for the Community design for the building would later date (where) hopefully Green maintenance building, not work for the site because building would cool off a after last month rejecting all of the soil conditions. little bit, prices would start to bids for the project as bid “Somebody did soil bor­ drop, and it’d be reasonable prices far exceeded what the ings (on the site), they got for a builder to build a buildtownship had budgeted. everything documented, and ing.” » 1 $ 44 •■IK®'1 I fc SE i® St ' 11 SltelEE is ni I Uihe I iiiiu fatally Mill 411 ! » ii : 44 I •> iki St S’* (X I I. • 1 f S•>.”1 !i I ■- 44 u I I use of the park, both from an age standpoint and enjoyenjoy­ ment standpoint,” Township Supervisor Bryan Harrison said. The board watched a short t I 1 I I » * 9 t �I I The Sun and News, Saturday, July 23, 2022/ Page 3 NEW CONTRACT, continued from page 1 I S: & ’S' (district) leadership and the union achieved a positive outcome for all parties.” Teachers will receive a 4 percent pay raise in the first year of the agreement, fol­ lowed by a 3 percent hike in the second year, Any increase in year three will depend on state funding, district officials said in the news release. A new benefit for teachers under the contract is allow­ ing new parents, either bio­ logical or adoptive, to receive five days of paid parental leave, union president-elect Kelly Petersen said. In addition, teachers will receive “overload pay” if a classroom size exceeds an agreed-upon number, “Our contract lays out an agreed upon class size for classrooms which varies between grade levels,” CEA member Melissa VanGessel wrote in an email to the Sun and News. “If a teacher has students above that agreed upon contract number, teach­ ers are given overload pay.” The overload compensa­ tion is $2.20 per hour with a maximum of $11 per day per student, Petersen said. Teachers will attend two additional days of professional development prior to the start of the school year, district officials said. The Caledonia Education Association would like to The board feels this contract strikes a balance between meeting the needs of CEA members while maintaining fiscal integrity for the district. The collaborative spirit shown by the Caledonia (district) leadership and the union achieved a positive outcome for all parties?’ - Marcy White, school board president, Caledonia Community Schools acknowledge the hard work of our CEA negotiation team, district administration and our CEA union members. This contract is evidence of their commitment to enhanc­ ing the educational experi­ ence of all students,” Petersen said. “We are confi­ dent that the next three years 44 ' . under this agreement will provide an environment where students and staff will feel supported and valued and will ultimately lead to better outcomes for all our students.” The following goals guided the Caledonia Community Schools negotiating team’s approach to the negotiation process: Create an environment that best supports the recruit­ ment, retention and develop­ ment of highly qualified, diverse educators, to posi­ tively impact student learn­ ing; Provide continuity and stabilization of staffing, par­ ticularly for our most vulner­ able students; Align schedules, calendars and practices to best meet the needs of all students and staff while maximizing collaborative time for educators and administrators to learn develop and innovate together; and Make its teaching and learning environments sustainable and supportive for staff and students. This agreement pro­ vides critical support for our teachers, and ultimately, our students,” Superintendent Dr. Dedrick Martin said. “I'm grateful to all those who worked diligently to reach this deal on behalf of our district, particularly our most vulnerable students by agreeing to additional staffing, which addresses the growing social-emotional and mental health needs our students are facing. Thank you to the CEA for their shared commitment and for their partnership in this work.” 44 J . Township planners sign off on Cal Schools community center site plan Greg Chandler Staff Writer After running into delays with Caledonia Township planners over issues such as pedestrian access, parking and removal of chlorine from the pool water that will drain into the stormwater basin the Cal Community Center project at Caledonia Community Schools is good to go. The township planning commission Monday, on a 6-0 vote, approved the site plan for the more than 46,000-square-foot commu­ nity center at 9733 Kraft Ave. SE, across the street from the CalPlex sports and recreation complex. The new center includes a competition pool, a leisure and therapy pool, running track, multi­ use gymnasium and fitness center. The center will also serve as the new home of the Caledonia Resource Center, which offers educational and enrichment classes for the community. The YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids will operate the center under an agreement with the school district, which will own the building. The estimated $24 million project was made possible by voter approval of an $88.1 million bond issue in May 2020. The school district held a groundbreaking ceremony for the project last fall, but concerns raised by planning commissioners at a November 2021 meeting resulted in the project being put on hold. Commissioners approved a special land use for the center, but delayed site plan approval because they wanted more detail from project architects. Among the details com­ missioners signed off on included construction of an 8-foot-wide pathway that would start from just west of Duncan Lake Middle School, then along the north side of the practice fields at CalPlex to the fence line along Kraft Avenue, then south on Kraft to meet an existing concrete sidewalk at the district soft1 km•Hi Kj’ I r ST MEW MWVEI JI « t. r ** BDsr-xi to » 4 1 i ■ ai teBnkpii »<»»» *•* III fl I**’ it fl*1 •» • * ji* ii <»* c. < I 0 fl. f t -I1 f' ■4 i ■ F 41 / 1 Caledonia Community Schools Executive Director of Operations and Transportation Matt Hess address­ es township planning commissioners Monday on improvements made to the Cal Community Center project, as Superintendent Dr. Dedrick Martin looks on. (Photo by Greg Chandler) ball field. A 5-foot-wide paved sidewalk will be built from the community center to the Cal-Plex pathway systern north of the building. “An intersection in the path will be made and a walking gate made in the fence line at a point that will meet with the crosswalk coming from the Caledonia Community Center YMCA building,” CCS Executive Director of Operations and Transportation Matt Hess wrote in a memo to project architects. The exact location for the gate, the mid-block crosswalk and intersection still must be determined, Hess wrote. The intent of this path­ way is to allow for pedestri­ an ... access to the Caledonia Community Center YMCA building as a continuation of the sidewalk/pedestrian path system as it exists today,” Hess added. “A walking gate access to this path will be granted to the Caledonia Township as a connection to/ for future pathway system expansions along the east side of the 9700 block of Kraft Avenue SE. Other updated details in the project plan include the addition of 72 more parkin parking parkin spaces, boosting the parking 44 5* Your local agent insures your Busin capacity of the center to 227. Areas for bus parking and loading have been added to the plan, Township Planner Lynee Wells wrote in a memo to commissioners. Commissioners had earlier raised concerns about what they saw was a lack of ade­ quate parking for the project. The 59-acre site is zoned R-2 medium density single family residential. The com­ munity center is an allowable special land use in that zoning designation. Commissioners approved allowing larger signs than are typically allowed for that zoning dis­ trict - allowing a 66-squarefoot Cal sign and a 33-squarefoot Y sign for the YMCA. The ordinance typically allows only 32 square feet of signage. In addition, pool water that is discharged from the center will go into a storm­ water detention basin, but must go through the process of being dechlorinated before it is released, according to a memo from township engi­ neer Todd Boerman to Wells. Wells praised district offi­ cials for working with the & township to provide updated materials and plans for the center. “They took our recommen­ dations from the last meeting (in June) to heart and provid­ ed some really important information,” she said. Commissioner Jodie Masefield agreed. “I appreciate the addition­ al information. I think it was helpful,” Masefield said. Thank you for continuing to work with the planner and the engineer. 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What we're facing is amazing, remarkable delays in construction materials,” Martin said. “The builders are doing a great job of working around it.” I *r �Page 4/The Sun and News, Saturday, July 23, 2022 Marion (Sessink) Meyers Ernest Louis Olson Ernest Louis Olson, age 75, of Middleville, MI, passed away on July 16, 2022. Ernest was born on August 2, 1946 in Traverse City, to Albert and Henrietta (Walters) Olson. He was mar­ ried to the love of his life, Barbara, for 58 years. Ernest owned and operated the Olson Dairy Farm for over 46 years. He was a mem­ ber of the Moose Lodge, the Knights of Columbus, and the National Elk Foundation. Ernest played in the Freeport Fast Pitch Softball League for many years and was a Hall of Fame inductee. On February1 3, 2022, the world lost an amazing, won­ ------------------------------------- derful woman. Marion passed away peacefully in her Gun He also enjoyed collecting Lake home with her grand­ special cars and tractors. He daughter Jessica by her side, could often be found at She was born February 27, Miller’s for Saturday morn­ 1926 to Frank and Elisabeth ing coffee. Always handy--- Sessink. around the house, he could She was dearly loved and fix whatever was needed for survived by her son, Gary and his family. Linda Meyers; grandchildren Most important to Ernest Joylynn and Brenden Kelly, was his loving family who Scott and Jessica Meyers, and will miss him dearly. He sup- the great granddaughter she ported his grandsons in the adored, Harper Claire Kelly. Marion was preceded in Barry County 4H program death by the love of her life See OLSON, next page and soulmate Robert “Bob” Meyers. Together they built a life on Gun Lake; traveled on ocean and lake water in their boat “The Roadrunner.” We She was the last of her sib­ lings; having mourned the loss of sisters, Lois Ann (Marv) Eleanor (Bob) Heemstra, Foote, Harriet Schippers, and Richard brother, Dick” (Ericka) Sessink. Besides her loving family, she leaves behind nieces, Beth Ann (Barry) Baldwin, Shannon (Brad) Bennet; Jackie (Dale) Foote; nephews, Larry (Sue) Foote, and Ryan Foote; dear friends. Sheila Reahm, Kelinda Scott, Paul (Sandy) Harrison and Bob and Liz Skinner. In May a luncheon was held with family and close friends present to live, laugh, and love. If you wish, memo­ rial contributions may be made to Paws with a Cause. know they have reunited; continuing their adventures. There is not a way to cap­ ture her extraordinary life into a short obituary, but we treasure in our hearts and memories her life. Early in her life she was a supervisor at Bell Telephone. Later she worked with Bob to build their business, Bob Meyers Construction Company. Marion loved the church; playing the organ; reading and shopping, lunch, and casino trips. Baking, knitting and time with family were her passions. She doted on her grand dogs; treats and hugs always available. She loved bringing goodies to her friends at McDonald's during Saturday breakfasts. % C4 .[j $ \ —, ---- - Mary Lou Richards Mary Lou Richards, age 90, of Middleville, Ml, went to her heavenly home on Friday, July 15, 2022. She was born on August 21, 1931 in La Salle, Ill. Mary Lou married her high school sweetheart, Ronald Richards on May of 1952 and was married 64 years. She enjoyed her church and loved to spend time in the church library. She was an avid reader. She is survived by her children, Ronald Richards (Sara), Mary Kay Jr. as (John); McCleve grandchildren, WWW I Our mission is to worship God and equip Un Rev. Christine Beaudoin A Sunday Services: 9:30 AM - Worship 11:00 AM - Sunday School 6:00 PM - Adult Bible Study 6:00 PM - Student Ministries her Mark Caledonia United Methodist Church alaskal^(church 7240 68th Street SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-698-8104 McCleve (Jessica), Kristina Oosterhouse (Seth), and her four great grandchil dren, Eli, Eva, Molly and Jackson. At her request, crema­ tion and has taken place. A private family service will take place on Friday, August 5, 2022, at Hillside Community Church with Pastor Ron Kool officiat­ ing. T he family would like to thank the staff at Carveth Village for the kind and loving way they took care of her during her stay. Join us for our traditional yet casual worship service, in person or online, at 9:00 am. 250 Vine Street 11® 616-891-8669 CalcdoniaUMC.org Livestream: Facebook.com/CaledoniaUnitedMethodist committed followers of Jesus Christ who will reach our community with the Gospel cornerstonechurch FIRST BAPTIST Join us in person or online Sundays 9:30 & 11am Sunday Service 10:30 AM Middleville ex co Dr. Brian F. Harrison, Pastor Good Shepherd Lutheran Church fl 908 W. Main Street, Middleville (Missouri Synod) Sunday Worship 1675 84th St. SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 cornerstonemi.org/weekend 9:30 a.m. Pastor: Rev. Peter Berg http://goodshepherdlcms.googlepages.com III Livestream: facebook.com/firstbaptistmiddleville Church: (269) 795-2391 FBCMIDDLEVILLE.NET - 5215 M37 - 269-795-9726 OURNEY CHURCH Middleville Umted Methodist Church 111 Church St. Office: (269) 795-9266 ONE CHURCH - TWO LOCATIONS CALEDONIA. 9185 Cherry Valley Ave SE MIDDLEVILLE: LEARN MORE! thejchurch.com 616-217-2161 1664 M-37 @thejchurch Worship Services: 10:30 AM Pastor Tony Shumaker www.umcmiddleville.org MIDDLEVILLE SERVICE TIME: Sunday at 10.00am 20 State Street, Middleville, Ml / www.tvcweb.com Q catholic church J ph 9669 Kraft Ave., Caledonia Phone: 616-891-9259 www.holyfamilycaledonia.org Saturday Evening Mass 5:00 p.m. Sunday Masses 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Considering becoming Catholic? Call or see our website for information. Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Fellowship 9:45 to 10:00 a.m. 708 W. Main Street, Middleville Come grow with us as we build relationships in Middleville and beyond. Join us at 10 a.m. on Sundays in person or online at: fb.com/restorationcrc www.RestorationCRC.org • «■ M 269-795-9901 Fellowship Church 616.891.8661 www.whitneyvillebible.org PastorJonathan DeCou Sunday School...........9:30 AM Sunday Worship....... 10:30 1LCv? * 10:30 AM AM Watch our services from our website (see above) HOLY FAMILY RESTORATION THORNAPPLE VALLEY CHURCH Connecting 1*1 ’^3 NO W OPEN TO PUBLIC Whitneyville 8655 Whitneyville Avenue, Alto Serving - Strengthening Sunday School 10 to 10:45 a.m. Worship Services Sunday 10 am & 6 pm Prayer Meeting & Bible Study Wednesday 6:30 pm & 7 pm A V «• ft 'i.• 1 NTT* 9 ’I @ St. Paul Lutheran Church & Preschool 8436 Kraft Ave., Caledonia. MI 49316 Office 616-891-8688 • Preschool (616) 891-1821 www.stpaulcaiedonia.org Sil. Yankee Springs Bible Church 900 Duffy Road Middleville, MI 49333 A 4935 Whitneyville Ave, between 52nd & 48th Praising Cod through Hymns • Reading Cod’s Word • Special Music ■■ "Shining Forth Gods Light ft 10: 00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship...................... 11: 00 a.m. Community Group.................................. Pastor Ed Carpenter - 616-868-0621 Janies L. Collison, Pastor Sermons online: WhitneyvilleFellowship.org www.yankeespringsbiblechurch.org % s s �% The Sun and News, Saturday, July 23, 2022/ Page 5 ,v OLSON, continued from page 4 and enjoyed visiting the fair Olson, Barbara Olson, on show day as they made Caroline Olson, proud. their grandpa Relatives and friends may Grandpa Ernie enjoyed all of meet with Ernests family at his grandchildren and was an the Beeler-Gores Funeral amazing example of kindness, Home in Middleville, on hard work, support and love. Saturday, July 23, 2022 from Ernest is survived by his 10 to 11 a.m. at the Holy James Gemmell wife, Barbara; children, Family Catholic Church. A Contributing Writer Richard (Sharon) Olson, memorial mass will be held at Cornerstone Church in Francie (Mitch) Nagel, 11 a.m. a.m. with Fr. Mike Gaines Township expects about Kimberly (Dennis) Lajcak; 19 Cilibraise officiating. 250 people to view the live grandchildren; 1212 great Memorial Memorial contributions simulcastofaGlobal Leadership grandchildren; siblings, may be made to St. Jude or Summit on Aug. 4-5 from its Harold (Kathy) Olson, the local charity of ones’ 84th Street campus. Delores Olson, Jerry Olson; choice. Please visit www.beelThe church is located at the several nieces and nephews. ergoresfiineral.com to share a northeast comer of the 84th He was preceded in death memory or leave a condo- Street and Kalamazoo Avenue by his parents; siblings, lence message for Ernests intersection. The address is Leonard Olson, Amy Jane family. 1675 84th St. SE. The actual event will be broadcast from Illinois. More than 650 other sites in the United States and Canada will carry the broadcast from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. that Thursday and Friday. The summit will feature prominent speakers from a wide range of fields sharing their expertise on high-impact leadership. Some of the scheduled speakers include: — Deb Liu. president & CEO of Ancestry.com — Vanessa Van Edwards, author/founder of Science of People — Andy Stanley, founder/ pastor of North Point Ministries — Craig Groeschel, founder/senior pastor of Life Church 3K-V Xl Cornerstone Church to serve as a host site for Global Leadership Summit simulcast A' lAk «. !Q* Xvi V V ‘ ’S ? ? I ■ *i i. — important. — Jon Jon Acuff, Acuff. author author and and that's really important." Top 100 leadership speaker Cornerstone Church Executive (Inc. Magazine) Director Gordie Nickels said. — Lynsi Snyder, owner/ According to the globalpresident In-N-Out Burger leadership.org website, the The Global Leadership regular price to watch the Network (GLN) is headquar- summit at a local host site is tered in the Chicago area and $229. However, Nickels said will be holding the summit in the registration cost is $179 South Barrington. Ill. via the church website link: Journalist Paula Faris will CornerstoneMI.org/globco-host it from the network's al-leadership-summit. Chicagoland campus, Cornerstone is offering a Regardless of what it is discounted rate to students that you do, ail of us can use a aged 11 to 17 to view the sum­ chance to kind of be re-ener- mit at the 84th Street campus. gized, especially when you're Pricing information is available in a leadership role. I think on the website. Nickels said die 14 X 4 church does not get paid to host the local simulcast. The conference will pro­ vide some new and innovative ways to help lead people. And it's important that you do it in a way that casts vision, that casts inspiration and provides hope. 1 think people need hope and thev look to leaders to provide that hope,'' Nickels said. Comerstone will have large viewing screens set up in its main worship area as well as its HUB room. The 84th Street campus has been simulcasting the event each year since 2019. It W THE GLOBAL % LEADERSHIP ■M SUMMIT AMOY RTAMtev j■ - - BOGIGIA BOQ IGCR VANESSA VAN EDWARDS D€0UU JUOAM SMITH CRAIG ommmk LVMSi SMVOCR XX4NNVC TAYLOR. JR DA HElt> HTK> ORAMT OR AMT STCPMAAK CHUMG TOW ACUFF AUGUST 4-5, 2022 - AUGUST 4-5. 2022 • AUGUST 4-5. 2022 SAMAR HAnwtui AUGUST 4-5. 2022 - AUGUST 4-5, 2022 r Middleville stabbing sends one to hospital Colburns celebrating 60 years Miit Hit 14s AR Ken and Bonnie Colburn of Hastings celebrate 60 years of marriage on July 27. They were married at Community of Christ in Grand Rapids, July 27, 1962. They graduated together from Caledonia High School in I960 and are blessed with three daughters and sons-in-law: Lesa (John) Vandermeer of Caledonia, Renae (Ramon) Paris of Lowell, Jennifer ■I 7“. W IM " Jjli ' 0^*5 r $1 Greg Chandler 5/q^ Writer A 49-year-old Middleville man is hospitalized after being stabbed by his wife Wednesday night, according • / Ji?; < 4 ■ I — » — ■ ( 1 * ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ MB — HI - & • Medals for Fastest team, Youngest Team, and Oldest Team (accumulative age). • Start: Thornapple River public launch in Village of * Middleville • End: Indian Valley Campground & Livery (108th Street) • Registration Fee: $60 per canoe team (includes canoe rental, . paddles, life preservers and “river swag”). No private canoes allowed. Registration is I limited to only 40 teams. ft I fyville £ > Il He left some twenty years ago Our lives are not the same. The greatest gift that you can give Is just to speak his name. > ' We need to hear the stories And the tales of days gone past. We need for you to understand These memories must last. All proceeds will help develop Sheridan Park”, a new community and sports park planned in the Village of Middleville. We cannot make more memories Since Traves no longer here. So when you speak of him to us It’s music to our ears. (Forever in our (Hearts Mom, Dad, Tessa, Tyler, Steph, Macy Jo, and Madilynn SPONSORED BY: Bradford While Water Heaters and Blue Zones Activate Barry’ County. i f e>lF H Register on our website at vzww.TAPRC.org or visit us on Facebook for event information and registration. Questions? Email info.taprc@gmail.com or call 269-795-7202 1 5^ (Z - e ■fj M Speak Vis ^ame (staggered starting times) S Meadows in Middleville. Weigh-in is from 9 to 9:15 a.m., followed immediately by the meeting. A mask is suggested when in the com­ mon area of the building. Anyone with questions may call Chris, 269-908­ 3731. The first meeting is free. July 21,1982 - January 22,2002 Saturday, August 20 at 11:30am ^£*fATlOH a pledge. We have our weigh-ins from 9AM -9:15AM. Meeting to begin at 9:15AM. A mask is suggested when in the common area of the building. TOPS, a weight-loss support group, meets every Saturday at Lincoln Travis William Wenger DAY CANOE RACE ,o uals have not been released as of time of publication. Authorities considered the stabbing “an isolated inci­ dent" and that there was no threat to the general public. 7m (Memory Ist annual taprc HERITAGE i R7 I I If group members felt the answer wasn't satisfactory. They then discussed other weight loss programs available. Virginia won the Ha-Ha box. The meeting ended with marching in place and a recStation of the Rededication ? JTAPRC). & (Tim) Ross of Ionia; 12 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. The July 16 meeting opened with roll call and the secretary’s report. Virginia's program was to discuss an article in the July/Aug. TOPS magazine that disturbed her. The group discussed the letter to the editor published in the magazine and why z IF taken into custody and is being held in the Barry County Jail. No word on the extent of injuries for the victim. The names of the individ- Middleville TOPS 546 I * ? nF to the Barry County Sheriff’s Office. The incident was reported at 9:48 p.m. in the village, but no address was disclosed. A 44-year-old woman was ——■ J? > 9 f < > f I 1 > •» < I I ’ I * f I I > • t * I f �Page 6/The Sun and News. Saturday, July 23, 2022 Middleville DDA board discusses capital improvement priorities James Gemmell Contributing Writer The Middleville Downtown Development Authority plans to lake a closer look al capital improvement priorities before discussing its draft budget for fiscal year 2023-24. At its monthly meeting Tuesday night the DDA board voted 6-0 to table the matter. Three board members were absent. A rough draft was sent back to the DDA’s organiza­ tion committee so it can review some updated informa­ tion that recently came in regarding project costs and input from community groups. The DDA will provide the draft budget to the village council in August. The final budget will be adopted in September or October. The DDA has already com­ mitted to an Art Walk project at the downtown amphitheater entailing construction of tiered seating levels and installation of sculptures in the surround­ ing green space. The project will cither be built this fall or next spring, depending on funding availability and con­ tractor schedules. Other potential priorities for 2023 include restoring the interior of the historic Middleville Train Depot pos­ sibly buildin a permanent picnic/concessions structure near the amphitheater in Sesquicentennial Park, estab­ lishing a graffiti wall and add­ ing more lighting along the park trail. Some proposals described by DDA Director Katherine Bussard as wish-list items include possible work on a downtown mural, a wetlands boardwalk that would connect downtown to Spring Park, upgrades to playground equip­ ment at Spring Park, the addi­ tion of tier levels to the amphi­ theater and creation of a social district. This past spring, the National Park Service placed the former Michigan Central ■I Railroad depot al 125 Railroad Street on the National Register of Historic Places. Hastingsbased Vintage Building and Restoration has been working this summer to refurbish the exterior of the 116-year-old train depot. The company gave the DDA a quote in July to restore the interior, as well, for $61500. “With our budget that is something we could potential­ ly do and stay on top of our goal next year,” Bussard told the DDA board. “I still want to look for grant funding. We put it on the National Historic Register for multiple reasons. but that does open a lot of doors financially. I would love to see the village partner with us on that, where it’s not just the DDA doing this but we’re doing it together. I know it’s an expensive project — it would take a lot of our spare change — but it’s so worth having that space for the com­ munity and having that be open.’’ Bussard said she hopes to receive quotes from planners soon for potentially building a permanent picnic/concession slructure adjacent to the amphitheater. The estimated cost would be between $30,(XX) and $50,000. The DDA board authorized Bussard in June to secure quotes from planning and engineering firms for building the structure. But DDA Chairwoman Kim Jachim said the proposed capital improve­ ments needed to be tabled until more research is done. I think the (picnic) struc­ ture needs to be re-looked at. That is a lot of money w hen I really feel like the boardwalk is more important and lights are more important," Jachim said. The Middleville Lions and Rotary clubs have been con.sidering a possible alternate project to die picnic shelter, according to Jachim, who did not specify what the alternate 44 The Middleville DDA discussed capital improvement project priorities at its monthly meeting Tuesday eve­ ning at the village hall. Left-to-right: Johnny DeMaagd, Lauren Manzer, Kristen Fisher, Board Chairwoman Kim Jachim, Michal Ann Enders, Joe Mancini. (Photo by James Gemmell) idea is. She said she wants to amphitheater. If $25,000 is brick-terraced retaining walls see what the clubs decide on raised by an Aug. 29 state at the amphitheater. that before moving ahead with deadline, the project will be As for the social district, the picnic/concession project, awarded a $25,000 matching Bussard said the Middleville “Because that’s a big chunk grant through the MEDC’s Lions Club has expressed maybe (it) would Public Spaces Community interest in possibly assistin of money the DDA in setting that up. be better used somewhere Places program. ‘This is a project that we Board member Michal Ann else," Jachim said. The DDA has been want to do, whether or not we Enders asked what the cost researching the viability of get the grant," Bussard said in would be for the social district. Bussard replied that the cost having a dedicated wall for an interview after the meeting. local graffiti artists to use as an “But we can do it faster if we depends on where the social alternative to vandalizing get the grant. We can do it area would be set up, what be other structures around the vil- better, with more art, if we get infrastructure would the grant." required and whether there is lage. The DDA is planning to add outdoor lighting and heating to It looks like we could do a nice cement block or alumi- some sculptures around the make it multi-seasonal. Board member Lauren num-type wall for just $1,000 amphitheater in Manzer asked if the permanent Sesquicentennial Park. Park. It to $3,000,” Bussard said. Sesquicentennial “That’s a pretty modest thing, applied for another $25,(XX) picnic/concession structure can The aits council is also inter­ grant through The Right Place be tied in with the amphitheater ested in helping fund that, Revitalization and Placemaking tiers as one combined project. (RAP) program. If both grants A cement pad is proposed to be which is huge.” But Jachim said she might are approved, a total of $75,000 built adjacent to the amphithe­ have another location in mind would be available for invest­ ater with a picnic table and a for the graffiti wall rather than ment in the amphitheater and permanent brick structure on it to provide shade. An alternate using the one near the village sculpture project, hall that has been discussed. “If we get one grant, we’ll proposal is to build the strucShe said the only cost to the have enough money for five or ture as a lean-to on the back of DDA for the site she has in six sculptures. If we get both the bath house. a If we raise the $25,000 and mind would be for the paint. grants we should have enough Jachim did not say where the money for a dozen sculptures get the second grant that could to really add to that area," become a possibility," Bussard site is. replied. Jachim also asked Bussard Bussard said. Manzer also expressed con­ about the amphitheater proj­ The sculptures could be installed this fall or next cern about potential vandalism ect. The DDA, the Michigan spring, depending on the that might occur to some of Economic Development Corp, weather. the proposed artistic projects. and the Thomapple Arts “There is the option to buy “Just the track record we’ve Council launched a crowd- existing pieces from local art­ had in the past of us doing funding campaign in late June ists, or to buy commission things and them being dam­ to help pay for tiered seating pieces. And so, we’ll have our aged," she said. “It makes me levels to be added to the art committee function along nervous to put in all this with the board as a selection money to something new like committee," Bussard said. that when we are struggling to The DDA has been publicly protect what we have.” soliciting proposals from land­ The DDA is seeking pro­ scape engineers and contrac­ posals from mural artists and tors for build in;I three painters for various potential 44 Need some extra CASH? ■•4 * Supplement your income by delivering newspapers each week. IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Carriers are paid each week for papers and inserts delivered. I R ir! Call today to set up an in-person interview and learn more about how you can earn some extra cash each week. 269-945-9554 J 1351 N. 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But because the application deadline is in late July. Bussard said it might be a good idea to apply for the grant next year when there is more time to think it over. The DDA board voted 6-0 to table action on that matter. Moving on to new business, the board also voted unanimously to start up a quarterly business social event with a working title of, “After Hours and Afterglow Business Mixer." It will be a gathering of business owners or managers. “We’re inviting not only the DDA district, we’re inviting the Middleville businesses," Jachim said. “I would like to see — because we have so many new businesses in town and so many old businesses — that we can actually work off each other.” Board Vice Chairwoman Kristen Fisher said she has attended several Chamber of Commerce after hour events and you do get an eclectic mix of folks. And it gets you to mingle with other business owners and managers alike that maybe you weren't famil­ iar with before.” The first After Hours/ Afterglow mixer is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 20. from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The host site for the initial event is still to be determined. I » ’<1 s I j. i �A West Michigan-based picker unearthed two one-of-a-kind images of the construction of the LaBarge Dam on the Thomapple River in Caledonia from around 1900. The Dam opened in 1901. It still operates today and the area of river is a popular drop-in point for people tubing down the river. The photos are currently for sale on eBay. 1 V >. Library, fire proposals face Yankee Springs voters ► J' . I 'Hl! k r- c-:’t "■ h * I f 4 i p ttie ti i 'I Dll tai DOAfaju I I '• isitBiiaiti m-l 11 •I < ■ WtBii ■ bstataU -kiu I a H iait' MM V w < • It ¥ L fcfcntaW L Ji* id L -rsiW6® i ItM ||W‘ * itone •ntO J Greg Chandler Staff Writer There are about 1,800 resi­ dents in Yankee Springs Township who are part of the Wayland Union school dis­ trict, but are not served by any public library. Voters in that portion of the township will decide Aug. 2 whether they want to join the Henika District Library. It is one of two proposals on the ballot in Yankee Springs that day, with the other being a request to renew the fire and emergency services levy going before the entire township electorate. Voters in the township who arc part of Wayland schools will be asked to approve a tax of up to 1.5 mills to support the Henika library, but if approved, the actual rate will be less because the library levy in the city of Wayland and Wayland Township has been rolled back by the Headlee amendment. “We can only levy 1.3511 (mills) maximum because we have to levy the same amount for all municipalities in our service area to remain fair," Henika Director Cierra Bakovka said. A homeowner with a $ 175,000 home and a taxable value of $87,5(X) would pay an additional $118 a year in taxes if the levy passes, Bakovka said. . Yankee Springs would also gain two members on the eight-member library board, with the city of Wayland and Wayland Township each giv­ ing up a seat. The Yankee Springs board wwld appoint the township library represen­ tatives. Yankee Springs resident Kelly Robbins started up a campaign in 2019 to have the township become part of the Henika library district. In December of that year, the township board unanimously approved a resolution backing pandemic pandemic put put the the campaign campaign on on hold. hold. But But momentum momentum was was regained earlier this year when the Yankee Springs board voted to put the measure on the ballot. The Wayland City Council and Wayland Township board also passed resolutions of support for allowing Yankee Springs in the Henika district. “I’m cautiously optimistic," Robbins said. “There's people that have been fighting for this (for years)." Currently, township resi­ dents that are in the Yankee Springs district have to pay $40 a year for a non-resident card for the use of Henika. But that only provides for a limited amount of services - checking out physical books and not much else, Robbins said, “You can't download e-books (or) audiobooks," said Robbins, who has been a full­ time Yankee Springs resident for seven years but spent sum­ mers on Gun Lake growing up. At one point, Henika object­ ed to Yankee Springs' efforts to become part of its library district because of a misinter­ pretation of state law regard­ ing who can be part of a library district. Henika offi­ cials had read the law' to mean an entire township had to join It a library district, but Robbins found that the actual language supported allowing a portion of a township become part of a library district. Some residents are queslioning the necessity of the township becoming part of the library district, as well as the ( I’m ca (sense)." “With inflation over 11 to 12 percent and people out of work, you can't get stuff on your (store) shelves, why would they even want to have a millage?" Varano added. Clerk Mike Cunningham wrote in an e-mail Thursday utiously optimistic. There’s people that have '■» been fighting for this (for years).” - Kelly Robbins, Yankee Springs resident timing of the tax request given current high inflation rates. Mike Varano, who has lived on Gun Lake since 1956, believes the township should have done a survey to gauge the level of support for the idea before going to the ballot. “Kelly Robbins and 12 other people expressed an interest in the library," said Varano, who has been regularly attending library board meetings since the proposal surfaced. “There’s 1,347 vot­ ers. Why would you put it on the docket for a vote without sending out a survey for the rest of the township? We have 1,347 registered voters, and for 13 people, you're going to put a millage (proposal) out there. It doesn't make a lot of that the number of registered voters now listed in the Wayland schools portion of Yankee Springs is now at 1,315. Varano also said Yankee Springs would pay more in tax revenues to the library district than either the city of Wayland Wayland Township. or Bakovka said based on this year’s equalization report, that's not quite true. She said Yankee Springs would generate about $ 195,(XX) in tax rev­ enue based on the proposed millage rate of 1.3511 mills, while Wayland Township would generate $205,000 in tax revenues and the city of Wayland would generate $178,000. Bakovka also refuted < rumors that Henika is looking for a new building. Our board and community are very invested in the historical significance of our building in our area and would like to preserve that, so a brand new- building doesn't really fit in with our current goals," she said. Meanwhile, all Yankee Springs voters will be asked to approve a renewal and restoration of the township's fire and emergency services mill­ age. The current fire levy stands at 0.7341 mills, which has been rolled back by the Headlee amendment. The ballot proposal would restore the tax to the originally-voted amount of 0.75 mills and be in effect through 2026. It’ll help us continue to provide the A-l service we can provide." Fire Chief Jim Stoddard said. 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The Yankee Springs fire station currently has 17 partpaid firefighters, but Stoddard noted the department has staff­ ing concerns, “A lot of the firefighters work during the day. During the day, we're severely under­ staffed," he said. If approved, the fire and emergency services levy would generate $236,975 in its first year, Stoddard said. % Times: 9am—12pm Ages: Children entering Kindergarten (age 5) through entering 6th grade. 7 First Baptist Church L of Middleville (We will assist with toilet training) WE OFFER TWO, THREE, AND NOW A 14 FIVE-DAY CLASS OPTION julie@stpaulcaledonia.org Please call Julie Rop, Preschool Director, to set up your personal visit 616-891-8688 �Page 8/The Sun and News, Saturday, July 23, 2022 TKMS students perform at BBBC Camp Concert Brett Bremer Sports Editor A group of seven Thomapple Kellogg Middle School students wrapped up three days of intense musical training at the Brass Band of Battle Creek (BBBC) 2022 Bands Mark Hagemann at 7 a.m. Monday and Tuesday for a schedule filled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with full band and sectional classes as well as other activities. Students from across the slate as well as Illinois and Colorado performed a hand­ ful of pieces while 2022 art­ ist faculty and 2022 local artist/educator faculty like Hagemann took turns per­ forming as well. The perfor­ mances were conducted for the most part by Demondrae Thurman with BBBC Education Director Jerry Rose conducting and hosting the event. “I don’t think it is a mira­ cle," Rose said of lhe improvements he heard from day one of the camp to the end of day three. “I think it is lhe product of hard work, but it still feels kind of miraculous to me none the less.” The band opened its per­ formance with “Heroes" and “Highland Farewell" by Andy Norman, played a traditional Greek song Misirlou arranged by Matt Kingston and an arrangement of “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Edvard Grieg, “Largo from New World Symphony" by Antonin Dvorak and “The Great Face of Kiev” by Modest Mussorgsky all arranged by Kingston, and concluded with “El Manisero by Moises Simons once again arranged by Kingston, lhe TKMS contingent included trumpet players Mark Cuison and Avery Hagemann, trombone play­ ers Dylan Bremer and Austin Hansford, tuba players Myles Chambers and Morela Geilinki and percussionist Elijah Frazer. Mark Hagemann led the trombone section throughout the camp. The camp is designed to introduce middle school brass and percussion stu­ dents to the joy of playing in a brass band led by players Middle School Youth Brass Band Concert Wednesday in the Marshall High School for Auditorium for the Performing Arts, The group of students took off from the TKMS parking lol with TKMS Director of Trombone section members of the Brass Band of Battle Creek 2022 Middle School Youth Brass Band Camp Concert TKMS Director of Bands Mark Hagemann (from left), Joaquin Escutia, TKMS student Dylan Bremer, Anne Shetenhelm, TKMS student Austin Hansford and Chloe Buchanon-Barnes accept applause at the conclusion at their concert inside the Marshall High School Auditorium for the Performing Arts Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) €4 TKMS student Avery Hagemann (left), Michael Baker from the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (center) and TKMS student Mark Cuison (second row right) blow on their trumpets during the Brass Band of Battle Creek 2022 Middle School Youth Brass Band Camp Concert at the Marshall High School Auditorium for the Performing Arts Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The Brass Band of Battle Creek 2022 Middle School Youth Brass Band Camp Concert goes on inside the Marshall High School Auditorium for the Performing Arts Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) and staff from the world-re­ nowned Brass Band of Battle Creek while providing a supporlive, low-pressure envi- ronmenl designed for stu­ dents with one to three years of playing experience. The High School Youth Brass Band Camp ran the previous week at the W.K. 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I i*' iF Sjf >■ wholeheartedly endorse Angela Rigas for About Angela Michigan State Representative.” Angela is a Christian and life-long Michigan resident having grown up and attended school _ president Trump jiCulf’CX ■■ Righ< to w r All Ml F.', itlj I I I [l#J & of ♦ �Page 10/The Sun and News, Saturday, July 23, 2022 Gaines Township prepares for anticipated heavy primary election turnout —* James Gemmell I. 03 million state residents tunity to vote, Contributing Writer had requested ballots by July “We saw that in the last With the Michigan prima­ I1, which was 21 days before election, where we were ry fast approaching on Aug. the election. That compared stormed with people voting, 2, residents planning to vote to 549,736 applications that And I think we’re going to absentee should come to the were received 21 days in see that again this year. We’ll township offices to pick up advance of the 2018 primary, probably even have to add and submit their ballot. The number of ballots issued some help. I know clerks all Township Clerk Michael 21 days before this year’s over are concerned about Brew said that is safer than primary was about 1.02 mil­ getting it right, especially in waiting for the U.S. Postal lion, compared to the 541,044 light of some of the (balService to mail one to you ballots that were issued 21 lot-tampering) allegations and then getting the complet­ days ahead of the 2018 pri­ that have been made.” ed ballot back to the town­ mary. And the number of There are two county­ ship offices. ballots returned was 215,579 wide millage proposals on There is a drop box where in 2022. compared to 157,908 the ballot in Kent County, you can submit a completed in 2018. One is a request to renew ballot in the township hall Brew said it would be the veterans’ millage foyer. The deadline for turn­ “good” if 30 percent of through 2029. It would ing it in is 8 p.m. on Aug. 1, Gaines Township’s elector­ raise about $1.3 million the day before the election. ate voted in this year’s pri­ annually and cost 5 cents The deadline for residents to mary election. Precinct 1 for each $1,000 of taxable register to vote online was usually has the township’s value of property. The sec­ highest in-person turnout, ond renewal request is for July 18. “At 4 p.m., we lock in the whereas precincts 8 and 9 senior citizen services precinct laptops. And so, it’s tend to have the most absen­ through 2029. It would generate about $13.8 million pretty much Aug. 1 at 4 p.m. tee ballots submitted. “That’s where you’ve got annually and cost 50 cents that they need to have that request in and get their bal­ a lot of retirement condo- for every $1,000 of taxable lot. That way, the precincts miniums and all the rest,” property value. know that a ballot was issued,” Brew said. । We haven ’ t had any problems. We have real You must vote for candi­ credible people that are working to do due dates of one party only in the primary election. Cross­ diligence and do it right. And I think that’s voting between parties will important. So, if anybody ever wants to challenge render your ballot void. us, it ’ s like our doors are open. ” The Secretary of State’s Office has put out statistics — Rob De Ward, that we are ahead of a normal Gaines Township supervisor primary by - I think - 35 or 36 percent,” Brew said. “So, we’re actually getting in Brew said. The public accuracy test more absentee ballots than “I think our clerk is over­ for the primary election was we normally would get with whelmed right now with the held Tuesday night in the a gubernatorial primary. election, trying to get all the Community Room of the Absentee ballot request absentee ballots out,” township hall. The test is data posted on the Michigan Township Supervisor Rob used to show that the pro­ Secretary of State’s Office DeWard said. “And making gram and computers tabulat­ website showed that about sure people have the oppor- ing the election results have 44 99 —* % r I v ♦ z » A J 6 A 0> $ 0. I* 1 I* ■A A drop box for primary election ballots to be submitted in the foyer of the Gaines Township Hall. (Photo by James Gemmell) been prepared in accordance ing that threshold. So, the Precinct 5. with the law. township decided to move Precincts 1 and 2 are at the “We haven’t had any some voters from Precinct 4 township hall, which is locatproblems (in Gaines over to Precinct 5. However, ed at 8585 Kalamazoo Ave. Township),” DeWard said. both precincts will continue SE. Precinct 3 is at the townWe have real credible peo­ to vote at Heritage Baptist ship library, 421 68th St. SE. ple that are working to do Church. Residents will just Precincts 4 and 5 are at due diligence and do it right. be moved from one voting Heritage Baptist Church, And I think that’s important. line over to the other to 1570 60th St. SE. Precinct 6 So, if anybody ever wants to make the adjustment. is at Hillside Community challenge us, it’s like our The result of the shift is an Church, 1440 68th St SE. doors are open.” expanded Precinct 5. All the Precinct 7 is at Providence Gaines Township has residents in the Woodfield Christian Reformed Church nine election precincts. In Apartment complex will now 7730 Eastern Ave. SE. March, the township vote in Precinct 5. Previously, Precincts 8 and 9 are at Ada Election Commission Woodfield residents living Bible Church, 2045 68th St. altered the boundaries of on the west side of Eastern SE. precincts 4 and 5 due to Avenue voted in Precinct 4, “Just get out and vote, growing population num­ including residents of The whether by absentee ballot or bers. The state constitution Preserve at Woodfield, in person,” Brew said. allows only 2,999 eligible Residents in the Woodfield The polls will be open voters per precinct. Precinct complex east of Eastern Aug. 2 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. 4 was on the cusp of exceed- Avenue will remain in for in-person voting. 44 'UM 10 S? 9 L<U® ESKK lilfei Former Cutlerville fire chief Szakacs sentenced for embezzlement He was given credit for one day in jail already served and must either serve 120 hours on a public-service work crew within witnm 12 months or serve 60 addiaddi­ tional days in jail. Sheriffs investigators said several pieces of property purchased for renovation of the Cutlerville Fire Station at 68th Street and Division Avenue in Byron Township never arrived at the station. It is jointly funded by Byron and Gaines townships and A Kent County 17th Circuit Court clerk said Szakacs was sentenced Monday after pleading no contest April 6 to a pair of misdemeanor embezzle embezzle-­ ment charges of more than $200 but less than $1,000. James Gemmell Contributing Writer Former Cutlerville fire chief Todd Szakacs will serve one day in jail for embezzling money from the fire department in 2016. X' 1 Full Service Body Shop — • • • • Gaines handles the administrative oversight. Police said Szakacs pur­ chased several items for the fire department online but they were sent to his home instead. While executing a search warrant at Szakacs’ home, they found a grill, a laptop computer, a generator and and aa coffee coffee maker maker that that were were supposed to have gone to the fire station. Szakacs used a credit card to purchase items for the firehouse from the building CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA BOARD OF TRUSTEES Wheel Alignments Auto Glass Installation Insurance Work Welcome Visa & MasterCard Accepted Meeting Minutes The minutes for the June 15, 2022 Township Board of Trustees Meeting which were approved on July 20, 2022, are posted at the Township Offices at 8196 Broadmoor Ave., and on the web­ site at www.caledoniatownship.org. Over 40 years experience brucesframe.com Saturday, ^aiurudy^ July 23rd zjru Signal Trip " 1 contractor Holland-based Construction CL Inc. Investigators said there was no wrongdoing on the part of the contractor. Szakacs resigned in 2018 as Cutlerville fire adminis­ trator after four years on the job, and was dismissed from his position as chief of the Byron Township Byron Township Fire Department in 2019. Gaines Township Supervisor Rob DeWard said he was was asked asked to to speak speak atat the the he sentencing hearing on behalf of the Cutlerville Fire Department. They put together a short narrative expressing the impact that it’s had on them as far as lack oftrust and trying to recover from the poor leadership,” DeWard said. At the hearing, DeWard ibn 9 44 ZiF® •I ata :W i u Wi ’MM I Nit Szakacs read the fire department statement to the court, and then he read a short state­ ment of his own. “And I said, Tn the end, there are four sets of victims: Byron Township, Gaines Township, the Cutlerville firefighters and, lastly, the taxpayers who've trusted their public administrators to be good stewards of their tax dollars. TmQTTF I np I » I '^i ‘‘is t sJ ft J Closed or Open Cell Chili Dogs, Sides & Drink $12 ’® or Blown-In Fiberglass 12pm-4pm Sun. •I 9175 Cherry Valley Ave SE, r Caledonia 415 2nd • Middleville Roy Mast. 517-652-9119 2501 N. Ionia Rd., Vermontville 616.710.0796 * I € 1 I f t t * I » 9 t I < f I I !»l % �The Sun and News, Saturday, July 23, 2022/ Page 11 iin i Flagpole ceremony to honor Navy SEAL David J. Warsen 10 years after his death ''S James Gemmell support for the flag raising. American Legion Post 208 in Contributing Writer At the time Warsen made Kentwood earlier this year and August 16 will mark 10 his request, one interpretation was put in touch with Kent years since U.S. Navy SEAL of the township ordinance was County Veterans Honor Guard David J. Warsen of Kentwood that it restricted flagpole member Jerry Dennis about was killed when his military heights to 35 feet along that organizing a patriotic ceremo­ helicopter was shot down over section of Division Avenue. ny in tribute to David Warsen. Afghanistan. Ten other people But Warsen pointed out to That entails assigning people aboard perished, as well. planning officials that some to play taps, perform the The Warsen family will hold other businesses had already national anthem (possibly a flagpole dedication and put up flagpoles much taller with bagpipes) and conduct a flag-raising ceremony in his than that without township three-volley gun salute. The honor Saturday, Aug. 13, out­ permission. Legal research by Honor Guard provides miliside the Warsen Insurance township planners found that, tary honors for deceased veterAgency at 6700 S. Division technically, there are no height ans of Kent County. “(Dennis) said that would Ave. in Gaines Township, restrictions so long as a flag­ People will begin gathering pole does not break other gov- depend on whether the guys there that day at 10 a.m., but emment regulations. who do the gun salute have a Community Development funeral to go to that day," Duke Warsen - David’s grand­ father - said the ceremony will Director Dan Wells told the Warsen said, noting that Honor planning commission in Guard funerals take priority. officially start at 11:11 a.m. “I’m very active in the “The significance of that is, January it is very difficult for after David got done with a local governments to regulate American Legion and the mission in Afghanistan he flagpole heights. That is VFW,” Dennis said, explainbecause the United States fed ­ ing why he is often the point would contact his fiancee ------------(Karlyn)» each night at 11:11 eral flag code is silent on prop­ person in Kent County when it pm;'D comes to arranging patriotic Duke Warsen said. “He er flag sizes and dimensions. “We’ll put in some lan­ ceremonies. “When people was due to come home in about three weeks to get married but guage about making sure that call a couple places, they usuyou’re staying away from any ally tell them to ‘call Jerry was killed before that." Dennis. He He knows knows about about Warsen requested permis­ kind of high wires and not Dennis. sion from Gaines Township making any kind of low-flying funerals, and he knows about officials last December to aircraft hazards," Wells said at this or knows about that. install a 60-foot-tall aluminum the time. “In terms of our ordi­ Navy Special Warfare flagpole with a 20-by-30-foot nance, and state and federal Operator 2nd Class David J. American flag outside the law, there’s really not much to Warsen posthumously Warsen building that Warsen Insurance say that somebody can't just received the Bronze Star with shares with Cutlerville Eye put up as big a flag as they Valor, the Purple Heart, and Care. Dr. Paul France owns want to. to."” other medals after the Duke Warsen contacted Blackhawk helicopter was the building and has given his I y v '1 •i ** 4 i 1 a. •% •“i B I * The memory of U.S. Navy Seal David Warsen will be honored at an Aug. 13 ceremony out­ side the side the Warsen Insurance Agency. (Photo courtesy: David Warsen Legacy Facebook page) A 40-foot-tall flagpole recently was erected out­ side of Warsen Insurance Company in Cutlerville. (Photo by James Gemmell) California. He was one of seven Americans, along with four Afghans, who died in the helicopter crash northeast of Kandahar. “Your grandson has touched the hearts of many of us who knew him,'’ Planning Commission Chairwoman Chairwoman Commission Connie Connie Giarmo Giarmo told told Duke Duke Warsen at the the January January com com-­ Warsen at mission meeting. ““We We appre appre-­ mission meeting. ciate his service, and we want to continue honoring his memory." Township Supervisor Rob DeWard said in an interview at the township hall Tuesday that he plans to attend the Aug. 13 flag-raising ceremony. “At first, we had some issues whether that flag would even be legal in our township,” he said. “They finally shot down during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2012. He was 27 years old and a 2004 East Kentwood High School graduate. graduate. School The The Blue Blue Star Star Mothers Mothers of of America America and and the the Michigan Michigan Legislature honored him in 2015, designating a stretch of M-6 between Kalamazoo and Byron Center avenues as the David John Warsen Memorial Highway. Former State Senator Mark Jansen helped push for the name change. Jansen died in March 2021 of brain cancer after a brief stint as Gaines Township manager. Petty Officer David Warsen was a member of a naval spe­ cial warfare unit based in got past that. So, I was actually glad that (Duke) would be able to do that." DeWard served six years in the Army National Guard and was on the South Christian High School board of education about 22 years ago at the same as Stu Warsen, who is an agent with Warsen Insurance, “I think Stu Warsen is a great guy. I've known him a long time,” DeWard said, He noted that there could be some pushback from neigh­ bors about noise the flag might make snapping the wind on a breezy day. “I'm sure if there are issues, Stu will respond," DeWard said, pointing out that the building is in a commercial district. “I'm not worried about that. ii R * ‘ iR 1 • »«fei kfaluil] t IlHOte td MH ♦ r - I» I Blgi» 0 Police investigate latest shooting near East Kentwood High School James Gemmell Contributing Writer Kent County Sheriffs detectives are trying to determine if a drive-by shooting early Monday moming in Gaines Charter Township was related to any previous shootings in the area. It happened around 2 a.m. in the 6000 block of Campus Park Drive SE. The location was just south of 60th Street, at the City of Kentwood bor­ der. The Kent County Sheriffs Office said at least three gun­ shots were fired from one of two passing vehicles into a house. KCSO Lt. Joel Roon said in an email response for this story that a 56-year-old woman was struck “in a lower extremity” by one of the bullets. She was treated at the University of Michigan Michigan Health-West Health-West (Metro) (Metro) Hospital Hospital and released. Police are looking into a motive for the shooting and whether it was targeted at a specific person or random. Because it is an active investigation, they declined to say if anyone else was inside the home at the time of the shoot­ ing. , It occurred near the East Kentwood High School campus, where a shootout had occurred in a parking lot May 19 following a Crossroads Alternative High School grad­ uation ceremony. There was an exchange of gunfire that night between some people in a van and a group of people who whowere werewalking walkingininthe theparkparking inglot. lot.AA 16-year-old 16-year-oldboy boywas was shot shotininthe thewrist wristand anda40-yeara 40-yearold woman was shot in the abdomen. The victims have recovered and police said they were innocent bystanders, In an email response for this story, KCSO Lt. Joel Roon said there was no indication that Monday's shooting was school-related. He added, “We will continue to work collabo­ ratively with school officials whenever possible to curb any violence in our community." The Sheriffs Office asks anyone with more information about Monday’s shooting to call the KCSO at 616-632­ 6125 or Silent Observer at 616-774-2345. 184376 cealed weapon and possessing handguns inin aa weapon-free weapon-free handguns zone. However, However, neither neither was was zone. charged with with firing firing any any gungun­ charged shots. Not Not guilty guilty pleas pleas were were shots. filed on their behalf. believe Investigators have Abdulwahab may As for the May shootout in the high high school school parking parking lot, lot, the two two 18-year-old 18-year-old men, men, Jacqui Jacqui Hill Hill and and Shaakir Shaakir Abdulwahab, Abdulwahab, were were ordered ordered June June 13 13 to to stand stand trial in Kent County Circuit Court. They are facing felony charges of carrying a con184375 returned fire on the vehicle after being shot at, but that has not been proven. The two men were arrested in Livonia the day after the shootings in the high school parking lot. Police are still looking for those who fired the shots from the vehicle. GAINES CHARTER TOWNSHIP KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN I N H 5 9 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND THE GAINES CHARTER TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCE AS PROVIDED FOR IN CHAPTER 27 THEREOF BY AMENDING SECTION 1.6 AND THE TOWNSHIP ZONING MAP. At a Regular Meeting of held on Monday, July 11, Ordinance to amend the for in Chapter 27 thereof the Township Board of the Charter Township of Gaines, 2022 the Township Board introduced a first reading of an Gaines Charter Township Zoning Ordinance as provided by amending Section 1.6 and the Township Zoning Map. THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THE REZONING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL (C-1) TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL (C-2) IS COMMONLY DESCRIBED AS PARCELS 41-22-07-101-002 AND 41-22-07-101-003 LOCATED AT 6972 DIVISION AVENUE AND 6980 DIVISION AVENUE. LOT 685 * FONTENELLE GARDENS NO 1 AND LOTS 683 & 684 * FONTENELLE GARDENS NO 1 I* Charter Township of Caledonia Kent County, Michigan u F Beginning with the August 2, 2022 Primary Election, all registered vot­ ers who live within Precinct 1 (Village of Caledonia) will now VOTE at I* I the Caledonia Village Hall, 250 S. Maple Street SE, Caledonia, Ml 49316. Precinct hours are 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on August 2, 2022 and November 8, 2022. Any questions, please contact the Clerk’s Department at (616) 891-0070. The Township Board of the Charter Township of Gaines will consider the proposed ordinance to amend the Gaines Charter Township Zoning Ordinance as provided for in Chapter 21 thereof by amending Section 1.6 and the Township Zoning Map at a Regular Meeting on Monday, August 8 , 2022 at 7:00PM. Meetings of the Township Board of the Charter Township of Gaines are held at the Gaines Charter Township Offices, 8555 Kalamazoo Ave., SE, Caledonia, Ml. Current CDC guide­ lines will be followed. A true and complete copy of the proposed Ordinance to amend the Gaines Charter Township Zoning Ordinance as provided for in Chapter 27 thereof by amending Section 1.6 and the Township Zoning Map can be obtained at: Charter Township of Gaines 8555 Kalamazoo Ave., SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-698-6640 Joni Henry Charter Township of Gaines Michael A. Brew, Clerk Clerk, Charter Township of Caledonia r I V ’ L ’> V rJ I A a < * - • ' k �Page 12/The Sun and News, Saturday, July 23, 2022 Sidewalk issues delay Legacy Mines project approval Greg (.’handler Staff Writer Objections over lhe lack of sidewalks in a proposed resi­ dential su M ivision have led Caledonia Township board members to hold off on approving the project. The township board Wednesday tabled a request by Cherry Valley Development LLC to approve the IK-unit Legacy Mines site condomini­ um project al 6977 and 7191 68th St. The site is a former sand mine. Only four pecjple voted on the tabling motion-Supervisor Bryan Harrison recused himself, while trustees (neg Zoller and Dale Hermenet were absent Hermenet would most likely have recused himself as well, as his wife Kim is the principal for Cherry Valley Development In May. the township plan­ ning commission had approved lhe site plan to allow for a small circular walkin. trail system and a neighborhood park to replace sidewalks in the development. The township zoning ordinance requires a private street shall have sidewalk constructed within its right-of-way subject to the ordinances established by the township.^______ And that's where some hoard members objec ted to the plan. If we re going to consider an alternate, if lhe sidewalk requirement is a rule - and we re saying that we have a trail that is an alternate to lhe rule - I think for sure that trail (ought) io meet lhe intent and purpose of the ordinance." Treasurer/ Township Administrator Richard Robertson said. Whatever we’re suggesting as an alterna­ tive should be consistent with lhe purpose and intent of the ordinance." ‘The idea of a trail, in my mind, is that it should produce connectivity,’* Robertson Robertson il added. “I don't think that (this trail) does. It doesn't connect A to B. it connects A back to A again, in a circle that is roughly lhe length of the track around the (high school) foot­ ball field." But Trustee Tim Bradshaw , who also serves on the planning commission and voted in favor of the project when it was before that body, said that the planning commission has the ability to waive sidewalk requirements. “In appropriate cases, the planning commission may approve walking trails in lieu of or addition to sidewalks, and/or bicycle paths. That’s 1* what happened here. ’’ here. Bradshaw said. “That's That’s allowed by ordinance. I think it is certainly up to interpre­ tation. w hether sideu alks are required everywhere or not ... I believe there's a gray area in the ordinance, currenlly." The lack of sidewalk was the major stumbling block for Robertson, even though he spoke highly of the project. “1 think this is a very nice project. I think that the devel­ oper. Kim HermeneL and Don DeGroot, the engineer at Exxel (Engineering), did a nice job of putting it together. I think it’ll be a very nice z development, ’’ development, Robertson said. “I have absolutely no criticism of it at all. DeGroot asked planning commissioners in March to waive the sidewalk require­ ment because of the small number of lots in the devel­ opment and the large setback of the new homes from the street. Township Clerk Joni Henry moved to table the project until all board mem­ bers could be present. That measure was approved with no objections. Neither Kim Hermenet nor DeGroot were present for Wednesday's meeting. I /? r ■ I * j/j f* ■^l * IF 1 Caledonia Twp. planners recommend approving subdivision across from Kettle Lake school 184578 Greg Chandler Staff Writer A proposed 63-home resi- dential subdivision to be built across from Kettle Lake Elementary School is one ownshlp of Yankee Springs 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PUBLIC HEARING - SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL ELMWOOD BEACH ROAD SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 48 TO THE RESIDENTSAND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS. BARRY COUNTY. MICHIGAN, OWNERS OF LAND WITHIN THE ELMWOOD BEACH ROAD SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO 48 AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Township Supervisor and Assessor have prepared and filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination a special assessment roll covering all properties within the ELMWOOD BEACH ROAD ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO 48 benefited by the proposed road improvement project, which will include milling the road surface as needed and installation of asphalt on the south 0.33 ♦/- miles of Elmwood Beach Road, with associated activities The costs of the project are as shown on the estimate of costs on file with the Township Clerk. The assessment roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing costs of the project within the aforesaid special assessment district, as is more particularly shown on plans on file with the Township Clerk at the Township Hall, 284 N. Briggs Road, within the Township The assessment roll is in the total amount of $55,000 The costs, including administrative costs, are proposed to be raised by a new special assessment The assessment against each parcel in the special assessment district will be approximately $254 63 per year, for a period of three years, 2022 - 2024 inclusive PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Supervisor and Assessing Officer have reported to the Township Board that the assessment against each parcel of land within said District is such relative portion of the whole sum levied against all parcels of land in said District as the benefit to such parcel bears to the total benefit to all parcels of land in said District PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Yankee Springs Township Board will meet at the Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N Briggs Road, Middleville, Michigan, on Thursday, i August 11, 2022 at 6:00 p m. for the purpose of reviewing the special assessment roll and hearing any objections thereto. The roll may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular business days until the time of the hearing and may further be examined at the hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that an owner or party in interest, or his/ her agent, may appear in person at the hearing to protest the special assessment or may file his/her appearance and protest by letter before the hearing, and in that event, personal appearance shall not be required. Any person objecting to the assessment roll shall file his/her objection thereto in writing with the Township Clerk before the close of the hearing or within such other time as the Township Board may grant The owners or any person having an interest in real property who protests in writing at or before the hearing may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the State Tax Tribunal within 30 days after confirmation of the special assessment roll. Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at the hearing, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days’ notice to the Township Clerk at the address below Mike Cunningham, Clerk Yankee Springs Township 284 N Briggs Road Middleville, Ml 49333 (269) 795-9091 mikec@yankeesprinqstwp.org THORnnPPLC P L n Y [ RS Auditions! Auditions! Auditions! Magn olias The Thornapple Players hold open auditions for Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling. Auditions will be held on Monday, August 1. 2022 at 7:00 PM in the Dennison Performing Arts Center located at 231 South Broadway in Hastings. There are six adult female roles for women age 18 and up in this ensemble cast. Rehearsals are 7-9:30 PM on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Tech Rehearsal: Sunday, September 25, 2022 - mandatory attendance. Show dates are September 28 October 2, 2022. Questions? Call Norma Jean Acker at 269 945 2332 or text 269 908 0870. If you cannot audition August 1st, please contact us in advance to make other arrangements. Presented by special arrangement with THOfcHAPrif I Arts COVMCK C71M step closer to reality. The Caledonia Township Planning Commission Monday voted 5-1 to recom­ mend approval of a planned unit development rezoning for the Kettle Presene develop­ ment at 7153 Whitneyville Ave. The township board must still approve the PUD designation. The land is cur­ rently zoned R-2 medium-den­ sity single-family residential. The PUD designation would give project developer Whitneyville Investors great­ er flexibility in developing the 78-acre property. “The R-2 district, by right, requires onc-acre lots and lot widths of 150 feet, as well as a (50)-foot front yard set­ back," Township Planner Lynce Wells said. “They’re requesting a PUD to vary things, like the lot area, the setbacks and the lot width." Lot sizes for lhe develop­ ment vary from 0.4 acres to 1.54 acres, while the width of the lots would be 100 feet. That would create more open space for the development. Under the township s planned unit development ordinance, at least 20 percent of the property must be kept as open space. The Whitneyville Investors proposal would set aside 35 percent of the entire parcel for open space - fac­ toring in the removal of wet­ lands and drainage areas, that open space would comprise 23 percent of lhe property, Wells said. “I think this is going to be a very good plan, to preserve the rural character of the township, which is something that’s very important in this area," said Howard Hehrer, land development manager for JTB Homes, representing Whitneyville Investors. Whitneyville Investors presented two test development plans to the township under existing zoning as alternatives. The developer proposed 77 lots on the site that would be served by a community septic sewer sys­ tem. which would have I j-ji® w allowed for smaller lot sizes. and also offered a 42-lot pro­ posal that would be served by on-site well and septic. Sidewalks would he built on both sides of the street, except for a small portion of the north side of the property where there is open space on one side where a gazebo and playground area are planned. Wells said. Also included as part of the plan is construction of a mid­ block crosswalk that would include a pedestrian island in the middle of Whitneyville. to serve students crossing to and from Kettle Lake Elementary. “That crosswalk would be a safe zone. It would be a space where if you can't make it across the street in one (attempt), you can rest in the middle and finish that walk and connect back to the sidewalk here in the develop­ ment," Wells said. The township has been working with Caledonia Community Schools to bring a path from the school to the crosswalk, Planning Commission Chairman Doug Curtis said, Center left-tum lanes would be added al the inter­ section of Whitneyville and Garbow Drive, Hehrer said. Right now, the left-hand turn from southbound Whitneyville onto Garbow is probably the most dangerous (turn) move in here," he said. “That should improve with the addition of some stackin of the left-hand turn." Values of the homes in Kettle Preserve would be in the $600,000 to $750,000 range, Hehrer said, Tim Commissioner Bradshaw, who also sits on lhe township board, was the lone no vote. “For me, I just really don't like open space. I think it’s unlikely the developer would put the investment in for the extremely-high density (the 77-lot option) to get the sewer to work ... Personally, I think the zoning by right, with oneacre lots, is better," Bradshaw said. 44 I pT#- I foa illld H i MM । ail ti I sita I MiHta lUWw • I* i I '■"iliM J M ^i»i •a I MiI 'Mi �J I The Sun and News, Saturday, July 23, 2022/ Page 13 • A e* A k V TAYLOR, continued from page 1 ------------------------------- •O' ^1? I • I * L w . NX u1 I ” l. fi M an idea the Astros had some interest in him, and in the end they were the only team to inquire about an offer in the second round. A few other teams had looked into what it would take to sign him later on Monday. Taylor said he and his par­ ents will head to Houston Wednesday and Thursday, He’ll have to go through a physical examination before being able to sign his first contract. From there, Taylor expects he’ll be sent to the Astros spring training facili­ ty in West Palm Beach, Fla. If he gets the chance to bump into any current Houston Astros while he’s around he’d certainly be most excited to get a chance to meet former Detroit Tigers ace pitcher Justin Verlander who has been with Houston since 2017 and was recently an All-Star for the ninth time. “He has been a life-long hero of mine growing up in Michigan,” Taylor said. If the time comes up. I'd love to meet him, but if it doesn’t I obviously under­ stand.” Taylor said he has never tried to model his pitching form after any particular MLB pitcher, but he does go online to learn different pitch grips as he tries to find some good secondary options to go with his outstanding fastball. Taylor was ranked 156th in MLB.com’s own Draft Prospect Rankings for 2022. “He has got an invisible fastball,” MLB.com draft writer Jim Callis said on the MLB Network draft broad­ cast after the selection. “He throws that fastball about 80 percent of the time. It sits 90, it tops out at 94, but it has got I tremendous spin rates think the change-up is the best secondary pitch. He probably needs to develop a little bit better breaking stuff to remain a starter at the next level, but it is an invisible fastball.” Taylor said he has fiddled with trying to throw a Shohei Ohtani style splitter recently. He’s tried to model his men­ tality on the mound a bit after Verlander, trying to be a bit of a ‘bulldog.’ Overall, there isn’t really anyone specific. He’ll take advice about improvements anywhere he 66 *9^ £ ■» fesaaii(3 Iff £ Wfis lit lintAni iSaiii rittaici IE ai£ K11 sal rtEiw® •Mli ...-sini I “fl - > 2 (si e*' X* 0* f'1- J- i • • • CJ A iKl*” it Ml 0 t i B . I ft* 4* IF if i 4 r * f f• ✓ 66 €4 a 7-3 Gator win. He allowed just two earned runs on four hits while striking out nine of the 21 batters he faced. Taylor got All-SEC catcher BT Riopelle to swing and miss at three pitches to end the bottom of the fifth and break his own CMU single season strikeout record with his 126th K of the season. Taylor struck out 125 as a red-shirt freshman in 2021. Taylor made five appear­ ances for the Chippewas in the Covid-shortened 2020 season and then broke out in 2021 earning All-America honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association, Coaches DiBaseball, Baseball DiBaseball, America, the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. He was the 2021 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Pitcher of the Year and the 2021 MAC Freshman Pitcher of the Year while earning a spot on the All-MAC First Team. Taylor closed his his sophomore closed sophomore season season in 2022 with a spot on the Midwest All-Region Second Team and was once again chosen to the All-MAC First Team. In a little over two seasons with the Chippewas, Taylor put together a 20-8 record with 261 strikeouts against 55 walks in 195 innings. He is sixth all-time in strikeouts at CMU and tied for ninth in career ERA. The Chippewas won the MAC regular season and tournament titles in 2021 and upended regular season champion Ball State to win the conference tournament this spring. Kevin Tapani was the last Central Michigan University pitcher chosen in the first four rounds of the MLB draft. Tapani, selected in 1986, spent 13 seasons in the majors mostly with the and Twins Minnesota Chicago Cubs. A pair of Taylor's CMU teammates were taken later 3 BEDROOM/3 BATH Home on 2 secluded acres. Caledonia Schools. Available August 1st, 2022. $2500/month. 616­ 893-8646. Business Services CONSTRUCTION: ADDI­ TIONS, REMODELING, Roofing, Siding, Pole Barns & Decks. Licensed builder 25 years. Tom Beard, 269-838­ 5937. BUYING ALL HARD­ WOODS: Walnut, White Oak, Tulip Poplar. Call for pricing. Will buy single Walnut trees. Insured, lia­ bility & workman's comp. Fetterley Logging, (269)818­ 7793. MATT ENDSLEY, FAB­ RICATION and repair, custom trailers, buckets, bale spears, etc. Call 269­ 804-7506. Pets Central Michigan University right-handed pitcher Andrew Taylor, a 2019 Caledonia High School graduate from Alto, was selected 80^ overall in the 2022 in the draft Monday. Sophomore outfielder Jakob Marsee was chosen in the sixth round by the San Diego Padres. Senior second baseman Mario Camilletti went in the eighth round to the Chicago White Sox. That made me happier than when I got drafted,” Taylor said. “I was at a loss for words when they got drafted. It is incredible to see that for guys you have grind­ ed with for the past few years. Me and Jakob coming in the same class and having our freshman year cut short due to Covid, and him still working his butt off to get drafted in the sixth round, That is super impressive. “Mario, coming in the next year this little second baseman from Oakland, and little did we know he is the peskiest player ever to face at the plate. Those two, and probably our shortstop Justin 66 -Gas and Oil Furnaces -Gas and Oil Boilers -Air Conditioners Heat Pumps 184619 Township of Yankee Springs 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TO: TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at said public hearing include, in brief, the following: I. i t DeWeerd (65)) A HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING, INC. > 269-792-2234 L DEWEERDHTG.COM lI 5 O Since 195: 4 LENNOX F A+ . J BBB ACCREDITED BUSINESS g * B 4 4 ■ _- --- .if Such other business as may properly come before the Zoning Board of Appeals. Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary reasonable auxilia­ ry aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days' prior notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS By: Jacob Welch, Chairperson Yankee Springs Township Hall 284 N. Briggs Rd. Middleville, Michigan 49333 (269) 795-9091 I o 4 I> ■ A request by property owner, Gerard Wordhouse Jr, for variance relief from the setbacks established by section 12.4 “Required Setbacks”. L The subject site is approximately .22 acres in size. The property is currently zoned Gun Lake Residen­ tial Front (GRLF) and the applicant is requesting relief to allow for the construction of an addition to existing home that fails to meet the required set­ backs. The Yankee Springs Township Zoning Board of Appeals and Township Board reserve the right to make changes in the above-men­ tioned proposed amendment(s) at or following the public hearing. Anyone interested in reviewing the application material may do so at the township hall. All interested persons are invited to be pres­ ent at the aforesaid time and place, or, if an electronic meeting is held, to participate via the electronic meeting. 72 L / ■ ZBA 22-08-014 PARCEL ID # 08-16-165-003-00. 2364 Vista Point Dr. Wayland, Ml 49348. A. ■ - IB / - < f I 1 » I t 4 I I ! PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held on August 9, 2022, commencing at 6:00 p.m. at the Yankee Springs Town­ ship Hall, 284 N. Briggs Rd., Middleville Ml, within the Township, as required under the provisions of the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and the Zoning Ordinance for the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE In addition to participation during a public hearing, members of the public may also provide comments for the Zoning Board of Appeals’ consideration by emailing or mailing those comments to the Zoning Board of Appeals for receipt prior to the meeting, in care of the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thomp­ son (ethompson(5)pcimi.com) or by leaving a phone message prior to the meeting with the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson at 616­ 877-2000. -A— U I I. 2. •A GOLDEN DOODLE PUPPIES- Fluffy, very playful!. 1st shots and wormed. $500.00. 269­ 223-9194. 46 Residential & Commercial 17 SHIH POO PUPPIES for sale. Small, super cute. 1st shots and wormed. $500.00, 517­ 852-4881. Simpson, they are my least favorite players to face.” Taylor is looking forward to a whole new culture of baseball and meeting guys from all over the country and the world. I am excited to meet a bunch of new people and to just go out and have fun with them,” Taylor said. WE’RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR HEATING AND COOLING NEEDS 1 AUSTRALIAN SHEP­ HERD PUPPIES for sale. Awesome colors, very cute. $400.00. 517-852­ 4881 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros toconclude the opening day of the draft. (Photo courtesyCentral Michigan University) ■ Ip A "" can get it from coaches, coaches. hunting online or from his teammates. Taylor is really looking forward to having a dedicated pitching coach in the Houston Astros organization and to get to use all the tech­ nological gadgets that aren’t always available ata mid-major university like CMU. He is just a special young man obviously with God­ given ability and his work ethic has brought him to a place that a lot of young men dream of,” said former Caledonia varsity baseball coach Pat Gillies, who coached Taylor for three years with the Fighting Scot varsity. Gillies not only coached Taylor on the varsity, but was around him plenty with his own sons J.D. Gillies and Patrick Gillies not only teammates but good friends with Taylor. Pat Gillies said his son J.D. has caught a few bullpen sessions from Taylor at Diamonds Sports Training Academy since the CMU season ended and J.D. season Reports, “my palm hurts all the time.” It was around 15 or 16 he kind of just had that ‘it' factor,” Pat Gillies said. “He never committed to baseball until his senior year. He played and he did practice and did things, but he hadn't truly committed to baseball which shows how athletic he really was to have the suc­ cess he had in high school and to go to CMU without putting in the time that most other players who play at that level did.” Taylor was named second team all-state by the Michigan School High Coaches Baseball Association as a senior at Caledonia in 2019. Taylor threw his final five innings for the CMU Chippewas in a regional elimination game against the Florida Gators in Gainesville, Fla. June 3 taking the loss in <» Faceboo.fe tp keep up to> date until the, new edition is printed! ■ a Rent * i I 4 I �V tflKlK 0 .AO Grace McNabnay - girls’ soccer lite f nifci li'TIid ■anil Kenady Smith - track and field Thomapple Kellogg High School had a group of 14 student-athletes cam first team all-conference honors 184494 Kylee Hoebeke - softball at the end of the spring 2022 season. TK had another group of five student-athletes earn honorable mention all-con­ ference nods. The TK varsity girls' track and field team had Kenady NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF CALEDONIA COUNTY OF KENT Smith, Trysta Hilton, Brooklyn Harmon and Alana Compton earn first team all-conference honors. Jonah Schilthroat and Jaxan Sias from the TK var­ sity boys* track and field J See HONOR, page 15 Antenna Men Digital TV Antennas .Al NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the Village of Caledonia will hold a public hearing on Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. at the Caledonia Village Hall. 250 S. Maple Street, Caledonia Michigan, to consider and receive comments on a proposed zoning ordinance amendment. The proposed amendment would make changes to the sign ordinance provisions in Chapter VX of the Village Zoning Ordinance, to clarify that the signs listed in Section 15.3 of the ordinance are allowed anywhere within the Village. Special provisions relating to political signs would be removed. A 9 v- > WE Jonah Schilthroat - track and field I CeU Phone Boosters 0 WINTER - fS WORK ALL Nul r *____ 269.967.8241 TV ANTENNA & TOWER INSTALLATION www.theantennamen.com PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: & All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Eair Housing Act and the Michigan proposed Section 15.3.A would be added to allow one additional non-illuminated sign on all properties. In addition, for a period 90 days prior to and 7 days after any election within the Village, additional non-commercial signage would be permitted. Civil Rights Act which collectively make it ille­ gal to advertise “any preference, limitation or i discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex. ft handicap, familial status, national origin, age or 1 man lai status, or an intention, to make anv such I preference, limitation or discrimination " Familial status includes children under rhe age of IX living All interested persons may attend the public hearing and be heard with regard to the proposed amending ordinance. Written comments may be submitted to the Village oft ice, at the above-stated address, up to and during the time of the public hearing. with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. •w This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in viola Don of the law. Our readers arc hereby informed that all dwelling* advertised in this new spaper are available on an equal opportunity basis To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451 2980 The HUD toll-free telephone num­ s% ber for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275 Dated: July 23, 2022 PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE VILLAGE OF CALEDONIA touM Mouam O^FOITTVMlTT Charlotte Nelson - girls’ tennis •I �I The Sun and News, Saturday, July 23, 2022/ Page 15 HONOR, continued from page 14 'J 1 I A J S ** .-‘SLUC’I 0 4 '*3- » ■ ■- J a a» I I ’l * 4 u I r w 9 A *j u ■b. * Austin Pitsch - boys’ golf Peyton Pratt - girls’ soccer Kiah Nichols - girls’ soccer .1- I I— 4 in 4L rp / 2 I I I 1 * .38*5 71% v- r r i I f 11 * • <t to a ‘1 a < * •*7 •w II * - ‘ 1b* 9 4 • •f - r < Al I St 1 ■4 •> Logan Snelling - baseball ■t Ik. 4 I Ml w I uh team earned all-conference honors. Kiah Nichols, Peyton Pratt, Grace McNabnay and Emma Schut from the TK varsity girls' soccer team were named first team all-conference and team­ mates Keanna Dudik and Kate Hildabrand were named honorable mention all-con- Jaxan Sias - track and field ference. Logan Snelling from the TK varsity baseball team was named first team all-conference. The TK varsity softball team put Kylee Hoebeke on the all-conference first team and Ella Palazzolo was named honorable mention all-conference. V I $ ti h K I li I( l( h 11 r I ££ I 4 TK first singles player Charlotte Nelson from the varsity girls' tennis team was named first team all-confer­ ence. Austin Pitsch from the TK varsity boys’ golf team was named first team all-confer­ ence and teammate Connor Newland was named honor­ able mention all-conference. ■ _- BILL FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER i|i Ha > > i< I* Emma Schut - girls’ soccer Elect 183505 ☆ ia 1 i ______ - 11 I 10th District I1 I •MICHIGAN’ Are you FED UP? Me too. Village Manager L • Village of Middleville, Ml Career politicians. Forced mandates. Coercion and manipulation. Anti-American rhetoric. The Village of Middleville is seeking a qualified applicant to serve as Village Manager to oversee the administration of the $5.5 million local government op­ eration and serve the approximately4,295 resident community. I will work to stop all of it. The Manager of this general law village serves at the pleasure of the sev­ en-member Village Council, which is headed by a Village President. The suc­ cessful candidate will be a leader in the community, with effective communica­ tion and interpersonal skills, impeccable ethics, and an ability to develop and execute a vision for this small town located along the beautiful Thomapple River. The Village offers a solid benefits package, including a defined benefit retire­ ment plan, health plan and a salary depending upon qualifications and experi­ ence. I served two successful terms as county commissioner in 2008. After witnessing the lack of action and accountability by the current Kent County Board of Commissioners, and at the urging and support of my former constituents, I’ve decided to run for public office again in 2022.1 vow to be a strong voice for our community, while making much-needed change at the local level where families need it most. A detailed job posting and related application forms are available at www.villaqeofmiddleville.org. . To apply, please send the application form, resume, cover letter, salary history and five professional references via mail or overnight delivery to: Village Clerk . Village of Middleville PO Box 69 . Middleville, Ml 49333-0069 ’ . I will be honored to serve YOU once again and bring common sense conservative values back to the county government. 1 I Application materials may also be delivered in person, in a sealed envelope, at Village Hall, 100 East Main Street, Middleville, Ml 49333. I signed the contract! * KentContract.com Questions can be directed to Duane Weeks, Interim Village Manager, at weeksd@villaqeofmiddleville.org or (269) 795-3385. Paid for by Bill Hirsch, 8005 Breton Ave, SE, Caledonia, Ml 49316 l I » > » \ 4 * I I » » 4 4 4 4 I < I I I I 4 I 4 1 1 I t * �. Page 16/The Sun and News. Saturday. July 23, 2022 TTES fire truck soaks summer readers at TKHS > > 11 > < 9 / I UUlH 19 i ■ —mnad ■■ ■ . Splashing in the water from the fire hose soon turned to splashing in the mud for some youngsters at the TK Library’s Water Fun Spray Day at the high school in Middleville Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) BARRY COUNTY L < i ■K 1hj p tri * J. /g <z * I s GfiWflN (<R flffljKH R (•iOf-R'iWiNei^oxo mjmusiamoRf! > z\ fl* I • Ai August 6, 2022 - 12pm - 6pm to be held at the Curley Cone 12850 W. M-179 Hwy, Wayland, Ml 49348 Tickets $40 per person, $30 prepay. May be purchased online by going to our website. 6tn annui jr Join us in Gun Lake, Ml on Saturday, August 6 for the 6th Annual Barry County BrewFest! Presented by the Barry County Chamber of Commerce. This will be our biggest BrewFest yet! Featuring an amazing selection of beers from 31 of Michigan's best and most unique craft breweries and 1 distillery, plus wine, hard cider and mead. You're sure to find some brews that aren't found everywhere else so be prepared to discover some awesome new favorites! Enjoy the live music, great food & drink and take in the beauty of Gun Lake as the Barry County BrewFest takes center stage! Enjoy live music by SilentBark - West Michigan's Premier Party Band! Please Note: Parking will be one mile down the road at Gun Lake Community Church with a free shuttle taking guests to and from the event! Imperial Sponsor apfcu Brewmaster Sponsors MEGA BEV mkDCPA rro Union Hops & Barley Sponsors Podnos Iron & Metal Highpoint Community Bank Bay Pointe Inn Greenridge Realty fl J ■■ Wyatt TenHarmsel enjoys the spray of the fire hose during the TK Library’s annual Water Fun Spray Day!, the final event of the 2022 summer reading pro­ gram, at TKHS in Middleville Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ■7i 9 Bony County Lumber Edword Jones - Andrew Cove Advantage Plumbing & Drain Court-Side Screen Printing & Embroidery Spectrum Health Greenstone Farm Gredit MEI Brett Bremer Sports Editor Prize week starts Monday, July 25, as the culmination to the 2022 Oceans of Possibilities Summer Reading Challenge at the Thornapple Kellogg School & Community Library. As is tradition, the sum­ mer activities included the Thornapple Township Fire Department's Water Fun Spray Day at lhe south east corner of the high school Tuesday, with members of the Thornapple Township Emergency Services dousing eager youth from fire canons above and beside Engine 51. This years Summer Reading Challenge began the first full week of June. A cardboard extravaganza was held June 14, allowing library visitors to create masterpieces out of card­ board, duct tape and more. A mini golf course was set up throughout the library from June 27 through July 7. Ocean themed crafts were available for library visitors July 12. Young local readers including members of the TK Schools summer child­ care groups visited the library Tuesday to enjoy the spray day with most of the screams those of joy as youngsters visited with friends, raced through the fire hose spray, danced around sprinklers and eventually splashed through the mud puddles that grew and grew on the school lawn. The TK School and & Community Library hours for the summer continue to be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Wesley Pleder gets help from librarian Barb Hubers to open an ice pop after playing in the spray of a TTES Firetruck during the TK Library’s annual Water Fun Spray Day Tuesday at Thornapple Kellogg High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) && 'fl 5* / ***- t •*« Mfr? 3 4 rL - Hannah Middleton helps out the TTES in spraying young readers the TK Library summer reading pro­ gram’s Water Fun Spray Day Tuesday at Thornapple Kellogg High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) F < r.A r / 4 *~ A. •V II < ' ■1^ ■ .4 l rj e» ■ Young readers are soaked with a fire hose during the TK Library’s annual summer Water Fun Spray Day! Tuesday at the high school in Middleville. 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Now, it’s the Caledonia Community Center, the 47,000-square-foot facility that will house the district's aquatics program as well as serve as the new headquar­ ters for the Caledonia Resource Center, which pro­ vides enrichment programs for the community. District officials told the Board of Education Monday that the price tag for the com­ munity center has jumped from its original estimate of $24.9 million, to just above । < n£fli nnroD niit&b ■Hi 1 •’ J f $31 million - an overrun of more than $6 million. That's on top of an estimate for the Dutton project that was received in late March that came in more than $6.1 mil­ lion higher than the budgeted amount of $20.8 million. Matt Hess, the district’s executive director of opera­ tions and transportation, said the price spike can be attributed to inflationary price increases in buildin materials and labor, supply chain pressures, and increased site work require­ ments for construction approval, Because of the overruns with Dutton and the commu­ nity center, CCS could be forced to cut some items that had been planned out of the $88.1 million bond issue that was approved in May 2020. We’re recommending the district hold off on any design process (on those projects) until we come out a bon i bnod Hob to 11 I ‘ aim lOiluCl libliurl /oki anir/J .(I // isrii yno/' aio) LIJO80/I l«abiv sdl ml teiO bicoH rfj ifirf 1 mnum i moi l 44 of the ground for both Dutton and Caledonia athletic complex,” said project architect Paul Wills of commercial real estate advisory firm Plante Moran Cresa. “There’s a large contin­ gency for site work. As you can imagine, building on green spaces, you want to make sure you come out of the ground and not have any surprises such as bad soils, things of that nature. Hess echoed Wills’ state­ ment. 1 think that's important to recognize right now, as we bring Dutton Elementary and the Caledonia Community Center out of the ground, we want to stabilize those costs and make sure that we're in the right place, so that we can move forward with the other things that we have remaining,” he told the board. “We're going to com­ pile a list of everything that's remaining on the bond plan 44 and work with you to make some decisions about what we're going to complete, seeing that these two projects are probably going to be close to $12 million com­ bined over budget. “We need to be intelligent, we need to be thoughtful, we need to do the right thing, but we need to make sure you (as a board) understand that we are pausing on any future expenditure, that we’re not starting any of the next big projects, until we know’ exactly where we are and you are comfortable with it. A decision on what items could be cut is expected in September or October, Hess said. The community center will include a competition pool, a leisure and therapy pool, running track, track, multimulti­ use gymnasium and fitness center, The i ne YMCA YmCa of Greater Grand Rapids will operate the center under an V •U Project architect Paul Wills of Plante Moran Cresa addresses the Caledonia Board of Education about the increased costs for construction of the Caledonia Community Center at Monday’s board meeting, (photo by Greg Chandler) agreement with the school district, which will own the building. Bids for the second phase of the community center project were originally approved in October 2021. However, the project plans ran into a major snag with with the Caledonia Tow nship Planning Commission. We did did see see a 6-to-8 “We month delay, originally from the redesign of the structure 44 See BUDGET, page 3 B2 Bargain Bins to hold grand opening Commissioner candidate found to in Middleville for newest store nil Aug. 9, at its fifth location in West Michigan, located at 4660 M-37. The store will open 15 minutes after the ceremony ends. The approximately 6,000 to 7,000-square-foot store is next to Harding's Market and Pharmacy Care. Customers will shop for James Gemmell Contributing Writer Customers will 4 et a chance to treasure hunt at a new store that will be openAugust in ino in early ________ _ Middleville. B2 Bargain Bins will hold a ribbon-cutting cere­ mony at 10 a.in. Tuesday, jj Tjnsri j Hr //on nt gni MbbiM Morl I vnom b TA 'A *k EL rM IVflirTHlNO Posters inside a B2 Bargain Bins store show the increasingly discounted prices that occur throughout the week. (Photo provided by B2 Bargain Bins) teoA aseioni wwjrti new, overstocked or liquidated items, plus returned goods or items with slight imperfections that are in 6-by-6-foot bins set up throughout the store. There is a very unprecedented amount of buzz about this store in the com­ munity, and a ton of people are like, ‘I can't wait to Downtown shop there. Authority Development director Katherine Bussard said. “The surprise of the unknown and what you might get a great deal on has got a lot of people excited.” Bargain Bins is a spinoff from the company's B2 Bargain Outlet stores. “The concept just started last fall, so it's been going very well,” Rebecca Smith said. She works in the com­ pany's marketing depart­ ment. This is a whole new type of store for our com­ munity.” Bussard said. “And it offers a wide array of goods that can be hard to find in a small town on a consistent basis. Bussard said B2 Bargain Bins is hiring several peopie to staff the store. As part of the grand opening in 44 * M Middleville. 500 vouchers for the company's B2 Outlet Store in Hastings will be given away. A $100 gift card will be hidden in a bin each day at the Middleville location and in the week leading up to the grand opening, the B2 Bargain Bins of Middleville Facebook page will be holding drawings for pre-shopping giveaways in which winners will enter the store an hour before it opens for first pick of all the merchandise. “It’s kind of like a trea­ sure hunt,” Bussard said. “They get trucks in from as far away as California and they get a wide variety of merchandise, I've seen everything from Magnolia Home pieces to designer bedding and cosmetics, children's toys, floor lamps •* - all kinds of wild things. B2 has 22 outlet stores with the Middleville store being the fifth Bargain Bins location in West Michigan. The other store locations are in Grand Rapids, Holland, Hudsonville and Muskegon. The outlet store is a typ44 live in wrong district j per county clerk Greg Chandler Staff Writer A challenger in next week’s Barry County Board of Commissioners Republican primary will not be able to win the election because it’s been deter­ mined he does not live in the district in which he was running. See CANDIDATE, page 2 IN John Gallagher Sil SSUJ E • A preview of two Kent County commissioner races • Village of Middleville re-visits agreement with EV charging station provider • New coaches look to bond TK boys’ and girls’ programs • BrewFest comes to Gun Lake area for sixth edition Aug. 6 See NEWEST STORE, page 2 > ♦ I « * i I 4 > t * » » 4 I r 1 % i 4 5 • I • ♦ * 4 • 1 » 4 t ♦ 0 I . • < • 9 < » V 1 I . ♦ I • v 4 • I I y 4 I r ■ < i • • • I < ' ' < • < » • * • • I ' ' ■ P ♦ » * ) I < < 4 • *) < 4 1 1 / ♦ w1f, I < t I I • I I p I I * ♦ ♦ 4 I I 4 I I • �NEWEST STORE, continued from page 1r a Walmart. It could be you're buying stuff that never even hit the shelves because it had a minor tear or chip in it.” And that is a prime rea­ son the price is discounted. Regular store hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Prices are determined by the day of the week. Stores are restocked on Monday, and each item costs $7 on Tuesday. Eventhing in the store drops to $5 on Wednesday, to $3 on Thursday, $1 on Friday, and 25 cents on Saturdays. Tuesday morning is the best time to shop because everything in the store is brand new*. You get the first pick of whatever truckloads they got in over the weekend." ussard said. ical outlet store like a Marshalls or TJ. Maxx, Smith said, explaining the difference between the company's outlet and B2 Bargain Bins stores. “We have more clothing in those, as well. But Bargain Bins varies from week to week. It could be anything ranging from home goods to non-perishable foods. You can kind of get anything. It's just a variety of differ­ ent items.” The pricing and shopping experience also arc differ­ ent between the two types of stores. “Some things are sourced through their stores, but mostly they’re wholesale buying out truckloads of goods.” Bussard explained, “It could be you're buying (from) the return bin at JCPenney or a return bin at •• CAP 1,11 IB • toxs *• Mi* Tequila Rijouto I BLUUGA4 «• t. •*.» it |M^ HfCM l* * Caledonia Township mulls procedures, standards when it comes to alcohol licenses Greg Chandler Staff Writer With four new available alcohol licenses that have been allocated based on its population growth in the last census. Caledonia Township is considering standards for how to award those licenses. The township board is expected next month to decide whether to approve an ordinance that would estab­ lish procedures and standards for the township to review applications, renewals and revocation of licenses to sell beer, wine or spirits. Recognizing that demand may exceed supply, and that wc want to be objective and I* fair and thoughtful, we decided to put forth criteria that would be considered.” Supervisor E ryan Harrison said at a July 20 board meet­ ing when the ordinance went through a first reading, The township board would recommended approval of the licenses, but the final decision rests with the Michigan Liquor Control Commission. The township is proposing to target the awarding of licenses to applicants in the Main Street commercial dis­ trict in the village and alon M-37 between 84th and 100th streets as opposed to along the M-6 corridor. Quality Family Eye Care Since 1929 Scott Bloom, O.D. OPTOMETRIST — 2 LOCATIONS — 4 • HASTINGS; 1510 N. Broadway - 269-945-2192 • WAYLAND; 216 N. Main - 269-792-0515 MOST INSURANCE ACCEPTED HERITAGE FV F “We're seeing development (along M-6), and they bring their own liquor licens­ es with them,” Harrison said. Licenses will be awarded for a period of one year and will be subject to an annual renewal process with the township board, according to the ordinance document. Licenses will only be granted to restaurants, rath­ er than to reception halls or bar settings. An establish­ ment must have seating for at least 50 patrons, with preference given to busi­ nesses with greater sealing capacity. Preferences will also also be be given given to to locallocal­ ly-owned restaurants over restaurants that are owned or operated by franchises, according to the ordinance document. The township can recom­ mend the MLCC revoke a license if the licensee pro­ vides false or misleadininformation on the license application, if the establish­ ment is found to be a public nuisance, or if has served anyone under the age of 21, Heritage Days I Parade 2022 ! according to the ordinance document. The ordinance gives the township the flexibility of deciding when licenses can be awarded. “The ordinance allows us to do them in cycles, if we so please, and not to award them at all, if we so please.” Harrison said. Licenses cannot be trans­ ferred without prior consent of the township board. In addition, under state law, new licenses cannot be trans­ ferred for three years without proof of “unusual hardship.” according to the ordinance document. No public comments were received on the proposed ordinance at the July 20 meeting, The ordinance appears to have strong sup­ port from the board. “This is a great step forward, in defining boundaries and making it more clear to applicants what our expectations are, and helping us establish what’s fair,” Trustee Tim Bradshaw said. Breakfast Buffet Fundraiser Saturday, August 6th and the First Saturday of each month Serving 8 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Eggs, bacon, sausage links or patties, potatoes, biscuits and sausage gravy, pancakes, milk, 0|, coffee. For details and to register a float, please | feel free to contact the parade organizer, ) Makenzi Peters, at (312) 685-0692 or | | 5 mpeters@carvethvillage.net. You can also contact the DDA Office at 1 4 J J (269) 241-1170 or email the director, Katharine, at j ! r/ I ,rf I* Gallagher John of Thomapple Township had challenged incumbent Commissioner Catherine Getty, also of Thomapple Township, in the District 2 GOP board primary. However, County Clerk Pam Palmer said Thursday that she had been contacted by Gallagher on Wednesday about his residency on the west side of Bender Road, and determined that Gallagher's home is in District 4. “At this point, he cannot lawfully win the scat. He is aware of that,” Palmer said. Gallagher's name will still appear on the ballot, Palmer said. Palmer consulted with both county legal counsel and the state elections bureau before making the determination, she said, Under the current county board districting, Gallagher would have been able legally to challenge Getty, since District 22 includes includes the the vil vil­ lage Middleville and and the the lage of of Middleville section of Thornapple Township west of M-37. But with the new commiscommis­ sioner sioner district district boundaries boundaries that were redrawn earlier this year based on figures from the 2020 census, Bender Road is one of the dividing lines between District 2 and District 4, which is currently represented by Commissioner Jon Smelker. The new District 2 includes the village of Middleville and a portion of Thomapple Township gener­ ally bordered by Bender Road to the west, Irving ■ Road to the east and Shaw Lake Road to the south. It also includes Yankee Springs Township north of M-179 and north of Gun Lake Road. “I didn't know they were going to redraw the boundaries,” said Gallagher, a tele­ communications construe tion manager and Marine veteran. Gallagher, who has lived in Barry County for almost nine years, said that the dividing line between the two districts runs through a portion of his property, and there arc still questions about which side he's on. 1 want to see the original data points (where they drew the boundary lines), then we'll know for sure,” he said. It was Gallagher's first time running for political office. Getty, who is also zoning administrator for Thornapplc Township and chair of the Thomapple Area Parks and Recreation Commission, was elected to her first term as a commissioner in 2020. The winner of the primary faces no Democratic opposition in the November general election, Getty called the situation unfortunate.” “I don’t think that anything was intentional on his part. I think it was just an honest mistake,” she said. Gallagher said he is willing to accept the county's deter­ minalion on his residency. I would love to be a com­ missioner, but I don’t want to do it without doing it the right away,” Gallagher said. I’ e ^11^? 4C M Kiuila •I I i I 41 66 f J See us at the 9548 Cherry Valley, Caledonia, Ml Barry County BREWFEST LUNCH M-TH 11 AM-8 PM: FRI 11 AM-2PM • FRI BUILD A BURGER 4-8 PM Saturday, August 6“ BKMWY cofftr Caledonia Memorial Legion Post 305 INERy Hours: 12pm-8pm Tues.-Sat. 12pm-4pm Sun. \ •) 9175 Cherry Valley Ave SE, 707 katherine@middlevilledda.org Caledonia < 616.710.0796 • I a I I « t I I 0 I 4 • 9 • * 9 4 1 < 9 I ♦ I « t I * V f t 9 ♦ I < • 1 I 9 I * I * 1 « i I ( 9 • I I I 1 4 1 I » 4 I I 9 ♦ f 9 • f • I I * 9 4 I 4 I > ( • I I 9 • I • t ( I ’ I ! I. f. < t I I t • » 1 t f I • t I 9 9 * %iH Multi $12.00 • Children 10 & under $5.00 Coffee For more information call the Post at 616-891-1882 Donated by 1 'A CANDIDATE, continued from page 1 * Menu subject to change I j J 4 kV*' Help us support veterans and community functions. Join us for the celebration of Middleville’s history on August 20th at lOam for the annual parade. i? I 9 r 9 f �The Sun and News, Saturday, July 30, 2022/ Page 3 TAPRC to host inaugural canoe race during Middleville’s Heritage Days James Gemmell *' ® Contributing Writer The Thomapple Area Parks and Recreation Commission figures paddling a canoe for fun might be a more refreshing way to spend a hot August day than running a 5K. So, it is launching the inaugu­ ral Paddle for Parks canoe race on Saturday, Aug. 20. on the Thomapple River as part of Middleville’s annual Heritage Days Celebration, which runs Aug. 18-21. The festival cele­ brates the village’s history dat­ ing back to 1834. All race pro­ ceeds will go into a new fund to support a proposed community park, which currently has a working name of Sheridan Park. Stagnant-to-declining num­ bers for the traditional 5K run on the Paul Henry Thomapple Trail prompted the switch to the canoe race, according to Chairwoman TAPRC Catherine Getty. There also had been a 10K race. “We wanted to try to do something a little bit differ­ ent," Getty said. “It's always hot in August, so we wanted to use the river. This is some­ thing that has been an idea for several years and we wanted to give it a go." The Paddle for Parks event sj *V * S X\ Ik . s w $iJ* ^5a. > SS I *M v. •>.,>« ’Ll . *5hJ. KI.’ ‘.Z's«. ■i I *v| i 5 ed to have that part of the (Heritage Days) festival. I think it's a really great addition.” The canoe livery will be providing all the recreation-style canoes. Everyone will have the same watercraft and the same paddles, so it'll be an even playing field/' Getty said, ‘They'll be providing a life preserver or a seat cushion. Both qualify and meet the legal requirements, but if peopie want to bring their own life jackets, they're welcome to do that. But they have to use the canoes and paddles provided.” Thornapple Township Emergency Services will be on hand for safety purposes. “They have some new equipment and new training that they’ve been doing, Getty said. “So, they're going to be stationed at the Crane Road trailhead and bridge. ... We're not concerned about it, but they can put in on the river there and go downstream. Then we'll have a handful of kayaks staged along the route so that we have checkpoints, if somebody tips over and those kinds of things," Getty said. We are really excited to try something new,” TAPRC Director Emily Dock wrote in LL 5^ 44 an email. “As we brainstormed other options, the canoe race quickly became a favorite. We're able to take advantage of the river, which is such a unique part of our town. Medals will be awarded to the fastest, youngest and old­ est teams (based on cumula­ tive ages). The fastest canoe team will get their names engraved on a vintage, decora­ tive prize-winning paddle. We'll have that displayed either at the village or the township hall." Getty said, “The river is one of our community's biggest assets. and to begin to harness the recreation power of that for community events is an inge­ nious idea on the part of TAPRC," Bussard said. We have a canoe livery in our backyard. And it’s fun!," Dock said. “Our hope is (the canoe race) will become a tra­ dition that people look for­ ward to, and that it encourages them to be active outdoors. Bradford White will serve as the lead sponsor of Paddle for Parks, which will also be a fundraiser for the parks to kick off a new special projects fund with the Thomapple Area Enrichment Fund. “To start raising funds for *v 44 ** M of the facility, and then mov­ ing forward with the site plan approval, but we are at this point where we are preparing to dig in the dirt and get ready to go,” Hess said. Commissioners put the project on hold in November 2021 and then again in June because they wanted the dis­ trict to provide greater details on pedestrian access, parking and removal of chlorine from the pool water that will drain into a nearby stormwater basin. Finally, commissioners on July 18 approved the site plan. One major change in the project where the district has already cut costs is by switch­ ing from structural steel to a precast concrete exterior shell, a move that will result in a $3.5 million savings, Wills said. In addition, the district has about $6.3 million in savings and unused contingency fund­ ing from prior bond issue proj­ ects that should absorb the projected overrun, Wills said. The district had hoped to ‘ ‘ -aw riuiiti 5k > * I 33^ .T£ E * - 0 iift W hfi 13 gjiJlM i e 1 I I#*1 ♦ open the community center in the spring of 2024, but that timetable for opening has now been pushed back to late summer or fall of 2024, Hess said. Bids for the Dutton Elementary project were received last week and Hess said that bid amounts are con­ sistent with the earlier projection that the project will run about $6 million over budget. “We have not cut the size of this facility to save costs going forward,” Wills said. The 60,000-square-foot building would be built at the southeast comer of Patterson Avenue and 76th Street. It would replace the current Dutton Elementary, which has been at its present location on 68th Street for about 65 years. The Dutton bids will be reviewed by the district leader­ ship team in the next week, and the board is expected to approve the bid awards at its August meeting, Wills said. The new school is expected to open in time for the 2024-25 school year. i-Xil > 1 .< £✓ LIGHT TRUCK PARTS \ 11 USED PARTS • PICK UPS • ONE TONS • VANS • SUITS • JEEPS • 4X4S »1 4 I Superintendent Dr. Dedrick Martin was absent from Monday’s board because of COVID. aI < I << • 'f ■ rt K T J - The TAPRC is launching the Paddle for Parks canoe race Aug. 20 from the downtown ramp in Middleville. (File photo provided by TAPRC) matching grants and profes­ sional-service fees to brins Sheridan Park to reality,” Getty' said. The 20-acre park would cost an estimated $6.8 million and be located near Main Street, north of Mount Hope Cemetery and west of the Department of Public Works, The TAPRC and the Village of Middleville initiated the park proposal and the Williams & Works engineering firm has helped with design services and public engagement. t ► ■ ( i meeting > 6 ■ t -r Magn°lias -• Your local agent insures your C/ops^ ■TW FARM BUREAU 9MB. insurance9 Cot*f)Q*g bit ft Ci 8^/ Jason Parks 121 E. Main Street Downtown Middleville (269) 795-8827 jparKs@tbtnsmi.com FarmBureaulnsurance.com V ■Mr * >4 The Thornapple Players hold open auditions for Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling. Auditions will be held on Monday, August 1,2022 at 7:00 PM in the Dennison Performing Arts Center located at 231 South Broadway in Hastings. There are six adult female roles for women age 18 and up in this I ensemble cast. Rehearsals are 7-9:30 PM on Bruce's Frame and Alignment Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Tech Rehearsal: Sunday, September 25, Full Service Body Shop • • • • Wheel Alignments Auto Glass Installation Insurance Work Welcome Visa & MasterCard Accepted 2022 - mandatory attendance. Show dates are September 28 - b October 2,2022. Questions? Call Norma Jean Acker at 269 945 2332 or text 269 908 0870. If you cannot audition August 1st, please Over 40 years experience contact us in advance to make other I arrangements. I brucesframe.com I I I Presented by special arrangement with ODPS Pl-iy I Svrvire flVtfhTHORNAPPl. flk* J^Thornappl E e ghLjj ARTS ARTS ^^COUHCll USED TIRES USED PARTS Although the proposal was initiated in early 2021, there has been discussion among some village council members about whether that Sheridan Street location is the best place for a community park. Some have said it is, and some others have suggested another site might be more suitable due to the lack of flat land needed tor certain recreational sports. But park planners have pointed to a* nnhlir-innnt public-input survev survey that showed community support. The discussion is ongoing. I Dramatists •. X » TIIOROAPPLE 269-381-2300 H? V A FUEL SERVICE I YOU Mill IT Set"5, z a Auditions! Auditions! Auditions! BUDGET, continued from page 1 hM r will start right after the village’s traditional Heritage Days parade concludes, around 11:30 a.m. That is when the first group of four canoes launch from the main boat ramp in downtown Middleville near the commu­ nity amphitheater. There will be staggered starting times for each group of canoes so all of them are not jammed together at the same time. There will be two-per­ up to 40 canoes with two-person teams in each boat. They will paddle more than four miles to the Indian Valley Campground and Canoe Livery, which is partnering with the TAPRC for this event. The campground is located at 8200 108th St., which is adjacent to the Kent County border. The registration cost is $60 per team. The TAPRC and TAEF will accept an additional gift and people are welcome to solicit pledges from friends to raise more funds for Sheridan Park. Interested par­ ties can register at taprc.org. “Basically, you better sign up early because I believe we’re going to sell out Downtown Development Authority director Katherine Bussard said. “I’m super excit- t Hiny |C 'a f F / 2 415 2nd • Middleville 1811 LAKE ST., KALAMAZOO 4 <WPLC I C715W I ► I ,1 * I * ' f .1 1 r > ■ l r' * r > ’ •V If *L * * ( I ,e A i I 5 I *■ i 6 I » - * * I 1 5 5 ।* » I » • • % • V • I i .1 4 * • 1 ' . ) I J I ■(» ' • ... 4 » —* — I t 1 i V * I | 1 * V 1 I ' I '» ' ' • । f A t A % I .i t I I I ‘ E I I AH 4 H ' ♦ t » <• < 1 I I » • �I Page 4/The Sun and News, Saturday, July 30, 2022 Kent County Sheriff looking for Victim Services Unit volunteers Ronald E. Shook his service as a leader (20 years plus) in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 202, where he helped countless young men earn their Eagle Badge status. Ron with his wife, Rose spearheaded and dedicated over 40 years ensuring veterans laid to rest were honored with flags every Memorial Day. He was a member of Caledonia United Methodist Church his entire life. Ron is predeceased by his parents, Ernest and Virginia Shook. Ronald Ernest Shook, age 82, of Caledonia, MI left this earth­ ly place on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 in the company of his wife of 62 years, Rosalie F. (Rogers) Shook; son, Dennis R. (Cindy) Shook. Ron spent his final day much like his life: visited by his family, worrying about others and quietly observing. Ron was an Army Veteran MP stationed at Ft. McClellan, Caledonia by being an active AL. He strived to serve his member in the American community after returning Legion Post #305 for more home to his birthplace of than 50 years. Ron expanded cornerstone MEN CORNER We meet the 3rd Thursday of every month at 7pm, generally at the 84th St. Campus (1675 84th St., Caledonia, Ml 49316). We dive into lots of topics that are of interest to guys of all ages and backgrounds. We hope to see • you there! cornerstonemi.org/men cornerstonechurch He will be greatly missed by his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Anthony (Monica) Shook and their chil­ dren, Wesley and Briella; Alexander (Amanda) Shook and their children, Cambria, Paisley; . Justin (Allison) Shook. Also surviving are three brothers and a sister, Phil (Rosella), Donald (Pat), David (Sally) Shook, Sue (Bill) Vanportfleet and extended brothers and sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. If you lived in Caledonia, you most likely knew of Rons endless servitude. His devotion and generosity to his family and community will be consid­ erably missed. Funeral services were held Thursday, July 28, 2022 at Caledonia United Methodist Church, 250 Vine St., Caledonia with Rev. Bob Mayo officiating. Burial at Lakeside Cemetery under the auspices of American Legion Post #305. Relatives and friends met the family on Wednesday at Matthysse Kuiper DeGraaf Funeral Home, 616 E. Main St. SE, Caledonia. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to American Legion Post #305 or Caledonia United Methodist Church. Condolences may be sent online at www.mkdfuneralhome.com. The Kent County Sheriffs Office is looking for county residents who are willing to walk beside others in the community during their dark­ est times. The KCSO Victim Services Unit is a volunteer group that provides immediate, short­ term support and resources to those affected by an unex­ pected death. These volun­ teers are on-call and work directly with deputies in the field at the scene of a call. This is often overlooked, but any time a person dies and is not under direct care and supervision of a licensed medical provider (hospital or hospice), a police officer must respond to the scene. In deputies 2021, KCSO responded to roughly 332 calls involving a death. This includes natural deaths, homicides, suicides, drug overdos­ es and fatal car crashes. This not only takes a toll on first responders, but each number also represents even more family and friends who are going through their own unique grief. I l«l* 9' enforcement when making a death notification, sit with those affected, answer ques­ tions, and make sure support reaches those who need it. This is difficult work, but this is one way you can have an impact on your community, Victim Advocate Requirements: - Commit to being on-call for seven days or nights every month including a fair share of weekends and holidays. - Possess great listening skills, compassion and a will­ ingness to focus on others. - Attend a 20-hour weekend training, monthly debrief­ ings and 12 continuing education hours per year, - Volunteers must be 18 years old or older and willing to complete a background check. - Training is offered not only by the KCSO, but the Michigan Sheriff’s Association VSU Training Team, Anyone with an interest in joining can contact Victim Services Unit Coordinator AJ Emery at ajemery@kentcoun- V I Lx I Lis I I < ljISE33 Caledonia United Methodist Church baptist (church alaska ft® iiiifej Rev. Christine Beaudoin 7240 68th Street SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-698-8104 www.alaskabaptist.org cornerstonechurch Join us in person or online Sundays 9:30 & 11am FIRST Middleville service, in person or online, at 9:00 am. 250 Vine Street Good Shepherd Lutheran Church HOLY FAMILY (jJ CATHOLIC CHURCH 1 9669 Kraft Ave., Caledonia Phone: 616-891-9259 www.holyfamilycaledonia.org 908 W. Main Street, Middleville (Missouri Synod) 9:30 a.m. Church: 9 111 Church St. Office: (269)795-9266 ONE CHURCH - TWO LOCATIONS CALEDONIA: 9185 Cherry Valley Ave SE LEARN MORE! thejchurch.com MIDDLEVILLE: 616-217-2161 1664 M-37 @thejchurch Worship Services: 10:30 AM Pastor Tony Shumaker www.umcmiddleville.org (269) 795-2391 CHURCH MIDDLEVILLE SERVICE TIME: Sunday at 10:00am 20 State Street, Middleville, Ml / www.tvcweb.com RESTORATION St. Ta f CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Sunday Worship: ' 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. znMnsz 6 • J. ® Fellowship 9:45 to 10:00 a.m. 708 W. Main Street, Middleville Come grow with us as we build relationships in Middleville and beyond. ■O' @ St. Paul Lutheran Church & Preschool 8436 Kraft Ave., Caledonia, MI 49316 Office 616-891-8688 • Preschool (616) 891-1821 or online at: fb.com/restorationcrc www.RestorationCRC.org s Sunday School 10 to 10:45 a.m. Join us at 10 a.m. on Sundays in person 269-795-9901 Bible ^Church " Fl 11 vr’Ll Fellowship Church 8655 Whitneyville Avenue, Alto 4935 Whitneyville Ave, between 52nd & 48th 616.891.8661 www.whitneyvillebible.org PastorJonathan DeCou Sunday School... .9:30 AM Sunday Worship , 10:30 AM Wo/cb our services from our website (see above) ‘‘‘Si NO W OPEN TO PUBLIC \vwxv\s tpaulcaledonia.org Whitneyville THORNAPPLE VALLEY 5:00 Considering becoming Catholic? Call or see our website for information. ! 1C H U R C H ® Saturday Evening Mass Sunday Masses 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. FBCMIDDLEVILLE.NET - 5215 M37 - 269-795-9726 OURNEY W Serving ~ Strengthening - Connecting http://goodshepherdlcms.googlepages.com Middleville United Methodist Church CaledoniaUMC.org 616-891-8669 Livestream: Facebook.com/CaledoniaUnitedMethodist Pastor: Rev. Peter Berg Livestream: facebook.com/firstbaptistmiddleville kit Win Sunday Worship 1675 84th St. SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 cornerstonemi.org/weekend 0 Join us for our traditional yet casual worship Sunday Services: 9:30 AM - Worship 11:00 AM - Sunday School 6:00 PM - Adult Bible Study 6:00 PM - Student Ministries Our mission is to worship God and equip committed followers of Jesus Christ who will reach our community with the Gospel Dr. Brian F. Harrison, Pastor Sunday Service 10:30 AM BAPTIST I S' Yankee Springs Bible Church o K1’*' 8900 Duffy Road Middleville, MI 49333 % "Shining Forth God's Light Praising God through ff Hymns • Reading God’s Word • Special Music Worship Services Sunday ioam&6 pm 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship Community Group Prayer Meeting & Bible Study Wednesday 6:30 pm&y pm Pastor Ed Carpenter - 616-868-0621 James L. Collison, Pastor www.yankeespringsbiblechurch.org Sermons online: WhitneyvilleFellowship.org ’S ♦ I f I I. ♦ p «>■ » • ♦ *1 9 - w . i; '1* ■. I 7 I I b > I I I * ■ r f» • I 1 r » I » I I ■liWBL. = i • I f r » • I 1 I » « 9 » » I r j » J ( » I 4 4 t . i • 1 • < • 1 I t f. I ♦ ♦ ft fl t I I < J ’ it > * » , /J ♦ "l >• . , . t • I 1? 1 i KJ 1 . » I I--—»—' L iuV H ’ > I �A I The Sun and News, Saturday, July 30, 2022/ Page 5 Storied “Screaming Eagles” 101st Airborne Division to host reunion in Grand Rapids I i I 1 t * 'A' • division’s storied legacy. They were both the first Allied Forces to set foot onto occupied France during WWII and the last United States Army combat division to leave Vietnam. Created as an elite para­ troop and glider force for WWII, the Screaming Eagles were called upon again, a The 101st Airborne Division Association is hosting its annual reunion Aug. 3-6 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids. Veterans of the division from all eras, as well as families of veterans and 101st Airborne Division supporters are invited to join the Screaming Eagles as they celebrate the N generation later, for the Vietnam War. Following :seven hard fought years and 15 campaigns, the Screaming Eagle Division returned home in 1972. The 101st went on to play key roles in the Persian Gulf War of 1991, as well as Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria where the Army fought extremists and counterinsurgency in the Middle East and Central Asia for twenty years. The 101st Airborne Division has continued to play a pivotal role in history since its activation, and as its first commander, Major General William C. Lee prophetically stated, “has a rendezvous with destiny.” The 101st Airborne Division turns 80 this year and is perhaps the most widely known and recog­ nized military unit in the world. The division's iconic Screaming Eagles patch fea­ tures prominently in literatore, film and, more recently, in the electronic game indus­ try. Around the world, the 101st Airborne is recognized as a premier military unit. Attendees are invited to join them as they honor those lost in service to the nation and support the men and women of today's 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). Membership in the Association is not required to attend the reunion. I I » v LETTERS FROM OUR READERS A J s commissioner right choice for Kent candidate is plugged County District 21 Dear fellow Kent County Vote for Walter Bujak for District 21 citizens, As a resident of Cascade Kent County Commissioner District 21. You are not going Township for over 25 years, to receive five glossies in the I have rarely met a candidate mail, or see ads on TV, or find for Kent County Commission out that he is a career family with the passion and caring for politician or lobbyist backed our community like Walter Bujak. by millionaires. Getting to know “Wally What you will get with Bujak is a man who works for the has truly been a delight. Wally community without compensa­ has spent most of his adult life tion because it’s in his heart. A dedicated to public service and man who will meet you at an volunteering to improve life in event, listen to you, and call you our community. back. This district seat provides Wally has been a Caledonia Wally an avenue to channel his Township trustee (2000-08) 22 years of community family and on the planning commisand environmental activities, sion (2000-08), as well as and his years of experience as a President of the Caledonia precinct delegate to really make Historical Society for 24 years, a difference. His desire to preserve the natWally is your grassroots ural beauty of our community candidate who cares about you is demonstrated by regularly and family values. volunteering for numerous Vote Aug. 2 for Walter Bujak preservation efforts including Thomapple River Cleanup, Renee VanHouten Camp O'Malley Cleanup and Alto Alaska Cleanup. He has held multiple leader­ Commissioner Getty is ship positions in local civic organizations such as President the choice for moving of the Toastmasters Club, Chairperson of the Alaska county forward Sesquicentenial, and Cub An open letter to the resi­ Scout and Boy Scout Leader. dents of Thornapple and Wally understands that our Yankee Springs townships and the Village of Middleville n in Commissioner District 2 of I Barry County: J For over 15 years, I have I ** *i '»a , A M *** ‘■•m3 ft! IL b W-i IIKXSJH RLIJSIBlHt Fl b M i* Walter Bujak is the into our community ■ % *5 . County fflW. kids are our future and has volunteered at Little Lambs Parent Cooperative Preschool and Junior Achievement. Wally is a married family man, father of three children and grandfather of two. He truly cares about our community and will represent District 21 with honor, dedication and a vested interest in prob­ lem-solving and improving the community for all residents. Having gotten to know Wally on a personal level, I can tell you that there is no other candidate who will be as the response I received was “it’s complicated.” She was my county com­ missioner. I had met Alan Bolter during conversation with Mandy as I was support­ ing her at her last election. The house of Bolter is united and will not get my vote next week. The home is united and we are voting for Walter Bujak a true conservative patriot for county commissioner. dedicated a public servant for We The People and I urge you to vote for Walter Bujak for Kent County Commissioner on Aug. 2. (fofe LoMOliaCO for Thomas R. Nemcek Cascade Township J|]jg glgCtiOD HIV a 7 J household is voting for a candidate that will listen The days of shaking hands g idle and politicians making promises, only to tell us what we want to hear to get there vote - those days are over for me. Two years ago I had tried to talk to Mandy Bolter. I used voicemail, text and email and 5 V 1 v' L| 4th precinct Ilf •‘l? ■ X* I* V J i ■ I ir In I »* I /-• Our students are: Christ-Centered J . Academic Achievers, V Responsible Citizens, with Exceptional Character, and Servants ’ Hearts V > I. >> IS I t j * • I I * Must present this coupon. Expires 8-15-2022 < * a A I HEATING & COOLING 210 East Main Street, Caledonia :pnn Now enrolling!! Ages 2-U2 to 6 years. (We will assist with toilet training) v I l i J 9 ’I4 « W I t t » ♦ ’ if I .1 I A [F tn V) < t \ Ik ' «r •' ii I' ” 0 > <1 $ fr i -W’ — r uJ (• f \ I A Please call Julie Rop, Preschool Director, to set up your personal visit 616-891-8688 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn 1 fl t A from it." Proverbs 22:6 V El )3 4 n )3 13 Cha Pickatd w I । । I k ► Those we love don’t go away. They walk beside us evety day. “The company built by referrals ” । I Cove fotevei and mbied 50 veiy muck. Pad, IHom. Skelly & family, Tom & family, Rio Uy & family. * i I < * 1 I I V 1 4 I I I I 1 I 1 i I "Tr I t I’ I » » * I ' 1 * T 4 t V < * I > l ■ * > I X < —■ I A ■ t < \ * E julie@stpaulcaledonia.org \V v A WE OFFER TWO, THREE, AND NOW A FIVE-DAY CLASS OPTION Locally owned business. He* I fl 4 •) 0 A A j Our experienced, talented, and dedicated teachers lovingly work with your children to lay a strong foundation for future learning. We have a safe, caring, and peaceful school environment. ♦ > I I A tt=> ♦ r A =' ■ 1 a Sincerely, Michael T. Bremen Former Thornapple Township Supervisor — w I I I I I ■ - | 1 8436 Kraft Ave., Caledonia, MI 49316 616-891-8688 <4 ^laajyn I David Nemmers Caledonia St. Paul Preschool C.A.R.E.S! I devotion to our community is without equal. Her desire to see tasks through to completion is matched only by her skills and abilities to accomplish goals. For the continued forward prog­ ress of Barry County, you need to re-elect Catherine Getty! 4 ► | 1 • • Actt/tf V On Aug. 2, we get the opportunity to vote in party primalies. I encourage everyone to exercise their right to engage in the democratic process and to take the time to vote and let their voices be heard. As you look at your ballot, most of the attention is paid to the positions of governor and congressional representatives. An often-overlooked choice we get to make is for precinct delegate. In the 4th precinct in the Republican primary, we have four candidates seeking two positions to represent our area at the party convention. I ROUP FURNACE I & AIR RUUD $300 । । OFF I | I A delegate | ’ 11 (J community, and a true conser­ vative, putting Caledonia first and would represent our dis­ trict well. Please join me in support­ ing and voting for Mike LoMonaco for 4th Precinct delegate. o J High Efficiency I would encourage you to con­ sider voting for Mr. Mike LoMonaco. Mr. LoMonaco has been an active community member, from various volunteer activi­ ties, coaching and served as a member of the Caledonia School Board for eight years. Mr. LoMonaco is a dedicat­ ed and trusted member of our Douglas Lee Cascade Township small business owner and resident SUMMER SPECIAL had the honor and privilege of working with your county Catherine commissioner, Getty, in her roles as zoning administrator for Thomapple Township, program director for the Thomapple Area Parks and Recreation Commission (TAPRC), board chair of the TAPRC and as a valued mem­ ber of the Blue Zones Activate Barry County Task Force. Her tireless passion and I > I I I I 0 -J < �Page 6/The Sun and News, Saturday, July 30, 2022 Middleville Council scrutinizing its current contract with EV charging station provider____________ James Gemmell Contrihuting Writer The Middleville Village Council wants to further examine its existing con­ tract with an electric vehi­ cle charging company before deciding whether to enter into a new contract or switch to a different provid­ er. No action was taken at meeting the councils Tuesday night on the mat­ ter. It was just a discussion point until council members have more contractual information to review at a future meeting. Interim Co-Village Manager Duane Weeks told the council that staff mem­ bers have concerns regard­ ing the contract with Miami-based Blink Charging. The current one expires Oct. 26 and Weeks said there is only a short amount of time to rescind the contract, or it will auto­ matically roll over for another three years. An electric vehicle (EV) charging station is set up in the parking lot outside the village hall at 100 E. Main St. “If we cancel that con­ tract, (Blink) has six months to go ahead and pull that (charging) equipment,” Weeks said. “One of the items in the contract is that the village cannot have any discussions with any other charging entities or put any other chargers on village property during the length of the contract. It was a contract that was set up five years ago. I think the market and what’s happening in that area has changed considerably over those five years My feeling is that is not a good deal.” Weeks cited various AA financial aspects of the current contract that he said are not favorable to the village. He said re-entering into discussions with Blink might give the village the chance to draw up a new contract or consider a dif­ ferent supplier. Trustee Kevin Smith said the EV-fueling station is a huge asset to the down­ town area. The charging station is in use frequently. But to your point, Duane, as electric cars become more ubiquitous, we re going to want to have the freedom to put chargers wherever we V. wish throughout the village. Because I think the demand is going to start to increase. And given that we’re a growing community, the demand certainly is not going to curb.” Smith and local businessman Johnny DeMaagd told the council there are other, more competitive, companies EV-charging that might give the village a better deal, In reading this contract, it reads more to me like a franchise agreement, which A Blink electric-car (EV) charging station outside of Middleville Village Hall at we're receiving nothing James Gemmell) for,” Weeks said. Smith asked if the infrastructure to run power to and we're not getting any ago with Interim Co-Village because it didn’t seem like the charging equipment response back as to how Manager Alec Belson and the contract was what we would remain if the village much is being used and Weeks. Several DDA mem­ envisioned,” Bussard said. bers had attended a Weeks said he has asked were to switch to a new EV what’s going on with that." “We should look at this Michigan Downtown the village attorney to look provider, “They essentially cap off holistically as we consider Association meeting in at the legalities concerning the electric service,” Smith bringing people to the March that focused on best the contract, because the vilsaid. “It’s just the actual downtown area, and what practices and named some lage has to give Blink interface that they’re going the fringe benefits of being reputable charging compaCharging a minimum of 30 to be changing out. Is that downtown downtown are, are,”” Smith Smith said. said. nies. Those discussions got days’ notice if it decides to Thisisisaagreat greatdraw draw ... and accurate?” ““This and the DDA thinking about the execute the exit clause in the That is accurate, yes, I think it will become village’s current contract contract. Weeks replied. “That was more popular.” with Blink Charging. This kind of inhibiting part of the problem that we Downtown Development DDA Chairwoman Kim (contract) language doesn’t had prior. With the way it Authority Director Jachim asked in June that really have a place in our was set up, it's tied directly Katherine Bussard said in a the contract with Blink be space, because we're at the into the village’s electric. post-meeting interview that reviewed. mercy of them providing And the only meter there is she brought up the contrac­ “At that time, I reached solid, agreeable service,” on those charging stations tual issue a couple months out to the village (staff) Smith said. “We really need * ll AA AA Your Safety is Important to Us S Complete Collision Service y Frame Repairs J State & I-CAR Certified Technicians J Direct Repair Facility * Most insurance companies (TO3) WMBA GOLD CLASS fj KAR Water Bourne System Ed Pawloski Jr., Owner 110 Johnson St., Caledonia • www.edsbody.com Ik I • •• —• - • y■ •• 1 I Continued next page Supplement your income by delivering newspapers each week. Papers are delivered Friday night and Sat­ urday each week. 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Main St. (Photo by • • • BrSHUYSKP a 7/ I I r »• • • । ’ • ♦ r Mj • I ■ • <, • » B< * 4 J fl 4. 1 • * I % » ’ •< • » I r( I i » r I 1 ♦ 4 I I ♦ I) • 9 1 f J » < • » < » I » /> - u » 1 1 . * I FA '■*j '• ■ ' g ■ * > ii I i • • ; . I 1 -d u ♦ > • ; , • • I । I I '9 * ■ — » - - — <1 �* * * The Sun and News, Saturday, July 30, 2022/ Page 7 CONTINUED from previous page five years ago that a charging station would be set up downtown. “And then, lo and behold, they re a company that charges the same rate as what a Chicago charger costs, ” DeMaagd said. “If you're in downtown you’re Chicago, in the city, you’ll ft 9 • hl I b 1 , <* l\l. I III it id fV I pay the same amount that you do in Middleville. Middleville, Michigan law states that you can’t resell utilities like electricity. So, companies loophole around that by selling the time that you’re plugged in. “These chargers cost six cents for every 30 seconds your vehicle is plugged in. So, it's 12 cents every min­ ute ... you might as well just go pay $100 at the gas station with your gas card. So, I hope the council will look at a company like ChargePoint that is extremely popular in Michigan your first hour is free.” New Thornapple Township EMS chief intro­ duced to village council Schaefer introduced the township’s new Emergency Medical Services chief, William Richardson, to the village council. He worked 23-1/2 years at the Meridian Township Fire Department in the Okemos area of Ingham County. Richardson took the EMS reins in Middleville on July 19, replacing Randy Eaton, who recently retired as chief. The EMS provides fire/rescue and ambu­ lance-transport response for residents of the township and a portion of Irving Township contracts with Thomapple for fire-rescue ' H ft •lir 2 Thomapple Township Supervisor Eric Schaefer (right) introduces new Emergency Medical Services Chief William Richardson (left) to the village council Tuesday night. (Photo by James Gemmell) r *«<Wie I 'WWi SMilte • • 9 services, “I'd like to thank you for the opportunity to come here tonight and introduce myself, and my door is always open if you have any issues or problems. And hopefully, that'll never happen. But if you want to come over and just say hello, I’ll be there, too,” Richardson said. Council authorizes and approves sale of old firebarn property on High Street The village council roll­ call voted 5-0 Monday to approve an ordinance that will make way for the vil­ lage to close soon on the sale of the former fire bam property at 115 High St. One member was absent and another trustee participated in the meeting remotely, and therefore could not vote. Belson said the sale will go through no later than Oct. 3. The council previously approved a resolution authorizing village staff to sign the purchase and development agreements. After those documents are signed, a 45-day due diligence period begins. Durin oa that time, the buyer has time to con­ duct inspections and surveying work. Belson said the closing must take place within 30 days of the due JIS! Mrtilti ■ » IkSEE33 r 1 ass then at that point, you would have the opportunity to ask for any additional changes." Acorn Treehouse Ventures The Committee of the LLC to purchase the parcel Whole had discussed in and former fire bam. The May a couple of different building will be renovated conceptual-design plans into a mixed-use commer­ prepared by Williams & cial cial property property that that will will Works for the four-acre include a cafe, bakery and parcel. Among other things, coffee roasting/canning roasting/canning both plans would feature operation. townhomes offered at marUpdate on potential State ket-rate prices. Street riverfront project Seneca Ridge developWeeks said village staff ment rolling along are expecting to receive by Belson said he was late August a tentative informed on July 26 that Request for Proposal form contractors will begin work from engineering/survey- on the second phase of the ing firm Williams & Seneca Ridge residential Works on a potential State development in early Street riverfront-redevel- August. The subdivision, opment project. The pro- consisting of single-family posed RFP will be homes, will be adjacent to reviewed by the village the existing first-phase council before it is development. west of It approved. It will provide a Broadmoor Street (M-37) list of questions for potenpoten­ and north of West Main tial contractors to fill out Street. when bidding to do the Rapids-based Grand construction work. Visser Brothers Inc. is the We had a phone conver­ developer and Middleville sation with the (Michigan Road LLC is the property Economic Development owner. Corp.) and Williams & “(They’re) just installing Works, and asked them to some silt fence and moving continue to move that for­ some topsoil around, getward,” Weeks said. “The ting stuff kind of prepped, intent is to have that (RFP) and then they'll be back in so that it would be presentpresent­ the fall to finish the ed to the council at the improvement of Seneca September (Committee of Ridge phase II,” Belson the Whole meeting). And said. I I 46 Putting REPUBLICAN £ diligence period's comple­ tion. The council approved in May a $40,115 bid by tttatap <r; 1 PUBLIC SERVICE ft • t m Kfitti Dakiifeii i srMkBit ttlWk r KE Mrttill over politics. for COUNTY COMMISSION!' > I 1 • it;1 I work for YOU. tn I - mt#’ I will be responsive and accessible to the public. XI 1 will always be willing to help residents with Cl .-far is ’y / questions and concerns in a prompt manner. I ft V I Lil I I'm not running for this office In hopes to advance a political career. •I & < t I I 4 *i’ I 1 ■- | 7 I have no intention to seek another political office. II *1 *71 III®111 / —- % IV Cv ■> 4 OP!#51 This Is not a political stepping stone for me. Mb/ r I Jj I ifl I t ’ •> f If**, ■ jtn11 THE ONLY CANDIDATE ENDORSED BY ABOUT ALAN BOLTER: I 1 • Lifelong Kent County resident • Husband and father of two boys Right to Life of Michigan Political Action Committee Helps run a statewide organization that supports • t Michigan's mental health system Paid for by the Committee to Elect Alan Bolter for County Commission 2097 Steketee Woods | Grand Rapids, Ml 49546 • I /IF a r On Tuesday, vote ALAN BOLTER J • % I ft I ft i I q I ft ft ft ft I • ft ii) i U • ft • ft ft ft ft 1 1 • r • - • LI ft i 9 . ft ft ft • ftft ft I I • ft • I il ft 1 ft * 9 < v I ft I « y 4 9 V I | ft 9 ft l I I I ft ft x I I * ft * • I l I - • I 9 1 ft I ft V «•’ * • ft I 9 ft » • • I > t i I ft f ’ > * ft ) REPUBLICAN PRIMARY I 1 f * * • �4 *1 T < f I * < ♦ < < ' ■ ‘,4 V 1 I ■• 1 4 4 Page 8/The Sun and News, Saturday, July 30, 2022 Thornapple Township to vote on TTES tax hike Greg Chandler Staff Writer Voters in Thomapple Township will decide Tuesday whether to raise taxes to sup­ port fire and ambulance ser­ vice in the township. The proposal would raise the tax rate to support Township Thornapple Services by by Emergency 0.5662 mills to a new rate of 2.25 mills through the end of 2023. Township voters in 2020 approved a renewal of a 1.75mill levy to support TIES. However, that amount has since been rolled back because able value of $50,000 would emergency medical technipay an additional $28 per year cians. “We have reached a point on the TI ES levy if it passes. For a homeowner with a tax- where fast-food restaurant able value of $75,000, that employees are earning about amount would be an addition- the same pay as those who risk al $43 per year, while a home­ their lives ever)' day to run owner with a $100,000 tax­ into burning buildings to save able value on his or her home lives and protect property, would pay an additional $56 make essential medical calls, per year. Buckowing said. and perform other life-saving The proposed increase tasks,” Buckowing said. “To comes at a time where TI ES both attract and retain these is facing multiple challenges professionals, we need to offer better, more competitive - most notably, responding to better, a rising number of calls for wages.” The township board unaniservice while at the same time struggling to attract and keep mously approved a $3-peron board firefighters and hour wage increase for TTES of the Headlee amendment to its current rate of 1.6838 mills, Township Treasurer Deb Buckowing said. The tax levy supports equipment and personnel for TTES, which serves both Thomapple Township and the village of Middleville. TI ES also contracts with neighborins ing Irving Township for ambulance service. If approved, the increase will generate an additional $212,029 in revenue for TIES. The current tax levy generates $630,578 for the department, Buckowing said, A homeowner with a tax- Battle Creek fund set aside to preserve historic barns around the state ANGELA 79TH DISTRICT Vote August 2 FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE Michigan First! F ★ Pro-Life L ★ Support Police & Rule of Law « ■J1. . I I ★ Support Veterans I ★ Defend the 2nd Amendment S ★ Reject Radical Teachings & CRT 1 ★ Support Small Business ,1 ★ Restore Faith in Our Elections ' ★ Ensure Medical Freedom Endorsed by Conservative Leaders I President Donald J. Trump I Michigan Conservative Coalition | Uncle Ted Nugent TRUMP ENDORSED "Angela stood toe to toe in court against Michigan's disgraced shutdown Governor Gretchen Whitmer and crazed Attorney General Dana Nessel. She's not afraid to fight, and not afraid to lead. That's exactly what Michigan needs right now. I wholeheartedly endorse Angela Rigas for Michigan State Representative. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra, former U.S. Congressman Matt DePerno, Republican AG Nominee Bernadette Smith, MIGOP Ethnic Vice Chair Tom McMillin, Michigan State Board of Education Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf Mark Finchem, Candidate for AZ Secretary of State Dave J. Agema, Former Rep & RNC Committeeman Greg MacMaster, Former State Rep Tom Antor, Kent County Commissioner I Stan Ponstein, Kent County Commissioner j Tim Morris, Caledonia School Board Member About Angela •> Angela is a Christian and life-long Michigan " President Trump resident having grown up and attended school in Hastings, Michigan. Contact Angela at angelarigas4 mi«a gmail.com She currently resides in 3 7 or call 616-514-9240 the Alto, Michigan area _________________________________ ________________ in Kent County with her Facebook.com/AngelaRigas4MI husband. Dave, and to by th* Commrtto* to Etocl Angel* Riga* • PO box 305 ■ Catectou* Ml 41)315____________ their fOUT boys. www.Angela4MI.com I / . Local nonprofit organizations that own or operate an old bam can potentially score free funding to preserve and renew it. Grants of up to $5,(XX) are now available from the Bam Believers Community Project Fund, a fund held by the Battle Creek Community Foundation. The grants are designed to preserve bam history and help save bams for community use. Nonprofit (501c3) organizations throughout the state of Michigan are eligible to apply. Bam Believers has also published a booklet, “Saving Heritage Bams,” providing cautions and words of wis­ dom. The booklet is available at no charge from bambelievers.org. and has been shared with bam owners in several states. Grant dollars can be used for a variety of projects such as gathering and archiving documents and photographs of farmsteads/bams, evaluat­ ing or repairing a bam for use by a community or historic village and convening offi­ cials and bam owners to develop barn-friendly poli­ cies, and much more. “A folk song made famous by singer Joni Mitchell carries the line, ‘Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone, said Bam Believers co-founder, Jan Corey Arnett. “So many of the reasons our valuable, tradition­ al bams are lost can be avoided when people make decisions based on accurate information and creative thinking.” There is a lack of knowl­ edge among people who have decision making power over the fate of old bams which are often built with irreplaceable virgin timber. These bams, > y • « i » 4 • 1 * •> 44 1 * » I ' i t I • architecturally and ethnically significant, are increasingly rare. They are sought after for use on specialty farms or con­ verted to new uses. In several years writing about and working to save Michigan's timber-frame and log bams,” explained Arnett, “insurance agents, code compliance officers, realtors, developers, township officials and bam owners express a need to better under­ stand these structures and alternatives to losing them.” This lack of knowledge is compounded by a shortage of people qualified to evaluate and make repairs on traditional bams, some of which date back to the early 1800s in Michigan. Among common misassumptions is the belief that it always costs a lot of money to save a bam. Preventive maintenance, including a good roof, secure foundation and removing vines, brush and nearby trees, avoids later expense. Another erroneous belief is that there is no value to keep­ ing an old bam. Realtors are now finding, however, that a good bam on five to 15 acres is prized because of the enor­ mous potential it offers. Bam Believers was created in 2017 as a fund held with the Battle Creek Community Foundation to raise money that could be put to work for hands-on projects and educa­ tion leading to saving bams and bam history. Grants have been made to organizations in five Michigan counties. Grant decisions are made by a five-member board backed by an advisory group. Bam Believers does not recommend specific products, names of companies or individuals to undertake bam repairs. I > • 1 A outfitting its members. “The turnout gear, used to keep firefighters safe in a fire, increased 8 percent from 2020 to 2021, another 8 percent between 2021 to 2022, and so far in 2022 have increased yet another 10 percent” said Eaton, who retired as chief this summer and has been replaced by Bill Richardson. “A fire truck that had a price tag of $500,000 in the spring of 2021 is now an additional $100,000 — and requires 1.5 to 2 years for delivery.” Township voters over­ whelmingly approved the last TTES millage renewal in August 2020, with 1,151 yes votes compared to 469 no votes. A 2016 renewal vote was much closer, passing by a margin of 648-501, according to county election records. members in August 2021. The increase boosted the pay for full-time staff members to roughly $21 to $24 per hour, while the top pay level for medics increased to $22 per hour, and top pay for emergency medical technicians rose to about $20 per hour, according to township documents. Last year, TTES saw a 43-percent increase in the number of calls for service, rising from 1,026 calls in 2020 I to 1,466 in 2021. About 76 percent of those calls were ambulance runs, former TTES Chief Randy Eaton told the township board earlier this year. Through June of this year, TTES had received about 700 calls for service. In addition, TTES is facing rising costs for equipping and » ♦ ♦ > ♦ 1 * » • I »• • < > < * • 1 » » । 1 • i 4 ..7 I > • ’ I * • ii&n irti] Win Mo s b 1 I I I I A J.. I 4 ♦ • • II T I 1 A v �► 1 Jt > Il * » » > > A * ♦ ' ■ > to * -T A1' 4 - ’ 1 - I. K ■ • ' • 4 *, i • * •X A t A k I > ‘ > & ■ . - — 1 Ma IJ M W’ I DON’T LET THE MILLIONAIRES BUY YOUR VOTE WH© n »!<X it Dan Devos $1050 ■ IS DID&SSI^S Wf SPP&N&fr □ □a LOOK Betsy Devos $1050 Richard Jr. Devos $1050 I । 4 List of Millionaires” Donating to Bolter Suzanne Devos $1050 Douglas Devos $1050 Maria Devos $1050 Pamela Devos $1050 Steve Ehmann $1050 Dan Hibma $1000 *, ?w Terri Land $1050 and the list goes on • • • • • • PAC’s Donating to Bolter TGIF Victory Fund $1000 GR Chamber PAC $2000 MAC PAC $1500 Realtors PAC of Ml $2000 I J AUGUST I J * I It r 21st District Kent County Commissioner 4 «i®. Ml® I IN MY JULY 16TH AD I TOLD YOU THAT! As a Commissioner I will not make any promises to you that I can't keep! I do promise to show up at every meeting, prepared, and ready to scrutinize all issues, especially financial issues related to how your tax dollars are being spent. an OK ’ \ I raised $3,645 for my campaign. $3,000 of that money came from my families savings account. $31,727 from “The List Of Millionaires and Pae’s, My opponent raised and of the $31,727 only $500 came from his own pocket? I liJB IN MY JULY 23RD AD I ASK IF YOU LIKE ME: Iflit % 538 i Are you FED UP with politics, career politicians, back room deals, quid pro quo, kick backs, pork barrel politics, political pandering, the list goes on! It's time for a conservative citizens advocate (Walter Bujak). Together, we can drain the county swamp! a f r< «»‘S|3 J. Of the 78 donations received by my opponenet, only (4) donations came from donors that live in the 21 st District. Why do so many people outside Caledonia ANSWER ...MONEY/POWER/CONTROL . BUJAK = GRASSROOTS REPUBLICAN AND I ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM... » "WE THE PEOPLE” » LET’S TAKE BACK THE KENT COUNTY GOP Endorsed by: Only You. I am a grass roots candidate beholden to no one but you, the voters. I signed the Kent Contract. For more information go to KentContract.com. I take no PAC money, seek no endorsements from big name politicians. The only endorsement I seek is your vote of confidence. t * 7L 0«' I SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE POLLS REFLECT ON THIS Be aware: that my opponent is a LOBBYIST! Do you want a lobbyist representing you as a County Commissioner? I don't. That is why I am running to represent you. i * Bowne, and Cascade want to prop this candidate up. IN BOTH MY ADS I TOLD YOU! fe#’ 1 • BOLTER = ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICAN » MORE OF THE SAME OLD THAT WE DONT NEED. n Contact Walter Bujak at J walter@votewalterbuiak.com VOTE ” Call 616-682-7657 Walter Dujak on Aug. 2 Paid for by The Committee to Elect Walter Bujak, 6639 Thornapple River Dr. I signed the Kent contract, see kentcontract.com < f t r » ’ yi J * ' i • • I I <> 4 a , I । ♦ f v • « ♦ < • I * • J t L I < . I I » t I / ‘ * I rt I ' * 1 i • ! I 9 » t 1 I < • . ( ‘ 4 I ’ » ' • - • ♦ 1 • ■ • • , , r « • i I , » > ♦ • . • » < > i # i * • » x < * / « I • I A r J • > * t 'I ■ I I J f ) I I »' n. I i 4, i A * < 9 >I I 4 I 4 I * • ‘I 1 v I । * I 4 r t i 1 \ • i • • • ft V • I 4 V 1 < I ( M 4 H I • • t • El » • �—— ~ ' ■ I ■ * X 4 1 I I Page 10/The Sun and News, Saturday, July 30, 2022 - Michigan monkeypox cases climb; state limits 2-dose vaccines to single dose Robin Erb Bridge Michigan With monkeypox cases on a slow uptick but vac­ cines in short supply, Michigan will limit vaccines to one dose per person, despite the drugmakers instructions to use two doses, a state health depart­ ment spokesperson told Bridge Michigan. Michigan has received fewer than 2,000 doses of the vaccine, JYNNEOS — a small fraction of the 310,000 vaccines distributed so far nationally, according to data provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which has said it is distributing vac­ cines first to communities most affected. Nearly one in three of the U.S. cases — 830 of 2,593 — are in New York, accord­ ing to CDC data, which may lag individual state data. Nearly 30,000 doses have been sent to New York, according to federal data. In Michigan, the first monkeypox case was identi­ fied June 29 in Oakland County. By Friday, the state had confirmed 23 cases, all in metro Detroit and Kent County in west Michigan, J monkeypox. Beyond that, it also will target those at highest risk for severe outcomes, Sutfin said, adding that the limit will be lifted “when more vaccine is available.” according to a new Michigan Department of Health and Human Services web page that also lists signs, symp­ toms and other consumer information about the virus. Michigan’s vaccine allo­ cation was distributed to Detroit and Oakland, Washtenaw, Kent, Kalamazoo and Grand Traverse counties because of “the population size of at-risk groups,” Lynn Sutfin, spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services told Bridge Michigan Friday in an email. The sites “are acting as hubs that can and will redis­ tribute vaccines to other areas of the state as needed,” she said. It’s not clear how people have been exposed to the virus, but early data suggest that gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men make up a high number of cases, according to the CDC. The state health depart­ ment decided to limit the two-dose vaccine to a single dose, at least for now, because it will help the state health department “distrib­ ute (the) vaccine rapidly and in an equitable way” to those at highest risk for STAT. For now, the vaccine, which is the same one used against smallpox, is prioritized for those who have been exposed. Monkeypox so named pox cases were limited mostly to central and west­ ern African countries and in people linked with interna­ tional travel. But this year, monkeypox has been found in 66 other countries that had not previously identi­ fied a monkeypox case, according to the CDC. “Collectively, if we don't control this disease, sooner or later, it’s going to have a financial toll on society,” Benson said. The fact that infections have been confirmed mostly among men having sex with men concerns Benson. He worries that a larger public may dismiss monkeypox because they incorrectly feel they may not be affected, allowing the disease to con­ tinue spreading. Even doctors, he said, may not be on the lookout for monkeypox. At least one of the patients he has treated had been misdiagnosed with genital warts, he said. despite a CDC health alert. And he acknowledges: He first dismissed the letter, too. “I didn't really think too much about it,” he said. “I heard a little bit about it leaving Africa, but I thought, it won’t happen here.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A serious infection could put “a person out of com­ mission so they’re not work­ in or they have medical bills for two or three weeks,” A NATIONAL SHORTAGE Michigan’s health depart­ ment follows a similar deci­ sion last week by health officials in New York City who also announced they would limit the vaccines to a single dose, “There’s not a whole lot of vaccine available right now” even as cases will undoubtedly increase, Dan Thorell, interim director of Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department, told Bridge Michigan. At least one person in his district received a vaccination as a “probable case,” having been exposed out-of­ state to an infected person. According to the vac­ cine’s packaging insert, available through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a second vaccine dose is to be given four weeks after the first. And federal officials Friday repeated the recommendation for two doses, accord­ ing to the health news site, e need to have common sense. If you think . to something s wrong, that you have a transmissible disease, don’t transmit it.” - Dr. Paul Benson because it was first identiTied in research monkeys — is contagious when a rash is present, typically for two to four weeks, according to the CDC. The virus is part of the same family of viruses that causes smallpox. A monkeypox infection is rarely fatal, but the rash can be painful, then itchy as it heals. Other symptoms are also similar to smallpox: fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills, exhaustion and a “rash that looks like pimples or blisters that appears on the face, inside the mouth, and on other parts of the body, like the hands, feet, chest, genitals, or anus,” according to the U.S. T said Dr. Paul Benson, medi­ cal director at Be Well Medical Center in Berkley in Oakland County. The county now has five confirmed monkeypox cases. Getting adequate vaccines quickly will be key, Benson said. So will public awareness. If a rash or other symp­ toms appear, individuals should contact a health pro­ vider, according to the CDC. And they should avoid intimate contact with others, Benson said. “People need to have common sense. If you think something’s wrong, that you have a transmissible dis­ ease, don’t transmit it,” he said. Until this year, monkey- 1^ l: JlliJ ■ •1 ■ £ ’I « !v ■ Lr I► I I W •’ - fe B ^lect spS W! &1? • । District 10 Bill H Irsch Medical Freedom Emily Brieve Voted to extend state of emergency tn March 2021. Regularly promoted masking and vaccinations. Remained silent about masking children until Feb 2021 Endorsed by Ml Health Choice Alliance. Masks, vaccines, and health-related business closures should always be left up to individuals. Christian Values Committed to honoring God and Biblical values. Supported hiring of Kent County LGBTQ^ Inclusion Officer (1) 100% Pro-Life In my prior role as commissioner, I helped remove abortion as a tax payer-funded service. Touts the Right to Life endorsement with no actions to back It up. - Accountable to YOU Made a formal promise to YOU by signing the Kent Contract at KentContradcom (2). Overwhelmingly endorsed and financially backed by the Establishment I will be honored to serve YOU once again and bring common sense conservative kJ Sil values back to the county government. (1) Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes 03/05/21 | (2) KentContract.com A vote for ~ you fto UP WITH CAPITP I ■^ k Bill Hirsch k is a vote for POLITICIANS, MANDATES, GOVERNMENT CONTROL, 1 SLIMY GAMES? ME TOO! representation of Endorsed by our good friend Mr. Al Post! the people, for the s Pd for by CTE Bill Hirsch 8005 Breton Ave SE, Caledonia Ml 49316 people, and by the < » r 1 I I I I) I » I I » I ! < • ♦ * f r-’ r < •II i • f r * t I I rp » I I T r < • Ah < • • ♦ t >1 • A < I I I people I » < I r * * i I • ir . I ♦ i • « . » i < If I c » 1 S ’ t t < » ♦ i V < I 0: fl t I r t 4 A i a- • •> » I I ♦ • ’ 1 I J » F 9 I �The Sun and News, Saturday. July 30. 2022/ Page 11 Bujak, Bolter to face off in Kent District 21 GOP primary Greg Chandler Staff Writer Xi Two Republican candi­ dates will face off Tuesday in the primary election for the District 21 seat on the Kent County Board of Commissioners. I Walter Bujak of Caledonia Township is running against Alan Bolter of Cascade Township in the primary. The winner will face Democrat Charles Howe of Caledonia Township in the November general election. District 21 includes all of Caledonia and Bowne 'S' lownsh.ps,, as well as the western half of Cascade Township and the southeast portion of Cascade south of 1-96. A resident of Caledonia Township for 37 years, ; is a software con­ figuration manager for GE. He served as a trustee on the township board for eight years from 2000-08, _____ t I and has run previously for township supervisor. He ir also has served as presi­ dent of the Caledonia Historical Society and on the board for the 4! ■ Thornapple River U'Og* Watershed Council. named was He Caledonia’s Hometown Hero in 2018. Here are some of Bujak’s positions as proI vided lhroug/i his cam paign websiler Fiscal re! onsibility: “One of tie primary responsibilities of a com­ cal responmissioner is sibility. Are asking the right question about fedtl| eral funds th;ft we accept? I Arc we wisely spending •kN •CS M s» SS” Si V* I t we starting programs that make sense for our given community and needs? Are county roads gettin attention? Is there frivo­ lous spending? These are questions I am not afraid to ask.” Funding law enforce and ment: “Supportin funding law enforcement is critical for the safety and well being of the citi­ Experiments in zens. defunding law enforce­ ment have been disastrous in many communities. 1 stand behind our Kent County law enforcement and pledge to ensure our department Sheriff’s receives the financial resources and community support they need. Health mandates: Mandates are a bridge to )!J iving up your rights. Attempts were made to mandate masks and exper­ imental vaccines, even in the face of statistics and studies that refuted their necessity. How far will ‘We the People’ bow to the imposition of these forceful, unconstitutional mandates? Our county and state health system failed us, and we need to do something about it. Election integrity: Election Democracy within the United States republic is in danger. Without a true and honest election, there essentially is no democra­ cy, and the republic falls. 1 am in disbelief that so much evidence in the form of videos, affidavits, and ballot discovery has been ignored. And many of our government officials are spineless to act. Why is that? This needs to be fixed... maybe with a reset to hand ballots, hand counting, and hand tabulation and aggrega­ tion. What do you think?” is associate Bolter for the director Mental Community Health Association of Michigan, a position he has held for the past 12 years. The organization supports Michigan's men­ tal health system. He also worked for nearly 12 years in the Michigan M I A. f * * 1 V I - Antenna Men“ Digital TV Antennas the taxes we collect? Are It Local control and decision-making: Washington and Lansing too often meddle in and try to control our daily lives. I will fight to pro­ tect local control and local decision-making. I believe in the philosophy that ‘'the the government closest to the people serves the people best.’ We know what is best for our kids and our commu­ nitv. manGovernment dates: "I strongly oppose all government mandates and want to limit govern­ ment overreach. Mandates are far more about politi­ cal control than achieving a certain result. At the end of the day, school shutdowns, business clo­ sures and mask mandates did very little to curb the spread of COVID-19. Lower taxes and bal­ anced budgets: “As a taxpayer. I don’t want to see my tax dollars wasted on non-essential services and programs. 1 will only support budgets where our tax dollars are being spent wisely. ensuring budgets are always bal anced. debts paid and the maintains a countvdr __ healthy fund balance. Bolter’s wife, Mandy, is a current Kent County commissioner and former chair of the county board. She is not seeking re-elec­ tion this year. •* - •J *• WE’RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR HEATING AND COOLING NEEDS Residential & Commercial -Gas and Oil Furnaces Gas and Oil Boilers Ml Air Conditioners Heat Pumps Water Heaters Humidifiers I I Cell Phone Boosters 269.967.8241 TV ANTENNA & TOWER INSTALLATION www.theanlennamen.com DeWeerd (65) .’mis' o. aid rnLiniTimuiur PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: iwr HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING, INC. DEWEERDHTG.COM S). -,r Mme LENNOX . r 269-792-2234 A+! J BPR ACCREDITED BUSINESS - 9* r “ Bujak ' S7^ sc 1‘ Bolter Legislature as a staff member to former Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus. former state Rep. Jerry Kooiman and former state Sen. Bill Hardiman. Here are some of Bolter’s positions that he has posted on his website. Public safetv: I will always support the brave men and women who keep neighborhoods. our schools and businesses safe. Public safety will be my top priority on the county board. While oth­ ers talk about defunding our police departments, I will always prioritize the safety of our community by voting to fully fund the Kent County Sheriff’s Department.” AH real cMale advcrtKing in tht* nempaper b subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Cnil Rights Act which collcctnely nuke it ille pl to advertise “any preference, limitation or disenmiruoon based on race, color, religion, m. 184931 handicap, familial status, national origin, age or KENT COUNTY DRAIN COMMISSIONER EMMONS LAKE DRAIN nun tai status, or an intention. Io nuke any such preference,limitation or discrimination " Familial SX lNSUi.47. status includes children under the age of IB living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women NOTICE OF MEETING OF BOARD OF DETERMINATION and people securing custody of children under 18 V* SPRAY FOAM This newspaper will not knowingly accept " any advertising for real estate which is in viola lion of the law Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are Closed or Open Cell available on an equal opportunity basis To report •X or Blown-In Fiberglass 616-451 2M8O The Hl D toll-free telephone num discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at ber for (he hearing impaired is I-800-927-Q275 Roy Mast. 517-652-9119 2501 N. Ionia Rd., Vermontville JI Uli (QIAJU. ML> O»»O«VVftlVT Charter Township of Caledonia Kent County, Michigan Beginning with the August 2, 2022 Primary Election, all registered vot­ ers who live within Precinct 1 (Village of Caledonia) will now VOTE at the Caledonia Village Hall, 250 S. Maple Street SE, Caledonia, Ml 49316. Precinct hours are 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on August 2, 2022 and November 8, 2022. Any questions, please contact the Clerk’s Department at (616) 891-0070. I I 1 ♦> A • J t b / I « 9 y < i 9 » 9 r 9 I I I I I I I , if • •* 9 9 e I 9 I Proceedings conducted at this public meeting will be subject to the provisions of the Michigan Open Meetings Act. Information regarding this meeting may be obtained from the Kent County Drain Commissioner’s Office located at 775 Ball Ave NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503. Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in the meeting should contact the Drain Commissioner at the number listed above or through the Michigan Relay Center at 7-1-1 (TDD) at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting to request mobility, visual, hearing, or other assistance. F 4 4 6 4 * * 1 A presentation will be made to the Board of Determination, which outlines a brief history of the Drainage District, and describes the roles, responsibilities, and decisions made by a Board of Determination. The presentation is to provide background for land­ owners and municipalities in the drainage district and to facilitate the dissemination of information and the receipt of testimony of landowners in the Drainage Districts. The Board of Determination will make its decisions at the end of the meeting. t * I 6 T . i I I I I I 9 I • A Board of Determination will meet at the above date, time, and location to hear all interested persons, receive evidence, and determine whether the proposed maintenance and improvement of the Emmons Lake Drain is necessary and conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare, as set forth in the petition, dated June 14, 2022, pursuant to Chapter 8 of Public Act 40 of 1956, as amended. Ken Yonker Kent County Drain Commissioner Clerk, Charter Township of Caledonia • QUESTIONS: Thursday, August 18, 2022 6:00 P.M. Caledonia High School, Fine Arts Center 9050 Kraft Ave, Caledonia Ml 49316 (616) 632-7910 Anyone aggrieved by the decisions of the Board of Determination may seek judicial review pursuant to MCL 280.72a. Joni Henry it DATE: TIME: LOCATION: 1 ■ • 4 •w �Page 12/The Sun and News, Saturday, July 30, 2022 I Kent County Commission District 10 GOP race: Brieve vs. Hirsch James Gemmell Contributing Writer Incumbent Kent County Commissioner Emily Post Brieve goes up against chal­ lenger Bill Hirsch in the Republican race for the coun­ ty’s 10th District Board of Commissioners' seat. The winner in the Aug. 2 primary election will take on Democrat Julie Humphreys in the Nov. 8 general election. The 10th District covers Gaines Charter Township, a section of Caledonia Charter Township south of 84th Street and the Village of Caledonia. Each GOP candidate was asked to respond to the same set of questions for this report: Q: Your current place of residence? Brieve: I currently in Caledonia near 76th and Kalamazoo. Hirsch: 8005 Breton Ave. SE, Caledonia, MI. 49316. Q: Age/family background: Hirsch Brieve 53 years old. Farmer and lifelong resident of Kent County, Michigan. Brieve: I’m 40 years old and I have lived in Gaines Township for over 30 years, I grew up in Cutlerville and have fond memories of riding my bike to the library and buying candy at the Marathon. My husband and I love raising our two boys in this community. I currently work for FastoolNow.com which is a small business my family owns. We sell con- struction and industrial sup­ plies locally and worldwide. Q: Educational background: Brieve: I went to Cutlerville Christian School from School Kindergarten to 8th grade. I graduated from from South Christian High School in 2001 and Calvin University in 2005 with a B.A. in communica­ tions and business. Hirsch: Graduated from Kelloggsville High School and attended Michigan State University. • Q: Political background/ Hirsch: 184578 Township of Yankee Springs 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-90911 FAX 269-795-2388 YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PUBLIC HEARING - SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL ELMWOOD BEACH ROAD SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 48 TO: THE RESIDENTSAND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, OWNERS OF LAND WITHIN THE ELMWOOD BEACH ROAD SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 48 AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Township Supervisor and Assessor have prepared and filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination a special assessment roll covering all properties within the ELMWOOD BEACH ROAD ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 48 benefitted by the proposed road improvement project, which will include milling the road surface as needed and installation of asphalt on the south 0.33 +/- miles of Elmwood Beach Road, with associated activities. The costs of the project are as shown on the estimate of costs on file with the Township Clerk. The assessment roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing costs of the project within the aforesaid special assessment district, as is more particularly shown on plans on file with the Township Clerk at the Township Hall, 284 N. Briggs Road, within the Township. The assessment roll is in the total amount of $55,000. The costs, including administrative costs, are proposed to be raised by a new special assessment. The assessment against each parcel in the special assessment district will be approximately $254.63 per year, for a period of three years, 2022 - 2024 inclusive. I experience: Hirsch: Served four years as District 10 County Commissioner. Brieve: My interest in pol­ itics started when I was in elementary school during the Gulf War. I was always curious about what was going on in the world and would read newsmagazines and watch the evening news with my family. While in high school, I took AP Government and traveled to Washington, DC with the CloseUp program. I also volunteered on cam­ paigns in high school and college. ’ i • New Collections from Moda® & QT ® Fabrics • Zippers, Tapes, Threads, Trims More PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Yankee Springs Township Board will meet at the Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N. Briggs Road, Middleville, Michigan, on Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing the special assessment roll and hearing any objections thereto. The roll may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular business days until the time of the hearing and may further be examined at the hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that an owner or party in interest, or his/ her agent, may appear in person at the hearing to protest the special assessment or may file his/her appearance and protest by letter before the hearing, and in that event, personal appearance shall not be required. Any person objecting to the assessment roll shall file his/her objection thereto in writing with the Township Clerk before the close of the hearing or within such other time as the Township Board may grant. The owners or any person having an interest in real property who protests in writing at or before the hearing may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the State Tax Tribunal within 30 days after confirmation of the special assessment roll. Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at the hearing, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days’ notice to the Township Clerk at the address below Mike Cunningham, Clerk Yankee Springs Township 284. N. Briggs Road Middleville, Ml 49333 (269) 795-9091 mikec@yankeesprinqstwp.org l » 4 » i 1* • r 1 1 I x 0 I 4 * i ► - I *k WS4 Saturday 9 am-3 pm 8k • ;■ I 1 iiHN I am « Hulst Cleaners Pick-Up Station 1 few, COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Host an Exchange Student Today! (for 3,5 or 10 months) The minutes of the July 12, 2022 Regular Council Meeting, which were approved on July 26, 2022, are posted at the Village Hall at 100 E Main Street and on the website at www.villageofmiddleville.org. Will K Rl Make a lifelong friend from abroad. J Hanna from Germany, 17 yrs. f njoys spending lime with her tumfy and younger siblings. 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JS SOLUTIONS host.asse.com or email info@asse.com ///asse to iWMDW- plays the guitar and Its dream is to jon a drama dub ai res American high school Call Terri at 1-810-869-6347 or !'<S; www.LevisHomeSolutions.com Ucensed & Insured I f Hi r > । » if I <» t » c « » I I f I • ■ O • J yr » I I » 4 OPEN: Monday-Friday 8 am-5:30 pm; w Q: How would you like to see residential, commercial and industrial growth devel­ op over the next 10 years? Gaines and Caledonia town ships, for example,J are booming in terms of popula­ tion and there is a lot of major manufacturing along, or near, the M-37 and M-6 corridors, as well as roads like 76th Street, Patterson Ave., 68th Street How can ** < » 218 E. State St., Hastings • 945-9673 ■9 ly best managed at the local township level. Gaines Township is responsible for the zoning and permitting when new residential and commercial developments take place. The county does not do zoning or manage local development. Obviously, growth in Gaines impacts county services like public safety and law enforcement. It also puts pressure on county drains, roads and management of solid waste. A sign of a healthy community is growth and we need to have a balance of residential, retail and commercial. This area is attractive because of the proximity to the highways, the airport, great schools, available jobs and high quality of life. The township has done a aood job listening to the community’s response regarding the proposed development at 84th and Kalamazoo. Farmland is important and necessary to our community and the world we live in. Once it’s gone, we won’t get it back. It’s important to manage the growth and find ways to protect our farmland. The state has a farmland preservation program which some farmers have benefited from in Kent County, but it is my understanding that very little land in Gaines Township actually qualifies. The township should continue listening to the residents and working with experts in the community to come up with the best plan for maintaining the growth that is inevitable. Hirsch: We should be developing land to its full potential where we have existing infrastructure. At the same time promoting high quality of life, walkable communities. Balancing that with protecting our agricultural areas that should be kept rural. people in leadership on the County Commission who are not willing to listen to other members on the board, Brieve: The political cli­ mate is really the biggest chal­ lenge. There are some politicians that are just trying to put on a show, but not really dig­ ging in and doing the actual work. I have experience serv­ ing in this role and know that it’s important to understand all the issues the County is facing and to work together to serve Kent County. I 9 0 r SiitenA A the growth best be managed to account for traffic conges­ tion, and maintain a high quality of life and preserva­ tion of farmland? Brieve: The growth is real- challenge or challenges at this point accomplishing key priorities? Hirsch: Having the wrong r 4 I I • I « I -to QUESTIONS: ASK US... shared their ideas. The requests for funding has been well over $300 million. I look forward to taking all the public input and working with my colleagues to transparently allocate these transformational funds while maximizing the impact with additional dollars from other state, federal and local funds. Another challenge is the tremendous growth that has occurred the last 10-plus years in the Gaines Township area. It will be important to partner with the Township when it comes to public safety and addressing the increased need for more services. Hirsch: Medical freedom - we should all have health choices, not mandates. Having a County Commissioner who will address the concerns of our community. Not be beholden to big money donors who do not have the best inter­ est at heart. Protecting the rural character and quality of life in Gaines Township. Q: What is the toughest ■i Pray for our Country7 f PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Supervisor and Assessing Officer have reported to the Township Board that the assessment against each parcel of land within said District is such relative portion of the whole sum levied against all parcels of land in said District as the benefit to such parcel bears to the total benefit to all parcels of land in said District. While in college. I interned for Senator Bill Hardiman. It was a great experience and I ended up taking a job after college as a Legislative Assistant for a State Representative. In 2014, I was approached by then-Commissioner Joel Freeman. He was a friend and had told me he decided not to run again. Along with many others, he encouraged me to run because of my long history in Gaines Township and my pas­ sion for this community. I ended up winning and have been serv­ ing as your Kent County Commissioner ever since. In my time serving on the Board of Commissioners, I’ve had some great opportunities to serve in different areas. I’ve served on Network 180, the Kent County Lead Task Force, the Community Health Advisory Committee, as a Liaison to the Convention Arena Authority, the Grand Rapids Public Museum Board, the West Michigan Sports Commission, the Board of Public Works and the Ford Airport Board. Q: What do you see as the top issues for the county commission in the next term, especially with with regard especially regard to to District 10? 10? District Brieve: The biggest challenge we are currently facing in Kent County is determining how to spend $127.6 million in American Rescue Plan (ARPA) funds from die federal govern­ ment. The Board of Commissioners has held numer­ ous public meetings, where citi­ zens and organizations have i ) t 1 t I �I *ik I % The Sun and News, Saturday, July 30, 2022/ Page 13 Sounds of Summer entertained July crowds weekly at Cutler Park is Si: S' * hosted by P. Williams Productions at Cutler Park in Byron Township, one block west of the Gaines Township border. The park is located at 6701 Cutler Park Drive, which runs north off 68th Street. The lineup included: - July 7, Schlitz Creek BI ue gras s/Cou n try - July 14, That Beatles James Gemmell Contributing Writer A free outdoor concert series in July provided some welcome entertainment for people living in the Cutlerville area. The Sounds of Summer Cutlerville events were held each Thursday night in July, beginning at 7 p.m. The weekly concerts were SS' V & Thing July 21, Frantic Kingdom. Jazz/Blues - July 28. Brena. Rock The crowds varied in size week to week, with That Beatles Thing drawing more than 200 people on July 14. The Juicy Wieners hot dog stand was the onsite food vendor. No alcohol was allowed. I 4 hi?. ' The crowd was enjoying Frantic Kingdom’s performance on July 21, before it was abruptly halted after an hour due to a fast-moving thunderstorm that swept through Cutler Park. (Photo by James Gemmell) L *1 & h 81% Broadmoor Ave. SE Caledonia. MT 49316 CuhkmA Phone 616.891.0070 Fax: 616 *91.0430 CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA COUNTY OF KENT, MICHIGAN PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Caledonia will hold a public hearing on August 15. 2022, at 7:00 p.m. at the Caledonia Charter Township Hall, 8196 Broadmoor Avenue, Caledonia, Michigan, to consider a proposed ordinance to amend the zoning ordinance of Caledonia Charter Township. The principal provisions of the proposed amending ordinance can be summarized as follows:: 1. Density Bonus for Uses Served by Public Sanitary Sewer. The ordinance would amend Sections 7.5, 8.5(a), 9.5(a), 98.5(a), and 15.5(e) of the zoning ordinance pertaining to density bonuses for uses served by public sanitary sewer systems. Uses served by public sanitary sewer systems would be eligible for bonuses in the R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 zoning districts including, reduced lot sizes and yard setbacks; uses served by private septic tanks and community or private sanitary sewer systems and facilities would not be eligible for such bonuses. Additionally, planned unit developments served by public sanitary sewer systems would be eligible for a density bonus of up to 10 percent over what is allowed by Section 15.5(d) of the zoning ordinance at the discretion of the Planning Commission and Township Board. 2. Copies of the proposed amending ordinance are on file at the Township Hall and may be reviewed during Township office hours. 11 £ W- 4 fc Dated: July 25, 2022 J• M PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA 'W I FINANCIAL FOCUS * I Kl 4 ■^iai * Wiitata Avoid these estate-planning mistakes nb Ah ® The band Frantic Kingdom performed July 21 at the Sounds of Summer con­ cert series in Cutler Park. (Photo by James Gemmell) ttofiikai < 184037 1 11 b 10 ta' I® : CalfdoniA 0196 Broadmoor Ave. SE Caledonia. Ml 49316 It tali Phone: 616.891.0070 Fax: 616.891.0430 MW k (i* ® CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Caledonia will hold a public hearing for a rezoning on August 15, 2022, at 7:00 p.m at the Caledonia Township Hall, located at 8196 Broadmoor SE, Caledonia, Michigan 49316. Parcels are legally described as follows and located at 8705 Kraft Avenue SE and zoned Agricultural. Rezoning request is to the R2 district. Parcel number is: 41-23­ 19-200-030 and the size is 49.1 acres in area. The legal description follows: ^18^® 'ei «• f z 0f II* 412319200030 PART OF NE 1/4 COM 165.0 FT N 1D 03M 38S E ALONG E SEC LINE FROM E 1/4 COR TH N 89D 23M 40S W 264.0 FT TH S 1D 03M 38S W TH N 89D 23M 40S W ALONG 165.0 TH N 0D 58M E&W 1/4 LINE 1048.05 40S E ALONG W LINE OF E 1/2 NE 1/4 TH S 89D 23M 40S E 832.07 2103.02 TH S FT TH S1D 03M 38S W 1195.0 89D 12M 30S E 483.0 FT TH S 1D 03M TO 38S W ALONG E SEC LINE 738.77 BEG * SEC 19 T5N R11W 49.10 A. SPLIT/ COMBINED ON 01/14/2022 FROM 41 -23-19-200-016, 41 -23-19-200-017; 01 *•**#«?*«1 M! 9 z * —• ■ IT B <4 All interested persons may attend the •I public hearing and comment on the proposed . rezoning. 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Member a 529 education savings plan, you'll want to name a SIPC successor owner - some- I 0 r < 4 When many people hear the words “estate plan­ ning.” they assume it’s just for the wealthy. But that’s not the case because every­ one can benefit from an estate plan. And when you're creating one, you'll want to avoid some com­ mon mistakes. Before we look at those mistakes, let's go over what estate planning is designed to accomplish. Essentially, an estate plan allows you to pass on your assets in the way you desire. But it can also specify other actions, such as naming someone to care for your minor chil­ dren if you were no longer around. In creating an estate plan, several key documents are involved, including a will, a trust, a financial power of attorney and a medical power of attorney •F or a health care directive. Now, let's consider a few estate-planning mistakes: • Not communicating your plans. You'll need to inform your family about whom you’ve chosen as executor - the individual who will administer your estate - and whom you've named as the trustee — the person who will manage your trust's assets. (You can also choose a trust compa­ ny to handle this duty.) And to help avoid unpleasant • < �f I I < Ma A % • X * V * * Page 14/The Sun and News, Saturday, July 30, 2022 * New coaches look to bond TK teams together y Brett Bremer V ur Z Sports Editor With Andrew Kiel's his­ tory it should be a smooth transition. Kiel was recently named the new Thomapple Kellogg varsity boys' soccer coach for the 2022 fall season. Try-outs for the 2022 season begin Aug. 8 at the high school in Middleville and Kiel is already familiar with many of the guys who will be showing up to don the orange and black. Kiel has been coaching in the Thornapple Area Soccer Club (TASC) over the past eight or nine years, leading groups of high school and middle school aged boys. He most recently coached a group of eighth and ninth graders last season before TASC turned into the new West Michigan Galaxy club. He had plans to coach in the Galaxy program until learn­ ing that long-time girls’ coach Joel Strickland was retiring from leading the TK girls' program at the end of the 2022 spring season and that David Wood, the TK boys' coach, would be mov­ ing over to lead the girls’ program along with new co-head coach Ben Sleeman. “It is a program where I played at TK. It is some­ thing that I am passionate about. I graduated there and I I ir It* f ■ ’J* $ ' r.# J!” Z1 Andrew Kiel has been named the next Thornapple Kellogg varsity boys’ soccer coach, played four years and had a good experience,” Kiel said, Kiel played for then coach Larry Jachim at TK before graduating and moving on to Cornerstone University where he spent a couple sea­ sons with the Golden Eagles, He said one of the big things he has learned while matur­ ing and growing from a * player into a coach is the importance of spacing on the field. He said it is also important to have a good support system of coaches who will not only work together well but also chailenge ways of thinking at times. That is certainly a dynamic in play between Wood and Sleeman. 1st Annual I TAPRC Heritage Pay ec FUN” Canoe Race Saturday. August 20 at 1 1:30am (staggered starting times) I i ( David Wood, pictured coaching the Thomapple Kellogg varsity boys’ soccer team in 2019, is making the shift to lead the TK varsity girls’ program in the spring. He will be the co-coach along with former boys’ JV coach and varsity assitant Ben Sleeman. (File photo) TASC and now Galaxy Director of Coaching Matt Barnes has been a big influ­ ence on Kiel's coaching style according to Kiel. He also doesn’t expect too many big changes to the boys’ program in the near future. “David [Wood] and I have had quite a few conver­ sations and are pretty close,” Kiel said. “I think people ; TAPRC kPRz1 ***o 4 70 \ z 07 x9/ o M QJ -r» % GOOD GOVFMNMFNT MAS ns ROOTS IN THF PVOPt f A Xs^geATiqH5>zZ C°UNTY^ • Medals for Fastest team See SOCCER, next page (fin 184835 Hfs I* M at Thornapple Township Hall 9 200 Main Street, Middleville, Ml 49333 (accumulative age). • Start: Thornapple River public launch in Village of l» V ZBAFile#115 Middleville Thornapple Township has received a variance request from the Zoning Or­ dinance Section 21.3(b)(3) pertaining to the size of an attached garage. The applicants, Eric and Tanya VanderLoon, are seeking the variance to allow for the construction of an addition to an attached garage exceeding the size allowed by the Zoning Ordinance. The location of this variance request is generally known as 2575 Old Dutch Lane, Middleville, Michigan/ Parcel #08-14-032-027-11. I • End: Indian Valley Campground & Livery (108th Street) • Registration Fee: $60 per canoe team (includes canoe —w- rental, paddles, life preservers and “river swag”). No private I fa Wednesday, August 17th, at 7p.m. ^ddle for Oldest Team I I will hold a Public Hearing on Youngest Team, and I * i gram the past few years. “I think we see the game similar enough that it works,” Wood said of Sleeman, “but he also sees the game at a different angle than I do. I have always enjoyed working with him. He can definitely step into the game and coach the team as a head coach no problem. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING of THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS r°ip. ***** will see a lot of continuity between the programs from what he was doing and what I want to implement.” Kiel is happy Wood had a good summer program already in place to make the transition easier. Wood will co-coach the TK varsity girls’ team with Sleeman, who has been the JV head coach and varsity assistant with Wood in the boys’ pro- G®eH canoes allowed. Registration is limited to only 40 teams. Register on our website at www.TAPRC.org or visit us on Facebook b 1 % *5 THE VARIANCE APPLICATION MAY BE INSPECTED AT THE TOWNSHIP HALL Mon. - Thurs. 9am - 4pm for event information and registration. I Questions? Email info.taprc@gmail.com or call 269-795’7202 Written comments or questions regarding this application will be received until close of the public hearing and may be addressed to: Secretary, Thornapple Town­ ship Zoning Board of Appeals, P.O. Box 459, Middleville, Ml 49333. 269-795-7202. All proceeds will help develop “Sheridan Park”, a new community and sports park planned in the Village of Middleville. HEATERS WATER r 1 « ) I x f I I V/ •* I I I । ! « ' III. t t I 1 * L ■ I I ■' h . ■ • I 9 - *p I * ♦ Mil ’ Cindy Willshire, Thornapple Township Clerk ACTIVATE BARRY COUNTY 7 I < < I ' > BLUE ZONES f ♦ «1 I 1 1 L r v I ♦ Il » The Township will provide necessary and reasonable services to individuals with disabilities at this public meeting upon 6 days notice to the Township Clerk. SPONSORED BY Bradford White Water Heaters and Blue Zones Activate Barry County. BRADFORD WHITE Americans with Disabilities Notice ■ I r I » • n I I I < I' II I' * 1 • A । I f, »l I >U ll LJ <1 •• I ■ 4 t » ‘t I * ( --- k 4 * * �The Sun and News, Saturday, July 30, 2022/ Page 15 SOCCER, continued from page 14 I have a lot of respect for what he does with the play­ ers on and off the field.” Wood has young daugh­ ters and has coached young girls’ teams in the TASC program in recent seasons. He was an assistant coach with the Grandville girls’ program before comin to TK. He helped coach the Bulldogs when they finished as the MHSAA Division 1 State Runnersup in the spring of 2013. Wood plans to stay on as an assistant with the TK boys’ program this season. Kiel said he is workin: on etting mentally prepared for the season, working on administrative stuff and starting to look at some of the players who may be on the team this fall and what that will mean as far t >--d 4 I as plans and strategy. good thing. The boys will “[Kiel] is a very good still be able to get that concoach,” Wood said. “I have sistent coaching and rein­ known Drew for a long forcement during the game him. ” time now. He knows the from him. ill ame from playing it, but Thornapple Kellogg has also coaching for quite High School athletic direca few years now. He can tor Brian Hammer said Kiel relate to the players very' “shined in the interview' well. He understands the process and we are excited tactical side of the game to have him lead our pro­ and his ability to coach ram.” within the game is a very The TK boys’ program .11 Barry County Fair concludes 169th edition with grandstand shows packed to capacity on a regular basis. Drivers from around the area competed in Friday evening’s, July 22, Unique Motorsports Off­ Road Derby and Demolition Derby contests. The 2022 Barry County Fair wrapped up last weekend with the final days of midway rides, grandstand shows, animal sales and more. It was another stellar turn­ out at the Barry Expo Center < The week's grandstand shows culminated in the SJO Productions Michigan Fair State Supercross Series con­ tests Saturday, July 23. Local riders included 50 Trail 7-8 division winner Travis Hansen from Alto, Matt Ackerman from Caledonia who won the Vet C contest and Brent Stanley from Middleville who won the 250 All Star A/B class, Motocross racers compet­ ed in nearly 40 different classes. -w- - I .. Gracie Kwitkowski of Wayland and Ridley Aten of Dorr enjoy a ride around the Bayou Lagoon Friday, July 22, during the 2022 Barry County Fair. (Photo by Brett Bremer) r W’i Gavin DeVore (21) of Hastings fights to keep his car from leaving the course during a novice division heat of the Unique Motorsports Off-Road Derby during the ‘Night of Destruction’ in front of the grand­ stand at the Barry County Fair Friday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ended the 2021 season ranked in the state in Division 2. The TK girls' grew program under Strickland to become annu­ al contenders for the OK Gold Conference championship. Both Kiel and Wood said they are looking forward to meshing the two programs together a bit, not only sup­ porting one another on the BrewFest opens taps in Gun Lake area Saturday Barry County The BrewFest is coming to Yankee Springs for the first time Saturday, Aug. 6. The BrewFest’s sixth annual event continues the tradition of moving around the Barry County area. Curley Cone near the cor­ ner of M-179 and Patterson Avenue will be the host for this year’s Gun Lake area edition which will run from noon until 6 p.m. Parking for the event will be one mile down M-179 at the Gun Lake Community Church with a free shuttle taking guests to and from the event. Pre-sale tickets for the k W* a Be "SENSIBLE" about your water! REPUBLICAN G yr J;.-..'-. - ; BOLTER t® Mbs W ajpplvjtaiv:- ★ * ♦ * CXJLTNTk'COMMISSIONER SMELL THE Straight talk, no political games. I’d like to set the record straight. My opponent is trying to mislead voters about my profession as a way to score political points. He is everything that is wrong with politics today in that he would rather tear me down than promote his own vision for Kent County. As I’ve often said, I am running because we need leaders who will put public service over politics. «8 Of NW® ■01 I •Bnub SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL J ItfUBE SERVICING ALL MAKES AND MODELS For the past 12 years, I have served as Associate Director tor the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan. I help run this statewide organization, which supports Michigan's mental health system. Like any other business, our organization has to balance a budget, hire employees, and deal with health insurance. We provide all of the continuing education programs for most of Michigan's mental health workforce. Our organization advocates on behalf of children with autism, adults with serious mental illness, and people with developmental disabilities. We also support suicide prevention and anti-stigma programs. A small portion of my job requiresi me to educate Michigan legislators and regulators on behalf of those with mental illness and explain how the decisions they make in Lansing impact the lives of people in need. - • ^1* I* 7 z c r ?i r r 4 I* I Rid your water of sulfur and I iron odors with an Iron Curtain System. 1 Eliminate: — • Sulfur odors • Iron staining Most families have been impacted by mental illness in some way. Mental illness affects 1 out of every 5 people across Michigan (roughly 2.5 million people). I will never apologize for trying to help people, many of whom are going through their darkest hours. Again, for my opponent to try to score political points because of my job is just wrong. Our community. deserves better. J Stop in for your free water test! 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Wood said Heather Pratt is staying on as the TK JV girls’ coach. his Kiel and wife McKenzie live in Grand Rapids with their one-yearold daughter and their first son on the way soon. Tuesday, Aug 2nd Republican Primary Alan Bolter Candidate for County Commission $ J Hrt tv> u, flrv Committm.' tv fctaK Awn CvwK> Call Us Today! k I 9980 Cherry Valley, Caledonia 49316 uwwttwhxi i £*»'' btekeree VAxxfe , & and Rw<K- 4A 4-?54t Authorized PRO’S PICK Dealer On the corner of M-37 and 100th Street Mon-Fri. 8:30ain-5:30pm and Sat. 8:30am-2pm 616789170303 WWW.MAYNARDSWATERCONDITIONING.COM I r A I I t > « I t I • I a I ■ . / • / / ✓ . I a f > • ♦ ’ • I I . I I I 4 I I , < - « I I » ♦ I 9 i I > I I ♦ » * I 1 I I a I * f I * I rI • i I < • �1 Page 16/The Sun and News, Saturday, July 30, 2022 Tourney at the Cage to be part of Heritage Days again Agreement between Taylor and Houston Astros is official Brett Bremer Sports Editor Andrew Taylor made it official this week. The Houston Astros’ 2022 Major League Baseball draft pick from Caledonia High School and Central Michigan University, Taylor, Taylor signed his contract with the Astros Thursday. Taylor, a 6-foot-5 right handed pitcher was selected 80th overall with a second round compensation pick. He signed for full slot value of $807,200. Each selection in the first ten rounds of he MLB draft comes with an assigned value, and teams are penalized *if their total spending sur­ passes the total of the assigned values for their team's pool of draftees. Taylor got to join They're making room for some youngsters in the cage. The Heritage Days at the Basketball Cage 3-on-3 Tournament will return for its second year and registration is going on now through Aug. 7. The cost is $100 per team. The tournament will include divi­ sions for boys and girls in grades three through nine with the addition of third and fourth grade ballplayers new this time around. The tournament will be held during Middleville Heritage Days, Saturday, Aug. 20. There is a possibility that first round games will be played Friday, Aug. 19, depending on the number of teams that sign-up for the event. It is a double elimination tournament. “The Cage” is the set of outdoor basketball courts on just off Main Street in front of McFall Elementary School. Weather could for the tourna­ ment to move indoors. Contact TK varsity boys’ basketball coach Josh Thaler to secure a spot in the tournament at jthaler@tkschools.org. Registration forms and rules can be found online at sites. google.com/tkschools. org/3on3. All games are played with a 20-minute running clock. The first team to 15 takes the victo­ ry, but must win by two. If neither team reaches 15 points Houston Astros radio broadcasters Robert Ford and Steve Sparks in their Houston Astros Radio Network booth during the top of the second inning of the Astros’ 4-2 win over the Seattle Mariners in Houston Thursday eve­ ning. MLB clubs have until 5 p.m. Monday to come to terms with their draft picks with a few exceptions for players who have used up their collegiate eligibility and draft-and-follow picks who were chosen after the tenth round and attended a two-year college after the draft, Taylor said after the draft he expects his first stop after signing to be the Astros' spring train­ ing facility in West Palm Beach, Fla. The Heritage Days at the Cage 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament filled the courts outside McFall Elementary in Middleville for the first time last August and will return Aug. 20 during the 2022 Heritage Days. Sign-up is going on now for ballplayers in grades three through nine, both boys and girls. (File photo) during the 20-minute game, the team ahead at the end of the time takes the victory. In case of a tie, a sudden death over­ time will be played with a coin flip determining which team gets possession first. Teams will generally compete by grade level, though some grades may be combined into a bracket. Parental advisors assist and encourage players. Referees, not parents, will call fouls and turnovers. Heritage Days will also include the TAPRC Paddle For Parks race, the 2n^ Annual Hb Charlie Pullen Memorial Auto Show, a beverage garden, the Makers Market and more. 308 Arlington St I I Middleville, Ml 49333 f HAVE A CLEAN CAR GOING TO THE POLLS I $2@©F ___ & ALL THE LOVIN LOTS OF LOVE GLOSS WITH CERAMIC WAX Only available through soft cloth tunnel z-* C £ H A mSST ) A M r (. > ( I Non-stackabla coupon. Not redeemable for ca«h. 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A Caledonia resident, Rigas formerly resided in the 86th district, which included Caledonia in addition to Ada and Cascade Townships, Belding and Ionia. After the districts were redrawn fol­ lowing the 2020 census, Rigas was placed in the new­ ly-minted District 79, which dips down into Barry County, where she grew up in Hastings. “When I saw that the dis­ trict I would be running in was going into Barry County, I was very pleased,” Rigas told the Sun and News. “I’ve spent half of my life in Barry County. It is absolutely a pleasure and an honor to be able to serve my home coun­ ty.” The district certainly was favorable to Rigas as she flattened the competition in Tuesday’s state primary elec­ tion, earning the Republican nomination for the 79th dis­ trict, where she will now face Democrat off against KennedyKimberly Barrington in November. The successful election for Rigas was in stark contrast to her previous run at political office. While in District 86, she ran against incumbent Lisa Posthumus Lyons in the a'Jl lirtoiM igaiqofl i£J afiw .zsgiJl ) A ab riid8 robolcD D bfis gncblsfi floiiteib niwol term -y I ob gqib □isriw dvr h.I ton) iog asw 2fiW I ad) bio) ;rt Jnoqa vtnuoD iHjgfislq o) oidn "Xi oKT jfiTOVBt anaMfili fibaouT bo rnoii nnimon Iw Joni 1I [adcniX g orlT w gfigiil /oiq isd I .30 fi tO nsi orte 8OCI aei J I 18 id Greg Chandler remain committed to con­ Staff Writer tinuing to serve our commuYankee Springs nity to the best of our ability Township will not become and have had many resi­ part of the Henika District dents of Yankee Springs Library in Wayland. reach out to express their Voters in the western gratitude for us trying at portion of the township, all.” which is part of the Wayland The ballot proposal Union school district, sent requested up to 1.5 mills for an overwhelming “no library operations, but the thanks” to the idea of actual levy would have been becoming part of the library 1.3511 because that’s the district Tuesday, as 72 per­ current levy paid by taxpay­ cent of those casting ballots ers in the city of Wayland voted down a 1.3511-mill and Wayland Township Bakovka said. levy that would have gone The levy would have toward funding library generated about $195,000 operations. The measure was defeat­ in revenues from Yankee ed, 483-183. Springs for the library, Meanwhile, township compared to $205,000 for voters were much more Wayland Township and favorable toward a renewal $178,000 for the city of and restoration of the town­ Wayland, Bakovka said. ship’s fire and emergency Kelly Robbins, the townservices millage. Nearly 72 ship resident who led the percent of voters approved effort to get the proposal on renewing and restoring the the ballot, said she would levy back to its original not pursue a second library voted rate of 0.75 mills, proposal. 1,190-468. “ I will drop it and move Backers of the library on to new projects,” proposal had campaigned Robbins wrote in a text to for several years to get the Sun and News. “The Yankee Springs to be part people have spoken." Critics questioned the of the Henika district because the portion of the necessity for the library, the township that is part of timing of the tax request Wayland schools is not given the state of the econo­ served by any library. my, and the lack of input “We are disappointed from the community before that we are unable to extend the proposal was put on the library services to an area ballot. township where many people want Meanwhile, voters voted to restore the and need it, but are thankful to everyone who helped and tax for supporting fire and supported this endeavor,” emergency services to 0.75 Henika Library Director Cierra Bakovka said. “We See LIBRARY, page 3 Angela Rigas of Caledonia speaks at an event during her campaign. Rigas recently won the Republican nomination in the race for Michigan House of Representatives District 79. a that I inspired Rigas stood up to the current me saying o administration during 2020 them to stand up and open when Gov. Gretchen up,” Rigas said. “We were Whitmer called for the shut­ able to raise money for them down of various businesses and help them." As a long-time presence at - including salons - to curb the spread of COVID-19. school board meetings, Rigas Rigas was one of the hand- also picked up an endorse­ ful of statewide hair stylists ment from former president Donald Trump, which she and barbers that went to the state capitol for Operationsaid carried a lot of weight in Haircut, where they provided the district, Rigas joined a couple of free haircuts to anyone that other female candidates to wanted one. Because of it, Rigas was emerge as the Republican nominees in their respective criminally cited but refused state rep. races. They included to settle with the state. She insisted that the process play Gina Johnsen in District 78, out in court to prove that which covered much of Rigas' Attorney General Dana hometown of Hastings, and Nessel and the state were in Rachelle Smit, who emerged out of District 43, which cov­ the wrong. The charges were eventu- ers portions of Eaton, Barry, Allegan and Ottawa counties. ally dropped, “After that, there were a lot of people reaching out to See ELECTION RACES, page 2 2014 primary election, where Posthumus Lyons racked up 70 percent of the votes. This year, it was Rigas’ turn to dominate. Her campaign relentlessly peppered Middleville, Caledonia and the northwestern portion of Barry County with signs and visits, following through with a convincing victory by gaining 10,636 votes — more than her two opponents (Jeremiah Keeler and Ryan Gallogly) combined, “I was very confident coming into election night because we had a great message and a great story as an activist,” Rigas said. “We’ve been able to inspire others to get involved.” In fact, Rigas considers herself an activist before a politician. A hair stylist by trade, The vice chair of the Kent of County Board Commissioners fended off a primary challenge from a commissioner former Tuesday. Commissioner Emily Post Brieve of Gaines Charter Township, who has been on the county board for the past eight years and used to represent a portion of Caledonia Township before redistrict­ ing, defeated Bill Hirsch in the Republican primary for the District 10 board seat, The district represents Gaines and the southern portion of the city of Kentwood under the newly-redrawn district )q £ lira priznwoT slsb ,gni n?iG adj njzib sdT J sdt bru > yiio ori) Iwan ad) I * I 4 j I i • j f’ .4 9 * 4 r ( ■ f- ■ ‘1? A I year as vice chair of the board, county board. with Commissioner Stan Stek I I t » I , « s I * 3 v j • i 1 * I 4 i I ’ > i I t ii1 V ■ I F A r ■» I r I i< H > • IN -J I । 1 k 4 1 t f, A I I I STI SS QTE I f 1 • Gaines Township confronted Emily Post Brieve by housing crunch of public safety and the need for more services, Brieve will now face Gaines Township Democrat Julie Humphreys in the general election in November. While she is expected to be heavily favored, she is taking nothing for granted. “Nothing is in the bag. You’ve gotta work for it,” Brieve said. “I’m just look­ ing forward to a good race.” • Middleville Village Council to I review manager applicants • Freeport Fun Days entertains i t adults, children I • TK band prepares for season I IJ » I 4 *. <1 » 4 4 I I * 1 ► * / I I f I I ♦ I 4 * r < f I 9 i r• i i * i I / « I i * I f ■ » 4 4’ I » V f * » e r t / 9 I I « / , 4 r w I •< .1» M 4 I I) \• 1 I I I ( * I says the growth of Gaines Township over the last decade is presenting challenges for the county in terms I t ■ |b \ 1. ? (ARPA) funds the county has received from the federal government. In addition, she door-to-door (campaigning).” Brieve, 40, is in her first 4. Li < i 2012. “I felt I really worked hard (on the campaign),” Brieve said in a telephone interview with the Sun and News. “I had a lot of good interactions with residents. I did a lot of serving as chair. Brieve fared well among absentee voters, where she outpolled Hirsch 1,160-711. The two candidates were nearly even on Election Day, with Brieve holding a slight edge, 1,455-1,416, according to Kent County election records. Brieve says the biggest issue facing Kent County commissioners is how to allocate the $127.6 million in American Rescue Plan Act 4 I 9 €4 lines. Brieve, who works for a tooling company owned by her family, picked up 55 per­ cent of the vote, amassing 2,615 votes to 2,157 for Hirsch, a farmer who served on the county board from January 2009 to December Greg Chandler Staff Writer iv srlT ytnuoD gdiiifnoD YiEfnnq lomiol . xsbgsi jT rnmoD ) avshH [tftefrwoT inuoo srfj I renewal passes in Yankee Springs Brieve holds off Hirsch in Kent District 10 GOP primary id 4 144th year Published by J-Ad Graphics, Inc. • 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 I * f i । I « > �♦ Page 2/The Sun and News, Saturday, August 6, 2022 Longtime Caledonia resident Bujak rallies to win Republican nod for Kent County commissioner seat Jayson Bussa Editor Wally Bujak maintains a sense of humor when it comes to his lack of success running for office. He never shies away from recounting, and laughing about, the four different times he unsuccessfully ran for Caledonia Township supervi­ sor, losing to current supervi­ sor Brian Harrison each time. After mulling over the idea of retiring from politics, Bujak made a last-minute run at an open seat on the Kent County Board of Commissioners and his years of face time amongst Bolter to earn the Republican nomination. The deeply con­ servative District 21, which includes Bowne and Caledonia townships, in addition to parts of Cascade, will most likely tip in his favor as he faces Democrat opponent Charles Howe in the general election. “It’s never been about me, Bujak said. “It’s always been about the good people of Caledonia and now, of course, expanding that out into Bowne and Cascade townships. I like to think I’m a man of my word, but I think my actions speak louder than words. They see what I’ve done. I am Mr. 99 Wally Bujak the Caledonia and community paid off. While Bujak hasn’t won the seat for District 21 quite yet, he cleared a major hurdle during Tuesday’s state prima­ ry election by edging out Alan home to the Bolters. Bujak was able to gamer 3,435 votes compared to Bolter’s 3,136. Bujak won Election Day 2,224 to 1,494, but Bolter was able to chew into Bujak’s lead with absen­ tee votes. Bujak considers himself very much a grassroots candi­ date going up against an estab­ lishment Republican in the race. “TI’“ m .i__ the kind of guy that makes no promises,” Bujak said. “What I promise is that I’ll go to every single county meeting, and be well prepared, I will vote in the best inter- Caledonia. Now I'm trying to be Mr. Bowne or Mr. Cascade." Bujak did not enter the race until the last possible day. The seat in District 21 was up for grabs after Mandy Bolter decided not to seek reelection. Her husband, Alan, stepped in to try to keep the seat in the family. Fueling a campaign from only a few thousand dollars and most of that coming from his family’s bank account Bujak said that he considered Bowne Township to be the key battleground territory in the district. After all, he was known in Caledonia and Cascade was I ests of Bowne, Caledonia and Cascade townships. The deci­ sions I make might not always make the other board mem­ bers happy. As for how he proceeds now, Bujak is still in cam­ paign mode. “I'm not just going to sit and watch TV and not worry about it,” Bujak said about the general election. “I want to be a representative of Bowne, ca]ec|onia and Cascade, so y 'y 99 44T9 I'm going to continue my pub­ lic relations tour to let people know who I am and what it is I stand for and what I hope to accomplish.” I **. # IX Developer, planners debate architectural standards for townhouse proposal Greg Chandler Avenue. The project, proposed Staff Writer by Mark Pung, consists of 28 A Hudsonville-based devel­ four-unit buildings. Each oper is continuing to clash building would consist of two, with the Caledonia Township two-story units in the center, Planning Commission over a with one-story, zero step units proposed townhouse develop- on either side of the center, ment that commissioners say The Patterson Place project the first first multi-family multi-family develdeveldoesn’t fit the township’s isis the recently-adopted architectural opment proposal to come standards for multi-family before the planning commishousing projects. sion since the township adoptCommissioners Monday ed the standards in December tabled the proposed 112-unit 2021, Township Planner Patterson Place project, Lynee Wells said. planned for the northeast cor­ Patterson Place would be ner of 76th Street and Patterson located across 76th Street from the future Dutton Elementary School, which is slated to open in the fall of 2024. Only four of the seven commissioners were on hand for Monday’s discussion. Tim Bradshaw and Jodie Masefield were absent, and John Eberly recused himself because he has worked closely with proj­ ect developers. “We work in the same company,” Eberly said. “That usu­ ally wouldn’t bother me very much, but I’m fairly close with these guys. We work on similar Rotary Club of Middleville 32nd ANNUAL HERITAGE DAYS DUCK RACE FUNDRAISER RACE HELD AUGUST 20, 2022 AT 3PM AT THE CANOE LAUNCH 1st Place: $300 | 2nd Place: $200 | 3rd Place: $100(4* Place:$50 Each year, the Rotary Club gives more than $10,000 to charitable activities throughout the community. These activities include: Awarding annual scholarships to County Imagination Library, contributing to the Middleville Food TK graduating seniors, supporting the Barry Pantry, and underwriting for the Barry County Kick Start for Kids. Your ticket purchase helps make this possible. rU)hA&t& GetTlckefa Find us at Middleville’s TO RIVERBANK CONCERT SERIES, GENEROUS SPONSORS Spectrum Health Pennock Thornapple Financial Center Chris Noah, MD Carveth Village Velo Law Beeler-Gores Funeral Home William Renner, Attorney at law Kindred Hospice Pennell CPA Fridays from 6:30-8:30pm on: June 17 | June 24 (July 15 July 22 | August 12 | August 19-20 Purchse tickets, hotdogs, rootbeer floats, & other refreshments to support our charitable work. Or, ORDER TICKETS BY PHONE! Call Chris at (616) 485-4281 00% OF OUR SALES BENEF projects, and I know them well.” Pung, who first proposed the development in February, offered commissioners revised plans that include expanded parking, walking trails and two-stall two-stallgarages garagesfor foreach eachunit, unit, compared to one-stall garages in the initial proposal. The 26.3-acre site would include 9.9 acres that are set aside as open space and another 9.3 acres that are wetlands. However, the clash contin­ ues to be over a provision in the architectural standards that call for the use of masonry as the predominant material in all multi-family residential units, covering at least 75 percent of all four sides of the building. The standards apply to town­ homes as well as duplexes. Other materials such as stucco, vinyl, fiber cement sid­ ing or brick could be used if deemed appropriate by com­ missioners or the township planner, Wells said. Pung's proposal called for the use of fiber cement siding as the primary material, with masonry on only 22 percent of the front facade and smaller amounts on the back and sides. Wells said the ordinance allows some discretion on varying from the standards. “The modification or depar­ ture may be granted if the planning commission finds that the modification or depar­ ture is consistent with the overall goals and purposes and intent of this section (of the ordinance),” Wells said. Pung said that as the project is currently designed, he would not be able to meet the 75 percent masonry standard. “We can’t make that work i • * f ■ I << I I » I' * r 9 I ’ I I « .♦ I quite a while and it just kind of cleared the path for us.” Voter demographics would suggest that Rigas will sail through the general election in November, but that does not mean her, or her campaign, are letting up. V witra I 1 k j sn I » I 1*^ I I * ■ I I » l] 4 « I I 1 I t » I / • I V V S- V sS » » 9 * ♦ i V’4 "r I SiII s h 79th district is not interested in the leftist progressive agenda - actually, we’re going to fight hard against it. ...I look for­ ward to taking that message to Lansing.” We are absolutely going to hammer down and, not only M> ... > Im win this race in November against a Democrat, but win with a very, very large mar­ gin,” Rigas said. “We want to send that message that the It A ♦ % « $ ♦ ft c s f » J I 5 git S • • • *1 4 Sr 999 Rigas said that the involvement, and success, of female politicians amongst the Republican ranks is no fluke. <c We’re mothers,” Rigas said. “During COVID, we had seen failed leadership. It forced a lot of moms to get out there and get activated and get involved. I know all of us have been involved for i I i ELECTION RACES, continued from page 1 I 1 with rear-loaded garages and asked if Progressive had a everything else,” he said. “I copy of the architectural stan­ think this design looks great. I dards, and Pung said yes. think that building is sharp, Commissioner Stan but no, it does not meet the 75 Bosscher said it might have percent requirement. I haven’t been helpful if Pung had sub­ found a complex yet that mitted an alternate design to meets this requirement.” the township in addition to the “This is a beautiful building, plan he presented Monday. I think the site looks great ‘I wouldn’t vote for it as is, We have addressed everything even though it’s a beautiful that I think makes this a better building. I can’t take that away site, but the 75 percent require­ from you,” Bosscher said. “I ment is very, very tough to think it’s a very nicely laid out meet, economically and archi- site plan, but it does not meet tecturally,” Pung added, the architectural standard that Pung and Planning we spent a lot of time designing Commission Chairman Doug and coming up with ... I still Curtis then clashed over the think a little more effort has to amount of input the township be put into some options.” got in adopting the standards, Carol Commissioner “What you could do is ask VanLaan defended the ordi­ architectural professionals and nance. see,” Pung said. “I’ve talked to “I would not have voted for multiple people about this the 75 percent if it was unatrequirement, and multiple tainable,” VanLaan said. “We architects. Their first response have seen quite a few plans and is ‘why would they dictate a pictures of what can be done, specific material that takes just being around the country. I away away the the creative creative process? process?’" know it can be done ... We’re Curtis said commissioners trying to keep our community did their due diligence when beautiful and lasting, and that’s crafting the ordinance. why we went that route, “This commission, when because (masonry) usually we put the ordinance together, lasts way longer than siding talked to five to six architec­ and other type of (material).” tural firms, on the standard,” VanLaan said she did not Curtis said. “(We asked them,) mind the lesser masonry' cov­ ‘is this realistic?’ Each and erage on the back side of each every one said yes.” building, but said greater cov­ ‘To me, 75 and 22 (percent) erage was needed on the front are a long way from each and sides. other. You’re asking us to sigBosscher moved to table nificantly change the architec­ consideration of the project tural standard for this project,” until the next planning com­ he added. mission meeting, and all four Pung said that he changed commissioners voted to architects after the initial pro­ approve the motion. The next posal was presented to the meeting is scheduled for planning commission, and that Monday, Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. at Progressive AE had worked the township hall, 8196 on the updated plan. Curtis Broadmoor Ave. SE. �I I The Sun and News, Saturday, August 6, 2022/ Page 3 I ** Resh produce, baked goods among items on sale at Gaines Farmers Market X 1 James Gemmell Contributing Writer The seventh annual farmers market at Gaines United Brethren Church is taking place each Thursday in August from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The market will set up shop in the church parking lot at the southeast comer of 92nd Street and Kalamazoo Avenue, located at 1612 92nd St. SE in Caledonia. Caledonia-based Martin’s Sugarbush & Produce is on hand again this year offering fresh fruit, vegetables, honey and maple syrup. Among the other items available for purchase at this year's Gaines Church Farmers Market are baked goods, ice A J ■& ■ \ • * I IwiS cream, books, Norwex clean­ lunch counter with the menu ers, and soap. Marcy Fry ling of the day. Every week, (the of Kentwood makes the hand­ church) will feature something made cards. Heather Reed of different." Baron said. Middleville sells Crazy Bird The event raises funds for soaps every year from her the church’s effort to support booth. missionaries and community booth. It costs $15 per week for a outreach. “During the pandemic company to set up in one of the booths at the farmers shutdown, the farmers market gave people an opportunity to market. The baked goods are made get out and do something after being told to stay home by members of the church. “New this year, we have and isolate," Baron said. “And that continues today. (Ybema) Lafayette Creamer, A wide variety of food, soap, cards and other items This gives people the oppor­ in August at the Gaines United Brethren Church. They have an ice cream wagon. They will be selling tunity to meet thefarmers and their homebusiness people farmers farmers and and supporting supporting small small church will also host a their homemade homemade ice ice cream, cream, the home business people both scoop and in pints,” said directly and know where their business in a very grassroots scrap-metal collection. A trail­ Beverly Baron, the event's food is coming from and kind of way.” er will be set up on site for market master. where their soaps are coming On Wednesday, Aug. 17, that. We will be offering a from. 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The levy had been rolled back to 0.7341 mills by the Headlee amendment. The restored levy will be in effect through 2026. The Yankee Springs fire station on South Payne Lake Road is under contract to the Wayland Fire Department. All revenue from the Yankee Springs fire millage will stay in the township, Fire Chief Jim Stoddard said. Wayland/Yankee The Springs department has an increased number of calls over the last two years. The depart­ ment saw a 33 percent increase in the number of fire calls from 2020 to 2021, going from 126 calls to 168, and a 6 percent increase in emergency medical calls, from 316 to 335, Township Trustee Dave VanHouten said. The fire and emergency ser­ vices levy will generate $236,975 in its first year, Stoddard said. If 9 4 4' LIBRARY, continued from pagel — < the old districts, he would have been located safely inside District 2. He also pointed out that the clerk’s office signed off on all his paperwork when reg­ istering to run. He thought he was in the clear. As Gallagher awaits the final word, he said his first time running for office was a maintained a very collabora­ tive and cordial dynamic with the clerk's office as they sort through this matter. The county clerk, Pam Palmer, and the mapping department, they have been fantastic in us isolating exactly where the line is,” Gallagher said. “And we're still working through it." Gallagher said that, when he filed to run, he saw an old dis­ trict map on the County Board of Commissioners website. In run for political office before, defeated Getty by 100 votes in Tuesday’s state primary elec­ tion. While Barry County Clerk Pam Palmer said before the election that Gallagher could not legally win, she told the Sun and News at the time of publication that the issue was not completely resolved. Gallagher has dug into researching the origins of the new district lines and pinning down exactly where they are located. He said that he has Jayson Bussa Editor John D. Gallagher's Republican primary race for a seat on the Barry County Board of Commissioners was the definition of bittersweet. The Middleville resident was able to defeat Catherine Getty, the incumbent commis­ sioner for District 2. However, a week before the election, Gallagher was informed that he would not be able to legally win the seat because his home is located just outside of District 2 and inside Distinct 4. “I guess it was bittersweet. Gallagher said. “It was won­ derful to see that there were people in the community that supported me." Gallagher, who has never •I 1 4 ‘4 • ‘ I •f > J < J 0 t J ♦ x * 1 » i I • I i 4 A 4 i I I 9 —- f i a I I, •• 4 £ i i L'' 1 1 I > ’ •4 ;I » ? 4 J . 1 ■■ 4 �» Page 4/The Sun and News, Saturday, August 6, 2022 Raymond Lee Hawkins David Bruce Thomas David Bruce Thomas, age 71 of Hastings, MI, passed away on July 29,2022. David was bom on October 3, 1950 in Hastings, the son of Joseph and Betty (Wilkenson) Thomas. David was employed as a superintendent at Steelcase for over 35 years. He owned several Fannail tractors and enjoyed collecting them. David loved his big red truck, hunting, fishing, and took great pride in his lawn. He was also an avid NASCAR fan. David will be remembered for helping other people whenever he could and will be greatiy missed by his surrounding neighbors who have shown so children, Simon, Jonah, Asher, and Gracie; brothers, James Thomas and Don (Eddy Sue) Thomas. David was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Bill Thomas. A celebration of life open house will be held on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, 12 to 5 p.m. at Joshua Thomas’s residence, 11965 Gackler Road, Middleville, MI 49333. Memorial contributions to the Gilmore Museum will be appreciated, Please visit www.beelergoresfuneraLcom to share a memory or to leave a condolence message for Davids family. much care and compassion over the years. David is survived by his wife, Ruby Thomas; sons, Jason (Sabrina “whafs her name”) Thomas and Joshua (Charlyne) Thomas; grandchildren, Alexis, Ethan, Nathan, Zoey, Samantha (Seth), and Corey; great grand- Raymond Lee Hawkins, age 89, of Alto passed away on Monday, Aug. 1,2022. Ray was the son of Clayton and Edna Hawkins, born June 10, 1933. He married 1933. He Gertrude Louise Teater on May 14, 1955 at Park Congregational Church. Ray graduated from Caledonia Agricultural School in 1951. he Following graduation, worked for Davis Dental Laboratory until he enlisted in the United States Navy in 1952, where he completed initial training at the U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Lakes, Illinois. Illinois. He He saw saw service service during the Korean Conflict from 1952 to 1956, where he worked in communications having attended U.S Naval Radio School in San Diego, CA and follow-on courses at Imperial Beach NSA School in Napa, CA. Upon completion of his training, Ray was stationed first at the Naval Air Facility Adak in Alaska and then, after marrying his wife Gertrude in 1955, wasstationed at Roosevelt RoadsNaval Station in Puerto Rico. After complet­ ing his sendee, he returned home to Michigan and once again worked for Davis Lab. Ray taught Sunday school at Whitneyville Bible Church, served on the Caledonia School Board, volunteered at the Kent County Youth Fair as Superintendent, Livestock Sheep Superintendent, and served on the fair board for 16 years. Ray was a member of the American Legion Post 305 I in Caledonia and a member of the Caledonia Historical Society. Ray retired from the lab in 1993. He loved spending time with his children and grand­ children. He enjoyed raising sheep, gardening, and taking friends and family on golf cart rides around the farm. He was preceded in death . ',r "... % *' See HAWKINS, next page Jr5" Sue Hunter Sue Hunter went to be with her Lord and Savior on July 30, 2022, at the age of 77. Sue was born in Hastings, MI on December 21, 1945 to Edith and John Miller. Sue grew up on a farm, and enjoyed riding her horse to school and through the fields of Middleville. She graduated from Thornapple-Kellogg High School in 1964, where she was crowned homecoming queen. She married Gordon Timm soon after graduating from high school, and had three lovely children. Public Schools. Over an extended period of time, she was involved Avith horse shows, and taking her children to 4H. She went on to work for the US Post Office as a rural carri­ er for 25 years. Sue really enjoyed this job, because she could connect with the com­ munity. She absolutely loved to to meet meet her her postal postal route route patrons, and they loved her welcoming demeanor. After retirement, she enjoyed ;a life of leisure and took up boating. She was a proud mem- Sue was a very hard worker, who made loyalty a priority, One of her first jobs was modeling for Steelcase. She then worked many years as a bus driver for Thornapple-Kellogg ber of The Saginaw Bay Yacht Club. She would travel on long, overnight excursions along the shores of Lake Huron. Sue also traveled to Hawaii, Florida, Alabama, and occasionally would visit one of her sons in Maine, She enjoyed spending time with hergrandchildren. Sue attended St Paul Lutheran Church,where whereshe shevolunteered volunteered Church, as the treasurer. She was predeceased by her husband, Melvin Hunter; mother, Edith Miller; father, John Miller; son-in-law, Paul Peterson, and grandson, Bradley Timm, She is survived by her broth­ ers, David (Mary) and Al Miller; sons, Eric (Elaine) and David Timm; her daughter, Kris Peterson; step-daughters, Beth (Rodger) Nugent and Cynthia (David) Rotherford; grandchildren, Ryan MacLeod (Ann Sun), Jordan Timm (Gabi Nearing), Camden MacLeod Garrett Hill), (Melanie (Hannah) Hubbell, Jon Hubbell, Andrea and Jessie Peterson, Amelia and Evelyn Nugent, Francis, Benedict, Joseph, and Isidore Rutherford, and great-grandchild, Lyla MacLeod. Visitation will be held at Middleville United Methodist church on Saturday, Aug. 6 from 10-11 a.m. with the memorial service following at 11 a.m. There will be a luncheon proceeding at the church. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to Hospice of Michigan. Please visit www.beelergoresfuneral.com to share a memory or leave a condolence message for Sues family. $ JS IS f Caledonia United Methodist Church baptist (church alaska iotiai MM Rev. Christine Beaudoin 7240 68th Street SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-698-8104 wvyw.alaskabaptigt.org Our mission is to worship God and equip f Join us for our traditional yet casual worship Sunday Services: 9:30 AM - Worship 11:00 AM - Sunday School 6:00 PM-Adult Bible Study 6:00 PM - Student Ministries sendee, in person or online, at 9:00 am. 250 Vine Street 616-891-8669 ■ft CalcdoniaUMC.oq *4 Livestream: Facebook.com/CaledoniaUnitedMethodist I committed followers of Jesus Christ who will reach our community with the Gospel Serving - Strengthening Dr. Brian F. Harrison, Pastor ** Connecting ■ cornerstonechurch - f 4 Join us in person or online • Sundays 9:30 & 11am sta FIRST BAPTIST Sunday Service 10:30 AM Middleville cc co -1\ LA Good Shepherd Lutheran Church rZrtRai« 908 W. Main Street, Middleville (Missouri Synod) Sunday Worship 1675 84th St SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 cornerstonemi.org/weekend ??L xiA ■i Pastor: Rev. Peter Berg http://goodshepherdlcms.googlepages.com •> <*■ 1 JhBV Livestream: facebook.com/firstbaptistmiddleville 9:30 a.m. Church: (269) 795-2391 - L? HOLY FAMILY J/CATHOLIC CHURCH OURNEY CHURCH 111 Church St. Office: (269)795-9266 ONE CHURCH - TWO LOCATIONS CALEDONIA: 9185 Cherry Valley Ave SE Worship Services: 10:30 AM LEARN MORE! thejchurch.com MIDDLEVILLE: 616-217-2161 1664 M-37 @thejchurch www.umcmiddleville.org CHURCH MIDDLEVILLE CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH 708 W. Main Street, Middleville Come grow with us as we build relationships in Middleville and beyond. or online at: fb.com/restorationcrc www.RestorationCRC.org 269-795-9901 /fiflWniiirrli Z/ Church Fellowship Church 8655 Whitneyville Avenue, Alto 616.891.8661 www.whitneyvillebible.org 4935 Whitneyville Ave, between 52nd & 48th f PastorJonathan DeCou SERVICE TIME: Sunday at 10:00am 20 State Street, Middleville, Ml / www.tvcweb.com RESTORATION Whitneyville THORNAPPLE VALLEY Sunday School... .9:30 AM Sunday Worship 10:30 AM Watch our services from our website (see above) A es Saturday Evening Mass 5:00 p.m. Sunday Masses 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Considering becoming Catholic? Call or see our website for information. I I *'36 /VOW OPEN TO PUBLIC Join us at 10 a.m. on Sundays in person Pastor Tony Shumaker -1 ite 9669 Kraft Ave., Caledonia Phone: 616-891-9259 www.holyfamilycaledonia.or; FBCMIDDLEVILLE.NET- 5215 M37 - 269-795-9726 Middleville United , Methodist Church it’ Praising God through Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. Fellowship 9:45 to 10:00 a.m. '■R * 1 » Sunday School 10 to 10:45 a.m. @ St. Paul Lutheran Church Preschool S I i 8436 Kraft Ave.. Caledonia. MI 49316 Office 616-891-8688 • Preschool (616) 891-1821 www.stpaiikaledonia.org Yankee Springs Bible Church 8900 Duffy Road Middleville, Ml 49333 "Shining Forth God's Light rr Hymns • Reading God's Word • Special Music Worship Services Sunday 10 am & 6 pm Prayer Meeting & Bible Study Wednesday 6:30 pm & 7 pm Pastor Ed Carpenter - 616-868-0621 Sermons online: WhitneyvllleFellowship.org Sunday Morning Worship...................... Community Group................................. 10: 00 a.m. 11: 00 a.m. James L. Collison, Pastor www.yankeespringsbiblechurch.org * �I - I 4 1 I SSi The Sun and News, Saturday, August 6, 2022/ Page 5 I * Hometown garden center has strong roots in Middleville X I . * to. * I 1 X A1 c v N Business Services I MATT ENDSLEY, FABRI­ CATION and repair, custom trailers, buckets, bale spears, etc. Call 269-804-7506. BUYING ALL HARD­ WOODS: Walnut, White Oak, Tulip Poplar. Call for pricing. Will buy single Wal­ nut trees. Insured, liability & workman's comp. Fetterley Logging, (269)818-7793. lb I| M I ■ * Ur ^1 ki I ^1 * 12^ I - ■C ^•^‘1 * iiKi^ 311 ■d ’ & .ta-k; James Gemmell Contributing Writer For more than 20 years, a local flower farm has been offering unique varieties of specialty-cut flowers. But, perhaps lesser known are the contributions Creekside Growers makes to the Middleville community. Situated on a few acres along M-37 at 10197 W. Garbow Rd., the hometown garden center has a commit­ ment to providing a locally grown product to home gar­ deners and florists. It is owned by Sue Dykstra and Kelly Lewis is her assistant director. “They are quietly giving back to the community, where people don’t know that they are contributing to things, because they don’t necessarily want people to know,” said Kim Jachim, Downtown Middleville Authority Development chairwoman. Creekside grows the flow­ ers for the hanging baskets that line the main street in downtown Middleville. “Our community is one of the most important things in what we do and why we do what we do,” Lewis said. “Sue has Creekside Growers’ name on a plaque at the CONSTRUCTION: ADDI­ TIONS, REMODELING, Roof­ ing, Siding Pole Bams & Decks. Licensed builder 25 years. Tom Beard, 269-838-5937. Veterans Memorial down­ town. And every year, she donates the flowers that go to be planted there. “Also in downtown Middleville, we plant tulips every fall. So, the clock-tow­ er beds are full of tulips in the spring. And then, we clear the tulips out and plant them up for the summer.” Creekside Growers’ indoor garden center is cur­ rently closed until early September. But the flower farm is open and bouquets are for sale. We have a cooler out on our front porch, so it’s on the honor system.’’ Lewis said. “You drop your cash in the box and pick out a bouquet, We’re still here working, so we make sure there are fresh flowers in there.” One area Creekside spe­ cializes in more than most greenhouses is in its unique variety of perennials - plants that bloom once every year. Another annual tradition is a potting party at the end of winter, where customers are invited to come in and plant inside planters, things Creekside cares for the plants and holds onto their planters until May, when the custom­ ers return to take them home and put them on their porches, Creekside Growers owner Sue Dykstra (left) and assistant director Kelly Lewis get to work in a beautiful setting, as you can see. (Photos provided by Creekside Growers) “So, it’s just kind of a fun way for people to get their hands in the dirt while it’s still too cold outside to do that. And a lot of people come back to that year after year,” Lewis said. There is a small fee for customers to pot their plants. Creekside Growers has a customer appreciation day in early May that usually draws big crowds. Some other events involving the cut gar­ den are held in late summer or fall. A West Michigan wed­ ding floral designer is sched­ uled to host a workshop on Thursday, Aug. 11, at 6:30 p.m. to show how to create a beautiful floral centerpiece. Creekside holds a few ticketed evening events like that throughout the year. It’s where the designer gives instruction and then the guests go out into the garden to pick their own flowers to design an arrangement. Food, drinks and music are usually available, as well. Tickets can be purchased for events on the website creeksidegrowers.com. Creekside also hosted a dinner on Aug. 5. “It was a relaxing night in the garden,” Lewis said. “A local catering chef prepared food. We set up a little flow­ er bar where you got to pick flowers and make a little vase. A “Mom & Me” floral design workshop is sched­ uled for Thursday, Aug. 25, at 6:30 p.m. It is a ticketed event. “That’s going to be designed more for a mom and child,” Lewis explained. “That also will have some­ one giving instruction on flower design, a little bit on iiraiaicaf HAWKINS, continued from page 4 - Jfcfc MW w held 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 at Matthysse Kuiper DeGraaf Funeral Home, 616 E. Main St. SE, Caledonia, with Rev. Alan Leonhardt officiating. Burial will be held at Lakeside Cemetery. Relatives and friends may meet the family Thursday from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to services. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to the American Legion Post 305. Condolences may be sent online at www.mkdfuneralhome.com. by his brother, Clayton Hawkins Jr.; sister, Sharon Hawkins; daughters-in-law, Mary Dede Hawkins, Hawkins; sister-in-law, Barbara Hawkins. He will be lovingly remem­ bered by his wife, Gertrude; children, Raymond (Penny) Hawkins Jr., James Hawkins, William Hawkins, Roy David John (Kathy) Hawkins, (Sandy) Hawkins, Mary (Chad) Crosby; 17 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; brother, Richard (Joyce) Hawkins. Funeral services will be .5 fflW • fl win* art**’** 5* PUBLISHER’S t NOTICE: 1 All real estate advertising in this newspaper is I,. subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan I IW-1 <**! r MINI GOLDEN DOODLES, vet checked, ready to go, very cute, $525. 517-726-0706. ' I BOSTON TERRIER PUP PIES, very cute, 1st shots & dewormed. $525.517-852-3007. ■t Community Notice B handicap, familial status, national origin, age or marital status, or an intention, to make any such NOTICE OF SELF STORAGE SALE- Please notice Red Dot Storage 195- Caledonia located at 5590 68th Street SE., Caledonia, MI 49316 intends to hold an auc­ tion of the storage unit in default of payment. This sale will occur online via www .storageauctions, com on SI25l7ff22 at 9:30 AM. Un­ less stated otherwise, the contents are household goods, furnishings, boxes, and general equipment The list of Unit numbers is as follows: #354; #453; #454; #456. All property is being stored at the above self-storage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details. The flower farm at Creekside Growers provides a wide variety of floral arrangements. gardening and how to cut flowers. So, it’s going to be a night of instruction and youcut in the garden and floral arranging. Creekside Growers does workshops in the fall and winter season, as well, for holiday decor. “We make wreaths, like For Thanksgiving. for Christmas, people come and decorate an evergreen wreath. So, we usually host close to 100 people doing that throughout a few differ­ ent nights,” Lewis said. Creekside also is the con­ duit for several fundraisers in and around Thornapple Township throughout 269.967.8241 TV ANTENNA & TOWER INSTALLATION www.theantennamen.com I 65 -[HOMtJW- 9 SOLUTIONS । Repairs - Remodels - Restorations Servicing Barry and Kent Counties KEVIN WEZENSKY 269-569-9398 £ ’ the year. Peace Reformed Church usually holds one where people will buy a $10 gift certificate to use at Creekside, for example, and $3 from that purchase will go to the church. 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I 6 I • 9 * ** • i < I 1 4 I 11 a I I < A 4 r i < » ♦ I t I * 1 * r X I *» / I * \ 4• I t, » 4 • | I • K « V I / •I �4 Page 6/The Sun and News, Saturday, August 6, 2022 Middleville Village Council to begin review of village manager applications James Gemmell Contributing Writer Now that the Aug. 1 dead­ line has passed for candi­ dates to apply for the Middleville village manager position, council members will begin to review- and score each of the five appli­ cations submitted. The village council’s Committee of the Whole agreed at a meeting Wednesday afternoon to move ahead with the process, which will entail an ad hoc search committee reviewing the applications and the council members’ scoring sheets in mid-August. The committee will then conduct preliminary background and reference checks in late August before bringing inter­ view recommendations before the Committee of the Whole in September. The first round of inter­ views may begin in mid-Sep­ tember, but no date has been set yet. Village staff has set a tentative timeline of offering the position to one of the candidates in October. A new manager could be hired after that and start work sometime in November. Former village manager Patricia Rayl resigned April 27. Former assistant manager Brian Urquhart filled in for a few weeks as acting village manager before leaving Middleville on June 7 to 9 .J Brandon Mieras, principal with the Williams & Works engineering and surveying firm, gave an update on the expansion of the village’s wastewater treatment plant. (Photo by James Gemmell) become the new city planner in Grand Haven. Department of Public Works Director Alec Belson and Duane Weeks have been serving as interim co-village managers since May 25. Weeks is a contract employ­ ee who retired as Middleville’s village manag­ er in 2020. The ad hoc search com­ mittee includes president Sherry Ronning, pro-tempore Fran French, clerk Glorimar Ayala, trustee Mike Lytle and Belson. “Ideally, we’d like to have all of you come in next week and review and score (the applications),” Ronning told council mem­ bers. “So, we can set a meeting as the ad hoc com­ mittee, hopefully, the fol- lowing week.” An appointment sign-up sheet was distributed to the council members. “The goal of the sign-up sheet is for council members to come in and really evalu­ ate what you are looking for (in a new village manager),” Belson said. “Do you really want to see somebody with a strong planning background? Do you want to see strong Do you want experience to see a grant-writing background?” Village staff posted a publie notice July 1 seeking applications for a permanent village manager. The position will pay an annual salary of $78,000 to $88,000 plus benefits, depending on the chosen candidate’s qualifications. i You Voted August 2nd for 21st District Kent County Commissioner Michigan First! z The Middleville councilmembers discussed proposed capital improvement projects, among other things, at Wednesday’s Committee of the Whole meeting at village hall. (Photo by James Gemmell) Caledonia: I love you Caledonia! Thanks for supporting and believing in me. I have dedicated my life to serving the good people of Caledonia and now we take it to the next level! Thank you and God Bless you, I am ready to serve! Cascade: To my friends, supporters and citizens of Cascade Twp. I say thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself to your community with this Primary Election! I live on and love the Thornapple River and promise to be an advocate for the river. I am looking forward to getting to know you all better” Respectfully, Graciously, and Humbly, Walter Bujak THANK YOU!! 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Bowne: I have grown to love the beauty and serenity of Bowne Township! To the citizens of Bowne, I say “Thank You from the bottom of my heart for your support”. I will work to preserve the rural character and agricultural heritage of your community! GET TO GO MAKE A 44 — * WE CAN DO IT!! ■■■■ Need some extra CASH? Thanks for being a part of the “Grassroots Movement in Michigan”!!!! WE DID IT!! NOW WE ’d like to “Long term, we we'd to several village projects the do that and eliminate one of company is involved in. The our wells on the west side of largest is the expansion of town to overall (improve) the the wastewater treatment quality of our drinking plant on Sheridan Street. It water,” Belson said. was built in 1996 and is The Committee of the being expanded. Whole unanimously voted to It was previously rated at move further discussion of half-a-million gallons a day,” the capital improvement Mieras said in an interview projects on to the full village after the meeting. “We’re council at its next meeting. bringing it up to about The committee also agreed 900,000 gallons per day of to send on to the full council average-day treatment capacdiscussion about possibly ity. So, that includes two installing security cameras new processing tanks, dou­ for the village office and bling the size of the sludge downtown parks. The coun­ storage tank, doubling the air cil will consider the cost that byproviding three new into would be involved and look blowers into the new, at a potential contractor to do expanded building that we the installation. EPS, Redford did for the project a few and Riverside were some of years ago. And then, putting the security firms mentioned. in two new waste activated Weeks wrote in an Aug. 3 sludge pumps.” letter to council members The original electronic that the cameras would pro­ controls on the plant are vide “greater security in and being replaced with a new around the village office, control panel. Mieras said it pavilion, band shell, Veterans “should be up and running in Memorial and green spaces. about December or January, The cameras would also help I would think. And then, the in protecting the large invest­ final restoration will occur in ments in those areas.” the spring.” Progress on wastewater Belson said the total bud­ treatment plant get for the project - includ­ Brandon Mieras with ing construction and engiGrand Rapids-based neering - was about $4.9 Williams Works engineermillion. Contractors have ing firm gave the Committee been working on it for a of the Whole an update on year-and-a-half. Trustee Mike Cramer said at a recent council meeting that the new village manager should be skilled in the areas of redevelopment and zoning. Council discussed capital improvement projects Belson also gave a presentation on the proposed Improvement Capital Program for 2023 through 2029. Updating the CIP is the first step in setting next year’s budget. After the village manager and department heads make final adjustments, recommendations will be brought toto the the Committee Committee of of the the While Whilefor foraafinal finalreview. review.The The information will will be be used used by by information staff in drawing ud up the fiscal year 2023 budget. Some of the possible improvements include a Department of Public Works garage addition, painting and upgrading the village hall’s exterior, finding land to purchase for a new well, various parking lot improve­ ments, repainting the pavil­ ion at Spring Park, purchas­ ing new welcome signs and upgrading holiday decora­ tions. Belson said there are a limited number of areas available for purchasing land suitable for a new well. We THANK YOU!! - Now I get - to GO to Work You just proved 44 t I 4 b i , If.' tJ I I • f 1 ) < �« - -fa » 4 * 4 9 - ■ y-t ■ • ‘ ,^i A 4 I The Sun and News, Saturday, August 6, 2022/ Page 7 Middleville Village Council to discuss putting out bids for a DPW garage addition By James Gemmell Contributing Writer The Middleville Village Council will discuss at its next meeting Tuesday wheth­ er to authorize village staff to send out a request for bids to construct an addition to the Department of Public Works garage. The location is near the wastewater treatment plant on Sheridan Street, behind Mount Hope Cemetery. The Committee of the Whole voted 7-0 Wednesday afternoon to send the matter to the full council for consid­ eration. The village has been using the former fire bam at 115 High Street for overflow storage. But the building is in the final process of being sold to Acorn Treehouse Ventures LLC. Department of Public Works Director and Interim Co-Village Manager Alec Belson recently said the sale * sJ * bkk < * I 44 The police department only needs so high of ceilings for their police cruis­ ers,” Belson said. “So, their separate storage (area) is only going to be nine foot tall. And then, above that, we’re planning on building a room for them and putting a loft over there. That loft would give us additional storage plus totally separate the PD from the DPW. So, they would have their own access and everything.” Belson said adjustments can be made on the recom­ mendations if the project bids come back higher than expected, In 2020, village staff received two bids ranging from $120,000 to $170,000 but did not move forward on the project. It is now estimating the total project cost to be between $130,000 and $170,000. The funds are available in the fiscal year 2022 budget. should be completed by Oct. 3, at the latest. The village will have one year after that to move its property out of the building, based on terms of the sale agreement. So, village staff are rec­ ommending the full council give the go-ahead to send out public notice for bids on the proposed DPW garage addition. The total addition would be about 60-feetby-90 feet. It would include a 60-by-47-foot indoor storage space for the DPW, plus a 24-by-60-foot indoor storage area for the police depart­ ment, and an 18-by-60-foot roof overhang for outdoor storage. Belson told the committee the outdoor space would be used to store various attachments for equipment and road signage underneath the overhang. The respective police and DPW spaces would be separated inside the building. asr — »• >11 OL - i j I I I f 1 I 4 Middleville’s former fire barn, located at 115 High Street, which was recently sold. (File photo by James Gemmell) The project could be completed this year or in 2023. Belson said it would be less expensive to build an addition to the DPW garage than to construct a new building. Council trustee Kevin Smith asked Belson if the $40,115 the village will receive from the sale of the High Street property could be applied to the cost of the DPW garage addition. “The money for those buildings is going to be coming out of the (village’s) general fund, ” ’ Belson fund/ replied. “So, if that is something the council chooses to do, we can direct those funds straight to that proj­ ect, if you guys are so inclined.” I I Bl Voters pass TTES tax hike in close vote s* s* * to I Li. * * < m * 13s- 1 I JSa# t a •I mi* a® it r u rijEt T ..I 41 HI 'iTl MU » ■ I * T BsEai ‘tat** ( fa d If®®1 ; retain retain the the most most qualified EMS/fire EMS/fireteam teamfor forour ourcomcommunity.” TTES serves both the township as well as the village. The department also contracts with neighboring Irving Township for ambulance service, The increase will generate an additional $212,029 in revenue for TTES. The cur­ rent levy generates $630,578 the for department, Buckowing said, A homeowner with a taxable value of $50,000 will pay an additional $28 per year in taxes under the TTES tax increase, while a home­ owner with a taxable value of $100,000 will see an addi­ tional $56 on their tax bills, Buckowing said. The tax increase comes as TTES experienced a signifi­ cant spike in the number of Greg Chandler About 27 percent percent of of the the About Staff Writer registered voters in in registered voters By a margin of less thanThomapple Township, which Thomapple includes the village of 100 votes, Thornapple Township voters approved a Middleville, turned out for ballot proposal Tuesday to the election. Township voters in 2020 raise taxes to support fire and ambulance service in the approved renewing a 1.75mill levy for TTES for four township. Voters passed a 0.5662- years, but that levy had been mill increase for Thomapple rolled back by the Headlee Emergency amendment to its current rate Township Services through the end of of 1.6838 mills, “(We) are grateful to the next year, 1,006-913. The new tax rate will be 2.25 residents of Middleville and Thomapple Township mills. “I am thankful to live in a for their continued support Township TTES,” community that so highly of values the services provid­ Treasurer Deb Buckowing ed by Thornapple said. “We strive to provide Emergency Services and the best possible services are willing to fund it to be and protection to those we even better than it already serve. This millage increase is,” Township Supervisor will provide additional Eric Schaefer said. “We are funding for both updated grateful to all our resi­ vehicles and equipment, as well as wages to attract and dents.” i * 1? sir*--®* calls it responded to. Former Fire Chief Randy Eaton told the township board earlier this year that the department responded to 1,466 calls last year, a 43 percent increase from 1,026 calls in 2020. About 76 percent of those calls were ambulance runs, I I I _____ 1 I I I RUUD FURNACE & AIR if® 019# i ■’< - I 11 I A$’ a I I < I ? .- tr ► l,w < A * •I ◄ AX. * I £ •1 ▼ "*■ Strength in Uncertainty || Mr sK. $ 4 I BUCKLAND I I no. I Serving our community since 1979. I I f I I Jenny McKeever I r P.O. Box 100, Delton, MI 49046 (269)623-5115 • bucklandinsurance.com I Must present this coupon. 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Township staff will include the survey information when compiling the plan To help provide some per­ spective on the current housing situation in West Michigan, the township planning com­ mission invited Ryan Kilpatrick to speak at its July 28 meeting. Kilpatrick is the executive director of Grand Rapids-based Housing Next and has experience in planning and economic development, He examines the market dynamics of housing needs in West Michigan. “Having him come and talk to you guys tonight is a really good precursor for our master James Gemmell Contributing Writer Gaines Township planning and zoning officials plan to take the next step this month toward completing the town­ ship’s first new master plan since 2002. The new master plan also will incorporate a future land­ use plan, which was originally devised in 2017. The public input period that began this spring for the mas­ ter plan concluded at the end of July. That was the deadline for residents to respond to a survey about what the town­ ship’s needs and priorities should be over the next decade, and where future residential 185478 / \ OQOD OOMMMMMf MM ,> IM TH/ C°l/NT< NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION MONDAY, August 22, 2022, at 7:00 P.M. Thornapple Township Hall, 200 E. Main St., Middleville, Ml 49333 Please be advised the Thornapple Township Plan­ ning Commission will hold a public hearing on August 22, 2022, at 7pm or as soon thereafter as possible. The public hearings will take place in the Township Hall, 200 E. Main St., Middleville. The public hearings will address the following: there are two of you (as a cou- complexes, per capita, than pie), you've got to earn closer there is anywhere else in the township. to $22 an hour,” he said. “It’s just that there are more A traditional, single-family home of about 1,600 to 1,800 people there, so you get more square feet costs an average of crime," he said. “We can’t just $225 to $250 per square foot. say that apartment dwellers That translates to a price range are criminals. It’s not fair and that starts at $360,(XX) to it’s not true.” Concern about crime was $400,000. And Kilpatrick said trying to find housing for all one of the top issues cited in the teachers, firefighters and the recent public survey that manufacturing workers that will be incorporated into the regional employers are trying master plan process. Chairwoman to attract “has gotten really, Connie Giarmo mentioned the “strugreally difficult.” To address the problems, gle and frustration” the plan­ Housing Next is advocating a ning commission has had with three-pronged approach some developers who keep involving stability, supply and proposing dense clusters of subsidies. That means stabiliz­ apartments. ing households by ensuring “We send them back and residents have access to the say, ‘We need to see someresources they need to keep thing that is not going to look their homes. It also entails like 12 apartment buildings providing much more housing thrown onto a space with no supply at all price points. Part imagination, nothing for the of that means making sure kids to do, nowhere to go, community planning and zonnowhere to walk.’ So, we are ing departments leverage fighting that battle over and existing infrastructure to over and over,” Giarmo told accommodate new residents. Kilpatrick. And the third approach is to The planning commission determine what subsidies are recently finalized a policy necessary in the marketplace document titled “Apartment to help families who are “left Development Guidance” to behind.” provide community develop­ Kilpatrick encouraged plan­ ers with a better understanding ners and zoners to get specific of what the township desires about the types of housing for the layout and design of design they want in Gaines multi-family buildings. Township and insist on that “We are still a rural townfrom developers rather than ship. And so, for a developer allowing cheap products to be to come here and present us built. with a very intense project, it Planning commissioner still makes us uncomfortable,” Brad Waayenberg said some Giarmo said. of the sample homes shown in Wells corrected her. “We’re Kilpatrick’s slide presentation partially rural; we’re not all “looked great,” so long as they rural anymore,” he said. “If could be built in areas of the you think about another 20, 30 township “where the traffic years down the line, we’re can be managed and still let going to have another 15- to 20-thousand people live here.” the country be country.” “We’d love to support you He expressed concern, though, about the prospect of during the master-plan process more rental properties being to help clarify what are the built. things that you would support, “There’s a problem with if a developer brought them to crime with people that don’t you,” Kilpatrick said. “Codify have skin in the game,” those in a document so that Waayenberg said. developers don’t have to guess However, Wells said there or fumble around for months is no more crime in apartment and months." plan effort, which is really construction in Gaines going to be a focus on hous- Township is averaging about ing,” Community $500,000. There has been an Development Director Dan influx of jobs paying a salary of at least $100,000, but Kilpatrick Wells told planning commis­ sioners, “And the growth said those high-wage earners that’s occurring here in this are out-competing everyone region and the pressures that else in the marketplace for the are on the housing market available housing supply. As a right now.” result, the people who cannot Kilpatrick said Housing afford to compete for a house Next is a public-private non­ are forced to move to another profit organization that was region to find something less initiated by the Ottawa County expensive. “There aren’t enough of the United Way and partners with left,” homes the Greater Grand Rapids $250,000 Chamber Foundation to sup­ Kilpatrick said. He mentioned that many port housing supply and Baby Boomers want to live in affordability. Kilpatrick said there is insuf­ smaller houses now that their ficient housing for the increas­ children have grown up and ing population in Gaines, left home. And Millennials are which is Kent County’s fast- trying to break into the hous­ ing market and need a place to est-growing township. Kent is the second fastest-growing live that is less than 1,000 square feet and within a rea­ county in Michigan behind Ottawa County. Property val­ sonable price range. The people with $100,000 ues in many neighborhoods have soared due to the scarcity incomes are also impacting the rental market, market,as aswell. well. of housing supply. And he rental noted that competition for the “Now we’re getting higher limited supply of housing is income income households households who who are are driving the prices up. also competing for limited There is a shortage of land rental products. And that zoned for the type of housing squeezes out our middle class that middle income families in the rental market and it real­ can afford. Kilpatrick said ly squeezes out our low- and police officers, teachers and moderate-income houseconstruction workers are holds,” Kilpatrick said. examples of people who are He added there are about being priced out of new-con- 2,200 new high-income renters struction home ownership, in Kent County, and they are And there is not enough trade taking away less expensive labor in the marketplace to apartments from middle-in­ build those homes. come earners who can’t afford a Housing Next statistics $1,500-a-month apartment The show that on average, a per­ scarcity of housing means there son must earn nearly $90,000 is a shortage of affordable rental a year to afford to buy a properties, middle-income $250,000 house. That is home ownership products, and because interest rates keep luxury condominiums, climbing. According to bankKilpatrick said the mini­ rate.com, the average rate on a mum hourly pay rate neces­ 30-year fixed mortgage was sary to afford a one-bedroom 5.57 percent, as of Aug. 1. apartment in Kent County is Kilpatrick said there is not as $18.65. That is nearly double much older housing on the the minimum wage of $9.87 in market as there was a decade Michigan, ago. And the cost of new home “Now, if you have kids or if w Bruce's Frame and Alignment Public Hearing #1 Rezoning Request Application #46: Applicant, Nick Suwyn/3497 North M37 LLC, has requested to rezone parcel 08-14-027-002-09, located along Highway M37 in Section 27 of Thomapple Township. The applicant requests to rezone the parcel from Agricultural Residential Zoning District (AR) to General Commercial Zoning District (C). [per Twp. Ord. Sec. 29.2]. Any interested person may attend the public hearing to learn about the extent and location of Rezoning request to offer com­ ments to the Planning Commission. 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The festivities ran from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Attendance, food and the display booths were all free of charge for the public. The parking lot outside the high school at 7979 Kalamazoo Ave. was a new location for one of West Michigan’s most well-attended Night Out events. It was held last year in a parking lot at Kentwood Community Church, which also is in Gaines Charter Township. The national event raises awareness about crime pre­ vention and promotes partner­ ships between members of the community and police, fire­ fighters and paramedics. The Kent County Sheriff s Office had numerous deputies on hand and vehicles on display. Deputy Jason VanderMolen - who doubles as a Cutlerville Yago Williams of firefighter - described the Rockford is part of The National Night Out as a fun Conquerors’ strength team, event. which performed feats of Mike Gruppen of “Just because it brings out power for attendees at the Zeeland, with The all different types of commuSouth Kent National Night Conqueror’s strength nity. You've got law enforce­ Out event at South Christian team, poses with an ax in ment. different businesses. High School (Photo by hand. (Photo by James Farm Bureau (Insurance), the James Gemmell) Gemmell) (Gerald R. Ford International) airport, Paul Davis (resto­ ration), Kent District Library, the Red Cross, and Riding for Ryan (which promotes the safety of young bike riders),” VanderMolen said. Several other entities were represented at the Night Out event, as well. The Spectrum Health Aero Med helicopter executed a landing and takeoff that was well-received by the crowd. . Kent County District 10 Commissioner Emily Post Brieve, who was re-elected Tuesday to the Board of Commissioners, was in atten­ dance. “This is a great event to bring the community togeth­ er,” Brieve said. “(We) have a lot of our service providers here to get connected with people and the kids can see what opportunities they have.Maybe someday, when KentCounty Sheriff’sDeputy Logan Copeyon they’re grown up, they might stands infront of a drone at the KCSO Technical want to get into law enforce­ ment - and they can see all Services Unit table. (Photo by James Gemmell) The Kent County Sheriff’s Office displayed watercraft on one of the South Christian High School parking lots for South Kent National Night Out on Aug. 2 (Photo by James Gemmell) M 1 4-. * *• fft 4 EL -» ■ Ata f - ■ r V 4 i fl _ | L — A -v- * *>* w ■r. 'JU < • •-* « -**- ?§• - ♦ I <5 * r I ... । An aerial ladder truck provides some relief for this child on a hot, humid night in Gaines Township. (Photo by James Gemmell) “We use world-class feats of strength as a way to encourage youth to overcome their challenges. We perform hundreds of school assemblies. In a given year, we’re in front of 20,000 to 30,000 kids, encouraging them, lifting them up and empowering this genera­ tion to do good things and live into who God created them to be.” National Night Out was launched as a yearly summcevent in 1984. Neighbors turned their porch lights on or sat in front of their homes. Later, it grew into big block parties and backyard cookouts in communities across the nation. endangered people,” he said. “If a dementia patient walks away away or or aa little little kid kid walks walks away away or or isis lost, lost, something something like like that. that. That That’s’s what -what we we have these drones for — to to look a lot faster than just having someone walking around in the woods with a thermal camera, a Zoom, or stuff like that.” The Conquerors’ strength team based in Grandville did a demonstration for the crowd that included breaking bricks by hand and other stunts that great physical featured strength. Mike Gruppen of Zeeland said they are a Christian group that “tells peopie about Jesus.” the specialties here, “We’ve got horses (from the Sheriffs mounted patrol) and a search-and-rescue unit, So, lots of neat things for kids to see and get acquainted with.” “It’s a great community event,” Cutlerville paid on-call firefighter Mike Voss said. “It just brings every­ body out and gives them a good opportunity to interact with the police and fire in the community.” Deputy Logan Copeyon was manning the Sheriffs office Technical Services Unit table. 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Adventure, upcoming performance seaThe TKHS march band will will appear appearin in the the Middleville Middleville Heritage Day parade, Aug. 20, and will have play its first home football game show Aug. 25 when the Thomapple Kellogg varsity football team plays host to Hastings.’ / & I c Z- fl XI ft A y hZ <> > I z I -it I ina® liktt Diego Garcia keeps his attention focused on his performance during TK band camp. The TK Trojan Marching Band prepares for their upcoming season inside Bob White Stadium in Middleville during its annual summer band camp. 1 ■S M A h �I in The Sun and News, Saturday, August 6, 2022/ Page 11 & v v» Turtle Derby return a hit at Fun Days Brett Bremer Sports Editor “I won! I won! I won!” “I won! I won! I won!" It turned into a little chant for Danielle Huizenga as she jumped up and down near the comer of Warren Street and Division Street in downtown Freeport Saturday after watching her painted turtle reach the finish line to win a heat of the Turtle Derby which was a part of the week­ end’s Freeport Fun Days. A group of more than 60 youngsters signed-up to take part in the event. Five com- I I V 1 / • •J petitors at a time were put to the center of a large circle drawn on the street. At the word go’ they released their painted turtles then picked up five-gallon buckets to drum on the street in hopes of urg­ ing their turtle to be the first out of the circle. Winners of each heat competed in a pair of semifinals and then a pair of semifinal winners competed for the championship, which was won by Tristan Slovemick. Slovemick, who lives in Nevada, just happened to be in Freeport during Fun Days weekend to visit his grand­ mother Kathy Conklin. Advice moved through the crowd as the event progrossed, and everyone was fairly certain that the turtles crawling through the sun­ shine. which lit half of Warren Street, were moving the fast­ est. Slovemick made sure his turtle was in the sunshine for the championship round. Turtles like to sit in the grass and in the sun. Slovemick said. The Turtle Derby made its return to Freeport Fun Days Saturday after about 60 years. Colleen Smelker from the bl I Freeport Historical Society said Turtle Derbys were last held in town in the late 1950s. “The businessmen ran everything back then, like I v * i ! Kaye and Dave Persell's 1965 Ford Mustang Fastback formerly owned by Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Bob Seger is on display on Division Street in downtown Freeport Saturday during the Freeport Fun Days Car Show. (Photo by Brett Bremer) that guy Charlie from the hardware store he ran the Turtle Derby. Everybody took care of something, and then they would go back to their businesses after they were done," Smelker said. Jazlin Huntington did much of the organizing for this 2022 event, with the help of her husband Kurt Huntington. They rounded up a number of area residents with fishing licenses to pro­ cure the turtles and had 14 painted turtles on hand for the event - ready to be returned to their homes as soon as the racing day was done. “Jazlin is the one who did all the work to orchestrate it. । I ■ I !■ Daielle Huizenga celebrates her turtle winning its heat of the Turtle Derby during Freeport Fun Days Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 9 i J .A M* 9 < See FUN DAYS, page 12 MB I— ■■ -------- - ------ - —. — — .... ■ - ,, ■■,_„■■■ - . —_____ -B»- - , ---- ■„ ■ Hendrik Rademaker urges on his turtle with support from his mother Cassie Rademaker during the Turtle Derby at Freeport Fun Days in downtown Freeport Saturday morning. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 1RS259 W A Ito VILLAGE OF MIDDLEVILLE COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN A painted turtle is ready to be released during the Turtle Derby at Freeport Fun Days Saturday in downtown Freeport. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 4 . Joe & Barb’s Septic Service 'ifM “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” was never more true than it is with septic tank care. A small commitment to take care of your septic system will protect you indefinitely from the nightmare created by a failing system. Don’t neglect or forget your septic system. _______Avoid a septic tank back-up._______ Joe Lyons S John Curtis, Owner/Operators 3305 West Quimby Road. Hastings, Ml 49058 269.945.4240 F a. ® ■ • ~ « "we ~ f c°KH9v»IF -------------------------- - r 4— 4 NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AND SUMMARY OF THE REGULATORY EFFECTS THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Village Council of the Village of Middleville (the “Village”) has adopted Village Ordinance No. 2127 (the “Ordinance”). The principal provisions of the Ordinance are summarized as follows: Section 1 of Ordinance No. 2127 declares certain real property located along High Street within the Village (the “Property") as “surplus property” and approves the sale of the Property in accordance with the Ordinance and further authorizes Village officials to execute and deliver necessary closing documents for the conveyance of the property to the purchaser thereof. Section 2 of the Ordinance provides for the severability of the Ordinance in the event a portion of the Ordinance is determined to be unenforceable. Section 3 of the Ordinance provides for the publication and effective date of the Ordinance. Village Ordinance No. 2127 will become effective upon its publication or upon the publication of a summary of its provisions in a local newspaper of general circulation in the Village. A copy of the foregoing Ordinance, Ordinance No. 2127, may be examined or purchased at the Village offices, 100 East Main Street, within the Village, during Village office hours. ■* — X S10.00 OFF I I I Joe & Barb’s Septic Service ; Dated: July 26, 2022 - VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF MIDDLEVILLE a 4 l * « r 4 % ♦ k * I 1 * * t‘ * ♦ ft 1 > V 9 I I ft * • ’ ft. « ♦ < 1 I I % ft 1 * ft nV ,* ft a • . I I » a » I •f *, \ 7 , I « I I r �9 Page 12/The Sun and News, Saturday, August 6, 2022 FUN DAYS, continued from page 11 and there was a lot of community help involved that came along side us," Kurt said. “My father-in-law was announcing." “Buskirk [Lumber] donated the ice cream for every participant, so that was nice, Jazlin added. Freeport Fun Days includ­ ed car and craft shows, horse­ shoe and com hole tourna­ ments, a pancake breakfast at the fire department and there was free admission to the Freeport Historical Society Museum throughout the day Saturday. A handful of turtle derby a races take place at events like Fun Days across the state of Michigan each year. The Huntington were actually inspired to bring the event to Freeport after seeing the races while visiting family in Minnesota. ‘The biggest thing that we wanted was to be able to use God's creation," Kurt said. We re both pretty devout Christians, but we also believe we should take care of God’s creation. Turtles, God created so that man could have dominion, not to abuse, but to take care of and nourish. They're also here for 41 Tristan Slovemick shows off his prizes including a hand-crafted turtle and a coupon for a king size candy bar from L&J after winning the championship in the Turtle Derby Saturday morning at Freeport Fun Days. (Photo by Brett Bremer) our enjoyment as well. This is a process where we wanted to make sure kids were treating these turtles with respect." There were plenty of buck­ ets of water for turtles to rest in between races and parents and children alike did their best to be gentle with the tur­ tles. There are Michigan DNR rules that need to be followed to host a turtle derby. “Individuals 17 and older with fishing licenses as well as those persons 16 and under may be in possession of up to two painted turtles at a time," DNR Fisheries Division Biologist Thomas M. Agonize said. “Therefore, my under­ standing is that persons will typically bring a turtle to race that they are legally autho­ rized to have and then after­ wards take it home to release. The species in these events usually consist of painted tur­ tles, map turtles and red eared sliders - musk turtles could also legally be used but 1 do not think that is common." People can legally possess four turtles of these species in Michigan, with a maximum of two from any single species. “People including parents supervising children must be mindful not to collect or pos- sess any of the four protected turtle species in Michigan (wood. Blanding’s, spotted or eastern box turtles." Goniea said. ‘Take and possession these animals from the wild, even temporarily is not legal and mis-identifying the turtle in possession in no excuse for being in possession of a protected turtle, “Additionally, the take and possession of softshell and snapping turtles out of season (July 15-Sept 15) or less than the minimum size limit (13inch shell length for snappers) would also not be legal." “While the collection and possession of painted, map. musk turtles as well as redeared sliders is open yearround. I advise turtle derby organizers to be mindful and not schedule these events in Michigan prior to July 15th. May through early July is nesting season and turtle derbies during this time only encourage the public to dis­ rupt nesting. At the ver}' least, turtles discovered during this time of the year moving over land should be left along due to the high probability that they are females moving to and from nesting sites. Nearly all nesling has been completed by the middle of July." A heat of the Turtle Derby takes off Saturday morning during Freeport Fun Days. The turtle races returned to Freeport Fun Days for the first time since the late 1950s. (Photo by Brett Bremer) THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT In the 12th Annual 'Tee Up for Scholarships' Golf Outing 4k < L The Caledonia Area Chamber of Commerce's annual golf outing is a fundraiser to award scholarships to Caledonia area students. Please show these companies your gratitude! 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A I /M I I I •I ___ - In J -i _I »_ *1 Your Hometown Newspaper Serving Middleville and Caledonia Areas No. 33/August 13, 2022 r 1hW h faaw BP V) food js : u.-lb>l £ 20i lZ XI itgDoM todmun ijnpiL .zsoi / to ’niJlow UrH' nsmufi io tont □oe no Ir orb ni OJ zalu it )A * b trig io i isizm in? ofii XT erf) hiri orb k> orlw j 30H0 rl ztnam 1 znstq JibDoM ) bifiod tobsuriz 2 0113901 srlw mo uO Greg Chandler Staff Writer With a little more than a week remaining before class­ es start for the 2022-23 school year, Thornapple Kellogg Schools are address­ ing a shortage of bus drivers. Because of that shortage, TK Superintendent Craig McCarthy on Aug. 3 issued a letter to parents instituting a number of changes to the district's transportation ser­ vices, including elimination of some bus stops or entire routes, and creation of a walking zone. That letter resulted in numerous phone calls to dis­ trict offices and complaints on social media, with some parents complaining students in the new walking zone may have to walk up to 40 min­ utes to get to school. At the time of McCarthy's letter, the district was short eight drivers out of a usual roster of 31, McCarthy told the Sun and News. Since that letter went out, the TK district has approved the hiring of two individuals who could become drivers once they complete their training, and some adjustments have been made to the plans outlined last week, McCarthy updated the school board on the transportation situation at Monday’s board meeting. “We have been working that problem, trying to figure out what the best solutions Greg Chandler Staff' Writer In late March, Caledonia Community Schools officials found out that estimated construction costs for the new Dutton Elementary School were running more than $6 million over budget. Now that the district has mib enoiJ ofl art) ysbnoM zbid 3d) i la tiiud UibR to I Bus driver shortage leaves TK Election night scrambling to make service adjustments ballot shortage in Gaines Township raises concerns r> received bids for the project, the news is even worse. Matt Hess, the district’s executive director of opera­ tions and transportation, told the Board of Education Monday night that with all of the bids in, the new price estimate for the school to be built at the southeast comer of Patterson Avenue and 76th Street is nearly $30.3 ■rpT j > > > I HA-r: > '• II ' 9 i > » t » * t 1 * James Gemmell Contributing Writer A Gaines Charter Township resident harshly criticized township clerk Michael Brew during the public comment period of Monday night’s township board meeting. And a Kent County Board of Commissioners candidate who lost in the Aug. 2 primary election asked several questions about how ballots were handled that night. Gabe Hudson said Precinct 1 ran out of ballots and said he had “lost faith” in the clerk, as a result. Precinct 1 is located inside the township hall at 8555 Kalamazoo Ave. “That's a cardinal sin • • • it’s inexcusable in this day and time,” Hudson told the township board. “The vot­ ers were told to fill out a piece of paper and they would be added to the count. That's a red flag to me, because what else can to Thornapple Kellogg schools have been confronted by a shortage of bus drivers that has led to proposed changes in service that has not sat well with some parents. (Photo by Jayson Bussa) are to try and limit the impact on the families in that walk­ ing zone,” McCarthy told the board. “We have come up with some good solutions that are viable.” The walking zone is bounded by M-37 on the east; Bender Road south of Main Street and Lloyd Court north of Main on the west; Misty Ridge Drive on the south; south; and and Towne Towne Center Center Drive Driveon on the thenorth. north. ItItincludes includes the the Towne Towne Center Center townhoustownhous­ es es and and apartments, apartments, as as well well as as the the Rolling Rolling Oaks Oaks Estates, Estates, Seneca Ridge, Misty Ridge and the Downs subdivisions. McCarthy sent out an email Monday afternoon to district parents updating them on changes that have been made since last week. ll Most notable is the addition written and driving tests. of shuttle routes to two ele- Several other individuals are mentary runs. starting the interview process “After students are for positions, McCarthy said dropped off at McFall and at after the meeting. “If these applicants ure Lee (Elementary), two buses will circle back and go to successful in the interview some group stops in the fur­ process and pass the state-re­ thest reaches of that walking quired written and driving zone,”” McCarthy McCarthy said. said. zone, tests, we will be closer to Those two stops are for having a full transportation Page Elementary students, staff,” McCarthy wrote in an one in the Towne Center area e-mail to the board. "We are and a second in the Misty hopeful to offer additional route reinstatements in the Ridge area, McCarthy said. The specific locations for comingweeks.” Free training toward a Towne Center and Misty commercial driver's license Ridge stops will be communicated to parents from the (CDL) is available for anyone bus garage, via their trans­ interested in being a driver at portation notices, McCarthy TK. and no experience is nec­ essary, McCarthy said. said, The two new driver hires See BUS DRIVER, page 2 are pending passage of their Dutton elementary project now million over budget nl rummoD bo bnuo1 noitorntz !l noiluG tin aiow > noil km woM 144th year Published by J-Ad Graphics, Inc. • 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 million - a hike of more than $9 million from the budgeted amount of $21 million. The school is scheduled to open in time for the 2024-25 school year. That means the two projects that were the centerpiece of the $88.1 million bond issue that district voters approved in May 2020 - the Community Caledonia Center being the other - will likely cost about $15 million more than what had budget­ ed. The Cal Center is now estimated to cost $31 million, up from its original esti­ mate of $24.9 million. The school board approved Christman having Construction, the construe- tion manager, enter into final negotiations and sign contracts with subcontractors that submitted bids for the second phase of the Dutton project. The board earlier this year approved bids for the precast concrete construction system that will form the bones of the new school. Nearly $26.4 million in construction is involved in the second bid pack for the project, on top of more than $2.67 million for the precast concrete bid from earlier this year. Another $1.24 million has been set aside in contingency, according to a memo from Hess to the school board. t i IV M to tl See BALLOT, page 3 Gaines Township Clerk Michael Brew, third from the left, explains at Monday night’s board meeting why there was a shortage of standard ballots on primary election night. (Photo by James Gemmell) Hess called the new dollar figure “a high estimate,” and said that efforts to cut costs from the project are ongoing. We are still evaluating prices, we are still evaluating long-term bid results, and we are still evaluating what we call ‘value engineering' that is the art of taking every item and looking at it and saying ‘how can we do this faster, how can we do it cheaper, how can we do it better?, Hess said. Hess said one such exam­ ple thaf s already been done is replacing copper wiring that was in the original plan wiring, aluminum with IN Sil SSUJ E • CHS grad receives vocal music scholarship • Middleville terminates contract with EV charging company • A look ahead at Middleville’s Heritage Days • Molly Winger shines at pole vault event See BUDGET, page 2 ; i H t you add or detract from a piece of paper?” “The ballots that were used were not a piece of paper,” Brew countered paper, after Hudson completed his comments. “Nor was anybody ever asked to ‘Please, fill out something' on a piece of paper. “We’re not the only township that ran out of ballots in a precinct. The designated procedure when that happens is to take a ballot and to photocopy that ballot. So, what the voter is seeing is exactly what the ballot would look like. That is exactly what happened with the voters who waited a few extra minutes to get a copy of the ballot and to fill it out.” Former District 10 Commissioner Bill Hirsch said he was “very con­ cerned” about the election process, as well. He served as county commissioner r <■ I I I f > I ) / I U Hl I ♦ I / v I । < f I I ¥ 9 > t > < �BUDGET, continued from page 1 which is about half the pnee tionary pnee increases for both labor and materials had One of the major factors in been previously identified as the pnee spike. Hess said, contributing factors in the was the rise in steel prices. cost overrun. He fold the board thaf the The project includes drive­ cost of steel between 2021 ways off of both Patterson and the second quarter of and 76th Street. Hess said. 2022 had risen 96.5 percent. Included in the amount is “It accounts for a great $1 million toward the comdeal more than structural pletion of a Caledonia con struct ion. It accounts for Township water main, along wiring, it accounts for Patterson from 76th north to plumbing,” Hess said. “You 68th Street that would serve name it. everything is the school involved with Meel - the air “Our portion of that will conditioning ducting, the not be a million dollars. heating ducting. It’s all Hess said. “However, al this steel.” point, we don’t know if the Other factors such as sup­ other investors arc on board, ply chain pressures and infla- and we certainly need water a’ to open the school. We re carry ing more of the cost than what we will end up eventually paying, Because of the cost over­ runs for Dutton and the com­ munity center. Ibe school board w ill have to face some hard choices, possibly as soon as al its next meeting in September, on projects that had been planned for the bond issue, but now could be on the chopping block. We are going to bring to you all of the remaining proj eels in the bond.” Hess said. We have a fair amount that arc ready, that arc unhid, undone, undesigned and untouched. We re going to kl bring all that to you. present it to you and talk about mak­ ing some decisions on what we're going to do and what we're not going to do. Caledonia Superintendent Dr. Dedrick Martin said that other districts around the state that be has spoken to are facing similar cost chai­ lenges in their building projeels, and have had to make cuts. “A lot of districts are say­ ing there’s no cute math that you can do to (deal with) this/’ Martin said. “You have to have a conscious choice of what you’re going to do without, whether it’s in that project or other projects. You’re going to have to make a conscious choice if you’re going to go out to your community at some other point for things that you hold of value that you cannot do.” Board member Brittany Barber Garcia expressed concern about potential addi­ tional costs that mayw come up w ith once ground is bro­ ken on the Dutton project. If we do dig that hole and we do run into other prob­ lems, and now we've already spent that money, what do we do then?” Barber Garcia asked, The good news is what's in here is prepared for find*4 ing an old farm structure, for finding an old oil tank We’re prepared to find some­ thing.” Hess said. “Everyone, to the best of our know ledge, looking back at the records for that property, there should be nothing there. Delaying the Dutton proj­ ect in hopes of reducing con­ struction costs is not an option for the district. Regardless of how we feel, when we pass a bond, we have a definite timeline in which the entire project must be completed.” Martin said, The longer we wait, the more we run at risk of not completing it as required.” ’ * * • • f A V A II I I& < <I II CHS grad receives state vocal music association scholarship Greg Chandler Staff Writer Ryan Linton was in fourth grade w hen he joined his first al choir at Caledonia Elementary School. It was also that same time that he performed in his first production. theatre production, a Caledonia Kids Theatre pro duction of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid.” “1 grew up on (Disney). I loved watching all the mov­ ies,*’ Linton said. Now almost a decade later, the C aledonia High School graduate is getting ready to launch his college education, on a path that he hopes will someday lead to being a choir director at the high school or post-secondary level. Linton. 18, was recently named the recipient of a $ 10,000 scholarship from the Michigan School Vocal Music Association. The association awards one scholar ship a year to a graduating senior who is pursuing a degree in choral music cdu cation at an accredited Michigan college or univer­ sity. Linton will use that at scholarship Central Michigan University, where hc will begin classes later this month. Linton was encouraged to apply for the MSVMA scholarship by Kara Stevens, who directs the vocal music pro gram at CHS. “Ryan has a deep passion for choral music. He truly lives and breathes the art form.” Stevens wrote in her recommendation letter sup­ porting Linton's scholarship application. “He has all of the skills necessary to be an outstanding music educator.” Lin ion applied for the position during the winter, hut did not find oul he was named the scholarship recip­ ient until mid-June. I was very shocked.” he said. “I actually didn’t think I got it, because J hadn’t heard anything. I just submitted the form, and months went by (without hearing anything). I just assumed that someone else got it. I was in the middle of a shift at work and was on break. I looked at my email on my phone, and there was (this message saying) 44 44 ’Congratulations, please was heavily involved in The festivals ran smoothly respond to accept this (schol- organizational and adminis­ thanks to the efforts of arship).’ They invited me to trative activities with the Ryan.” their summer conference, choral program. In his junior In addition to the instruc­ which just happened last year, he became choir man tion he received at CHS, week” ager. and he was instrumcn- Linton has also taken private Linton was actively lai in start in? up a choir instruction from Robert involved in the vocal music council at the school. Oster, a retired vocal music program at CHS from the “We would just discuss the director at Lakewood and moment he stepped foot on events coming up. We made Jenison public schools, who campus. As a freshman, he sure we had representation also is director of the immediately joined the from multiple choirs, making Lakewood Area Choral Tenor ».»ass Ensemble, which sure everyone was on the Society, is a non-audition group. Not same page,” Linton said. “His skill is matched by long after, he auditioned and “We had some brainstorming his drive and work ethic. was accepted in the sessions for the beginning of Stevens wrote of Linton. “It Choralaires, the school’s pre­ the year. It was more like has been an honor and plea­ mier choral group. That boosting morale, (discusssure to w itness his growth as meant showing up for ing) what kind of (public a musician.” rehearsals before 7 a.m. each relations) things can we do to Union was also active in morning. help the choir. the student council and the­ “Ryan was always on time In addition, Linton was atre program at CHS. He and prepared.*' Stevens wrote involved with planning held principal roles in high in her recommendation let­ efforts for the 2020 and 2022 school theatre productions ter. District Choral Festivals and and also served as stage man­ Linton was a member of the 2021 Regional Honors ager, Stevens. Recent Caledonia the MSVMA All-State Choir event that were hosted Linton is (he son of Steve High School graduate Honors Choir all four years iat CHS. Linton, Ericka Folkcrsma Ryan Linton was named “His responsibilities for and Alan Folkcrsma. He has the recipient of a $10,000 he was at Caledonia, and this year was named one of the each event included coordi- an an older older sister, sister, Jenna, Jenna, who who isis scholarship scholarship from the top 12 soloists in the state nating over 20 student and studying special education at Michigan School Vocal based on his performance at parent volunteers, planning Northern Michigan Northern Music Association. The the State Solo and Ensemble and executing logistics, and University, association awards one Festival. organizing the facilities for The $10,000 MSVMA scholarship a year to a In addition to his vocal the event,” Stevens wrote. scholarship is divided up into graduating senior who performance abilities, Linton “Ryan has an outstandin $1,250 increments over eight plans to study choral ability to problem solve and semesters. Recipients must music education at a detect potential roadblocks maintain at least a 3.0 grade Michigan college or uni­ before they ever occur. I was point average as a full-time versify. Linton will attend able to give him my com- student during the life of the Central Michigan pletc confidence and trust to scholarship, according to the University, (photo courte complete the tasks at hand, association website. sy Caledonia schools) t'Bfal ,• SB It illite tttGt •» THE HOTTEST STARS “Your Safety is Important to Us” — State of the Art Systems — 7 Complete Collision Service Frame Repairs State & I-CAR Certified Technicians Direct Repair Facility * Most insurance companies WMB [to 81 ft •• Caledonia, MI (figgg) if M fUSSODYSm ZNFIB 0* I CHRIS YOUNG THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 Lesonal Wafer KENNY LOGGINS AT THE MOVIES TOUR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 r Bourne System Open Monday thru Friday 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 616.891.0150 Ed Pawloski Jr., Owner 110 Johnson St., Caledonia • www.edsbody.com AARON TIPPIN • COLLIN RAYE • SAMMY KERSHAW ROOTS & BOOTS TOUR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 Tickets available now at the FireKeepers Box Office or FireKeepersCasino.com. GET YOUR V I I u CASINO*HOTEL •attli c«(t* FIRE EEPERS 1-94 to Exit 104 | 11177 Michigan Avenue I Battle Creek, Ml 49014 Must be 21 of older Tickets based on availability. Schedule subject to change. BUS DRIVER, continued from page 1---------- - 4 I hc district is offering the following for new hires, according to its website (tkschools.org): A $5(X) sign-on bonus Wages of up to $25 or more per hour Up to $ 1 .(XX) in attendance bonuses that are available this year Healthcare options Paid CDL training Anyone interested in becoming a TK bus driver can email tktransportation@ tkschools.org, or call 269­ 795-5540 for more informa­ tion. ^<1 • ■ , 1 *«tHj ■ k ’X ? Ik . & Ss * �BALLOT, continued from page 1 ----------------------------f % ' ■ O' 1V* A % ’l •A qI i LX IT n III \ if * ihal w K? ta tat fe isitHoiSst lijh Sdmdji i fafa fta I ... Kia tator •j! Kft® jm sttoW ' ' ‘ 44 44 K ♦ if 4 from 2009 to 2012, but lost to incumbent District 10 Commissioner Emily Post Brieve in the Republican pri­ mary. . Why did we run out of ballots? Why did we run out of provisional ballots,” he asked. “Why did it take until 11 p.m. for those ballots to come out of the basement here at the township hall? Why did it take until 2:30 a.m. for the county clerk to call the race? I know things like this happen in Flint and Detroit and Chicago, but I would like to think that we're above this in Gaines Township and Kent County. There are a lot of people asking questions and looking into this.” Brew said no one was asked to fill out a provisional ballot, which is placed in an envelope when a person fails to satisfy the identification or residency-verification requirements. Such a ballot is counted only if the resi­ dent provides the township clerk with the required docu­ ments no later than six calen­ dar days after the election, according to Michigan.gov. The election results had not been certified as of press time, but the unofficial tally indicated Hirsch lost to Brieve, 2615 votes to 2,157, in the 10th District GOP race. The newly drawn dis­ trict is adding Precinct 6 on the southern edge of the City of Kentwood. It includes a section just north of 60th Street between Division and Eastern avenues in Kentwood. Gaines Township will still be included in District 10, but Caledonia Township will not be. Post will take on Democrat Julie Humphreys in the Nov. 8 general election. Brew also addressed the concerns Hirsch raised about the election results coming in late. He noted that Gaines was not the last township to report information to the county on primary night. He also said all the precinct people who got a photoworkers took extra time to copied ballot was 27 peoensure that everything was pie.” correct. Hirsch said he heard Brew They went through the was not present at Precinct 1 receiving board, and the to open the polls Tuesday receiving board took extra morning “and there was no time with each precinct one there to take your place. because they wanted to make The polls were opened late sure that everything was cor­ by a sheriff (deputy). rect on the ballots,” Brew Brew said election staff explained. “And then, trans- used computers to download mission was done down to the electronic poll books the county. after 4 p.m. Monday. Aug. 1. I do know that the trans­ the day before the election. mission of the absentee That is the deadline for results got to the county, but absentee ballots to be sub­ the county was not able to mitted at the township hall, use them for some reason. unless there is an emergency. So, I took down the results Brew said he stayed late to not knowing that they had program the nine precinct problems. And on my trip to computers, the county building, I got a Brew said he left at 5:45 text saying, ‘we've we’ve got probprob­ a.m. Tuesday to open up the lems with the absentee township library (Precinct 3) counting-board results. and go to several precinct Brew said he stayed at the locations to drop off their county offices until the elec­ election computers. tion workers had all the In November, we're not information they needed going to go drop off laptops, from the township and post- We’re going to have the pre­ ed the results, which includ- cincts come here to the ed Gaines’ numbers from the (township hall) building absentee-counting board. He themselves to pick up the said that was around the 2:30 laptops, instead of me leava.m. time period that Hirsch ing to go there. Because of mentioned. some difficulties with preIn May, Kent County cincts beginning, I was not Elections Director Gerrid present in this building at 7 Uzarski sent township clerks a.m. I was in other precincts an email suggesting a particu- getting them going.” lar allotment for the election Brew said there was a ballots. Brew said Uzarski problem getting the locks on recommended that one-third some precinct buildings to unlock right away, and there be precinct ballots, and twowere technical difficulties thirds be absentee ballots because he figured there getting some vote-tabulating would be more absentee vot­ machines to work. He also had to answer several ques­ ers than precinct voters. “In looking at the numbers tions that poll workers had at today, I took the one-third Heritage Baptist Church, and added to it in Precinct 1. which is the location for pre­ So, I got more than one-third cincts 4 and 5. The questions of the ballots that were pertained to some election there,” Brew said. “It is not training they had received true that two-thirds of our from the county. “Not one voter got turned votes in Precinct 1 were absentee counting-board bal­ away,” Brew said. “Every lots. The precinct ballots voter was told, ‘Please be were well over what I had patient, we’re working on the estimated. Everything is at issue. We will get it resolved the county, but to my best as quick as we can and as knowledge, the number of accurately as we can. 4 9^ 44 Ml 44 9 Caledonia grad receives award - •* Ji* from local Right to Life chapter I*?*1-* Jil (11^l' ili* ’ ■ rf1 4^/ The Caledonia/ Middleville Area Right to Life chapter recently award­ ed Caledonia High School graduate Erin Zielke as the recipient of its 2022 Senior Leadership Award, in recog­ nition for her work and lead­ ing the Students for Life chapter at CHS and for actively participating in pro­ moting and supporting pro­ life initiatives within the local community and across the country. She received a check for $250 for the award. Right to Life affiliate president Pete Murray noted that Zielke served on the CHS Students for Life chap­ ter as a student and led the group the past couple of years as its president. He said that Zielke had some challenges this past school year with COVID-19 not allowing the group to meet face to face and the group being without a school staff sponsor. Zielke is planning on stay­ ing active in her support of life by participating in the local chapter at the University of Michigan, where she will be starting her freshman year in just a few weeks. Caledon ia/Middleville Area Right to Life is an affil­ iate of the Michigan Right to Life and supports, educates, and promotes the respect of human life from conception to natural death. The group meets monthly. Caledonia High School graduate Erin Zielke holds a certificate honoring her at the Caledon ia/Middleville Area Right to Life’s Senior Leadership Award recipient with local RTL presi­ dent Pete Murray (photo provided) AUGUST 18, 19, ^cJv^djud^ of Emeriti 6-9 PM (COMMUNITY NIGHT OUT AT SESQUICENTENNIAL PARK, SPONSORED BY THE MIDDLEVILLE LIONS CLUB; COME GET UP CLOSETO EMERGENCY VEHICLES, FARM EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY, AND PUBLIC WORKS TRUCKS. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN ILLUSION AND MAGIC SHOW WITH ALAN KAZAM, FREE VISION SCREENING, & ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. CONCESSIONS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. 7^tuZoz£/ lycAecZuZe/ of 3-7 PM | MIDDLEVILLE MARKET 6:30 PM | RIVERBANK CONCERT & ROTARY ROOT BEER FLOATS ALL DAY | UMC YARD SALE & FREE POPCORN 10 AM | MAIN STREET PARADE AFTER PARADE-2 PM | CHARLIE PULLEN MEMORIAL AUTO SHOW WITH DJ MOSAIC SPONSORED BY COMMUNITY WEST CREDIT UNION AFTER PARADE-1 PM | KIDS GAMES & SCAVENGER HUNT AT STAGECOACH PARK, SPONSORED BY COMMUNITY CHURCHES AND BLUE ZONES 11:30 AM | TAPRC PADDLE FOR PARKS AT THE CANOE LAUNCH. PRE-REGISTER AT TAPRC.ORG. NOON - 6 PM | TAEF & TAC BEVERAGE GARDEN AT THE PAVILION WITH A PARKLET LOUNGE SPONSORED BY BLUE ZONES NOON - 6 PM | CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT AT THE PAVILION TO SUPPORT TK HIGHSCHOOL FOOTBALL SPON­ SORED BY JASON PARKS FARM BUREAU 3 PM | ROTARY DUCK RACE AT CANOE LAUNCH /Lie \Dc*'&' t 9 AM-6PM | MAKERS MARKET & VENDOR FAIR AT SESQUICENTENNIAL PARK WITH LIVE MUSIC 8:30 AM- END | VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT AT TVC 10AM-4PM | 3 ON 3 BASKETBALL TOURAMENT AT MCFALL ELEMENTARY CAGES. 3RD-9TH GRADES; PRE-REGISTER. 10AM-5PM | SELF-GUIDED HISTORIC TOUR DOWNTOWN 10AM-5PM | ALUMNI MUSEUM & LEGACY VIDEO AT GAZEBO 11AM-3PM | TK ATHLETICS CARWASH FUNDRAISER AT RAINMAKERS CARWASH 3PM-7PM I TTES BBQ TURKEY DINNER AT THE FIRE BARN FRIDAY AT 6:30 PM @ THE AMPHITHEATER SPONSORED BY THE MIX https://www.middlevilledda.org/heritage-days/ SATURDAY NOON-3PM AMPHITHEATER SATURDAY 11- 2 PM BEHIND VILLAGE HALL SATURDAY 3-6 PM @ THE AMPHITHEATER �Page 4/The Sun and News, Saturday, August 13, 2022 Jennifer Mae McCormick Michele (Cisier) Schiithroat Michele Lynn Schiithroat, age 60, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, Aug. 4,2022. She was preceded in death by her father, Ron Besteman, and a niece, Emily Siereveld. Michele dearly loved her family and enjoyed a special bond with her grandchildren, who meant the world to her. Michele will be lovingly remembered and dearly missed by her husband, Jeff Schiithroat; her children and grandchildren, Josh and Elizabeth Cisier (Claire and Caleb), Anna and Nathan Forbes (Weston and Stella), Dan Cisier and fiancee, Asya ews. As Michele requested, cre­ mation has taken place. Family and friends were invited to join together for a celebration of Micheles life on Thursday, August 11, 2022 at Middleville United Methodist Church, with Pastor Tony Shumaker officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Faith Hospice, in honor of the loving care they provided to Michele and her family. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (Aurora); Jeffs three children and 11 grandchildren; her mother, Mary Lou Besteman; her brother and sisters, Scott and Heidi Besteman, Kim and Mike Cline, Dawn Siereveld; and several nieces and neph- Middleville TOPS 546 The Aug. 6 meeting opened with the secretary’s report and roll call. Two Tish remain in the fishbowl with Maryellen swimming for her sixth week. Chris’s program talked about the “TOPS Periodic Table: S is for Support.” The program argued that support is the third element in success of a weight loss journey. To ask for support is a sign of strength. Others with similar goals can pro- vide valuable insight and can help achieve our goals. Support can be a hug, a smile, a pat on the back, a word of encouragement or sharing an idea. Chris also talked about Exactly How to Find Joy.” Experts agree that social interaction tends to make us happier. Personal connections with other people cor­ relates to overall happiness, better health and more contentment. Chris lost the Ha-Ha box TOPS, a weight-loss sup­ port group, meets every Saturday at Lincoln Meadows in Middleville. Weigh-in is from 9 to 9:15 a.m., followed immediately by the meeting. A mask is suggested when in the common area of the building. Press the white buzzer for entry. Anyone with questions may call Chris, 269-9083731. The first meeting is free. 44 Jennifer Mae McCormick, age 46, raised in Caledonia and local to Kalamazoo, went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, July 20,2022. Jennifer was a kind and gentle soul She was very talented and artistic in her career and hobbies. She took great pride in her interi­ or design degree from Kendall College and her time as an interior designer at a Kalamazoo architectural firm. She then used her talents as an architectural sales rep, most recently with Mohawk Industries, connecting with and supporting designers across Michigan, Jennifers latest hobby was painting with watercolors, but she could do it all. Her talents were evident in the home she and Matt designed, built, deco­ rated, and shared. They enjoyed returning to the home they admired after long walks with their dog Mae. Animals held a special place in her heart, espe- her grandparents. She will be lovingly remem­ bered by the love of her life of over 20 years, Matt McGinnis; his family; her parents, Mike and Patsy McCormick; brother and sister-in-law, Shawm and Kristin McCormick; nieces and nephews, Samantha, Owen, Davis, Flora; many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. A private graveside service was held at Lakeside Cemetery. Contributions in memory of Jennifer may be made to <organizations she passionately supported, Kalamazoo Animal Rescue or St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, http://www.kalamazooani malrescue.org/helpus.php https://www.stjude.org/ donate/donate-to-st-jude.html?trequency_selected=2&sc_ icid=mem-lp-donate-bttn-top Condolences may be sent online at www.mkdfuneralhome.com. daily dogs. Jennifer loved being surrounded by nature, both locally and afar, Her favorite trip w^as to Yosemite National Park, which she described as simply breathtaking. Most of all, Jennifer loved spending time with her family, especially her nieces and nephews. She enjoyed studying her ancestral tree and was proud of her heritage. She will be laid to rest near her grandparents, who she loved dearly. She will be missed by all who knew her. She was preceded in death by Yankee Springs recreational office destroyed by fire Greg Chandler Staff Writer An early morning fire on Tuesday destroyed the campground ;round office at the Yankee Springs Recreation Area. Firefighters were called to the scene shortly after 5 a.m. When they arrived, they found the office “completely Caledonia United alaska 7240 68th Street SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-698-8104 www.alaskabaptist.Qrg Our mission is to worship God and equip A a * I X 1 Office Sheriff’s and Michigan State Police fire marshal's office, Miller said. No one was hurt in the fire. The Yankee Springs/ Wayland fire department was assisted at the scene by Orangeville Township firefighters and Wayland Area EMS, Miller said. involved,” said Deputy Chief Dan Miller of the Yankee Township and Springs Wayland fire departments. Firefighters were on the scene for nearly three hours. The The building building isis considered considered aa total total loss. loss. The The cause cause of of the the blaze remains under investigation by the Barry County Methodist Church baptist (church r/ fK? j fK J® naiita tKiih. Rev. Christine Beaudoin r Sunday Services: 9:30 AM - Worship 11:00 AM - Sunday School 6:00 PM-Adult Bible Study 6:00 PM - Student Ministries Join us for our traditional yet casual worship service, in person or online, at 9:00 am. 250 Vine Street 616-891-8669 CalcdoniaUMC.org Li vestream: Facebook.com/CaledoniaUnjtedMethodist Wijd committed followers of Jesus Christ who will reach our community with the Gospel cornerstonechurch FIRST Sunday Service 10:30 AM BAPTIST Join us in person or online Sundays 9:30 & 11am 5 Middleville Good Shepherd Lutheran Church co V WOI • V* 908 W. Main Street, Middleville (Missouri Synod) Sunday Worship 1675 84th St. SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 comerstonemi.org/weekend 9:30 a.m. t Pastor: Rev. Peter Berg III I □ Livestream: facebook.com/firstbaptistmiddleville http://goodshepherdlcms.googlepages .com Church: (269) 795-2391 FBCMIDDLEVILLE.NET - 5215 M37 - 269-795-9726 4 OURNEY CHURCH Middleville Umted Methodist Church 111 Church St. Office: (269)795-9266 , ONE CHURCH - TWO LOCATIONS Worship Services: 10:30 AM CALEDONIA: LEARN MORE! 9185 Cherry Valley Ave SE thejchurch.com MIDDLEVILLE: 616-217-2161 1664 M-37 @thejchurch Pastor Tony Shumaker www.umcmiddleville.org THORNAPPLE VALLEY CHURCH MIDDLEVILLE SERVICE TIME: Sunday at 10:00am 20 State Street, Middleville, Ml i www.tvcweb.com -/Church ' 8655 Whitneyville Avenue, Alto 616.891.8661 www.whitneyvillebible.org PastorJonathan DeCou Sunday School •••••••••••••• Sunday Worship 9: 30 AM n;c<' 10: 30 AM >WTf • Wj/c/7 our services from our website (see above) Serving - Strengthening ~ Connecting Dr. Brian F. Harrison, Pastor -rw HOLY FAMILY L jj CATHOLIC CHURCH 1 9669 Kraft Ave., Caledonia Phone: 616-891-9259 www.holyfamilycaledonia.org Saturday Evening Mass 5:00 p.m. Sunday Masses 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Considering becoming Catholic? Call or see our website for information. RESTORATION C/turJi CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH 708 W. Main Street, Middleville Come grow with us as we build relationships in Middleville and beyond. I* f I r i NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC Sunday Worship: :30 a.m. & 11 a.m. Fellowship 9:45 to 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 10 to 10:45 a.m. Join us at 10 a.m. on Sundays in person @ St. Paul Lutheran Church & Preschool or online at: fb.com/restorationcrc 8436 Kraft Ave., Caledonia. MI 49316 Office 616-891-8688 • Preschool (616) 891-1821 www.RestorationCRC.org 269-795-9901 t T) Whitneyville / Fellowship Church V, www.stpaulcaiedonia.org Yankee Springs Bible Church 8900 Duffy Road Middleville, MI 49333 4935 Whitneyville Ave, between 52nd & 48th Praising God through Hymns • Reading God’s Word • Special Music Worship Services Sunday ioam&6 pm "Shining Forth God's Light" Sunday Morning Worship........................ Prayer Meeting & Bible Study Wednesday 6:30 pm & 7 pm Community Group..................................... I 10: 00 a.m. 11: 00 a.m. Pastor Ed Carpenter - 616-868-0621 James L. Collison, Pastor Sermons online: WhitneyvilleFellowship.org www.yankeespringsbiblechurch.org I to <r I ____ �The Sun and News, Saturday, August 13, 2022/ Page 5 Caledonia Village Council splits on paying for tree removal f. % sn 4t %X U. X,” \ liie n r jJd 5^[J figfefll ‘ - ® fa asii Caledonia^ ( ■.id IftWWi mi Chi lei-fi 5ii« mv ,ct iisuiai Greg Chandler Staff Writer The village of Caledonia has been recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree City USA program for 27 con­ secutive years. As part of that program, the village sets aside a certain amount of money in its annual budget for planting new trees and maintaining existing ones along village streets. But some homeowners along Pleasant Avenue want the village to use some of that money to take down a large tree that is in the village right­ of-way because they see it as a nuisance, even though the vil­ lage arborist considers the tree to be healthy. With three Village Council members absent Monday, the council split 2-2 on the pro­ posal to remove the silver maple tree in front of the home owned by Mark and Dana Boyce at 325 Pleasant, at a cost to the village of $7,825. The split vote means the motion was defeated. Removing that tree would represent more than half of the village’s $15,(XX) tree budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year, Village President Jennifer Lindsey said. Council Trustees Jean Soest and Karen Hahn voted in favor of the tree removal,. while: Lindsey and Trustee Cheryl Miller opposed the motion. Trustees Dan Erskine, Bill Neil and Gerrianne Schuler were absent for Monday's meeting. The Boyces and their neigh­ bors, Jeff and Jessica Niles, have raised complaints with the village over the tree for several years. In September of last year, Dana Boyce emailed Village Manager Jeff Thornton to express concern about the tree's health. ’’There is a branch that has broken off and is suspended in the other branches, waiting to fall," she wrote in the email, And actually, when I look at it, there are several large pieces of the tree that are not producing any leaves. They need to be trimmed before they fall as well. I'm quite concerned about this tree. The village does not seem to be maintain­ ing it.” Thornton asked arborist Lucas Drews of Woodland Tree Services to check on the tree's condition. In a June report to the village, Drews 44 wrote that there was “some decay present" in the lower bowl area of the tree and some “tip decline” in the branches told council members. At one point Jeff Niles interrupted Thornton and slammed his fist on the table in You’re talking about saving the tree. What about our driveway and our houses? - Jeff Niles, Village of Caledonia resident over the road and sidewalk, However, he considered the tree “a moderate risk” for fail­ ure ureand andthat thatthere therewere were““many many other other trees trees within within the the village village that pose a greater threat, if not aacomparable ” comparablerisk riskoverall. overall." Thornton says the village's policy policyisisthat thatititwill willnot notremove remove aa tree tree from from the the right-of-way right-of-way that that isis considered considered healthy. healthy. AA property property owner owner can can remove remove aa healthy tree at his or her own expense, grind the stump and then replace the tree from the village's list of approved spe­ cies, he said. We had one resident that took down one black walnut tree in the right-of-way and another resident who took down three black walnut trees in the right-of-way,” Thornton 4C front of him. frustrated with what he saw as a lack of action by the village. He said the roots from underneath the tree are causing the concrete in his driveway, just a few feet away, to heave. “You haven't talked about our driveway at all,” Niles said. “You're talking about saving the tree. What about our driveway and our hous­ es?” Jessica Niles argued that there are potential liability issues with the tree. I know a storm could come through and take that tree down. It's not an act of God if you're on notice." she said. “If somebody put you on notice, you're liable, whoever owns that tree. So if that tree comes U 44 44 Yankee Springs Fire Department receives high-tech donation The Yankee Springs Township Fire Department is a recipient of a donation from a local family. The family of the late Robert Lippert, who was a Yankee Springs Township resident until his death in 2019, donated a piece of equipment to the YSTFD rescue boat, Janice Lippert, wife of Robert and a former town­ ship clerk, and their son Byron Lippert came to the fire department and donated a HELIX 12 CHIRP MEGA SI+ GPS G4N providing the device, department with enhanced sonar capabilities in under­ water recoveries. The sonar unit provides a multitude of different side imaging ranges left and right of its rescue appara­ tus. The unit features GPS and lake mapping, allowing for easier sharing capabili­ ties with dive recovery teams as well as locating things lost in the water, pro­ viding more effective recovery efforts from the rescue boat. down and takes out half our house, our cars, kills a person, you have a liability lawsuit. Not us.” However, Thornton said the village would not be liable under governmental immunity. I don't want my house destroyed. I don't want some­ body to die. I don't want my cars destroyed. 1 don't want to have to replace them. We want to get our driveway fixed but it makes no sense to spend money fixing a driveway when a tree's going to keep ruining it, Jessica Niles added. “Our hands are tied. We shouldn't have to pay for it.” Jeff Niles later apologized to Thornton for his outburst. Lindsey last month request­ ed to have the tree board meet with the Boyces and Niles on site to discuss the tree situa­ tion. and have the board bringe back a recommendation to the council. However, the board did not meet, Lindsey said. At least four other requests to remove trees from the right­ of-way have been submitted to the village. Lindsey expressed concern about the possible precedent that might be set if the village paid for taking down a tree that is still considered healthy, “We take care of this one, and then, what happens to the other ones? What precedent do we say, ok, this tree is a hazard, I don't know about those other trees," Lindsey said. “Are they a hazard, or are they unwanted or undesirable? After the split vote. Lindsey directed that the tree board meet during the day prior to the next council meeting. We've got to do some­ thing. We can't put these peo­ ple on hold forever," she said. I will step in as village president, to chair that to have this meeting, to make it hap­ pen.” The tree board consists of Lindsey, Erskine, village administrative assistant Lisa Segard. and resident John Feenstra, according to the vil­ lage's website. 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Small, super cute. 1st shots and wormed. $400.00, 517­ 852-4881. r. li ; d E 4b 4b ••• Community Notice NOTICE OF SELF STOR­ AGE SALE- Please notice Red Dot Storage 195- Caledonia located at 5590 68th Street SE., Caledonia, MI 49316 intends to hold an auction of the stor­ age unit in default of payment, This sale will occur online via www.storageauctions.com on 8/25/2022 at 9:30 AM. Unless stated otherwise, the contents are household goods, fur­ nishings, boxes, and general equipment. The list of Unit numbers is as follows: #354; #453; #454; #456. All property is being stored at the above self-storage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details. eS3 HERITAGE 8 J * I7 Heritage Days • Parade 2022 ' 7 fcx MWCLEVHXC f ■ fl iM ■J1 -«/ll F f f ■ ■ - Janice Lippert, left, and her son, Byron, right, donate a sonar device to Yankee Springs Township Deputy Fire Chief Dan Miller for use on the department’s rescue boat. The donation is in honor of Robert Lippert, Janice’s husband and Byron’s father. (Photo courtesy Dan Miller, Yankee Springs Fire Department) Join us for the celebration of Middleville’s history on August 20th at 10am for the annual parade. �I- V. ■* - • Page 6/The Sun and News, Saturday, August 13, 2022 Middleville Council votes to pull the plug on EV car charging station James Gemmell Contributing Writer Miami-based Blink Charging has had an electric vehicle charging station set up behind Middleville Village Hall for about five years. But the village council voted 6-0 Tuesday night to pull the plug on Blink before the current contract with the car charging company expires this fall. The legal agreement stipulates that the village must provide written notice of termination to Blink at least 30 days before the initial five-year contract expires, or it will automati­ cally roll over into a new three-year contract. Tuesday’s vote directs village staff to send Blink the notice of termination, and then begin the process of finding a different car­ charging supplier. Our feeling is that, through many areas, the was maybe not contract presented as truthfully as we had thought or hoped. interim Village Co-Manager Duane Weeks told the coun­ cil. The Middleville Downtown Development Authority had asked the vil­ lage council in 2017 to allow a car charging station to be installed in the village park­ ing lot at 100 E. Main St. 44 M Weeks said Blink has been been slow slow to to respond respond when when contacted with questions about about such such things things as as the the amount of electrical use at the charging station, how the village would be com­ pensated for usage, and net revenues being generated. Concerns about the rates Blink charges EV users have also been raised. The market for EV charging stations has grown significantly nationwide since the original five-year contract was signed between the village and Blink Charging. One item in the contract that Weeks and village council members took issue with is a stipulation that the village cannot engage in discussions with other charging companies or install any other chargers on village property during the length of the contract. “In speaking with the village attorney, there would be some limitations on what we can do to seek contracts with another entity or sup­ plier. But once (Blink) has been notified, it kind of frees us up to move forward with that,” Weeks said. “Once we've given them notice, what does the agree­ ment say about them remov­ ing their equipment?” coun­ cil trustee Kevin Smith asked. • Good Selection of ■1 Cotton Prints I 1 R II • * k< B ML • 705" Quilt Backing in F. • A * * Many Colors L y i * Zippers, Threads, Notions If Pray for our Country QUESTIONS: ASK US... A 218 E. State St., Hastings • 945-9673 WS4 V OPEN: Monday-Friday 8 am-5:30 pm; Saturday 9 am-3 pm c Hulst Cleaners Pick-Up Station ! j J Full Service Body Shop • • • • I I The village council has Weeks replied that Blink ment,” Smith said. will examine all possibilities begun reviewing the appli­ Dohave you the havepower the power as the process of trying to Charging will have six“Do you tum(the (theBlink BlinkCharging Chargingcontract with a new EV sup­ cations of five candidates months after the contract is to totum for the village manager stations) off?” trustee Ed plier begins later this fall. terminated to remove its car Schellinger asked. position. Council trustees charging equipment, Weeks replied the will share their thoughts Weeks gives update on Smith told the council he village manager search with an ad-hoc search com­ briefly read over the con­ charging station cannot be legally turned off by the vil­ In other discussion. mittee this month, and backtract. and “It does say they have the lage until after Blink is Weeks said this fall promis- ground references right - but not the obligation given notice of termination, es to be very busy for he and checks will be made. The - to come and pick up their and also not until one day the village's other interim first round of interviews gear after 60 days of termi­ after the current contract co-manager, Alec Belson, could begin in mid-Septem­ who also is the Department ber. A new manager would nation. And that they would expires, uWe will verify all that of Public Works director. be hired in November, if the coordinate with us to remove They have been sharing interview process goes as the equipment. And it does with the village attorney make mention that we have before we take any action, to the manager job while the the council expects. “All the staff is working the option of removing it make sure there are no search for a permanent man­ repercussions,” ager continues. Weeks is a very hard to try to keep up ourselves, for sure,” Smith adverse contract employee and man- with everything that’s hap­ Weeks said. said. Trustee Mike Cramer agement consultant for the pening,” Weeks said. “1 DDA Director Katherine village and also is part-time want to commend the staff Bussard said that some DDA asked Bussard why there water operator for the we have for their efforts in board members attended a isn’t an EV charging station training session hosted by grant program for new busi- Villageof Freeport, all the things we have going the Michigan Downtown nesses downtown, so they Former village manager on. We're taking two posiAssociation could have have aa charging charging stasta­ Patricia Raylresigned April tions and trying to cover Association earlier earlier this this year year could tion installed installed in in aa couple couple of of 27. 27. that those with half aperson.” that focused focused on on what what to to look look tion their parking spaces. for in an EV-charging company. ”That inaus “ ’s an interesting Charging speeds, types thought,” Bussard replied, of connections, what their “What comes to mind most rate is for those types of quickly is that a lot of our connections, recommended spaces are publicly owned, vendors,” Bussard said. like this back here (behind We’d be happy to share village hall). But if we get that information with coun- up to the M-37 corridor, cil and also be a part of that then we start hitting on pri­ conversation in an ongoing vate property. That is a pos­ sense. sibility and there might be The DDA board recently grants through other enlibegan participating in an ties. electric vehicle marketing “The reason I ask. program for a trial period Cramer said, “is we have a with the startup company site plan coming sometime Middleville DDA Director Katherine Bussard talks Charge Deals. It will digital­ soon that would have a ly market deals free of blank slate where they could about an electric-vehicle marketing program during charge to local businesses, add something like that, if Tuesday’s village council meeting. Interim Village which will incentivize EV we had a program in place.” Co-Manager Duane Weeks is standing at right. drivers to spend money at Weeks said village staff (Photo by James Gemmell) downtown establishments while their car charges. “And so, we want to keep this up and running as quick­ ly as possible in order to be able to use that as a way to promote our town,” Bussard told the village council. Although Blink will have six months to remove its equipment from village property after the contract is ended. Smith said he would like to see the village exer­ cise its option to remove Blink's apparatus much sooner. That way, a new car-charging company could install its own equipment on the village infrastructure. “ Maybe rather than six months I would hope that we could make them get ft A jji' fl 44 >?' . r ■;■" 44 * f Di jdllll! Hl {tel® I* M 44 i tat#! I rWtesrj '■-’iitai i*aii s A Blink electric car charging station outside of Middleville Village Hall at 100 E. 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After eight years teaching. she will enter the new 2022-23 school year as the assistant principal at Thomapple Kellogg High School. “I just knew from the first time I interviewed here this was where I wanted to be,” Forman said. It’s not like other places. The community here is amazing. The teachers are amazing and the way they work together and help each other is so great. ill Si S' Sc tl S’V'rt 11» k K? Ik Thornapple Kellogg Schools will begin the 2022­ 23 school year with a full day for all students Tuesday, August 23. Teachers, staff and admin­ istrators are preparing for the upcoming year. Registration lit i s I IJ THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP BOARD 200 E MAIN ST. MIDDLEVILLE, Ml 49333 SYNOPSIS OF MEETING MINUTES Monday, August 8, 2022 tout an hrticle ratojp I (tap trt meetyh Cotap ta Ws is * ■' *4 I r ’ The whole community is amazing. I’ve always felt very supported here by parents, staff and administration.” Forman will fill the vacancy created by Tony Bush’s resig- ing forward to working with students in a different capacity. I really enjoy helping stu­ dents develop and find what they want to do after school, she said. “I also like to collaborate with staff on best instructional practices, Forman earned her bache­ lor’s in special education and also a major in social stud­ ies. She then attended Grand Valley State University to complete her master’s in edu­ cational leadership focusing on secondary administration. She further increased her education by job shadowing administrators at TK and was part of the T* TK Administranxe mentoring I’ll bring a lot of positive energy to the job. I’m hard working and absolutely love being here.*’ Forman said, While teaching at the high school she has also saved as the National Honor Society advisor, a tutor, class advisor, MTSS coach and summer school teacher. In 2019. she was honored with the TKEA Above and Bevond Award She was also named the WZZM 13 Teacher of the Week in 2022 and earned the Excellence in Education Award from the Michigan Lotterx and FOX 17 in 2021. When she’s not busv with her educational duties. Forman has a ven buss home life. She and her husband, Mike, have three voune daughters w ho will be in second grade. Young Fixes and a 2-vvar-okl Together. Forman • said thex like hunting, fishing, camping and hiking. **We spend a lol of time outside. Forman said she’s excited about the new school *vear and spent much of the summer preparing for her new duties. I’m so happy to have this opportunity to serx e students, TK is an amazing place to work.’’ she said. «• ll TK Schools announce registration and open house information for students V I Amy Forman nation. Bush served the district one *vear before an assistant principal position at Spring Lake High School. Forman has worked in edu­ with the cation for I0 last eight years at Thomapple Kellogg Schools. She started her career in teaching at Forest Hills Public Schools, then moved in 2014 to TK Middle School as a resource room teacher. After five years at the middle school, she moved to the high school as a special education English teacher. Forman said she’s excited about the new role she will have in the district and is look- Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. Six members present. Willshire was absent. Items approved: 1. Printed Agenda approved as amended with item 10(a) separated Into two items and item 12(1) Ad-Hoc Committee Changes added. 2. Consent Agenda approved as presented. 3. Approved motion to increase the Supervisor's non-statutory wag­ es by 5.9% retroactive to 4-01-2022. 4. Approved motion to increase the Treasurer's non-statutory wages by 5.9% retroactive to 4-01-2022. 5. Approved motion to establish a fund (with revenue from the general fund) of $25,000.00 to assist employ­ ees in furthering their education. 6. Approved motion to authorize the Township Supervisor to enter in and execute repayment plan agree­ ments with township employees as outlined in "School Payment Plan Agreement" with caveat that em­ ployees could make the deduction per pay period or monthly. 7. Approved motion to authorize Chief Richardson to purchase a flam­ mable materials storage cabinet for an amount NTE $900.00. 8. Motion to allow Chief Rich­ ardson to coordinate with the EMS Committee and the Personnel and Compensation Committee for new hires without full board approval, in order to expedite the process and fill open positions. 9. Motion to approve Resolution 13-2022 METRO Act - GLE rightof way permissions in Thornapple Township. 10. Motion to authorize the Cem­ etery Committee to hire a road repair company (asphalt and/or chip seal­ ing) to repair the cemetery roads as needed, up to the amount budgeted (NTE $19,500.00.) 11. Motion to convert the full-time staff pay schedule from a FLSA com­ putation to a salary plus overtime model based on a yearly salary di­ vided by 26 pay periods. 12. Motion to adopt the full­ time paramedic/firefighter pay scale as follows: YR1 =$62,000, YR2=$63,000, YR3=$65,000. 13. Motion to adopt the full-time EMT/firefighter pay scale as fol­ lows: YR1=$46, mu , YR2=$48,000. YR3=$50,000. Meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m. Prepared by Deputy Clerk Amy Brown. Approved by Township Supervisor, pervisor,Eric EricSchaefer. Schaefer. Copies of the meeting minutesi are available upon request from the Township Clerk or by visiting our website at http§;//thQrnapple-twp. and open house dates for all students have been set as follows: High School Seniors: Aug. 15 - I to 6 p.m. Juniors: Aug. 16- I to 6 p.m. Sophomores: Aug. 17-1 to 6 p.m. Freshmen and New Students: Aug. 18-1 to 6 p.m. All students will come in for their school and identifica- tion photos, parking registra­ tion, meet with counselors if needed, check schedules and lockers, update demographic information. Middle School 6^ Grade: Aug. 15-9 a.m. to noon and I to 3 p.m. 7^ Grade: Aug. 16-9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. 8(h Grade: Aug. 17 -9 a.m. to noon and I to 3 p.m. Newberry Mission Friday, Aug. 19,2022 Middleville United Methodist Church 111 Church St., Middleville 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Free Popcorn Proceeds for 2023 Newberry Mission Journey 269-795-9266 All Grades: Aug. 17 - 5 to 8 p.m. These are drop-in events for families. 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Non-Profit Organization. are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday. 185837 Families with last names beginning with S-Z Aug. 22: 5 to 5:30 p.m. Families with last names beginning with A-F Aug. 22: 5:30 to 6 p.m. Families with last names beginning with G-L Lee Elementary Aug. 22: 4 to 4:30 p.m. Families with last names beginning with S-Z Aug. 22: 4:30 to 5 p.m. Families with last names beginning with A-F Aug. 22: 5 to 5:30 p.m. Families with last names beginning with G-L Aug. 22: 5:30 to 6 p.m. Families with last names For privacy reasons, photos above are not photos ot actual students. I ♦ r �I Page 8/The Sun and News, Saturday, August 13, 2022 Novavax COVID-19 vaccine now available for Michigan residents ages 18 and older Michigan residents ages 18 and older now have anoth­ er COVID-19 vaccine option - Novavax - to help protect them from serious illness and death due to the virus. On July 13, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for use among people ages 18 years and older for a two-dose primary series. This was fol­ lowed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices J recommendation for use of the Novavax CO VID-19 vac­ cine in this population and endorsement by CDC. “Having multiple types of vaccine offers more options and flexibility for people receiving COVID-19 vaccines,” said Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, MDHHS chief medical executive. “COVID19 vaccines remain our best defense against the virus, help­ ing prevent serious illness and death. We continue to urge Michiganders who have not yet been vaccinated to get the vaccine as soon as possible.” The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is the first COVID19 protein subunit vaccine recommended for use in the United States. During clinical trials, it was found to be over 90 percent effective in preventing serious illness from COVID-19. Adults ages 18 years and older should receive a two-dose primary series separated by three to eight weeks. A short­ er interval of three weeks between the first and second doses is recommended for: • People who are moder­ ately or severely immuno­ compromised, • Adults ages 65 years and older. • In situations in which there is increased concern about COVID-19 communi­ ty levels or an individual's higher risk of severe disease. Currently, a booster dose using any COVID-19 vac­ cine is not authorized for adults in this age group who receive a Novavax primary series. A limited number of doses of Novavax COVID19 vaccine will be distribut­ ed and not all providers are expected to carry Novavax In vaccine. COVID-19 Michigan, about 100,000 doses are available for order by vaccine providers. To locate providers offering Novavax, visit vaccines.gov. To date, over 6.7 million Michiganders ages 5 and up have gotten at least their first dose of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines. Eligible Michiganders are encouraged to stay up to date on vaccinations, which includes booster doses that provide extra pro­ tection, and residents of long­ term care facilities where out­ breaks can spread quickly and x io y. 10 extra protection is strongly recommended. MDHHS also encourages Michigan residents to pay attention to local guidance as some ie communities may be at • 1_____ • i „ a higher risk of COVID-19 transmission. To iu avncuuic schedule a primary or booster dose of the CO VID vaccine, visit vaccines.gov. To learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine, visit Michigan.gov/COVIDvaccine. For more information about COVID-19 in Michigan, visit Michigan, gov/coronavirus. was named to John Carroll University’s dean’s list for the spring 2022 semester. To qualify for this honor, John Carroll students must have at least a 3.5 grade point average and complete 12 credit hours in a semester. Kalamazoo College Several area students were named to the dean’s list at Kalamazoo College. ’To qualify, students earned a grade point average of 3.5 or better. Local students on the list, by hometown, included: Middleville Kaleb Sydloski Wayland - Daphne Bos, Tyler Violet Omness, Crampton FINANCIAL FOCUS CTi Provided by Andrew McFadden and Jeffrey Westra of Edward Jones J 4 When can you choose retirement? If you’re like most peo­ ple, your work has been a central part of your life. So, wouldn’t it be nice to have the flexibility to decide when you no longer want to work? Many people of retirement age have achieved this type of control. In fact, two-thirds of workers ages 65 and older say they work primarily because they want to, not because they have to, according to a 2021 study by Edward Jones and Age Wave. But that means that one-third of workers in this age group feel financially compelled to work. This doesn’t necessarily mean they dislike the work they do — but it’s probably fair to say they would have liked the option of not working. How can you give yourself this choice? You can start by asking yourself these questions: • /Then do I want to retire? You’ll want to identify the age at which you wish to retire. You may change your mind later and move this date up or back, but it’s a good idea to have a target in mind. • What sort ofretirement lifestyle do 1 want? When you retire, do you antici- J pate staying close to home family history of longevi­ and pursuing your hob­ ty. Of course, as you’re bies, or do you hope to probably aware, the Social travel the world? Would Security system is facing you like to spend your time significant financial stress, volunteering? Open your so it’s possible that we own business or do some may see changes to Social consulting? Clearly, some Security, based on actions of these choices will Congress could take. In require more resources any case, you might want than others, so you’ll want to be fairly conservative in to follow a financial strate- estimating how much that aligns with the Social Security can conretirement lifestyle you tribute to your retirement intend to pursue. income. • Am 1I saving and By addressing the above investing enough? As you questions, you can get a chart your course toward clearer sense of when you your retirement journey, might reach the point at you’ll want to assess the which work is optional, sources of income you’ll But you'll also need to have available. If you think consider other factors, too, you may be falling short of such as how much you achieving your retirement enjoy working or when goals, you may need to your spouse or partner is consider saving more. planning to retire. In any • When should I start case, the sooner you start taking Social Security? planning for this next You can begin collecting phase of your life, the betSocial Security benefits as ter position you’ll be in early as 62, but your when it’s time to make the monthly payments will be transition. much bigger if you wait until your “full” retirement age, which will likely be This article was written between 66 and 67. Your by Edward Jones for use decision about when to by your local Edward take Social Security will Jones Financial Advisor depend on several factors, Edward Jones, Member including your other sourc- SIPC es of income and your « Lewis University Niklaas Kurth of Caledonia was one of 1,400 students nominated to Lewis University’s spring 2022 dean’s list. To qualify for this honor, Kurth completed at least 12 credit hours and maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Saginaw Valley State University Several area students were named to the dean’s list at Saginaw Valley -* State University. To qualify, students earned a grade point average of 3.4 or above for the spring semester. Local students on the list by hometown, included: Caledonia - Andy Do Lowell - Emily Depew Wayland - Alyssa Heath In addition, the president’s list includes students who earned a 4.0 GPA while taking at least 12 credits. Local students on the president’s list are: Caledonia - Carlee Jane Davis Conroy Middleville Brianna Stolsonburg, Vanderstelt St. Lawrence University Holden Sophie of Middleville was named to St. Lawrence University in New York’s dean’s list for the spring 2022 semester, Holden had to maintain a grade point average of 3.6 or higher. Trinity Christian College Area students have been named to Trinity Christian College’s spring semester dean’s list. The Illinois col­ lege reserves this honor for students with a grade point average of 3.5 or better who maintain at least 12 credit hours in a semester. Local students on this list, by hometown, included: Caledonia Aubrie Vredevoogd x Shelbyville Brendan Covell University of Utah More than 8,900 under­ graduate students at the University of Utah were named to the dean’s list for the 2022 spring semester. To qualify, students must earn a grade point average of 3.50 or higher for the semester while taking at least 12 credits. Local students on the list, by hometown, included: Caledonia - Natalie Rose Ruthven Wheaton College Wheaton College in Illinois has released its spring semester 2022 dean’s list. On this list is John Andrulis of Alto. Andrulis and other Wheaton dean's list recipi­ ents had to maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or above while completing 12 credit hours during the spring semester. 8196 Broadmoor Ave. SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 CuedoniA n * NOTICE OF POSTING OF TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed Caledonia Charter Township Liquor License Control Ordinance has been posted in the office of the Township clerk at the Caledonia Charter Township offic­ es, 8196 Broadmoor Avenue, within the Township, for review by the public during Township office hours, and has also been posted on the Township’s website, the address of which is www.caledoniatownship.org. The ordinance would provide procedures for the review of applications for liquor licenses in the Township and provide regulations on the transfer of liquor licenses and other matters concerning liquor licenses in the Township. 5 The above stated ordinance was considered by the Caledonia Charter Township Board on first reading at a public meeting of the Township Board held on July 20, 2022 and is expected to be considered on Second Reading by the Township Board at a public meeting on August 17, 2022. This notice is given in accordance with the Charter Township Act and is authorized by action taken by the Caledonia Charter Township Board. Joni Henry, Township Clerk Caledonia Charter Township I I I 4 4 I Mm CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA COUNTY OF KENT, MICHIGAN « i » Phone: 616.891.0070 Fax: 616.891.0430 TOWNSHIP . I t I 1858321 I • l> , yitS * Local students earn dean’s list honors Adelphi University Manmeet Kaur of Caledonia was named to Adelphi University in New York’s dean’s list for the spring 2022 semester. Kaur had to maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher while taking at least 12 credit hours. John Carroll University Nathan Trudeau of Alto Ai/ 1 • -■ ■* x, �* 4 The Sun and News, Saturday, August 13, 2022/ Page 9 Orangeville Twp. asks for removal of signs along Marsh Road I I 1 i V Greg Chandler The “local traffic” and Staff Writer “thru traffic” signs had Orangeville Township is been installed about a year asking the Barry County ago, Road Commission Commission Road to Assistant Managing Assistant remove some signage at Director Jake Welch said. two intersections on Marsh But since then, Township Road - one at Patterson Supervisor Tom Rook said Road near Bay Pointe Inn that he had received a letter from aa local business and another at Wildwood from Road. owner, saying that the signs The township board were causing him to lose Tuesday approved asking business, the agency to take down Welch wrote ina letter to “local traffic” and thru Township Trustee Linda traffic” signs out of concern Ribble that those signs had that it might be confusing been requested by the townfor visitors who might be ship, looking for businesses near “These were requested Gun Lake, such as Matteson during our meeting about Marine and Lakeside the pedestrian safety of Pizzeria and Grill. The Marsh Road in that area,” board also asked to have Welch wrote in his letter. “business district" signs “My understanding was installed at the intersec­ that traffic wasn’t going tions, which would cost the to a destination in that stretch of road was being township $100 each. requested to take Patterson Road.” Truck route signs had been previously installed when Patterson was desig­ nated as a truck route, Welch wrote. “We discussed the fact that anyamountof signage redirecting traffic elsewhere could have an impact on area businesses and at that time your board felt the safety improvements would outweigh those costs,” he added. But at Tuesday’s meet­ ing, township clerk Mel Risner expressed the view that the “local traffic” and ll thru traffic” signs were not needed. “It seems to me the only sign you need there is ‘business district’ only, with a ‘truck route’ (sign),” she said. “As for the ‘local traf- ll ’I < »'? $ ''S' S' $ it % ll 1 Sr * It. 1 fex keys to be made available to township staff and to anyone who is renting the hall for an event. The other is to send an invoice for $265 on anyone found to be illegally dumping their own garbage in the dumpster. The charge would cover the township's fee to Waste Management for an over­ loaded dumpster, Ribble said. The board also approved the purchase of a sound system that would be used at township board meet­ ings, as well as ceremonies 1 • •• kTIa I yDbuun JheOdh ^Stream at the nearby Veterans Memorial. The township will oav $2,442 to win pay Sweetwater Sound, of Fort Wayne, Ind., for the sound system, with the funds to come from the American Rescue Plan Act. cornerstone women Join us for a time of worship, community, learning, and reflection! Each month we will have a relevant topic for women of all ages and stages to gather around. Whether you've been at Cornerstone for one week or many years, come connect with one another and with God in a welcoming and casual place! We meet the fourth week of each month but will be shifting days to accommodate everyone’s schedules. w s ilv. 6 1 fic’ and ‘thru traffic’ (signs), we don't need either of them.” Welch wrote in his letter that he would need a copy of the meeting minutes from Tuesday stating the request for the change, as well as an agreement to pay for the new signage. In other business Tuesday, the board the approved a couple of measures to try to eliminate illegal dumping of trash in the dumpster at the town­ ship hall. One is putting a lock on the dumpster, with talk I: cornerstonechurch cornerstonemi.org/women < “s star 185796 Notice of Drainage Board Meeting For Determination of Necessity bs2 —h ■ o.snhuit DUNCAN LAKE INTERCOUNTY DRAIN (Barry, Allegan and Kent Counties) • rs l jo SI® antis DATE: September 22,2022 TIME: 6:00 p.m. <• - Caledonia High School Fine Arts Auditorium 9050 Kraft Ave. SE, Caledonia, Michigan LOCATION: The Orangeville Township board is asking the Barry County Road Commission to remove the “local traffic” and “thru traffic” signs from this intersection at Marsh Road and Patterson Road. The signs had been installed just a couple of years earlier. 14! AUGUST SPECIAL 1W* kl WI <*•1. High Efficiency 11 -r' RUUD FURNACE & AIR $300 OFF •• ’ 4 - * - 1 *0 ^0 i*. —w* r •» ■* —*5 I —* iL ■ »< sffr ■ -- I Must present this coupon. Expires 8-29-2022 I I* J FRONTIER HEATING & COOLING Proceedings conducted at this public meeting will be subject to the provisions of the Michigan Open Meetings Act. Written comments may be submitted prior to the meeting, or additional information may be obtained from the following offices: Jim Dull Barry County Drain Commissioner 220 W. State St. Hastings, Michigan 269-945-1385 I V i i t » I I I t I > I » I Anyone aggrieved by the decision of the Intercounty Drain Drainage Board may seek judicial review pursuant to MCL 280.122a. “The company built by r<eferrals” Brady Harrington, Deputy For Gary McDowell, Director Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development I I < t I v I v * 4 Ken Yonker Kent County Drain Commissioner 775 Ball Ave. NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 616-632-7910 Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in the meeting should contact the Drain Commissioner of their County at the number listed above or through the Michigan Relay Center at 7-1-1 (TDD) at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting to request mobility, visual, hearing or other assistance. I । <] I V- Locally owned business. t Denise Medemar Allegan County Drain Commissioner 113 Chestnut St. Allegan, Michigan 269-673-0440 Dated: August 8,2022 210 East Main Street, Caledonia ft^9 •** I I I I I I I I I I The Duncan Lake Intercounty Drain Drainage Board will meet at the above date, time and location to hear all interested persons, receive evidence and determine whether the maintenance and improvement, as set forth in the petition dated April 12,2021, is necessary for the public health, convenience, or welfare pursuant to Chapter 8 of Public Act 40 of 1956, as amended. T �• V. - L ■J—I Page 10/The Sun and News, Saturday, August 13, 2022 Yankee Springs seeks in-house planning and zoning administrator - Greg Chandler Staff Writer After using an out­ side contractor for han­ dling planning and zon­ ing functions for the past four years, Yankee Springs Township has decided to move those responsibilities in house. The township board Thursday voted unani­ mously to create a five-member search committee to find a new township planning and zoning administrator. The committee will consist of Township Supervisor Rob Heethuis, Trustee Larry Knowles, Planning Commissioner Frank Fiala, Zoning Board of Appeals member ' Ron Heilman and Zoning Enforcement Officer Right Place Inc. president discusses job growth strategy with Gaines Township Board I James Gemmell Contributing Writer The president and CEO of economic development organization The Right Place Inc. gave the Gaines Township Board an update Monday, Aug. 8, on the agency’s recently adjusted regional strategy for creating job growth and business oppor­ tunities. Randy Thelen pointed out that a lot of the economic success Gaines Township has enjoyed the past few decades has been due to growth in the number of businesses and the jobs they have generated. Township planners and zoners have been preparing a township-wide master plan this summer to chart where residential, industrial and commercial growth should go over the next several years. The public had the opportunity in a recent survey to provide input on the planning process, The township also is devising a future land use plan as part of the master plan. The Right Place's revised strategy for generating busi­ ness growth is focused on Brad Williams. Knowles was the township’s last planning and zoning administra­ tor, but stepped down from that role in 2018. The township has used Professional Code Inspections (PCI) of Michigan to handling planning and zoning matters since Knowles’ resignation. “The input I would give the committee, from this part of the board, is that I would really love for (the new administrator) to be a Yankee Springs Township resident,” Township Clerk Mike Cunningham said. “We may not have any residents in the township that are qualified, but I think we’ve trained (people) in the past.” 182830 BUS WASHER OPENING! Barry County Transit has an opening for a hard working individual for the position of Bus Washer. Duties include maintaining the transit fleet in clean condition both inside and out. Duties also include facility custodial work. The job will keep you busy! The schedule is Monday thru Friday and 7.5 hours per day. Starting pay is 13.77 Driver’s License is Required PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it ille­ gal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or marital status, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. Applicants may apply online at barrycountytransit.com or in person or mail at: This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in viola­ tion of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are Barry County Transit 1216 W. State St. Hastings, Ml 49058 269-948-8125 available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone num­ ber for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. Barry County Transit is an Equal Opportunity Employer. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY Need some extra CASH? — Supplement your income by delivering newspapers each week. Papers are delivered Friday night and Sat­ urday each week. Dependable adults with a driver’s license and dependable transporta­ tion necessary. aunrai IMMEDIATE OPENINGS 1 DRIVER POSITION OPENING BARRY COUNTY TRANSIT in Middleville Rural Zip Code Area 49333 Caledonia Rural Area ™............. II ■■■ Call today to set up an in-person interview and learn more about how you can earn some extra cash each week. 269-945-9554 “Prosperity”. That involves spurring traditional economic development by finding ways to help support businesses’ growth. The Right Place met with leaders from 500 companies across the region last year and plans to expand its business outreach to an agency record of 600 firms this year. Sometime this fall, The Right Place expects to hold its first-ever Development Day event. Thelen said it will bring together community leaders and developers to highlight some properties and project opportunities “that might be hidden in plain sight, “A lot of times, developers will go to those things that are natural, easy and pretty obvi­ ous. So, we want to take a moment to allow our commu­ nities to showcase some properties and locations that maybe our development community hasn’t fully thought of,” Thelen said. Meanwhile, some of the regional challenges include shortages in available housing and industrial and business ness park park sites. sites. The Right Place took sursur­ vey responses from the 500 companies it visited last year and compiled some statistical information. Roughly, 72 percent of the businesses reported increased sales. Another 59 percent were planning expansions in terms of their building, their equip­ ment or employment. About 53 percent said they were facing talent-recruitment challenges, and 43 percent said they are planning to increase their investment in workforce training. “You look at the bill­ boards around town, it’s either marijuana, sports gambling or help wanted. And this is the (problem) we’re facing right now,” Thelen said. In terms of site readiness 185652 r.i Carriers are paid each week for papers and inserts delivered. three primary pillars: People, place and prosperity. The agency sets goals every three years based on a job creation, wage level and investment standpoint. Thelen said The Right Place is nearing the end of the three-year cycle and is close to reaching its goals, despite the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on the regional economy, But he said this year has been a challenge, too. “Starting Starting in in April April and and May May - when interest rates nearly doubled and inflation started to be felt by everybody - the business decisions slowed down a little bit,” Thelen said. “Clearly, the economy has shifted over the last sev­ eral months and we’re work­ ing very hard to fight through that.” But the talent pipeline and business activity remain strong. As mentioned, €peopie’ is the first pillar in the agency’s three-prong econom­ ic-development strategy, Thelen said The Right Place has a talent team working with local employers to help attract business talent and make sure they have the tools and resources necessary to grow and retain their employees. The second pillar, “Place,” focuses on being a region of choice, where people choose to visit, locate and stay. “If we’re going to be a magnet for people and tal­ ent," Thelen said, “we have to have quality places of all types. That means every­ thing from the urban envi­ ronment in downtown Grand Rapids to the suburban and rural environments through­ out the region. We need every township, every vil­ lage, every city to be provid­ ing a high quality of life for their existing residents and anybody else who may choose to live there.” The third pillar in the growth strategy is labeled r r J J i Barry County Transit is accepting applications for the position of Driver. A Class C CDL with a ‘P’ endorsement is required. A strong sense of community and people skills are required of the successful candidate. Driver’s hours are 37.5 per week. Wage scale is $14.75 to $17.53. Applications are available from the Transit Office or online at: www.barrycountytransit.com Barry County Transit 1216 W. State St. Hastings, Michigan 49058 269-948-8125 Barry County Transit is an Equal Opportunity Employer in full compliance with all State and Federal Regulations. $ 41 i I £ Randy Thelen the region is at 1.7 percent vacancy for industrial space. To be a growing and pros­ perous region, he said land must be available to support industrial investment and build up the tax base. Manufacturing makes up about 20 percent of regional employment. The healthcare industry has been growing rapidly and represents about 12 percent of the regional employment base. Growing even faster has been the tech­ nology sector, which makes up about 6.7 percent of the economy in West Michigan. Thelen said The Right Place hopes to boost that to 10 percent in the next decade. “So, that means we’re going to have to add 20,000 tech-economy jobs to West Michigan,” he said. The Right Place figures the new wave of high-tech manufacturing - sometimes referred to as “Industry 4.0” - will entail manufacturers integrating things like artificial intelligence (Al), cloud computing and analytics. Machines talking to machines to work in tandem within your company, but also with your suppliers and your customers. Frankly, very soon. And in some factories, it’s already happening, where your machines know when that supply has been shipped,” Thelen said. And then, customers can be notified when their prod­ ucts are on the way. Township Supervisor Rob DeWard noted that Pine Rest Mental Health Services has been offering training and educational incentives to nurses and some of its other employees to enhance their skill sets. 4411 5 __ m wondering how many other companies are looking at that as a way of recruiting?" promoting De Ward asked. Thelen “Absolutely,” responded. “We're seeing Spectrum Health, Pine Rest and others teaming up to double the nursing program at Grand Valley State University. We’re also working with the university to substantial­ ly grow their tech graduation rates, and working with employers to commit to those types of programs.” 5> 6 y V $ !■& L __ tan kite I> I' » ! s. 44 Digital TV Antennas ? WE WORK ALL | Cell Phone Boosters Y» y 'The People Paper' 1351 N. Broadway (M-43) Hastings i r 269.967.8241 TV ANTENNA & TOWER INSTALLATION www.theantennamen.com » 4 » I • % & s MS P ML t - *1 V A 3 k. �The Sun and News, Saturday. August 13, 2022/ Page 11 Middleville Heritage Days 2022 will offer ‘something for everyone’ K' I I I IS1* organizing many of the events. The festival will run from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Heritage Days began 31 years ago but its forerunner the Harvest Festival - dated back many decades before that. “Harvest Festival was held at the end of September for several years on and off through the 1950s and ’60s, because we had a grain mill in town.” Middleville Village Council pro-tempore Fran Si Ji w ’’lit, French said. Her background in helping to plan the festival goes back many years. “So, people would come in and sell their harvest. And at the end of that season, they would have a celebration.” Heritage Days eventually was held the second Friday ' , and Saturday of“ September. The festival was started by the Thomapple Heritage Foundation as a nonprofit operation. Donated funds would help Dav for various would help pay for various community projects like the fishing pier on the Thomapple Trail, “We helped buy music stands for the jazz band at (Thomapple Kellogg High School), because they started going to (events) like hockey games,” French recalled. “And they didn’t have any actual stands that were portable for James Gemmell Contributing Writer The Heritage Days festival in downtown Middleville keeps getting bigger every year, and organizers say it is getting better, too. This year’s three-day event kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 18, and there will be plenty of new activities to go along with the traditional ones that reflect the village’s 188-year history. Middleville’s Downtown Development Authority is 'fclk *1 ■ ML them to take. “I kind of miss that aspect of it. I always looked forward to our committee picking who was going to be the recipient and what we would do.” The 31st annual Heritage Days will recall Middleville's history, which dates back to 1834. Passenger train service began in the village in 1869 and construction of the historic Middleville Train Depot began in 1906. The Michigan Central Railroad became part of the the New New York York Central Central of System and millions of pounds of freight came through the village each year, according to architectural architectural historian historian James James Miller of Howell-based Miller Preservation Services. The 116-year-old train depot depot was was placed placed on on the the National National Register Register of of Historic Historic Places earlier this year. And French French said said the the depot depot will will become a big part of Heritage Days in the future. “Yes, because that will become the DDA office, and that will become a central hub then,” she said. The depot's exterior facade is being refurbished this sum­ mer by Hastings-based Vintage Building and Restoration, and restoration of the interior could begin in the near future. A major highlight of Heritage Days each year is the historically themed Main Street Parade. It will begin at 10 a.m. on Aug. 20 outside Thomapple Valley Church on State Street and head through downtown before wrapping 11:30 a.m. up around Immediately after that, the second annual Charlie Pullen Memorial Auto Show will be held in the parking lot behind village hall, at 100 E. Main St. and run until 2 p.m. The show honors the memory of former village manager * A <* L fc.. 14c L k ■ 1 B|£ r I ■ *41 1 I ■> Ms a 1 k tass sfaimtiai tsa ms k 1 * z . < ! Kt ■ bMSjpl . 'BL SEK3 W 7 > I k il <• 4^ <• r i I z tea ft I * -a \. ‘ * a'.I* • k * altaite^# III"’ xx £ «S W t I 1 ■ ... IL <L* • • . I .• * (A til ■' ■- r4 - Kids games and activities are plentiful throughout the festivities. This year, Restoration Christian Reformed Church will feature something called the “Chill Zone,” which will feature a variety of attractions for kids. (Photo provided) Charlie Pullen, who died in 2020. It will feature classic cars, cars, antique antique anu and custom custom cycles and hot rods. Several of those vehicles will be driven in the parade. 'The car show is going to be deejayed again (by DJ Mosaic),” DDA Chairwoman Kim Jachim said. ‘There will be people coming from all over this year, where previously it’s been more Barry' County and local. They re going to be coming from Vermontville, Potterville, Vermontville, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, They’re really bringing the cars in this year." “We’ll have signage (posted)," French said, “but this parking lot will not be avail­ able for (spectator) parking. St. James Circle will be open for parking and the street will be open after the parade. The Middleville Rotary Club traditionally puts on the parade and is working with the DDA to ensure there are plenty ol vendors this year, Participants, including the Thomapple Kellogg High School band, will line up in the Thomapple Valley Church parking lot, and then go down State Street, turn onto Larkin Street and then head up Main Street. “We've got some Shriners coming in from Battle Creek.' Rotary Club board member Makenzi Peters said. “We usually have a stagecoach with horses. We're attempting to make sure it’s still part (of M 44 the parade), As of press time, organizers were still trying to confirm who the grand marshal will be. Peters said local businesses will once again be providing the parade floats, “We're doing our typical float competition and we'll be passing out four different cash prizes for the floats (based on creativeness). We're very excited and looking forward to a good turnout and, hopefully, good weather and a good time all around." Peters said. The Main Street Parade is one of the most popular and time-honored events of Heritage Days, featuring floats, community leaders and emergency vehicles. (Photo provided) THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE I The Main Street Parade begins at 10 a.m. on Aug. 20 outside of Thornapple Valley Church on State Street and heads through downtown. (Photo provided) “We re looking lor We're for participants in the parade,” Rotary Mitch Club president Mitch Richmond said. “IlIf anyone anyone would would like like toto do do that, that, we'd we'd love to have them.” A Community Night Out kicks off Heritage Days on Thursday night. It will be host­ ed by the Middleville Lions Club at Sesquicentennial Park from 6 to 9 p.m. There will be 14 a touch-a-truck, where kids will be able to sit in or get a close-up look at emergency vehicles, farm equipment, antique and modem tractors, plus Department of Public Works trucks. For an extended preview of this year s Heritage Day cele­ bration, read this weeks edi tion of The Reminder, distrib­ uted throughout Bany Countys 4ft COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES The minutes of the July 26, 2022 Regular Council Meeting, which were approved on August 9, 2022, are posted at the Village Hall at 100 E Main Street and on the website at www.villaqeofmiddleville.org. Iti» fc- bbl^F ’ ft*?* V igi ' r 185762 GAINES CHARTER TOWNSHIP KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN L M .jjn. iw* 0 it* i».' I r N S H ■ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Gaines Charter Township Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing to consider the following: Summary of Request: Public Services Special Assessment July 12, 2021, the Township Board of Trustees passed Resolution No. «N6 WE’RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR HEATING AND COOLING NEEDS s'!i» 2021-11, stating each year, on or before September 30, the Township * Board would ascertain the Public Services costs for the coming year. Upon determining and establishing the amount to be assessed based on unexpended funds, cash on hand, and the estimated projected costs for that year) shall hold a public hearing on the estimated costs sr^i1 and expenses, tor police, public safety, rescue, and hre protection and on the distribution of the levy for the coming year (2023). All real properties in the Charter Township of Gaines Property Address: Date and Time of Hearing: September 12,2022 at 7:00 PM Location of Hearing: Township Hall, 8555 Kalamazoo Ave., SE, Caledonia, Ml 49316. Current MIOSHA COVID guidelines will be followed. Residential & Commercial -Gas and Oil Furnaces -Gas and Oil Boilers -Air Conditioners -Heat Pumps -Water Heaters Humidifiers »*> ■a 72- • Zz I ■_ * -- ‘ *■ A/ and be heard. Information related to this request may be inspected Any interested party may appearand be heard, iniormauun i cia uA at the Gaines Township Hall, 8555 Kalamazoo Ave., SE, or contact the Township Managers office at 616-698-6640. In order to be entered into the public record, signed written comments must be received by 5PM on September 12,2022. Persons with disabilities needing special accommodations should contract Kim Triplett at 616 iV 4332 one week prior to the meeting to request mobility, visual or any ot er assis ance. > R 1 > I " F ■ ~ DeWeerd (65) HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING, INC. DEWEERDHTG.COM I 1 I * k - ■_____ > 269-792-2234 Stair 1955 LENNOX A+ J BBB ACCREDITED BUSINESS �9 *Z ■ -i K s' r n / I llr i' 9 9 Travis Alden pours a drink during the 2022 Barry County BrewFest - Gun Lake, hosted outside Curly Cone Saturday afternoon. More than 30 different producers supplied beverages for the attendees of the 6th Annual Barry County BrewFest hosted by the Gun Lake area this year. (Photos courtesy Barry County Chamber & EDA marketing coordinator Aleshia Blauvelt) v * A* < w p'ir* The view of the 6th Annual Barry County BrewFest from high above the event tents Saturday afternoon. “I’m only here for the beer" proclaimed the pink volunteer T-shirts that nearly perfectly matched the pink 1RSMA Tow* ship off Yffihaa Springs 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN 49333 269 795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 on the Curly Cone sign near the comer of Chief Noonday Road and Patterson Avenue at the annual iarry County BrewFest Saturday. Temperatures rose under the tent just west of the Curly Cone parking lot throughout Leah Marie takes care of some vocals for the band SilentBark as it performs during the 6th Annual Barry County BrewFest Saturday. the day, but ice runners made sure the beers stayed cold at the sixth annual event hosted by the Barry County Chamber of Commerce & Economic Development *** * *has traAuthority. BrewFest versed the Barry County area IR5M5 NO 11( E OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION TOW NSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS BARRY COUNTY. MICHIGAN Township off Ycmkoo Springs TO: 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN 49333 269 795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 THI RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP Of YANKEE SPRINGS, BARRY COUNTY. MICHIGAN, AND ANY O II IF R INI ERESTED PERSONS: NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the following is a summary of Ordinance No.08-11-22 4 which was adopted by the Yankee Springs Township Board al a regular meeting held on Augusl II, 2022. TO: THI RESIDENTS AND PROPERT Y OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS. BARRY CO< TNT Y. MICHIGAN. AND ANY OT HER INTERESTED PERSONS: since its initial installment which coincided with Heritage Days in Middleville. BrewFest has had editions in Hastings, Freeport, Nashville and Delton. Plans are already in the works for where the seventh Barry County BrewFest will be held. A group of 32 different breweries, wineries and cider and mead producers took part in the 2022 edition which ran from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday. The Maple Valley High School football program and the Martin High School football program helped with set-up and tear down during the weekend. The Curly Cone Express food truck help get something in people's bellies other than beverages. This year s even was a bit different in that the Magic Shuttle Bus provided trans­ portation to and from the parking which was down Chief Noonday road at the Lake Community Gun Church. This year's Imperial Sponsor for the event was PFCU. nr* I <a*li I* Ri ‘W< PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the following is a summary of REZONING OF PROPER! Y UM LAND SECTION Ordinance No.08-11-22 3 which was adopted by the Yankee Springs Township Board at a regular meeting held on August II, 2022. » The Township zoning map is amended to rezone a .51 acre parcel located on the cast side of Patterson Road Highway from C-3, Commercial Zoning District to RSF. Residential Single f amily Zoning District The property is addressed as 1707 S Patterson and the tax parcel number is OK-16-185­ 004-00 SECTION II are severable. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Ordinance SECT ION HI REPEAL, All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed SEC HON IV EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect eight day s after publication after adoption PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the full text of the Ordinance has been posted in the Office of the Township Clerk at the address set forth below and that a copy of the Ordinance may be purchased or inspected at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular w orking days follow ing the date of this publication. YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP Michael Cunningham, Clerk 284 N. Briggs Road / The Iownship zoning map is amended to rezone part of a 25 acre parcel located on the south side of M-179 from R/A. Rural Agriculture Zoning District to C-3, C ommercial Zoning District. The property is addressed as 11899 W M-179 and the tax parcel number is 08-16-020-013-10, SLC IIQN II SEVLRABILIT Y. severable . ft N. The provisions of this Ordinance are All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. ‘Hi ft b-LCIION IV EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect eight days after publication after adoption. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the full text of the Ordinance has been posted in the Office of the Township Clerk at the address set forth below and that a copy of the Ordinance may be purchased or inspected at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular working days following the date of this publication. YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP Michael Cunningham, Clerk 284 N. Brices Road & si* V'* I >N kS- �The Sun and News, Saturday, August 13, 2022/ Page 13 Trojans hoping to rally on their new courts Tuesday 5 << % h1* Brett Bremer Sports Editor Workers spent some of a cool Friday morning using leaf blowers to clear construction debris from an alleyway between courts. Construction is nearing completion on the Thornapple Kellogg Schools’ 12 new bright blue tennis courts in between the high school and middle school in Middleville. The Thornapple Kellogg High School boys' tennis program opened practice Monday, the first day allowable by MHSAA rules, along with the rest of the fall sports teams at TK. TK varsity boys' tennis coach Philipe Sylvestre said the courts are closed at least through Monday, Aug. 15, and the hope is for the boys to beginning practic­ ing on them Tuesday. The eight worn courts next to the TK High School baseball field, just to the north of the new courts, were demolished when they were no longer needed by the TKHS TKHS girls'tennis girls' tennis team team the in the the spring spring after after ground ground in work had already begun for the new courts. The courts are being paid for as a part of the $42.8 million school improve­ ment bond passed by dis­ trict voters in November of 2019. The bond also paid for the district's new Early Childhood Center across Bender Road from Page Elementary, which is scheduled to open this year. The district reports that by the end of this summer it will have completed roughly $32 million in bond proj­ ects since 2020. The TK varsity boys’ tennis team is scheduled to open its season Monday at Lowell and then go to Lakewood Thursday, Aug. 18 and the Hamilton Invitational Aug. 20. Savvy, veteran athletic director Brian Hammer did not schedule any home competitions before the start of the OK Gold Conference season. The first contest on the new courts is planned for Aug. 29 when the TK boys open conference play against Wayland. The Trojans do plan to scrimmage the Caledonia Fighting Scots in Middleville Aug. 23. The upgrade from eight to 12 tennis courts has allowed Thornapple Kellogg Middle School to begin the process of starting a seventh and eighth grade co-ed tennis team, which is expected to begin competition in the spring of 2023. A dozen nearly completed tennis courts stretch across the area between the Thornapple Kellogg Middle School and High school Friday morning in Middleville, The TKHS boys’ tennis program is hoping the new courts are ready to practice on by Tuesday, Aug. 16. (Photo by Brett Bremer) * MHSCA Hall of Fame ceremony for Seger has tickets available I ■X I Ml« J • i' • V is High Michigan The School Coaches'’ Coaches Association (MHSCA) has selected Larry Seger from Thornapple Kellogg High School for induction into the Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place in the Terrace Room of the Bovee University Center on the campus of Central Michigan University at 1 p.m. on Sept. 25, 2022. Tickets to attend the event will be available from July 1 until September 17 on the MHSCA.org website. Seger coached tennis a total of fifty-two consecutive years at Thornapple Kellogg High School. He coached the men’s varsity tennis team from 19692008 for a total of forty seasons earning eight Conference Titles, two Regional Titles, and had two All-State singles play­ ers. He also coached the women's varsity tennis team from 1974- 2020 for a total of forty-six seasons * r fasitiH 11 I i aetatai r rate® jjiiMfl j■i to ta I* * , u 11»• - -fljltt# h gp W' Mil J Last free ORV weekend of the year planned for Aug. 20-21 Taking place twice a year, Free ORV Weekend is a great time to see, experience and test out Michigan's off­ road vehicle trails according to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The final Free ORV Weekend of the year in place Michigan takes Saturday, Aug. 20, and Sunday, Aug. 21. On these two days, Michigan residents and visitors can legally ride Michigan's 4,000 miles of designated routes and trails, and the state's six scramble areas, without purchasing an ORV license or trail permit. All other ORV rules and laws still apply. Our hope is that after experiencing a weekend of off-road fun, riders will con­ sider purchasing an ORV license or trail permit for the remainder of the season,” said Jessica Holley-Roehrs, statewide motorized trails program analyst with the DNR Parks and Recreation 44 a Division. “We always like to say that it's the perfect time to introduce - or reintroduce - friends and family to the fun and beauty of a ride.” The DNR directly rein­ vests ORV trail permit and license dollars back into the ORV trails system. The funds help pay for trail brushing, signage, mainte­ nance, bridge and culvert construction, maintenance of trailhead amenities and other expenditures, A Recreation Passport still is required where applicable, such as at trailheads and scramble areas. Typically, there's an entrance fee at the Holly Oaks ORV Park (although no Recreation Passport requirement), but the fee is waived for this spe­ cial weekend. Michigan.gov/ Visit ORVInfo for the latest ORV trail, safety and closure information. Contact Jessica Holley-Roehrs with any questions at 517-331-3790. earning fourteen confer­ ence titles, three Regional Titles and had four AllState singles players. His combined dual dual season season combined record is 741-345 - third best of all time. Seger also has fifty-two tournament wins and ten undefeated teams (dual seasons) to his credit. At the state toumament his teams had thirteen Top 15 finishes, seven Top 10 finishes and three Top 5 finishes. A dedicated and support­ ive coach, Seger wanted his athletes to “be the best they could, and by emphasizing this over winning, the wins and years just kept coming!” Because of his dedication to his student athletes Larry has received many honors during his career. He was named the Regional Coach of the Year ■ A i r •« v % " ,w 4 I wse I 185743 Township of Yankee Springs Township of Yankee Springs 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION TO:THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the following ordinance was adopted by the Township Board of Yankee Springs Township at its regular meeting on August 11, 2022. A summary of the ordinance follows. ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS To: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the following ordinance was adopted by the Township Board of Yankee Springs Township at its regular meeting on August 11, 2022. A summary of the ordinance follow: ORDINANCE NO. 08-11-22 2 YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP LITTERING ORDINANCE Section 1 SECTION I. AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 3.10(B) OF TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCE This section adds provisions for accessory sues and buildings in the C-l zoning district. SECTION II. AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 3.11(C) OF TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCE. This section adds provisions for auto repair shops in the C-2 zoning district. SECTION 111. AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE HI, SECTION 3.12(C) OF TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCE. This section revis­ es special exception use requirements regarding sale of alcoholic beverages in the C-3 zoning district. SECTION IV, AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 3.13(B) OF TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCE. This section adds provisions for accessory uses and buildings in the LI-1 Light Industrial zoning district. SECTION V. AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 3.14(B) OF TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCE. This section adds provisions for accessory uses and buildings in the 1-1 Industrial zoning district. SECTION VI SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable. SECTION VIL REPEAL. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed. SECTION VIII. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect eight days after publication after adoption. " YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP Mike Cunningham, Clerk 284 N. Briggs Road Middleville, MI 49333 269-795-9091 ________________ Title. The Ordinance is titled Yankee Springs Township Anti Noise Ordinance. Section 2 Definitions. Ordinance. This section includes definitions used in the Section 3 Prohibited Conduct - Litter. prohibited littering activities. This section includes Section 4 Prohibited Conduct - Accident Damage. This section includes requirements regarding accident damage cleanup. This section defines the Section 5 Responsible Party - Owner. responsibility of an owner of a vehicle or vessel regarding littering. Section 6 Presumption of Responsibility. This section defines that a vehicle or vessel owner is presumed to be responsible for littering from the vehicle or vessel. Section 7 Responsible Party Lessee. This section defines the responsibility of a lessee of a vehicle or vessel regarding littering. Section 8 Sanctions. infraction. Violation of the ordinance is a municipal civil Section 9 Severability. The sections of the ordinance are severable. Section 10 Repeal and Savings Clause. All ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed. Any ongoing prosecutions may proceed to conclusion. Section 11 Effective Date. The ordinance will take effect thirty days after publication after adoption. YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP Mike Cunningham, Clerk 284 N. Briggs Road Middleville, Ml 49333 269-795-9091 4 I 1 and served on the Board of Directors for multiple years in the 1980’s. The MHSCA is a 67-yearold association with nearly 12,000 members represent­ ing 18 sport related associa­ tions was founded on the campus of Central Michigan University in 1954. The Hall of Fame is located in the Student Activities Center. 185847 * ♦ multiple times for men's and women's tennis, and was the Class B Girls Tennis Coach of the Year in 1986. He has also been inducted into the Michigan Michigan High High School Tennis Coaches Association Hall of Fame (1994) and the Thomapple Kellogg Coaches Hall of Fame (2016). Seger was also a member of the Michigan High School Tennis Association I « �Page 14/The Sun and News, Saturday, August 13, 2022 MHSAA alters grounding and chop block rules < J r< Nearly 95,000 athletes statewide were anticipated to begin practices Monday, Aug. 8, kicking off the Fall 2022 season across nine sports forwhich the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) spon­ sors postseason tournaments. Teams in girls and boys cross country, football, Lower Peninsula girls golf, boys soccer, Lower Peninsula girls swimming & diving, Upper Peninsula girls tennis and Lower Peninsula boys tennis, and girls volleyball may begin practice Monday. Competition begins Aug. 15 for golf and tennis, Aug. 17 for cross country, soccer, swimming & diving and vol­ leyball, and Aug. 25 for var­ sity football. Football teams at all levels must have 12 days of preseason practice over a period of 16 calendar days - before their first game. The beginning of a school year always is accompanied by at least a handful of nota­ ble playing rules changes or adjustments regarding MHSAA Tournament com­ petition. Among the most noteworthy this fall will be the addition of a “third half’ rule in soccer, which will allow an athlete to play in a combined three halves across two matches and multiple levels (varsity, junior varsity, freshman) on the same day, any day of the week. This is similar to the fifth-quarter rules in foot­ ball and basketball approved in recent years to help programs with low athlete num­ bers still have enough to continue fielding teams at multiple levels - generally with underclassmen playing on multiple teams to keep rosters filled. There is also an enhanced penalty beginning this fall for violating the fifth-quarter or third-half rules: Violators must forfeit the contest during which the violation took place (either varsity or subvarsity), and that head coach in violation will be ineligible for the next day of competition, The change to a playing rule most likely to be noticed by spectators comes in football, where inten­ tional grounding has been adjusted to allow for a passer to throw an incomplete forward pass to conserve yardage - in essence, to throw the ball away to avoid being tackled for a loss, even when a receiver isn't present near the pass’s destination - if the passer is outside the free-blocking zone, or “pocket,” and as long as the pass reaches the line of scrimmage or extension of the neutral zone beyond the sideline. This change makes the high school intentional ground­ ing rule mirror those at the collegiate and professional levels, and was made to conserve the amount of contact by defensive players with passers. A second football rule change also was made with safety in mind, as the chop block - which is illegal was redefined to include any combination block by multi­ pie teammates against the same opponent where one of the blocks is above the waist and the other is below the waist. Previously, the knee (instead of the waist) was the the determining determining factor factor on on aa chop block. This change also is expected to assist officials in enforcing the rule because deciding if blocks occur above and below the waste is more straightforward than using the knee to decide if an infraction occurred. Another football rule change will be noticeable during the MHSAA the MHSAA 11-Player Finals, as head coaches for the first time will be allowed one challenge per game, with the play in question then reviewed with video replay. The challenge will cost that team a timeout if the origi­ nal outcome is confirmed. Celebrate Middleville’s Heritage Days with the UAW Coaches will be allowed to challenge the following: complete/incomplete pass­ es, if a runner/receiver was in/out of bounds, a runner who is ruled not down, the forward progress spot as it relates to the yard to gain, which player first touched a kick, the recovery of a ball in/out of bounds, if a pass was forward or backward, and penalties for illegal for­ ward pass, targeting or ille­ gal helmet contact, and pass interference only as it relates to the pass being previously tipped. All potential scores and turnovers will remain automatically reviewed by replay booth officials. Three more notable rules changes for fall sports also affect MHSAA Tournament competition. There is a new qualifica­ tion process for divers seek­ ing to advance to Lower Peninsula Finals. In each of the three divisions, each Regional will be guaranteed 10 qualifiers for the Finals, with six more “floating” qualifier entries to be distrib­ uted to the Regionals that have one of the previous year’s top six returning Finals divers in their fields. If a team changes division from the previous season, any floating top-six spots are added to the six already allowed in the school’s new division. In golf, the maximum number of strokes allowed per hole during MHSAA Tournament play has been reduced from 12 to 10. Also, A new MHSAA rule this fall will allow high school football quarterbacks under pressure in the backfield to throw the ball away when they are outside the pocket to avoid losing yardage due to a sack, similar to current NFL rules. (File photo) teams will be allowed two school-approved coaches to be present and actively coaching during postseason rounds. In tennis, the number of players who may be seeded at No. 1 singles was increased to seven if there are between 21-23 players in the field and eight if the field includes 24 24 or or more more players players atat that that flight. The No. 1 singles flight is the only flight that * 185742 ' N Stop by to enjoy free pizza, chips, and drinks S H made products that you can buy! At a Regular Meeting of the Township Board of the Charter Township of Gaines, held on Monday, August 8, 2022 the Township Board adopted an Ordinance amending the Gaines Charter Township Zoning Ordinance as provided for in Chapter 27 thereof by amending Section 1.6 and the Township Zoning Map. 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A 1351 N.Broadway (M-43) Hastings 269.945.9105 OPEN MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:00 - 5:00 �V Page 16/The Sun and News, Saturday, August 13, 2022 Winger among Moon Vault medalists t '* L< r i i Brett Bremer Sports Editor Groups of Women’s College vaultersand 17-yearold to 18-year-old men, the final groups to compete Saturday, were going through their warm-ups when the moon made its appearance rising over the trees in the southwest sky behind the Landon Athletics vault bam in Vermontville. A hot sun had dominated the sky for much of the day. With both the sun and moon overhead Trey Collins and Cole Sheldon won their respective divisions, Sheldon the Men's Elite 17 &. 18 division and Collins the Men’s College division. Their two groups competed together on the center of three runways on the hill behind the vault barn. Both guys had a winning height of 15 feet 6 inches - the top height of any winners on the day. The top three in each divi­ sion earned medals Saturday, with champions getting the tradition meet prize of a Moon Pie as well. Molly Winger, a MHSAA Division 1 Lower Peninsula State Finals qualifier as a sophomore at Caledonia last spring, placed third in the Women’s 15 and 16 compe­ tition clearing the barat 10-0. Katie Stewart took the championship in that division getting over the bar at 11-0 on her third try at the height Taylor Diemond was second at 10-6. Winger went 10-3 at the state state finals finals hosted by hosted by Rockford Rockford inin June. June. In all, all. 96 athletes competed throughout the day Saturday in Vermontville, Winners got their medals as well as the traditional cham­ pionship Moon Pie at the event. A pair of women cleared 12-6, the top women's height of the day. Sophia Mettes did it to win the Women's Elite 17 & 18 division and Kenzie Fedewa did it to win the Women's Masters 25-29 really ever seen or heard ot any vault specific destina­ division. The Moon Vault was the tions quite like the vault bam last of Landon Athletics in Vermontville. I've never seen anything four-vault Summer Series. A Star Wars vault was held in like it honestly." Collins June and a Tiki Vault and said. “We have some good Kite July, vault vault clubs clubs down in Kite Vault Vault were were held held in in July. Winger competed in all four Tennessee,but I haven't seen events, also clearing 10-0 at anything like the vault bam the Kite Vault and the Star before where it is all totally Wars Vault and 9-6 at the dedicated to vault. It is pretty Tiki Vault. sweet. It is pretty cool." Collins went to high Collins was the runner-up school at Hopkins and now at the Ohio Valley at the competes in the pole vault Conference Outdoor Track and long jump for Belmont and Field Championship in University's Men's Track May where he cleared the and Field team in Nashville, barat 15-1.75 (4.62 meters). Tenn. The conference champion, He said even now in the his Belmont teammate Knox collegiate ranks he hasn't Perry, cleared 16-0 that day. A group of three runways is surrounded by tents as vaulters and spectators seek some shade behind the Landon Athletics vault barn in Vermontville Saturday during the annual Moon Vault. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Molly Winger contorts her body over the bar at 10 feet to earn a spot among the medalists at the Landon Athletics Moon Vault in Vermontville Saturday. Winger was a state qualifier for the Caledonia varsity girls’ track and field team in the spring. (Photo by Brett Bremer) f J 1 >4 •• r ’ 4> 4 * i � https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/25/731/SunandNews_2022-08-27.pdf a8f99bc21b8fc187b079f63448670e70 PDF Text Text - a and News' JV I Hastings Public Library f < Kt L 227 E State Street 1 Your Hometown Newspaper Serving Middleville and Caledonia Areas No. 35/August 27, 2022 Suspect in 1996 Caledonia killing awaits extradition to Michigan police in Kent County are With information pro­ poised to bring the Gaines vided by Kent County Township woman's susSheriffs Office Major The body of Sharon pected killer back to Case detectives, the Kay Hammack — a Michigan to face charges, Mississippi State Highway 29-year-old mother of thanks to forensic genetic Patrol arrested 64-yeartwo children — was found genealogical DNA analyold Garry Dean Artman by passersby in a field sis. of Columbia County, along 76th Street between Fla.,J on Aug. 16 in Mississippi. They say he is a truck driver and was arrested during a traffic stop while in a commer­ cial vehicle. The name of the company where he is was employed not released. Artman lived in Michigan at the time of the crime in 1996. Police also used DNA from a woman’s murder in Maryland to connect Artman as a suspect to that case, as well. Police said at a news conference this week that they can­ not comment on the case Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young speaks at a Monday in Maryland because it is news conference, providing information on the arrest of a man they out of their jurisdiction. James Gemmell Contributing writer rIT Mt ) ow) anoh. wen nidi leer 144th year Published by J-Ad Graphics, Inc. • 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 Patterson and Kraft aveave­ nues on Oct. 3, 1996. Investigators said Hammack, who was preg­ nant at the time, had been sexually assaulted and strangled. Twenty-six years later, think is responsible for the murder of a Gaines Township woman in 1996. See ARRESTED, page 3 Race for Barry County Commissioner continues in District 2 J ay son Bussa Editor The race for District 2 Barry' County commis­ sioner is again up for grabs and not solely amongst the candidates that appeared on this month's primary election ballot. The race in District 2, which includes the village of Middleville, has yet to be resolved nearly a month after the Aug. 2 state primary election. In the primary, Republican incumbent Catherine Getty lost to Republican challenger John Gallagher, who was not slated to face a Democrat opponent in the upcom­ ing general election, thus earning him the seat. However, shortly before the election, the county clerk’s office determined that Gallagher does not live within District 2. In fact, the redrawn district line goes through his property, and since his home resides in District 4, he was unable to take the seat. With Gallagher out of the equation, the nomina­ tion does not go to Getty by default. Instead, per an announcement released this week by the Barry County Republican Party J the organization plans to hold a special meeting to fill the vacancy. The meeting to decide who will take the District 2 seat is slated for Wednesday, Aug. 31 at the Tyden Center. Catherine Getty and Pat Hilton, a new face to this race, are currently tagged as the two candi­ dates up for consideration. “Only executive mem­ bers of the Barry County Republican Party (or des­ See ELECTION, page 5 TK unveils Early Childhood Center at ribbon cutting ceremony, open house ikZ dbisrl tnam mam norlT lorlu?, bliiD mbaW ■'ll" .suit »tno ti orlt brui Nootib ieiCJ imoioj ism oj lo gni istnoD rioirlw ' s lo suzzi norlT ni ,19) yhfi3 Greg Chandler approved approved inin November November which which was was originally originally built built Staff Writer 2020. school, 2020. in 1938 as the high school. Q . u , ■ The new building will That building is being tom torn to allow for more hardly contain her excite- house the district ’s tui’­ down t0 district's tion-based preschool pro­ parking around McFall ment as parents and kids grams, Great Start Elementary School. through roamed “We didn’t have enough Readiness Preschool, early Kellog; •J Thornapple childhood special educa­ classroom space (in the new Early Schools' Center),” Learning tion and child care. Center Childhood “It’s so amazing that Hammer said. “We actuWednesday night. we’re able to give our kids ally had to send kids over “It’s like a dream come our playthis space,” Hammer said. to McFall true,” said Hammer, who “It’s state-of-the-art — ground was really small. is entering her sixth year the playground is beauti- We could only have one as the district's preschool ful, the classrooms are top classroom at a time (go and special education notch. Everything that I outside), director. The Early Childhood could ever imagine is in District leaders cut the this building. Coming Center contains 10 classceremonial orange ribbon from the building we had rooms. Four of the rooms to mark the official open­ are for tuition-based preto now is just awesome.” ing of the Early Childhood The early childhood school programs — three Center on Bender Road 5 programs at TK had previ­ of them for 4-year-olds which was the centerpiece ously been housed at the and one for 3-year-olds, of a $42.8 million bond district's Learning Center, Hammer said. issue that TK voters • • • Thornapple Kellogg Schools Superintendent Craig McCarthy (cen­ ter, in suit) cuts the ribbon marking the opening of the district s new Early Childhood Center Wednesday night. Four other classrooms will be used for the Great Start Readiness Program, a state-funded free Pre‘ school program for 4-yearolds from families who meet income eligibility guidelines. One classroom will be for early childhood special education and one for child care, Hammer said. Each of the preschool classes, both tuition-based and Great Start Readiness, will accommodate 16 to 19 students, while the spe­ cial education class will handle 12 students, Hammer informed. Superintendent TK Craig McCarthy thanked the community for its sup­ port of the bond issue that made construction of the Early Childhood Center possible. “This is an extremely supportive community, and this building is just an example of the support that the school district's received from all of you McCarthy said shortly before the ribbon cutting. Grand Rapids-based Owen-Ames -Kimball served as construction manager for the new See OPEN HOUSE, page 3 Catherine Getty, who currently holds the seat for District 2 on the Barry County Board of Commissioners, speaks during a meeting earlier this month. Getty is vying to keep her seat, facing off against Pat Hilton, and potentially some other candidates, in a special selection process involving the Barry County Republican Party. (Photo by Jayson Bussa) IN S ISSQJE • New dog park opens in Middleville • Caledonia, TK students return to school • A look back at this year’s Heritage Days • Caledonia Fighting Scots fall �Page 2/The Sun and News, Saturday, August 27, 2022 BACK IN SESSION Caledonia students return for another school year Greg Chandler Staff Writer Caledonia Community Schools launched its 2022-23 school year this week, with more than 70 new employees that were hired over the course of the summer. The new employees include two new elemen­ tary building principals — Dana ChampionWigfield at Emmons Lake and Lance Jones at Paris Ridge, In a video message to parents this week, CCS Superintendent Dr. Dedrick Martin pointed out that the district has added two new school safety officers as well as safety monitors to pro­ vide greater protection for students and staff. “We realized that throughout the country and throughout our com­ munity, everyone is con­ cerned about school safe­ ty,” Martin said. A number of activities took place throughout the district during•4 the first day of classes on Tuesday. At Caledonia High School, members of the Class of 2023 had their Senior Sunrise, an event put on by senior parents. “The kids got to come up (before class started) and grab a cup of coffee, and we welcomed them for their senior year,” said Kylee Haywood, a senior parent who orga- nized the event. Biggby Coffee in Caledonia donated five large jugs of coffee for the event, which gave orga­ nizers a chance to talk about the senior overnight event that will follow commencement next spring. The CHS Class of 2022 Duncan Lake Early Childhood Center students Logan Gunnink, Jackson Thompson and Noah Pike have lunch on the first day of school. ’’J began the year with a Senior Sunrise, then coneluded the vear with a OF Senior Sunset at the football stadium, Haywood said. $ • • • Hudsyn Trejo and Brooklyn Kramo get ready to eat lunch at Duncan Lake Early Childhood Center in Caledonia. Breakfast Buffet Fundraiser Help us support veterans and community functions. Saturday, September 3rd and the First Saturday of each month Serving 8 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Eggs, bacon, sausage links or patties, potatoes, biscuits and sausage gravy, pancakes, milk, O|, coffee. • Menu subject to change Adults $ 12.00 • Children 10 & under $5.00 Coffee For more information call the Post at 616-891-1882 Donated by WGGBY COf Caledonia Memorial Legion Post 305 9548 Cherry Valley, Caledonia, Ml LUNCH M-TH 11 AM-8 PM: FRI 11 AM-2PM • FRI BUILD A BURGER 4-8 PM t, »i jti li“ Caledonia High School students Jocelyn Herrema, Anna Mince, Avah Winstrom, Zoe Standley, Hailey Clarke, Kiana Haywood and Taylor Johnson got a head start on their senior year at the Senior Sunrise gathering Tuesday morning. (Photos courtesy of Caledonia Community Schools) Caledonia Twp. approves new phrase of Morgan Woods West development Greg Chandler Staff Writer A Caledonia Township residential development will be adding 26 new sin­ gle-family homes after recent approval of a final site condominium plan by the township board. On a 5-1 vote, the town­ ship board on Aug. 17 gave final approval to Phase 2A of the Morgan Woods West development at 4961 76th St. SE and 7300 Patterson Ave. SE. Westview Capital LLC, is the developer behind the project. The township board late last year approved rezonin IS the 11.5-acre parcel that's planned for the new phase from rural residen­ tial to R-3 medium density residential. While the new zoning designation allows for duplexes and town­ houses, project developer Mike West told township planning commissioners early on in the process that the addition to Morgan Woods West would consist strictly of single-family homes. Each residential lot in the development must be at least 10,000 square feet. In addition, under the R-3 zoning, each lot in the development must meet minimum setbacks that are required by the town­ ship — at least 30 feet for the front yard, 25 feet for the rear yard, and a total of 20 feet for the two side yard setbacks, with each side having a minimum of seven feet between the property line and the resi­ dence, according to the township zoning ordi­ nance. In addition, each home must meet minimum floor A area requirements. one-story home must have at least 1,080 square feet of living space, while a two-story home must have a total area of at least 1,500 square feet, of which at least 800 square feet must be on the first floor, according to the township zoning ordinance. Township Trustee Greg Zoller had no objections to the development itself, but opposed approval because of concerns with the parcel al 7300 Patterson. “We’re going to be split­ ting off a part of that par­ cel, which would make the current parcel noncon­ forming with the bam in their current use,” Zoller said. . The 7300 Patterson location is owned by Duane Lobbezoo,5 who owns a trenching business that operates at that loca­ tion. Is he going to have to remove the bam? Is he going to have to stop doing business there? I have questions that need to be answered before I 55 can approve this 5 Zoller said. Township Treasurer/ Administrator — Richard Robertson said the property was already zoned residential, albeit in a different zoning category. “The piece that's going to be split off would then be rezoned to R-3, leaving the R-2 (medium-density single family zoning) there, and it’s an R-2 with an building, existing•4 _ ” Robertson said. “When the split occurs, the existing R-2 with a large building 55 hasn't changed. “That building has been there forever, in an R-2 lot. That nonconformity doesn't change,” Robertson added. added. “It was (zoned agricultural) until recently,” Zoller responded. “It was conforming originally (under the agriculture zon­ ■ng).” “Internally, when we reviewed this with staff, we didn't think it presented a problem,” Robertson said. Zoller said that the question about the lot split: had been raised last year, before the rezoning was approved. _ I '“(We were told) it would be addressed later. Now,, obviously, we've addressed it by it,” he . not addressing „B, said. 1 rustee Tim Bradshaw said the business at that location is active, “There's trucks heading out to start their day as I'm driving my kids to school 5 55 Bradshaw said. Zoller proposed having the motion —j to approve tabled until the township could get a legal opinion on the lot split issue, but it never came to a vote. He was the lone no vote. Trustee Richard Snoeyink was absent from the meeting. One of the hot-button issues in the early discus­ sions on the .project dealt . with rentals. Some neighbors had complained about problems tied to rental homes in the first phase of Morgan Woods. In the final document, no more than five homes in this phase that are owned by the developer or an affili­ ate of the developer can be offered for rent at any one time, according to township documents. The development will be served by East Morgan and Brambling Lane private streets Drive, extending north off of 76th Street, and by extension of Brambling Drive and the creation of a new street called Apollo Lane. The Kent: County Road County Commission must approve all of the private street entrances. Homeowners in the development will share in the maintenance of the streets, according to township documents. Sidewalks will be built on both sides of the street in compliance with the township sidewalk ordi­ nance. Each sidewalk will be five feet wide, accord­ ing to township docu­ ments. Di • I'-' try 0 fidinsi its Item t I A’ 'it II (MH t to in." IQ tat Jolu Ie d V: rate w nit sfel hIkM •r nitfc I £3 teal bt i ria * «ii G ad Etm !.131 & tea y. ■ ” 1 H ■teL. S' k <4 & �The Sun and News, Saturday, August 27, 2022/ Page 3 ARRESTED, continued from page 1 -------------------------।------------------------------------- lb X XS & * I I I I k N * ♦ ll 1 I <ts ■ |k st Mint ®!eij X 3d ten ■ «. ►* (mil KO III rv •b I ill ifidta tah -epI-Lbw ro I >> i: XZ-SS E _ •I J” J* ' M we continue to investigate as the Kent County Sheriffs Office,” LaJoyeYoung said. “Countywide, there are more cases that are open • • • Because of (Artman’s) ability to tra­ verse many states due to his type of occupation 5 it’s certain that (the investigation) wouldn’t be 5* excluded to Michigan. She said it was a difficult case to crack, but hard work by sheriffs detectives and advance­ Garry Artman (Photo ments in DNA testing courtesy of Forrest helped them produce the County Sheriff’s Office) evidence needed to iden­ tify Artman as the susKent County Sheriff pect. ll Michelle LaJoye-Young, “In the time inbetween, Kent County Prosecuting since the 1990s, we have Attorney Chris Becker had various task forces and Michigan State that have worked to try to Police forensic investiga­ resolve cold cases. Cases tors held a news confer­ that, for whatever reason ence Monday morning at — technology, lack of the sheriffs department. witnesses or lack of In attendance were resources — were not able Hammack’s sisters, Tina to be solved when they DeYoung and Terri first happened,” LaJoyeNavitski. Younge said. Artman is currently The following charges lodged at the Forrest were authorized by the County Jail in Mississippi, prosecutor’s office: office: It is not known yet Homicide — open open murmurwhether he will try to der; homicide — felony fight extradition to Kent murder; and criminal County. Police say it is sexual first conduct uncertain if he was degree. involved in similarly hei­ Police say they worked nous crimes. And they with Identifinders declined to comment on International LLC, which whether Artman and uses advanced DNA Hammack knew each technology and Forensic Genealogy other or if it was a ran­ Genetic dom crime. (FGG) to help investiga“There are a lot of tors solve cold cases, cases we have to look at FGG became nationally here. They’re open, so we known in 2018 when the can’t comment publicly State California of at this time,” KCSO charged Joseph James Detective John Tuinhoff DeAngelo Jr. , age 72, with eight counts of said. “We’re confident; we first-degree murder in an believe we’ve solved this unrelated case. The forcase and we’ll see what mer police officer was develops as we share this dubbed the “Golden material with other law State Killer” for a crime 55 enforcement agencies 5 spree that ran from 1974 Becker said. to 1986. Becker said cold case “We have a number of cases that are open that detectives began investi- gating the Hammack killing several years ago, but were unable to solve it until the DNA technology progressed to where it is today. “We can’t get into the specific details, given that this is a pending case,” he 41 said. “This will all come out during the court pro­ ceedings that should take place • we can’t really get into the nitty gritty details of what exactly led us down this road and 55 exactly what changed, Becker said the sheriffs office has at least 10 cold cases and the Grand Rapids Police Department has around 85 unsolved ‘long-term criminal - - - cases. He added, “Every time, we do get a solved case where we get a match like this, it does help proceed to investigations locally as well as, potentially, state­ 55 wide or nationally, Michigan State Police DNA Supervisor Joel Schultze said this is the second time FGG technology has cracked a case in in West Michigan. In March, March -Patrick Wayne Gilham, 57, was charged with second-degree murder for the 1987 killing of Roxanne Wood, 30, south of Niles. DNA evidence found on a cigarette led to Gilham’s arrest. He laterpleaded no contest to the charge and was sentenced in April to 23 to 50 years in prison. “These private FGG companies are developing 55 Schultze a sequence 5 explained. “They're basically looking at each base pair of the DNA and they’re looking for single nucleotide polymorphisms, which are little changes. And you’re going to share those with your relatives." A suspect profile is developed based on DNA that family members send into companies that •• research genealogies, When the relatives submit their DNA, they fill out a form agreeing to allow law enforcement to use it as evidence if a case aris­ es. A database search then provides aa numerical ranking of those profiles as likely matches. The higher the number is, the closer that relative is to the suspect in the family tree. In 2021, the MSP Forensic Science division was awarded a federal grant to launch an FGG pilot program to send cold-case evidence for lab which analysis,5 which can include trying to identify human remains. However, the Artman case was being forensically investigated before last year s grant. The Columbia County Sheriffs Office identified Artman as^a suspect by checking Florida records and conducting surveillance of his home there for truck information, LaYoung-Young said Mississippi Bureau of “Investigations detectives helped the KentCounty Sheriffs Office process search warrants and gather DNA evidence. Police said Artman served prison time on a previous criminal case in Michigan several decades ago involving a sexual assault. Due to the importance Tina DeYoung, on the left, and Terri Navitski are sis­ ters of Sharon Hammack, whose body was found alongside a Caledonia Township road in 1996. (Photo by James Gemmell) of the case, LaJoyeYoung said the MSP Crime Lab processed the new dna evidence withjn 4g hours after it was received, to the received,’ compared compared to the F' normal six-week period it takes. ____ The quick turnaround contrasted with the more than quarter-century it took for modern DNA technology to catch up with the case. LaJoye-Young said any pertinent information in other Kent County cold cases should be referred to the sheriffs office detective bureau at 616­ 632-6125. Hammack's two sisters were visibly emotional during the news confer­ ence. DeYoung said she Be had never met Artman before or even heard his name before he was arrested. 44 No j-jg looks like a monster. 1 don’t even want to talk about him,” she said in reply to a reporter’s question at the news conference. “We try to remember the pain that that family suffers when there is a loss such as this,” LaJoyeYoung said. “We remem­ ber the person whose life was cut short and the impact they still have on their family on their friends, the people around them. That’s why we continue to work cold cases to the best of our ability throughout all 55 these years. "SENSIBLE" about your water! TASTE THE DIFFERENCE Over 40 years of experience AYNARD I WATER CONDITIONING KYNARDS WATER CONDITIONING LkC SOFTUOS mu a 8CT7LED WTER 1 Vrt ICS- S3 W& OPEN HOUSE, continued from page 1----------------- SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL * i< • 1 0* 1 . 1 ■ t B Hit ** w , ^10' school,5 with GMB Architects and Engineers of Holland doing the Cade design work. Dammen, a Thornapple Kellogg High School grad­ uate who serves as director of field operations for OAK, oversaw the project construction, excited that Paxton his young son,5 Paxton, the first some of their thoughts and ideas, but overall, they really listened and wanted to do what was 55 best for our community, she said. In addition to the new Early the classrooms 5 Childhood Center will ■ _ space। also include meeting to be used for professional development for teachers, Board of Education. A few small details remain on the project before students begin arriving for preschool the week of Sept. 12. “There are still a few things that have to be done, but this is about as close as you can get things and get (approval for) occupancy and get the SERVICING ALL MAKES AND ’Tv1 l Bottled water at your tap , with a water purification system from Maynards. • Clear • Fresh MODELS �Page 4/The Sun and News, Saturday, August 27, 2022 Amy K Willett Dianne Carol Kollar Dianne Carol Kollar was bom 7/21/1942. Dianne beloved wife 5 grandmother, mother 5 great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend passed away on 8/23/2022, and now resides in heaven. She was proceeded in death by her parents, Theresa Larry and parents-inNiemeyer; laws, Harold and Ruth Kollar; son, David Kollar; brother, Ken Niemeyer, She leaves behind her husband, Harold Kollar of 60 years; children Ken and Eley Kollar, Mark Kollar and Christy Gilson; grandchildren and great grandchildren. A celebration of life will be planned at a later date. Memorial contributions may be sent to Middleville Methodist United Church. Amy Viola Willett, age 90, of Hastings, MI, passed away on August 22, 2022. Amy was bom on April 17, 1932, the daughter of SNYDER MONUMENTS, LLC j F F k I ■ a ri ■ Caledonia, MI ’ Furniture Factory, C&F Stamping in Grand Rapids, Venture in Grand Rapids, and was most recently an insert stuffer at J-Ad Graphics in Hastings before retiring. Amy loved collecting anything elephants, doing word searches and was a member of the Hastings _______ Moose Lodge. Amy is survived by her sons, Jim (Ruth) Willett of Lowell, Don (Glenda) Willett of Middleville, and Mark (Lisa) Willett of Hastings, lOgrandchildren; 15 great grandchil­ dren; and one great great grandchild; siblings siblings, Pauline Mursch,9 Florance Dick and Phillips, Leonard; and several nieces and nephews. 1 Margaret Elizabeth Driscoll Goodman Respectful, Quality Memorials I Geneva Donald and Calahan. (Babcock) Amy’s first job was pro­ viding childcare for the Felpausch family. Later, she was employed by Hastings Manufacturing Amy was preceded in death by her parents;5 husband, James Willett Sr. in. 1985; daughter, Bonnie Vanderhoff; grandson, Jesse Willett;9 siblings siblings, Maxine Phal 9 Chuck Leonard, Ruby Hawkins, Helen Misner, Donald Calahan 5 and Raymond Leonard. A celebration of life will be held on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, 1 to 4 p.m. Pm- at at the UAW Local 1002 1°029, 308 Washington Street, Middleville. Memorial contributions to Thornapple Manor or Elara Caring Hospice will be appreciated. Please visit www.beelergoresfuneral.com. to share a memory or to leave a condolence mes­ sage for Amy’s family. Call today 616-291-2425 Visit our NEW website snydermonuments. net born Maggie was September 26, 1964 to John and Evelyn Driscoll in Battle Creek, ML She passed away August 12 5 2022 at home in Kentwood, ML She was surrounded by her dearest love Jennifer, with faithful dogs RD and Rebel. Maggie grew up in Boulder, CO, graduating in 1983 from Fairview High. Her summers were spent in Michigan at Lake Leelanau with her sisters and as a counselor at camp Mar-O-Meg in Frankfort. When younger, her included employment NOAA, Yellowstone National Park and bar­ tending in Sheridan, WY. Maggie moved back to Michigan in 1993, first to Caledonia then settling in ’ Kentwood. She was employed for over 20 years at Caledonia Marathon C-store, where she met and knew many people, She always had a smile on her face with a witty ■' ■ ■ 1^ -A [jj KI & J 5^ ‘iiif I $$ I $0 1 tuna'”1 | . ii I remark for her customers. In 2008 she met Jennifer and they made a home with their much 59 loved “fur babies, Maggie loved to travel 9 taking many trips down II ffd B I I I jfiiW See OBITUARIES, next page dwiip® I1 Caledonia United Methodist Church baptist (church alaska ■« Rev. Christine Beaudoin 7240 68th Street SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-698-8104 Sunday Services: Join us for our traditional yet casual worship 9:30 AM - Worship service, in person or online, at 9:00 am. www.alaskabaptist.org 11:00 AM - Sunday School 6:00 PM-Adult Bible Study Our mission is to worship God and equip 6:00 PM - Student Ministries 250 Vine Street 616-891-8669 Livestream: Facebook.com/CaledoniaUnitedMethodist cornerstonechurch Join us in person or online Sundays 9:30 & 11am FIRST BAPTIST Sunday Service 10:30 AM Middleville A’ ex co Zz- Dr. Brian F. Harrison, Pastor Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 908 W. 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Peter Berg http://goodshepherdlcms.googlepages.com _"L Serving ~ Strengthening s»xr * v CaledoniaUMC.org committed followers of Jesus Christ who will reach our community with the Gospel ta Bible Study Wednesday 6:30 pm & 7 pm Pastor Ed Carpenter - 616-868-0621 Sermons online: WhitneyvilleFellowship.org 'Shining Forth God's Light" Sunday Morning Worship.................... Community Group............................... JV * 10: 00 a.m. 11: 00 a.m. James L. Collison, Pastor www.yankeespringsbiblechurch.org k k J >■ S' �A The Sun and News, Saturday, August 27, 2022/ Page 5 Mike Bremer named 2022 Hometown Hero Sss i?’ Mike Bremer takes out a small piece of plain white paper tucked in his wallet. Printed on it in bold type are the words “I’m Third.” “Those words are what I live by,” said Bremer. “God is first, everyone else is second - I’m third,” he explained. It’s that philosophy that has propelled Bremer to serve his community in a myriad of ways, which in turn has earned him rec­ ognition as the 2022 Hometown Hero by the Area Thornapple Enrichment Foundation. The honor is given annu­ ally to an individual or individuals in the community who exemplify excel­ lence, integrity and com­ mitment. “It’s a great honor, and I certainly never saw myself rowing the same boat as so many of the leaders of our community who have been honored with this award in the past. Those people are heroes, not me Bremer said. Bremer is a 1968 gradu­ ate of Thornapple Kellogg High School. He’s watched his three children graduate from TK and this fall will have seven grand­ children attending TK Schools. “We have great schools here. The community has made the schools a priority and supports the schools. It’s hard to believe, but you don’t see that everywhere,” said Bremer. AX'S 5 Sil fl? ' fl * ’niM - ro­ »l t I I fl * to’ A* ® fl ' .. 11 fl fen Bremer said he's tary at the township attended every and for the village Hometown Hero din­ planning commission, ner in the past and She worked blood he’s especially hondrives and election ored to attend this days. It was always year’s dinner as the about somebody else Hometown Hero and giving back to the recipient. community.” A nomination letter Over the years. described Bremer by Mike has wom many saying, “Anyone who hats. There’s the colhas had the pleasure orful propeller-topped to work beside Mike beanie wom to remind knows he serves in a graduating seniors to humble wav, and way, ana enjoy life; the baseball cap wears when never:shies away from Mike Bremer, a 1968 Thornapple ..... ... rolling up his sleeves Kellogg graduate, is this year’s performing his “Who’s to do the ‘heavy ” Hometown " Hero. on First” routine with work’. Mike truly his brother; the grizzly exemplifies the qualities of He has also held many bear hat he wore as excellence, integrity and offices in organizations Montana Grizzly the commitment you are including Rotary, YMCA University of Montana looking for in your next of Barry County, mascot; his Detroit Tigers Hometown Hero.” Middleville DDA, cap atop his tiger costume Another - wrote Thornapple Area worn to many opening ““Middleville Foundation,J season games; and the Middleville would would be be Enrichment Enrichment Foundation hard pressed to come up Thomapple Area Parks cowboy hat he wears porwith another volunteer and Recreation, Spectrum traying the sheriff trying that has given more of Pennock Foundation, Foundation, to thwart the stagecoach themselves than Mike Leadership Barry County robbery during the Bremer. His service spills and the Middleville Middleville Heritage Day over traditional volunteer Housing Commission. Parade. service lines. From youth He’s also been a member After high school. school, sports, school, business, of many committees and Bremer attended Grand and church volunteer, he volunteer efforts, includ- Rapids Junior College and is truly our hometown ing being a classroom later transferred to the ‘SUPERHERO!’” reader at TK Schools, University of Montana The list of Bremer’s Heritage Day Committee 5 where he graduated with community involvement 24-Hour Challenge is long and impressive not Middleville Village only to Middleville and Players, and Imagination Thornapple Township Library of Barry County. but also to Barry County He credits his parents, TK Schools, his church Lois and Tom, for teach­ * and many organizations ing him by example how within the county. The to be a good community includes being member and be involved, list • Thornapple Township Township “My Dad was active with Supervisor and Barry Scouts and Little League. County Commissioner. My mom was the secre- r ignated proxy) will be eli­ gible to vote in this selec­ tion,” the Barry County Republican Party stated in its announcement. While Getty and the newcomer Hilton are up for consideration,5 the Barry County Republicans also put an announce­ ment out, calling for any Republican residing in District 2 that is interest­ ed to apply for the vacan­ cy by contacting Geiger before 11:59 p.m. on Sunday. Residency and signature :requirements • • for “ • will be required the selection eligibility. Geiger said that, to be considered, a new nomi­ nee must collect at least eight signatures from reg­ istered voters in the area, live within District 2 and also receive a nomination by a member of the Barry County Republicans Republicans executive committee. • Stefa WWW jwrSwai-'* I tni^' -5- * U11' . F I ci II B I* l' - 4 11 / M 9 “I love this community and I want to be part of the solution to help make it better for everyone,” he said. When he’s not busy volunteering or serving on committees and boards, Bremer said he enjoys a morning walk on the trail nearly everyday with his friend, fishing and learning to get better at golf. Mostly, he enjoys being with his family and attendattend­ ing community events every chance he gets. He and his wife, Janette, have been married for 10 years. He has three children: Brett, Kelly, and * • Join us for a time of worship, community, learning, and reflection! Each month we will have a relevant topic for women of all ages and stages to gather around. Whether you've been at Cornerstone for one week or many years, come connect with one another and with God in a welcoming and casual place! We meet the fourth week of each month but will be shifting days to accommodate “The primary between storyline as he comes to Catherine Getty and John the table having never Gallagher is void,” Geiger held political office. “I'm not a politician by told The Banner. “There are scores of reasons why any means,” Hilton told someone would vote for The Banner, Hilton is a parent and either candidate. Yes, everyone’s schedules. Catherine did receive a husband that has resided lot of votes but the voters in the Middleville area for were asked to choose the last 18 years. Hilton cornerstonemi.org/women between two candidates said that he was initially because one is interested in running for and deemed ineligible, we the District 2 seat, but have to do a new elec­ decided not to and, instead backed John tion.” “Unfortunately, that Gallagher. “I certainly had my new election is going to be done at a political eyes on what was going ----------------------J not -* party meeting and at on,5” Hilton said about I polling stations,” contin- Gallagher’s run for the ued Geiger, who. as an seat. “...It was in short I — ’ ’ ‘s* i Fl/ impartial party to the order that several people process, will not ‘be cast- began to reach out (after | a vote. “I would Gallagher disqualiing ing a vote. “I would havehave Gallagher was was disqualiloved for this race to be fied), John being. one of I resolved by Republican them,” Hilton said, II I At the time of filing this voters, but unfortunately, report, Getty said she. was । it’s not.” . The addition of Hilton not yet ready to provide a I makes for a compelling comment on the matter. I cornerstonechurch PRE-SEASON SPECIAL RUUD 4 Pettigrew of Englewood, FL, Kathy Driscoll of Caledonia; stepmother, .Arvie Driscoll of Payson, . AZ; two nephews; two nieces; two great nephews; four great nieces; many cousins; former ---------husband, Willie Goodman of Sheridan, WY; special friends, Jodi V., Betsy T., Dawn M; very dear cous- FURNA CE TUNE- UP ins,5 Brian and Karla Sweeny, Maggie was preceded in death by her parents and brother-in-law, Scott I Pettigrew. A memorial for Maggie will be held Sunday, Oct. ------------2, 2022 at theFamily Tavern. Friends and family will gather starting at 2 p.m. I I I I I I High Efficiency NEW FURNACE I I I ■ I I I I OBITUARIES, continued from page 4 south or out west. She could often be found hanging with her best friend her sister Kathy, or having a beer at the Family Tavern. She will be greatly missed by family and friends. Maggie is survived by Jennifer Kawka of Kentwood; sisters, Vickie Kirby and two stepchil­ dren, Mason and Mercedes. Together, Mike 10 and Janette have grandchildren. Mike said he’s blessed beyond words. “It took nearly 70 years, but 1 have finally had my eyes, ears and heart opened to the Truth of God's Word. Mv willingness to serve is my spiritual gift. My blessing from God that compels me to say, ‘Here 1 am * Lord, send me. Mike has selected Imagination Library of Barry County to receive any donations in his honor. Donations can be made to the Barry Community Foundation, #294, 231 Fund S. Broadway, Hastings, Ml 49058. The Thornapple Area Enrichment Foundation will host the Hometown Hero dinner Thursday, Sept. 29 at the Barry Community Foundation at 231 S Broadway, Hastings. A cash bar reception starts at 5:30 p.m. with dinner to follow at 6 p.m. To attend, RSVP by calling Annie Halle at 269-945-0526. | cornerstone women 1 ELECTION, continued from page 1 H degrees in elementary education, health, physical education and recreation. He worked regularly as a substitute teacher after returning to Michigan, He also worked as a personnel manager at Bradford White and a human resource administrator. He's been an activity therapist for Barry Countv Mental Health, director for Thornapple Area Parks and Recreation and even a saxophone assembler. T 1 present this coupon. HEATING & COOLING 210 East Main Street, Caledonia ► ► “The company built by referrals ” 1 j l.oeally owned business. f * •f it k 4 • « �I Page 6/The Sun and Hews, Saturday. August 27, 2022 New park in Middleville gives dogs something to bark about James Gemmell Contributing Writer Since June, a new 1.75acre park in Middleville has been making a lot of four­ legged fur babies - and their two-legged owners - quite happy. On Wednesday afternoon, a ribbon cutting ceremony marked the official grand opening of the Middleville Bark Park, which had a soft opening in mid-June after the fences were installed in the spring. The Bark Park is located at the end of Sherman Street, about onethird of a mile west of M-37. More specifically, it is where the road dead ends near the village water tower behind Lee Elementary School. The park is owned by the Village of Middleville and is open seven days a week during daylight hours. Rather than using scissors to cut the ceremonial ribbon, the Lettinga’s dog. Emma and Jace (the Lettinga’s dogs) were woofing it up at the official opening ceremony. Emma, the small­ er pooch, did the honors of untying the ribbon with her teeth. 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Paul Lettinga. participated in the festivities. “I want to graciously thank the Lettinga family and Thomapple Veterinary Medicine for helping us with this gorgeous park that we have here.” Department of Public Works director Alec Belson told those in atten­ dance. He is the village's interim co-manager along Several residents brought their dogs to Wednesday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony at with Duane Weeks, who also the Middleville Bark Park. Left to right: Thornapple Veterinary Medical Center was on hand for the ceremo­ assistant Nicole Raymond; donor Paul Lettinga; TVMC technician Tracey ny. DeWeerd; TVMC owner Leslie Lettinga; TVMC Dr. Holly Stockley; DPW Director/ “We still have some things co-village manager Alec Belson; TAPRC Chairwoman Catherine Getty; Village to do but it’s well on its way Council trustee Tom DeVries. The Lettinga’s two dogs are Parker (left) and Perry. and something that’s been (Photo by James Gemmell) much-needed in the village. And, hopefully, all the dogs have been having fun with it. a quality space without their I'm very thankful for the help." donations from the Lettinga The village reached out to family Aggregate dog enthusiasts in the com­ and Industries,” telson said. munity to gamer help in Thornapple Area Parks & designing the dog park. Recreation Commission “I think we have a fantasChairwoman Catherine tic design that utilizes as Getty told the small crowd much area as possible for the that the bark park was a dogs and their human han“culmination of collabora- dlers," DeVries said. He is tion” between the village, also a TAPRC board mem­ Thornapple Township, the ber. The dog park has lush TAPRC, private business partners like Thornapple grass that slopes downward Veterinary Medical Center on the south side. It is and Aggregate Industries, as bounded by a chain-link well as some anonymous fence that was paid for by donors. Aggregate provided the village. There are two the gravel. sections. The smaller area is All the dogs and humans (including Middleville DDA “We went through several for smaller dogs. The park board member Michal Ann Enders, atleft) seemed to design iterations and we has a cement pad to support enjoy the ribbon-cutting ceremony.(Photo by James reached out to the commu- the fencing, a waste recepta- Gemmell) nity, we reached out to the cle and a bench. vet clinic staff, and we got “It has excellent grass, DeVries, whose family bored • • • they need some­ great feedback,” Getty said. which is really good for the donated money for ameni­ thing to do, not just physi­ “And this is the result of dogs,” Village Council trust- ties, has been active in pro­ cally but also mentally,” months of work. I think it’s ee Tom DeVries said. “A lot moling the park. He admin­ Stockley said. going to be a great amenity of dog parks have limits in isters the Middleville Bark The TAPRC has heard to the village. It’s centrally terms of their •J rass. They Park webpage on Facebook, from residents in the located so that lots of fami­ have a lot of wood chips or and said Getty deserves a lot Middleville community over lies with small yards and gravel. We just are blessed of credit, too. After a round the past decade that they dogs can enjoy it. with this wonderful plateau, of applause, the ceremony really wanted a dog park. well. “Congratulations to which flows really well." concluded with the ribbon Getty said the site chosen at everybody that was involved, The DPW will add water untying. the end of Sherman Street and especially the vet clinic taps at some point to help Lisa Van Loo of was first brought up when and the Lettinga family. We owners keep their dogs Middleville brought her dogs the TAPRC began discuss­ couldn’t have provided such hydrated, he said. Banner and Dutch, which ing the proposed new are of the vizsla breed. Sheridan Park. “They are very high-ener­ “But when this site was gy. They love to run, and I offered by the Village of always bring frisbees because Middleville as a potential they chase frisbees all over dog-park location 9 it was with the dogs. like bulbs went off and all of “I’ve been here a couple us said this is the perfect times now, met lots of new location to have it,” Getty friends, and I’m just so said. excited to have a place close “We want to put in an by that I can take my dogs agility course and, maybe, and just enjoy the park.” some other amenities. But OUTSTANDING Dr. Holly Stockley with (we) wanted to get in and the veterinary medical censtart using the park (now), ” KITCHENWARE, ter agreed the park is healthy she added. “ Sometimes, the EXCEPTIONAL for the dogs and gives them best way to know what ame­ VALUE something to look forward nities to add is just to use it. to, if their owner brings And then talk to the people them there every week. who are using it about what it’s good for them to they would like to see.” have some place where they Dr. Stockley encourages can play and where they can visitors to the dog park to socialize with each other, make sure their dogs are and develop those social current on their vaccines 800-311-9691 skills,” she said. “It’s been and safe to socialize with , kind of rough the last couple other dogs and people. A list RadaCutlery.com of years where nobody's got- of rules is posted on the ten out and about too much, park gate and on the MADE IN USA And they need things to Middleville Bark Park page keep them from getting on Facebook. * /’ & A i1 tl h I fW (d l’IsMI ji a K fflt S’C i itotea Uta II V DeViis rj , Wtltt! I kilin'di 'J! KHitniaK I I * "iili r Fundraise Shop or Sell 9 * f I �The Sun and News, Saturday, August 27, 2022/ Page 7 Middleville Village Council to interview five candidates for village manager L James Gemmell Contributing Writer I * . ■ ft- L J lA i X * t i r A3 V‘ ► I -I •w X Mb '1 1 & |4 1 * »M i '_(>■■■ ijsidjtoi.ji ” E 1 1ton? II ft® b W* 1i£s it • _ • । taTfcfflaw < flux 3 w*®; The Middleville Village Council went into closed session for about 20 min­ utes Tuesday night to review some employee applications for the vil­ lage manager’s position. The council’s ad hoc committee recently had whittled the list of candi­ dates down from seven people to four, but after much debate, the full council decided to inter­ view five of them next month. The tentative date for the interviews is Sept. 24. The council vote was 5-2, with trustees Mike Lytle and Tom DeVries voting against it. “I’m voting against it, because that’s what the ad hoc committee was for,” Lytle said. “We had the committee, they decided. What the hell did we do it for, if we’re goin. to interview (five) of them?” “I think it still serves a strong purpose in the selection process,” trust­ ee Kevin Smith respond­ ed. “Well, you're ignoring it,” Lytle countered it. “Not really,” Smith responded. “Yes, you are,” Lytle said. “Because we had it down to three or four (candidates).” “Because we felt the other people were too weak,” village president Sherry Ronning said. “The ad hoc committee) took the top scores and had four people (left),” DeVries was asked after the meeting why he also voted against inter­ viewing five applicants instead of the four that the ad hoc committee had recommended. “I supported the work _ X■“* 5. t r is Village of Middleville trustees review score sheets for the village manager applicants at Tuesday night’s council......................... meeting. Left to right: Ed Schellinger, Mike Lytle, Fran French, President Sherry Ronning, Kevin Smith, Tom DeVries, Mike Cramer and clerk Glorimar Ayala. (Photo by James Gemmell) of the ad hoc committee. I thought it was ade­ quate,” he said. The ad hoc committee was comprised of council members Ronning, Ronning pro-tempore Fran French, trustee DeVries 9 as well as Department of Public Works director Alec Belson, and two the members of Thornapple Area Parks & Recreation Commission: director Emily Dock and chairwoman Catherine Getty. Belson also has been serving as an interim village co-manager, along with Duane Weeks since May 25. They have been sharing the manager’s duties until a permanent village manager can be hired. Former manager Patricia Rayl resigned April 27. Weeks is con­ tracted by the village as a management consultant, and he also works part time as Freeport’s water operator. Assistant village man­ ager and planning & zonin; administrator Urquhart left Brian Middleville on June 7 to become the city planner in Grand Haven. Of the five applicants who made the initial short list, Belson said the highest possible score on the ad hoc committee's ranking sheet was 980. Candidates were scored based on six categories. Belson said the village manager candidate with the lowest total scored 696. So as to not publicly divulge their names, the council only referred to the candidates by correspending numbers it had assigned to their applica­ tions. Candidates who were labeled 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 will be interviewed next month, if final background checks approved. Candidates 2 and 7 did not make the short list of finalists. The total of seven total applicants was markedly fewer than the 16 who applied for the position after Weeks retired as village manager in 2020. “I think we had too many questions answered," trustee Ed Schellinger said about the initial search process. “I think it was a chal­ lenge that we didn’t nec99 essarily have to do. “I feel like this is a 99 little opaque for me 9 trustee Kevin Smith said. “I was expecting all of the resumes in front of me with the total score and have that be an open conversation. And then then, take the recommenda­ tions from the committee that went and did the checks. checks, I just think it would’ve been a little more open and easier to digest the feedback that we’re getting here.” Smith asked whether certain categories that were used by the ad-hoc committee to score the candidates should have received priority, based on their importance relative to the qualifications needed for the job. He speculated that, had the categories been priori­ tized differently, the can­ didates' total scores may WE’RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR HEATING AND COOLING NEEDS cL* ft® ■ '■''"’Si l>»* w®1 n / I Caledonia, MI a I Security cameras for parks considered The village council also voted 7-0 to approve a Capital Improvement Plan that will take effect in 2023 and run until 2029. The C LP. will be used to help formulate the village's fiscal year 2023 budget. “It's a recommenda­ tion and guidelines for the village to set up bud­ gets for that. So. the costs vary' from year to year, depending on which year you’re lookin at and what year we're going to." Belson said in a post-meeting interview. One improvement being discussed is the possible eventual instal­ lation of security cameras for the village office and downtown parks. Preliminary discussions began last year. Weeks told the council Tuesday night he will be asking three suppliers soon to provide the village with updated quotes for the potential camera installa­ tion. However, there is no firm cost or timeline for hiring a contractor or getting the cameras installed. Belson said it could still be “years down the road.” Last year, a lot of graffiti began appearing in village parks, with a fair amount of nighttime vandalism, as well. Weeks said recently that cameras would help protect large investments office around the village office, pavilion,5 band shell. Veterans Memorial and green spaces. VinLoo tl * * ,’it * have turned out differ­ ently. That discussion led to the council's decision to include a fifth candi­ date in the interview pro­ cess. . 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An estimated 2,(XX) to 3,(XX) people attended the 31st annual festival, Downtown Development Authority Director Katherine Bussard said. The festival featured all kinds of activities for families, highlighted by the annual Heritage Days parade last Saturday morning. Randy Eaton, who retired earlier this summer as chief of Thornapple Township Emergency Services, was the grand marshal The festival also includ­ ed the first-ever Paddle for Parks canoe race, put I on by Thomapple Area Parks and Recreation, Eleven boats participated in the race. Proceeds from the event will go toward a fund to support the Sheridan Park project that has been proposed in the village, near the Department of Public Works headquarters and Mt. Hope Cemetery. Car enthusiasts turned out in force for the $ A & $ ■ ■Ji • O * Claire Hull, dressed as Harry Potter, tosses candy from the Education Station flat in the 2022 Middleville Heritage Days Parade. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The Thornapple Kellogg High School Marching Band led by the color guard makes its way along Main Street in downtown Middleville Saturday, Aug. 20, during the annual Heritage Days Parade. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 1H6696 Broadmoor Ave. SE Caledonia. Ml 49316 Phone: 616.891.0070 Fax: 616.891.0430 Caledonia tofnship CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA COUNTY OF KENT, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AND SUMMARY OF THE REGULATORY EFFECT THEREOF PUBLIC NO I ICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on August 17,2022, the Township Board of the Charter Township of Caledonia adopted Ordinance No. 2022-01Z. Ordinance No. 22-01Z rezones lands at 7237 Kraft Avenue, SE and 7295 Kraft Avenue SE from the RR Rural Residential District to the R-3 Medium Density Residential District. The ordinance will become effective on September 5, 2022. A copy of the ordinance may be examined or purchased at the Caledonia Charter Township Offices * XI96 Broadmoor Avenue, within the Township, during Township office hours. Dated: August 25,2022 </> T in U TOWNSHIP BOARD OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA Kinsley Foster gets a rainbow tempo­ rary tattoo at one of the youth activity stations in Stagecoach Park in down­ town Middleville Saturday, Aug. 20, during Heritage Days. (Photo by Brett Bremer) I ■•fI*’ -I Charlie Pullen Memorial the Blue Zones parklet as books to all the pre Classic Car Cruise-In, a template for future school children in Barry honoring the late village placemaking and social County monthly, president who passed projects in the downtown Williams said. away in November 2020. area, Bussard said. Bill Renner of Gun The Middleville Rotary' Lake was the first place A total of 41 classic vehi­ cles took part in the car Club's annual Duck Race winner in the Duck Race show. was another highlight. winning $300. Barbara “This is the best turn­ The Duck Race has been Smith, who lives in the out for the car show that a Heritage Days staple Carveth Village retire­ we have seen in years and from the beginning, ment community in we look forward to con­ “The boxes of rubber Middleville, won $200 for tinuing to build off this duckies were tossed into second place. Alex year's success," Bussard the Thornapple at 3 p.m. McKeown won $100 for said. last Saturday by the event third place, and told Dan Archer took first chair, Dr. Chris Noah," Rotary “keep my prize. place at the car show with Rotary spokesman Bob Use it for your good bis 1955 Chevrolet. Williams said. “Each works." Another highlight of duck is numbered and Other highlights includthe weekend was the Blue they correspond with the ed a cornhole tournament Zones parklet exhibit 9 ticket stub of the pur­ that had 30 teams partic­ Bussard said. chaser.” ipate, with proceeds___ sup“A parklet is a place­ The Duck Race raises porting the TKHS footmaking effort '' that funds so that Rotary can ball team, a sand volley­ reclaims parking spaces award five $1,000 schol- bail tournament and turns them into an arships to graduating Thornapple Valley extension of the side- seniors at Thornapple Church that had_______ 25 adults walk, where people can Kellogg High School and play and a 3-on-3 basket gather and socialize," to tosupport supportthe theImagination Imagination ball tournament that had Library program, Bussard said. “The par- Library program, which which more than 100 partici klet sponsored by Blue sends age-appropriate pants. Zones was covered in green astroturf and fea­ tured brightly colored Adirondack chairs, large patio umbrellas, and beautiful planters from Creekside Growers. It was great to see the com­ munity response as this area quickly became a favorite hangout place.” The DDA hopes to use n. * XI » O) X U bo Q O X QJ o c 4 Mtiiii Terry Titus (left) and his grandson Bryce Cooper race along the Thornapple River in Middleville during the first TAPRC Paddle for Parks canoe race from down­ town Middleville to Indian Valley Campground on the northern edge of Barry County Saturday, Aug. 20, during Middleville Heritage Days. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 14 <U <5 f ■ A trio of ballplayers await their turn as a pair of teams go at each other a girls' game at the Heritage Days 3-on-3 at The Cage Saturday near McFall Elementary School in Middleville. 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There are more expecta­ tions than concerns for the Fighting Scots this season after an 8-1 regular season and a district championship in 2021, with the only regu­ lar season defeat a heart-breaker at Rockford High School to the OK Red Conference champion Rams. Back from that 2021 team are nearly all the key offensive skill players including senior quarterback Mason McKenzie who was first team all-conference in the Red last fall. If there were any con­ cerns heading into the 2022 varsity football season for second-year Caledonia var­ sity head coach Derek Pennington they were mak­ ing up for six guys from his 2021 defense that are slated to be playing college football this fall. It didn't seem to be an issue in the season opener as the Caledonia Fighting Scots shut out Holt inside Ralph E. Myers Stadium in Caledonia Thursday night, “He has worked really hard in the offseason Pennington said ।of McKenzie. “He has put on some muscle. He is about 185 pounds. I think when I got here he was about 160. We're excited about him. I think he'll be one of the best quarterbacks in the state of Michigan this this year. year.” Michigan He'll be looking to get the football into the hands of junior running back Brock Townsend, senior H-back Derek Pennington Jr., senior slot receiver Justice Reed, and senior wide receiver Kaden DeHorn. Fighting Scots have no trouble earning shut out in game one Brett Bremer Sports Editor * on extra-point kicks, with the Scots making up for the one miss with McKenzie tossing a two-point pass to receiver Justice Reed. McKenzie finished the night 7-of-17 passing for 77 yards. He rushed seven times for 49 yards. Townsend powered the Scots on the ground with 11 rushes for 102 yards, Herron had three carries for 72 yards. Caledonia also had DJ Walker rush for 53 yards on five carries. DeHorn finished the ballgame with three receptions for 43 yards and Derek Pennington Jr. hauled in two receptions for 26 yards. Pennington and Tyler Burd tied for the team lead in tackles with 4.5 each, When Pennington had 3.5 tackles for a loss. Caledonia dominated Holt inside Ralph E. Myers Stadium in Caledonia to open the 2022 varsity foot­ ball season scoring a 35-0 non-conference victory. Senior quarterback Mason McKenzie rushed for two first half touch­ downs and connected with receiver wide Kaden DeHorn fora 14-yard score in the second second half for Caledonia. Caledonia led the ball­ game 21-0 at the half thanks to touchdown runs of 11 yards and three yards by McKenzie and a three-yard TD run by back Brock Townsend. Blake Herron opened the scoring for the Scots in the second half with a fouryard TD run. Luke Vogeler was 3-of-4 The Caledonia defense limited Holt to just 109 yards of total offense and just seven first downs all ballgame. A Fighting Scot fumble on the opening drive of the season was the only turn­ over all night. Holt quarterback Seneca Moore was 7-of-19 passing for 65 yards and had 12 rushes for 13 yards. The Holt Rams were never closer to the Scots' end zone than the 30-yardline in the first half. The Rams threatened to score late in the ballgame, with a first-and-goal at the Caledonia nine. Ben Molda sacked Moore with the help of Isaac Clark and Reed Vogeler to hauled down a scrambling Moore on the next play. A pair of incompletions turned the ball over to the Scots at the ten. Townsend rushed for about 1,200 yards as a junior, and coach Pennington said he though he was the top back in the OK Red last fall. The duo of DeHom and Reed gives McKenzie a variety of targets with Reed the speed guy and DeHorn looking to take advantage of a 6-foot-4 1 210pound frame. Pennington Jr. is a strong receiver and blocker too and senior split end Evan Graham should be a key contributor as well. The Scots are looking to start fast with an experienced offense and a coaching staff that has now had a full season to get used to every­ one. “Installing things has been faster, we're probably taking a much larger portion of the 59 offense into game one 5 coach Pennington said. “We've still got to rep all of it. Just because they know it doesn't mean they can do it. That is what you've got practice for. We executed pretty well in our scrimmage at Forest Hills." Junior right tackle Jaxon Engelberg and senior right guard Carlo Aybar are the top guys back on the offensive line. They'll be joined up front by junior center Cade Tidey and senior guard Brayden Russo. “We don't lack size,” coach Pennington said. “We 2 > those kids are going to get rested. I don't anticipate Brock and Derek playing the whole game on defense, but they're certainly going to play some of the games,” coach Pennington said. “We just evaluate each position group and try to play the best kids, hoping we can find some kids that can fill in and give kids that are playing both ways a rest.” Depth isn't really an issue. There are 55 guys on the varsi­ ty roster. Coach Pennington said the defense is still working things out in the secondary. Junior Maddox Greenfield is likely to be a contributor at corner throughout the season, with senior Jeremy Bolt and sophomore Reed Vogeler looking to be strong varsity contributors too. Caledonia wont' be on its home field again until Sept, 16 when it takes on Hudsonville. The Fighting Scots have another non-conference contest at North Farmington Friday, Sept. 2, and then will be on the road to open the OK Red Conference season at Jenison Sept. 9. Not that coach Pennington won't have his guys focused on taking things one game at a time, but the Scots' 2022 showdown with the Rockford Rams concludes the regular season, Oct. 21. in 21, Caledonia. Derek Pennington Jr. have decent size. We don't have an Andrew DeVries who was 300 pounds [and now at Ferris State University] like last year.” Defensively, the Scots will look for leadership from senior linebacker Theron Sanders, senior corner Jimmy Floyd, and junior middle linebacker Blake Herron as well as senior lineman Tyler Burd. Pennington Jr. will see what he can do on both sides of the ball, getting reps at outside linebacker along: with senior Jett King. Townsend could see some time at safety too as needed, “Last year we played two kids both ways. I think this year we're going to play three or four just out of what we feel like is necessary, but I • I i 1 h ' THANKS TO THE SPONSORS WHO SUPPORT LOCAL SPORTS — -S W I N ER j / II 1 KSS .. 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M-43 Hwy., Hastings, Ml 49058 www.creeksidegrowers.com 1 a * I • 1’ ■s RS ''*ii 4 »■ I t i & ♦ I �T I The Sun and News, Saturday, August 27, 2022/ Page 11 J IS » Scot soccer rebuilding after Scots shooting for a top two losing 15 from class of 2022 OK Red Conference finish L Brett Bremer Sports Editor 1 The Caledonia varsity boys’ soccer team has gone 2-1-1 in its leadup to the 2022 OK Red Conference season this fall scoring a 2-1 win over Kalamazoo Central ■ J , JI ijS Tuesday and finishing in a 3-3 draw with Forest Hills. Eastern Wednesday evenmg. I z Caledonia opens OK Red play at Grandville Monday, Aug. 29, and then will host East Kentwood at Scotland z*l I It n? rIt & S' - Sb tai tain ib 4 ! ; Sits' - •i» Il * 1 9 BT MT a »lit Cnha. _ f_ . I * • . fail H 1W fc'i' ■ew# Hfjf in 1 te e. ¥ Wait* y teal a i > • u r - r g) ® ImW , ■ I -isift k11 Nathan Maas .jits!.! CHS equestrian team going after third straight state title Brett Bremer Sports Editor Jl ■ »#s’ 4 I I « -w Il'S jL r. <* I’ . The goal is a simple one. Simple to state if not achieve, but the Caledonia High School Equestrian is certainly capable of accomplishing it. “Our goal for this year is to collect our third consecutive state title,” said Caledonia head coach Kellie Scheidel who has been leading the program since 2019 after being an assistant coach beginning in 2013. The Caledonia girls won the Michigan Interscholastic Horsemanship Association State Championship in Division A at the end of the 2021 and 2022 seasons after a reserve state champion­ ship (runner-up) finish in 2019. “We have a very large If. ■ 7 ► « J ’ team this year of 14 rid­ ers and two grooms,” Scheidel said. “With a larger team it makes slot­ ting very difficult espe­ cially when everyone is as talented as they are. In a perfect world we would give every slot to every rider but we are limited to a max of eight per rider with a total of 63 available slots for the team." Scheidel is excited to have that group include many successful returning riders as well as talented new boys and girls. Another state champi­ onship this year would be the fifth in program history. The Fighting Scots ' ‘ ­ also won state champion ships in 2002 and 2015. “I’m anticipating another very successful year. Our riders and grooms work extremely hard,” Scheidel said. “We practice twice a week with horses and we have a workout day for rider/ groom conditioning. We have great coaches that volunteer their time to coach these kids. I’m extremely grateful for my coaching staff and great families that help make each season a successful one." Coach Scheidel said she expects Hopkins to be the team’s toughest com­ petition in their district this season. The first of three district meets is today, Aug. 27, at the Barry County Fairgrounds. The District 19 competitions will also be held on Sept. 10 and Sept. 24 this fall. The top two teams in each division advance to the Region A Championships which will be held in Berrien Springs the first weekend of October. 1 I Copelin O’Krangley and Elizabeth Honhart Brett Bremer Sports Editor New Caledonia varsity girls’ golf coach Veronica Van Wagoner said after her team’s first competi­ tion of the season that she felt like she inherited some great talent in the program she takes over from long­ time head coach Gus Wagner. Copelin O’Krangley, Elizabeth Honhart and Addison Deveney were regular contributors to the varsity scoring a year ago for the Scots. O’Krangley now a sophomore, was 13th as a freshman at regionals after placing fourth at the OK Red Postseason Conference __ ____ _______ ______ Honhart 5 Tournament. now a junior, had a top 15 J finish at the OK Red fina­ le last year and the two are set to lead the Scots into the new 2022 season along with seniors Deveney, Anna Mince, Kiana Haywood and Sara Flynn. Van Wagoner said she is was well in front with a also looking forward to score of 156. The Eagles seeing freshman Codie shot a 189 and the Scots a 191. Grandville was ten O’Krangley, who is a solid golfer, work towards earn­ strokes back of the Scots ing a spot in the scoring in fourth place. “I believe we can be line-up for the program. “We have a ton of great competitive in the OK senior leaders, Van Red. Rockford has a solid leaders,"” Wagoner said. “They are team, but when we all play mentally strong and have a our game together we can solid, consistent game. put together a pretty good Copclin is solid and con­ team score," Van Wagoner sistent as our number one. said. The team relies on her Copelin O’Krangley led playing well.” the Scots at the jamboree As for the youngsters with a score of 39. Honhart and ones new to varsity shot a 47, Codie golf, the Caledonia coach O’Krangley a 50 and said the biggest thing is Haywood tallied a 55. buildin; •J up their mental Flynn was right behind game and working on with a 56. staying consistent. Rockford had six girls hosted the the among the top nine scorJenison hosted OK °Pei}in.8 0K Red. ers at the rneet led by Conference jamboree ot Jessica Jolley who shot an the; season at The eve-par-37. 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Middleville area. $15hr. 269­ 795-3005. % 1 4 .■: > i > i « r i i 5 ■ I k- Yard Wednesday, Aug. 31. The preseason games were especially import­ ant this season as the program had 15 seniors graduate last spring. “We have a bunch of younger guys now, who are working really hard to compete this season,” Caledonia head coach €4 TJ Ifaturoti said. “We are going to rely on our young guys this season to step up to the varsity level of play and our depth as well to make an impact in every game.” The handful of key returnees for the Fighting Scots include senior defenders Luke Vogeler and Gavin Long, junior forward Nathan Maas, senior goalie Isaac Vire and senior midfielder Wyatt Snitzer. With their help, the Scots were 9-6-4 overall a season ago. Approaching double digit wins won’t be easy with the Scots’ youth, but Ifaturoti said, “hav­ ing a young team in our league can be viewed as either both a strength or weakness.” The Scot coach is just looking for his guys “to be the best version of ourselves each gam and, be competitive in each game against other teams. We want to be playing our best soccer when it matters the most - the postseason tourna­ ment.” The Scots opened the season last Saturday with their Scotland Yard tournament, splitting two matches that went to penalty kicks. They scored a 3-2 win over Covenant Christian and then were bested 3-2 by the West Catholic boys. �■■ 0 i1 * cl fa line-up a season ago. Sophomore Justin Trees and senior Tyler Oliver are back for their second varsity seasons with Caledonia head coach Scott Bont and are filling the top two singles spots for the program this fall. Trees spent much of his freshman year at fourth singles. Oliver is making the jump up from fourth doubles. Also back is senior Adam Morris, who might have an even bigger chal­ lenge than someone new to the top of the singles Quinn Pherson last Friday to got 2-0 at fourth doubles at the St. Johns Under the Lights invita­ tional. A group of three freshmen has earned spots in the varsity line-up this season. Collin Martin and Hudsen Derengowski were paired up at third doubles last Friday and freshman Garrett Fales has spent time at fifth doubles with sophomore Will VanderWeele. Caledonia was third on the day at St. Johns. St. Johns took the day's title team of Maddox Gaier and Nathan Huynah won its flight with a 3-0 record. Tucker Dion and Ryan Hautala at first doubles were 2-1. Derengowski and Martin at number three got one win. The Scots got to play a scrimmage on the new courts in Middleville Tuesday this week and will compete again Monday on their own courts when they face Northview. Red 1 ____ ___ The __ OK _____ _ Conference season starts Wednesday, Aug. 31, as the Scots host Jenison. FINANCIAL FOCUS Provided by Andrew McFadden and Jeffrey Westra of Edward Jones Should you own bonds when interest rates rise? As you know, the stock market has attracted a lot of attention - and for good rea­ son, as we’ve seen consider­ able volatility almost from the beginning of the year. But if you own bonds, or bond­ based mutual funds, you might also have some con­ cerns. However, it’s import­ ant to understand why bonds should continue to be an important part of your portfolio. To begin with, let’s look at what’s happened with bond prices recently. Inflation has heated up, leading the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to help “cool off’ the econo­ my. And rising interest rates typically raise bond yields — the total annual income that investors get from their “coupon” (interest) payments. Rising yields can cause a drop in the value of your existing bonds, because investors will want to buy the newly issued bonds that offer higher yields than yours. 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Bond investments are also subject to interest-rate risk such that when interest rates rise, the prices of bonds can decrease, and the investor can lose principal value ifthe investment is sold prior to maturity. Justin Trees $ CHS brings back talented youngsters; brings in new coach 5* 1$ IF Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Caledonia varsity volleyball team isn't as inexperienced as some teams might be that have four sophomores on the varsity roster. Josie Nobel, Georgia Pennington 9 Jessica Maier and Cambria Gaier were all varsity players as freshmen last fall. While adjusting to varsity volleyball isn't something the talented foursome has to do, they are adjusting to a new head coach as Emily Ward takes over the program. It is a talented group over­ all that coach Ward inherits. Noble and Pennington are solid mid­ dle blockers. Gaier will be a key outside hitter and Pennington will likely see time on the right side too. Maier is one of a few talented setters on the Scots' roster. Setter Avery Palmateer is back for her senior season and will look to lead the program once again along with middle blocker Erica Postma, outside hitter Paige Williamson, defensive specialists Maddie Fortune and Amanda Wolf and middle Lija Svems who are all back for their senior campaigns. The two juniors on the roster this fall are setter Cassie Honsberger and outside hitter Reagan Hurst who are both in their first varsity season. The season is underway. The Scots were at the East Kentwood Early Bird Invitational Aug. 17 and hosted a quad $il4 ii : -fit I rD»ii I Cambria Gaier Wednesday, Aug. 24. They will be in action at home Saturday as they host a West Michigan Volleyball Officials Association Invitational and then will be back home Saturday, Sept. 10, for their annual Macayla Kohn Memorial Tournament. The OK Red Conference season starts for the Scots when they travel to Grandville Sept. 15. 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That trio joined Abby in swimming in the 200-yard medley relay at the MHSAA Lower I Peninsula Division Swimming and Divin: Finals last season. Sophia was the confer­ ence champion in the 200-yard individual med­ ley a year ago and the conference champion in the 100-yard breaststroke. The trio of Sophia, Hall and Carpenter were a part of runner-up confer­ ence finishes in both the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard free­ style relay. Carpenter was one of •J t 1 • “J f’.Bt V * 'teit . I I ats^ski ■tiai Is fcr M 6 • • the conference's top free­ style sprinters last fall finishing on the medal stand in both the 50-yard freestyle and the 100yard freestyle. Hall was not too far behind the medalists in the 50-yard freestyle and earned a spot on the conference medal stand in the 100-yard butterfly. While that trio has earned some great expe­ rience in the pool over the years, DK/TK/HHS head coach Carl Schoessel said he has a young team overall with some girls who don’t have any competitive experience yet. The DK/ TK/HHS girls will cer­ tainly have the talent at the top to chase some conference champion­ ships again, but Ottawa Hills and Wayland are the most likely squads to finish atop the team standings in the confer­ ence by the end of the season. The DK/TK/ HHS team will be push­ ing for a spot in the top half of the conference. Coach Schoessel said he expects a strong corps of divers to be able to help the team add points throughout the season. The season opens Tuesday, Aug. 30, when the DK/TK/HHS girls host Ionia for a no-con­ ference dual. That is the only meet on the sched­ ule before the Labor Day Sophia Marcukaitis holiday. The team will go to Fremont Sept. 8, Northview Sept. 15 and then Ottawa Hills Sept, 22 to open conference duals. The team hosts its OPERfiTION'HEMj/ET DINNER^ JRAFFLE' CT- Caledonia American Legion Post 305 [vent Location: BARRY EXPO CENTER 1350 M-37, Hastings, Ml ^SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, 2022 186697 I. en.— Township of Yankee Springs Township of Yankee Springs 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 NOTICE- CHANGE Yankee Springs Township - Barry County Now accepting SNOW PLOWING BIDS 2022-2023 and 2023­ 2024 Seasons Snow Accumulation of 2” minimum Township Hall Facilities: 284 N. Briggs Road - Middleville, Ml Parking Lot - Plowing - Salting as needed Township Hall Entrance & Office entrance sidewalks Shoveling Salting as needed Fire Station located at: 1425 Payne Lake Rd. (Corner of Payne Lake Road & M-179 Hwy.), Wayland, Ml Parking Lot (plowing) and Small Walk Way (shoveling) Fire Station to have #1 priority Salting as needed YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS, BARRY COUNTY. MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held on September 15, 2022 commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N. Briggs Rd., Middleville Ml, within the Township, as required under the provisions of the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and the Zoning Ordinance for the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, in addition to participa­ tion during public hearing, members of the public may also pro­ vide comments for the Planning Commission’s consideration by emailing or mailing those comments to the Planning Commission for receipt prior to the meeting, in care of the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson (ethompson@pcimi.com) or by leav­ ing a phone message prior to the meeting with the Township Zon­ ing Administrator, Eric Thompson at 616-877-2000. 1. Yankee Springs Township Park: 1825 Parker Drive, Wayland, Ml PARKING LOT - plowing/salting as needed *1/2 mile x *8’ paved walking path snow removal (Please advise of ability to do this). 9 ’ aiB General admission: $40 Includes: food & beverage I ! RSVP by SEPTEMBER 6TH I* ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ PROCEEDS DONATED TO: ■ I /«** Please call 269-795-9091 with questions. Bids may also be e-mailed to mikec@yankeesprinqstwp.org and must be received no later than 3:00 PM September 7th 2022. E-mailed bids will be printed and placed in a sealed envelope, and treated confidentially. Hunt to Heal! Corporal Josh Hoffman Scholarship Fund Post 305 Veterans Needing Assistance ill Bids will be opened by the clerk after 3:00 PM September 7th for review and comparison before being presented to the Township Board for possible awarding at the September 8th, 2022 Township Board Meeting 6:00 PM. I I parcel. The property is currently zoned Rural Agricultural (RA) and the applicant is requesting rezoning to Outdoor Commercial (C3). Includes: Dinner & Drinks & More for 8 guests I' Yankee Springs Township reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Post 305 Ph: 616-891-1882 IjM * A request by Dennis Stiffler on behalf of proper­ ty Owner Steven and Jeanine Vanderkam for a Rezoning of Property pursuant to section 19 “Amendments to Zoning Ordinance and Official Map”. I. The subject site is approximately 13.65-acre Certificate of Liability Insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 must be submitted with Bid. * Sealed Bids must be received no later than 3:00 PM September 7^», 2022 addressed to: Mike Cunningham Yankee Springs Township Clerk 284 N. Briggs Road Middleville, Ml 49333 PC 22-09-013 PARCEL ID # 08-16-020-013-00. W M-179 Hwy. Wayland, Ml 49348. 1. 5:00 PM TABLE SPONSOR - $600 DONATION once again be held in Hastings the weekend of Nov. 4-5. 186744 r ■it*1! DK/TK/HHS annual Relays Sept. 24, and the conference meet will 2. Such other business as may properly come before the Planning Commission. The Yankee Springs Township Planning Commission and Township Board reserve the right to make changes in the above-mentioned proposed amendment(s) at or following the public hearing. Anyone interested in reviewing the application may do so at the Township Hall. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place, or, if an electronic meeting is held, to participate via the electronic meeting. Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days' prior notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Town­ ship Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION By: Shana Bush, Chairperson Yankee Springs Township Hall 284 N. Briggs Rd. Middleville, Michigan 49333 (269) 795-9091 I p < I * �Page 14/The Sun and News, Saturday, August 27, 2022 CHS boys hope to extend string of finals appearances Brett Bremer Sports Editor < That's the thing with high school sports. At the very least 5 every four years someone new has to __ .. be the leader of the pack back-to-back After 1___ . runner-up finishes at the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Cross Country Finals the Caledonia var­ sity boys' cross country team is looking for new front runners this fall. The Caledonia boys were undefeated in the OK Red Conference a year ago and added a regional championship. The . trip to s^a^e finals was the fifth straight for the program and the seventh in nine years. goes on.” “We graduated five of our top seven runners from last year’s state run186698 Township of Yankee Spri 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTER­ ner up team and eight of times at the state finals 55 our top 11 5 Caledonia and Domany was pushing head coach Ben towards that 16-minute Thompson said. “A lot of mark. talent graduated. This The other most experi-year —’’s team has put in the enced runners back for work to build foun..... theirthe Scots include seniors dation but will need to Blake Elliott, Anthony learn to compete at a Lawlor and Ethan high level as the season Pyscher, juniors Micah goes on. Nagel, Levi Moss and ;Seniors Jordan Domany Sam Pugh, and sopho­ and Brett Guzman were a mores Josh Maier, Will couple of the team's regu­ Sheely, Mason Morrell lar scorers a year ago. and Kort Thompson. Domany was just off the Coach Thompson is pace of the state medalists also looking to forward to at Michigan International what kind of performancSpeedway in Brooklyn es senior Jonathan last November placing Meidema and freshmen 38th overall. Guzman was Eli Veiling and Kaden the Scots' number five VanRyn can provide in runner at the finals. Both their first season with the guys put in sub 17-minute CHS program. ESTED PERSONS: •> I PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held on Septem­ ber 13,2022, commencing at 6:00 p.m. at the Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 of the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and the Zoning Ordinance for the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE In addition to participation during a public hearing, members of the public ma\ also provide comments for the Zoning Board 1^ $3 Scots look for ",H0ME'A47- of Appeals’ consideration by emailing or mailing those comments to the Zoning Board of Appeals for receipt prior to the meeting, in care of the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson (ethompsontapcimi.com) or by leaving a phone mes­ many new faces to fill scoring places sage prior to the meeting with the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson SOLUTIONS at 616-877-2000. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at said public hearing include, in brief, the following: ZBA 22-09-015 “Most shown _great dedication this summer to bringing their talents to the next level with their preparation. We have LS N. Briggs Rd., Middleville Ml, within the Township, as required under the provisions 1. Jordan Domany logged some of the most mileage, as a team, that 55 we’ve ever had,” coach Thompson said. “There will be a lot of competi­ tion for the open varsity spots we have this year. “Our group of captains this year have already shown a great ability to lead with consistency. They have also led not just by words but by their 55 actions. The Scots open the season with a dual against Thornapple Kellogg at Caledonia High School Friday, Sept. 2. They'll follow that up with a trip to the MSU Spartan Invitational Sept. 16. The first OK Red Conference jamboree will be at South Christian High School Sept. 20. Repairs - Remodels - Restorations Servicing Barry and Kent Counties PARCEL ID # 08-16-205-024-00. 3287 Sandy Beach. Ff! Wayland, MI 49348. A. KEVIN WEZENSKY 269-569-9398 Brett Bremer Sports Editor LevisHomeSolutions@amail.com With a team of over 40 girls there is always someone new to step up. That is what the Fighting Scots are looking for as they enter the 2022 varsity girls' cross country sea­ son. Seniors Natalia Quigley, Madelyn Fennema and Leah Thompson are the only three runners back for head Ben coach Howell and the Caledonia team that have any experience run­ ning varsity races. “Our four seniors have worked extremely hard this summer leading out team and I’m really excited to see how they continue to propel our team forward this sea­ son,” Howell said. Among the fastest girls racing for spots among the scorers at the front of the Caledonia pack this fall are juniors Alyssa DeFields, Kloe Kimbrell and Anastasia Ledford and sophomores Adysen Damen and Avalynn Klapmust. “he hope is that with a team of over 40 girls, they will continue to push each other which will help them all to better performances,” Howell said. Quigley is the only one of the three seniors who was a regular among the seven scorers for the Scots last fall. There is a chance that matching last year's fifth place finish in the OK Red Conference will A request by builder Jack Workman for property owner, Ryan and Kendra Craven, for variance relief from the setbacks established by section 12.4 “RequiredSetbacks”. - i. The subject site is approximately .189 acres in size. The *' property is currently zoned Gun Lake Residential Front (GRLF) and the applicant is requesting relief to allow for www.LevisHomeSolutions.com the construction of an accessory' building that fails to _ meet the required setbacks. 2. ZBA 22-09-016 PARCEL ID # 08-16-110-021-00. 2121 Archwood Dr. — Wayland, MI 49348. A. Licensed & Insured A request by property owner, Giuseppe Licari, for variance • Time to Start relief from the setbacks established by section 12.4 “Required Setbacks”. JU ■ 11 42 I Christmas Quilts L The subject site is approximately .386 acres in size. The property is currently zoned Residential Single Fami- .I • Good Selection of ly(RSF) and the applicant is requesting relief to allow for 11 4 * ’•r Cotton Prints the construction of an addition to an accessory building that fails to meet the required setbacks. 3. ZBA 22-09-017 - PARCEL ID # 08-16-200-008-00. 1305 Manitou Ln. • 108" Quilt Backing Middleville, MI 49333. A. c A request by property owner, Dean and Pam Hubbard, for • Zippers, Threads, Notions variance relief from the setbacks established by section 12.4 “Required Setbacks”. 'd* Pray forour Country '0* L The subject site is approximately .282 acres in size. The property is currently zoned Residential Lake Front (RLF) and the applicant is requesting relief to allow for the con­ / struction of a porch/entrance that fails to meet the Sitton, QUESTIONS: ASK US • •• required setbacks. 4. ZBA 22-09-018 • • • PARCEL ID # 08-16-005-002-00. 1731 Manitou Ln. Middleville, MI 49333. A. 218 E. State St., Hastings • ■■ M OPEN: Monday-Friday 8 am-5:30 pm; V7M A request by property owner, Donald J. and Elizabeth L. Klein, for variance relief from the size requirements estab­ 945-9673 Saturday 9 am-3 pm 1 r Hulst Cleaners Pick-Up Station lished by section 12.7 “Outbuildings”. i. The subject site is approximately 4.6 acres in size. The property is currently zoned Residential Lake Front (RLF) and the applicant is requesting relief to allow for the con­ struction of an accessory building that fails to meet maxi­ mum size requirements. 5. ZBA 22-09-019 PARCEL ID # 08-16-055-005-10. 935 Palmer Dr. Mid dleville, MI 49333. A. Host an Exchange Student Today I (for 3,5 or 10 months) A request by proper!} owner, Peter J. DeMann, for variance Make a lifelong friend from abroad. relief from the setbacks established by section 12.4 “Required I) Setbacks i. The subject site is approximately .162 acres in size. The » ► Enrich your family with property is currently zoned Residential Lake Front (RLF) another culture. Now you can and the applicant is requesting relief to allow for the con­ host a high school exchange struction of a new single family dwelling that fails to student (girl or boy) from Belgium, France, Germany, meet the required setbacks. 6. Such other business as may properly come before the Zoning Board of Ukraine, Scandinavia. Spain, Japan, Italy or other countries. Appeals. The Yankee Springs Township Zoning Board of Appeals and Township Board reserve the right to make changes in the above-mentioned proposed amendment(s) at or following the public hearing. Anyone interested in reviewing the application material may do so at the township hall. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid Jr Hanna from Germany, 17 yrs. Enjoys spending tone Mth het family and younger siblings. Harm plays volleyball and is exated to team new sports white in Amertca. Single parents, as well as Giorgio from Italy, 16 yrs. couples with or without children, may host. Contact us ASAP for more information or to select your student Loves lo 0ay baseball and spend I plays the gtjllaj, and his dream is to jon a drama club al Iw American taih school. time and place, or, if an electronic meeting is held, to participate via the electronic Call Terri at 1-810-869-6347 or meeting. Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days' prior notice to the Township Clerk. Amy at 1-800-677-2773 toil free Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS By: Jacob Welch, Chairperson Yankee Springs Township Hall host.asse.com or email info@asse.com zz/asse V-' Get Started! 'imtihttaa ifitiay inaiiftf 284 N. Briggs Rd., Middleville, Michigan 49333 ASSE International Student Exchange Program is a Public Benefit. Non-Profit Organization. For privacy reasons, photos above are not photos of actual students. (269) 795-9091 « Madelyn Fennema be tough, but coach Howell thinks his girls are certainly capable of sur­ prising some opponents and themselves even. “I think they have the potential to work through­ out the season and put themselves in a position to compete for one of the three places at regionals who make it to the state 55 meet 5 Howell said. Finishing-11 in the top three in the OK Red cer­ tainly won't be easy. West Ottawa,5 Grand Haven and Rockford are all very talented and all three reached the state finals a year ago. West Ottawa was the state runner-up in Division 1. The Scots haven’t test­ ed themselves against competition yet. They will open the season Sept. racing Thornapple 2 Kellogg in a dual at Caledonia High School. The Scots open the OK Red Conference season Sept. 20 at a jamboree at South Christian High School. ft. 1 L �The Sun and News, Saturday, August 27, 2022/ Page 15 TK finds its way through Saxon defense for win Brett Bremer Sports Editor IO J Stf - " L iL”.4h S,1 •I TK junior Braden Sharrar gets his head on a ball in front of Saxon senior Thomas Christie during the sec­ ond half of the Trojans’ 2-0 win over Hastings in Middleville Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Thornapple Kellogg's varsity boys' soccer team bounced back from con­ secutive defeats to score a 2-0 win over the visiting Hastings Saxons on the turf in Middleville Wednesday. It took two attempts on a penalty kick by Jackson Curtis to get the Trojans on the scoreboard first with a little less than 13 minutes to play in the first half. The ball was spotted incorrectly on his first attempt and he had to put it past Hastings keeper Zach Chipman a second time to break the score­ less tie. Fernando De Santiago gave the Trojans a big of a cushion when he finished off an outstanding center­ ing ball from teammate Reece Hoeksma with just less than 14 minutes to go in the second half. Outstanding set-ups and his ability to get the ball to his feet and then distribute out allows our whole team to shift, and then switch the play easily,” Kiel said, “He had a couple sting­ ers out there too, and the goalie from Hastings just made a great save,” Kiel added. Chipman Chipman had had an an outoutstanding night in net to keep his team within striking distance, and for the most part the Saxons held their formation well to keep the Trojans at bay. The Trojans possessed the ball much of the evening. and most of the game was played between 20 yards and 50 yards in front of the Saxon net. Getting closer wasn’t easy, and the Saxons didn't have much luck pressuring the TK defense, The Trojan coach was happy with how Nathan Shoemaker played calm in the back row for TK and all the defenders worked the ball ahead through the midfield rather than trying to skip a step in moving the ball up the field. At times, the TK defense tried to bypass the mid­ field when moving the ball out of its end and it caused tunities for TK, which had a tough time at times working the ball through Saxon the crowded defense. Austin Chivis created a great scoring chance for Curtis that set up the PK in the first half, rolling a pass ahead from the top of the box that Curtis got a touch on towards the net before being taken down from behind. Hoeksma hit a long centering ball in from the right side to find De Santiago for the second goal. The Trojans are now 4-2 overall this season. “They played well. It is hard. They were packing it in." TK head coach Andrew Kiel said. “It is fair strategy for them to do that. They put 11 behind the ball and we had a hard time breaking it down. When were were able to find some interplay and knock the ball in the middle of the pitch we were able to create a coupie things. In the second half we had great combination play between our wings and the guys in the middle and it ended up making for an easy slot across for Fernando.” Hoeksma was especially strong setting up team­ mates. Coach Kiel loves his ability to beat defend­ ers one-v-one and knows Hoeksma loves to try. “He comes back and wins stuff for us, checks back and relieves a lot of pressure for us,” Kiel said. “He can beat the first guy and then get the ball out, and that allows us to shift.” Chivis, who notched the other assist, impressed his new varsity coach too. “He doesn't have may goals or assists yet this year, but Austin Chivis winning the ball up top is really key for us. 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(Photo by Brett Bremer) some trouble in a loss to the visiting Chix Monday, TK was bested 2-1 by visiting Zeeland East Monday after going 1 -1 at the Muskegon Oakridge Invitational Saturday TK won its opener at Oakridge against Oakridge 2-0, then fell 2-1 in a shoot out against Williamston in the tournamentchampionship game, -616-275-1184 — Hours: Mon - Wed 1 lam-8pm, Thurs- Sat 1 lam - 9pm • Sun 12pm-6pm �•t/The Smt. •nd Mrm SMurOty, Second half surge by Saxons upends Trojans at TK the first half. TK flew down the field to score Burbndge's sec ond TD of the night and go up 14-6. the TD that was by answered Slaughter's first big TD run. Slaughter also scored on a 3K-vard run three minutes into the second half to put the Saxons up 22-14, another TD fol­ lowed bv a Teunessen two-pomt run That TD iirx Ho fill® Firvf wasiajml set. up by the first turnover of the game TK started the second half with the ball, but Burbridge had a thirdand-13 pass intercepted by the Saxons' Aiden SaintAmour a the IK 41. TK got back within 22-20 when Burbridge hit a wide open Hayden Chatman with a 23-yard TD pass in the end zone a little over a minute after Slaughter had given the Saxons the lead. Burbridge, who was hobbled a bit throughout thc night, had to come off with an injury following the TD throw anj wasn't on thc field for TK's unsuccessful tw-o-point try. Hastings bumped its lead to 30-20 with 35 seconds to play in thc third quarter on a 25-yard I D run by Slaughter. A fumble recovery by Saxon senior Damien Gibson basically erased TK's hopes of coming back in a two-score ballgame with five and a half min­ utes to go. Burbridge took advantagc of some early Saxon defensive alignments that gave him a hole to run right through thc middle and led TK with 14 rush­ es for 66 yards on the night. Coach Murphy said the * - I ' ! ] . TK teammatM Tyler Gavette (15), Zack Gibson (1) and Tyler Bushman (10) celebrate a big reception along the sideline by Gavette during the Trojans’ 30-20 loss to visiting Hastings in Bob White Stadium in Middleville Thursday to open the 2020 varsity football season. (Photo by Brett Beamer) Brett Bremer Sprirti Editor "This isn't Saxon foot­ ball," barked Hastings senior captain lenity Teunessen after coming all the way across (he Saxons' defensive forma­ tion to stop Ihornapplc Kellogg quarterback ( arsen Burbridge just a couple yards shy of the end zone late in the first half inside Bob White Stadium in Middleville Thursday. "I don’t want to lose this game!” A couple big pass plays from Burbridge to junior teammate Tvler Gavcttc * and an 11 -yard run by Burbridge did the hulk of moving TK from its own end of the field to the Saxon two-yard-linc. Burbridge plunged through thc line for a touchdown that put TK up 14-6 at thc time. T K's lead only lasted a few seconds. Nothing more M Saxon football than senior fullback Robby Slaughter finding a seam and flying 78 yards for Kl of touchdown out Hastings' Wing-T forma­ tion. and that is exactly what Slaughter did on thc Saxons' first offensive snap following thc TK touchdown. A two-point hv (onversion run Teunessen tied thc game at 14-14 at thc half. “Off the tackle they were kind of squeezing it dow n a little bit. and we started to be a little successful off tackle and (hen that is what opens up the inside," Hastings head coach Jamie Murphy said. “You just have to be patient enough to see it. Robby has great vision as a runner and he is good enough to make it happen." Kt Teunessen and the Saxons didn't lose. Hastings went on to a 30-20 victory in the sea­ son opener. Slaughter rushed thc ball 16 times for 242 yards and three touchdowns, caught two passes for 46 yards. One of those receptions was nearly as important as any of his three touch down runs. In the closing moments of thc third quarter on a third-and-7 from thc TK 42-yardline, junior quarterback Owen Carroll floated a pasK ou , to his j cft pass out Slaughter made as break from the middle and went over the top of TK junior defender Ethan dnnema to not only break-up the interception with his team holding a two-point lead, but to grab the pass and come down with a first down that kept the drive alive that extended the Saxons' lead to double digits. Both teams put togelher outstanding first offen­ sive series in the ballgame, The Saxons marched from their 20 to the TK nine before turn­ ing the ball over on downs TK took thc early lead turning things around and fighting out of thc shadow of its goal-line for 911-yard -yard TD a 9 TD drive that ended in one-yard TD plunge by junior back Drake Snyder and an P°’n’ Rccce Hoeksma. A 38-yard pass from Carroll to Slaughter was the big play on the Saxons' ensuing drive. Slaughter was taken down at the three-yard-line and Teunessen carried the ball into the end zone from there to get Hastings within 7-6 with four and a half minutes to play in Troyans athleticism surpnsed the Saxon defense a bit earlv on. Gavette was a big part of that. He rushed four times for 61 yards and finished with four receptions for K9 Burbridge w yards 6-of-9 passing for 121 vards and the one touch­ down and one intcrception Bonnema had a teamhigh 7.5tackles for Ik and T yler Bushman added hi six and Noah Drv^r»riF%r*rn Rosenberg five.~ Carroll w« was 3-of-4 passing for the Saxons for 69 yards. Haiden Simmet added 13 carries for 4“ yards and a 23 yard reception, and Teunessen had eight rushes for 34 yards for Hastings. SaintAmour nau had a _ team-high 7.5 tackles for Hastings while Daniel Weatherly and Jet lamum had five apiece. - « Thornapple Kellogg quarterback Carsen Burbridge hurdles Hastings' Aiden SaintAmour before landing just shy of the goal-line during the opening quarter of Thursday night's varsity football game in Middleville. 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M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 Middleville amphitheater Art Walk campaign reaches fundraising goal James Gemmell Contributing Writer Organizers of a crowd­ funding campaign have beat­ en an Aug. 26 deadline to raise enough money to trig­ ger a state matching grant for a tiered-seating project at the Middleville Amphitheater. The Michigan Economic Development Corp., the ,giO nibniH fu; no o azin iz £ 10g >310!) £ slbbiM flHT )IovoCI Thornapple Arts Council Middleville and the Downtown Development Authority kicked off the campaign in mid-June, with the goal of raising the $25,000 necessary to be awarded a $25,000 matching grant through the MEDC's Public Spaces Community Places program. A total of $25,931 was raised with contributions from 736 donors. Most of the money was raised in the last three weeks of the campaign. “We had very little trac­ tion until we got kind of down to the wire there,” DDA Director Katherine Bussard said. “And then, an anonymous donor offered an additional $10,000 pledge that, if we raised $10,000. she would donate $10,000. With that kind of momentum behind it, peo­ ple just continued to give and catch the vision of the project.” . Bussard said several busi­ nesses and organizations made donations, including the Bradford White union and My Sister’s Closet, which helped the DDA sell T-shirts to raise money. The project required at least $50,000 to go forward. With the $25,931 that has been raised and the $25,000 MEDC matching grant, it has surpassed that total. The project will require final approval from the Middleville Village Council. The DDA also has applied for a second $25,000 grant through The Right Place Revitalization and Placemaking (RAP) pro­ gram. If awarded, that would bring the total funding to more than $75,000. We are waiting to hear if they would like to see an €4 The Riverbank Music Series concerts at the Middleville Amphitheater on Friday nights this summer were a big hit with the crowds. This one was in mid-August. (Photo by James Gemmell) >rtT etrtpin jtorfR) ■ Caledonia grad receives presidential meritorious service medal j A w 98 t) Greg Chandler Staff Writer A Caledonia High School graduate who is a medical officer in the United States Navy has been presented with a Meritorious Service Medal by President Joe Biden. Capt. Dylan Wessman, a 1989 CHS graduate, was recently honored for his achievements while serving as deputy director of opera­ tional and undersea medicine and head of the Undersea Medicine Department at the Naval Research Center in Silver Spring, Md., from December 2018 to January of this year. “Captain Wessman's lead­ ership was instrumental in •acquiring $6.2 million in new funding for disabled submarine rescue and oxy­ gen toxicity research efforts directly impacting fleet oper­ ational force missions,” Rear A usijhin I lODfTtO I yvfiH £ rijrw tebsM .nsbifl JqsD ) Q8Q1 (hnsooi isvsirioB ie LenoiJ sod bns nioitoM IevbH dmaoaO zrrfj io iquD” ’ qiriw imiupojsu l wan ii£mdu« ixoi nag vliMiib ikooilfi Admiral Timothy Weber of the Navy’s Medical Service Corps wrote in his citation of Wessman. Wessman also “was a significant collaborator on a novel cardiac assessment for the award-winning COVID19 Health Action Response for Marines (CHARM) study, and was a highly impactful leader as chair of the Naval Medical Research Center Institutional Review Board, reviewing 142 research protocols,” Weber added. Wessman grew up in His father, Caledonia. Robert, was pastor of the Caledonia United Methodist Church, while his mother, Leslie, was a professor of education at Hope College in Holland. He was the salutatorian for the CHS Class of 1989, was a member of the National Honor Society and also ran track and cross I I I I ’ r >I V1 I 4 < 9 4 i t 4 9 i I ♦ I i I r » country for the Fighting Scots, according to informa­ tion from that year's class yearbook. Stan Spencer, who taught history at CHS from 1970 to 2004, considers Wessman one of the top 10 students that he taught as a high school and college instructor. He recalls Wessman from an placement advanced American History class. “He was interested in all aspects of historical research and methods but particularly when the humanities blended with science,” Spencer wrote in an email to the Sun & News. “For example, what caused the 1692 Salem' Witchcraft Trials? Was it something medical? How was the first atomic bomb developed as a team effort based on modeling? Dy (his nickname) could see the concon­ nections and intricate inter­ connections between various * r e 4 See ART WALK, page 3 I j » A I Caledonia High School 1989 graduate Dylan Wessman is shown in his portrait. graduation Wessman is now a medical officer in the United States Navy and recently received a Presidential Meritorious Service Medal for his work at the Naval Research Center in Silver Spring, Md. (Photo courtesy Loralynne Clark) 9 A k < i i I F’ I •v for Getty, a Thornapple Township resident who is serving her first term on the county board. However, it was discovered the week before the election that Gallagher’s Bender Road address in Thornapple Township was just outside the District 2 boundaries that had been redrawn as a result of the 2020 census. Getty asserted that, because she was the only eligible candi­ date in the primary, she should be declared the nominee. Ms. Getty is an individual who has met the appropriate residency requirements for eligibility to run for the Board of Commissioners District 2 seat,” Alspaugh said in her ruling. “She is an individual that obtained the second-most votes for that position, as Mr. Gallagher is no longer eligible. The court Greg Chandler Staff Writer A Barry County judge Tuesday ordered that the name of incumbent County Commissioner Catherine Getty be submitted as the Republican Party nominee for the District 2 seat on the county Board of Commissioners for the November general election. Getty will not face Democrat opposition in the general election, effectively granting her a second term in the seat. Judge Vicky Alspaugh issued the ruling during a 15-minute show cause hear­ ing on a civil suit filed by Getty against County Clerk Pamela Palmer and the County Board of Canvassers over the certification of John Gallagher as the winner of the Aug. 2 primary. Gallagher received 658 votes in the primary to 568 ♦ 44 • • ♦ See CANDIDATE, page 2 IN WHS S I SSID E • Police investigate child neglect case in Gaines Township • Caledonia graduate starts workout supplement business • Middleville garden fosters community • Lowell overwhelms Trojans in football See MEDAL, page 3 9 I Court ruling names Getty as GOP nominee for Barry County commissioner race disciplines and areas of study.” Wessman received a distinguished scholar award to attend Hope, and graduated from there magna cum laude in 1994. From there, he went on to Ohio State University, V I Catherine Getty, incumbent Barry County Commissioner for District 2, is seated on the right next to fellow commissioner Jon Smelker during a meeting earlier this month. (Photo by Jayson Bussa) y • h• \ i I I i 1 < » p i V / 1 I I J i 9 » i * I f ft i ♦ i f i • < ♦ i 4 �Page 2/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 3, 2022 CANDIDATE, continued from page 1 finds that Ms. Getty would be the next individual in the hierarchy for the nomina­ tion.” The ruling came one day before the executive committee of the county Republican Party was to hold a special meeting at the Tyden Center in Hastings to choose a nom­ inee for the November elec­ tion. “I feel like I had the proper legal high ground on it,” Getty said after the ruling. T don’t want to take anythin; away from the Republican executive committee, committee 9 because I have faith that I would be nominated. But that wasn’t the proper legal path, and I think this is the proper legal path, and I believe in doing the right thing.” County Board Chairman Ben Geiger, who is also chair of the county GOP. sent out a letter Aug. 22 saying that “an ineligible candidate” had received the nomination for the District 2 seat, and that a special meeting would take place Aug. 31 at the Tyden Center. Getty and Pat Hilton, a Middleville resident who did not run in the primary, were the candidates to be considered. At the time, Geiger acknowledged that the process would take the decision out of the voter's hands but that it was an “extraordinary case. ‘Time is of the essence,” Getty’s attorney, Stephen Grimm, told the judge in requesting his client be rec­ ognized as the GOP nomi- nee. Palmer did not attend Tuesday’s hearing because she was at a conference, Attorney Timothy Perrone, representing the defendants, told the court that Palmer removed Gallagher's name from the November ballot on Aug. 23. But Perrone argued that didn’t automatically make Getty the nominee. “The clerk does not have any statutory authority to put the runner-up in the election on the ballot,” Perrone said. “The Michigan election law is not clear as to how a substitute nominee is to be placed on the ballot in this particular situation.” Getty first took her case to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Aug. 17, seeking a “quo warranto” action to overturn the Board of of Canvassers' Canvassers' certification certification of Gallagher as the nominee and declare Getty Gettv as the pri ori-­ mary winner. However, Nessel declined to pursue the case. “We are not persuaded that the circumstances war­ rant participation by this office via quo warranto pro­ ceedings at this time,” Chief Deputy Attorney General Christina Grossi wrote in a letter to Grimm dated Aug. 23. However, state law allows for an individual to pursue legal action through the local courts ifif the the attorney attorney general general courts chooses not to step in. That led to to Getty Getty pursuing pursuing the the led case in Barry County. Tuesday, before the On Tuesdav. court ruling, Geiger held firm in the Barry County Barry County Republicans Republican's Republican's plans plans to to alerting them to the court’s decision and canceling the appoint a nominee to run in meeting. November's general elec­ - “What a sad. preventable, tion. even if it wasn't Getty. “I am fully confident the embarrassing local quagBarry County Republican mire,” Geiger told the Sun & Party should, and will, fill News following the resoluthis vacancy as required by tion of the issue. “I am glad law,” Geiger told the Sun & it’s over. However, there's News on Tuesday morning. still work to do. Before I “I will hold a meeting to do leave office, the county just that on Wednesday board will put checks in night.” place to prevent this situation “Only an act of God or an from ever happening again." Geiger did not seek reelecorder by a court will stop the party from fulfilling its tion to his seat on the county required duties on commission, instead, vying Wednesday night,” Geiger for the Republican nominaconcluded. tion for state representative, Coincidentally, that turned which was won by Gina outtotobe beaacourt courtorder. order.Hours Hours Johnsen. out after after Judge Judge Alspaugh Alspaugh’’ss rulrulSun & News editor Jayson ing, ins, Geiger Geiger circulated circulated an an Bussa contributed to this email to members of the report. * & & iV & >’ Middleville Community Garden a hub for fresh produce, fellowship .James Gemmell Contributing Writer Gardeners say tilling the soil and planting flowers and vegetables at the Middleville Area Community Garden is a labor of love. The garden is less than a square acre in size. It is smaller than the adjacent Middleville Bark Park, which is 1.75 acres and marked its grand openin; Aug. 24 with a ribbon cere­ mony. The location is west of M-37 at the .end of Sherman Street, behind Lee Elementary School and near the village water tower. Besides being a place to grow flowers, fruits and veg­ etables, the garden has served the past 12 years as a “peace­ ful place for fellowship and friendship,” according to the Village of Middleville Community Garden’s Facebook page. For a $20 seasonal fee, residents can rent a plot of land and maintain it with plants from May to October. There are 21 plots, each 15-feet-by-30 feet. The community garden is run by the village. Restoration CRC Church pastor Robert Van Zanen is the garden’s volunteer manager, although the church is not officially affiliated with the garden. The church and garden are separated by a small section of woods. The church is at 708 W. Main St. The Middleville Christian Reformed Church used to be located there. “Every spring, I put out a request for anyone interested in gardening,” Van Zanen said. “I always check back with the previous gardeners to see who is interested in staying on.” He said the garden has been at full capacity the past few few years, years, and and was was even even expanded to to accommodate accommodate expanded the demand demand for for plots. plots. the “And so, managing the garden, for me, is finding people to fill those spots, getting everyone settled in,” Van Zanen said. “I always .tl I 1 **« 1*^® I Village trustee Tom DeVries helped get the Community Garden going in Middleville in 2010. (Courtesy photo) try to rototill the new peopie’s plots, so that it makes it a little easier when they’re starting out. And then, I do try to organize things with other volunteers for maintenance around the garden. Keeping the fence up, keep­ ing the water lines taken care of. Keeping the groundhogs and rabbits out.” Village trustee Tom DeVries, who retired as pastor of the church a few years ago, said the community gar­ den was the brainchild of the late Jean Lamoreaux, a for­ mer village council member, DeVries said a small garden designed to help provide fresh produce for families in need germinated the idea for the village’s community gar­ den in 2009. The garden was started in 2010. Min Gardener Dot Walker works a plot of land in the Middleville Area Community Garden. (Photo by James Gemmell) DeVries and Lamoreaux helped get it off the ground, No pun intended. “It kind of came out of the Great Recession, when things were getting tighter,” DeVries said. “We thought, ‘Hey, one way that we can give good, wholesome food at lower 9M costs is to do it ourselves. Sometimes, the gardeners donate produce through the Middleville United Methodist Church or other locations. The village donated the land for the garden, and they put in a water tap.” DeVries said, adding that volunteers 44 Your local agent insures your Retirement Ask about our annuities and IRAs did the rest of the work in laying out the garden and installing the fences. The Middleville Lions Club holds the individual accounts for the garden. “They hold that money for us and they reimburse expenses for the garden incurred; the water bill and things like that,” Van Zanen said. Dot Walker is a Middleville resident and gardener who rents one of the plots. What does she grow? “Flowers and vegetables, and as organic as possible,” Walker said, adding that she and others volunteer to lend a hand. • Because the garden is organic, DeVries said no chemicals or pesticides are allowed. 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VINEflv . \ 707 •1 r Hours: 12pm-8pm Tues.-Sat. 12pm-4pmSun. vs 9175 Cherry Valley Ave SE, Caledonia 616.710.0796 % �The Sun and News, Saturday, September 3, 2022/ Page 3 ART WALK, continued from page 1 ss MX s VW A v* A?* ? .I4 .X’S s' updated scope of work. Because, with additional funds, we could do more art and make it bigger, better and even nicer than what we were originally wishing for,” Bussard said. “I sincerely thank and commend Katherine Bussard and the entire DDA for their selflessness in serving our community,” Thornapple Township treasurer Debra Buckowing said. “And talking about selflessness, our community as a whole has rallied together to make this happen. It's such a huge thing for Middleville, which takes pride in the health of their residents. Not just their physical health, but their cultural health and well-be• _ _ 55 ing. Originally, six sculptures were planned for the park, but additional funding could pay for more or larger sculp­ tures that would be installed around the amphitheater in Sesquicentennial Park. It costs about $2,000 per sculpture or more, depend­ ing on size. The plan also is to add interactive art pieces to create an art walk adja­ cent to the trail that over­ looks the Thornapple River. The dedication of the Janis Fitzgerald Tree of Life Memorial in August marked the third art installation in the park. The first sculpture was a water pump with sun­ flowers that was commis­ sioned by a local artist and installed in 2020. The second was the It’s About Time sundial sculpture, which was unveiled during the Heritage Days festival in August 2021. That was crafted from farm equip­ ment and donated to the vil­ lage from the Wenger family. Besides the sculptures, the funding also would pay for construction of three flat, tiered seating levels around the amphitheater and three terraced retaining walls, for an estimated cost of about $35,000. That includes repair of the landscape after construction. Engineering and environ­ mental oversight of the proj­ ect would cost another $3,500. Bussard said the tiered seating has been in the vil­ lage’s master plan as a ten­ tative project for more than a decade. Thornapple Parks and Commission Recreation Catherine Chairwoman Getty has not been involved in the Art Walk project, but Ct 55 The Middleville Amphitheater with the sun dial sculpture in the foreground (at right), and the Community Pavilion in the background (at left). (Photo provided by Middleville DDA) supports it. “I always think adding art makes a community more vibrant, and helps us enjoy our public open spaces more,” she said. It’s part of an ongoing effort to reactivate the outdoor gathering space, which is used for such events as the Riverbank Summer Concert Series and Movies Under the Stars. In recent years, the DDA, with the help of organizations like the Middleville Middleville Lions Lions Club, Club, the has raised or provided funds for the outdoor amphitheater and public bathrooms. restored green space and invested in performing arts equipment, “We are extremely excited about the potential of this,” DDA Chairwoman Kim Jachim said. “Of course, we've got a few more procedures to go through. We’ve got to get our final architectural drawings made up and our final okay from the village. Hopefully, we'll be able to start it this fall with the help of Mother Nature and have it ready for the music series next year.” It's just really great to see the support from everyone making this possible, Bussard said, adding that she hopes the amphitheater project will be completed before next year's Riverbank Music Series concerts kick off in June. The (DDA) truly uses the tax dollars they receive to maximize them in any way possible with public grants and any other type of assistance,” Buckowing said. “That lessens the bur- den of the taxpayers. And having the community come out the way they did and contribute out of their own pockets to make that happen is huge. Public bidding for the project took place earlier this year, and the DDA board will review the bids and select contractors soon to do the work. Bussard said it is uncer­ tain whether construction would begin this fall or next spring, depending on MEDC and contractor schedules. tc 55 55 Ci Police, CPS investigate alleged child neglect case in Gaines township ■ i James Gemmell I m ntSfc tai Ml - ■ixff I) to li WW lit®2 5 1 , s B» J, Contributing Writer A severely malnourished and bruised 13-year-old Gaines Charter Township girl remains in stable condi­ tion at a Grand Rapids hos­ pital, and her second alleged abuser was arrested Thursday in Indiana. The Kent County Sheriffs Office said it has been working with Child Protective Services to investigate the case after CPS responded Aug. 26 to a mobile home in the 100 block of Fontana St. SE. That is in the Southwood Village Mobile Home Park, which is on S. Division Avenue, just north of M-6, in Cutlerville. “Two adults are facing charges of child abuse first degree,” the KCSO said in an Aug. 29 news release. guardian “50-year-old Wilma Edwards was arrest­ ed the same day, while her boyfriend, 49-year-old William Williams, fled and remains at-large. An updated KCSO news release Sept. 1 said that Indiana State Police took Williams into custody Thursday morning and booked him into the Grant County Jail. He will be extradited back to Michigan to face the charges. The judge set bond at $10,000 for Edwards - the girl’s adoptive mother and biological aunt. She was 55 tion. KCSO Sgt. Eric Brunner o informed the Sun and News in an email that Williams is a Grand Rapids resident, but did not comment when asked whether he has a prior child abuse conviction or criminal record. He also declined to confirm a media report that three children have been removed from the home, because the investigation is ongoing. ordered by CPS workers to take the girl to the hospital. The two felony charges come with a maximum life in prison upon conviction. A not guilty plea was entered on her behalf. Court documents indicat­ ed that the 13-year-old had been strapped to a bed each night. She had suffered liver and kidney damage, bruises and lacerations, as well as refeeding syndrome, Doctors say that is a potentially fatal occurrence involving shifts in fluids and electrolytes when a malnourished person is fed too quickly after being starved. She was initially listed in serious-but-stable condi- J " I 1 I I > y ! San Diego as well as at the Reed Walter National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. 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The exceptional professional ability, steadfast initiative and selfless dedication to duty exhibited by Captain Wessman reflect great credit upon himself and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.” I 1 1 4 • > 1 Shi • t) < I I » * r & I » Wilma Edwards William Williams A probable cause hearing for Edwards is set for Sept. 12 in Kent County 63rd District Court. Residential & Commercial T Q I I WE ’RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR HEATING AND COOLING NEEDS MEDAL, continued from page 1 earning a master's degree in 1997 and graduating from the OSU College of Medicine in 2002. After graduating from medical school, Wessman served an internship in inter­ nal medicine at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego, Calif., in 2002-03, followed by a residency in internal medicine at the Naval Medical Center in 2003-05 and a fellowship in diseases cardiovascular there in 2006-09. 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Shelly Siekman nominat­ ed her middle school co-worker, Francisco, for the award. “Mary is a dedicated, hard working teacher. She has literally been working two jobs over the past three years,” Siekman said. “Her professionalism and integrity are truly above and beyond anything I have ever experienced. She has a special place in the hearts of all her students. Francisco has been teach­ ing sixth grade for 35 years and has served as the math department chair for several years. During her career, she has taught every subject at the sixth grade level includ­ ing art and computer science. “Mary’s a strong, pas­ sionate, supportive leader for us,” Siekman said. “She’s dependable, positive and motivated to help us improve. Mary is always volunteering to work at and help with many extra curricular activities. She puts her students first and will do anything for them and for our staff. Francisco said the award is greatly appreciated. “It’s humbling - very humbling. I do the things I do because that’s just me. To be awarded and to be recognized for this is a good, heartwarming feel­ ing,” she said. “I appreciate it.” Megan Wonders was nominated for her award by Lee Elementary teacher Marnie Reynolds. Wonders serves as a Title 1 reading coach at Lee Elementary and has worked at all three elementary schools during her career at TK. “Megan Wonders serves Lee in so many ways,” Reynolds said. “She wears so many hats and those hats change from day to day. No one deserves this award more than her. 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Collison* Pastor www.yankcespringsbiblechurch.org til �The Sun and News, Saturday, September 3, 2022/ Page 5 American Legion prepares for annual Patriot Day observance on 9/11 James Gemmell Contributing Writer The annual Patriot Day observance in remembrance of 9/11 will get underway at the community pavilion in downtown Middleville at 7 p.m. on Sept. 11. “We’ll be honoring the lives of those that gave the ultimate sacrifice on September 2001,” 11, Downtown Middleville Development Authority director Katherine Bussard said, referring to the suicide terrorist attacks against the United States that result in 2,977 fatalities.. The first Patriot Day observance was on Sept. 11, 2002, as recognized by Congress. American Legion Post 140 hosts the event. The DDA and Thornapple Township are working with the American Legion to prepare it by lining up speakers and preparing the stage. Post Commander Rich Jenkins and Bussard are co-chairing the event. “At 6 o’clock in the morn­ ing, I'm going to lower the flag to half-staff,” Jenkins said. He is a retired U.S. Army captain. Because Patriot Day falls on a Sunday this year, there will be no 11 a.m. ceremony to avoid a scheduling conflict with var­ ious church services. “At 6 p.m., my Legion group and some of the scouts that want to participate will raise the flag back to full­ staff in preparation for Sept, 12,” Jenkins said. He expects some area members of the Boy Scouts of America (Scouts BSA) to participate, _'J ,3E i fesnsjjji .;:' > Caledoniatt fc iMoM: bi •i in tafesii' « 41 - d KipglNkllil They will walk to the pavilion from the Veterans Memorial, w'here 13 Middleville-area veterans who died in combat will be honored. We have a Boy Scouts group, we have a young Girl Scouts group and we have the older levels of Girls Scouts, like the junior high and senior high grades,” Jenkins said. The remembrance cere­ mony usually lasts about an hour at the pavilion, 91 E. Main St. Jenkins will serve as master of ceremonies. Barry County District Court Judge Michael Schipper will be the keynote speaker, and Diocese of the Great Lakes Bishop David Hustwick will preside over the ceremonies. Patriot Day committee member Debra Buckowing said some students from the Thomapple Kellogg High School band will be participatin g. led by director Ray Rickert. In addition, the TKHS Honor Choir led by instructor Laura Oprea is scheduled to perform. We will receive an hon­ orary civilian flyover to acknowledge the lives lost in both the buildings (World Trade Center towers and Pentagon) and in the air on that fateful day (9/11),“ Buckowing said. Four civilian airplanes operated by the Thomapple Flying Academy LLC flight school are scheduled to perform a flyover at 7:05 p.m. Ross DeMaagd is the academy owner. He plans to fly a Mooney aircraft and expects a Cessna 150 airplane and (4 44 some Piper planes to participate, as well. “And I’ve also heard at least one other pilot in Hastings that is going to pro­ vide another aircraft to fol­ low up.” DeMaagd said. The planes will take off from the Hastings City/Barry County Airport and land there, “This event is honoring the firefighters, ambulance and police. And a boatload of civilians who lost their lives on 9/11," DeMaagd said. Middleville Lions Club president Brian Nicholson said the Lions will help distribute some fliers for the Participants get ready for the start of the annual Patriot Day observance under event. the pavilion at Sesquicentennial Park in downtown Middleville in 2019. (File photo “We 100 percent support by Greg Chandler) our veterans and we'll be there,” he said. In tribute to the firefight­ ers and others who responded on 9/11, Thomapple Township Emergency Services will once again be “Striking the Four Fives.” The custom of tapping the bell five times in a series of four sequences represents the bell tolling that traditionally summons firefighters to respond to a call for help. Buckowing said there is The Thornapple Kellogg High School Band and Honor Choir leading partici­ only minimal expense pants in singing ‘God Bless America' to end the 2019 Patriot Day ceremony (File involved in organizing photo) Patriot Day activities. “We're all putting our memoration marking the Randy Eaton, who recently the community, and everyown time into it, and the only 20th anniversary of 9/11, retired. body should go at least once real expense is to print up our Jenkins paid tribute to Pullen, “Patriot Day is overwatch it,” DDA over­ and who died died in in 2020. 2020. whelming and emotional. It Chairwoman Kim Jachim fliers,” she said. who whelmingandemotional.lt Thornapple Township The firefighters and first just iust really is a nice event for said. ' helped former village presi- responders who perished on dent Charlie Pullen establish 9/11 also were honored. 11 >• Time to Start the Patriot Day program in Some of the other speakers 1 £ Christmas Quilts Middleville six years ago last year were Barry County •r M and local veterans helped Sheriff Dar Leaf and the ) Good Selection of former launch the annual event in township's Cotton Prints 2017. At last year's com- Emergency Services chief, * 5 - e J > t *J • 108" Quilt Backing Middleville TOPS 546 A (taw1 a a 4J . The Aug. 27 meeting opened with the secretary's report and roll call. One new fish jumped into the fish­ bowl. Chris announced the Fall Rally will be in Battle Creek on Oct. 8 with a Western theme. The area advocate, Diane Dallas-Strand, was the guest speaker. Her program was “Choose to Change: L _* 3 'IS taii* i 1 J 1 *I t Your Road to Success.” It was based on the five steps needed to achieve all the Shoelace Charms. They included support, TOPS, emotions, reach and restart. She gave each member a worksheet to complete and return next week to discuss. Lori lost the Ha-Ha box. Sue was the best loser for the month. The chapter enjoyed I • ■ ■ • Zippers, Threads, Notions 3 t a total loss of 5.8 pounds, for the month the month The The meeting meeting ended ended with with marching in place as the group said the TOPS and KOPS pledges. TOPS, a weight-loss support group, meets every at Saturday Lincoln Meadows in Middleville. Weigh-in is from 10 to 10:15 a.m., followed immediately by the meeting. A mask is suggested when in the common area of the building, Press the white buzzer for entry. Anyone with questions may call Chris, 269-908­ 3731. The first meeting is free. <s ; Prav for our Nation 'U* : Si&tenb QUESTIONS: ASK US... I J 218 E. 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(Courtesy photo) ' Jayson Bussa Editor James DeMorrow knew that he wanted to accom­ plish two things: help oth­ ers while doing what he loved. “I'm sitting here thinking I know there is something I can do to help people out,” said DeMorrow, a 2021 graduate of Caledonia High School who is now entering his sophomore year at Davenport University. It was this brainstorming session that led DeMorrow to break into the nutritional supplement industry - even though he is just 19 years old. As a baseball player while at Caledonia and cur­ rent member of Davenport’s men’s volleyball team, DeMorrow said that he has become increasingly inter­ ested in the world of fit­ ness. His passion for fitness and entrepreneurial aspira­ tions led him to consult DeMorrow launched the business a couple of months ago using his own money. Currently, he operates it out of the home of his parents in Caledonia, He certainly has aspira­ tions to scale the business into a nutritional supple­ ment empire - he men­ tioned he’d like to get in front of the investors on the television show Shark Tank - but first he is building brand awareness in the local area. “We’re getting there,” he said. “We’re close. Right now, we're just growing the local area and getting influ­ encers and starting to scale the company. And that’s when something like an investor would come into play to really scale the com­ pany.” DeMorrow spends a lot of time making his rounds to gyms, weightlifting compe­ titions or simply jumping on social media to tell people about the product, which is with a family friend, who has belonged to the health and nutrition industry for decades. 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I HEATING 8 COOLING ► 210 East Main Street, Caledonia 5:PIili 1 II 1 % e!-------■ •wj r ► -I •V r 41 7 7 & James DeMorrow stands between Derick (left) and Dez (right) of Royal Body Personal Trainers, which is based in Grand Rapids. (Courtesy photo) J??. and I’ll represent your brand.' We want them to believe in the product for sure before they just throw something out to try to gain traction.” DeMorrow said that he also hopes that others might draw inspiration from the fact that he chose to take a bet on himself by starting the new business. “I really just want to try to be an inspiration for kids my age or just anyone that might be thinking about a new job but don’t know if they want to take the risk,” DeMorrow said. “I want it to be the sort of thing where, if I can do it, then anyone can do it.” similar to a protein shake who are huge into fitness but does not clump. It is also and working out and you lactose-, dye- and glu- can relate to them,” ten-free in addition to pack­ DeMorrow said about pro­ moting the products at ing 20 calories per serving. DeMorrow has set up a school. website (invisibleforcenu­ Finding influences, or trition.com) for his new those with a relatively high venture, but he said that a profile on social media, is few local gyms are selling key in building momentum for Invisible Force directly to for Invisible Force. customers. However, However, DeMorrow is These gyms include Max particular when it comes to Effort in Caledonia, Grand what sort of influencers he Rapids City Gym and chooses to align his brand Temple Fitness of Wayland, with. It also helps that he has “We usually do sort of an returned to campus for a interview process with them new year, where he is sur­ to make sure they’re a good rounded by many like-mind­ fit,” he said. “We don’t ed classmates. want someone that is like “You're around people ‘Pay me a thousand dollars jiia Wk • • k EISlR 4 Man Mb I I I I I I I I I % % “The company built by referrals ” James DeMorrow, owner of the new business Invisible Force, has found him­ self becoming increasingly interested in physical fitness and weight lifting. Here, he prepares to lift as part of a competition. (Courtesy photo) Locally owned business. I ■I ' t I ff . I ♦ • > 11 i 1 4 i * •l * » * I I 4 4 I * I ft » t » > ► I �1 The Sun and News, Saturday, September 3, 2022/ Page 7 Gaines Township seeks input on parks and trails master plan James Gemmell It I * ■s I I •l — . K13S jOjs ■’•■ton kto'ltn ■ ■ * ta.' bitaiti E• t «TICKS 11 c I o’ WIKMK&S tol?* sses sari Fere. KiM yjlCT is w® lain I* , r isrt > W jir* i ** * •1 i "X 5 £ * *111 Contributing Writer An open house to receive public input on a Gaines Township Parks and Trails Master Plan will take place Sept. 14, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the township hall, 8555 Kalamazoo Ave. SE. Community Development Director Dan Wells said township planners hope to finalize the parks and trails master plan by either the end of this year or in early 2023. That also is the timeline they are targeting for completion of an overall township master plan that will focus on where residential, commercial and industrial property should be developed during the next 10 years. The township master plan is separate from the parks and trails master plan. The open house will serve as a guidepost for implement­ ing parks, trails and recre­ ational goals over a five-year * period. Township staff also have launched a public survey that asks residents about how they think the township’s parks, There are four parks in Gaines Township — all but Dutton Shadyside are owned trails and recreation areas should be upgraded. Citizens shows where they are. (Courtesy of Gaines Township) have until Sept. 23 to respond to the survey, which is posted township master-plan survey give the board some perspec­ Department notified township online at surveymonkey. are not the same ones they are tive on whether residents staff recently that it is consid­ ering the possibility of purThe being asked in the parks and might support a parks and com/r/VL3P8FC. chasing a multi-acre section trails millage. gainestownship.org website trails master plan survey. This past spring, many res­ of land adjacent to Dutton “We provided them with also has a link to the commu­ the initial results (from the idents expressed in the master Shadyside Park, and asked nity survey. This past spring, a pair of first survey) and we tweaked plan survey a desire for more the township if it might have open houses for the overall some of the questions based trails and open space for rec­ potential interest in sharing in township master plan (not the on the public input that we reational activities in the that purchase. It is only in the parks and trails master plan) got," Wells said. “Clearly, township. Wells said the cur­ discussion stage at this point from the master plan input, rent survey on parks and trails and no dollar figures have were held at the Dutton Fire Station and the Gaines branch people are really supportive asks residents for specifics been released publicly. The of the Kent District Library, of more trails and more open about what types of parks and county owns the 18-acre park A public survey conducted space in the township. So, we recreation improvements they on Hammond Avenue. Wells said the county typically through July 31 gave resi­ wanted to drill down on - would like to see. “Where would you ride a expects a municipality to con­ dents a chance to give their especially - the bike trails recommendations on where question: Where would it be bike from point A to point B? tribute 20 percent for park residential, commercial and appropriate to try to find plac- And there are three routes that space when it is a joint coun­ industrial growth should be es for more bike trails and people can fill out where ty-township purchase. Wayne Harrall is Deputy developed in the township multi-modal trails that can be they’d like to bike, or where Director of used for anything really, not they would like to go, if not in Managing over the next several years. a car,’’ Wells said. “And so, Engineering for the Kent In June, the township board just bikes?" Township board and staff we’re hoping to look at what County Road Commission. accepted an $8,740 bid from the popular popular routes routes would would be be He said the KCRC would be Grand Rapids-based M.C. members have begun prelimi- the from that that information." information." willing to work with Gaines Smith & Associates to pre­ nary discussions about wheth- from will­ Township to accommodate But will residents be willpare the Parks & Trails er a fund for acquiring future Master Plan. The township park land should be estab- ing to pay a dedicated millage pedestrian access within its received bids from five com­ lished. Some board members to support improvements to existing road right-of-way or have said it might be prudent parks, trails and recreational to help connect park trails. panies for the project. But the road commission Our consultants will bring to consider setting up the areas? “It’s hard to gauge," Wells does not build a separate mounted boards showing township fund or asking resiPrairie Wolf Park, the unde­ dents if they would approve replied. “Sometimes, millag­ paved area for bicycles along veloped sites and the town­ of the dedicated millage to es go flying right through. As a road unless there is a curb in ship trails. We will set them help the township pay for long as people are clear on between. The majority of the up on easels, so people can open land when opportunities what it’s going to be used for and they see positive results non-motorized areas we see view the facilities and system, to buy it arise in the future. “An ongoing problem for from it, then they’re generally and give their thoughts on PUBLISHER’S future recreation develop­ the township is we just don't supportive.’’ NOTICE: Seyferth said at a recent have the spare funding to pur­ ment," Wells said. All real estate advertising in this newspaper is chase land when it becomes township board meeting that Township officials are subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it ille­ planning to pursue state and available,’’Wells said. “Every the 2021 American Rescue gal to advertise “any preference, limitation or federal grants, plus private once in a while, we have an Plan Act allows federal eco­ discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex. handicap, familial status, national origin, age or donations for purchasing opportunity to buy some land nomic-stimulus funds to be marital status, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial open land, and improvin e>CT to set aside for a park, and we used for purchasing future status includes children under the age of 18 living park space. The township was parks and recreational facili­ can’t act quickly enough with with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. allocated about $2.7 million a that, because we don't have ties. But they also are asking to This newspaper will not knowingly accept residents in the survey if they discretionary funds lying in ARPA funds, any advertising for real estate which is in viola­ tion of the law. Our readers are hereby informed would consider supporting a around around to to be be able able to to do do somesome- Municipalities across the that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are potential parks-and-trails thing country have until December available on an equal opportunity basis. To report parks-and-trails thing like like that." that." discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at dedicated millage. No specifTownship Manager 2024 to report to the federal Township 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone num­ ber for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. Jonathan Seyferth said the government how they plan to ic millage amount has been mentioned yet by township millage question was includ- use their ARPA money and ed because it is a common until December 2026 to spend officials. obtaining additional right of way width as it reconstructs sections of those roads. The KCRC has no dedicat­ ed bike lanes on area road­ ways, but has some shared lanes that include four-foot­ wide paved and gravel shoul­ ders for vehicles and bicycles. Those include some recon­ structed stretches of 84th Street and 100th Streets in Gaines Township. Harrall said the KCRC has worked in the past with Caledonia, Cascade and Courtland town­ ships in paving more shoul­ ders to make roads there more conducive to bicyclists or jog­ gers. Gaines Township planners have discussed the possibility of applying for DNR grants later this year to leverage investments in parks and other green areas. Besides Shadyside, there are three other parks in Gaines Township: The 91-acre, county-owned Earle Brewer Park on 84th Street, which is often the site of local and regional soccer tournaments, and disc-golf championships. Prairie Wolf Park, which has 45 acres along Kalamazoo Avenue and is owned by the township; and Creekside Park, which is a small county-owned park on 68th Street that serves as a trailhead for the Fred Meijer M-6 trail. by Kent County. This map (are) separated from the edge of the road," Harrall said. “If you're looking at true trail users, you've got people walking and people with younger children. And in those cases, having it separat­ ed from the roadway edges is the safest facility." However, he said the KCRC could accommodate a separated trail along the 84th Street corridor between Kalamazoo and East Paris avenues. That is because the county recently has been Irving Township Board of Trustee Meeting, 8-19-2022, 6:30PM 3425 Wing Rd. Hastings, Ml 49058 Attending: Knight, Olson, Sokolowski, Bass, Buehler and nine members of the public. Topics: Commission Report, Fire Re­ Report’ ceme“ Digital TV Antennas CaD Phone Boosteis 2 *4 269.967.8241 TV ANTENNA & TOWER INSTALLATION www.theantennamen.com $3,900 -Clean • I « ■I I 44 ♦ _ V The horse is for sale too. The Kent County Parks i < ♦ SOLUTIONS Repairs - Remodels - Restorations Servicing Barry and Kent Counties KEVIN WEZENSKY 269’569-9398 < hl * ♦ I I < ir ♦ ^41. ’ J’ • I i •• i ft r < I 4 4 ♦ 1 > * k* 1 4 4 ■ I a I ! LevisHQmeSolutions@gmail.com www.LevisHomeSolutions.com I * I Licensed & Insured I ♦ I -fflOMHW- EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY • 1 I LS K i T ■ ■ MA it. I Submitted by Sharon Olson, Irving Township Clerk Approved by Supervisor, Jamie Knight. 187132 Call Dave 616.318.2743 r r question to ask in a parks survey. And because it will tery report. Approval of July Minutes Treasurer report Formation of Community Advi­ sor Council- Tabled Bill Pay $ 159,745.00 roll call vote all “YES” Election Board of Canvassers’ minutes for Irving Potential 911 tower. Votes: Update Resolution 2017-9 Ap­ proved Update Policy of sale of munic­ ipal property/disposal. Approved Proceed with Land swap Pro­ posal- Approved Appointment of Broadband Li­ aison- Approved. Full minutes are available at www.lrvinqtownship.org, at the Township Hall or by calling 269­ 948-0633 and requesting a copy. I >t* WBl 44 Wells said the questions residents answered in the I I I Antenna Men1 ? WE WORK ALL g ? WINTER r I I I I 4 4 i �»*-4* —V *< •** ** - * * * . - Page 8/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 3, 2022 Gaines Planning Commission reviews proposed 165-unit housing development on 76thStreet in the township’s recently comContributing Writer pleted apartment guidance The Gaines Township planbooklet Commission ning commission got its first Planning look at a proposed 165-unit, Chairwoman Connie Giarmo said that a homeowner's asso­ mixed-use housing developciation should be established to ment on 76th Street in the maintain some of the proposed Caledonia/Dutton area. development's open spaces During an Aug. meeting, and amenities. the planning commission voted “If we’re talking about a dog 64) to give tentative approval park, who's going to take care of a preliminary site plan with A preliminary architectural elevation of a proposed of it if no one's responsible for some modifications, and set a it? The township?” Giarmo 165-unit, mixed-use housing development was pro­ public hearing for whenever asked. vided to Gaines Township for consideration. (Photo the applicant is prepared to ‘That’s a good question,” courtesy of Gaines Township) submit a revised site plan. Wells replied. “And I think Grand Ridge Investments they can establish a homeown­ planning consultant David LLC will be asking the planning Rober also said the buildings er's association independent of Jirousek that the drive serve as should have some variation in commission to give consider­ site plan plan condominium. condominium.”” aa site a full street connection to 76th their exterior design, rather than ation for a rezoning of the prop­ “But we would have to Street. Otherwise, the 132-unit having an aesthetically displeaserty from a residential designation to a planned unit developrequire something like that,” townhouse development would ing “cookie-cutter” look. ment. The Warren Woods Giarmo said. “We can’t just only be accessible to 76th Planning Commission mem­ ber Ryan Wiersema expressed Preserve PUD calls for 33 sinassume someone's going to Street from a single driveway. “Typical street design concern concern about the proposed proposed gle-family home lots and 33 take care of this when no one's four-unit townhomes. The sinresponsible.” requirements include two density of the townhomes and • The developer would also points of access when more likely clear-cutting of trees to gle-family lots would be on the northern section of the property have to make some boundary than 75 units are included in a accommodate construction of and the townhomes would be in adjustments, because the north- development,” the Aug. 16 let- the houses. em edge of the townhouse ter read. the southwest section. “This a nicely forested area buildings would overlap parcel Planning Commission mem­ The property's zoning desig­ mature trees,” he said. “I nation is Residential-14, which ber Brad Waayenberg said still think we need in our ordi­ boundaries. is for single-family neighborAlso, an easterly driveway is 76th Street has almost no nance a tree-replacement kind shown in the preliminary lay­ shoulders in that area and vehi- of deal. We're getting to the hoods. Four-unit townhomes are not allowed in that type of out as being an emergency cles often speed down the road, point where we've got to start zoning district, which is why access to the townhomes. But He also said some houses along thinking about those kinds of the applicant is seeking a PUD the Byron Center-based that stretch are close to the things, because when you designation. Vriesman & Korhom civil road. remove those trees ... you To receive township approv­ engineering company recom­ “I would certainly want both remove all sorts of things.” al, Community Development mended in a letter to township entrances to be full access to PLANNING the public all the time. If I were COMMISSION king, I’d have a bridge going 187133 APPROVES STEELCASE GAINES CHARTER up to the north part (of the par­ REQUEST FOR RAPIDS cels), ” he said. “ Along with DRIVE EXTENSION TOWNSHIP Alexander Trails, you’re add­ The planning commission KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN ing a lot of traffic on that road.” voted 6-0 to approve a special r N S H Waayenberg said rebuilding land use request by Steelcase the road, lowering speed limits, Inc. for an extension of Rapids NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING adding sidewalks and reducing Drive so it can access undevelthe density of the units pro- oped lands south of its Wood The Gaines Charter Township Planning Commission will hold public hearing to consid­ er the following requests at the September 22, 2022, 7:00PM meeting: posed for the development Plant and the Amazon.com would make 76th Street safer properties. The location is 1. Special Land Use request to allow a total of 394 square feet of accessory buildings in the multiple-Family Residential (R-3) zoning district in that area. south of 68th Street and west of “ I think we ought to have two Patterson Avenue. More spea. Property Address: 110 Wavell St., SE, Grand Rapids, Ml 49548 curb cuts there,” Vice cifically, between Amazon and b. Parcel #: 41-22-07-351-015 Chairwoman Ronnie Rober said. the Great Lakes Coca-Cola “I just think that one is going to plant. The extension will serve c. Applicants: Carl Kukawski back traffic all over the place.” the Steelcase planned unit Director Dan Wells said that the PUD must be consistent with the township’s master plan. He noted that the two parcels are designated for low-density residential use in the township’s 2017 future land use plan. “It should be less than four dwelling units an acre, which that meets,” Wells said. “It's just that there’s so much open space and unbuildable space that the units are pushed into a smaller area than if they were in a typical subdivision. So, that is the concern; that it’s too dense.” The parcels encompass 56 acres at 2355 76th St. and 2201 76th St. SE. The location is on the north side of 76th Street, between Kalamazoo and Hanna Lake avenues. That is just west of another proposed housing development, Alexander Trails, that could be built over multiple phases on 159 acres over several years. On Aug. 25, Grand Ridge’s DJ VanderSlik provided the township with some architectural sketches for the proposed Warren Woods Preserve project. Wells said the aesthetics are compatible with township standards for new developments, but the front-facing garages for the townhomes are not preferred under stipulations James Gemmell . • • • • • • I 2. Special Land Use request to allow a 2,400 square foot accessory building in the Agricultural/Rural Residential (A-R) zoning district, for a total of 2,688 square feet of accessory buildings on the property. ‘ a. c. Property Address: 4700 84^ Street SE Parcel#: 41-22-24-200-044 w» \ 5<l! L Applicants: Mark Troy 4. Special Land Use request to allow 3,440 square feet of accessory building in the Agricultural/Agri-Business (A-B) zoning district a. Property Address: 8869 Kalamazoo Ave., SE, Caledonia, Ml 49316 b. Parcel#: 41-22-20-400-016 c. Applications: Corey Judson, Zahn Builders, Inc. 6_ 5.UBS Property Address: 9888 Janna Lake Ave., SE, 9975 Sunrise Ridge SE, 999 Sunrise Ridge SE Day Shift 10am-5ish pm b. Parcel it's: 41-22-26-352-001; 41-22-26-352-005; 41-22-26-352-006 Agressive pay - plus tips! Free Meals! Applicants: Gaines Charter Township • Apply in person. 9321 Cherry Valley Ave., Caledonia jdubbssignaturesubs.com • Facebook: jdubbssignaturesubs -616-275-1184 — LOCATION OF HEARINGS: GAINES CHARTER TOWNSHIP OFFICES, BOARD ROOM, 8555 KALAMAZOO AVE., SE, CALEDONIA, Ml 49316 f Hours: Mon - Wed 11 am-8pm, Thurs- Sat 11 am - 9pm • Sun 12pm-6pm 9 t 9 I { •* I 4 I « I r * ♦ 4 t l L ♦ » y. 0 & ’A I* I* 0 c’ $ z I® Wls ‘ftp tri!!® ■k Mi it i« in 12 f !MIKH 9 ‘itt a. Any interested party may appear and be heard on said proposals. Information related to these requests may be inspected, by appt., during regular business hours at the Planning Department window located in the Gaines Charter Township Offices. For information related to this request, con­ tact Dan Wells at (616) 980-6188 or dan.wells@gainestownship.org. In order to be entered into the public record, signed written comments must be received by 5:00 PM on September 22, 2022. Persons with disabilities needing special accommodations should contact Kim Triplett at (616) 698­ 6640 one week prior to the meeting to request mobility, visual or any other assistance. I $ Li*1 Immediate Opening Sandwich Artist A Planned Unit Development (PUD) major amendment request to amend the rear set­ back distance requirements for Arthur's Dream PUD c. 1 IT JOIN OUR TEAM I 4 «J 3. F yDUBBi 3 b. development. Steelcase intends to divide a section of its Wood Plant par­ cel so one section can be sold to an unnamed industrial compa­ ny. Township planners said the purchasing company would need water and sewer utilities extended along that elongated portion of Rapids Drive. The township board and Kent County Road Commission had already approved an 867foot road extension this past spring. But Steelcase came back in August with a request for an additional 83 feet of road to be extended southward onto private property. That required the special-use permit. The project now needs standard approval from the township engineer and fire department, the KCRC and the county drain drain commission before it can begin. SWITCH INC. SWITCHES GEARS, SCRAPS PROPOSED SECURITY WALL Switch Inc. received approv­ al from the planning commis­ sion last year to build a 312,000-square-foot data stor­ age facility at the site of its Pyramid building on East Paris Avenue. But that was only after a month of debate with town­ ship officials about the aesthet­ ics of a proposed 12-foot secu­ rity wall to protect the security of Switch's clients' data. The commission told Switch that the aesthetics of the gray wall near the road would have to be enhanced considerably. Now, Switch has decided to remove the security wall from its site plan and put up a clear­ view fence, instead. Wells said it would still meet all the global technology firm’s security requirements “and not make it look like a prison On a unanimous voice vote, the commission agreed to pro­ cess the change through an administrative review. // $ » I r 4 I 9 t t 'f 7 'W I I �The Sun and News, Saturday, September 3, 2022/ Page 9 MHSAA survey says nearly half of athletes play multiple sports K. * x 1 i■ kt. % s jn i <1 »*5 Im ■ " school year, was among lowed by Class C (47.8), students. For both sport parpar­ results of the task force’s Class B (41.3) and Class A ticipation as a whole and work. (No survey was con­ (37.7). multi-sport participation speducted for 2019-20 as spring Those percentages - total cifically, the smallest Class sports were canceled due to and by Class - all were A schools enjoyed the highCOVID-19.) slightly COVID-19.) slightly lower lower than than what what was was est percentages, while perThe MHSAA 2021-22 produced by the 2017-18 centages then decreased for Multi-Sport Participation survey, which saw 42.5 per­ every larger size group of Survey received responses cent of students total partici­ schools. This has remained from 85 percent of member pating in athletics. However, consistent over the last five high schools, the highest the percentage of athletes years. response rate of the four competing in multiple sports “The multi-sport partici­ years the survey has been in 2021-22 was higher than pation survey again shows conducted. Survey results in 2017-18, 44.3 percent to that student-athletes across showed a slightly lower per­ 42.8 percent. the state continue to focus on centage of member high For 2021-22, 46.5 percent participation in several sports school students participating of male athletes and 41.4 and the benefits that come in athletics compared to the percent of female athletes with that participation for inaugural survey in 2017-18 played multiple sports. Class their school teams. What the - but a higher percentage of D again enjoyed the highest numbers don't show is the multi-sport athletes among percentage of multi-sport behind-the-scenes benefits of those playing at least one athletes among this group, at multi-sport participation, sport, 60.8 percent, followed by said MHSAA assistant direc­ For 2021-22, schools Class C (58.5), Class B tor Cody Inglis, who has responding to the survey (49.5) and Class A (36.7). served as coordinator of the showed 40.4 percent of their Similar results for overall multi-sport task force. “So students participated in ath- sport participation and multi multi-­ many student-athletes see letics during the last school sport participation relative to great success on and off the year - 43.5 percent of boys enrollment size were seen by field with their teams, team­ and 37 percent of girls. Class further breaking down Class mates, friends and peers D schools enjoyed the high- A into schools of fewer than while also developing the est percentage of athletes 1,000 students, 1,000-1,500 lifelong lessons that sports among the entire student students, 1,501-2,000 stu- done right provide. We con­ body, at 51.8 percent, fol- dents and more than 2,000 tinue to believe and know More than 44 percent of athletes at Michigan High School Athletic Association member high schools partici­ pated in more than one sport during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Multi­ Sport Participation Survey conducted this spring, the fourth such survey conducted by the MHSAA over the last five years to monitor the rate of specialization in school sports. Early and intense sport specialization has become one of the most serious issues related to health and safety at all levels of youth sports, as overuse injuries and burnout among athletes have been tied to chronic injuries and health-related problems later in life. In early 2016, the MHSAA appointed a Task Force on Multi-Sport Participation as part of a contin ued effort to promote and protect participant health and address the issues leading to early sport specialization. The annual Multi-Sport Participation Survey, first conducted for the 2017-18 with more than 80 percent of its athletes taking part in more than one sport: Brown City (95.7), Decatur (87.4), Niles Brandywine (85.6), Ishpeming Westwood (83.2) and Flint Beecher (80.4). Five Class D schools responded at higher than 90 percent multi-sport participa­ tion. with Coldwater Pansophia Academy and Kinross Maplewood Baptist both reporting 100 percent of their athletes played multiple sports. McBain Northern Michigan Christian (98.6), Ewen-Trout Creek (94.3) and Detroit Douglass (91.7) were the next highest on the Class D list. A total of 10 schools have appeared among the top 10 percent in their respective classes for multi-sport participation three of the four years of the survey: Battle Creek Harper Creek. Detroit Cody, Gibraltar Carlson, Grand Rapids Northview, Hamtramck, New Baltimore Anchor Bay, Ovid-Elise, Warren Lincoln, Athens and Maplewood Baptist. that student-athletes who are involved in multiple sports are more successful, benefit from the variety of sports and see huge long-term ben­ efits.” The MHSAA Task Force on Multi-Sport Participation also recommended measur­ ing multi-sport participation in MHSAA member schools to recognize “achievers” that is, schools that surpass the norm given their enrollment and other factors that affect school sports partici­ pation. In Class A, Bay City Central (78.7) and Livonia Franklin (77.7) posted the highest percentages of multisport athletes in 2021-22, with Clinton Township Chippewa Valley (75.6) and Parma Western (75.4) also reaching 75 percent. In Class B, four schools achieved at least 80 percent multi-sport participation Brooklyn Columbia Central (85.8), Detroit Southeastern (84.6), Warren Michigan Collegiate (84) and Durand (82.6). Class C saw five schools Sials Maas goal nets Scots win over defending Red champs wZ; E Kentwood team that won the conference champi­ onship and a district title a year ago. Junior Nathan Maas scored the lone goal at Scotland Y ard midway Wednesday, through the first half, as Caledonia evened its OK Red Conference record at 1-1 with the win over the Falcons. The goal came in tran­ sition with what coach Ifaturoti called one of Maas’ “brilliant one-vone moments” in which he made something out of nothing. In the end, Brett Bremer Mr A j'mi KE® ih » W 3E! SBIiliiiHE I I x naHis awdi I • Il g t lai I I 4-tjCiai 3®wa 11ft '•V j Sports Editor If the Fighting Scots have shown their coach anything special so far this early season it is their resiliency. Caledonia rallied from a 1-0 hole for a 2-1 win over Kalamazoo Central, fought back from a 2-1 deficit to earn draw with Forest Hills Eastern and then after a rough loss at 4-0 Grandville to open the OK Red Conference sea­ son Monday the Fighting Scots bounced back for a 1-0 win over and East Maas somehow managed to find space between a pair of defenders to get a shot through and into the net. It was a back and forth game throughout against the Falcons who are now 4-3 overall this season and 0-2 in the OK Red. “Kentwood is a great team. They gave us a lot of trouble. I am proud of the boys,” Ifaturoti said. East Kentwood kept pressure on the Scots, especially as it fought equalizer, for an goalkeeper Caledonia Isaac Vire earned the shut out in net with steady play from center back Luke Vogeler and fellow defenders Jaxson Higgins and Gavin Long helping preserve the clean sheet. It is the first shut out of the sea­ son for the Caledonia defense. The Fighting Scots are 3-2-1 after the win. Caledonia has another tough OK Red match ahead at Grand Haven Thursday, Sept. 8, and then will be at Portage Central outside of the conference next Saturday, Sept. 10. Fighting Scots win first District 19 equestrian contest of the season for the meet. Forest Hills Central beat out South Christian and Thomapple Kellogg for the Division B win. The Rangers put together a score of 148 points ahead of the Sailors' 98 and Trojans’ 75. Wayland won the three-team Division C competition and Lakewood edged Silver Creek and Maple Valley for the top spot in the Division D standings. The Caledonia varsity equestrian team opened its 2022 season by winning the Division A title Saturday at the first Michigan Interscholastic Horsemanship Association District 19 meet of the sea­ son at the Barry County Fairgrounds. The district will get together again Sept. 11 for meet two of three. The Caledonia team outscored Hopkins 288-217 in the Division A standings 3a t Need some extra CASH? ||B* - Supplement your income by delivering newspapers each week. Caledonia, MI a Your Safety is Important to Us S Complete Collision Service i / Frame Repairs y State & I-CAR Certified Technicians y Direct Repair Facility * Most insurance companies 9 WMBA J GOLD CLASS ICA^ ■ Lesonal Water Bourne System 269-945-9554 Ed Pawloski Jr., Owner 110 Johnson St., Caledonia • www.edsbody.com ' % % i iI * * 4 V| • » * I I A V] I v* ■■ I rv ♦ I i ’ I k ■ I I k I I t > tk t i K * V a l I x U k t $ ♦ CWMpWfl 'The People Paper' k » ’ » 1 » — 1351 N. 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They will host South Christian Wednesday, Sept. 7, in the return from the Labor Day break and then visit Forest Hills Eastern Sept. 12. Brett Bremer Sports Editor ‘Let’s play soccer.’ may have been a good chant for the Trojan student section as the Thomapple Kellogg var­ sity football team took on Lowell in its Pink Arrow contest in Lowell Thursday. The Trojan varsity boys’ soccer team was a part of the evening’s activities as well and got things started off well for the orange and black by scoring a 6-3 non-conference victory. The win was the fourth straight for the TK boys who are now 7-2 over- Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Caledonia varsity girls’ golf team scored a top ten finish at the Thornapple 22-team Kellogg Invitational at Yankee Springs Golf Course Aug. 19. South Christian took the day’s team championship with a score of 328, ahead of Sparta 333, Byron Center 338, St. Joseph 362, Northview 366, Gull Lake 367, Zeeland West 368, Mona Shores 374, B’ 376 and Lowell Caledonia 376 in the top ten. Lowell also had a team place 11th with a 381. The host Trojans were 12th with a score of 386. Caledonia sophomore Copelin O’Krangley led her team with a 79 which put her in seventh place individually, one stroke better than TK’s sophomore leader Ailana Leos Thornapple Kellogg sophomore Jayce Curtis goes up for a header with a Wayland player during their OK Gold Conference opener in Middleville Monday eve­ ning. (Photo by Dan Goggins) 187147 Township of Yankee Springs 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS, BARRY COUNTY, MICHI­ GAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at said public hearing include, in brief, the follow­ ing: ZBA 22-009-20 PARCEL ID #08-16-065-012-00. 10896 Shady Lane, Middleville, MI 49333. A request by property owner, KLH Custom homes, builder for property owners Edward and Kathy Wilcon, for variance relief from the set­ backs established by section 12.4 “Required Set­ backs ” /. The subject site is approximately .205 acres in size. The property is currently zoned Gun Lake Residential Lake Front (GLRLF) and the applicant is requesting relief to allow for the construction of an single family residence that fails to meet the required side yard set­ backs. 5’ side yard setback is required - 4’4” is provided. ZBA 22-009-21 PARCEL ID Formal interpretation of zoning ordinance A request by Township Zoning Administrator Eric Thompson of PCI, for a formal interpretation of section 12.4.2.C “Side Yard Setbacks”. Such other business as may properly come before the Zoning Board of Appeals. The Yankee Springs Township Zoning Board of Appeals and Township Board reserve the right to make changes in the above-mentioned public hearing. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place. Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days' prior notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Town­ ship Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS By: Jacob Welch, Chairperson Yankee Springs Township Hall 284 N. Briggs Rd. Middleville, Michigan 49333 (269) 795-9091 z /J *c % i & 4^ L I IF 5(51^ CLS’s Treib makes a splash at season’s first swim meet PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held on September 21, 2022 commencing at 6:00 p.m. at the Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N. Briggs Rd., Middleville Ml, within the Township, as required under the provisions of the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and the Zoning Ordinance for the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE In addition to participation during a public hearing, members of the public may also pro­ vide comments for the Zoning Board of Appeals’ consideration by emailing or mailing those comments to the Zoning Board of Appeals for receipt prior to the meeting, in care of the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson (ethompson(g)pcimi.com) or by leaving a phone message prior to the meeting with the Town­ ship Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson at 616-877-2000. who shot an 80. Byron Center junior Macie Elzinga vas the individual champion with a one-under-pur one-under-par 71. Zeeland East junior Carly Lukins was second with a 75. South Christian was led to the title by a 77 from junior Ashley Thomasma and a 78 from senior Lucy DeHaan. Freshman Codie O’Krangley scored a 94 for the Fighting Scots. Junior Elizabeth Honhart shot a 98 and senior Sara Flynn scored a 105. Behind Leos for TK, junior Kendra Coe shot a 101, sophomore 101, Rae Borrink scored a 102 and junior Emma Schut scored a 103. South Christian’s top five also included an 86 from senior Natalie Northouse and an 87 from senior Maya Wierenga. 0 place finish at the 11-team Sports Editor Northview Invitational The Caledonia/Lowell/ Saturday. Thornapple Kellogg goalkeeper Luke Kaiser pro- South Christian (CLS) varThere were a pair of tects his net during the Trojans’ 4-2 win over visiting sity girls’ swimming and relays contested. The CLS Wayland to open the OK Gold Conference season in diving team opened the girls were fourth in the 200Middleville Monday. (Photo by Dan Goggins) 2022 season with a sixth- yard medley relay and sixth in the 200-yard freestyle 187118 relay. Isabella Treib had a big 8196 Broadmoor Ave. SE Phone: 616.891.0070 Caledonia, MI 49316 Fax: 616.891.0430 Caledonia day for the CLS team plac­ TOVCNSHIP . ing third in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA 56.13 seconds and she was KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN also the runner-up in the PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the 50-yard freestyle with a Charter Township of Caledonia will hold a public hearing for a rezoning on time of 25.49 seconds. Both September 19, 2022, at 7:00 p.m at the Caledonia Township Hall, located at times are already good 8196 Broadmoor SE, Caledonia, Michigan 49316. enough to qualify for the Parcels are legally described as follows and located at 8671 Kraft Avenue MISCA Meet later this sea­ SE, parcel number: 41-23-19-200-029 son. Rebecca Teammate Darter also had a great 50-free, finishing in 27.02 seconds. Emmory VanHofwegen £ had a top ten finish for CLS in the 50-yard butterfly with a time of 29.44 seconds. Northview took the cham­ pionship at its home meet with a score of 386 points, ahead of Grand Rapids Christian 245, Byron Center 216, Grandville 215, Wayland 159, CLS 114, Spring Lake 106, Ludington All interested persons may attend the public hearing and comment on the 96, Hamilton 95, Otsego 69 proposed rezoning. Written comments concerning the requested rezoning and Manistee 4. may be submitted to the Township office, at the above-stated address, up to The CLS team is set to the time of the public hearing. open the OK Red Conference Dated: August 29 2022 season at Rockford Sept. 8 PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE and then will be a part of the CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA West Michigan Relays. Brett Bremer I iW i iMkt I ■ ’..•’ta® । n w , ’tea : lib Im I i f i«iWp * 3®nk I ( - *.. si ■ « ■ >1 * » Si s $ %5 r vm % ( �I I The Sun and News, Saturday, September 3, 2022/ Page 11 Trojans race Under the Lights at South Christian I to Brett Bremer among a field of six more than 127 runners. Jenison took the Twilight Division Large School girls’ title with 36 points ahead of Zeeland West 63, Forest Hills Northern 72, Grandville 100, Allendale 103 and Thomapple Kellogg 141. “Our main goals heading into this event were to have fun in this unique racing environment, give maximum effort for what we had on the night, to get a reasonable sense for where we are with our fitness, and to have fun,” coach Wilkinson said. “Yes, I know I said ‘have fun’ twice, but that’s most of what this was going to be about. I’m proud of our girls in general because of who they are but I’m proud of the effort they gave and I was glad to see their smiles, hear their laughter, and to witness their joy. For some of them,* W/' this will be one of those meets where later in life they ask each other, ‘Remember the respectively, the Thomapple Sports Editor Kellogg boys’ and girls’ were The Friday night lights a part of the 9:50 p.m. and were for the cross country 10:25 p.m. Twilight division runners last week. races, and the Delton Kellogg “Hundreds anxiously wait­ and Lakewood teams ran in ing to cheer wildly for the the Midnight boys’ and girls’ teams that are ready to do bat- races that started at 11:00 p.m. tie adorned with face paint and and 11:35 p.m. shouting their school’s respec­ “For the Lady Trojans, the tive war whoops along with starting gun went off around fireworks to start things off 10:30 p.m. and the twelve may sound like a football teams in the Twilight Division game in cities and towns * emerged from the comfortable across the United States,” confines of the well lit starting Thomapple Kellogg varsity area into the often rather dark girls’ cross country Wilkinson abyss of the race course,” described after the Trojans coach Wilkinson described, opened the season at South He said junior Ava Crews, Christian’s Under the Lights the team’s lone returning state Invitational Aug. 26. qualifier able to compete this Middle school and three fall, was “biding her time and divisions of varsity races reeling in one athlete after began taking off from the another until crossing the finstarting boxes at just after 8 ish line.’’ Crews was tenth overall in p.m. Hastings varsity teams were a part of the Sunset boys’ the Twilight Division Large and girls’ races that began at School girls’ race with a time 8:40 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. of 20 minutes 11.20 seconds SI? & & v*N * s ■5^ . Si S5 Ji'; 4 Ma ** C IM S‘i i '*.S time when ' and the stories will commence." TK junior Holly Velting was 24th in 21:42.10, joining Crews in earning a medal. “Holly is demonstrating early this season that she recognizes that we have gaps to fill from last year and she is stepping up to do her part," coach Wilkinson said. “She is a ‘hard nosed' runner and grinds it out. She’s a tough nut." Not too far back was the of senior pack Lucy VanDemark, senior Lindsey Veiling and freshman Madison Kietzman. VanDemark was 37th in 22:51.80, Lindsey Veiling 39th in 22:54.00 and Kietzman 40th in 23:00.70. “Mady went out a little fast­ er than I likely would have advised, but tonight was also a good night to figure things out for herself, particularly as a freshman in her first meet. I was impressed that she kept her wits about her and stayed with 19: 21.90. also with his best time yet. Trojan junior Kaden Hamming was 68th in 20: 26.60. sophomore Hunter Tietz set his PR at 20:50.50 with a 77th-place finish and freshman Luke Archer was 92nd in 21:27.90. Hudsonville senior Jaben Bakker won the boys’ Twilight Division large school race in 16:32.90, one of six guys to finish in less than 17 minutes. The girls' championship went to Grandville senior Allison Amsman who finished in 18:23.50, one of three girls in the race to hit the finish line in less than 19 minutes. It was a big day for the OK Gold Conference. The South Christian boys’ and girls’ teams both won titles in the Midnight Division small school competition. The Forest Hills Eastern boys’ and Forest Hills Eastern girls’ both took titles in the Sunset Division large school contest. the group of veterans and didn't back down," Wilkinson said. “Roughly halfway into the race I saw this group flash through the light and I was glad they were working together, They started to separate a little after two miles, but they were still a stone's throw from each other...not that we're advocat­ ing throwing rocks." VanDemark pulled away from the group somewhere in the shadows of the last half mile to finish third among the TK group. Zeeland West edged Jenison for the Twilight Division large school boys' contest 40-43. Hudsonville was second with 65 points, ahead of Forest Hills Northern 87 and Thomapple Kellogg 137. Junior Lucas Van Meter led TK by placing 11th in 17:13.50 impressively opening his season with a personal record time. TK had sophomore Christien Miller 45th in A * Trojans can’t build offensive rhythm against ‘Pink’ Arrows *l.J | rYett Bremer I WSMIWl * I wt5-j i _ * (»A Mil’ll a lEWIF [ii ©lai . 2 in 3351 53^^- ifclri* 4 few afcjii** Hl I a Sports Editor The Thomapple Kellogg varsity girls' golf team scored a fourth place finish at the OK Gold Conference jamborees hosted by South Christian Wednesday. South Christian took the win on its home course of the Railside Country Club Wednesday shooting a 178. Catholic Central was second with a 185 ahead of Forest 187124 8196 Broadmoor Ave. SE Caledonia, MI 49316 Phone: 616.891.0070 Fax: 616.891.0430 Caledonia TCWNSHIP Ata— CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Caledonia will hold a public hearing for a rezoning on September 19, 2022, at 7:00 p.m at the Caledonia Township Hall, located at 8196 Broadmoor SE, Caledonia, Michigan 49316. Parcels are legally described as follows and located at 8569 76th Street parcel number: 41-23-11-476-001 187119 8196 Broadmoor Ave. SE Caledonia, MI 49316 Hills Eastern 195, Thomapple Central sophomore Ava Kellogg 219, Kenowa Hills Wisinski each shot a 42 to tie 228, Cedar Springs 232, for second. South Christian also got Wayland 245 and Otawa Hills NTS. 44s from seniors Natalie Thomapple Kellogg soph- Northouse and and Lucy omore Ailana Leos finished DeHaan. in a tie for tenth with score of Thomapple Kellogg got 48 to lead her team. 56s from juniors Kendra Coe South Christian junior and Emma Schut and junior Ashley Thomasma was the Joselyn DeBoer added a 59. Ottawa Hills will host die day’s medalist with a 40. Cedar Springs sophomore conference at Indian Trails Aavra Relich and Catholic Sept. 7. Brett Bremer it was against, Hastings. We got off the ball better, we played with a better pad level and we stayed true to our responsibilities. Those three things alone make you better in a heartbeat.’’ Thomapple Kellogg trailed 28-0 at the half with Lowell quarterback Jackson Reisbig going 7-of-8 throwing the football in the first half. He tossed three passes in the first two quarters. A big TD run early in the second half pushed the Red Arrows’ lead to 35-0 and then an intercep­ tion returned for a touchdown upped it to 42-0. Thomapple Kellogg will be at home Friday, Sept. 9, to take on Wayland in the OK Gold Conference opener. It will be the Trojans’ Salute to Service Night in Middleville. head coach Jeff Dock said. “That was a great experience. Offensively, we were terrible in the first half. We had opportunities and we just couldn't capitalize. We had some penallies. We just couldn’t finish drives." The Trojan defense did well against the Lowell run game in the first half, a big improvement from the previous Thursday night against Hastings, but the Red Arrows made some big plays in the passing game and picked up the rushing attack in the second half. Dock was pleased with the defense being better at the line of scrimmage after being gashed by Hastings, “Collectively, we played good solid team defense against the run,” Dock said. “It was night and day better than Sports Editor The Trojan offense never got going in the annual Pink Arrow game in Lowell Friday night. The Thomapple Kellogg varsity football team fell to 0-2 on the season with a 49-6 loss to the host Red Arrows. Back-up quarterback Grant Middleton rushed into the end zone during the third quarter to score the only points for TK on a drive that was sparked by a big kick return from team­ mate Tyler Gavette into Lowell territory that was aided in the end by a Lowell penalty. Middleton got some work with starter Carsen Burbridge a little banged up and the game already out of hand. “It was great to be a part of the Pink Arrow game,” TK b TK ladies fourth at Railside Phone: 616.891.0070 Fax: 616.891.0430 CaledonlA TOWNSHIP . U * CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA & * »। COUNTY OF KENT, MICHIGAN * PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Caledonia will hold a public hearing on September 19, 2022 at 7:00 p.m., at the Caledonia Township Hall, 8196 Broadmoor SE, Caledonia, MI 49316. The public hearing is to receive comments regarding the application of Haworth, Inc. for the special land use request of Light Manufacturing in the 1-1 district. The address is 5199 68th Street and parcel number: 41-23-064-510-53. The Light Manufacturing use is for the eastern portion of the building, approximately 55,000 square feet of area. . 3 Bu < 9 Ar'*, I , -fg 4 ♦ J «»■»■ 1 .3 •> I -J ta. > ■ . g T-:ar i - - • L- J I - J ________ 0 1 I 1 I ao* A •u PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA 1 I *4 « I • k I ) * I > 4 I < I ( * t 4 v I % I » A .. * | 4 1 * » 4 axe All interested persons may attend the public hearing and comment on the proposed rezoning. Written comments concerning the requested rezoning may be submitted to the Township office, at the above-stated address, up to the time of the public hearing. • » 1 ♦ a 1 * 0I^ rd * I - - Dated: August 29 2022 s ■ Z r PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA 1 , r • _"L 4Z I Dated: August 29, 2022 I 44 * z' I5 X a kiji All interested persons may attend the public hearing and comment on the proposed special land use. Written comments concerning the request may be submitted to the Township office, at the above-stated address, up to the time of the public hearing. ' ,& !>Z MJ /« hf : 1 I * I I �4 Page 12/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 3, 2022 Marcukaitis flies through final leg of 400 relay sophomore Aubrey Hawks and senior Cadence VanOoy joined Sophia in winning Tuesday’s relay in 4:24.06. Abby Marcukaitis set the DK/TK/HHS record in the 100-yard freestyle at 53.62 seconds in 2019 and the 50-yard freestyle record in 24.52 seconds in 2020. While relay splits to straight starts aren’t directly comparable, Sophia’s relay splits from Tuesday certainly put those records well within reach as well as state qualifying marks in those events. The DK/TK/HHS pro­ gram is hoping that a return to the state finals at the end of the season for the 200yard medley relay team that includes returning swimmers Sophia Marcukaitis, Preslee Hall and Holly Carpenter is within reach. Coach Carl Schoessel said after Tuesday's meet that the key to chances of that happening will be home many improve­ ments the team can make in the backstroke over the course of this season. The junior Carpenter and senior Hall teamed with seniors VanOoy and Erin Brett Bremer Sports Editor The anchor swimmer for the Ionia varsity girls’ swim­ ming and diving team’s 400yard freestyle relay team proved quite the carrot for Delton Kellogg/Thornapple Kellogg/Hastings junior Sophia Marcukaitis to chase Tuesday. Marcukaitis took off nearly 20 seconds behind the last Bulldog in the last race of the night at the Community Education and Recreation Center in Hastings. Putting up a first 50-yard split of 23.05 seconds, Marcukaitis was just five seconds back. By the end, the DK/TK/HHS team had won by more than six seconds. Marcukaitis was moving. Her first 50 split of 23.05 seconds was faster than any 50-yard split in a 200-yard freestyle relay or 400-yard freestyle relay race by a DK/ TK/HHS girl all of last sea­ son, which included times from her big sister Abby Marcukaitis who is now swimming at Purdue University. The team of sophomore Malia Hamby, DK/TK/HHS junior Lizzie Middleton works her way to a victory in the 500-yard freestyle during her team’s win over visiting Ionia in the CERC pool in Hastings Tuesday evening. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Delton Kellogg/Thornapple Kellogg/Hastings senior Preslee Hall races to a runner-up finish in the 100-yard butterfly during her team’s non-conference win over Ionia in the CERC pool in Hastings to open the 2022 season Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Strength in Uncertainty B uckland .TnAuwt/nce 1979. Jenny McKeever P.O. Box 100, Delton, MI 49046 (269)623-5115 • bucklandinsurance.com Contact Us Today! 404 I. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, Ml 490 vS 1-800-442-82” www.h.istingsinurujl.von) Hastings Mutual » < INSURANCE p www hastingsmutual com I •* I V » 4 / f . / < f * H t » 1 ♦ c I I I I I T 'A i * • ' ' * » £ r Daniels to win the 200-yard medley relay in 2 minutes 9.77 seconds, leading off the DK/TK/HHS team’s 101-77 win over the visiting Ionia girls. The team actually had the top two teams in that relay with the team of junior Isabella Morey, senior Kasey Kapteyn, freshman Siena VanOoy and sophomore Hamby second in 2:22.96. Marcukaitis started her season in the pool with a winning time of 2:19.69 in the 200-yard individual med­ ley and added a winning time of 1:11.99 in the 100-yard breaststroke. Carpenter took the 100-yard freestyle in 1:01.17. Hall, Carpenter, Marcukaitis and Hawks took the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:53.77. . Junior Lizzie Middleton won the 500-yard freestyle for DK/TK/HHS in 6:59.46. Coach Schoessel joked after the meet that he was pleased Ionia's foreign exchange students hadn’t arrived yet, as he feels like the Bulldogs traditionally somehow are able to add a fast swimmer or two from overseas every year. The Bulldogs have a few of their own homegrown tal­ ents who showed off their skills Tuesday. Madeline McGee, a senior, won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:04.21 and the 100-yard backstroke in 1:02.31. Her freshman sis­ * ter Amelia McGee took the 50-yard freestyle in 27.02 and the 100-yard butterfly in > ’ .. ■ 1:05.57. DK/TK/HHS comes into the the fall fall expecting expecting to to score score well well in in the the diving diving competicompeti­ tion tion and and certainly certainly did did so so Tuesday with girls earning three three of of the the top top four four scoring scoring places. Sophomore Abby Dumond won the event with a score of 208.40 points on her six dives. Junior TJ Myers was second at 170.20 and senior Eve Bishop right behind at 168.85. 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Now, two years after the park opened, a splash pad will finally be built at Community Green. The Caledonia Township board Wednesday approved awarding the bid for the splash pad construction to Holland­ based EV Construction, which submitted the low bid of $353,667 for the project. Three companies submitted bids for the project, ranging from $353,667 to $440,000, according to bid documents. Community Green is owned by the township but is located within the village limits of i’il 311l to KJ 2£V/ roH oii£q vlUnfi 5’fIT bi£od biswa JO b£q limdua OOIfH ft zbid moi I bl003£ ioD sdt yd nidliw townsnip engineer loaa Boerman, the board added on aa 10 10 percent percent contingency contingency toto the the project, project, bringing bringing the the budbud­ get to more than $389,000. When the board approved its 2022 budget budget inin November November of of 2022 last year, it set aside $350,000 for the splash pad, Township Treasurer/Administrator Richard Robertson said. Construction is expected to begin right away on the splash pad, which will be located near the Caledonia branch of the Kent District Library and the Community Green amphitheater. It had been originally planned to be built next to the original pickleball courts. However, high demand for the space resulted in additional pickleball courts being built We re going we inougi le setting ot e> t? to have builtnearer to the in benches, very similar, echo­ the splash pad library and and the the shelter shelter house ing amphitheater,” library house ing the actually made made more more sense, sense, so so Harrison said, actually we made those adjustments,” Construction on the splash Township Supervisor Bryan pad could be completed later Harrison said. said, “We have this fall or early winter, so that Harrison decided that now is a good it will be open when the time to go to bid." weather warms back up in the Part of the bid involved sub­ spring of 2023, Harrison said. bing in a different concrete con­ “It won't create as many tractor than had been involved conflicts with the activities that with the development of the we do in the spring and sum­ amphitheater, Harrison said. mer in the park," Harrison said. When we did the The splash pad is one of two Community Green amphithe­ major remaining projects to ater, the concrete work was, complete Community Green, while acceptable, it wasn’t to the other being construction of This patch of open space just east of the Kent the premium that we wanted a maintenance building. The for the finishes on it,” Harrison latter project was put on hold District Library Caledonia branch and just north of the said. “There (were) visible earlier this summer after bids amphitheater is the planned location for the new seams, things like that.” for construction came in well Community Green splash pad that’s expected to open Kent Companies will han- above budget. next spring, (photo by Greg Chandler) 44 44 Middleville’s Noelle Bair named MDHHS director for Barry, Allegan counties FLIPPING THE SCRIPT: Caledonia theater students to perform self-written play r ?/n i nofto slq £ i J ornw lufl noqqsri slq ILfri .loorio?sniH □ aiod ft fqnoz i V£lq £ Itbo ni 'loorioz 1A oniH srlT IubVsG TVlOlfc/I loiaoX voleeifl w CI £1£>1 <£/l bO£ siiT lesI lo nq Hal ds51 sift '(filq £ Staff Writer It’s not something you see often in high school theatre - a play where the students write the script. But that's exactly what's happening with this year's fall play at Caledonia High School. Nine CHS theatre mem­ bers collaborated on the script for “The Lost RATs," a play that will be presented in early November at the school’s Peter V. DeLille Fine Arts Center. The students are Evan DeVault, Emilee Ferris, Lauren Katelyn Ferris, Claudia Kosiorowski, Rissley, Michael Russell, Kara DeVault, Sam Temple and Raven Medina. The inspiration came out of last year’s CHS Players fall production “Alice and the Rabbits of Wonderland," a play that was written by Kate (Lane) Bauer, the group’s director. “The kids know that I wrote plays in college," Bauer said. “So we did an original play of mine because they asked for it. They found it in my records and (said), ‘Can we please do it? Some of the students were 4 aioiw 44 ktnigno iZB (9(1) *■ ni ni Ji KJ i A t 9 / * * 1 9 « I f ) < e > I f ♦ F A < f » > » » A f Noelle Bair was adopted See BAIR, page when she was less than a year old in her native Texas. As an adult, she has been a foster parent with her hus­ band. Byron Hoogwerf. Now, one of her main goals as director of the local office of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is to encour­ age more Barry County famiFrom left, Evan DeVault, Emilee Ferris and Katelyn lies to become foster parents. Bair, a Middleville resiFerris were part of the writing team from Caledonia High School, which developed the script for the dent, was named Sept. 1 as school’s fall play. (Photo by Greg Chandler) director of the MDHHS Noelle Bair offices in Barry and Allegan decided somewhere in the things. Obviously, it has to be school appropriate," said middle,” DeVault said. Emilee Ferris, also a CHS Bauer, who is teaching fresh­ senior, said she enjoyed the man English this year in addition to serving as direc­ script development process. • Middleville Art Walk campaign We all had our different tor for the CHS Players. “We ideas of how we wanted it to do have a lot of middle secures another grant go. We decided to come up schoolers that come, so I with compromises,” Ferris kind of gauged that - we • Kent County reports feedback want all your siblings to be said. received concerning ARPA funds Katelyn Ferris, a CHS able to see it without your freshman, said one of the parents having a problem • Charlton Park supporters challenges was agreeing on a with it, and I want your grandma to be able to come conclusion to the play, campaign for millage renewal While Bauer generally see it without your grandma gave students free rein to having to talk to you after­ • TK soccer suffers shutout loss create the script, there were a wards.” The Lost RATs” is a play few limitations she insisted to South Christian on. “I did say no to a couple of S66 SCHOOL THEATRE, pag6 2 9 t * v r I I’ » ' I » ff * < I & i * I I t I » 4 < 4 i 44 ■ V < » 44 » 9 3 Sil SSUJ E IN < v I 9 Staff Writer •7 f f 9 * I counties, replacing Tim Click, who was recently Greg Chandler inspired by performing in a play written by their teacher, and then started creating their own scripts for plays, Bauer said. “I (thought), ‘How can I capitalize on this forward momentum that the kids have, empowering them, (telling them) you can do this, this is a thing that is achievable for you?'" she said. So Bauer put together an after-school workshop to be held during the final week of classes last spring, to devel­ op a script for the play. “On the first day, we came up with ideas, and then we worked on it for three days, and the fourth day we edited it," she said, “I told the kids you can write whatever you want. It's their humor. They put references to a cartoon they all liked. It’s got allusions to stuff they like," she added. But agreeing on a script idea was a bit challenging, according to Evan DeVault, a senior at CHS. He wanted to write a pirate-themed play, sort of along the lines of the “Pirates ot the Caribbean series. “Other people wanted to do a classic romance. We Greg Chandler > I i J. 9 < I t F I » I t I /j •- * F 9 v » I » r * I f < I I I . I ! I i c I I 1 »■ I It I X i I V I I I * I I I 4 I I I c I V V I I I * I • • I » I 1 » I I 4 * �Gun Lake Tribal Council members begin new term Members of Gun Lake Tribe's tribal council were sworn into office on Sept. L . Three Tribal Council seats were up for vote in August, Tire members of tribal council elected include one new member. Virginia SpragueVanderband. along with two incumbents — Nicole Overbeck and Chairman Bob Peters. The newest council member. Virginia SpragucVanderband. has been a large part of the tribal community for decades. Her most recent position as executive director of orga­ development nizational and training began back in 2010 with Gun Lake Casino We welcome Virginia to tribal council and look forward to the fresh viewpoint that she will bring to the leadership of Gun Lake Tribe, said tribal council chairman Bob Peters. The results of the recent tribal election left the posi­ tion of tribal council trea­ surer vacant. During its Sept, I meeting, tribal council voted to place Nicole Overbeck in this position, “Many thanks are due to Tomic Williamson for her years of service to the citi­ zens of Gun Lake Tribe,” said Peters, Peters. “Tomie was tribal council s treasurer during some of the most challenging times we've seen in recent years, and it has not gone unnoticed by the rest of tribal council and the citizens she served. Chairman Peters has been a member of the tribal council since 2014 and council member Overbeck has been on the council since 2018. As a federally recog­ nized Indian tribe. Gun Lake Tribe is a sovereign nation with the powers of self-government. As such, tribal council is the elected governing body, comprised I I I o 4 F Bob Peters Nicole Overbeck of seven Gun Lake tribal citizens. Serving council members are elected for a four-year term, with terms being staggered based on the voting district repre * sented. Each council mem­ ber must run for and gain re-election during their cycle in order to retain their seat on Gun Lake Virginia SpragueVanderband tribal council. The Match-E-Be-NashBand She-Wish ____ of Pottawatomi Indians (Gun Lake Tribe) has a rich his­ tory in West Michigan and close connection to the land. The Bradley Indian Mission, located near Wayland, is the historic res idential and cultural center point of the tribal comma nity. The tribe's ancestors, and political predecessors, signed treaties with the United States government dating back to 1795. The tribe was re-affirmed to federal recognition in 1999. 11 Mi .. X $ •!> r>‘ 1 Ml SCHOOL THEATRE, continued from page 1 ■, «r § IF and Kevin Kline. “(The story is) kind of a rip on Peter Pan, where there’s a street gang of little thieves, and they can't agree what the group name is.” Bauer said. “They came up with the Really Angry Turtles and the Rambunctious Angry Teens. that falls into the sub genre known as “steampunk’* - a form of science fiction inspired by 19th century industrial steam-powered machinery. An example of the form was the 1999 movie adaptation of the classic tele­ vision show “Wild Wild West’ that starred Will Smith It’s kind of a joke through out the play.” Auditions for the play will take place Sept. 13. with the cast list to be posted three days later. Bauer expects about 40 to 50 students to be involved in the production between cast members and crew. “Every one is excited about the play. We re a little bit more excited (because we wrote wrote it). it).”” Emilee Ferris said. “We're more eager to get started.” The play is scheduled Nov. 10-12. Shows are scheduled from 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday and two shows on Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. Bauer said that she has heard concerns from a few parents about the idea of a student-written play and whether it would be any good. She has no such worries. “They did a really, really good job. Il's just a dclightfully good play,” Bauer said. “It's hilarious in the parts where the kids (in) the little street gangs argue, and then it has an overarching story that actually has meaning to it. I’m just so impressed with the results. 1 do hope people come to see it. iJLf ' 4 । M Middleville Art Walk campaign nabs another grant James Gemmell Contributing Writer The good news keeps coming for the amphithe­ ater Art Walk project in downtown Middleville. A crowdfunding cam­ paign was launched in midJune, soliciting a minimum of $25,(XX) in donations in order to earn a matching grant through the Michigan Economic Development Corp.’s (MEDC) Public Spaces Community Places program. A total of $25,93! was raised with contributions from 736 donors. And now, the Middleville Downtown Development Authority has announced another grant of $21,250 has been awarded for the I project through the MEDC’s Revitalization and Placcmaking (RAP) pro­ gram. The funds will be distributed through The Right Place Inc. Altogether, nine projects in West Michigan are receiving grant funding totaling $3.4 million. The RAP incentive program is disbursing $I(X) million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan com­ munities. This $3 million in fund­ ing will spur more than $10 million in placemaking project investments. Tim Mroz said in a news release. He is Senior Vice President of Community Development SA THE HOTTEST STARS AARON TIPPIN • COLLIN RAYE SAMMY KERSHAW ROOTS & BOOTS TOUR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 for The Right Place. “We must continue to invest in bold place-making initia­ tives that provide an incred ible quality of life for Michiganders, while also serving as a magnet to attract new ,talented people to the region.” Among other things, the funds for the Art Walk proj­ ect will pay for three flat, tiered seating levels to be built around the amphitheater in Middleville. It also will fund the purchase and installation of more sculp­ tures near the amphitheater and trail alongside the River in Thornapple Sesquicentennial Park. T'm really happy the way our community and our businesses came together and helped make all this happen,” DDA Chairwoman Kim Jachim said. At least $50,000 was required for the project to proceed. The $25,931 that was raised in the crowd­ funding campaign, com­ bined with the $25,000 MEDC matching grant, had brought the total to $50,931 by Aug. 26. *4 With the RAP grant that was announced Sept. 7, the funding total is now $72,181. As with the MEDC grant, the RAP grant also required matching amount to be raised before it could be awarded. DDA Director Katherine Bussard said the $25,O(X)plus raised in the crowd­ funding campaign can be used as a match for both grant programs, “So, instead of having to come up with $50,(XX) (in community donations), we re able to spend that $25,931 once and have it satisfy the requirements for a community investment in both of the (grant) programs,” Bussard said. “We didn't plan on getting both grants. We thought we'd get one or the other. So, the additional funding means we can invest in bigger and better art for the space, and nicer-quality art. Maybe, more pieces of art in that area.” The project has raised $46,250 total in grant mon­ ies, leveraged from the S3) HW F fl UM 'i ir® In MIDDLEVILLE ■ ' Wil® ART WALK $25,931 in donor contribulions through the crowdfunding campaign, which was run by the DDA and the Thornapple Arts Council. “So, basically, the invest­ ment of the community through that crowdfunding wasnTjustmatchedonce.lt wasn’t just matched once. It was almost matched twice because of the impact of these two grants,” Bussard said. With the additional fund­ ing, she said the DDA may consider adding a conceptual Phase 2 or Phase 3 to the amphitheater and Art Walk activation project. Bussard said the DDA art committee will be meeting soon to discuss it and then talk about recommendations with the full DDA board. The proj­ ect will require Middleville Village Council approval, The DDA board will award the construction con­ tract sometime this fall. 1 he project was put out to bid earlier this year. 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Broadway - 269-945-2192 CASINO* MOTEL •«TVIE CRtIK » - Sept 17th - h,. ■ 9 9 9 • * 9 9 « « « * V• �The Sun and News, Saturday, September 10, 2022/ Page 3 KCSO: No alcohol or drugs involved in Gaines Township fatal crash I1 JI I Contributing Writer The Kent County Sheriff s Office said the driver who caused a fatal head-on crash in Gaines Township on June 29 did not have alcohol or drugs in his system at the time. “Drugs nor alcohol were a factor,” the KCSO wrote in an email reply for this article, adding that an inves­ tigation revealed Robert Peter Antecki was the at-fault driver in the crash on Kalamazoo Avenue. Police say his southbound Chevy Trailblazer crossed over the center turn lane near Crystal Springs Boulevard, * hl •l 11 < I ■«. » s-a Greg Chandler Staff Writer Middleville plannin eo commissioners say that the village should contin­ ue to maintain planning and zoning functions inside Village Hall and move ahead with finding a person to fill those respon­ sibilities. Commissioners by con­ sensus Tuesday agreed that the village should start the process of finding a replacement for Brian Urquhart, who resigned as assistant village manager and planning and zoning administrator, effective June 7, to take a planning position with the city of Grand Haven. “If you start the ball (rolling) now, we're going to be three to four months down the road before you get somebody in a posi­ tion,” Commissioner Troy Newman said. “If we wait three months before we start that process, then we're six to eight months out.” Fellow commissioner Bruce Farrell expressed reservations about starting the process now since the village has not yet hired a new manager. Three candi­ dates are to interview with the Village Council for the & manager position on Sept. 24. (The new manager is) between 68th and 76th streets, and struck a north­ bound GMC Terrain. The driver of that vehicle, a 29-year-old man from Alto, was seriously injured. The crash occurred around 8:30 p.m. The drivers were the only people in their respective vehicles, so no one else was injured. “Why the at-fault vehicle crossed the centerline is still unknown to investigators,” the sheriff s office said. The KCSO, the Cutlerville Fire Department, American Medical Response (AMR), and the Kent County Road Commission were the responding agencies. James Gemmell w Middleville planners call for planning, zoning administrator search »i4. ** li 585 & . attsf Police say Robert Peter Antecki’s Chevy Trailblazer crossed over the center turn lane near Crystal Springs Blvd, and hit another SUV headon. (Photo from KCSC) going to want to have some say, I would think, in who he’s going to work with ... whoever that person is needs to be part of the pro­ cess,” Farrell said. Co-interim Village Manager Duane Weeks didn't see a problem with starting the search now. “I would say most likely we would have that village manager position filled prior to interviewing and hiring (the planning and zoning administrator),” Weeks said. Weeks said he would bring the commissioners' recommendation to the Village Council for their consideration. “(We're going to) tell them this is what we think would be best,” he said. “They're going to kick it around and have some dis­ cussions about it. We get an agreement on that, and hopefully we will try to set the timing up so that we can put it out there and start collecting applicants at the time that we’re bringing a new manager in, and then (if) we have a manager in here, he can filter those (applications) through.” sibilities to the position, The village currently has a part-time code enforce­ ment officer, but Farrell said that not enough time is being spent addressing vio­ lations. This code enforcement thing, to me, there’s a long way to go in this village to get that handled,” Farrell said. “There's a number of things that I see every day that is code enforcement that’s just not being addressed at all. It’s all fine and dandy to put a code together or put a resolution together and say this is something you don't want happening in the village, but if nobody enforces it, what difference does it make?” Weeks agreed on the code enforcement concerns. “A greater hand being involved in that and over­ seeing that, I think, is highly beneficial," Weeks said. “Also, I think it’s a necessity in that you need that higher administrative person to take, not necessarily a strong hand, but a fairly even hand in making sure you’re following the rules and making sure everyone is treated fairly.” Commissioners were asked to consider whether the planning and zoning functions should be out­ sourced. No one supported the idea. Mike Cramer, the village council’s liaison to the planning commission, said the role of the planning and zoning administrator in his eight years on the commis­ sion has been “pretty crucial” to to the the community community’’ss development. He pointed out out Urquhart Urquhart’’ss work work on on reviewing reviewing details details of of project project site plans, the update to the village zoning ordinance and Middleville’s certification with the state as a Redevelopment Ready Community as examples of the position’s value. We just reviewed our fourth free project from the RRC certification that we have,” Cramer said. “We’re seeing the dividends -1 hate to use Brian’s terminology of all all the -- of the hard hard work work that that we we put put in, in, reviewin reviewing and and updatingour master plan, working working on on joint joint planning planning with with (Thornapple) Township. 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For example, the local MDHHS office will be involved in next Thursday’s United Way Day of Caring, The department will also be involved in United Way’s Fresh Food Initiative, a local food distribution program to assist families in need, she said. “My focus has been to enhance our partnerships with agencies, and grow those relationships, so that we can have greater impact, Bair said, Bair and her husband, who is a children’s protective ser­ vices supervisor in Kent recently ~ , were County, awarded Foster Care Parent Hero of the Month and Foster Care Parent Excellence awards by Samaritas, a Michigan-based non-profit named director of the In-Home Services Bureau within the MDHHS Children’s Services Agency. Bair has been child wel­ fare program manager for Barry and Allegan counties since 2016, when she moved to Middleville. Because of her professional experience in the child welfare system and as a foster parent, she can offer insight to those who might be interested in foster parenting but have concerns that might keep them from moving ahead. “It’s very easy to identify some of the barriers to becoming licensed. One of our major initiatives right now with the state is to recruit more placement options, to focus on home environments for children instead of congregate care,” Bair said. “My own experience allows me to say ‘what are some of the barriers (that keep people from becoming foster parents). Is finding daycare a barrier? How can we help those (facing that challenge)? I can identify *barriers, ‘ ‘ for ‘ ways we look can improve (that situation).” Anyone interested in becoming a foster parent can call 1-855-MICH-KIDS, Bair said. 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GLASA has been transfer­ ring sewage from the lift sta­ tion on Vista Point Drive to a sewage collection point west of the channel. The repair work has been coordinated and both the gas main and the sewer main are in the process of being replaced, After contacting the State (EGLE), GLASA is preparing a report of discharge, They also have informed the Barry/Eaton Health FDepartment. GLASA has collected two samples of water from Gun Lake and will conduct the 24-hour E. coli test. Results on this are pending. Those with questions about the leak can call the GLASA at 269-672-5588. 'i 1 tits'1 I nJ11*’ iF id 1 a re This image shows where the possible spill occurred. (Courtesy image) 1 j®iW| I 7240 68th Street SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-698-8104 Rev. 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Ik** 1,15 to fas where IL ^teyiusjej Woffl fe Wist CL1 mti Contributing Writer According to Kent County officials, community groups and internal departments submitted 333 proposals for how the county should dis­ tribute its $127.6 million allocation of federal stimulus funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. The 319 community pro­ posals combined with 14 internal county department proposals would bring the cumulative cost of all the requested projects to more than $2 billion. But the ARPA allocation was only $127.6 million. So, the wish list is $1.87 billion more than Kent County will be able to distribute. Now it is up to the county commission's inter­ nal review committee and its external consultant, Guidehouse, to choose which projects to fund. “We have a significant challenge ahead of us to find those projects that we can, essentially, agree upon for funding," county board of commissioners chairman Stan Stek said in a phone interview. So far, the county has ded­ icated $10.7 million of its ARPA money to various projects. Subtracting that amount from its $127.6 million total allocation, that means the county has $117.5 million left to distribute. Stek said some of the $10.7 million allocated so far was for a critical infrastructure need at Knapp's Crossing. Breaking it down further, a portion of that amount also is being used to pay the nation­ al consultant. And the county board of commissioners is using $1.2 million in ARPA funds to waive food license 46 WiC r,| 1 il-kl |:13. to mil MH® SKI (M M®"- s. J ytifi £ —T—‘ kS» FUNDING GROUP PRIORITY RANKING Survey respondents were asked to rank the importance of ARPA funding groups, with 1 being the highest priority and 5 being the lowest priority. Community Health emerged as the top priority for all respondents. The table below shows the results for respondents’ top priority only. Note: The counts below only indude responses that hod ’ P selected tn the ranking portion of the survey. FUNDING GROUP L Kent County Administrator Al Vanderberg discusses ARPA funding in a forum at Gaines Township Hall. Seated: Kent County Board of Commissioners Chairman Stan Stek and District 2 Commissioner Emily Brieve. (Photo by James Gemmell) fees for county restaurants in deemed to be transforma­ ings will be posted at https:// 2022-23. tional in scope. kentcountyarpa.com. In addition, some funds Kent County leaders held “Because we are county were allocated to a broad­ three community forums this commissioners, first we have band-mapping project to help past spring to gamer public to identify the responsibiliidentify areas in the county input on how to spend the ties we have as fiduciaries to with inadequate broadband funds, the county operations and the internet service. And some The third forum of the county services," Stek said. ARPA money was applied to summer was held at the “And then, after deference to a healthcare project. Gaines Charter Township those needs and requireCongress passed ARPA in Hall on June 8. ments, identify what we can March 2021 to help munici­ In addition, a link to an in the community. And Andwe we palities across the country online survey asking how the really want to find projects offset losses suffered during ARPA funds should be dis- that that are are going going toto make make aa difdif­ the COVID-19 pandemic. persed was emailed to 90,(X)0 ference ference out out there." there." Each governmental unit was county residents in May. Stek and Kent County allocated a specific amount of They had until June 24 to Administrator Al Vanderberg stimulus stimulus funding funding based based on on its its respond. Stakeholders, led the community forum total discussions. Vanderberg said total population, population, as as estimated estimated including residents, agencies the county will not use a by the 2020 U.S. Census. and organizations, were able strict grading system when Municipalities have until to submit proposals for trans­ evaluating the various pro­ December December 2024 2024 to to declare declare formational projects via a posals submitted, but take how they intend to use their portal on that same website. The county announced on into account their viability ARPA funds and until December 2026 to spend the Sept. 2 it had received 3,837 and whether they will work money. The U.S. Treasury responses, and community in conjunction with other Department is allowing health emerged as the top projects. The review process municipalities to use their priority cited by the respon­ will begin early this fall. “It is our objective to have ARPA funds for investments dents. More than 1,545 proj­ in water, sewer, broadband ect ideas were submitted. the decisions on funding, at and other types of infrastruc­ Beginning Sept. 12, the digi- least, preliminarily resolved ture, as well as other projects tai catalog of ideas and rank- before the end of the year," Stek said. “I don't want to go into the next year with a new set of commissioners (post-election). It's not like they're not capable, but I want to use the same set of folks who started with this process." ♦ 0 CRAFTED LEAF CANNABIS .. —— H— ■» • -«v ~J "1 - I II 1F A ♦ • o Community Health 1380 Quality of Life 858 Infrastructure 599 Economic Innovations & Workforce Development 307 Improving Government Operations 420 The public ranked community health the highest amongst a list of priorities for spending Kent County ARPA funds. (Source: kentcountyarpa.com/dashboard/) Guidehouse will deter­ mine whether each project meets all the federal eligibil­ ity requirements for funding. The project ideas were placed into five categories that county commissioners created based on what they viewed as the community's core values and biggest needs. Those categories include community health, quality of life, infrastructure, economic innovations/workforce development and improving government operations such as buildings and technologies, Stek and Vanderberg said at the Gaines Township forum in June the county potentially could work with other communities to lever­ age ARPA funds for invest­ ment in larger-scale projects. We’re hoping it will reverberate. That it will be a spend where the value grows and grows into the future, That would be the best bar for a project submittal," Vanderberg said. County Kent 66 Commissioner Emily Brieve said after the Gaines forum that she would like to see (he county ARPA funds be invested in a couple of largescale community projects. “These are one-time dol­ lars," she said. “We're not going to be getting this in the future. We want to be wise about spending these: that we don't incur additional massive costs." Stek said the county likely will not be allocating ARPA dollars for a proposed $350 million waste-to-energy plant in Byron Township. Multiple municipalities are collaborating on that. The plant would anchor a Sustainable Business Park adjacent to the South Kent Landfill and extend south from l(X)th Street into Dorr Allegan County’s Township. “The Sustainable Business Park is such a significant. complex project that requires so many parts to fall in place, that it really is not - in our judgment suitable for ARPA funding," Stek said. cornerstone women D , * • .J A f* i • OF 1OP RANKINGS I % -- 4-^ •* IF* V r* *«r- - I Hanging a shingle t 4f a J » / I As one of two forthcoming cannabis retailers that will set up shop in Middleville, Crafted Leaf Cannabis now has a public-facing presence. 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Now, bring us your Development Corp, collaboContrihuting Writer ideas,'” Middleville interim rated with Williams & Works The Village of Middleville Co-Village Manager Alec on the project’s survey work. Council will take up for con­ Belson said. He is also the The MEDC provides assis­ sideration at its Sept. 13 meet­ village's Department of Public tance for such projects to com­ ing a preliminary conceptual Works director, munities like Middleville that design for a potential The vacant village-owned are certified as Redevelopment multi-family riverfront devel­ property has 550 feet of street Ready Communities. The opment on State Street near frontage and nearly 700 feet of RRC is a voluntary, no-cost downtown. waterfront. The ThomaoDle Thomapple program that helps communi­ The council’s Committee of Valley Church is just west of ties come up with effective the Whole voice voted 7-0 the site and a single-story redevelopment strategies Tuesday to move a draft con­ building is across the street to through a set of best practices, cept for the residential project the south. It used to be a man­ The Michigan Municipal on to the full council with the ufacturing plant, League is assisting, as well. intent of acting on it soon. If the “It’s a really unique site, Rakestraw said feedback village council votes to move Maleah Rakestraw told the from village council members forward with the project, the council via a remote video and village staff, plus adjacent next step would be to publicly connection. She is a landscape property owners, was used to postaRequestforQualifications and urban designer for develop the conceptual design (RFQ) for prospective develop- Williams & Works. Works. ““ItIt’’ss aa draft, ers to submit their ideas for pretty big parcel ... This ir “ So, through the MEDC is a2 developing the site. great piece of waterfront prop- this RFQ - once approved by Grand Rapids-based engi­ erty. We’re trying to show you - will be shared with the neering firm Williams & developers how close this development community to Works provided some concep- property is to your downtown, generate some buzz and inter­ tual drawings for the proposed The use of the Paul Henry est in this site,” she said told 36 State Street project, which Thomapple Trail is pretty council members. ‘The main could feature 19 market-rate unique to this site. And the fact part of this document generaltownhomes situated on 3.66 that there is a boat launch just ly is to outline the potential for acres along the southern bank to the north.” development and to share with of the Thomapple River. Other It will be up to the village the development community types of mixed-use develop­ council to decide which ideas your vision.” ment are possible. will be included in the RFQ. Council to interview three The design presented “We’re giving the develop­ finalists for village manager includes townhomes, a public ers brainstorming ideas,” position pathway, a stormwater-reten­ Belson said. “Now you bring A short list of three finalists tion area and leasable parking your plan to us.” for the village manager posi­ spaces. The layout would pro­ Some work would have to tion will be interviewed by the vide views of the river for be done on the site to make it village council at a special residents in 13 of the 19 dwell­ ready for redevelopment. An meeting on Saturday, Sept. 24. ing units. upgrade to the lift station will The finalists are Craig The density of about 5.2 be needed to accommodate the Stolsonburg of Middleville, units per acre would not project, because it only ser- who will be interviewed at 9 exceed the maximum eight vices one building currently, a.m; Jennifer E. Antel of units per acre allowed by the Belson said a developer and Wayland, who is scheduled for village in the transitional village staff would have to a 10 a.m. interview; and Jane industrial district downtown. negotiate who would pay for McGookey of Caledonia, who The development would be the lift station, will be interviewed at 11 a.m. built on a former industrial site Two sections of the proper­ The interviews are open to that is currently covered par­ ty would require environmen­ the public. The ad hoc search tially by a parking lot. tal remediation where, accord­ committee that reviewed the However, it is only a prelimi­ ing to village officials, Volatile seven original applications nary concept at this point, not Organic Compounds (VOCs) included Belson, village presi­ a site plan. • were discovered when engi­ dent Sherry Ronning, pro-tem“All this is is conceptual, to neers took soil and groundwa- pore Fran French, trustee Mike say (to developers), ‘This is ter samples, Lytle and clerk Glorimar Ayala, what we would like to see The Michigan Economic Committee of the Whole James Gemmell 9 93 A preliminary conceptual rendering provided by Williams & Works of what the State Street development might look like one day. (Courtesy rendering) 99 moves Street engineering project on to full council An estimated $1.5 million project to potentially recon­ struct High Street between Main and Washington streets next year was moved on to the full village council Tuesday by the Committee of the Whole. Belson said most of the water and sewer mains on that stretch of road were installed * J 0 * € FO AM) HWM 1 Williams & Works engineering firm prepared this proposed conceptual drawing for the State Street development by using survey and aerial imagery. (From mid­ dlevillevillagemi.documents-on-demand.com) <6 in the 1960s. Sidewalks are “Currently, Main Street to starting to fall into disrepair, as High Street is a disaster for well. Village staff will work routing trucks,” council trustee with engineers engineers to to replace replace 13 13 Mike with Mike Cramer Cramer said. said. He He asked asked lead or galvanized water-ser- Williams & Works engineer vice lines to homes, and install Brandon Mieras if some new water and sewer mains, a streetscape corrections will be new sidewalk and an upgraded made as part of the design storm-sewer system. project project so so that that large large trucks trucks will will Williams & Works has pro­ be able to turn the comer there. vided an engineering design Trustee Kevin Smith said estimate of $42,649. That he would support a centralincludes $27,180 for design ized-delivery method that work, $8,528 for design sur­ would allow truck drivers to veying, $5,44 for geotechnical park their vehicles in a set­ work (six soil borings) and aside space downtown. $1,497 for bidding. Belson Acom Treehouse Ventures said the project could go out to LLC recently purchased the bid in January or February. property at 115 N. High Street. “If we do move forward, we’ll Owner Johnny DeMaagd be looking at various funding plans to use the facility to sources for this project, using expand production for his cofsome ARPA (American Rescue fee shop business. Plan Act) funds, water-sewer Getty addresses county funds, the major street fund. In commission election contro­ October, we’ll be approaching versy the (Local Development Finance Barry County Commissioner Authority) to help assist with this Catherine Getty spoke at the project, as well,” Belson said. Committee of the Whole meet- ing about her being declared by a judge, as the winner of the Republican state primary race for the District 2 county commission seat. , The Aug. 30 ruling by Judge Vicky Alspaugh means Getty will be the GOP nominee and continue to hold the commission seat because she has no Democratic challenger in the Nov. 8 election. John Gallagher had garnered more votes in the primary, but was unable to take the seat because he lived outside of District 2 lines. “So, it was kind of a legal discussion about how that would take place,” Getty said. “But I think that going through the courts and throughthe judge to have a ruling was the proper legal remedy for a very confusing situation. Now, I’m just look­ ing forward to serving my community in the years to come.” * Si iS. �I I t The Sun and News, Saturday, September 10, 2022/ Page 7 Supporters push for Charlton Park millage renewal and restoration of 1987 levy Lake in Hastings Charter Township, at 2545 S. Charlton Park Rd. Barry County residents will be asked in the Nov. 8 general election whether they would like to renew the current annual millage rate of .2191 mills to fund the park and, also, whether they would like to restore the rate to the originally approved 0.25 mills. That is 25 cents per $1,000 of tax tax-­ able value. If approved, the millage rate would be in effect for nine years. “We feel that this is a modest ask of our community at a quarter-mill to continue to make Charlton James Gemmell Contributing Writer In 1936, Irving Delos Charlton decided to pre­ serve the past by donating 210 acres of property south­ east of Hastings to Barry County for a museum and recreation facility. He renamed it Charlton Park in honor of his parents. Before then, the area had been known as Indian Landing,► > because Potawatomi tribes had migrated there in the early 1800s. Today, the historic village, museum and recre­ ation area encompass 310 acres along Thomapple Park and the recreation area available to all of us for generations to come,” Catherine Getty told the xMiddleville Village Council’s Committee of the Whole on Tuesday night. She is vice chair­ woman of the Barry County Parks and Recreation Commission board. The parks commission, comprised of county officials and residents, govern all county parks. The current millage rate has not increased since it was passed in 1987. The restoration of the original 0.25 mills would restore the millage to what it was before the Headlee Amendment rolled it back. In 1978, Michigan voters approved the change to the Michigan Constitution to limit property tax revenues, The Headlee Amendment says, if the assessed value of a property increases by more than the inflation rate, the millage must be reduced so that the local unit’s total taxable property yields the same gross revenue, adjust­ ed for inflation. The amount of Headlee rollback that would be restored for Charlton Park is less than $2.50 per year for the average homeowner in Barry County. Renewal of the current millage would cost a typical home­ owner about $18.56 annual­ ly. “The main purpose is to provide operating and maintenance funds for Charlton Park,” Doug Klein said. He is president of the Friends of Barry County Trails citizens' Parks group, which paid for fliers and posters promoting passage of the millage. “The park is a valuable asset to the community,” * I I 4 T tj IWOKSi] ml * • 1 >' ■2 *4 ft ' hiiIU I f ! W < 'is i I® eh aa to triiaifm H L e ahiikri MH rlarfairial toito® I I I cad’ rid to y i Barry County Commissioner Catherine Getty, a parks and recreation advocate, spoke about Charlton Park at Tuesday’s Middleville Committee of the Whole meeting (Photo by James Gemmell) to edte -V Need seme extra CASH? fim ti»' • Supplement your Income by delivering newspapers each week. IHVi ... t Ofc* Klein said. “It provides rec­ reational opportunities; everything from picnic areas and a swim beach to the Historical Charlton Park village. That includes old houses such as blacksmith and carpenter shops, an old bank and a general store, It also serves as a place for schoolchildren to come and leam about the history of Michigan - and West Michigan, in particular. In addition, it holds special events on weekends throughout the year, The Fall Harvest Festival and Tractor Show' will be held in the park Sept. 23-24. An All Hallows Evening special event is scheduled for Oct. 29. And an event titled “Of Christmas Past is set for Dec. 10-11. More information is available at charltonpark.org. On most days, there is no cost to enter the park, which is open year-round durin; daylight hours. However, there are admission fees for some special events that have extra costs associated with them. The events gen­ erate additional revenue for park operations. There also are fees to rent park facili­ ties. “It is a beautiful park special with fantastic events,” Getty said, “We have considerable invest­ ment out there with our his­ torical buildings. But they take a lot of care and resources to maintain, These buildings are very old. It’s an amazing genera­ tional asset and we want to continue to offer this opportunity to explore the past. along with the natural ame­ nities of the area." Charlton Park hosts between 4,500 and 5,500 students annually for edu­ cational programs that pro- 4 I I 8 I OPENINGS Carriers are paid each week for papers and inserts £ . delivered. Alto will be celebrating its 41 st annual Alto Harvest Festival and 16th annual car show on Saturday, Sept. 17 with activities for all ages. The event will kick off with the Alto/ Township Bowne pancake Firefighters' breakfast at 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. The breakfast will run until 10 a.m. and will be located at the Alto Fire Station. Golf cart shuttles will be avail­ able to and from the break­ fast. Opening ceremonies for the festival begin at 10 a.m. at Veterans Park with the national anthem, a formal flag raising ceremony by the Girl Scouts and the pre­ sentation of colors by the Alto American Legion Post 528. The car show is expect­ ed to pull in nearly 2CM) hot rods from the community, Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and the show runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Goodie hags and dash plaques for the first 150 entries will he provided. The top 50 entrees will he awarded. Those interested will pay $10 to enter. The Alto American Legion is hosting hingo from noon to 6 p.m. Kids bingo will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. In addition to hingo, the festival will host a baking and pie eating contest. Kids can make their way to the Alto Baptist Church for the Kid Zone,” designated featurin a petting zoo, bounce house and more. Meanwhile the Alto Library will be conductin their gently used book sale, as well as a scavenger hunt during the festival. 44 4 ♦j RUUD FURNA CE TUNE- UP I ! I I s। I I T • • High Efficiency NEW FURNACE • ’ f $150 OFF I I * - Alto Harvest Festival and Car Show slated for Sept. 17 I Caledonia Rural Area I *4 it in Middleville Rural Zip Code Area 49333 Papers are delivered Friday night and Sat­ urday each week. Dependable adults with a driver’s license and dependable transporta­ tion necessary. ® L I IMMEDIATE access. The historic build­ ings contain more than 30,000 artifacts. Many of our buildings date back to the 1850s to 1900, and truly depict our rural American life and cul­ ture," Barry' County Parks director Dan Patton said. “Additionally, the millage helps us build partnerships with various foundations. businesses, grants and indi­ vidual donors - all dollars that go directly into the of operation Charlton Park. PRE-SEASON SPECIAL — — ■- vide a first-hand historical experience. “It brings the past to life," Getty said. “They get to experience candle dip­ ping, the township hall, and leam about the foundation of our governmental sys­ tem. They go into the oneroom schoolhouse, which was always my kids' favor­ ite because it's just so dif­ ferent from the way they leam now." Charlton Park has more than three miles of trails, plus shoreline and lake L presenttli this coupon. * Must present ' 1 & — I di Call today to set up an in-person interview and learn more about how you can earn some extra cash each week. HEATING & COOLING 269-945*9554 I « V^H ► ► 210 East Main Street, Caledonia VI “The company built by referrals” I 1351 N. 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A “no" vote would leave abortion access up to elected officials in Lansing or judg­ es, who have so far suspend­ ed enforcement of the state's 91-year-old ban under rulings that abortion opponents are appealing to higher courts. The Reproductive Freedom For All ballot committee began its petition drive in the spring and collected more than 735,000 valid voter signatures, an effort energized by a June decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that struck down Roe v. Wade and ended 49 years of federal protections for legal abortion access. for the ballot on Sept. 9 upon an order by the Michigan Supreme Court, which ruled that the two Republicans on the board had previously overstepped their authority by rejecting petitions over limited spacing between words. The November ballot will include a summary of the Michigan abortion proposal, but the full language can be found online. What the proposal would do Proposal 3, sponsored by Reproductive Freedom For All. would amend the All, Michigan Constitution to: • Guarantee that “every indi­ vidual” in the state has a “fundamental right to repro­ ductive freedom.” That would include the right to make decisions about abor­ tion, but also prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, miscarriage management and infertility care. • Still allow elected officials to prohibit or otherwise reg- generally considered around 23 to 24 weeks into a preg­ nancy. However, the state could not prohibit any abor­ tions that a medical profes­ sional deems necessary to “protect the life or physical or mental health" of the pregnant individual. • Only allow the state to restrict abortion rights if the restrictions are “justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restric­ tive means.” • Prohibit the state from penalizing or prosecuting an individual based on “actual, potential, perceived or alleged pregnancy out­ comes,” including abortion, miscarriages and stillbirths. Opponents argue the proposal would also invalidate other existing abortion regu­ lations, including a parental consent law for minors that lawmakers approved in 1991 after a separate petition drive by Right to Life of Michigan, The fate of those laws is murky and may depend on future court rulings. Staff Writer As construction is moving ahead on the expansion and renovation of Yankee Springs Township Hall, some addi­ tional items have been added to the project. The township board Thursday approved the installation of a security sys­ tem, video cameras and recording equipment for the building, which was not in the original project budget. The board passed the installation of the building entry and motion equipment, to be provided by EPS Security, at a cost of $10,310 plus a service agreement that will cost an additional $1,932 annually, and approved the purchase and installation of the video cameras and recording equip­ ment from Ocean Inc. for no more than $3,500. “The day has come where we needed to approve that addition to our service, an upgrade to our service,” Township Clerk Mike Cunningham said. EPS will coordinate with Mugen Construction, the contractor on the hall project, for the installation of the security equipment. Board members Thursday also approved a series of change orders to address issues that have been discovered since work began on the hall expansion and renova­ tion in July. “We were already talking about getting an upgrade in our security system, both entry and motion detection, and video recording (before construction began),” Cunningham said. “We got an estimate from EPS on both. Their pricing on the video was quite high. Our f FINANCIAL FOCUS Provided by Andrew McFadden and Jeffrey Westra of Edward Jones When should you adj ust your investment mix? There are no shortcuts to investment success — you need to establish a long­ term strategy and stick with it. This means you’ll want to create an investment mix based on your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon — and then regularly review it to ensure it’s still meeting your needs. In fact, investing for the long term doesn’t necessar­ ily mean you should lock your investments in forever. 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The township had pur­ chased a backup generator in 2019, but the township has since realized the unit’s lim­ itations. “We’ve learned that, when we were designing eveiything, that it is not big enough to han­ dle the air conditioning load, if there’s a power failure for both the hall and the office,” Cunningham said. “The office has air conditioning currently in a power failure like we had the last couple of weeks, but you can’t run the hall (air conditioning) also.” The township could sell the backup generator to offset a portion of the new unit’s cost, Cunningham said, Construction on the 1,700-square-foot addition that will serve as additional office space for the township is well underway. The expan­ sion and renovation had an original price tag of nearly $1.08 million, factoring in the construction bid by Mugen and design and engineering work by Fleis & VandenBrink. The township is financing $600,000 of the project cost through an installment purchase agreement with Highpoint Community Bank of Hastings, with the rest of the money coming from the general fund. M 4 • < <• 9 could lead you to review your portfolio to find new opportunities or to adjust your risk level — or both. You might wonder if you should also consider chang­ ing your investment mix in response to external forces, such as higher interest rates or a rise in inflation, as we’ve seen this year. It’s certainly true that these types of events can affect parts of your portfolio, but it may not be advisable to react by shuffling your investment mix. After all, nobody can-really predict how long these forces will keep their momentum — it’s quite possible, for instance, that inflation will have subsided noticeably within a year. But more important, you should make investment moves based on the factors we’ve already discussed: your goals, risk tolerance, time horizon and individual circumstances. By reviewing your port­ folio regularly, possibly with the assistance of a financial professional, you can help ensure your invest­ ment mix will always be appropriate for your needs and goals, This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Edward Jones, Member SIPC « 4 current (information technoltechnol­ ogy) ogy) provider provider (Ocean) (Ocean) was was able to give it to us at a much lower cost.” The building entry and motion sensing equipment will consist of five entry card readers, four motion detectors and two pass-through window sensors, Right now, we just have a keypad and regular keys (to enter the building), building),”” Cunningham said. The township had been paying EPS $504 a year for security service at the township hall, Cunningham said, Cunningham compared the new system to a similar security system now in place at the Thomapple Township Hall, “This is a step forward, better protection,” he said, Change orders for the hall project that were approved by the board Thursday included: • A revision that will allow for installation of a drop box, where people can drop off absentee ballots, taxes or other information when the office is not open, at a cost of $2,752 of $2,752 •• Electrical Electrical demolition demolition and and reworking reworking of of the the existing existing lighting in the basement, on aa time time and and materials materials basis basis not to exceed not to $1,500 exceed $ 1,500 • A hall storage closet door opening, for $652 for $652 opening, Additional concrete concrete going going •• Additional to the existing storage shed, for $1,875 • Adding a waler softener or conditioner, for $2,020 plus a filter for $1,000 • Repairs to the structural pilasters, which are rectan­ gular support columns for the hall, for $2,678 • New siding on the east side of the existing office, for $3,718 • Two additional windows on Greg Chandler 6' I » I I * ‘ _________________ .. * ________________ I 4 a S �1 f The Sun and News, Saturday, September 10, 2022/ Page 9 .1 Scots outpace TK teams in early morning C.C. opener Brett Bremer ,’V sS sS * *v JX is, ” t sJ- * c.. sS‘ Sports Editor Caledonia senior Natalia Quigley ran a sub 20-minute race for the first time on the blisteringly fast course at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids during the 2020 OK Red Conference Championship. She couldn't quite get below that 20-minute mark as a junior, but is clearly finding her stride at the start of her final varsity season. She hit the finish line in 19 minutes 59.0 seconds, just over a second off her PR from that sophomore season conference championship race, to take first in her team’s dual with visiting Thomapple Kellogg Friday morning, Sept. 2. The Caledonia boys and girls showed off their speed and their depth as they took victories over the Trojans. The Caledonia girls scored a 19-42 win. TK sophomore Ava Crews wasthe therunner-up runner-upininthe thegirls girls’ ’ was racewith with aatime timeof of20:26. 20:26. race The next four girls across the finish finish line line were were Fighting Fighting the Scots. Senior Leah Thompson was third in 21:25 and senior Madelyn Fennema fourth in 21:37. Scot junior Alyssa DeFields placed fifth in 22:17 and sophomore Adysen Daman was sixth in 22:22. TK junior Holly Velting was her team’s number two, hitting the finish line seventh overall in 22:42. “Ava and Holly were once again doing Ava and Holly things,” TK head coach Sam 46 Overall I thought the girls did really well. It can be intimidating for any team going head on into Fighting Scot territory and I thought they did a fantas­ tic job of keeping their wits about them and going about the business of giving their best,” coach Wilkinson said. “This is a great group of young ladies and they represented TK well today. I’m proud of them.” Of the first 21 boys across the finish line 20 were Fighting Scots. Caledonia senior Jordan Domany won the race in 17:00.4. Senior Blake Elliott was second in 17:26.5, sopho­ more Kort Thompson third in 17:55.4, junior Levi Moss fourth in 17:56.5 and junior Micah Nagel sixth in 18:14.1. The only guy breaking up Wilkinson said. “Ava led early being a veteran presence lead­ in the race, but she was in con­ ing that group for much of the trol of her effort and put up a race. ' great fight against a very “It was kind of a bummer strong veteran in Caledonia’s for Emma that she was over­ Quigley, and she did a great taken in the end by her team­ job of being our leader at the mates, but I am super proud of pointy end of the race. Holly her because she pulled her was in a war of sorts with younger teammates along, setCaledonia’s mid-pack for a ting them up for a really showing,” long time and again ground respectable out the kind of finish she Wilkinson said. “I’m not so should be proud of.” sure they would have been in A Trojan pack filled the the position they were in if 13-16 spots in the overall Emma hadn’t set the tone. standings at the end of the Just a bit behind Velting morning. Katherine Powers Caledonia had a trio of girls was 13th in 24:25, Madison who set new personal record Kietzman 14th in 24:26, times, junior Anastasia Ledford Megan Schuurmans 15th in who was eighth in 23:11, soph­ 24:31 and Emma Thompson omore Hannah Dupuis who 16th in 24:34. was ninth in 23:20 and sopho­ Coach Wilkinson said more Leah Williams who was Thompson did a good job of 12th in 24:24. 3 that pack for TK was junior Lucas VanMeter who placed fifth in 17:59.7, finishing in less than 18 minutes for the third time in three races this season. It was the first race of the season for the Fighting Scots. The Caledonia team had 18 guys finish the race in less than 20 minutes. TK sophomore Christien Miller was 22nd overall and second for his team with a time of 20:24.0. Freshman Benjamin Postma was 26th overall for TK in 21:05.0 and junior Kaden Hamming was right behind in 27th with a time of 21:08.0. Freshman Mark Gielincki placed 30th for the Trojans in 21:38.1 and TK’s number five was Hunter Tietz who was 33rd in 21:56.0. Scots overwhelm North Farmington for 2-0 start Brett Bremer If I ft Si * ^115 k * llWt * I I fa, J 9 it * 218 jjj. Ij Sports Editor Caledonia blew through its non-conference slate to open the 2022 varsity football sea­ son for a 2-0 start. The Fighting Scots made the trip across the state to face North Farmington on the north side of Detroit Friday, Sept. 2, where it took a 68-14 win over the Raiders. The Fighting Scots built a 55-14 lead in the first half and amassed 508 yards of offense for the night. Quarterback Mason McKenzie powered the Caledonia attack rushing five times for 154 yards and three touchdowns while also com­ pleting 7-of-8 passes for 174 yards and two more scores. Everybody got into the action. Brody Betser took over behind center and completed his one pass attempt for an eight-yard TD to teammate Reed Vogeler in the third quarter. DJ Walker had seven rushes for 65 yards and two touch­ downs for the Scots and Brock Townsend rushed six times for 61 yards and two scores. Derek Pennington had a team-high 75 yards receiving, on two catches. Justice Reed had three catches for 54 yards and two touchdowns. Caledonia had four touch­ downs after its first eight offensive snaps. fumble for the Caledonia defense, The third Caledonia drive was a three-play drive, which started with one of three inter­ ceptions. The Scots took over at the North Farmington 26-yard-line and McKenzie eventually found the end zone from 16 yards out. Caledonia upped its lead to 28-0 on a two-play drive mid­ way through the first quarter that ended with a 23-yard TD The Scots jumped on the Raiders from the very first play as McKenzie took off on an 80-yard TD run on the first snap of the game. The Scots’ second posses­ sion was a two-play drive. McKenzie connected with Pennington on a 46-yard pass and then Townsend scored on an eight-yard run. The Scots started that drive at their own 46-yard-line after Jaxon Engelberg recovered a Raider NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION MONDAY, SEPT. 26, 2022, at 7:00 P.M. l<ePLE TO. a® l fi t *1 riT............... »KES fI I muQE^ K x; । Ml « - I I 1’1 t in linfi.'ii 1 J 1 U. I 11 h Scots entangled with Eagles in Red Brett Bremer Sports Editor Caledonia is in a battle for the number two spot in the OK Red Conference this fall. The Fightings Scots hosted the OK Red Conference varsi­ ty girls’ golf teams at Broadmoor Country Club Thursday and finished third league-leading behind Rockford and the Hudsonville girls. The Fighting Scots were third behind those two teams at the opening jamboree of the season and nudged up to a second-place finish when for the Scots, Elizabeth Honhart a 51 and Sara Flynn a 54. Rockford junior Jessica Jolly managed to outdo Copelin, scoring a 33. Elise Fennell, a junior from East Kentwood, was also under par at 35. The top four for Rockford also included a 39 from Morgan Vanos, a 42 from Aubrey Wilson and a 44 from Megan Calkins. At the jamboree hosted by Grandville at LE Kaufman Tuesday, Rockford shot a 165, Grandville hosted the confer­ ence Tuesday. Rockford won Thursday's jamboree in Caledonia with a score of 158, ahead of Hudsonville 179, Caledonia 187, East Kentwood 189, Grandville 194, Jenison 211, Grand Haven 216 and West Ottawa 224. Copelin O’Krangley led Caledonia with a two-un­ der-34 on the back nine shoot­ ing birdies on the two par 5s, ten and 14. She hit par on her other seven holes. Codie O’Krangley shot a 48 05 "9 Please be advised the Thomapple Township Planning Commission will hold public hearings on September 26, 2022, at 7pm or as soon thereafter as possible. The public hearings will take place in the Township Hall, 200 E. Main St., Middleville. The public hearings will address the following: 1) Special Use #158/Site Plan #118- Applicant, Stephen Koster, is seeking special use and site plan approval to operate a Beauty/Nail Salon as a Major Home Oc­ cupation at 5030 Squire Lane, Middleville, Ml (parcel 08-14-015-016-80) per Thornapple Township Zoning Ordinance, Special Uses, Section 19.43 Home Based Businesses. 2) Special Use #115/Site Plan #102 - Applicant, Pod Janose & Oetman Excavating, is seeking special use and site plan approval to renew their permit for mineral extraction at 2496 Bender Poad, Middleville, Ml (parcel 08-14-034-008-00) per Thornapple Township Zoning Ordinance Sec. 19.53. 3) Special Use #157/Site Plan #117 - Applicant, Nick Suwyn of “3497 North M37 LLC”, is seeking special use and site plan approval to construct and operate self-storage units on parcel 08-14-027-002-09 located on M37 Highway just south of the Village of Middleville limits. (Pending Thornapple Township Trustee approv­ al of Pezoning parcel from Ag Pesidential to General Commercial at their meeting on 9-12-22) Gold harriers open at Riverside Park Brett Bremer i * iL q Fil J w* Sports Editor Thomapple Kellogg leader of the pack Ava Crews was the only freshman or sophomore girl to finish in the top ten at the first OK Gold Conference jamboree of the season Wednesday at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids. Crews placed third with a time of 20 minutes 8.57 sec­ onds to help the TK varsity girls’ cross country team to a fourth-place finish. Forest Hills Eastern’s boys and girls ran away with wins on the day. The FHE boys scored just 34 points to finish 51 points ahead of runner-up Wayland. The FHE girls won with 37 points finishing 23 1 J ♦ > 1 ♦ i" Fellow senior Lindsey Velting was 34th in 23:39.93 and senior Emma Thompson placed 37th in 23:49.13. Freshman Madison Kietzman was in the middle of those two for TK with a 36th-place time of 23:48.81. Junior Holly Velting was right behind the top five for the TK ladies with a 38th-place time of 23:50.69. points ahead of second-place South Christian. Ottawa Hills junior Selma Anderson won the girls’ race in 19:40.15 and FHE leader, senior Sarah Dixon, was the only other girl ahead of Crews with a time of 20:06.22. FHE had four girls in the top ten. Ellor Clason was fourth, Addison Washier fifth and Ashlyn Smith tenth. Behind FHE, the South Christian girls had 60 points, Ottawa Hills 94, Thomapple Kellogg 125, Cedar Springs 132, Wayland 132, Kenowa Hills 150 and Catholic Central 158. TK senior Lucy VanDemark was second of her team with a 27th-place time of 23:08.12. fl I ■> . I I » 4 I f •I t i I ♦ 9 i ♦ I < < I I ♦ t > I » । I Cindy Willshire, Thornapple Township Clerk —-— 0 i Americans with Disabilities Notice Persons with special access needs should contact the Township Clerk at 269-795-7202 no less than 72 hours before the hearings. 9 f I Written comments regarding these applications may be addressed to: Secretary, Thornapple Township Plan­ ning Commission, P.O. Box 459, Middleville, Ml 49333. Sandy Rairigh, Commission Secretary or submitted via email to: zoning-administrator@thornapple-twp.org The minutes for the August 17, 2022 Township Board of Trustees Meeting which were approved on September 7, 2022 are posted at the Township Offices at 8196 Broadmoor Ave., and on the website at www.caledoniatownship.org. I I Any interested person may attend the public hearing to learn about the extent and location of Special Use requests to offer comments to the Planning Commis­ sion. A copy of the applications noted above may be examined in the Township offices at the address noted above during regular business hours. Monday - Thurs­ day 9am- 4pm Meeting Minutes t » Junior Lucas VanMeter led the TK boys with an 11 th-place time of 17:21.90. Junior Kaden Hamming was 60th in 21:11.34. Freshmen Luke Archer and Benjamin Postma came in one after the other. Archer was 70th in 21:35.44 and Postma 71st in 21:40.54. TK’s number five was sophomore Christien Miller who was 76th in 22:29.71. CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA BOARD OF TRUSTEES I V i oooo npnuwwr mju rw •c~ Caledonia 180. Hudsonville 183, East Kentwood 203, Grandville 210. Jenison 215, Grand Haven 224 and West Ottawa 225. Copelin O’Krangley, Fennell and Jolly tied for the day’s lead with 36s. Codie O’Krangley fired a 45 for the Scots. Kiana Haywood, a senior, was also in the 40s for the Scots shooting a 48 to help boost her team in front of the Eagles for second place. Flynn added the Scots’ fourth score, a 51. pass from McKenzie to Reed. The score w>as 35-7 at the end of one quarter, The Caledonia defense was powered in part by three inter­ ceptions, one each for the Scots’ Maddux Wysocki, Jett King and Jace Lawton. Caledonia was scheduled to visit Jenison to open the OK Red Conference season last night, Sept. 9. Caledonia will be home to face Hudsonville Sept. 16. / > ) » * • t I > I I • 7 6 » J f 1 f 1. I t I I 4 it I ♦ 4 V I I I I I .V ♦ X. 4 V I I I I ■» • t • ♦ < । 4* 4 ♦ * 4 • I �Page 10/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 10, 2022 Top Trojan player scores win over South Christian A /■ A £li VF I J * J! $ TK fourth singles player Franklin Wilkinson leans into a forehand return during his match with South Christian’s Vinny Klassen in Middleville Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Brett Bremer Sports Editor While middle school cross country runners criss-crossed the Thomapple Kellogg Schools campus Wednesday afternoon, TK first singles player Kameron Nichols played a marathon match with South Christian’s Luke Post. Post surged in a tiebreaker PUBLIC NOTICE GAINES CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING SYNOPSIS August 8, 2022 The Gaines Charter Township Board held a regular meeting on Monday, August 08, 2022 and took the following actions. 1. Review of the Consent Agenda. 2. Approved the Meeting Agenda 3. Held a Public Hearing about the rezoning of 6972 and 6980 Division Avenue from Neighbor­ hood Commercial (C-1) to Gener­ al Commercial (C-2) 4. Approved the Consent Agenda 5. Adopted a resolution recog­ nizing the official dedication of the flagpole located at 6700 South Divi­ sion Avenue, Southeast to honor U. S. Navy Seal David J. Warsen, 6. Adopted a resolution to pro­ vide for the designation of Septem­ ber 16, 2022 as “Prisoner of War / Missing in Action recognition day”. 7. Adopted the ordinance to amend the Gaines Charter Town­ ship zoning ordinance as provided for in Chapter 27 thereof by amend­ ing section 1.6 and the Township zoning map. 8. Adopted a resolution for a payment of $2,058.75 in lieu of sidewalk installation at 418 Brownell Street Southeast, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49548. 9. Set annual Special Assess­ ment public hearing review for September 12, 2022 10. Increased the Township^ 2023 commitment to The Right Place to $4,000.00 11. Contracted with A-1 Asphalt to repair the Cutlerville hire Depart­ ment parking lot. 12. Purchased ballistic vests for the Cutlerville Fire Department not to exceed $30,000 13. Contracted with Sneller to not to exceed $10,000. 14. Approved the Township Manager’s review and to approve the salary increase to $110,000 ret­ roactive to May 19, 2022. 15. Discussed dedicating funds for parkland property ac­ quisition 16. Discussed reviewing the current Public Act 198 policy per­ taining to qualifications and invest­ ment thresholds. 17. Adjourned the Regular Board Meeting at 9:43 pm A complete copy of the minutes of these meetings and any resolu­ tions or ordinances adopted at the meeting are on file and available for review at the Gaines Charter Town­ ship office, 8555 Kalamazoo Avenue SE, Caledonia, Michigan 49316. Or­ dinances, meeting schedules, meet­ ing minutes, and other Township in­ formation are also available at www. qainestownship.org. Michael Brew Gaines Charter Township Clerk ► TK third doubles player Dylan Bailey smacks a forehand return back at his opponents from South Christian during their OK Gold Conference dual in Middleville Wednesday. Bailey and teammate Andrew Beckering were bested in three sets by the Sailors, (Photo by Brett Bremer) for a 7-6(2) win in the opening set setof ofhis hisOK OKGold GoldConference Conference showdown showdown with with Nichols, Nichols, but but Nichols Nicholsrallied ralliedfora for a6-1 6-1win wininin the second set and then out-dueled Post 6-4 in the third set to take the lone win for the Trojan team in its OK Gold Conference dual with South Christian’s varsity boys’ ten­ nis team. The Sailors’ 7-1 win wasn’t quite as lopsided as that final team score shows. A second flight went to three sets, the third doubles match. TK’s Dylan Bailey and Andrew Beckering fell 6-0 in its open­ ing set against South Christian’s James Bergsma and Marcus Dixon, but righted things for a 6-1 win in set two. Set three was back and forth with Bergsma and Dixon finally pulling out a 6-3 win. There were also tight twoset matches at fourth singles and fourth doubles that the Sailors pulled out. South Christian’s Vinny Klassen edgedTK’s Franklin Wilkinson 6-3,6-3 at fourth singles. In the match, doubles South Christian’s Josh Fles and Ryan win Wiers pulled out a 6-3, over the team of Daniel Beckering and Andy Liu. The Trojans were back in action Thursday, scoring a 5-3 non-conference win at Otsego in a dual filled with more hotly contested matches. Half of the eight flights were decided by a super tiebreaker in the end and two of the other flights featured at least one set that was extended to a tiebreaker. Nichols took the first singles point for TK with a 5-7, 6-1, (10-4) win over Sam Bronkema. Wilkinson won a Thornapple Kellogg second singles player Aidan Dudik steps into a forehand shot as he moves towards the net during the Trojans’ OK Gold Conference dual with South Christian in Middleville Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) super tiebreaker too at fourth singles where he outscored Phoenix Orona 6-3,1-6, (10-5). TK got a third singles point from second singles player Aidan Dudik who outscored JJ Kruizenga in a tough two-setter 6-4, 6-3. The Trojans secured the team victory with a pair of doubles wins added to the singles points. Bailey and Andrew Beckering at third doubles outscored Otsego’s Jack Chapman and Spencer Shearer 7-5, 7-6(7). At fourth doubles, the Trojan team of Daniel Beckering and Anson Verlinde knocked off Ryan Fielbrandt and Tyler VanNess 2-6, 6-2, (10-8). The Trojans battled even in defeat. At third singles, Jacob Draaisma pulled out one set in a 6-2, 3-6, (10-1) loss to Tyler DeHaan. The Bulldog duo of Dylan Chandler and Tyler VanderLugt took a 7-6(7), 6-4 win over the Trojan first doubles team of Aaron Michalk and Ben Cuisson. Ricky Amos and Isaac Madalinski scored a 6-0, 6-1 win over the TK team of Landon Conroy and Kyan Haywood at second doubles, Few matches without a full Sports Editor three sets this season will see The Caledonia varsity boys’ as many points played as the tennis team bounced back first doubles match which the from a tough 9-0 loss to OK Caledonia team of Nathan Red Conference powerhouse Huynh and Maddox Gaier West Ottawa Tuesday by giv- pulled out against the Hamilton ing the Hamilton Hawkeyes a team of Joshua Bush and Evan battle Wednesday on the Talsma. Talsma. The The Caledonia Caledonia duo duo courts in Caledonia. scored a 6-4, 6-4, (15-13) win in a super tiebreaker (which Antenna Men are played to ten points, but a Digital TV Antennas team must win by two.) * WORK ALL 1 Cell Phone Boosters The Fighting Scots also got Lw,hterJ 269.967.8241 wins at fourth singles and TV ANTENNA & TOWER fourth doubles on the day in INSTALLATION www.theantennamen.com the Hawkeyes' 5-3 victory. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Thomapple Kellogg varsity girls’ golf team scored a fourth place finish at the OK Gold Conference jamboree hosted by Ottawa Hills at Indian Trails Golf Course in Grand Rapids Wednesday. Ailana Leos led the TK team with a score of 42 and junior teammates Emma Schut and Kendra Coe tied for second on the TK team with 49s. Trojan junior Joselyn DeBoer earned a spot in the team’s top four with a 50. Catholic Central took the day's team victory with a score of 149, ahead of Ryan Walbeck picked up the Scots' point at fourth singles with a 7-5, 6-0 win over Ben Risedorph at fourth singles. In the fourth doubles match, the Caledonia team of Ryan Hautala and Colin Martin earned a 6-4, 6-2 win over Colin Hamlin and Riley Jipping. The Caledonia boys are hosting a tournament today Sept. 10, and will return to OK Red Conference play with duals at Grand Haven Monday and at Hudsonville Wednesday. 1 ■ & subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it ille­ gal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, • _♦ r > Ma9. ittfc tiinls ntt »t• South Christian 164, Forest Hills Eastern 169, TK 190 Kenowa Hills Hills 204, Wayland 206, 206, Cedar Springs 222 and Ottawa Hills 227. Catholic Central had four girls among the top nine scorers on the day. Sophomore Ava Wisinski was the day’s medalist with a two-under-32. Junior Katie Cook shot a 37 for the Cougars and her team also got a 39 from Kelsey Preston and a 41 from Morgan Armock. Lucy DeHaan led South Christian with a 38 and Forest Hills Eastern got a 39 from Sophie Skoog. ®iks *4 1 h !« ’ HOME USED PARTS * PICK UPS * ONE TONS * VANS • SUITS * 1EEPS•4X4S handicap, familial status, national origin, age or marital status, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination." Familial FUll SERVICE > YOU PUll IT » status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in viola­ SOLUTIONS 269-381-2300 tion of the law. Our readers are hereby informed Repairs - Remodels - Restorations Servicing Barry and Kent Counties « * that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. 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S.i, * pi •• i ’Ll It * et Mat -Ji V - fgWI# XiiC’XH X »• • ••• ty boys’ soccer team in Middleville Wednesday, to improve to 6-0-2 overall this season. It was the first time this season the 7-3 Trojans have been held without a goal. The South Christian defense was stout and keeper Nick Bultje cleaned up everything that got through, but the Trojans were limited as much offensively by the Sailors’ own possession as the defensive effort by the vis­ itors. It was just a 1-0 lead at the half for the Sailors, but they quickly doubled that in the second half as senior midfielder Jerred DeVries ripped a shot just under the crossbar from the top right side of the 18 two minutes into the second half. DeVries scored again with 1:23 to play in the ballgame with TK pressing to try and get on the score­ board. A Trojan turnover left the ball with the Sailors' who got it ahead for DeVries who found the net for the second time in the second half. The Trojans reduced their backline to three defenders in the second half in an effort to try and Thornapple Kellogg’s Braden Sharrar directs the ball up the sideline with his head during the first half of his team’s OK Gold Conference match with South Christian in Middleville Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) TK defender Nathan Shoemaker (18) directs pass ahead for teammate Gabriel Lajoye during the first half against visiting South Christian inside Bob White Stadium in Middleville Wednesday evening. (Photo by Brett Bremer) create some more offense. The trio of Austin Chivis, Jackson Curtis and Reece Hoeksma led the charge for TK, but good scoring chances were few and far between. Chivis was able to get a few chances on the net. He managed to hit a corner kick down at the Sailor net, but had it swallowed up by the Sailor keeper Bultje midway through the second half and Chivis also had a free kick from about 25 yards out at the top left of the South Christian box that found its way into Bultje’s hands. The Trojans are now 1-1 this season in the OK Gold - • 133 Wildcats pull out win in four at TK gtf ii I* I j 1 ■* A’ Lb JifSf 1 mA (fit * * * The Thomapple Kellogg varsity volleyball team opened the OK Gold Conference sea­ son at home Thursday with a tough loss in four sets against the visiting Wayland Wildcats. "We had a great night of volleyball,” said TK head coach Tia Cross. The teams split a pair of fairly lopsided opening sets, Wayland took the first set 25-14 before TK rallied for a 25-13 win in set two. The two teams lined up a bit more evenly in the final two sets with the Wildcats pulling out 27-25 and 25-23 Conference. They will be back at it in the league with another tough match on the road at Forest Hills Eastern Monday.. TK will be home for a conference contest Hills with Kenowa Wednesday. The Trojans came into the match-up with South Christian having scored six times in a 6-3 win at Lowell during the Red Arrows Pink Arrow event last Friday, Sept. 1. wins in the end. The Trojans return to action at the Spring Lake Quad today, Sept. 10, and will be in action twice in the OK Gold in the week ahead. TK will visit Ottawa Hills Tuesday and then play host to South Christian Thursday. Thornapple Kellogg midfielder Jackson Curtis set­ tles the ball in the attacking end during the second half of his team’s OK Gold Conference loss to visiting South Christian in Middleville Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) < Caledonia, MI 1 Your Safety is Important to Us << ◄< ◄< < < ◄< << - State of the Art Systems - S Complete Collision Service S Frame Repairs 7 State & I-CAR Certified Technicians / Direct Repair Facility lNFIB (BO) Most insurance companies WMBA [GOLD CLASS] \\\ — X ◄ < a -z <◄ < \ . • ■ I CAB < Lesonal Wafer Bourne System I ► •< �'I • t * Page 12/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 10, 2022 Bucs keep undefeated start rolling at Scotland Yard Brett Bremer towards the Fighting Scot net and Caledonia keeper Isaac Vire. He hit the right post from about 30 yards out six minutes into the contest after a turnover by the Fighting Scots. Vire saved a one blast and another flew just wide of the goal. Maas had the best chances on the Buccaneer net throughout the match. He put a low hard shot at the near post that Bremer scooped up after squeezing between two defenders on the right side of the Grand Haven box. He also had a solid header off a comer from teammate Wyatt Snitzer that just missed its r » mark. The Scots nearly survived the storm brought on by the Buccaneers in the first half, but just six seconds before Caledonia junior midfielder Corbin Raffler taps the ball into an open net for his team’s lone goal in a 2-1 the intermission Logan loss to visiting Grand Haven at Scotland Yard Thursday evening. The goal tied the match at 1 -1 in the second Petrus found a little too much half. (Photo by Brett Bremer) space in the left side of the Caledonia box and fired a free kick away, but had it net was deflected out by a shot inside the far post for a skip off his fists back defender. Maas got a head on 1-0 Grand Haven lead. towards his goal where the ensuing comer kick, but Grand Haven fouls gave Caledonia's Corbin Raffler it missed the frame. the Scots a few opportuni­ settled it and tapped it into Grand Haven got a goal ties at the start of the second the open net. from Enrique Reyes with half as the Caledonia boys Maas kept the pressure up 14:00 to play in a crowd in battled to regain the momen­ for the Fighting Scots, draw­ front of the Fighting Scot net s tum. A ball from about 35 ing a couple fouls around the to put his team back in front. yards out off the foot of top of the Grand Haven box. The Caledonia boys are senior Connor Brown found With 23 minutes to play now 3-3-1 overall this sea­ eventually found net for the Maas set up Devries for a son. They will be at Portage Fighting Scots to tie the shot that was knocked away Central today, Sept. 10, and game at 1-1. Bremer leapt by Bremer back to Maas then return to OK Red over the crowd to punch the whose chance on the open Conference action with matches at home against Jenison Tuesday and at West Ottawa Thursday. The Scots ■d, I go to Forest Hills Central for a non-conference match next Ml i / Saturday, Sept. 17. Grand Haven kept its I | undefeated start to the season II V ■V i intact with the win moving to I 5-0-3. The Buccaneers are 2-0-1 in OK Red play so far. After three games, only Grand Haven and Rockford Caledonia’s Brenden VanGessel tries to contain are unbeaten in OK Red Grand Haven attacker Max Kurburski along the side­ Conference play. The two line during the first half of their OK Red Conference r ‘ ‘ 9AM IM .... ............ tied 0-0 in their first confer­ match at Scotland Yard in Caledonia Thursday eve­ ence match-up Tuesday. ning. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Sports Editor The Buccaneers got a last second goal of their own at the end of the first half, and in the end a last second gasp by the Caledonia varsity boys' soccer team came up short of finding an equalizer. The Grand Haven varsity boys’ soccer team edged the Fighting Scots 2-1 at Scotland Yard in an OK Red Conference match Thursday evening. The Caledonia boys see their OK Red record even at 1-1 with the loss. Fighting Scot senior attacker Nathan Maas man­ aged to get between the Grand Haven keeper Edward Bremer and the net as the second half clock ticked under 20 seconds, but he wasn't able to find a shot in a crowd of defenders. The ball found its way to teammate Austin DeVries just inside the top of the 18, and he ripped a shot that deflected off Buccaneer defender Ryan Heck and was cleared from danger. Chances like that came more frequently throughout the second half for the Fighting Scots. Grand Haven had the majority of the pos­ session and the threatening attempts on net in the first 40 minutes of play. Senior Ryan Heck found space above the 18 for some laser shots ~ ' T* ALTO HAI FESTIVAL SHOW ---i i . u "1 •* ♦ M 'r, I i * 0 L. ’)? ■ < ernans 0 I e •re. I f1 9 I • Lt • ¥ feroia > J I ' k II . vk - J ■ J I SqYoJ ’ C <3 41 J< J t 6 r I ow c> ♦ •f /’//• I; ■ ir ■» Ji! J*i t ! BF"■■■■■■ oy ■■ riD ♦ : JO'*'PIT* Va* I r JBi a I k wl b t il _ I 4 ip 111 . ■ A * t5 11 x r ,7 [ 2• > X ■ft .f v . ? Bld'e 11 r! % + ___ ©sgdl feasfe gialis 3 r(c^o c> 11 4 3 I■ L l-twols Cr 1 4 /I til 6 ♦ ।G + _ TJ 6 Tok t 3 ' ’IJ J: ? j/ fijore. [0 F X lifti V-* * 4 - * t II f< ( < ! V I •* 1 -4. k i olo) j ►4 4 6 r /- i 4 f 15 > * » 0 p irta 0) T ?Ff 7 oji *V I t r V a 9 I > I 4* i I ♦ Caledonia junior defender Jaxson Higgins clears the ball away from trouble near midfield as Grand Haven’s Andrew Raven closes in during the first half Thursday night at Scotland Yard. (Photo by Brett Bremer) > i I • 41 « i -♦ f ♦ 4 f 9 t f « * I • J I 4 9 > 4 0 i f 4 « * I * * 4 9 * t 4 * J » ■ J I k r �A kJ & V * � https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/25/731/SunandNews_2022-09-17.pdf 87741ec79908aa810f445882aa56fba9 PDF Text Text • I •- •w. A~T1 sieves ■ yy. ■ A ■ A A I . I i I A Your Hometown Newspaper Serving Middleville and Caledonia Areas No. 38/September 17, 2022 Greg Chandler Staff Writer Some Middleville-area residents are unhappy with Thomapple Kellogg Schools officials over the removal of a book from an eighth grade English unit at the district's middle school. More than 40 residents signed a letter objecting to the district's removal of “The House on Mango Street," a 1984 book by MexicanAmerican author Sandra Cisneros, from a reading unit a week after classes began last month. The book is a coming-of-age story of a young Latino girl growing up in Chicago and addresses such issues as poverty, rac­ ism, identity and society. However, objections were raised by some district par­ ents over the book’s content, ioZ isbizoi morfl lood £ zilgnH Jbbim ioM bongf? gib sri i 32UOH ^891 nsrnA TsneiD 33W £ h tesl nimoo riD di i riou2 ,mzi zoH b32££T O 2JH3 most notably a two-page pas­ sage that describes an assault on Esperanza, the book's main character. “Political theater should not be allowed to drive cur­ ricular choices," resident Rebecca Hoskins read from the letter at Monday's TK Board of Education meeting. “Educational professionals should make those choices as they are expected to use research and evidence from the field to inform those decisions. Politics should not impact education. We want our students to form their own beliefs based on expo­ sure to the experiences of diverse groups of people." Hoskins called any depic­ tions of the passage being sexually graphic “an over dramatization.” “The way the selection is ■ - written, the reader can draw their own conclusions about what transpired. Was it a non-consensual kiss or something more? Only the reader can make that determina­ tion,” Hoskins said, again quoting from the letter. An opt-out permission slip was sent home to parents who had objections to the book, and six families asked to opt out of the book study, Hoskins said. TK Superintendent Craig McCarthy said that the optout permission slip that went out on Aug. 30 did not include sexual and racial content in the book descrip­ tion. “We felt the description was less than transparent and might appear that the district had a hidden agenda," McCarthy said. “At the same time, we also learned that there were several families that were opting out of the reading and subsequent assignments. Faced with a short w indow of time before students would start to read the novel, we had to act. “Working with the eighth grade teachers, the decision was made to switch to a dif­ ferent book, which also was part of the same board-approved curriculum, and also met the language that was in the permission form sent to parents.” “The House on Mango Street” was replaced by “The Outsiders,” the 1967 novel by S.E. Hinton that describes the life of a 14-year-old boy caught in a conflict between rival gangs in Tulsa, Okla, Michigan State Police DNA Supervisor Joel Schultze speaks to reporters at an August news conference after Garry Artman’s arrest was announced. (Photo by James Gemmell) Hearing for suspect in Caledonia Township cold case killing delayed James Gemmell Contributing Writer A preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing a pregnant Gaines Township woman and dumping her body in a Caledonia Township ditch in 1996 won’t take place until next month. Kent County 63rd said District Court Monday’s hearing for Garry Artman, 64, has been rescheduled for Oct. 7 at 8:30 a.m. in Judge Sara Smolenski's courtroom, courtroom. His defense attorney requested the hearing be postponed so he can have more time to review hun­ dreds of pages of police reports on the case. We had no objection to (the delay), given the large amount of material the defense needed to go through,” Kent County Prosecuting Attorney Chris Becker said in a phone interview. Artman is accused of See BOOK, page 6 * 2 fy s L • LA. -a - -» ■L ■ — ' ■ Me. I I < —< 1? Xti A r fl»i—> I J wI Ki 1 -5 * ■ !■ J ITT a - M ' - • ------- James Gemmell Contributing Writer Michigan State Police say three people were killed in a two-car crash Monday afternoon in Kent County’s Bowne Township. It happened around 12:30 p.m. on Alden Nash Avenue (M-50) at 92nd Street, the site of a two-way stop and a con- it kD rtoiM sq 331(11 wi [ noon anwofl part 11 flo.iflKg 1£‘. 1 W 1 f fl I. 3 > - 4 sistently busy intersection. MSP Sixth District posted on Twitter, Twitter, aa confirmed confirmed with with The The Sun Sun and andNews, News, that that aa 79-year79-yearold old woman woman from from Waldron Waldron (Hillsdale (HillsdaleCounty) County)drove drovesouthsouth­ bound bound on on Alden Alden Nash Nash into into the the path of a car that was heading east Troopers said a 55-yearold woman from Freeport, who was in the backseat, was I 1 / I » v f f • i J I— Thornapple Kellogg Schools Superintendent Craig McCarthy explains the decision to remove the novel “The House on Mango Street” from a middle school reading unit at Monday’s Board of Education meeting. (Photo by Greg Chandler) »Kfl/ i ) » i • I H ‘ I I u I ■ __ X i 1 declared dead at the scene. An AeroMed helicopter was summoned to the scene and airlifted two people to a hospital. MSP said the driver of the southbound vehicle later died, as did another passenger, the driver s 82-yearold husband. Police said the driver of the eastbound vehicle suft | I . fl '। > * < I fc V i • Crews already break ground on Caledonia splash pad project ■ 9^* • Election workers in Thornapple Twp. see pay increase • Caledonia football earns its second shut out of the season • Caledonia teams win titles, TK girls get a trophy at Coach B Invite I >■ I r l i । t I I I r t f # f * I ISWS • Yankee Springs committee recommends no changes to recycling service fered minor injuries, and the intersection was closed for a few hours. The investigation continues into the crash, “Out of respect for the families, we're not releasing the names of the victims,” MSP Lt. Michell Robinson said in a phone interview Tuesday. V See HEARING, page 3 IN MSP: Three people killed in Bowne Township car crash >a । 't . Thornapple Kellogg Schools parent Cheri Bruinsma speaks out in support of teachers and their ability to choose appropriate reading material for their students at Monday’s Board of Education meeting. (Photo by Greg Chandler) oriT Bfssqg raoorto 10M t£ 3 gaiD raping and strangling 29-year-old Sharon Kay Hammack of of Gaines Charter Township and leaving her body alongside 76th Street between Patterson and Kraft ave­ nues in Caledonia Township in October 1996. The court clerk said the long-haul truck driver is charged with three counts: Homicide - open murder, murder. a Homicide - murder, first-degree felony; and Criminal Sexual Conductfirst-degree, weapon used. Hammack was the mother of two children. Police say she had been stabbed in the head during the assault. Artman, of Columbia County, Fla., was arrested on Aug. 16 during a traffic stop while in a commercial vehicle by the Mississippi State Highway Patrol, Information provided by the Kent County Sheriff s Office helped police in ll < I 144th year Published by J-Ad Graphics, Inc. • 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 TK parents weigh in after district removes book from eighth grade reading unit Hi t ♦ M O0 CMl E tO n c A I V I I > X I * > J I I I * ' I I I V I I I t I < I fl A �* - Page 2/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 17, 2022 Village of Caledonia planners green light splash pad as crews already break ground Greg Chandler Staff Writer Construction crews didn’t wait long to break ground on the new splash pad at the Community Green park in Caledonia this week. However, one final action needed to be taken care of beforehand. The Village of Caledonia Planning Commission voted 3-2 at a special meeting Tuesday night to authorize the project to proceed. The action was needed because, even though Community Green is owned by Caledonia Township, it is located with­ in the village limits of Caledonia. The planners’ approval came less than a week after the township board approved awarding the bid for the splash pad construction to Holland-based EV Construction. The township has set a budget of more than $389,000, factoring in EV’s bid and a 10 percent contingency. Township Treasurer/ Administrator Richard Robertson apologized for the short notice, noting there was an unexpected opportunity to get the project done by this winter and have it ready for use by the time warm weath­ er returns next year. “We had thought we would be putting this off until next year (because of the current bidding environ­ ment), but nevertheless we went out for bids on the splash pad element here a $ & J k , MH F A' P 10 Construction vehicles get ready to break ground on the splash pad addition to Caledonia’s Community Green park. (Photo by Greg Chandler) Caledonia Township Treasurer/Administrator Richard Robertson outlines plans for the Community Green splash pad to the Caledonia Village Planning Commission at Tuesday’s special meeting. (Photo by Greg Chandler) AS I ■*** , few weeks ago, and to our surprise, we had bids from people who were willing to start right away, like this week,”” Robertson Robertson told told com week, com-­ missioners. missioners. The splash pad will be built on the west edge of Community Green, almost directly across from the entrance entrance of of the the Kent Kent District District Library Library Caledonia Caledonia branch. branch. The splash pad was one of the top top three three features features resiresithe dents asked for in community input sessions when the park was being planned, along with pickleball courts and a dog park, Robertson said. The water featurewasoriginally to bebuilt next to the original pickleball courts, but cost concerns put the project on hold for several years. “In the interim period, we had so much demand from the pickleball community, and we thought that, that place would be the best place to have additional courts rather rather than than to to try try to to locate locate them them somewhere somewhere else, else,”” Robertson said. “It was never intended that we we would would do do away away with with the the splash pad, but only that we would would find find another another place place for for it, it,”” he he added. added. Several concerns were raised raised by by commissioners commissioners about location of of the the about the the location splash pad. Chairwoman Pro Tern Sylvia Murphy, who presided over the meeting, was concerned that the proximity of the splash pad to the library might lead tousers taking up parking spaces that would normally be used for the library. But Robertson said he didn’t think the parking situ- ation would be much differ­ ent than if it had been at its originally proposed location, “I think we all have to agree that parking around the Community Green is a challenge. We knew that from the beginning,” he said, “However, if you think of where the Community Green is, it’s surrounded by parking ... We have parking at the dog park, we have parking there at the pickleball courts, we have parking at the library.” Robertson and Township Engineer Todd Boerman met with library officials earlier on discuss the the on Tuesday Tuesday toto discuss project. Commissioner Gayle Ott was concerned about potential slip-and-fall accidents. “You’re going to have kids going in there with wet feet • • • and some older per- social district kinds of things son is going to go in later and that brought people to that (wipe out) on the water from area,” Peters said. “I think if the kids going in and out,” our demographics are chang­ Ott said. ing in the community, 1 think Murphy also expressed it’s fabulous. I think it’s a worries about the splash great add. I think it’ll bring pad’s aesthetics. people to the community.” Commissioner Amanda “It’s a very conspicuous, very busy intersection,” she Crozier said she would take said. her kids to go to the splash Robertson said there will pad and the library as part of be no permanent above-the- a single trip. “I see myself telling my ground features, such as overhead buckets, associated children that. Let’s go pick with the splash pad. out some books, put them in “When not in use, it will the car, and then we’ll go look like a patio,” he said, play in the splash pad,” Commissioner Kim Peters Crozier said. drew comparisons between Peters, Crozier and Peters, the splash pad and a similarGerrianne Schuler voted for project in Zeeland where a approval, while Murphy and splash splash pad pad was was built built downdown­ Ott voted no. Commission town. town. Chairman Chad Chambers “It actually, I think, helped and Commissioner Bill spur them doing things like Robertson were absent. Ji* ■ Lji#®11 k f 1 y I fn hiatal n JaisSM DPW portable water tank damaged in crash Greg Chandler Staff Writer A Caledonia village Department of Public Works portable water tank was damaged in a hit-and-run crash on Sept. 9. DPW employee McKenzie Bruce's Frame and Alignment Full Service Body Shop • • • • Corson escaped injury in the crash just before 7:30 a.m. near the entrance of the Glen Valley Estates subdivision, Village Manager Jeff Thornton said. . ‘ Corson was driving the DPW’s mini dump truck, which was pulling the porta­ ble water tank - nicknamed the Bee” for its black and gold color scheme. When she went to turn left from M-37/ Cherry Valley Avenue onto Glengarry Drive, the tank was struck, Thornton said. (6 Wheel Alignments Auto Glass Installation Insurance Work Welcome Visa & MasterCard Accepted “Our community and the surrounding people visiting Caledonia have become accustomed to our beautiful flower displays downtown, and that is how we water those displays, with the use of a portable tanker,” he said. .. FARM BUREAU INSURANCE* W ffteuraftae CoiKpa/<ty Jason Parks 1 Ji 121 E. Main Street Downtown Middleville (269) 795-8827 jparks@tbinsmi.com FarmBureaulnsurance.com % » X X ■■ k bv Caledonia village Department of Public Works employee McKenzie Corson escaped injury Sept. 9 when the portable water tank, dubbed “The Bee,” was struck by a hit-and-run driver near the entrance of the Glen Valley Estates subdivision. The tank, which was being pulled by DPW’s mini dump truck, ended up on its side from the impact. (Photo courtesy Village of Caledonia) « I • » > 1 1 Jns sr C^ops * 9 n Your local agent insures your brucesframe.com 415 2nd • Middleville “There’s probably a lot of front end damage to (the car that hit the tank),” he said, The tank ended up on its side on the curb after impact. Thornton is working with the village’s insurance carrier on getting a replacement tank as quickly as possible, ! Over 40 years experience ■fl “Per (Michigan State Police, which responded to the scene), it looked as if someone turning left from Glengarry onto northbound Cherry Valley may have been hindered by the sun and saw the truck turn but then pulled out and hit the trailer that was being towed,” Thornton wrote in an email to the Sun and News. The vehicle that struck the tank appeared to be red in color, Thornton told the Village Council Monday. M % ■ I I f I • » * * L I 1 W* V»k ' S2* * 1 K. k k * A �r —*■ 3 Caledonia village agrees to pay for Pleasant Street tree removal / r f r 1 f I L ^1 LA *9 St St - Greg Chandler ‘injurious to sewer lines, to be healthy. those trees at their own Staff Writer water lines, electric power or “Il’s just a major concer expense, using a property A 60-foot-high silver gas lines, or the public of safety for our family,” licensed arborist, and obtain­ vre maple tree that is along the improvements, Village Mark Boyce told council ing any permits required for public right-of-way in front of President Jennifer Lindsey members dunng public com­ work within the right of a home on Pleasant Street in said, quoting the opinion of ment prior to discussion on way.” Scales wrote. Caledonia will be cut down at attorney James Scales and the tree removal request, The council deadlocked at the village’s expense. based on a section of the vilAt an Aug. 8 council 2-2 dunng the Aug 8 meet­ On a 5-0 vote Monday, the lagc ordinance, meeting. Jeff Niles com- ing. with three members village council voted to have Lindscy further read from plained that roots from absent, on removing the f> the tree, located in front of a second legal opinion that underneath the tree in front •rr yce’s tree at a cost of the home owned by Mark allowed for the village to of the Boyce's house were $7,825. and Dana Boyce at 325 cover the cost of removing causing the concrete in his In a subsequent report to Pleasant St., cut down and the tree. driveway, just a few feet Thornton on Aug 29. arbor­ the stump ground down. Village Manager Jeff away, to heave. ist Steve Tafclsky of West On a second vote, also Thornton recommended In a June report to the coun- Michigan Service rec­ 5-0, the council voted to hire removing the tree in front of cil, arbonst Lucas Drews of ommended the tree’s removWoodland Tree Service, thc Boyce residence, as well Woodland Tree Service wrote al due to visual concerns and based in Rockford, to cut as an elm tree from the Soest that there was “some decay damage to the infrastructure down the Pleasant Street tree residence, because they are present” in the lower bowl The report cited “heaving and one at 405 Main St., at a damaging the infrastructure, area of the tree and some “tip driveway, sidewalks, curbs, total cost of $11,825, with “The tree on Pleasant decline” in the branches over (affecting) drains and even the funding to come from (he Street obviously has affected the road and sidewalk. He the road all in multiple village’s general fund bal­ the sidewalk at some time considered the tree “a moder­ spots. ance. The Main Street resi­ but it’s also affected our curb ate risk” for failure and that Tafclsky also recommend dence is owned by council and our gutter and our street,” there were “many other trees cd the removal of the tree at Trustee Jean Soest. Thornton said. within the village that a the Soest residence because The vote came after the The Boyces and their greater threat.” of its size and proximity council reviewed a legal neighbors at 335 Pleasant In his legal opinion. Scales “w ithin inches” of driveways opinion that said the village St., Jeff and Jessica Niles, wrote that the village had no and sidewalks, causing heav­ could remove the tree, had been lobbying the vil- obligation to remove street ing to both. ‘This tree has been causdefined as a “street tree.” if it lagc for the past year to have trees that were damaging is causing a hazard to public (he tree cut down because adjacent properties. in yearly issues with the infrastructure. (hey “Those trees are owned by infrastructure surrounding they saw it as a nuisance. “'Hie Tree Board may even though the village the adjacent property owner, it,” he wrote in his report. remove any tree which is arborist considered the tree who who may may trim trim or or remove remove The village opted to pay •• ••» 1 41 IHBri ' - ' WDtttati J a. tri ta AipiKi, ksil. [Iij । k 4 •wKhta taiji «iOJpUHXB toffl fffi. (j) jadalianta tefr ai i tolal itat i ipitai tsb psd we Mt dew On nth i Qn&T hiially.liiiiil)ilpi al fc • i ta taf lit in trash Itat's VT its Grvg (’handler Staff Writer Election chairs and inspec­ tors in Thomapple Township arc getting a significant pay boost for their work on clec tion day. The township s board on unanimously Monday approved raising the pay for each of (he four election pre­ cinct chairs from $12 to $18 per hour and b<Misted pay for each of the 16 election inspec­ tors from $ 11 to $ 15 per hour. Township Clerk Cindy Wilshire pushed for the that increase, saying Thomapple was well below other townships in Barry County in how they pay elec­ tion workers. We arc way below the 44 rfll*' * r 35 P®*' Rhonda Van Polen. who has been an election inspec­ tor in several townships, spoke in favor of the pay increase. ‘This is no longer a fun. volunteer opportunity any more.” said Van Polen. who is also Middleville's deputy clerk. “People are rude, insen­ sitive and uneducated in how the process works. Election inspectors need to be kind, yet authoritative, (and) be trained not only in the process but also in how to handle people. “We work long days with minimal breaks. Some of us. like me. hike unpaid time off from our full-time to work the election, and I make way more money at my full-time job than I do at the election.” The move is expected to add about $1,320 to the township’s expenses for the November election, based on a 15-hour work day. Wilshire said. MSC MARKET * - SATURDAY, OCT 1ST - FOOD TRUCKS HANDMADE ITEMS CLOTHING VINTAGE GOODS KID S ITEMS WOOD WORKING + MORE $ Mississippi and Florida track Artman down. He was later extradited to Michigan to face charges and is hxiged in the Kent County Jail. Investigators collaborated with Idenlifinders International LLC to crack the cold case. The company uses advanced DNA tech­ nology and Forensic Genetic Genealogy, ecker said the modern FGG technology helped identify Artman after genetic evidence found at the crime scene narrowed down the search to four sib­ lings. He was the only one who had lived in Michigan at the time of the murder in 1996. We can’t really get into the nitty-gritty details of what exactly led us down this road and exactly what A f 4/^ I «♦ 11 :<..rV 1 r । - 1 averages around this area.” Wilshire said. “For being one of the biggest townships (in Barry County), wc arc near the bottom. I would just like to see them get paid more for what they're worth.” In a memo to the board, Wilshire wrote that “elec­ tions arc becoming increas­ ingly hostile and the state is requiring more training of the election inspectors.” By comparison. Irving Tow nship pays its election chairs and inspectors $20 per hour. Caledonia Township pays chairs $18 per hour and inspec­ tors $15 per hour. Yankee Springs Township pays chairs $16.80 jvr hour and inspectors hour, according to $14.40 information Wilshire collected. HEARING, continued from page 1 w 0® for the the tree tree removal removal out out of of ing existing ones along vilfor general fund reserves instead lagc streets. Council trustees Karen of the tree budget, which has $15,000 set aside for plant­ Hahn and Chery l Miller were ing new trees and maintain- absent from (he meeting. Thornapple Twp. boosts pay for election workers 8 ।_ This silver maple tree in front of the Mark and Dana Boyce residence at 325 Pleasant St. will be cut down at the village of Caledonia's expense after it was determined the tree was damaging village infra­ structure. (photo by Greg Chandler) I * changed.” Becker said in a news conference after the arrest, Hammack s two sis­ ters attended the news con­ ference. One of them. Tina IX'Young, had never seen Artman before he was arrest­ ed but after viewing the mugshot said “he looks like a monster. Investigators also suspect Artman in the murder of a California woman whose body was found in Maryland in 2006. Police said she and Artman had both been in the Ontario, Calif, area prior to that crime. Becker said the Kent County Sheriff's Office has at least 10 cold cases it is still working on. and the Grand Rapids Police Department WT Ears >4 t ' n a - r M >4 •• has about 85. The Oct. 7 preliminary r . r The booking photo of Garry Artman. charged in the 1996 murder of Sharon Hammack. Her body was found along 76th Street in Caledonia (Source: Township. Forrest County Sheriff’s Office) - HOSTED BY MY SISTER'S CLOSET10AM-3PM The Barry County Expo Center hearing will determine if there is enough evidence against Artman to send the case to trial. 9 f 9 ♦ < > I I �Page 4/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 17, 2022 A 4^- Louise Jean Middleton Louise Jean Middleton, age 94, of Middleville, MI, set both God and the Queen straight as she walked into Heaven on September 8, 2022. Louise was born on November 26, 1927 in Grand Rapids to Garold and Laura (Schleh) Sherk. She was a longtime resident of Middleville along with her late husband, Forest, who founded Middleville Tool and Die. They enjoyed fish­ ing together, after which Louise would clean their catch and have it for dinner at Barlow Lake where they lived for 65 years, loving every minute of it. Together she and Forest had five children whom they loved dearly. Louise was the kind of mother that always had her children’s backs and stuck up for them no matter the situation (even to her husband). She drove a school bus for Thomapple Kellogg for many years. Her goal was to drive every one of her grandkids to kindergarten - a goal she happily accom­ plished. She loved driving bus and had a special place in her heart for the children who rode with her. Each year she chose one clothes, diapers for her grandchildren, and knit slip­ pers and mittens for all of her kids well into their adult lives. She even sewed special clothing protectors for the residents of Carveth Village. Louise is survived by her loving children, Kay (Larry) Stolsonburg, Diane Hanson, Gary (Alison) Middleton, Bob (Bev) Middleton, David 17 (Diane) Middleton; family to have Christmas for, grandchildren; 41 great anonymously buying them grandchildren; five great­ presents to be hand delivered great grandchildren; sister, by Santa himself. This tradi- Ruth Beck; special dog, tion continued into her later Rosie. She was preceded in death years as she wanted to help others around the holidays. by by her her parents; parents; husband, husband, She also had a soft spot in Forest Middleton; son-in son-in-­ law, Glenn Glenn Hanson; Hanson; sisters, sisters, her heart for dogs. She had as law, many Lois (Kenneth) (Kenneth) Middleton, Middleton, many as as 26 26 throughout throughout her her Lois Phyllis (Jack) (Jack) Boger; Boger; sistersister­ life, life, including including litters litters of of puppup- Phyllis in-law,Dorothy Dorothy(Art)(Art) pies. The Middleton’s got in-law, their first family dog when Babcock. four of their children (all Relatives and friends met under the the age age of of five) five) were were with Louise’s family on under terrified terrified of of dogs dogs and and Louise Louise Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022 at the decided to buy the ugliest Beeler-Gores Funeral Home. one she could find, set it A private interment will take loose in the house, and scared place at Coman Cemetery, the kids until they overcame Memorial contributions may be made to Carveth their fear. She enjoyed collecting Village or Kindred Hospice, dolls, playing cards and was Please visit www.beelerskilled with ceramics, quilt­ goresfuneral.com to share a ing, and sewing. She made memory or leave a condoall of her daughters and lence message for Louise’s daughters-in-law maternity family. Middleville council meeting cancelled for lack of quorum - Village President Sherry Greg Chandler Ronning, Ed Schellinger and Stajf Writer Middleville Mike Cramer. Tuesdays Due to the lack of quoVillage Council meeting was canceled because not enough rum, this meeting cannot be held, and members and ifif necessary, necessary, the the members were were present present to to held, meeting will will be be rescheduled rescheduled conduct meeting conduct business. business. Only three of the seven and posted, posted."” Ronning said. Council members Tom council members were present at the 7 p.m. meeting time DeVries, Fran French, Mike 44 J Lytle and Kevin Smith were absent. All four gave notice ahead of time that they would not be able to attend the meeting, Deputy Clerk Rhonda VanPolen said. The meeting has been rescheduled for 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 19, Van Polen said. I *. Middleville TOPS 546 The Sept. 10 meeting opened with the secretary’s report and roll call. One new fish jumped in the fishbowl and one jumped out. Virginia opened the meet­ ing with a hilarious poem entitled “My Goal to Lose.” The chapter discussed the upcoming rally and dis- cussed who would like to go. Chris won the Ha-Ha box. The meeting ended with marching in place as the group said the TOPS and KOPS pledges. TOPS, a weight-loss sup­ port group, meets every Saturday at Lincoln Meadows in Middleville. Weigh-in is Z’ from 10 to 10:15’a.m., fol­ lowed immediately by the meeting. A mask is suggested when in the common area of the building. Press the white buzzer for entry. Anyone with questions may call Chris at 269-9083731. The first meeting is free. .f I I j/W I : I q r CORRECTION: r In last week’s issue, the Sun and News wrote about Noelle Bair of Middleville taking over as director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services offices in Barry and Allegan counties. In the story, we incorrectly stated that Hastings-based assisted living community Thomapple Manor is under the organization’s oversight when, in fact, it is not. We regret the error. . .Ji fsSj » C aledonia United Methodist Church baptist (church alaska faWr wife Rev. Christine Beaudoin 7240 68th Street SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-698-8104 www.alaskabaptist.org Our mission is to worship God and equip Sunday Services: 9:30 AM - Worship 11:00 AM - Sunday School 6:00 PM-Adult Bible Study 6:00 PM - Student Ministries I V Join us for our traditional yet casual worship iiradm sen ice. in person or online, at 9:00 am. 250 Vine Street • 616-891-8669 CalcdoniaUMC.org V I • WtNw L i ves tream: l ac ebook com/Caledon iaU n i tedM elhod ist committed followers of Jesus Christ who will reach our community with the Gospel cornerstonechurch FIRST BAPTIST Join us in person or online Sundays 9:30 & 11am 1675 84th St. SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 cornerstonemi.org/weekend Sunday Service 10:30 AM Middleville Good Shepherd & £ Lutheran Church (X CD 1 A ' Livestream: facebook.com/firstbaptistmiddleville 1' HOLY FAMILY 1^/ CATHOLIC CHURCH Si H • 9669 Kraft Ave., Caledonia Phone: 616-891-9259 www.holyfamilycaledonia.org 908 W. Main Street, Middleville (Missouri Synod) Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m. Pastor: Rev. Peter Berg http://goodshepherdlcms.googlepages.com III Serving - Strengthening ~ Connecting Dr. Brian F. Harrison, Pastor Church: Saturday Evening Mass Sunday Masses9:00 a.m. .5:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. Considering becoming Catholic? Call or see our website for information. (269) 795-2391 FBCMIDDLEVILLE.NET - 5215 M37 - 269-795-9726 , IOURNEY -— CHURCH Middleville United Methodist Church 111 Church St. Office: (269) 795-9266 ONE CHURCH - TWO LOCATIONS CALEDONIA: 9185 Cherry Valley Ave SE MIDDLEVILLE: 1664 M-37 Worship Services: LEARN MORE! 10:30 AM thejchurch.com 616-217-2161 Pastor Tony Shumaker @thejchurch www.umcmiddleville.org RESTORATION CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Come grow with us as we build relationships in Middleville and beyond. Join us at 10 a.m. on Sundays in person or online at: fb.com/restorationcrc www.RestorationCRC.org 8655 Whitneyville Avenue, Alto 616.891.8661 www.whitneyvillebible.org Sunday School... Sunday Worship I4W? •J @ St. Paul Lutheran Church & Preschool .9:30 AM 10:30 AM our services from our website (see above) www.stpaulcaledoiiia.org Yankee Springs Bible Church 8900 Duffy Road Middleville, MI 49333 i'S'■« 4935 Whitneyville Ave, between 52nd & 48th "Shining Forth God's Light Praising God through Hymns • Reading God’s Word • Special Music Worship Services Sunday wam&6 pm Prayer Meeting & Bible Study Wednesday 6:30 pm & 7 pm fl w Sunday Morning Worship Community Group 10: 00 a.m. 11: 00 a.m. James L. Collison, Pastor Pastor Ed Carpenter - 616-868-0621 www.yankeespringsbiblechurch.org Sermons online: WhitneyvilleFellowship.org .. J ■■ I •­ ll ) • ■ AN! 1 % I - 8436 Kraft Ave., Caledonia, Ml 49316 Office 616-891-8688 • Preschool (616) 891-1821 Fellowship Church PastorJonathan DeCou Sunday at 10:00am 20 State Street, Middleville, Ml / www.tvcweb.com Sunday School 10 to 10:45 a.m. 269-795-9901 Whitneyville MIDDLEVILLE SERVICE TIME: ■» * w ■^8 Fellowship 9:45 to 10:00 a.m. 708 W. Main Street, Middleville THORNAPPLE VALLEY CHURCH NO W OPEN TO PUBLIC Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. JCiSU 1 1 4 �* 1-X 7* •* Last year marked the first year the Caledonia Harvest Festival held a cornhole tournament. The event is back by popular demand this year. (Photo courtesy Caledonia Area Chamber of Commerce) H, * -4 I . W-IC b Greg Chandler Staff Writer Caledonia’s annual Harvest Festival will take place next Saturday at the Community Green park. the Sponsored by Caledonia Area Chamber of Commerce, the festival is a family-friendly event that will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. One of the highlights of the day will be a comhole tournament. The tournament was introduced for the first time a year ago. Chamber Executive Director Lori Gaier said. We had a decent turnout for a first-year tournament. We were happy with the it A crowd estimated at between 1,500 and 2,000 people turned out for last fall’s Caledonia Harvest Festival at Community Green. (Photo courtesy Caledonia Area Chamber of Commerce) The Caledonia Harvest Festival will offer plenty of games and fun activities for kids. (Photo courtesy Caledonia Area Chamber of Commerce) turnout," Gaier said, Teams of two can partici­ pate in the comhole toumament, with check-in at 9:30 am. The tournament will begin at 10 a.m. with a mul­ tiple-game, round robin for­ mat for all the teams. Participants will then be placed into a bracket — if Gaier said. Local businesses had the opportunity to sponsor a comhole board for the tour­ nament, where they could put their logo on the board, Gaier said. Other activities for the day include games for the kids, arts and crafts, a coloring there are enough teams, there will be two tiers of bracket play based on round robin standings so that players can play in a double-elimination format with similarly skilled opponents. Prizes will be awarded to the top three fin­ ishers in each tier. Teams can register online. contest, pumpkin decorating, face painting, activity painting. demonstrations and a place where families can get their picture taken. There will also be food trucks from Saladino Smoke and Beecher's Pretzels available at the site. Community Green Park is located at 6260 92nd St. SE. Yankee Springs committee recommends no change to recycling service •• ill fofaraa I* mspsamrh ly anytime soon. Greg Chandler off and expect somebody to we can collect better data." “For the township to The committee also called Staff Writer take care of it, and they leave Yankee Springs Township it outside the bin. There are for improved signage at the require that was impractical, mainly because there's no won't be making any chang­ some problems with the cur­ station. Bowman said. Eliminating the recycling provider that can do that," es to its recycling service, rent system.” Yankee Springs receives service was deemed not to be said Mawson, who moved to after a year-long study by a Yankee Springs six years four-member recycling com­ revenue for recycling paper an option for the committee. We decided that’s not a ago from Fairfax County, and metal, which are collect­ mittee. Va., where recycling was The committee recom­ ed in separate bins. The good idea. (The current sysmended no changes in its township pays for recycling tern) is a good thing and it mandatory. 1 Th ere are too many roads report to the township board glass, plastic and cardboard, saves a lot of materials from on Sept. 8, after which the with those items to be col­ going to the Kent Landfill," in this township that are too small for a large truck (to go board voted unanimously to lected in another bin, accord- Mawson said. A total of 202,000 pounds down). We don't have any make the group a standing ing to the committee report, The township paid $35,121 of recyclable materials were haulers that provide curbside committee. The committee has been in hauling and disposal costs kept out of landfills during service to all residents." Mawson called for the meeting since October of last for the recycling station the last fiscal year and taken year. during the last fiscal year that to the Kent Transfer Station board to allow the committee The committee, consisting ended June 30. The township on 100th Street to be recy- to continue to monitor the recycling program and col­ received income income from from paper paper cled, according to the com­ of Tom Mawson, Mel received lect information on its use. Bowman, Sally Smith and and metal recycling in the mittee report. We need to do a better Curbside recycling was Township Clerk Mike amount of $3,257, leaving a Cunningham, looked at a net expense to township tax­ also ruled out as a possibility job of educating our town­ variety of alternatives before payers of $31,864, according and does not seem to be like- ship residents - through the making the recommendation, to the committee report. The recycling station has including curbside recycling, before settling on maintain­ experienced a “tremendous increase" in use over the past ing the status quo. “Residents are already year, especially on weekends familiar with the present pro­ and holidays, Bowman said. “Probably each one of us gram. It offers more flexibil­ ity. It's available 365 days a has had a chance to come (to year,” Mawson said of the the station) and found out that (die bins) are already full," she program's advantages. However, he said there said. “We’re going to need to were some downsides, as continue to monitor the need for another bin and a concrete well. Mel Bowman, a memYankee Springs pad to put that bin on. “It is expensive to the Recycling “We have tried to do data ber of the Yankee Township township,” Mawson said. “We dn hs Township Committee member Tom collection to find out who’s Spr □ s it UIA fflW won* » I • 1 ■r j> i I rti*-5"a.. i#*! * <« it IF' < rr ✓ *3 I $ ” I 4 u r 4 r newsletter, through the web­ site - about better procedures for how to recycle, what to recycle, what not to recycle," he said. Bowman proposed that the township tap into grants offered by Barry County Recycles and the state of Michigan to provide educa­ tional materials to resi­ dents. More than half of the townships in Barry County have recycling services available to them. Besides Yankee Springs, they include Orangeville, Prairieville, Barry, Hastings, Hope, Johnstown and Maple Grove townships, Wayland and Leighton townships in Allegan County also offer it. Among the townships that do not have such service include Thomapple, Irving, Rutland, Assyria, Baltimore, Carlton and Woodland, according to the committee report. Loving Memory § * LukeYonker 08/16/1996 - 09/21/2017 "There are some who bring a light so great to the world that even after they have gone // the light remains.” ' Unknown We are thankful that your light still shines on in the hearts of those who love and remember you, Luke. Until we meet you again in God's glorious V �Page 6/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 17, 2022 TK schools finish 2021-22 fiscal year comfortably in the black Greg Chandler Staff Writer Thornapple Kellogg Schools ended the 2021-22 fiscal year with better than expected financial results, the district’s assistant superintendent reported on Monday. The district ended the fiscal year on June 30 with a surplus of $438,529, boosting TK’s general fund reserves to $6,268,149. The district had projected a $370,000 surplus when it approved the budget in June 2021. That fund balance represents 15.8 percent of the district’s annual spend­ ing, Assistant Chris Superintendent LaHaie told the school board. That's a great place to sit,” LaHaie said. “You really don’t want to see that (fund balance) over 20 per­ cent, because we’re not a Ik bank bank and and we we want want to to be be spending spendingour ourmoney money on on stustudents, dents, but but atat the the same same time, time, this this fund fund balance balance allows allows us us toto not not have have toto borrow borrow from from the the state state (to (to pay pay teachers teachers and and staff staff until until state state aid aid funding comes in).” That 15.8 percent reprep­ resents the highest percentpercent­ age of fund balance in the district in more than a decade, according to disdis­ trict documents. TK ended the year with revenues of more than $40.9 million, about $68,000 more than had been budgeted. Its expenditures were more than $40.5 mil­ lion, and only $17 less than budgeted, LaHaie said. In my career, I’ve never seen anything that close,” LaHaie said. “That's a trib­ ute to Barb VerHoef, our accountant here at TK. She’s the best of the best.” LaHaie reported that the 44 district's food service fund that fund balance down gained nearly $227,000 of during the 2022-23 fiscal surplus on expenditures of year. LaHaie also reported on nearly $1.82 million during the district’s enrollment in the fiscal year, to boost that advance of the official fall fund balance to more than count on Oct. 5. As of $784,000, a figure the state says is too large a fund bal- Monday, TK’s enrollment was 3,170 students — ance. “You’ll recall for the last exactly what district offitwo years, all meals — cials had projected when breakfast and lunch — were the 2022-23 budget was free for all students (because drawn up and an increase of of the COVID-19 pandem­ 12 students district-wide from a year ago. ic),” LaHaie said. Enrollment at the high “We did have a spenddown plan for having too school is up by 28 students, much money last year. We offsetting slight decreases followed the plan, we spent at the middle school, all it down, we did everything three elementary buildings right, but we brought in too and the Early Childhood much revenue once again,” Center, LaHaie said. The district will have its he added. LaHaie said that now annual audit at next month's that most meals are no lon­ board meeting, which is ger free, he doesn’t expect scheduled for Monday, Oct. the issue of too much reve­ 10 in the meeting room of nue to be an issue again. the TK Early Childhood The district plans to spend Center, 3316 Bender Rd. Ii 1 Chris LaHaie I1S li> BOOK, continued from page 1 “We learned from our nities for students to read eighth grade teachers that the both books “in a comprehenassignment and the class dis­ sive, interactive reading cussion accompanying the group approach,” McCarthy novel would provide the said, same thought-provoking dis­ Hoskins and others who cussions and impact of the signed the letter weren’t con­ rites of passage that were vinced that the change would intended with the original provide an equivalent read­ unit,” McCarthy said. “The ing experience for students. “Why wasn’t an opt-out greatest value of the assign­ ment is the in-depth discus­ permission slip required for sions they’ll have with our ‘The Outsiders?”’ Hoskins instructors.” asked. “We find the choice “The House on Mango lackingrelevancy to the Street” will be available for present day. ‘TheOutsiders’ students to read during is a great novel. However, it “choice reading” time, portrays gang violence, McCarthy said. underage smoking and drink­ “It’s not been banned, it ing, strong language/slang, has not been removed. It’s family dysfunction, murder, just not a primary focus of and suicide by cop. Yet a this unit, this year,” he said. permission permission slip slip was was not not Next year, the plan is for required.” teachers to provide opportuMcCarthy concluded his comments by saying the intent of switching to a different book was to maintain public trust and transparency. “We aim to be transparent in all of our operations, and include all of our students in our educational process,” he said. “We aspire to do what we say and to say what we are going to do, and will continue to operate in that matter, to the fullest possible extent.” Several residents spoke out about what they saw as the sexually graphic nature of “The House on Mango Street.” “Those books that I have read personally had sexual content in them,” said Lori Buchanan, a TK grandpar­ ent. “Pornography is Need some extra CASH? ■ ami i II MW Supplement your income by delivering newspapers each week. IMMEDIATE OPENINGS in Middleville Rural Zip Code Area 49333 SANDRA ' CISNEROS 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION —— — lit! • • • _ ♦ HiHwmim - r. 'The People Paper' sex education class this should never have been approved.” But another parent, Reagan Gielincki, spoke out in support of teachers and their abil­ ity to determine appropriate content for students. “I believe in the education they’ve obtained, and the dedication they have to all of our students,” Gielincki said. “I do not believe there’s any agenda other than to grow our children’s minds, their ability to think critically and to enhance their empathetic side. I do have concerns that a vocal minority is causing unfounded harm, not only to the staff but to my children's rights to a balanced, public, non-religious education.” Parent Cheri Bruinsma echoed Gielincki’s support of teachers being able to decide on appropriate read­ ing material. “‘The House on Mango Street’ addresses many rele­ vant issues in our society today, and that really is the purpose of great literature to make someone see what another person has experi­ enced through the set of that person's eyes, to challenge the thoughts that you have in * your world view, and to make you ask questions about the world that you live in,” Bruinsma said. “Switching the book at the last minute took that oppor­ tunity from many of our children. I have a child in eighth grade. I think it’s very upset­ ting that the board denied the opportunity toi taiK talk auuui about and address these issues i them in the classroom.” Monday’s school board meeting was the first tor the board in its new meeting space inside the district s new Early Childhood Center i Caledonia Rural Area lb H1 i HW1HH!® fl FIWll I i limit < & Carriers are paid each week for papers and inserts delivered. 269-945-9554 the other children.” TK parent Keara Hilton saw the book’s content as something that should be considered in a sex education class. “Elements of the MexicanAmerican culture and themes of social class, race, sexuality, identity and gender are interwoven throughout the novel,” Hilton said. “Since ‘The House on Mango Street’ has themes of sex interwoven throughout the novel, it would be logical to assume that stu­ dents would be discussing this topic and be sparked to ask questions about that topic that that would would require require teacher teacher’’ss feedback. feedback. Being Being that that all all edueducation surrounding the topic of of sex sex is is by by law law required required to to be be contained to a state-approved SinR? Papers are delivered Friday night and Sat urday each week. Dependable adults with a driver’s license and dependable transporta• tion necessary. Call today to set up an in-person interview and learn more about how you can earn some extra cash each week. described as any scene or photograph that is intended to elicit a sexual excitement response. These books that I nave personally reau have read are such books. I’m wondering if anyone on this board ... would would approve approve of of having having aa Hustler magazine magazine or or Playboy magazine on their library (shelf).” Buchanan also objected to the wording that was left out of the opt-out permission slip, “ To me, that was a telltale sign that they were trying to hide something from a parent,” she said. “It doesn’t matter how many parents decide not to have their child participate in that curricula, It doesn’t matter. The parents are the ones to decide, not you, not the teacher and not F 1351 N. Broadway (M-43) Hastings ■ - ________ ______________ •• - A ** .<> Jh I I * • r * 11 i jjisi I I; A hMI weii 1 I? ISESE I Bitesto iJtaii * fee f l "•U La. Ii W ’Mtir tc <v M • 1 T 1^1 J lR J H Si ■ * / s* > K* V N a It* I ♦ I �— 4T The Sun and News, Saturday, September 17, 2022/ Page 7 Heyboer family named CEF Honored Alumni 2022 r i *t ■ - k safe I 2 - < Itittaj :a Mrr I ii h ■ St ft Ar I : a sw ahftJ _ Taxjsiiki J tuiwilfr &6B3 totes: A' - - itsEis Olo <* rM |« it I* iff1 jjlf a I 1 II ■ i:;> / I| < I If H1' J a* A I f The Caledonia Education Foundation (CEF) has named Wildwood Family Farms owners Justin and Kelly Heyboer as their honored alumni for 2022. The couple's story is one of two high school friends marrying, starting a family and creating a successful business all right in Caledonia. The Heyboers will be rec­ ognized at CEF's Calapalooza fundraiser on Sept. 30 from 3 to 8 p.m. in the south football stadium parking lot. The public is invited to this free communi­ ty event featuring food trucks, kids activities, live music and a pep rally. Justin and Kelly will ride in the homecoming parade at 5 p.m., be presented with their award at 6:30 p.m., and be honored at halftime of the football game. Justin was bom and raised on a horse farm and attended Dutton Elementary, Caledonia Middle School and Caledonia High School. Kelly moved to Caledonia in 6th grade. As a new student, Kelly recalls the first person she met. “Peg Mulherin was my homeroom teacher,” Kelly said. “She was super wel­ coming, energetic and bois­ terous.” Kelly wanted to be a teacher since age 9 and Peg was one of the teachers that Kelly admired. The Heyboers lived right around the comer from each other and had mutual friends, but didn’t really get to know each other until late in high school. Sports were integral parts of their school years. -ln track’ KelIy ran the: 100and 200-meter dash as well as 4x100 and 4x200 relays and high jumped. Her coach, Joe Zomerlei, made an impact on her as he taught a hard work ethic and pushed her to always do her best. He is now coaching the couple's daughter, Brooke, who he often accidentally calls “Kelly.” Justin started playing football in 5th grade and continued through high school. He was both a running back and wide receiver, Coach Ralph Shefferly made an impact on Justin through _ his football career and taught life IpRsnn.Q lessons n.c as well well. Roth Both Kelly and Justin valued the mentors they had relationships with throughout their schoolyears. Sports taught them to push themselves to be even better and that some of the biggest lessons are learned when the game is lost. Academics were more of a priority for Kelly while Justin poured his time into networking with friends, which is a skill he still uses today in his business. Justin had his own TV show on the Caledonia news channel interviewing various people, including rock musician Ted Nugent. FFA was an integral pro­ gram for Justin. Advisors Al and Jackie Steeby mentored him and contributed a great deal to making him the man, businessman and leader that he is today. In 1996, Justin won the title of “Star State Agri-Businessman of the X Year,” which is a very high honor in FFA. 4 f Al F u Justin graduated from i CHS in 1995 and attended Michigan State University's landscape and horticulture program for two years. He developed a love for planting and gardening that turned a growing mowing business into a thriving landscaping business over the years, The couple dated after Kelly graduated in 1996 and married in 1998 while Kelly The Heyboer family consists of (left to right) kids Luke, Brooke and Colt and their parents Kelly and Justin, attending was Calvin who are being honored by the Caledonia Education Foundation as honored alumni. (Courtesy photo) College. She graduated in 2000 with a degree in elementary education and lanX 1 guage arts. Using her degree, she taught in a Kentwood \ Public Schools elementary \ I school for 18 years and comI x K X pleted her master’s in literaY cy in 2010. Justin and Kelly are peopie of faith and family, In 2002, they bought a charming old house and barn on Snow Avenue as they desired to raise a family on a Kelly Heyboer, whose maiden name was Velting hobby farm. The couple was ran track for Caledonia, participating in the 100- and pregnant with their first son 200-meter dashes as well as 4x100 and 4x200 relays. Luke, who was bom in 2003, (Courtesy photo) •< s and later had a daughter, Brooke, in 2006, and another that people from all over the within the school district i’jf. son, Colt, in 2008. Their world world will will enjoy enjoy and and rememremem- such as FFA, athletics and children followed them by ber. The couple designs PTO initiatives, Iff CEF is also grateful to the attending Caledonia schools events together but Kelly r; vir-v - • where they have and contin- focuses on the planning and Heyboers for supporting Jr » * AX /T r’ •" ■ J —— J___ ue to build relationships with floral services and Justin many years of their fundrais­ Justin Heyboer started playing football in 5th some of the same teachers as maintains the wgrounds and ing events (Foundation Fest their parents. They take great secures the entertainment and now Calaplaooza) and grade and continued through high school. He was pride in their children and portion including food, establishing a scholarship for both a running back and wide receiver for then-Calea graduating senior who is donia coach Ralph Shefferly. (Courtesy photo) count them as one of their drinks and music, greatest blessings. Wildwood hosts more interested in pursuing a “Watching them become than 50 events each year career in the agriscience are building a stronger com- and students in the Caledonia field. Empowering Caledonia munity. Community Schools. For full young young adults, adults, work work hard, hard, be be including weddings, corpostudents and staff is just one CEF raises funds for grants event information, visit honest and humble, and love rate events, farm-to-table more way Justin and Kelly that support teachers, staff Calapalooza.com. Jesus Jesus isis our our greatest greatest joy, joy/”’ dinners, and concerts. Justin Kelly remarked. and Kelly have built their When barn weddings business for over 20 years started to become a trend with mostly small accomaround around 15 15 years years ago, ago, the the coucou­ plishments and a few larger ple hosted a wedding in the ones but they both agree that pie Wildwood bam bam and and conseconse- some of their failures have Wildwood quently, Justin and Kelly taught them the most, began to see the need for an Owning a business for the | event venue which was not Heyboers is .tough, —to.., — but — the _ their initial intent. flexibility and ability to I their initial intent. flexibility and ability to In 2010, they remodeled make their schedules and ■ ..... the bam and started booking decisions while finding what I more events. Each year the works best for their family, | number of events seemed to business and customers is double,so in 2018, Kelly something they are enjoying retired from teaching and in this journey. It is very | * *E J2 Justin sold his landscaping exciting that the journey has portion of portion of the the business. business, led to another amazing I restaurant for Caledonia. Wildwood Family Farms * Must present this coupon. Butcher Block Social is became a sought-out event Expires 11*15-22 expected to open next spring. venue with rave reviews. Giving back to the com­ “We see the customer's need and adapt to what we munity is a priority for the 'FURNACE need as owners and what our Heyboer family. In addition guests need as guests,” Kelly to their private events, they said. “We love creating new host public concerts and 210 East Main Street, Caledonia spaces and offering a unique events each month. They are The company built quick to give their time, experience in a small town.” k• •• by referrals Forced air resources and finances to The Heyboers thrive on _ .only support a cause. They partner Locally owned business serving people and using their visions to create events with many organizations / - * < MR * !» A A < ■ t » I |L % I 1 1, 1 ♦ Y I i kJ t •ft - L k.. Y V % y X ■ ■ ’ J X V I ■ • , A, * * C4 J % 4 s. ■ X” MX s v V 1 f L * A AV •< 9 * I J •' * t • •. 4 1■ .1Z /* k * 4 1 f » . »' ■ V « ■ f 4 ¥ -________ - Fall's Coming... Beat the Rush! I I - . . • t 1* • 1 •• _ 1 •! /*•_!•___ _____ 1 ■ I I I I I I I I I I High Efficiency RUUD FURNACE & AIR a RUUD I 11 I $300 OFF I HEATING & COOLING . i f > I r • / ‘ I I • J I ♦ I I t » I t 9 TONE-UP s79 I ♦ I I A I i * ' ■ / f / I « . W >1 » I I I t 9 9 I I • < �Open house gives Gaines Township residents a chance to discuss parks and trails ______ I z James Gemmell Contnbuting Writer Several residents attended an open house Wednesday at the Gaines Township Hall to give their input on a and trails master plan that will be developed in the coming months. Township planning offi­ cials and representatives from the MCSA Group. Inc. were also on hand. In June, the township board accepted an $8,740 bid from the Grand Rapids-based architectural firm, formerly known as M.C. Smith & Associates, to prepare the Parks &. Trails Master Plan. They expect to complete the planning document by about the end of the year. It will guide township planners in setting objectives for developing parks, trails and recreational sites over a fiveyear period. Besides providing feedback at the open house, resi­ dents had until Sept. 23 to respond to a public-input survey that was posted on the township website. Tiffany Smith is president of the MCSA Group. She said the women-ow ned company specializes in public parks throughout the Stale of Michigan. "And this project is to decide what the public wants in the township as far as rec­ reational opportunities,” she said. "The goal of the rec plan is to figure out what the township and residents would like to sec improved and implemented in the next five years, No timetable has been determined for when con­ struction work might begin after the parks and trails master planning document is finished. "They’re not definitive projects yet, Smith said. ‘Basically, this document allows the township to be eligible for Michigan Natural Resources trust fund grants for natural park facilities. And those (applications) are due April 1. 2023. And, I think, in the capital improve­ ment schedule there are sev era! items that are grantable, And so, we’ll evaluate whether we want to write grant applications.” The township also is 1 z I "J 'Z % ■h I M * Gaines Township Community Development Director Dan Wells (far left) and MCSA Group President Tiffany Smith (beside Wells) smile at the parks and trails master plan open house at Gaines Township Hall. (Photo by James Gemmell) working on an overall master plan for the township, which should not be confused with the Parks & Trails Master Plan. That document will guide future industrial, com­ mercial and residential development. "I've been very eager to have a new parks and trails master plan. So, I'm very happy to see this coming to fruition,” Dana Lehmann said. She chairs the Gaines Township Parks & Trails Committee. Community Development Director Dan Wells said he z was pleased with the public "A lot of preference for pas­ turnout at the open house. sive-recreation sites — We’ve seen some prelim­ woodlands, trails, that kind inary information from the of thing. But also, a lot of public input. And similar to demand for active recreation, what was echoed in the as well. Especially, involv(overall) master plan, people ing kids. We have a lot of really want to see more trails, more connectivity, connectivity," he said See MASTER PLAN, OR next page jjll 4t M ikIP Kent County Road Commission board holds hearing on 100th Street project in Gaines Township James Gemmell road commission at pubConfributing Writer lie meetings about speedThe Kent County Road ing in that area and how Commission wants to the reconstruction will reconstruct a one-mile sec­ impact traffic flow and tion of 100th Street in safety. Gaines Charter Township We do have involve­ next year between East ment but, ultimately, the Paris and Patterson ave­ (Michigan) State Police set nues. the speed limits based on The KCRC board held a what’s called the 85th per­ public hearing on the pro­ centile,” KCRC Deputy posed project Tuesday in Managing Director of the Earl G. 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After that, that. an 18-inch sand sub base will be rolled out, then a 6-inch aggregate gravel base will I — * Call us for a free consultation — WEITZ it ei I * a**- FROM 1953-87 mi* �-A > ft J* 1 The Sun and News, Saturday, September 17, 2022/ Page 9 Spectrum Health Pennock 100TH STREET'continued from pa&8---------president out as health _ ■ ■ ____ _ ■ __ ■ ■■■ ■ and potentially nesting in going on between Kalamazoo and Hanna Lake avenues this year. The south half of the roadway there has been graveled and crews are now working on the north side. Once all the gravel is poured, they will work on the base-course paving. Harrall said about $100,000 worth of guard rail is being installed on that section of 100th Street, but the section between East Paris and Patterson avenues will require less railing. The total estimated cost of the road reconstruction between East Paris and Patterson is $1.7 million. About $991,000 of that would be federally funded and the KCRC would pick up the remaining $709,000 tab. Harrall said a public information meeting on the project was held in Gaines Township on June 29. He added that the most recent schedule anticipates the project will begin in mid­ April 2023 and last about three months. No official action to approve or revise the project will be taken by the KCRC board until later this fall. “One of the big improve­ ments of what we're pro­ posing is that shoulder will be wide enough that vehi­ cles that won't need to be slippery going downhill in mail carrier or trash (haul- the winter to stop before the er) - will have somewhere intersection, even if the safe to park, to refuge,” road is salted. Harrall said. “The paved “I think it would be a lot shoulder will be a big safer if we could maybe improvement.” propose the idea of a four­ If approved, through way at that intersection." traffic will be detoured Marsman said. and local traffic will be Harrall replied that maintained during the KCRC could consider reconstruction project. changing the construction The contractor will be timeline, but has other proj­ required to maintain ects that it needs to coordi­ access to homes, business­ nate first. es and other property. But “It's unlikely that we access typically will be on would finish it during the a gravel surface school recess," he said. Andrew Marsman of “Summer break is much nearby Leighton Township shorter than it used to be. in Allegan County said Some schools may get many of the parents in his out sooner than others neighborhood drive on and some start sooner. 100th Street to take their So, it gives you about an children to school. He eight-to-ten-week win­ asked that the road com­ dow. It’s likely this con­ mission consider postpon- struction would be three ing the reconstruction proj- months.” ect until after school gets Harrall said the KCRC out in June, traffic and safety depart­ “100th Street between ment examines traffic East Paris and Patterson counts and the frequency of is the main through-way vehicle crashes when it to get there. So, if this considers the viability of road is closed during the turning an intersection into school year, I think it will a four-way stop. “We don't arbitrarily put be very difficult,” Marsman said. “If you those up,” he told Marsman. detour to 92nd Street, that “They’re very much like a doubles the traffic in front traffic signal. There has got of the (Caledonia) high to be certain warrants met to justify a four-way stop. school.” Marsman also asked if We can find out and get the KCRC has considered back to you.” The Kent Intermediate making the intersection of East Paris Avenue and School District would have 100th Street a four-way to figure out a detour route stop. He said northbound once the 1 OOth Street recon­ East Paris sometimes is too struction begins. (in Holland), the Whittenbach Wege Center (in Lowell), or (Nature the Blandford Center, in Grand Rapids). “For Cody’s Mill, we’ve talked about a sledding hill, maybe a splash pad there, maybe a ballpark." Township officials are plan­ ning to pursue state and feder­ al grants, plus private dona­ tions, for purchasing open land, and improving parks and recreational facilities. They also will consider in the town­ ship capital improvement plan Some township board the feasibility of building an amphitheater at some point in members recently talked about whether they should establish the future. “That’s something we a fund for acquiring future would have to set aside park land or ask residents if money for,” Wells said. “If they would approve of a dedi­ people support a millage, an cated millage to help the town­ amphitheater is certainly ship pay for open land when something we could look at opportunities to buy it arise, much sooner than later. There Township Manager Jonathan are a lot of questions about Seyferth said recently that fedthat — where it would be eral funds allocated through sited, what would be the best the American Rescue Plan Act access, and, depending on the ( ARPA) can be used for pur­ size, what does the parking chasing future park space, as well. arrangement look like?" the trees. The work will be similar to the ^construction of 100th Street that has been djdlvlll WllwVIlUCllww By Jayson Bussa needs of the system's south was in response to rising Editor region. market market pressures. pressures. In a cost-cutting move late Hoefer brings more than “Our health system, like last week, the newly-merged 27 years in health care lead- others around the nation, is Spectrum Health and ership and has served as the facing significant financial Beaumont Health — now president of Spectrum Health pressures from historic inflaknown as BHSH System — Zeeland Community tion, rising pharmaceutical shed hundreds of employees, Hospital since June 2021. and labor costs, COVID-19, including the president of “I am confident Bill’s per- expiration expiration of of CARES CARES Act Act Spectrum Health Pennock. sonable leadership style and funding and reimbursement On Friday, BHSH System vision for the south market not not proportional proportional with with expensexpens­ released a statement, saying will help us in our efforts es,” the statement said. that it cut 400 non-clinical toward health that is simple, “Joining together as one and administrative positions affordable, equitable and health system places us in a throughout the state. exceptional,” Tuttle said. stronger position to face these “Unfortunately, this con­ In a general statement challenges while ensuring solidated leadership model from BHSH System, the quality care for our communi­ means that the role held by health system said the move ties for generations to come.” Angie Ditmar, who has served as president (of) Spectrum Health Pennock, (a) southeast regional market leader since November 2018, will be eliminated,” Chad Tuttle, Senior Vice President at BHSH said in a statement to the Sun and News. “Angie has been an outstanding leader, cultivating deep rela­ tionships with the Pennock board and the Barry County community. We thank her for all she has done for our organization and our teams.” Beginning on Oct. 7, Bill Hoefer will serve as the lead­ er of the south regional mar­ ket, where Spectrum Health Pennock and Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital will share resources and partner together regular­ Angie Ditmar ly to meet the collective 41 - % ■ -'Ttv % *34 » tr Hl Will in that through lane - a /WASTER PLAN, continued from page 8 the Paul Henry Trail. “I think really gamering what kind of things the pub­ lic needs is first (priority),” Lehmann said. “We have heard — at least at Prairie Wolf Park — people would like to have permanent restrooms there. A pavilion comes up a lot. We've considered putting an outdoor educational center at the park, along the lines of the Outdoor Discovery Center young families in the town- trail areas,” Wells said. ship.” Parks in Gaines Charter Wells said some wish list Township include Earle items that residents frequent- Brewer Park, Creekside ly mention include a splash Park, Prairie Wolf Park, pad, pool, dog park and a Dutton Shadyside Park and pickleball court. • an undeveloped park, Cody's “These are things that folks Mill Park, north of 84th are really wanting these days. Streetand west of Kalamazoo And we are, admittedly, defi­ Avenue. Most of the parks cient in a lot of active recre­ are owned by Kent County. ation. We have Prairie Wolf There are two major trail Park, which is great. But we systems in the township: the don’t have a lot of designated Fred Meijer M-6 Trail and r : 64 cornerstone women mH l<* Join us for a time of worship, community, learning, and reflection! Each month we will have a relevant topic for women of all ages and stages to gather around. Whether you've been at Cornerstone for one week or many years, come connect with one another and with God in a welcoming and casual place! We meet the fourth week of each month but will be shifting days to accommodate everyone’s schedules. 1 J i I I 1 1 Fit । J# Maps and informational diagram boards were set up on easels at the parks and trails open house on Sept. 14 at the Gaines Township Hall. (Photo by James Gemmell) w I A X >- * » > < • ¥ I 4 * t * I . । i. > . i ' » I • I ♦ I 2­ I • B I "I 1 .fc I t ♦ i v* I ■F * I 1 I < cornerstonechurch cornerstonemi.org/women -5< A ■ ■ I I > I • < > f I- I I ♦ I I I * �I—• fa II' ** Page 10/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 17, 2022 Gaines Township Bi James Gemmell Contributing Writer The Gaines Township Board will consider adopt­ ing a 2023 fiscal year bud­ get resolution and an updat­ ed tax roll that would include an increase in homeowners’ winter tax bill. Township staff is recom­ mending that the annual township-wide special assessment for public safe­ ty expenses be increased from the current 0.6 mills to 0.75 mills. That would help pay for increased staffing of the Dutton Fire Department and some addi­ tional Kent County Sheriff’s Office services. The board approved the 15-year assessment in October 2021 to help cover the cost of replacing outdated fire equipment and to defray the town­ ship’s growing costs for fire, rescue and police services. The township board can adjust the special assessment levy each year, up to a maximum of 1.5 mills. Gaines Charter Township is Kent County’s fast­ est-growing municipality and has more calls for fire, rescue and police service than any other township in the county. Dutton and Cutlerville Fire Chief Ken THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP OARD 200 E MAIN ST. MIDDLEVILLE, Ml 49333 SYNOPSIS OF MEETING MINUTES Monday, September 12, 2022 Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. Seven members present. Items approved: 1. Printed Agenda approved as amended with item 10(g) La­ bor Legal Representation added. 2. Consent Agenda approved aspresented 3. Approved motion to in­ crease election worker wages from $12/hr. to $18/hr. for the election chairs and from $11/hr. to $15/hr. for the election inspec­ tors. 4. Approved motion to replace the back door at a cost NTE $2,195.00. 5. Approved motion to hold a 90-day trial of a second staffed ambulance 12 hours per day as part-time staff is available to accommodate second calls and transfers. 6. Approved motion to per­ form immediate repairs NTE $35,000.00 on M-51, Bravo-53, E-51, E-56, and Tanker 56. 7. Approved motion to pur­ chase three new fire station chairs at a cost NTE $2,416.50. 8. Approved motion to hire six part-time and four paid-on-call EMS staff members. 9. Approved motion to adopt Ordinance 3-2022 - Rezone par­ cel 08-14-027-002-09 from Ag/ Res to General Commercial. 10. Approved motion to hire Mika Myers utilizing Nikole Can­ ute for our labor issues. Meeting adjourned at 8:17 p.m. Van Hall said last spring the rapidly escalating number of calls for firefighting and rescue services has made the staffing increase imperative. To address the increasing difficulty in recruiting vol­ unteer on-call firefighters, the township board approved in June a request for the Dutton Fire Department to add five full­ time firefighters and be staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, begin­ ning Jan. 1, 2023. Besides supporting the additional firefighting staff, the special assessment increase would also defray the cost of additional Sheriff’s Office patrols in the township on an as-needed basis, only. There will be no addition to the regular road patrol, The special assessment levy that took effect this year has generated about $600,000, so far, for pub­ lie safety. The average homeowner pays $67 per year for the levy, depend­ ing on a property’s taxable value, The levy will increase by about $20 for the next fiscal year, if approved by the board, The average taxable value for a residential property in the township is $112,000 according to township documents. Manager Township Jonathan Seyferth said the proposed hike to 0.75 mills would generate about $822,000 annually for the township. That is about 21 percent of the total revenues going into the public safety fund. About 53 percent of the revenues will come from a transfer out of the general fund eral fund. Treasurer Laurie Lemke said the increase in the assessment would take effect with the winter tax bill that will be mailed to residents the first week of December. Payment will be due by Feb. 14, 2023. 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Copies of the meeting minutes are available upon request from the Township Clerk or by visiting our website at https://thornapple-twp.org/meetinq-minutes/ Office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in viola­ tion of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone num­ ber for the hearing impaired is I-800-927-9275. EQUAL H0U9N0 Left to right: trustees Dan Fryling, Bob Terpstra, Kathy Vander Stel; clerk Michael Brew, supervisor Rob DeWard, treasurer Laurie Lemke, planner Dan Wells, trustee Tim Haagsma, manager Jonathan Seyferth. (Photo by James Gemmell) uting about $2.1 million per year from its general fund toward public safety ser­ vices. Seyferth said in a staff memo that $440,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars will be used to cover some of the additional public safety expenses, According to the memo, total revenues for fiscal year 2023 are projected to be $3,943,787 and total expenses $3,923,959. Heritage Festival set for Oct. 8 outside Gaines Township Hall The 12th annual Heritage Festival is fast approaching. The popular event typically takes place the second Saturday in October at the township hall, at 84th Street and Kalamazoo Avenue. This year, it will be on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Gaines Historical Society sponsors the entire event. Its president, Shirley Bruursema, chairs the festi­ val. “I’m bringing a person­ al invitation for each and every one of you to come to the Heritage Festival. We’ve got a good pro­ gram put together,” Bruursema told the town­ ship board and audience members. She said there will be all the traditional displays and participants, such as arts and crafts vendois, food vendors, fire trucks, antique tractors, a petting zoo, trailer rides through the adja­ cent apple orchards and much more. “The fire department will be there and (sell­ ing) hot dogs and chips,” it* Table I ' ■ 1 1 ■ ■ ■- ■ ' -----—— - ■ Category____________ Cutlerville Fire/Rescue Dutton Fire/Rescue Kent Co. Sheriff's Office Total Projected Expense $1,523,249 $1,381,710 $1,019,000 $3,923,959 Percent 38.82% 35.21% 25.97% I M I ftbfd I JUltk® or it Table 2 Category_______________ SAD Revenue___________ Transfer from General Fund Transfer from ARPA______ Byron Contributions ■ Total Projected Revenue $821,787________ $2,100,000 $440,000_______ $582,000_______ $3,943,787 Percent 20.83% 53.24% 11.15% 14.75% iiizb I I These tables show Gaines Township’s projected revenues and expenses for fiscal year 2023, based on the proposed budget. The township-wide special assessment, shown here as “SAD Revenue,” would bring in $821,787. (From gainestownship.org) have cider and doughnuts at the Historical (Society) booth, and lots of baked goods. We're looking forward to seeing you there.” “I’m looking forward to it as well,” Township Supervisor Rob DeWard said. 5 Gaines Board passes par­ ticipation agreement in proposed utility project The township board voted 7-0 on a resolution to help the Kent County Department of Public Works move forward with the preliminary steps needed to eventually build a waste-to-energy plant. The project is still years away and would involve multiple municipalities and utility companies. The Public Participation Agreement is similar to a Memorandum of Understanding. The $350 million facility Business Park adjacent to the South Kent Landfill in Byron Township and extending into Allegan County. Potentially, water and sewer lines would be extended from Gaines Township to accommodate the project. Kent County and Dorr Township intend to apply for project grants, and Gaines and Byron townships are agreeing to be co-applicants for the grants. Grant available to upgrade election computers The State of Michigan is offering an Election Security Grant to reimburse townships for the purchase of computers used for pro­ cessing elections. The grant funding is through the Help America Vote Act and will reimburse townships $1,500 per precinct. Gaines Township has nine precincts, so $13,500 But it must purchase the laptop computers before Sept. 30 and submit the receipts to the state by Oct. 31. The township board voted 7-0 to purchase the laptops. Township Clerk Michael Brew said it is an opportu­ nity to upgrade Gaines’ election computers. They will be purchased through Grand Rapids-based Micro Visions Inc. “Our current laptops are getting slow. That’s the only reason to upgrade them,” he said, adding that nothing will be on the new laptops until the night before the election, when the elec­ tronic poll book software is installed. “(The state) made the money available, and the Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks went and got that money and said they would distribute the M 1 lu* 8 * M * . $* II h V Ik ■ �I The Sun and News, Saturday, September 17, 2022/ Page 11 Trump back in Michigan Oct. 1 to stump for Republicans running for state office Yue Stella Yu Bridge Michigan Former President Donald Trump will return to Michigan on Oct.l to stump for the state’s top Republican candidates, he announced Thursday. Trump will hold a rally at 7 p.m. at the Macomb County Community College Sports and Expo Center in Warren. The event will fea­ ture three Republicans he has endorsed: gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon, H * It 1 * r-wR, '"Mil W 1 «I jS i u i a an ja is I B Pm iSW t X— I I Daire Rendon, a Republican from Lake City. "Prosecutor Hilson will review the investigation and information for possible charges,” the Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council said in a statement last week. “At this time, no charges have been filed against any of the possible defendants.” Hilson’s assignment comes after Michigan attor­ ney general Dana Nessel sought the appointment of a special prosecutor to take the reins of a months-long case that had been executive by her office and Michigan State Police. Nessel will be facing DePerno in November’s general elec­ tion, therefore, sought a spe- Muskegon County prose­ cutor D.J. Hilson will deter­ mine whether or not Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf and eight other individuals will face criminal charges in what the state has classified as a conspiracy to obtain, test and tamper with voting tabula­ tors. Late last week, the Attorneys Prosecuting Coordinating Council assigned Hilson, a democrat who has served in his role in Muskegon County since 2013, to the case. Other defendants in the case include Matthew DePemo, the Republican nominee for attorney gener­ al, and State Representative * I • ' ** viJ 0i! r» ft \1* I * $ ll ll Former President Donald Trump on five different voting tabu­ sible. Olson was joined by lators. This included a tabu­ such parties as the Macomb lator from Irving Township County Republican Party, Hall. The attorney general’s non-profit group the Election office stated that township Integrity Force and Donna clerk Sharon Olson handed Brandenburg, who is a nomiover the tabulator to a “third nee for governor by the U.S. party,” at the behest of Leaf. Tax Payers party. “Irving Township Clerk In response to the state’s Sharon Olson indicated that initial investigation, Leaf and she was asked by Barry Lambert filed a lawsuit County Sheriff Dar Leaf to against Nessel, Secretary of cooperate with investigators State Jocelyn Benson and the regarding an election fraud Michigan State Police, claim­ investigation. Subsequent to ing that they were interfering this conversation, Olson turn with Leaf s investigation into over her tabulator to a third voter fraud. That lawsuit was recently thrown out by the party.” D.J. Hilson Dar Leaf Leaf contends that he Michigan Court of Claims never coerced Olson - or because Leaf failed to sign it. Leaf and the group of anyone else - to turn over cial prosecutor in order to DePemo has been very pubmachines. However, Leaf potential defendants face the eliminate any • conflict of lie in his thought that Nessel interest. is targeting him for her own and his attorney, Stefanie prospect of a variety of Lambert, who who is also also aa charges, including using a Despite the move, Lambert, move, political gain. In her petition for a special defendant inthe case, have computer systemto commit prosecutor, issued in early not wavered in their accusa- a crime, willfully damaging a August, Nessel alleged that tions of voter fraud playing a voting machine, malicious nine individuals played a role in the outcome of the destruction of property and role in gaining unauthorized 2020 presidential election in fraudulent access to a com­ puter or computer system. access to voting tabulators Michigan, If Leaf faces legal charges Olson has since signed on and transporting them to Oakland County in order to as a plaintiff in a recent­ and must fund a defense, Chairman of the Barry conducting tests on them at ly-filed ly-filed federal federal lawsuit, Board of hotels and short-term rental attempting to decertify County Michigan’s 2020 presidential Commission Ben Geiger properties. The petition stated that, in election results and run the already said that the county all, the group got their hands election over as soon as pos- would not foot the bill. “Pennock Hospital aver­ ages over four patient trans­ fers daily to Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo hospitals,” Richardson wrote. “The greater Grand Rapids hospi­ tals also have a need for transfers out of its facilities where waiting times can be 12-plus hours.” Richardson is to meet with the emergency medical service liaison from Residential & Commercial Spectrum Health next week to discuss ways the two -Gas and Oil Furnaces organizations can work together to handle patient -Gas and Oil Boilers transfers. The plan would be to staff -Air Conditioners 72' the second ambulance from -Heat Pumps 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with an ■' on-call model at night, -Water Heaters Richardson wrote. *o *s “This model assures our -Humidifiers citizens are protected while the ambulance is on a transfer for emergency trans­ port,” he wrote. j Richardson projects the I move would generate three | additional calls per 12-hour HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING, INC. ACCREDITED generating about I Since 1955 shift, BUSINESS A+ 5 269-792-2234 DEWEERDHTG.COM BBB $1,800 in revenues against ? staffing costs of $812. I TTES on Sept. 5 convert­ ed to round-the-clock staff­ ing for its primary ambu­ lance and fire engine, a move that Richardson says will allow for consistent advanced life support ser­ vice and quick response time to fire calls. Richardson, who did not attend Monday's meeting because he was attending a seminar, wrote in the memo that, so far this year, TTES has assisted on calls outside the township 256 times, leaving the community with­ out coverage for about 512 hours, or 21.3 days. Just last month, TTES had eight instances of double hits, defined as a call that comes in while first responders are already responding to anoth­ er call, according to town­ ship documents. In addition, the chief wrote, there is a need for advanced life support and basic life support transfers from Spectrum Health Pennock Hospital in Hastings to hospitals in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. Thornapple Township Emergency Services will try out having a second staffed ambulance available 12 hours a day, as part-time staffing is available, to accommodate second calls and transfers. The Township Board on unanimously Monday approved going ahead with a 90-day trial for the second staffed ambulance, which was recommended by new TTES Chief Bill Richardson. There is currently a need for a second hit ... coverage for our community, but the second hit call volume is not enough to make the opera­ tion self-sustaining,” Richardson wrote in a memo to the board. “The need con­ tinues to grow due to the lack of primary ambulance coverage in our surrounding communities. This lack of coverage decreases our pri­ mary ambulance availability in our own area to cover our residents.” ll $ In 2020, Trump lost to President Joe Biden by more than 154,000 votes, a result confirmed by numerous audits and an investigation by a Republican-led state Senate committee. The former president endorsed Dixon just days ahead of the Aug. 2 primary, calling her a conservative warrior ” who won't be stopped.” Dixon defeated her primary opponents by a landslide, winning 80 of the 83 counties in Michigan. TTES to begin 90-trial utilizing a second staffed ambulance Greg Chandler Staff Writer * Democrats Democrats. In April, Trump held a rally for DePemo and Karamo in Washington Township in in northern northern Michigan, weeks ahead of the Michigan Republican Party Convention, where both Trump-endorsed candidates won GOP nomination, At that rally, Trump said DePemo and Karamo would ensure “Michigan is not rigged and stolen again in 2024,” repeating baseless claims about widespread voter fraud. Special prosecutor named in voting tabulator case involving Barry County Sheriff Jayson Bussa Editor A cantlv candy in fundraising. As nf of Aug. 22, Dixon's campaign JI had just over $523,000 in the bank compared to $14 million for Whitmer. Michigan is a swing state, however, and Trump’s appearance could galvanize support among Republicans for an election that could be decided by turnout. A proposal enshrining abortion rights into the state constitu­ tion is also on the ballot, and conventional wisdom holds that could dramatically boost turnout among attornev honeful attorney general hopeful Matt DePemo and secretary of state candidate Kristina Karamo. Trump's visit will be five weeks before the Nov. 8 general election and comes as all three statewide Republican candidates trail in polls and fundraising to Democratic incumbents. Dixon, a Norton Shores former steel executive, is down double-digits to incumbent Democrat Gov. 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Lake Lansing Road, near MSU Campus. 6 rooms in each unit with 2 bedrooms. Back room washer/ dryer hookup. Electric base­ boards in each room. Zoned residential, but in commercial area. Call 616-765-3185. Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Caledonia varsity 6-2. That was the only loss of the day for any of Big Rapids’ top three singles boys’ tennis team scored a players, runner-up finish at its own Caledonia Invitational Saturday, bested only by the tournament champions from Big Rapids. Big Rapids won the title with a score of 24 points, The Scots were second with 15 points, ahead of Wayland 13 and Comstock Park 2. . . Caledonia second singles player Adam Morris was the champion at his flight with a perfect 3-0 record on the day. Big Rapids first singles player Nathan Sanders and third singles player Preston Young were both 3-0 on the day. Fighting Scot first singles player Justin Trees had one win, knocking off Comstock Park's Dylan Vandermeer 7-5, 2-6, (10-7). Trees also tie­ found himself in a super tiebreaker to close things out against Wayland first singles player Jackson Chesley, but was bested by the Wildcats’ top player 4-6, 6-1, (10-7). All five Caledonia doubles teams were 2-1 at the toumament and Tyler Oliver at third singles had one victory. Moms defeated Wayland’s Andrew Murphy 6-3, 6-2, knocked off Comstock Park’s Brady Vanoverloop 6-1, 6-1 and bested Logan Fuller from Big Rapids 6-3, The Scots’ doubles line-up included Nathan Huynh and Maddox Gaier at number one, Ben Diegel and Tucker Dion at number two, Hudson Derengowski and Quinn Pherson at number three, Ryan Hautala and Colin Martin at number four and Garrett Fales and Will VanderWeele at number five. Big Rapids didn't lose a doubles match at the toumament going a perfect 15-0. Caledonia returned to OK Red Conference action Monday and Wednesday, falling 9-0 in conference duals with Grand Haven and then Hudsonville. The Scots and Bucs had some thrilling doubles matches Monday, with Huynh and Gaier pushing the Grand Haven number one pair of Jonah Sispera and Alex Waite to three sets in a 6-0, 2-6, 6-4 defeat. Caledonia closed out the week finishing in a 4-4 tie with Northview in a non-conference dual. Morris had the Scots’ lone singles win, best­ ing Ian Carmichael 6-1, 6-0 at number two. Ryan Walbeck at fourth singles took the opening set against Northview's Carter Ritsema, but then fell 6-1 in set number two and saw Ritsema go on a 10-0 run to win a super tiebreaker and clinch clinch the the match. match. Northview also got a win in in aa super super tiebreaker tiebreaker at at secsecond doubles after the Scot team team of of Diesel Diegel and and Dion Dion opened the match with a 6-0 win in the first set. North view's Caleb Hoyh and Asher Vincent rallied for a 6-2 win in the second set and a 10-3 win in the the super tiebreaker. Caledonia picked up wins at first, second and fourth doubles. Huynh and Gaier took a 6-4, 6-2 win at number one. Derengowski and Pherson won 6-2, 6-2 at number three. Hautala and Martin won the fourth dou­ bles flight 6-3, 6-3. The Scots return to confer­ ence action Monday at home against Rockford and will East host East Kentwood Wednesday. There is another non-conference dual on the at slate for Thursday Kalamazoo Central. A % J’’? V <> . ,<* Scots dominate Red opener from the first snap Brett Bremer Sports Editor Shut out number two is in the books for the Fighting Scots. The Caledonia varsity foot­ ball team opened the 2022 OK Red Conference season Friday, Sept. 9, with a 48-0 victory at Jenison. The Scots also shut out Holt in the sea­ son opener inside Ralph. E. Myers Stadium last month. For the second consecutive week the Fighting Scots scored on the opening snap of the game, this time on a 78-yard touchdown pass from Mason McKenzie to Justice Reed. A Luke Vogeler extra­ point had the Scots up 7-0 18 seconds into the contest. Caledonia ran ten offensive plays in the first quarter and scored four touchdowns against the Wildcats. The second drive of the ballgame was the longest of the opening quarter for the Scots. It took them 1:50 to go 67 yards to the end zone following a Wildcat punt. Derek Pennington Jr. eventually scored on a six-yard run that put his team up 13-0. The Scots added a 48-yard TD pass from McKenzie to Pennington to go up 20-0 on a one-play drive, a 33-yard TD pass from McKenzie to Kaden DeHom on a two-play drive, and a 73-yard TD pass from McKenzie to Evan Graham on a one-play drive before the quarter came to an end. end. Caledonia led 34-0 at that point and added 14 points in ferent guys run the ball. DJ Walker had the most carries with five. Townsend had a team-high 22 yards rushing on three carries. Tyler Burd led the Caledonia defense with six tackles. Jaxon Engelberg had an interception. Jenison was limited to 96 yards of total offense and just four first downs. The Scots were set to host Hudsonville last night and will be back in action Friday, Sept. 23, at Grandville. the second quarter to con­ clude the scoring. McKenzie had a one-yard TD run and Brock Townsend a four-yard TD run in the second quarter. McKenzie was 6-of-7 passing for 316 yards and four touchdowns in the game. Jett King came in to compete one pass for 22 yards, Six different Scots had receptions. Townsend was the only one with two - covering 84 yards. Caledonia had seven dif- I I Trojan boys’ soccer Trojan tennis team knocks off team has more tough Knights in OK Gold dual ■ j ■ — ■ IvOliW ClllwClU There aren’t many breath­ ers during the OK Gold Conference boys5 soccer slate. The Thomapple Kellogg varsity boys’ soccer team has a tough test at Cedar Springs Monday and then will go on the road to face Grand Rapids Catholic Central Wednesday Mi l/tlih as it looks to improve on its 1-2-1 conference record so far. The TK boys were bested 3-2 at Forest Hills Eastern Monday, Sept. 12, and then finished in a 1-1 draw with visiting Kenowa Hills Wednesday. I The Thomapple Kellogg varsity boys’ tennis team evened its OK Gold Conference record at 2-2-1 with a 5-3 win over visiting Kenowa Hills Wednesday. TK first singles player Kameron Nichols pulled out another big three-set win for his team, outscoring the Knights’ top player Logan TenBrink 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 in their match, The Trojan team got a pair of singles wins. Jacob Draaisma outscored the Knights’ Gavin Pohl 6-1, 6-2 at third singles. TK won three of the four double flights. Aaron Michalk and Ben Cuison had a convinc­ ing 6-0, 6-1 win over Kenowa Hills’ Sam Chapman and Tyler Herpolsheimer at first h t&i WiS i doubles. The TK team of Dylan Bailey and Andrew Beckering scored a 6-0, win over Tyler Reul and Landon Breen at third doubles. At fourth doubles, the Trojans’ Anson Verlinde and Daniel Beckering took a 6-1,6-0 win. 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I * X e / 4 * t t *1 j » * * 9 4 HU' f �>1$ I The Sun and News, Saturday, September 17, 2022/ Page 13 Mg Scots fourth, then third, then second at conference outings .{Sox’ Brett Bremer Sports Editor It was a busy week for the OK Red Conference golfers getting in 36 holes of conference action start­ ing with Monday’s Mid­ Season 18-hole tournament at the Meadows on the campus of Grand Valley State University. Caledonia sophomore Copelin O’Krangley fired a 75 at the Meadows to place third in the day's individual Only East standings. Kentwood junior Elise Fennell who shot a two-un­ der-70 and Rockford junior Jessica Jolly who had an , ? m k flux I hr S'S »J8 A pair of milestones will be celebrated by the Michigan High School Athletic Association during this year’s Women In Sports Leadership Conference, to be presented Sunday, Oct. 9, and Monday, Oct. 10 at Crowne Plaza Lansing West for 600 participants, most of them high school female stu­ dent-athletes from across the state. A theme of “Power of the Past - Force of the Future” will recall opportunities cre­ ated during the 50 years since the enactment of Title IX in 1972. This also will be to, ‘ H li' ” ■ ■ I* 11* » * 11 the 25^ WISL Conference, which remains the first, largest and longest-running program of its type in the country. This year’s edition again will feature three keynote speakers and a variety of workshops. The opening address will be delivered by Ashley Baker, who serves as the chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer at Michigan State University. Baker, originally from Pontiac, earned bachelor and master’s degrees from Bowling Green State University and a doctorate in Brett Bremer Sports Editor ahead of TK 197, Kenowa Hills 219, Cedar Springs 232 and Wayland 236. TK’s Ailana Leos was third on the day with a score of 41 to lead her team. Only Catholic Central sophomore Ava Wisinski and South Christian junior Ashley Thomasma were better on the day. Wisinski shot a 39 and Thomasma a 40. Catholic Central and South Christian both had four girls among the top ten scorers. Catholic Central's Morgan Armock shot a 42 and the Cougars also 43's from Kelsey Preston and Katie Cook. South Christian got 43's from Natalie Grand Rapids Catholic Central edged South Christian by two strokes to take the victory at the OK Gold Conference varsity girls' golf jamboree hosted by Thornapple Kellogg on the White nine at Yankee Springs Golf Course Thursday. The Trojans were once again in fourth place for the day behind the conference's two private schools and the ForestHills Eastern Hawks. Catholic Central outscored the Sailors- 167-169. FHE was third with a score of 196 Mils £ ftiw SH| i 'si 1 day’s top five scores, led by way to a runner-up finish a 35 from Jolly. Davidson behind the Rockford girls, shot a 38 and Parlmer and The Rams won with a Wilson Wilson each each scored scored 42 42's. ’s. final score of 154 ahead of Fennell broke up that pack Caledonia 184, Hudsonville at the top of the leaderboard 188, Jenison 204, East with a 38 for East Kentw ood. Kentwood 208, Grandville Copelin O'Krangley tied 218, Grand Haven 219 and for sixth with a 43 in lead­ West Ottaw a 229. ing Caledonia. It was once again an indi­ Codie O’Krangley fired a vidual leaderboard domi­ 47 for Caledonia. Senior nated by the Rams, with Kiana Haywood chipped in Fennell and Copelin a 49 for the Scots and O'Krangley in the mix. Jolly Honhart scored a 50. and and Fennell Fennell each each scored scored aa West Ottawa hosted the 34 and Copelin closed the conference Thursday at day with an even-par-36. Macatawa Legends Golf Codie O'Krangley scored and Country Club and the a 45 for the Fighting Scots, Fighting Scots shot their Honhart a 50 and Flynn and sport sport management management and and polipolicy from the University of Georgia. She came to MSU in December 2020 from Xavier University (Louisiana) where she most recently had served as assistant vice president for student affairs and chief inclusion officer/deputy Title IX coordinator. First-year Spartans soft­ ball coach Sharonda McDonald-Kelley will speak during the Oct. 9 evening general session. She coached Campbell University (N.C.) to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and was was aa four-time four-time all-Big all-Big and 12 selection selection as as aa player player atat 12 Texas A&M, A&M. appearing appearing in in Texas the the College College World World Series Series before playing playing professionalprofessionalbefore ly for for seven seven years. years, McDonald-Kelley was named namedBig BigSouth SouthConference Conference Coach of the Year in 2021, and previously also coached professionally professionally and and as as associassociate head coach at Texas Tech University after serving as an assistant for multiple prestigious college programs. University of Michigan women’s basketball coach Kim Barnes-Arico will Trojans fourth on home course as conference season winds down Mi ns Scots, and freshman team­ mate Codie O'Krangley contributed a 110. Behind Jolly for the firstplace Rams, Bridget Parlmer shot an 81, 81. Mackenzie Davidson an 83 and Aubrey Wilson a 91. The Rams hosted the conference at Blythefield Country Club Tuesday for nine holes and won with a score of 157. Hudsonville was second at 182 ahead of Caledonia 189, Jenison 192, East Kentwood 198 Grand Haven 210, Grandville 213 and West Ottawa 223. Rockford had four of the senior Addison Deveney each tallied a 53. Haywood was right behind their team's top five with a 54. The Rams won with Parlmer adding a 38, Davidson a 39 and Wilson a 43. Next up on the schedule for the OK Red is the jam­ boree hosted by Grand Haven Tuesday at Pigeon Creek Golf Course and a jamboree hosted by Hudsonville at Sunnybrook Country Club Thursday. The conference postseason championship is set for Sept. 26 at Thornapple Pointe. Women In Sports Leadership Conference to celebrate milestones I “ even-par-72 were better on the day. O'Krangley was one over on the front nine with bird­ ies on the par-5 number one and number four. She added another birdie on the par-3 11th as well. Rockford took the day’s team championship with a score of 327. Hudsonville was a distant second at 362 ahead of East Kentwood 379, Caledonia 399, West Ottawa 403, Jenison 417, Grandville 424 and Grand Haven 427. Junior Elizabeth Honhart and senior Sara Flynn each scored a 107 for the Fighting •» t .. rf. * j*; Northouse, Lucy DeHaan and Emerald Hoekwater. Rae Borrink and Kendra Coe each shot a 50 for the TK team and Joselyn DeBoer added a 56. similar Things were Monday as the team's gathered at Orchard Hills Golf Course for the conference jamboree hosted by Wayland, Catholic Central edged South Christian 163-164 at the top of the standings, Forest Hills Eastern was third with a score of 187 ahead of TK 195, Cedar Springs 215, Wayland 218, Kenowa Hills 219 and Ottawa Hills NTS. Leos paced TK again with a 40. Borrink shot a 49 for the Trojans. Coe tallied a 52 and Emma Schut added a 54. Thomasma and Preston tied for top honors on the day each shooting a 38. Wisinski shot a 40 for the Cougars. The league will get together at Gracewil Golf Course for a jamboree Monday and at Quail Ridge on Tuesday, The conference champion­ ship is slated for Sept. 28 at the Mines Golf Club. TK will be back on course at Yankee Springs Sept. 26 hosting a Pre-Regional tour­ nament in preparation for the MHSAA Division 2 Regional it will host Oct. 4 back at Yankee Springs. Girls finally hit the water a second time, fall at Northview Brett Bremer Sports Editor Northview took a 125.5­ 60.5 win over its guests. Marcukaitis won the two freestyle sprints for her team. She took the 50-yard freestyle in 24.88 seconds and the 100-yard freestyle in 55.99. The DK/TK/HHS team also got a victory in the div­ ing competition from Abigail Dumond who put up a score of 158.15 points. Teammate TJ Myers was second with a mark of 147.45. Northview's top diver, Solveig Prodhomme, tallied 143.35 points. Hall sam to a runner-up ’ The Delton Kellogg/ Thornapple Kellogg/ Hastings varsity girls' swim­ ming and diving team chal­ lenged itself at Northview High School in Grand Rapids Thursday night. The DK/TK/HHS team got off to a great start with the foursome of Aubrey Hawks, Sophia Marcukaitis, Preslee Hall and Holly Carpenter winning the 200yard medley relay in 2 minutes.83 seconds, but it was night where their team was mostly chasing the Wildcats. finish in the 100-yard butter­ fly for DK/TK/HHS with a time of 1:07.39. She trailed only Northview's Jaime Forbes who touched the wall for the final time in 1:05.83. Hawks scored in third place in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:14.51. The Wildcat team also had Addy Forbes win the 500-yard freestyle in 5:23.48 and the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:14.62. Lily Lindower won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:03.26. First place in the 200-yard indi­ vidual medley went to the Wildcats’Alexis VanZweden in 2:40.05. Izzie VanDuyn won the 100-yard back­ stroke for the home team in 1:05.24. It was just the second meet of the season for the DK/TK/HHS girls who opened the year with a win over Ionia Aug. 30. The DK/TK/HHS girls will travel to take on Ottawa Hills in a conference dual Thursday, Sept. 22, and then host their own DK/TK/HHS Relays Saturday, Sept. 24, beginning at 10 a.m. at the Community Education and Recreation Center in Hastings. speak during during the the morning morning speak session Oct. 10. She led the Wolverines last season to their theirfirst firstNCAA NCAATournament Tournament Elite Elite Eight Eight and and isis nearing nearing 500 500 career career victories, victories, having having won a U-M program-record 218 218 during during her 10 seasons, She’s a two-time Big Ten Conference Coach of Year and and was was aa semifinalist this past season for the Wemer Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year honor. Michigan is coachin her fifth college coaching stop; she came to Ann Arbor after 10 seasons at St. John’s. She played basketball one season at Stony Brook University (N.Y.) and then her final three including two as captain at Montclair State University (N.J.). Workshops offered during the WISL Conference include topics on coaching, ►54 teaching and learning leadership; sports nutrition and performance, and injury pre­ vention; and empowerment and goal-setting. Presenters are accomplished in their fields and represent a wide range of backgrounds in sport. The Oct. 9 evening general session also will include recognition for the 2022 Women In Sports Leadership Award winnerrecently-retired Livonia Stevenson athletic director Lori Hyman. A basketball standout at MSU during the second half of the 1970s, Hyman went on to coach college basketball for 17 years and then serve as a highly-regarded athletic director for 27 years including the last 22 at her alma mater Stevenson. 187972 r°^ VT m jKxm Mxm m tw n« r* worn --- COONTV^X NOTICE OF ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ADOPTION Please be advised the Thornapple Township Board of Trustees adopted Ordinance No. 03-2022 on September 12, 2022, to amend the Official Zoning Districts Map. Section 1. Land hereinafter described is rezoned from “AR Agriculture Residential to “C” General Commercial n Section 2. Parcel 08-14-027-002-09. [Parcel 9: Part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 27, T4N, R10W, Thomapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the South 1/4 Comer of said Section; thence N 02° 02’ 13" W 1310.83 feet along the North-South 1/4 line of said Section; thence N 88° 00’ 06" E 1324.95 feet along the o South line, of the NW 1/4, SE 1/4, of said Section; thence N 02 01’00" W 530.38 feet along the East line, of the NW 1/4, SE 1/4, of said Section to the Place of Beginning; thence continuing N 02° 01' 00" W 278.19 feet to the beginning of a non-tangential curve, thence Southeasterly 134.26 feet along a 2052.74 radius curve to the right, the long chord of which bears S 83° 57’ 58" E 134.24 feet; thence S 82° 05'32" E 84.90 feet; thence Southeasterly 148.71 feet along a 379.02 radius curve to the left left, the long chord of which bears N 86° 40' 03" E 147.76 feet; thence N 75° 25' 39" E 98.26 feet to the beginning of a non-tangential curve, thence Northwesterly 512.02 feet along a 2864.79 radius curve to the right, the long chord of which bears N 09° 17’ 46" W 511.34 feet along the centerline of M-37; thence S 88° 07' 35" W 487.81 feet along the North line, of the SE o 1/4, of said Section; thence S 02° 02' 13" E 777.65 feet; thence N 88 10’09" E 92.15 feet to the Place of Beginning. Section 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect seven (7) days following its publication. The effective date is September 24, 2022. YEAS: Schaefer, Buckowing, Willshire, Rairigh, Selleck, Campbell, and DeMaagd. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. ORDINANCE 03-2022 ADOPTED Adopted: September 12, 2022. Published: September 17, 2022. Effective Date: September 24, 2022 A copy of the adopted amendment of the Zoning District Map may be obtained at Thornapple Township. This publication is provided as a public service to residents of Thomapple Township and is in conformance with the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act PA 110 of 2006. Respectfully Submitted, Cindy Willshire, Township Clerk I •s 1 5 • ♦ 0 - Y .• J 'J •1 I 1 I > 1' f I I 1 r nr X % a l �ai i nomappie Kellogg s annual Coach B Invitational at Yankee Springs State Park Monday. Caledonia had five of its seven fastest girls run their fastest race ever to win the Thomapple Division cham­ pionship for big schools and the Thomapple Kellogg girls earned some hardware at their home invitational for the first time since 2019 in a runner-up finish. “Granted, we did not host this meet in 2020, but I’ve been feeling anxious to have our team hold a trophy at this meet for some time now,” TK girls' coach Sam Wilkinson said. “It’s a spe­ cial meet because we get a chance to honor Coach B (Tammy Benjamin, former Hall of Fame Coach of the TK girls' cross country team) and it makes it all the more special when we are at least in the top two and holding hardware in the photo op. with Coach B.” Among TK’s top seven there were two season-best times and a personal record for junior Katherine Powers who was the Trojans' number seven finisher with a tine of 23 minutes 46.23 seconds. Caledonia senior Natalia Quigley dropped her person­ al record time to 19:53.45 to lukc I. I W: I The Caledonia varsity girls’ cross country team celebrates its Thornapple Division championship at Thornapple Kellogg’s annual Coach B Invitational at Gun Lake Monday afternoon. win the individual title at the race. TK sophomore Ava Crews was third with a time of 20:65.63 to lead her team. The Caledonia girls and Caledonia boys both won championships in the Thomapple Division on the day. Championships in the Kellogg Division races for smaller schools went to the Grand Rapids Track Club Peregrines as the Peregrine team had the first eight guys across the finish line in their race and the first seven girls across the finish line in theirs. • Caledonia outscored the TK girls 26-64 at the top of the Thomapple Division girls’ standings. Wayland was third with 83 points ahead of Hopkins 86, Hamilton 137 and Lakewood 144. Of the seven fastest Caledonia girls, five ran their fastest time ever. Madelyn Fennema placed fourth with a new PR of 20:7.57 and jun­ ior Alyssa DeFields lowered her PR to 21:15.75 to place sixth. Caledonia senior Leah Thompson was seventh overall in 21:35.7 and while she didn't set a new PR she was nearly 50 seconds faster than she was on the course last fall as a junior. Junior Kloe Kimbrell set her PR at 21:42.24 in placing eighth, sophomore Adysen Daman ran her fastest race of the season to place tenth in 22:00.99 and sophomore Hannah Dupuis ran her fast­ est race yet to place 13th in 22:06.05. The girls'outside the scoring seven recorded a number of PRs too for the Scots. Junior Holly Velting was ninth in 21:55.38 for the TK Seniors ladies, Lucy VanDemark and Lindsey Velting had their season-best times to place 15th and 18th respectively for TK. VanDemark hit the line in 22:19.68 and Lindsey Velting in 22:40.20. “Holly looked way better ll Si See COACH B, page 15 fell® iW ■an’ |MBi 187971 tijSse Township of Yankee Springs Bfoli 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 lit m YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS SPECIAL PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a special public hearing will be held on October 4, 2022, commencing at 6:00 p.m. at the Yan­ kee Springs Township Hall, 284 N. Briggs Rd., Middleville Ml, with­ in the Township, as required under the provisions of the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and the Zoning Ordinance for the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE In addition to participation during a public hearing, members of the public may also provide com­ ments for the Zoning Board of Appeals’ consideration by email­ ing or mailing those comments to the Zoning Board of Appeals for receipt prior to the meeting, in care of the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson (ethompson(5) pcimi.com) or by leaving a phone message prior to the meeting with the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson at 616-877-2000. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at said public hearing include, in brief, the following: ZBA 22-10-020 PARCEL ID # 08-16-110-021-00. 2121 Archwood Dr. Wayland, MI 49348. Irtp HE! t ,H I Iiist au Lillig Trojan senior Lindsey Velting works her way around the course at Gun Lake Monday during the annual Coach B Invitational a few strides ahead of Caledonia’s Avalynn Klapmust and TK teammate Emma Thompson. Thomapple Kellogg’s Kaden Hamming looks to overtake Caledonia’s Ian Kimbrell as they close in on the finish line during the Coach B Invitational at Gun Lake Monday. A request by property owner, Giuseppe Licari, for variance relief from the size requirements estab­ 12.7 “Outbuildings”, lished by section i. The subject site is approximately .386 acres in size. The property is currently zoned Residential Single Family(RSF) and the applicant is request­ ing relief to allow for the construction of an addition to accessory building that fails to meet maximum size requirements. iMh • i>i M ••^1 Such other business as may properly come before the Zon­ ing Board of Appeals. $ The Yankee Springs Township Zoning Board of Appeals and Township Board reserve the right to make changes in the above-mentioned proposed amendment(s) at or following the pub­ lic hearing. Anyone interested in reviewing the application material may do so at the township hall. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place, or, if an electronic meeting is held, to participate via the electronic meeting. Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days' prior notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Town­ ship Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS By: Jacob Welch, Chairperson Yankee Springs Township Hall 284 N. Briggs Rd. Middleville, Michigan 49333 (269) 795-9091 I ■£ i'S a VM V The Caledonia varsity boys’ cross country team celebrates with its trophy after winning the Thornapple Division title Monday at Thornapple Kellogg’s annual Coach B Invitational at Gun Lake. r % �/I I € The Sun and News, Saturday, September 17, 2022/ Page 15 Wildcats held at bay by Trojan defense 11 f. * I ft I ; 1 * S: & Stt b U IC5 The Thornapple Kellogg varsity football team, led by senior Brendan Peters (22), bursts onto the field before its Salute to Service Night win over visiting Wayland inside Bob White Stadium in Middleville to start the OK Gold Conference season Friday, Sept. 9. I Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Thomapple Kellogg defense stymied Wildcat possessions with fourth down stops at the Trojan 22-yard-line and the Trojan 29 in the fourth quarter to seal a 14-7 victory in the OK Gold Conference opener for both teams in Middleville Friday. The Trojan defense limit­ ed the Wildcats to just 152 yards of offense and the one touchdown. Wayland came into the contest having scored 42 points in a sea­ son-opening win over Hopkins and 27 in a victory the previous week over Holland Christian. TK’s defense was in a tough spot a lot as the Trojans I’ 1 fumbled the ball away four times on Salute to Service Night in Middleville. Wayland was in TK territory twice in the second quarter after Trojan turnovers, but the defense kept the Wildcats safely away from the end zone. A 65-yard drive in the middle of the third quarter finally put the Trojans in front. A 24-yard pass from Carsen Burbridge to Tyler Gavette got the TK offense moving and Gavette, Drake Snyder and Ethan Bonnema successfully carried the ball forward to the Wildcat threeyard-line where Burbridge carried the ball across the goal-line for a 7-0 TK lead with the help of Braden Sharrar's extra-point kick. r. 3 i TK upped its lead to 14-0 two plays into the fourth quarter with a three-yard TD run by Snyder and another Sharrar extra point. Burbridge was 6-of-7 passing for 53 yards on the night and added eight rushes for 62 yards. Gavette had 12 rushes for 74 yards and Jayden Garcia contributed four rushes for 48 yards, Gavette had two receptions for 21 yards and Garcia had two catches for 18 yards. The Trojans were scheduled to make the trip to Houseman Field in Grand Rapids to take on Ottawa Hills last night, Sept. 16. They will host senior night in Middleville Sept. 23 when they take on the South Christian Sailors. than she did in our last race. She was strong, she looked in control, and she was gettin’ after it,” Wilkinson said. “It was good to see Holly not only running well, but look­ ing like herself again.” The Trojan team also had freshman Madison Kietzman 21st in 23:14.26 and senior Emma Thompson 22nd in 23:44.30. ----- i-------Emma keeps being the benchmark for where our middle pack needs to build from. Sometimes a couple of the girls will be ahead of her and a couple will be behind her, but she is like a quiet storm keeping the thunder and the lightning on the move,” Wilkinson said. Meanwhile Mady is con­ stantly growing and evolving in her racing and is yet to realize her potential. Having said that, I am thrilled with where she is so far. I thought maybe it would take much of the season to get her to where she is now, but now that she’s raised the bar for her­ self, I believe she will grow even more as she gains confidence.” Lakewood was led by f f r 44 4 1 / freshman Emma Tidd who was just ahead of Kietzman with a 19th-place time of 22:45.96. Wayland senior Olivia Barabas was the runner-up behind Quigley with a sea­ son-best time of 19:56.81. The Caledonia boys won their race with 32 points ahead of Wayland 49, Hamilton 55 Thornapple Kellogg Kellogg 104, 104, Lakewood Lakewood 157 157 and Hopkins 157. Caledonia Caledonia senior senior Jordan Jordan Domany ran his quickest race of the season finishing in 16:15.48. Hamilton senior Max VanHuis was the run­ ner-up in 16:30.42. TK got a top ten finish from junior Lucas Van Meter who was ninth in 17:39.47. Senior Blake Elliott was the second Caledonia guy to finish. He was fifth in 17:18.80. The next five Caledonia guys all set their PR's while placing in the top 14 overall. Senior Jonathan Miedema was seventh in 17:36.11, junior Levi Moss eighth in Micah 17:36.23, junior -----Nagel 11th in 17:47.31, sophomore Mason Morrell 1 12th in 17:47.51 and sopho­ more Kort Thompson 14th in 17:49.35. The TK pack was a solid one behind Van Meter. Kaden Hamming, Benjamin Postma, Christien Miller and Hunter Tietz all finished within less than 30 seconds of each other. Hamming led the way with a season-best time of 20:07.55. Postma, a freshman, ran his fastest race yet to place 51st in 20:24.05. Miller was 52nd in 20:29.28 and Tietz crossed the finish line 54th in 20:37.25 with a new PR. The Peregrines won the Kellogg Division race with 15 points led by senior Justice Shaffer who came in at 17:03.23. Delton Kellogg was second with 58 points, ahead of Grand Rapids Union 68 and Wyoming 114. The Peregrine girls also had a perfect 15 point score. Libertas Christian was sec­ ond in the Kellogg girls' race with 61 points ahead of Union 81 and Delton Kellogg 83. sophomore . Peregrine Sinead Noonan was the indi­ vidual champion in 19:41.01. 1 fA * ' t > I 4 4 * | I I I •. fcl I I I ► i » I I I The Thomapple Kellogg varsity volleyball team split a pair of OK Gold Conference matches this week to move to 1-2 in conference play so far this season. The Trojans got their first victory of the conference sea­ son Tuesday at Ottawa Hills, scoring a 25-7, 25-8, 25-14 victory over the Bengals “We played together as a team, making our serves, covering the plays at the net 8196 Broadmoor Ave. SE Caledonia, MI 49316 « > I Brett Bremer Sports Editor and working our offense,” coach Tia Cross said. Alana Compton had 19 service points on 22 service attempts for the Trojans, smacking six aces. Thea Zellmer had seven kills for TK, Peyton Pratt six and Grace Zube five. Charlotte Nelson had 11 assists and Jessie Drenten added seven assists. Kenna VanElst contributed seven digs for TK. South Christian came to TK Thursday and scored a three-set win over the Trojans in conference play. The Sailors won by the scores of 25-12, 25-14, 26-24. South Christian ran its record to 16-4-2 overall this season with the win. The Sailors are currently ranked third in the state in Division 2 behind only North Branch and Lakewood, The Thomapple Kellogg girls will head to Ada to face Forest Hills Eastern Tuesday and then face Kenowa Hills in Middleville Thursday in the week ahead. 187862_1 COACH B, continued from page 14 £ I TK topples Bengals for first Gold volleyball win 4 I CahdoniA township , Phone: 616.891.0070 Fax: 616.891.0430 CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF POSTING OF TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed Caledonia Charter Township Ordinance which would amend Section 7.5, 8.5, 9.5(a), 9B.5(a) and 15.5(e) of the zoning ordinance, has been posted in the office of the Township clerk at the Caledonia Charter Township offices, 8196 Broadmoor Avenue, within the Township, for review by the public during Township office hours, and has also been posted on the Township’s website, the address of which is www.caledoniatownship.org. The amendment would modify the minimum lot area, width and minimum setbacks in the R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 Districts for uses served by public sanitary sewer systems and those not served by public sanitary sewer systems and to eliminate reduced areas and setbacks for community sanitary sewer and to amend the PUD district to revise the density bonus for developments served by public water and/or sewer. The above stated ordinance was considered by the Caledonia Char­ ter Township Board on first reading at a public meeting of the Township Board held on September 7, 2022 and is expected to be considered on Second Reading by the Township Board at a public meeting on September 21,2022. This notice is given in accordance with the Char­ ter Township Act and is authorized by action taken by the Caledonia Charter Township Board. Joni Henry, Township Clerk Caledonia Charter Township �Page 16/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 17, 2022 Attacking mentality shows up for Scots in Holland Jk •» The Fighting Scots’ Austin DeVries battles for pos­ session of the ball along the sideline in the midfield with a Jenison defender Tuesday at Scotland Yard. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Caledonia goalkeeper Isaac Vire manages to secure the ball during a Jenison corner kick in a crowd that includes teammates Jonathan Collins (22), Gage Helinski, Gavin Long (12) and Parker Chapp (10) as well as Jenison attackers Xander Austin and Brayden Hunt Tuesday at Scotland Yard. The two teams closed the contest in a 1-1 draw. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Brett Bremer Sports Editor 4 B The Fighting Scots got their first win of September Thursday. The Caledonia varsity boys' soccer team improved to 4-4-2 overall on the sea­ son with a 5-0 victory at Holland West Ottawa in OK Red Conference action. Jonathan Collins and Corbin Raffler scored in the first half for the Fighting F Scots, who were challenged by their coaches not to come out flat Thursday. Once they had accomplished that they were challenged to win both halves of the ballgame, and they certainly did that as well. Nathan Maas scored three goals for the Scots in the second half to pull away from the Panthers. Maas had just been named the Fighting Scots' athlete of the month for August. Caledonia head coach TJ Ifaturoti was happy to see his team bounce back from a 1-1 draw with Jenison at Scotland Yard Tuesday which saw the Wildcats score the equalizer in the final minute. He said lit­ his guys were “doing the little things right" Thursday. Ifaturoti was happy to see 1his team getting back to basics of passing well, pushing for goals and then finish­ ing those chances. We needed to respond and I thought our guys came out really strong and we didn't let up. It was good to see us translate everything we worked on during our training sessions to the field,” Ifaturoti said. West Ottawa put some pressure on goalkeeper Isaac Vire and the Caledonia defense, and Ifaturoti said he Mass scored the Caledonia was pleased with the way his goal early in the second half guys played in transition and off an assist from teammate with the discipline from the Gage Helinski. Helinski Scots'’ defense. defense. Scots chipped a ball ahead into a The Scots' last victory good space for Maas to run came Aug. 31 against East on and make a play on the Kentwood. Wildcat net. Grand Haven edged the Caledonia is now 2-2-1 in Scots by a goal last week at the OK Red Conference. Scotland Yard and then the The Scots are on the road Caledonia boys were bested aa few times in the week 3-0 in a non-conference ahead. They are at Forest match at Portage Central last Hills Central today (Sept. 17) Saturday, Sept. 10. to take on the Rangers at The Scots returned to 11:45 a.m. In the OK Red, Scotland Yard Yard toto finish finish inin aa the Scots Scotland visit Hudsonville 1-1 draw with Jenison Tuesday and Rockford and Tuesday. Thursday. ll ► NlfiHT K GRILLE J. Polish Dinner Friday, October 7th 4:00 pm til gone only 50 DINNER INCLUDES: Cabbage Roll Kielbasa Kapusta Red Potatoes Pierogies Rye Bread KARAOKE starts back up every first Saturday of the month, 8:30pm-12:30am OCTOBER 1st, Karaoke with Wicked Pro Events LOOKING TO HIRE THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS PART TIME Day Bartender 2-3 days a week, night time servers & cooks 0 Check out our website: nighthawkfood.com Find us on Facebook 6950 WHITNEYVILLE RD. ALTO • 868-6336 Caledonia junior forward Nathan Maas pushes towards the goal during his team s OK Red Conference match with Jenison at Scotland Yard Tuesday. (Photo by Perry Hardin) ’ I f I. ► ► .r I I 9 < *■ J > I t 4 i i »« I * I I t * ¥ �� https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/25/731/SunandNews_2022-09-24.pdf f5c320e9133ca9790b816ddc0dcb49ed PDF Text Text oM No. 39/September 24, 2022 Published by J-Ad Graphics, Inc. • 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 National 24-Hour Challenge cycling event comes to an end nA inava b moit yliuan rj nn o) orlT alterlD i biari ?1 lad nuinr/lam-na jZ zio) islbsrfj lagnol rnzoD ■W'j ) soniz • • sW 0719/0 /9 od) sbeoab rl Hiw iriiabi; i 3iorn xl aW f: azme tagC in ni bifiz rj odt lioaqzo vv ad I 1 OVfig ni/ioz )goD n to io) Greg Chandler Staff Writer An endurance cycling event that drew participants from all over the country for nearly two decades has come to an end. The National 24-Hour Challenge, which had been held in Middleville for the last 19 years, has been dis­ continued. The event’s sev­ en-member board of direc­ tors Sunday voted to end the challenge, saying it was no longer sustainable, said Gary Goscenski, who had been the event's executive director since October 2017. “We sincerely appreciate everyone who participated in the event over the many decades and understand there will be a sense of loss, con­ sidering the N24HC was more than a cycling event. We became a family in a sense and will miss our annu­ al gatherings,” Goscenski said in a statement posted on 44 the event's website. “We especially appreciate all of the volunteers, some who gave hundreds of hours of service, that made the N24HC a premiere event.” Goscenski submitted a let­ ter of resignation to the board in early June. The board put out an advertisement seeking a new executive director to take over administration of the challenge, but received no applications, Goscenski said. It was an unpaid position. not compensated.” he said. “I had spent the last five years doing it, and decided that the time commitment was beyond what I was capable and willing of doing moving forward ...• I think the primary reason (for ending the event) was a lack of leader­ • • Brown promoted to manage KDL Caledonia branch r Greg Chandler Staff Writer Lulu Brown was working as a retail manager at a Meijer store in Rockford three years ago when a trip to the African nation of Ghana changed her life. Brown visited a remote vil­ lage in that country with an organization called the Gomoa Heart Foundation, where she found that children that were in school did not know the alphabet and did not have shoes for their feet. Then the COVID-19 pan­ demic came a year later, and Brown began pondering her future. “I started to reflect on what I was doing, and what kind of impact I wanted to leave • • • When I started paying atten­ tion to what I really wanted to do, I wanted to do more of that (which) was bringing me more joy,” she said. uluJ oi 3TOJ4 Bfl w OgB Io noitan .slil rwoiB l ni agsl ixinsgn comoD rlzaiariw vw led) word oriz ovsri so offneb I nwoifl .annul 161* I iob asw I I ncqmi I nodW w oi noij sw I ,ob idw) led t ^o[ aioni J) CHS grad combines love of art, dance with ArtPrize entry Greg Chandler Staff Writer For her first entry' in the popular ArtPrize competi­ tion in Grand Rapids, Danae Wilson decided to go big. Big, as in two drawings that are each six feet tall. Wilson, a 2018 Caledonia High School graduate, com­ bined tw'o of her passions art and dance - in creating the drawings, titled “Dancers.” The pieces are on display at Brush Studio on Ionia Avenue, across from Wahlburgers restaurant. Wilson, 22, created the drawings earlier this year as she was finishing her bache­ lor of fine arts degree from Aquinas College. One draw­ ing depicts one of her team­ mates on the Aquinas dance team, Ellie Wieber. The One of the first packs of riders rolls through the checkpoint at Delton Kellogg High School during a previous National 24-Hour Challenge. Organizers announced this week that the event has been discontinued. (File photo by Brett Bremer) 18 oi bO 144th year medical issues that might affect cyclists. “As of May 31...We had only secured four law enforcement personnel and had not identified additional medical personnel. We had exhausted all possibilities, which led to the cancellation of the event,” Goscenski said in a statement posted on the event's website at that time. The National 24-Hour Challenge was founded in 1983 in the Grand Rapids ship to continue to organize the event.” The decision to end the National 24-Hour Challenge came several months after this year's event, which would have been held on Father's Day weekend, was canceled because organizers were unable to secure ade­ quate assistance from the Barry County Sheriffs Department for reserve deputies to provide traffic control, control ties as well as ensure an ambu­ lance and emergency medi­ cal technician to handle any ' ► See ARTPRIZE, page 3 Danae Wilson, a 2018 Caledonia High School graduate, made her debut in the popular ArtPrize art competition in Grand Rapids this year. (Courtesy photo) IN ISB QI Ei I • Caledonia schools buck state trend with test scores • Gaines Twp. fire, explosion claims a life • Caledonia Township approves housing development • Caledonia football erases deficit in big way Lulu Brown has been promoted to regional manag­ er for the Kent District Library branches in Caledonia and Cascade townships. Brown joined KDL in 2021 in an assistant manager capacity after a career in retail See BROWN, page 2 management, (photo by Greg Chandler) . 44 See CYCLING EVENT, page 2 In the meantime, Kent District Library reached out to Brown to inquire if she might be interested in coming to work for them. About a year later, in May 2021, she accepted a position as a Regional Manager II - an assistant manager position at the KDL branches in Caledonia and Cascade * town­ ships. Now; Brown has been pro­ moted to manage both branch­ es as Regional Manager I, where she will supervise all staff at the two branches. Brown replaces Vanessa Walstra, who stepped down to accept a position as collec­ tions manager for the Herrick District Library in Holland, Brown said the best part of working at the KDL Caledonia branch is the people she gets to interact with daily. r other, featuring a dancer in a long flowing gown, is a friend of Wilson's, Beth Ann Robinson. “I enjoy drawing portraits the most, but I also really like drawing fabrics,” Wilson said. “That is one of the main reasons 1 chose to draw the particular picture of the dancer in the long gown. Each of the two drawings took Wilson between 20 and 30 hours to complete, she said. 44 Whenever I had free time after class, I would go into the studio and (draw) for eight hours,” Wilson said. So when ArtPrize came around, the drawings were already in hand. 1 thought I might as well » > ’ * ' r • ► 9 ' • TK volleyball wins with help from setters �Page 2/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 24, 2022 Special Cal school board meeting set for Monday Greg Chandler Staff Writer The Caledonia Board of Education will hold a special meeting next Monday, Sept, 26 to make some decisions on projects tied to the dis­ trict’s May 2020 bond issue. The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. in the board­ room of the CCS administra­ tive offices, 8944 Kraft Ave. SE. The board is facing the likelihood of having to cut some projects that were orig­ inally included in the $88.1 million proposal that voters approved because of cost overruns on the bond issue’s two main projects - the new Dutton Elementary School and the Caledonia Community Center. District officials said late last month that bids for the new Dutton school to be built at the southeast comer of Patterson Avenue and A spike in steel prices, 76th Street came in at nearly supply chain pressures and $30.3 million, an increase of inflationary price increases more than $9 million over for both labor and materials the budgeted amount of $21 have been identified as conmillion. Earlier this year, the tributing factors in the cost district learned that the final overrun. District officials cost of the Cal Center, which told the Board of Education includes a new competition in late August that efforts to swimming pool, would be find cost savings for the about $31 $31 million, million, up up more more Dutton project are ongoing. about than $6 $6 million million from from the the than The new school is expectoriginally estimated cost of ed to open in time for the $24.9 million. 2024-25 school year. Caledonia schools buck state trend on standardized tests Greg Chandler Staff Writer Third through eighth grade students at Caledonia Community Schools bucked the statewide trend of falling scores on state standardized tests - and performed at a higher level than before the COVID-19 pandemic, dis­ trict leaders say. Curriculum CCS Coordinator Josh Traughber on Monday presented results of the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP) and the Preliminary SAT to the dis­ trict Board of Education. “We’ve been able to tell a different narrative, a different story,” Traughber told the school board. “This gives us a pretty good understanding of the trajectory that we’re on.” Most notable among the results was the performance of CCS students in English language arts and mathematics. In the ELA category, 69.5 percent of students test­ ed last spring scored profi­ cient or better, an improve­ Caledonia Community Schools Curriculum Coordinator Josh Traughber presents results of the M-STEP and Preliminary SAT tests to the Board of Education on Monday. (Photo by Greg Chandler) TEAK DINNER SATURDAY, OCT. 15T 5:00-7:00 pm ment from 67.9 percent the percent in that same period, year before. Traughber said. That’s in contrast to fig­ While district officials are ures from both the Kent pleased with the ELA and Intermediate School District math test results, there are and the state. Students in concerns about social studies KISD member districts saw a results. CCS students showed decline in proficiency from a decline from last year, dip­ 54.1 percent to 51.5 percent ping from 48.6 percent of on the ELA test, while state­ students scoring proficient or wide, that level dropped better in the 2020-21 test to from 47.2 to 45 percent, 46.8 percent last year. Traughber said, The Board of Education But even more striking was recently approved a new that the 2021-22 Caledonia social studies curriculum that results were 8.5 percent high- is expected to address that er than in 2017-18, when 61 dip in performance, percent of those tested Traughber did not go over achieved at least “proficient” performance by each grade status. By comparison, stu­ level at Monday’s meeting, dents in KISD districts saw a but a review of data from the 1.5 percent increase from website mischooldata.org 2017-18 while the state saw a reinforces the district’s decline of nearly 1 percent, report. For example, 76.7 Traughber said. percent of fourth-grade stu­ In mathematics, 62.9 per­ dents and 71.6 percent of cent of CCS students tested fifth graders achieved profiscored proficient or better, a ciency in English language 4.7 percent increase from the arts, compared to about 43 previous year, compared to a percent for the state at both 2.2 percent drop from KISD grade levels. In math, 75.7 member districts and a 1 per- percent of fourth graders and cent decline for the state. 71.6 percent of third graders Only 41.4 percent of KISD scored proficient or better, students scored proficient compared to a statewide fig­ while the statewide figure ure of 36.7 percent of fourth was 33.3 percent, Traughber graders and 41.5 percent for third graders, graders, according according toto said. third mischooldata.org. . The 2021-22 math results mischooldata.org showed an 8.2 s.z percent CCS Superintendent Dr. increase in CCS students Dedrick Martin was pleased testing at least at a proficient with the results but said that level, compared to 54.7 per­ there is room for improve­ cent in 2017-18. In that same ment. period, KISD schools saw a “We are certainly not perdecline of 0.6 percent from feet, and we have a lot more 2017-18 and the statewide work to be done,” Martin proficiency figure dipped 4.2 said. CYCLING, continued from page 1 area by Skip and Diane Obermeyer. The couple organized the event for 25 years, starting from 18 rid­ ers in the first year, to near­ ly 500 riders in the 2000s. The Rapid Wheelmen Bicycle Club hosted the challenge until 2004. when it was incorporated as a non-profit organization. The Obermeyers retired in 2007 and Lew Persenaire took over. After Persenaire died in 2009, Pete and Kathy Steve stepped in to direct the event, and held that role until 2017, according to the challenge’s web­ site. The 2020 24-Hour I Challenge was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event returned in August 2021, with 164 riders taking part. Riders came from as far away as Washington state, according to the event website. Plans are being devel­ oped for a “farewell ride” that will likely take place in June 2023. The ride is expected to follow the “day loop” route that chal­ lenge riders have used for years, starting from Thornapple Kellogg Middle School, going south to Delton, and then back, Goscenski said. U BROWN, continued from page 1 — “I’m experiencing the (I loved books),” she said. “I growth of Caledonia in real remember growing up with time,” she said. “Seeing the the Harry Potter series. That moms coming with three or was big for me. Going to four kids, I always love to Barnes & Noble at the mid­ see the ‘stroller brigade’ ... night parties, going to my you can tell when we have a local library to rent everybig event here because you’ll thing from movies to books just see strollers parked on that was my jam.” the main part of the lobby or Brown earned a bachelor's outside. degree in nonprofit manage­ “People love the library. It ment and public administrafeels good coming to work tion from Grand Valley State every day, knowing people ... University in 2008. She want more information, and worked in retail management we have something for every­ for about 10 years until the one in this building, and if not, opportunity came to join KDL. we can get it for them. We Brown isn’t afraid to let the create really cool programs.” fun side of her personality One of Brown’s top priori­ come out. Next Wednesday, ties for the two branches is to she will dress up as an inflat­ create programming to attract able unicorn for a kids’ uniadults between the ages of 25 com-themed party at the and 50. library. “I think a lot of adults lose “Being able to be silly connection with the library every day, to bring kids joy once you go off to college or and to help people navigate once you start working,” she the various resources (the said. library has), and even printing One area Brown hopes to off their resumes for jobs grow is something called you really do get to have an KDaLe, where visitors can impact here,” Brown said. connect with local brewers In addition to her work at and learn about Michigan’s the library, Brown spends brewing industry. Brewery much of her off-duty time with tours for this year were the Gomoa Heart Foundation. scrapped last winter because She usually travels to Ghana a of COVID-related issues. couple of times a year for the Dates for tours next year are foundation, using pretty much expected to be announced in all of her paid time off. December, according to the “We’ll bring shoes, KDL website. because most of the kids, the Brown grew up in Battle only shoes that they have are Creek and had a love of books the ones that we provide ... from when she was a child. We try to bring toys and we “I was the kid who got also bring books, because books for Christmas. My libraries are not the same over entire family, they just knew there,” Brown said. p 5$!^ Sssaiiic® iiiiM -re :: •W HIE Halit li hfertb® I -Wig? s 5*^ I & �A w Cal school bus drivers get pay raise, contract extension SA * *£ 1 S l sN *A * 1”£ W Ik i Darrell Kingsbury, assistant superintendent of Caledonia Community Schools, speaks at Monday’s Board of Education meeting, where the board increased pay for bus drivers and extended their con­ tract with the district. (Photo by Greg Chandler) ft. Greg Chandler Superintendent Darrell Staff Writer Kingsbury said. In addition, the board Bus drivers in the Community approved reducing the Caledonia number of of steps steps drivers drivers Schools got a contract number extension and a boost in have have to to take take to to get get to to the the pay, following action by the top wage level from 15 to of 10, district s Board 10, Kingsbury Kingsbury said. said. Education Monday. “One of the things that The board voted 5-0 to we thought was very approve increasing the important to do, in order to wage for the district's 34 not only keep our existing permanent bus drivers and bus drivers (and) be able to extending their contract an recruit new (drivers), was additional year through to enhance those wages, so June 2024. The starting we can keep our people wage for new drivers in the who have been with us for district will rise from so many years and not give $17.50 per hour to $20.27 them that temptation to per hour, Assistant move across to a different district and leave us short-handed," Kingsbury said. Kingsbury said other school districts around Kent County County have have moved moved toward toward reducing the number of steps steps to to get get to to the the too top wage wage level as a way of retaining employees. He said the dis­ trict would address reduc­ ing steps in negotiations with other employee groups whose contracts expire next year. “It’s going to serve as & that blueprint as we work with our other bargaining groups in the support staff area,” Kingsbury said. Earlier this summer, the district approved a $1-per­ hour wage increase for all hourly staff, including bus drivers, paraprofessionals, secretaries and custodial staff, to help offset inflation. It's something very well deserved by our staff," Kingsbury told board members. CCS is always in need of substitute and on-call driv­ ers. Paid training is offered to those who would be interested in becoming bus drivers, and on-call drivers start at $20.27 per hour, Kingsbury said. Woman dies after Gaines Township house fire, explosion Mb la te " the explosion. James Gemmell ATF, the City of Wyoming Contributing Writer “(Our) house just shook. shook Fire Department, a State of A 77-year-old Gaines almost like a mini earth- Michigan fire investigator Township woman died quake," Mahabir said. “We and a private insurance Monday evening at a hos- thought a car hit a house or company investigator. The pital hours after an explo- something. So, we went blast leveled most of the a5 down (the stairs) home. sion early that morning flying destroyed her house. and out.” The KCSO released It happened just after They then heard the body worn camera video midnight at the home in the woman inside the home capturing the tense 1500 block of Fairwood across the street, Joann moments as deputies Court in the Crystal Aimery, screaming for scrambled to get a water Springs subdivision near help. line to the back deck and 76th Street and Kalamazoo Neighbors said she lived start hosing it down. Avenue. The property alone. alone. Firefighters were able to backs up to the Stonebrook Moments later, sheriff's get Aimery off the deck, Country Club. Kent County deputies and firefighters but she was in critical conSheriff’s deputies, and arrived dition when taken to a hosarrived on on the the scene. scene. ll There was no one else pital. Cutlerville and Kentwood Chief Van Hall said the firefighters responded to inside that we are aware the scene. When they got of," Cutlerville and Dutton fire caused some exterior there, the back porch deck Fire Chief Ken Van Hall heat damage to the siding said. He added that the of a neighbor’s home. He was on fire. Ji Mahabir said he and cause of the explosion and said it could be several his father live kitty-corner fire is being investigated weeks before the cause of from the house and were by the Cutlerville Fire the explosion is deter­ awakened by the sound of Department, as well as the mined. * ■ ► jhi •lij hsiisiM I Jvinit sisi 1116 ■■•tn ttnMi Bini j«i Ur s ’.JT, 9 luiMr iMSsro® hies I I I I I A late-night explosion on Monday at a Gaines Township home claimed one life. The home, pictured here, was partially leveled by the blast. (Photo by James Gemmell) 2 _JL h . । mJ m BM f *■* ARTPRIZE, continued from page 1 g3 : tt 3 it tol £ * ’S® »«*•. »i t* ’ * II il enter and see where it takes me," Wilson said. Wilson had some encour­ agement along the way from her art professor at Aquinas, who is well acquainted with AllPrize. Chris LaPorte won the top prize at the 2010 com­ petition for a 28-foot-wide pencil drawing depicting American soldiers in the early 1920s, receiving a check for $250,000. Wilson also cites the influ­ ence of teachers she had at CHS such as Evan Chamberlin Joel Reeder and Mike Cornell in her development as an art­ ist. Growing up in Caledonia, Wilson began taking dance lessons at the age of 5 at Caledonia Dance Center. She danced there and later at Dorr Dance Academy until she graduated from high school. Then in college, Wilson continued to dance, focusing on jazz and hip-hop. She was also a four-year member of the Aquinas dance team. The Saints finished sixth at the NAIA national meet in Wilson’s junior year, and fol- lowed that up with a fifth­ place finish earlier this year. The daughter of David and Brenda Wilson, Danae has three sisters, Wilson hopes to use the exposure from ArtPrize will present opportunities to be commissioned to create pieces of art. “I want to make a life out of (art),” she said. The public can see videos of how Wilson created the ArtPrize drawings on her TikTok account @danaecwilson. She also has videos of other drawings she has creat­ ed, featuring celebrities such as Harry Styles and Billie Eilish, oil YouTube at youtube.com/danaewilson. NIGHTHAWK GRILLE & BAR DINNER Polish Dinner INCLUDES: Friday, October 7th 4:00 pm til gone only Cabbage Roll Kielbasa Kapusta Red Potatoes Pierogies Rye Bread KARAOKE 9 ,j4# ■ JFJl I A il#*’ <f I**? starts back up every first Saturday of the month, 8:30pm-12:30am OCTOBER 1st, Karaoke with Wicked Pro Events LOOKING TO HIRE THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS PART TIME Day Bartender 2-3 days a week, night time servers & cooks f Titled “Dancers,” Danae Wilson’s ArtPrize submis­ sion includes two drawings that are each six feet tall. (Courtesy photo) Find us on Facebook 6950 WHITNEYVILLE RD. ALTO • 868-6336 I 1 �Page 4/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 24, 2022 Warren E. Coe Ralph Briggs years of walking to work mul­ tiple jobs to feed his family, as well as the way he never missed an event for either his children and or grandchildren. Ralph loved with a passion for life that was both selfless as well as committed to others, never wavering for what he believed to be right to him as well as what he thought was right for you. You set the bar high for us Pop, and for that we are forev­ er grateful for the time we had ! We will forever be grateful for the example of how to be Human and optimistic in the “Not so Simple” time we are currently in. I know if you had your way, you'd be here to continue showing us the path, path but rest peacefully with Gladys. Your work here is done, and you have honorably left a proud legacy and exampie of what being a Husband, Father, Grandfather, son, and Friend should look like Ralph’s funeral service will be conducted on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 at 9 a.m. at Beeler-Gores Funeral Home. Burial will take place in Mount Hope Cemetery. Please visit www.beelergoresfuneral.com to share a memory or to leave a condolence message for Ralph’s family. On September 18, 2022. Ralph Briggs passed away unexpectedly, yet peacefully in his home on the lake. He is survived by his broth­ er Jerry and his five children. Shellie McQueen, Michael, Carl, Benjamin, and Nathan Briggs, eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in passing by his loving wife of 64 years Gladys Faye, and his two grandsons, Bryan McQueen, time spent in Vietnam, and Matthew Briggs. Germany, Germany, Okinawa, Okinawa, and Ralph was bom in Battle teaching at the engineering Creek, MJ on July 3, 1938 to school in Ft. Benning Georgia, Howard and Elva Briggs. The place and times would Ralph grew up in a time that change but with every story, was simpler, and an apprecia­ there was always the common tion for simple things was theme of Gladys, and family enough. Ralph participated in that truly was the center of his football, and baseball where purpose as well as the message he excelled as an athlete and of love he was always so wiIl­ an active member of his small ing to share. In his 84 years on earth, community of Hickory Comers. anyone lucky enough to know Ralph’s plans to continue him and get a glimpse of his his education and sports were story, truly left knowing they in one moment changed, when had met a man who had truly he met the love of his life, found the meaning of life and Gladys Faye. Anyone who the contentness that comes met him has heard his “love at with being humble as well as first sight” story and how he appreciative of sharing life beamed sharing the introduc­ with those he loved. For those tion from a friend to the one who got closer, they were true love of his life “Faye”. shown the clear example of There are many other stories what being a father, grandfagrandfa­ he loved to share about his 14 ther, friend, and husband is years in the service including supposed to look like. The Warren E. Coe. age 78, of Hastings, MI, passed away Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, due to Parkinson’s. He was bom November 30, 1943, in Taunton. MA to the late Emerson and Eunice (Morgan) Coe. Warren moved to Mesa. AZ as a young child and attended Mesa High School and Arizona State University. He was in ROTC and after graduating he entered the United States Air Force as a lieutenant and served in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive. He was later sta­ tioned at Scott Air Force Base in O'Fallon, IL where he met his future wife, Joyce. Warren later retired from the Air National guard as a major. He was active in the Middleville UMC choir and loved to sing. He retired from Amway in 2007. Since that time, he has enjoyed spending time with his family, espe­ cially his granddaughters. Warren made friends wherev­ er he went. He loved life, and his family and was a devoted Christian. Warren always had a big smile and a great sense of humor. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Warren was preceded in death by his beloved daugh­ ter, Jessica and his parents. Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Joyce; children, Rich (Ingrid), Todd (Angie), SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish to host blood drive and Kevin Coe; granddaugh­ ters, Elizabeth, Madeline, Kendra, and Emily Coe. Gathering of family and friends took place Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at Middleville United Methodist Church. 111 Church Street, Middleville, MI 49333, with a celebration of life service after. Military Honors were rendered after the service by the United States Air Force and American Legion Post #45. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be given to Middleville United Methodist Church. The family would like to extend a special thank you to Kindred Hospice, especially Mel and Kristi and to Luminate Home Care, especially Cheryl. To send a message of sym­ pathy to the family, sign Warren's online guest book, or to share a favorite memory. WWW. please visit: MichiganCremation.com Versiti Blood will be hold­ ing a blood drive Tuesday, Sept. 27 at the SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish in Wayland from 2 to 6:30 p.m. Donors give the gift of life when they donate and help keep a healthy blood supply in Michigan hospitals. Organizers said in a press release that “one hour of your time can help three lives.” To be eligible, prospective donors must be 17 or older and weigh more than 112 pounds. Donors should eat a healthy meal and drink plenty of water before donating. All blood types are in need, but there is a critical need for Type O blood (both positive and negative). 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But Township Treasurer/ people to visit that amenity, Kim Hermenet, principal Administrator Administrator Richard and how are they going to get for Cherry for Cherrv Valley Robertson disagreed, and there? They’re going to walk Development, said the orditook issue with the planning in the street." Robertson said. nance allows the planning commission decision from “The purpose of the ordi­ commission to consider trails May. nance. as stated in the ordi­ as an alternative to sidewalks “I watched the planning nance, is to keep people off ““in in appropriate appropriate cases. cases.”” commission. (There) was no the street. “We have a good plan in discussion about what those “I didn't mean to offend this community that we are applicable circumstances you, but I'm just saying that proud of, and that we feel were," were,” Robertson said. “In interpretation of the ordi­ will create a safe and beauti­ other words, if we’re going nance, that somehow you ful addition to the Caledonia to depart from the ordinance, can create a little circle of community," Hermenet said. we need to have some expla­ sidewalk, and that becomes 44 We have spent considerable nation of why your situation, an alternative to (the) side­ time and expense working your development, was an walk (requirement) is ridic­ with professional engineers applicable case in which the ulous. What is the precedent in good faith, and with your requirement of the ordinance now being set for other I don't see staff to present a plan that for sidewalks would be set developers? this as an applicable circum­ meets all requirements of the aside." Robertson argued that the stance.” township. pointed out that what is an appropriate circumstance for waiving the sidewalk requirement isn't defined in the ordinance. “It’s not for us to define (what is appropriate), it s up to the planning commis­ sion,” Harrison said. “The planning commission may approve these things, and it's not for us to create these standards.” Several board members expressed concern about the lack of lighting in the development. Clerk Joni Henry spoke out in favor of requiring a street light - even if it’s just one at 68th Street. The board also added requirements for a play structure and fishing pier as part of the development. Trustee Dale Hermenet was recused from the vote because his wife Kim is the principal on the project. Robertson, who was the lone no vote, pointed out that the township has approved eight condominium projects since the sidewalk require­ ment was approved in 2015. All eight require sidewalks, and half of the developments have 15 homes or less, he said. Council Trustee Tim Bradshaw, who is the board's liaison to the plan­ ning commission, defended the commissioners' approv­ al of the trail system. He says he has lived in neighborhoods that don't have sidewalks and did not experience any issues, 44 I run a lot. I've always felt comfortable running in those neighborhoods without sidewalks,” Bradshaw said, 44 My kids ride their bikes in neighborhoods just like it without sidewalks.” Supervisor Bryan Harrison 44 i I Middleville Council holds make-up meeting ahead of decision on next village manager L ■' x Greg Chandler Staff Writer An 18-unit site condo­ minium project that had been held up by a debate over whether sidewalks should be required gained final approv­ al from the Caledonia Township Board of Trustees on Wednesday night. The board voted 5-1 to approve the proposal from Cherry Valley Development LLC for the Legacy Mines development at 6977 and 7191 68th St. SE. The site is a former sand mine. The hot-button issue with Legacy Mines centered on whether the project met the township zoning ordinance with regard to sidewalks. The township planning commission in May approved a site plan for the development to allow for a small circular walking trail system and a neighborhood ■ ■ • I _ R rr .. fet iBfe mi ktrsh MW, •» «1 A GflOtl k • , 11 >' KS^' •I JON ■ I I 1, li «I James Gemmell ing administrator River. administrator Brian Brian Thomapple Thomapple River. Contributing Writer Urquhart left Middleville on “On the other side of that The Middleville Village June 7 to take over as Grand lift station, we have another Council had a lite agenda for Haven’s city planner. The parcel in there that is on the its meeting late Monday planning commission recent- other side of the ditch. So, afternoon, lasting only 20 ly recommended that the they have some interest in search for for aa new new planning planning both of those minutes. search parcels,” The original meeting, and zoning administrator Weeks said. “The question was posed, ‘Would we be scheduled for Sept. 12, was begin soon, as well. interested in possibly doing canceled due to the lack of a something with that property Renewed interest in Baby quorum. Only three council with this development proj­ Bliss Building members showed up for that 15? An unnamed development ect? meeting, so a special make­ The construction timeline company is eyeing 4.5 acres up meeting was slated. The session was short, but of village-owned land behind would depend on whether the council members will be the former Baby Bliss the project goes forward. quite busy in late September Building in Middleville for Weeks said it is possible it development, could qualify for state grant and October. They are sched- potential tiled to meet from 8:30 a.m. Weeks said the discussion is funding. “I know that we have a lot to noon on Saturday, Sept. 24, only in the early stages right of plans in that area for our to publicly interview the three now. The building where the master plan. Walkways and finalists for the village man­ ager’s position. The finalists Baby Bliss company once other community-specific trustee are Craig Stolsonburg of made baby clothes is adja- developments,” Middleville, Jennifer E. Antel cent to the Thomapple River Kevin Smith said to Weeks, of Wayland, and Jane at 120 W. Main Street. “In your mind, does it fit They have some interest within the boundaries of McGookey of Caledonia. “Thev The village council decid­ in seeing if the village would what we're trying to accomed to schedule a lunch break consider possibly selling plish on both sides of the after the Sept. 24 interviews that,” Weeks told the village river there?” “I think it may," Weeks before conducting reviews council. “If the construction and discussing them. A vote went on, there would be hope replied. “We don’t have a lot on the candidates could be that we would be able to of details from the previous taken at the next council incorporate a walkway going owner.” 44 It's a pretty nice piece of up there at that time." meeting on Sept. 27. The river walk would be property," village president The ad hoc search com­ mittee that reviewed the on the w'est side of the Sherry Ronning said. “It's seven original candidate Thornapple River, north of worth looking at. It has a applications and helped the Main Street bridge. There nice creek that runs through whittle the list down to three is a lift station oft Waters it into the river.” “If we decided to move finalists was comprised of Street in the potential develforward with the sale of this Department of Public Works opment area. It services the the property and being part of west director Alec Belson, village village of president Sherry Ronning, pro-tempore Fran French, trustee Mike Lytle and clerk Glorimar Ayala. Belson and contracted management consultant Duane Weeks have been serving as the interim village Hours: 12pm-8pm Tues.-Sat. co-managers since late May. ™ 12pm-4pmSun. Former manager Patricia •I 9175 Cherry Valley Ave SE, Rayl resigned April 27 and X Caledonia former assistant village man­ 616.710.0796 ager and planning and zon- 4. I! # I .? 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Trustee Mike Cramer noted that the property lies within a 100-year flood plain and said the new developer should be aware of potential complications related to that, “They are aware of all the this project, the footprint of that lift station would be diminished a little bit,” Weeks said. “The generator would be moved a little closer and then we'd have nice vinyl fencing around it." He added that the location cornerstone women • . Join us for a time of worship, community, learning, and reflection! Each month we will have a relevant topic for women of all ages and stages to gather around. Whether you've been at Cornerstone for one week or many years, come connect with one another and with God in a welcoming and casual place! We meet the fourth week of each month but will be shifting days to accommodate everyone’s schedules. cornerstonemi.org/women cornerstonechurch �Page 6/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 24, 2022 I Irving Township clerk that signed on to lawsuit to decertify 2020 election results finds support decision toto join join the the lawsuit, lawsuit. to make on such a short lawsuit and should not be Jayson Bussa decision Olson said she was notice,” Olson said, followed held responsible for any Editor Olson said she was A crowd filled Irving approached about the lawsuit by a prolonged period of claims arising from the lawfownship hall on Tuesday and only had a few hours to applause from the gallery. suit." Knight explained, night to show support for digest the information and However, because Olson That’s when Irving township clerk Sharon Olson, respond. signed on in her official Township treasurer Doug who joined plaintiffs across “I just felt like, with the capacity as Irving Township Sokolowski chimed in, advothe state in a recent lawsuit to oath that I took, that I needed clerk, it also drags the entire eating that the board take decertify the 2020 presiden­ to say ‘yes’ to pursuing this township board, and town- action to support Olson. 44 tial election results. and to ask the courts to make ship residents, into the lawOne option that I did not In the township board’s a ruling on what are we sup- suit. hear was the board can also first meeting since Olson posed to do? Are we supTownship Supervisor support the lawsuit,” he said. appeared on the lawsuit, filed posed to follow the federal Jamie Knight said she had “...Our clerk would not be in in federal court earlier this law that I have read saying we consulted with the township’s this position if it weren't for month, the gallery was filled need to retain certain records attorney about the matter, her exercising her duties as with audience members or “In most circumstances, or go go by by the the (Michigan) (Michigan) described by the constitution. focused on voicing their Bureau of Elections telling us acting in her official capacity I think that any of us could approval of Olson’s move, to destroy certain records,” means she is talking on behalf find ourselves in the same Barry County Sheriff Dar Olson said. ‘They put us all of the entire township - not position that the clerk did by Leaf was among them. in a bind at a federal level just the board, but every citi- overreach. Public commenters, most when we do a federal elec­ zen in this township,” Knight “Our responsibility mov­ of which identified them­ tion.” said. “It was never brought to ing forward should be that we selves as residents outside of Olson did not specify who the board’s attention that this have faith and confidence in Irving Township, thanked approached her about signing was happening. I'm not say­ the person that we have in Olson for her courage — one on to the lawsuit. However, ing I’m for the lawsuit and position of clerk. If we do even dubbed her a hero. additional plaintiffs in the I'm not against the lawsuit anything other than that, and Earlier this month, The case include the Macomb — I’m following what our what we say publicly is that Detroit News reported that County Republican Party, attorney is guiding us to do.” we do not support our clerk, I Olson was listed as a plaintiff non-profit organization the Knight outlined three could not sign on to that.” in a lawsuit filed in federal Election Integrity Force and potential options laid out by This elicited applause from court that sought to decertify Byron Center-based Donna the township’s attorney. the gallery. Michigan’s 2020 presidential Brandenburg, who is the 2022 They included ignoring the Ultimately, the board did election results and force governor candidate for the lawsuit altogether or adopting not take any action on the Governor Gretchen Whitmer U.S. Tax Payers party. a resolution that the board is matter as trustees Dean Bass and Secretary of State Jocelyn Individual voters Jason Ickes not taking a position on the and Mike Buehler wanted to Benson to re-run the election and Ken Beyer are also listed lawsuit. review the information. process. as plaintiffs. Or, “we can file an action Olson released a statement a When given the opportuni­ I appreciate the support in court in which the town­ at the time the lawsuit was ty to speak on Tuesday, Olson showing up to confirm, for ship seeks formal recognition filed, outlining the informa­ explained her last-minute me, that was a good decision that they are not a party of the tion and evidence she is aware of that would suggest the results of the 2020 presiden ­ // tial election were tainted. Much of her statement cen­ tered on claims that electronic voting systems used throughOver 40 years of experience out Michigan were not certi­ fied by an accredited entity. “ Why does it matter? The F WATER CONDITIONING certification provides federal standards for security and transparency in our election systems. 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(Photo by Jayson Bussa) Olson also cautioned that rized access to voting tabula­ state officials must preserve tors and conducting tests on electronic data such as audit them. and security logs, Muskegon County “There is no requirement in Prosecutor DJ Hilson was federal or state law to destroy eventually named the special or delete election data,” Olson prosecutor and is reviewing said in her statement. the case. “Considering the interest and Leaf was at Irvin & this controversy, we are ask­ Township Hall on Tuesday, ing the court to order protec­ echoing that there are indeed tion against an SOS order or flaws and fraud associated voluntary optional destruc- with the voting.11 process in tion of evidence too many Michigan. people still want access and “There is a major, major this is part of a free and fair problem with (the election election.” • process),” Leaf said during Olson has been accused by public comment. “We have the state of turning over one three ballot proposals coming of Irving Township’s voting up (in November’s general tabulators to a third party for election) that I'm really worinspection at the behest of ried about. Two out of the Leaf, who has been the most three all have gone too far. 44 outspoken county official in I don't know where every­ regard to voting integrity, one stands - and 1 don’t really As part of the state's inves- care, it’s your own personal tigation against Leaf, opinion - on this right to life Michigan State Police raided stuff but they took it to where, Irving Township in April to the government and schools seize the tabulator. have the power to take your Last month, Michigan child without your knowledge attorney general Dana Nessel to get an abortion or treatment petitioned to appoint a special for transgender stuff. That’s prosecutor to potentially my fear. If we don’t get this charge Leaf and eight other under control, there is more individuals criminally for of this stuff coming down the allegedly gaining unautho- pipe.” 44' • • • | jjT T $ ’ta-/ LIGHT TRUCK PARTS USED HINTS • PICK UPS * ONE TONS • VANS * SUV’S * JEEPS • 4X4S I ' <u / Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf addresses the Irving Township board on Tuesday night during the public comment portion of its monthly meeting. Leaf and others threw their support behind Irving Township Clerk Sharon Olson, who is a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit that aims to decertify the 2020 presidential elec­ tion results. 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The other finalist is Muskegon Interim City Manager Leigh Ann Mikesell, She is an engineer and planner with 29 years of experience, much of it with the Michigan Department of Transportation. She had been Muskegon’s director of Development Services before being named deputy city manager in July 2021. "Both of them have strong connections to Muskegon and are homegrown candidates," Johnson said, Johnson ““Jonathan Jonathan has has nas aa very well-rounded educational background. He helped get the downtown Business Improvement District (BID) off the ground in 2014," Johnson said. Muskegon City Manager Frank Peterson resigned April 1 to join the WheelFish Group development and investment firm. “I don’t have any details on next steps," Seyferth said in a Sept. 21 email reply for this this article. article. He signed a three-year contract in in March contract March 2021 2021 to to become the Gaines Township manager and began in that capacity in May 2021. In December 2021, Seyferth received a 5-percent salary increase from $100,000 to $105,000 after a positive sixSeyferth did not mention month job performance at the Sept. 12 township review. board meeting that he had “We hope to keep him applied for the position. But long-term," treasurer Laurie Community Development Lemke said after the Dec. 13 Director Dan Wells said township board meeting, Seyferth had made township He has full support of the board and staff members board and that makes all the aware of his application prior difference in the world." to the meeting. The township board I thought he was going to voted in early August this mention it at the board meet­ year to raise Seyferth’s sal­ ing, but then I found out later ary to $110,000 retroactive that he contacted all the to May 19, his one-year board members individual­ anniversary. ly," Township Supervisor Seyferth replaced former Rob DeWard said. “He State Senator Mark Jansen of didn’t want anybody (with GainesTownship, who died thetownship) tohear about it of inMarch of brain brain cancer in March before they heard it from 2021, just five months after him. becoming the the township township manmanbecoming “ He explained that some of the businesses (in ager. The township had not had a township manager Muskegon) had asked if he since Superintendent Tom would consider running for that position. Running in the Tilma was discharged in 2010, just 10 months after sense that other people are taking the job. vying for the same position. There is election no involved," DeWard explained. Like Mikesell, Seyferth was born in Muskegon. He is 44 years old and lived in the greater Muskegon area most of his life. 14 Regarding government experience, I was in Coopersville for about six 41 44 1 r■ » t k years. I started there as assistant city manager and then moved on to be their city manager." Seyferth said. Prior to that, he worked for the economic development agency Muskegon Area First as a business-develop­ ment manager before being promoted to executive direc­ tor of Downtown Muskegon Now, which is focused on developing that city's down­ town development. “In addition to my local government experience, I was also a congressional caseworker for four and a half years, where I helped folks navigate issues with several federal departments/ agencies, including the Social Security Administration, Department of Defense and VA," VA,” Seyferth said, The original field of six candidates for the city man­ ager position in Muskegon had been pared to four by mid-September, and it was narrowed even further to the two finalists by Sept. 19. The decision to apply for the job in Muskegon was not an easy one for Seyferth, according to De Ward. 1 bl He was tom because he likes beins at Gaines, but he lived in Muskegon most of his life," DeWard said. "He used to work for the Downtown Development Authority. He said he's always wanted that job. It's not a slam dunk, though. They have six good candi­ dates." Wells said township man­ agers tend to move from position to position more fre­ quently than some other gov­ eminent leaders, ernment leaders. So, Seyferth's application for the job in Muskegon was not a shock. 44 We always knew that that was a possibility, Wells said, A meet-and-greet open house with the candidates and a public tour on a cruise boat were held in Muskegon on Sept. 15. Seyferth and Mikesell were called back for second interviews after that, “What Jonathan brings to it is he’s just a very capable leader," DeWard said. “He’s well-liked in the city. When we interviewed him, 1 checked on his references and most of them were Muskegon people. And they just raved about him. 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Courtesy of Koval Construction. • Local Emergency Officials A • Arts & Crafters Market returns! I • Check out NEW businesses! • And MUCH MORE! Expo Proudly Hosted By: ENTERTAINMENT BY: The Green Valley Boys Courtesty of: RT Stitchcrafts DJ Service Provided By: Fusion Fitness Wayland / Area ■ www.waylandchamber.org Premier Sponsors • Bailey & Associates CPA • Godwin Aqua Systems • Laurels of Sandy Creek • Booth Hilaski Grevenstuk • Greenridge Realty • MyTown Ace Hardware - Dorr Insurance Agency • Full Potential Chiropractic • Healthbridge • Hopkins Propane The Chamber would like to graciously thank Wayland Union Schools and all Expo exhibitors for their continued support of the Expo �Page 8/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 24, 2022 Bowne Center UMC to resume community dinners FINANCIAL FOCUS Provided by Andrew McFadden and Jeffrey Westra of Edward Jones Should you stick with index-based investments? 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Plus, the very act of ing stick of your own prog- SIPC constantly buying and sell­ ress. ing investments can generate Furthermore, a single Members of the Bowne Center United Methodist Church say they miss the and that the community community misses them. In an effort to remedy this, the Bowne Center UMC is bringing back its Community Fellowship with a Swiss steak dinner to accompany it. The dinner will be Saturday, Oct. 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Bowne Center UMC. This is the first dinner the church has hosted in over two years. The community dinners were started by the church in 1986 as a way to raise money for a much-needed new fel­ lowship hall. The church started out with spaghetti dinners in the old Aid Hall. The building now serves as a museum on Bowne's historical comer. The new fellowship hall was constructed during a hot sum­ mer in 1988, and was completed with the help of church members young and old. After construction of the fellowship hall was completed, the dinners were continued. Before the pandemic, the church would host four dinners a year, two being in the fall and two in the spring. While the dinners were started to raise money for the church, church members say that these days the church is able to give more back to the community through the funds of the dinner. The return of the Bowne Center UMC community dinners will be hosted at the recently-renamed Art recently-renamed Benedict Hall inside the Bowne Center United Methodist Church at the cor­ ner of 84th Street and Alden Nash Avenue in Alto. 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T f4V I I n r SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES WHO BELIEVE IN * r k\ A Ij a Mu w I ■ I b 1 • STUDENT-CENTERED policies & practices • FULLY ROUNDED CURRICULUM, including STEM, VOTE humanities, arts, social sciences, athletics, and vocational education 4 I I l • SECURITY ft SAFETY in our buildings 5 at our events • RESPECT a APPRECIATION for Caledonia’s excellent Ernest teachers, staff 8 administrators Ml I • I ACCEPTANCE 8 CARE for our diverse student - population I • h w RESPONSIBILITY 8 TRANSPARENCY in planning & spending JJI 1 • fl'irl II CLEAR COMMUNICATION between schools, parents 8 community IRW VanGessel Timmer CALEDONIA SCHOOL BOARD on November 8th, 2022. <1 r I I 0 CALEDONIA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION CALEDONIA tDUCATION ASSOCIATION VOTE J I FOR CALEDONIA SCHOOL BOARD I Fl kJ r i r i The Caledonia Education Association proudly endorses pro-public education candidates for the upcoming Caledonia Board of Education election j J I I 4 k/%. r ■ I I -ABOVE• I • rnest needs above politics If . (3 11 I Placing our students' VanGessel • Candidates who value FO3 » respect 8 civility Hfr 9 t PMi tor bf Jwnes Ernest tor Cetottonu Schoo* PO Boi 62. Catodone Ml 49316 Enc VtoiGessel lor Cetodm School Board. 6OS9 Gtonparry O SE Cetoctorw MI 493164490 Corwnmw to Elect Mary Anne Timmer 7460 VWhafci O Catodonto Ml 49316 i I’j » A I immer �Page 10/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 24, 2022 Middleville DDA adopts revised budget discusses community mailbox idea sibility sibility of of having having some some free-standing free-standing community community mailboxes installed in front of the village hall on Main Street or another location. They would be for downtown businesses, only. The mailbox type is called a Cluster Box Unit (CBU) and comes with multiple locked mailbox compartments inside it. “Currently, Main Street doesn’t get mail delivered,” Bussard said in a post-meet­ ing interview. “So everyone has to (pay for) a P.O. box. And so, this would allow businesses to have delivery within walking distance." The USPS sent the DDA a list of approved mailbox companies and Bussard said the DDA will be requesting quotes from each one to install the CBU. James Gemmell only only counting counting about about half half of of Contributing Writer it.” The Middleville Bussard told the DDA Downtown Development board she is comfortable Authority board initially with the adjusted figures, approved a fund budget for Some TIF revenue will be the 2023-24 fiscal year in captured from the 0.5662August but ended up adopt- mill tax increase that town town-­ ing a revised version on ship voters passed in the election. Tuesday at its monthly meet- Aug. 2 primary election, ing. That will fund equipment The vote was 6-0. Three and vehicle upgrades for board members were absent. Thornapple Township DDA Director Katherine Emergency Services, plus Bussard said changes to the wage increases to help downtown district’s tax cap­ recruit fire and rescue perture and some other budget sonnel. adjustments were the reasons She said the DDA’s TIF for the revised budget. It is revenues are going up. The being forwarded to the vil­ total projected revenue for lage council for review. The 2024 is only $217,000, but fiscal year begins on Jan. 1, Bussard said grant opportu­ 2023. nities have not been fac­ The budget submitted in tored into that budget year August projected revenues yet. Thus, the revenue will for the upcoming year to be likely be higher than pro$301,302. The updated bud- jected. 6 get projection anticipates ‘That’s really driven by $238,691 in fiscal year 2023 our projects, and we have a revenues. That is a difference little planning to do before of $62,611. that,” she said. Bussard said an account­ The revenue generated so ing error by village staff was far in the current fiscal year one of the reasons for the sits at $271,642. miscalculation on the pro­ The DDA estimated that jected money that will be the more than $20,000 coming into the DDA coffers invested in community next year. The finance events in 2021 generated department had originally $339,000 in revenue for local told the DDA that it would businesses, with a regional receiving be roughly economic impact of about $174,000 in revenues from $424,000. the village next year and about $82,000 in tax-incre­ Community mailbox ment financing (TIF) reve­ update nue from Thornapple Katherine Bussard told the Township. DDA board she expects to 66 After looking at some have some answers from the reports with (village Finance U.S. Postal Service in Director Alexandra October concerning the Longstreet), we have deter­ effort to potentially set up a mined that the village was community mailbox in counting the township con­ downtown Middleville. tribution as part of (the vil­ Some business owners lage) contribution,” Bussard expressed a desire to get mail said. “It wasn't exactly delivered downtown. The counted twice. They were DDA is researching the pos- DDA board board authorizes authorizes DDA purchase purchase of ofArt Art in in the the Air Air banners The DDA board voted 6-0 to approve paying up to I$2,750 to design some new banners to install on its Art in the Air posts downtown. The design committee would be charged with making a logo featuring village branding that could be used repeatedly. For example, the village’s holiday designs could be placed on the banners. After being installed, they could be taken down at times and replaced with other ban­ ners for special events, but then be reinstalled again at a later time. Heinzman pitches Placer.ai program Jennifer Heinzman, presi­ dent and CEO of the Barry and County County Chamber Economic Economic Development Alliance, asked the DDA board to consider participat­ ing in a program that pro­ vides instant access to infermation about where people are spending money. It is called Placer.ai and provides real-time information derived from consumer foot traffic and the tracking of cell phone data. Bussard explained the potential value of the program to the DDA. She said when a developer approaches the village and asks ques­ tions such as ‘How many people in the community are shopping for a given prod­ uct?’ or ‘How much are they spending?’ Placer.ai can provide that real-time data. 64 It uses cookies and stuff on all your (electronic) devices," Bussard said. For attracting businesses, it makes perfect sense,” Heinzman said. “You know exactly where your custom­ ers are ... we’re able to tell (a company), you're marketing to the wrong crowd.” The 1 ne program costs $25,000 per year, so the Chamber is trying to get some municipalities, businesses and organizations to partner with it in order to lessen the financial cost for everyone. The $25,000 also will pro­ vide the Chamber with a data management consultant. The DDA board voted 6-0 to make a three-year funding commitment to the Barry County Chamber toward the Place.ai program. The dollar amount to be committed will be determined later. * A? 64 J i. r — jW £ J Middleville DDA Director Katherine Bussard updates the DDA board Tuesday on the effort to get a free-standing community mailbox set up on Main Street downtown. (Photo by James Gemmell) •» Need some extra CASH? 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Broadway (M-43) Hastings 1 t « < �The Sun and News, Saturday, September 24, 2022/ Page 11 —* Falcons fall to Fighting Scots in OK Red dual Ik Ik m A si Brett Bremer Sports Editor Even without its top player the Caledonia varsity boys’ tennis team was able to knock oft East Kentwood at Caledonia High School Wednesday for its first win of the OK Red Conference season. ■ 0W I * % S r - 11 C S3 > SS r [1 Caledonia second singles player Adam Morris steps into a forehand return during his win against East Kentwood Wednesday at Calednoia High School. The Scots The Fighting topped the Falcons 7-1. First singles fill-in Cody DeVries pulled out a 7-3 win in a tiebreaker at the end of the first set against the Falcons' Cyrus Thang and then surged for a 6-2 win in set number two. DeVries had previously filled in here and there at third doubles and third sin­ gles for the Caledonia var­ sity this fall. Regular first singles player Justin Trees was out with an injury this week. “[DeVries] is our top JV guy. He was one of the last guys that got cut for the varsity team,” Caledonia head coach Scott Bont said. 44 He has been our main fill­ in. He has probably played six to eight matches, but this was one of his first wins. “The first set, I think he was a little nervous. The second set, I think he just was a little more consis­ tent,” Bont said. “He was doing what I was asking him to do. It is exciting to see him win” Coach Bont liked how all of his guys found plans and Fighting Scot first doubles player Nathan Huynh leaps for a volley during his win with teammate Maddox Gaier in their match against East Kentwood Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) t lift over the Falcons. The Caledonia singles players scored a sweep of their four flights. Adam Morris took a 6-1, 6-1 win over Tommy Nguyen at second singles. Tyler Oliver won 6-0, 6-3 over Jayden Le at third sin­ gles. Ryan Walbeck scored a 6-1, 6-4 win over Andy Tran at number four. “[The plans were about] patterns of play, Bont said, “trying to hit to a certain spot or trying to move the guy around, whatever the pattern is versus hitting the ball and just getting it back. That was kind of how we have played, and a lot of stuff has been right down the middle, just hit it back in the middle of the court and we’ll call it good.” While the strategies have been especially improving on the singles side for the Fighting Scots this fall, the big improvements on the doubles side have just come with improved familiarity and communication amongst the young teammates. “They’re really just becoming more of a cohesive unit," Bont said of each of his doubles teams. “Most of our guys are new, so they were not used to their part­ ner and not communication. ‘It’s not my buddy,’ so you don't feel free to communi­ cate with them and that sort of thing. 44 They're playing a lot more and talking about stuff. The big thing I emphasize are either racket touches or high fives in between points so they're just connecting and re-con­ necting after every point. The [first doubles] guys I called out, their first match I don't know if they said one word to each other, lit­ erally. Now they’re talking, we're seeing racket touches 9a and a ‘good job. Nathan Huynh and Maddox Gaier had the most lopsided victory of the day for the Caledonia doubles teams. They took the first doubles match 6-1, 6-1 over Jharet Avina and Isaac Drueke. Ben Diegel and Tucker Dion scored a 7-5, 6-2 win over the Falcons' Ryan Nguyen and Adam Huynh at second doubles. The Scot fourth doubles team of Ryan Hautala and Colin Martin scored a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Finn Schultz and Tran Vincent. At fifth doubles, the Scot duo of Garrett Fales and Will M5 of, J j: COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES The minutes of the August 23, 2022 Regular Council Meeting, which were approved on September 19, 2022, are posted at the Village Hall at 100 E Main Street and on the website at www.villaqeofmiddleville.org. The minutes of the September 13, 2022 Regular Council Meeting, which were approved on September 19, 2022, are posted at the Village Hall at 100 E Main Street and on the website at www.villaqeofmiddleville.org. r » > I * I 4 * VanderWeele scored a quick 6-0, 6-3 victory over Matthew Nguyen and Jacob Freiberg. East Kentwood picked up its only point at third dou­ bles, where the team of Aaron Ha and Matthew Nguyen edged the Caledonia team of Hudsen Derengowski and Quinn Pherson in three sets 6-3, 5-7, 6-0. The Scot team at number three put on a big surge to force that extra set rallying from 5-4 down for the 7-5 win in that second set. The tennis court isn't the only place the Fighting Scots work on being able ™ to communicate with team­ mates and classmates. The Scots are hosting a be nice. Event during their upcoming conference dual with Grandville Sept. 26. The be nice, action plan, accordinge to the be nice. Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan website, is See TENNIS, page 14 Breakfast Buffet Fundraiser Help us support veterans and community functions. Saturday, October 1st and the First Saturday of each month Serving 8 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Eggs, bacon, sausage links or patties, potatoes, biscuits and sausage gravy, pancakes, milk, OJ, coffee. • Menu subject to change Adults $12.00 • Children 10 & under $5.00 Coffee For more information call the Post at 616-891-1882 Donated by B4GGBY COFFEE Caledonia Memorial Legion Post 305 9548 Cherry Valley, Caledonia, MI LUNCH M-TH 11 AM-8 PM: FRI 11 AM-2PM • FRI BUILD A BURGER 4-8 PM 4 I tJ 0 wE v & I I PUBLIC NOTICE GAINES CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD WORK SESSION SYNOPSIS September 12, 2022 Discussed major ordinance project Discussed cemetery expansion and equipment Discussed plans for Prairie Wolf Park Discussed Clerk Assistant position Discussed finance department creation Discussed planning for future land acquisitions Discussed Public Safety Special Assessment increases for Sheriff and full time Fire Station Discussed projections for Enterprise departments Discussed ARPA projects for sidewalks and full time staffing A complete copy of the minutes of these meetings and any res­ olutions or ordinances adopted at the meeting are on file and avail­ able for review at the Gaines Charter Township office, 8555 Kalam­ azoo Avenue SE, Caledonia, Michigan 49316. Ordinances, meeting schedules, meeting minutes, and other Township information are also available at www.gainestownship.org. Michael Brew Gaines Charter Township Clerk PUBLIC NOTICE GAINES CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING SYNOPSIS September 12, 2022 The Gaines Charter Township Board held a regular meeting on Monday, September 12, 2022 and took the following actions. 1. Reviewed of the Consent Agenda. 2. Approved the Meeting Agenda 3. Held a Public Hearing about the Special Assessment District 4. Approved the Consent Agenda 5. Were reminded of the Heritage Festival on October 8, 2022 from 9 AM to 3PM at the Township Hall 6. Adopted a resolution to sign the Water Supply Public Partici­ pation Agreement. 7. Updated the Township Industrial Facilities Tax (IFT) Policy 8. Adopted the River Birch Water Utility Contract. 9. Adopted the Hoffman Meadows Water Utility Contract. 10. Adopted the Rapids Drive Extension Water Utility Contract 11. Participated in the Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks Help America Vote Act Election Security Grant 12. Increased election workers compensation 13. Approved annual maintenance I repairs to Cutlerville Engine 36 14. Approved purchasing a Township trailer not to exceed $6,000. 18. Adjourned the Regular Board Meeting at 8:21 pm A complete copy of the minutes of these meetings and any res­ olutions or ordinances adopted at the meeting are on file and avail­ able for review at the Gaines Charter Township office, 8555 Kalam­ azoo Avenue SE, Caledonia, Michigan 49316. Ordinances, meeting schedules, meeting minutes, and other Township information are also available at www.gainestownship.org. Michael Brew Gaines Charter Township Clerk 188207 __ �Page 12/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 24, 2022 1- r** ✓ JA & ayr Township of Yankee Springs 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE MICHIGAN 48333 269-795-909) /FAX 289-795-2388 YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN •r / JU NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PUBLIC HEARING COBB LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT No. 37B TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to PA 188 of 1954, as amended, the Township Board of Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, has determined, based on its own motion, to undertake an aquatic plant control project on Cobb Lake in the Township, and to create a special assessment district for the recovery of the costs thereof by special assessment against the properties benefited. The Special Assessment District shall be known as the COBB LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 37B. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the land and premises in the special assessment district within which the foregoing improvements are proposed to be made and within which the costs thereof are to be specially assessed are more particularly described as parcels abutting Cobb Lake and/or with deeded access to Cobb Lake, which include the following parcel numbers and as depicted on the attached map: COBB LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 37B 08-16-007-009-10 08-16-090-001-10 08-16-145-000-00 08-16-150-015-00 08-16-007-009-20 08-16-090-002-00 08-16-145-001-00 08-16-150-016-00 08-16-007-010-00 08-16-007-010-20 08-16-090-003-00 08-16-090-004-00 08-16-145-002-00 08-16-145-003-00 08-16-150-016-50 08-16-150-017-00 08-16-007-011-00 08-16-090-005-00 08-16-145-005-00 08-16-150-018-00 08-16-018-002-21 08-16-090-007-00 08-16-145-036-00 08-16-150-020-00 08-16-018-008-00 08-16-090-008-00 08-16-145-041-00 08-16-150-020-10 08-16-018-010-00 08-16-090-009-00 08-16-145-042-00 08-16-150-021-50 08-16-018-024-00 08-16-090-010-00 08-16-145-043-00 08-16-150-023-00 08-16-018-025-00 08-16-090-011-00 08-16-145-044-00 08-16-150-024-00 08-16-060-001-00 08-16-090-012-00 08-16-145-047-00 08-16-150-027-00 08-16-060-002-00 08-16-090-013-00 08-16-145-048-00 08-16-150-031-00 08-16-060-003-00 08-16-090-014-00 08-16-145-049-00 08-16-150-031-10 08-16-060-004-00 08-16-090-015-00 08-16-145-050-00 08-16-150-033-00 08-16-060-005-00 08-16-140-001-00 08-16-145-051-00 08-16-150-035-00 08-16-060-006-00 08-16-140-002-00 08-16-145-052-00 08-16-150-036-00 08-16-060-007-00 08-16-140-003-00 08-16-145-057-00 08-16-150-037-00 08-16-060-008-00 08-16-140-004-00 08-16-150-001-00 08-16-150-038-00 08-16-060-009-00 08-16-140-005-00 08-16-150-001-10 08-16-245-000-00 08-16-060-010-00 08-16-140-006-00 08-16-150-001-20 08-16-245-001-00 08-16-060-011-00 08-16-150-002-00 08-16-245-002-00 08-16-060-012-00 08-16-140-007-00 08-16-140-008-00 08-16-150-003-00 08-16-245-003-00 08-16-060-013-00 08-16-140-009-00 08-16-150-004-00 08-16-245-004-00 08-16-060-014-00 08-16-140-011-00 08-16-150-005-00 08-16-245-005-00 08-16-060-015-00 08-16-140-013-00 08-16-150-006-00 08-16-245-006-00 08-16-060-016-00 ■fl It * 08-16-140-014-00 08-16-150-007-00 08-16-060-017-00 08-16-140-015-00 08-16-150-008-00 08-16-245-008-00 08-16-060-018-00 08-16-140-016-00 08-16-150-009-00 08-16-245-009-00 08-16-060-019-00 08-16-140-017-00 08-16-150-009-10 08-16-245-011-00 08-16-060-020-00 08-16-140-018-00 08-16-150-010-00 08-16-245-012-00 08-16-060-021-00 08-16-140-020-00 08-16-150-011-00 08-16-245-013-00 08-16-060-022-00 08-16-140-024-00 08-16-150-012-00 08-16-245-014-00 08-16-060-023-00 08-16-140-031-00 08-16-150-013-00 08-16-305-005-00 08-16-090-001-00 08-16-140-033-00 08-16-150-014-00 08-16-245-007-00 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board has received plans showing the proposed project with associated activities, together with an estimate of the cost of the project in the amount of $64,000 (including administrative costs), and has placed the same on file with the Township clerk; has passed a resolution tentatively declaring its intention to make the improvement and to create the special assessment district. The plans, cost estimates and special assessment district may be examined at the Clerk's office from the date of this Notice to the date of the public hearing and may further be examined at such public hearing. I I r J I’/ Csi1 J 0 0# PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a public hearing on the plans, district and cost estimates will be held on October 13, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at the Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N. Briggs Road, Middleville, Michigan. At the hearing, the Board will consider any written objections and comments to any of the foregoing matters which are filed with the clerk at or before the hearing and any objections or comments raised at the hearing. If written objections are filed with the township board at or before the hearing, signed by the record owners of land constituting more than 20% of the area within the proposed special assessment district, then the township board may not proceed unless petitions in support of the project, signed by record owners of more than 50% of the area to be made into a special assessment district, are filed with the township. Following the hearing, the township board may revise, correct, amend or change the plans, cost estimates or special assessment district. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that appearance and protest at the public hearing is required in order to appeal to the State Tax Tribunal within 30 days after the special assessment roll is confirmed. An owner or party in interest, or his or her agent, may appear in person at the hearing to protest the special assessment, or shall be permitted to file at or before the hearing his or her appearance or protest by letter and his or her personal appearance shall not be required. All interested persons are invited to be present in person or by representative and to submit comments concerning the establishment of the special assessment district, the plans and cost •s . Ji l^ ,i1* s if estimates. PROPERTY SHALL NOT BE ADDED TO THE PROPOSED SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AND THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF COST SHALL NOT BE INCREASED BY MORE THAN 10% WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE AND PUBLIC HEARING. EASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if the Township Board determines to proceed with the special assessments, the Board will cause a special assessment roll to be prepared and another hearing will be held, after notice to record owners of property proposed to be specially assessed, to hear public comments concerning the proposed special assessments. Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon seven (7) days' notice to the Township Clerk. f Mike Cunningham Yankee Springs Township Clerk 284 N. Briggs Road Middleville, Ml 49333 (269) 795-9091 Special Assessment Parcel Map i iSClF .1 *^OaJUD-W Sil ......... —* — —— ,Hk ■ ■■■■■■■■ ■H I I t 1 1 — iiiijt 1 a 1 - te- — ________ C * r — s l — I j 'J A EC/, 6 1 T • i (J I ■■■ ■■ » I 1 --- ----- ■ I 3 IM rji ■■ s — r sJ I -• — _______ ______ _______ - ; 4 ■ ______________ . WTW-U' <* ■ ■— t I fk % $ I I i — ■ - ■■■ - - - - - % i x-yi .‘hx-J ’ Liloirw Dr S' s Git!** Cova St bl ■w I CL 1^0 /'IL V - I - I V Ua .... - - .0. . 9 _______ 1 i * 1 -T J . •—-4 ^O»»l \ ;■ kj Ml W �The Sun and News, Saturday, September 24, 2022/ Page 13 Scots spot Hudsonville 14-0 lead, score next 40 points ..V- L w > I S’. ■ ' *t3s4‘ SSt. 'Sr* J'®9’" <4^ • uMMa I V Brett Bremer Sports Editor Caledonia faced a deficit for the first time this season Friday night against visit­ ing Hudsonville. In the end the Fighting Scots weren't phased. They scored the ball­ game’s final 40 points. The Caledonia varsity football team improved to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the OK Red Conference with a 40-14 win over the visiting Eagles who took a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter before the Scots ral­ lied to tie the game at 14-14 by the half. Both teams turned the ball over on their first pos­ session of the ballgame. Hudsonville took over fol­ lowing a pick by Chase Ciolek with 5:04 to go in that opening quarter at the Scots’ 32-yard-line and took the lead four plays later on a 13-yard touch­ down pass from Trey Carr to Elijah VanderVeen. The Eagle defense forced a punt on the ensuing Caledonia series and then the Eagle offense went the other way on a 12-play 75-yard drive that ended in a two-yard TD run by Carr. Caledonia evened the bailgame with running back Brock Townsend scoring on a 19-yard run with 4:10 to go in the first half and a four-yard TD pass from Mason McKenzie to Townsend with 25 ticks left on the second quarter clock. An interception by the Scots’ Reed Vogeler set up that second, second-quarter touchdown. Townsend had the interception that ended opening Hudsonville's drive of the game. Townsend put the Scots in front for good with a 15-yard touchdown pass four plays into the second half. DJ Walker had a 43-yard return on the sec­ ond half kick-off to put the Scots in good position. Townsend added two more touchdown runs, one from a yard out late in the third quarter and one on a 20-yard run late in the fourth. In between, McKenzie tossed a 22-yard TD pass to senior receiver Justice Reed. Townsend and McKenzie powered the Caledonia offense on the ground for most of the night. Townsend had 24 rushes for 182 yards and four touchdowns to go along with his one short TD reception. McKenzie ran 21 times for 133 yards while going 4-of-8 passing for 53 yards and two TD’s. Blake and Herron Maddox Greenfield had six tackles each t o lead the Caledonia defense. Kicker Luke Vogeler hit his first four extra-point attempts. Carr was 10-of-20 pass­ ing for 123 yards for the Eagles and had a team-high 37 rushing yards on nine carries. VanderVeen was his team's top receiver with six receptions for 71 yards. Brad Raredon had two catches for 42 yards. Caledonia was set to travel to Grandville for a showdown with the unde- feated Bulldogs last night. The Scots are back in action Sept. 30 hosting East Kentwood for homecomins inside of Ralph E. Myers Stadium. x Caledonia kicker Luke Vogeler boots an extra­ point out of the grasp of holder Mason McKenzie during their team’s win over visiting Hudsonville Sept. 16 in Caledonia. (Photo by Perry Hardin) I 1 1 Caledonia running back Brock Townsend leaps into the end zone for one of his five scores during the Fighting Scots’ victory over visiting Hudsonville Sept. 16 inside Ralph E. Myers Stadium. (Photo by Perry Hardin) 188245 Township of Yankee Springs nt 294 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-9091 I FAX 269-795-2388 Caledonia’s Maddox Greenfield (left) and Jace Lawton (right) sandwhich Hudsonville ball carrier Beau Groothuis during the Scots’ win over the visiting Eagles Sept. 16 in Caledonia. 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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE In addition to participation during a public hearing, members of the public may also provide comments for the Zoning Board of Appeals’ consideration by emailing or mailing those comments to the Zoning Board of Appeals for receipt prior to the meeting, in care of the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson (ethompson(g)pcimi.com) or by leaving a phone message prior to the meeting with the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson at 616-877-2000. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at said public hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. MdVIU VdbU ZBA 22-10-021 A. (269) 953-3366 bandcclearing@gmail.com PARCEL ID # 08-16-055-017-00. 752 Palmer Dr. Middleville, MI 49333. A request by propertv owner, Pam Washburn, for relief from the setbacks established by sec­ tion 12.4 “RequiredSetbacks”. i. The subject site is approximately .259 acres in size. The property is currently zoned Resi­ dential Lake Front (RLF) and the applicant is requesting relief to allow for the construction of a new home that fails to meet the required setbacks. 2. A. Your local agent insures your INSURANCE MoC^OtfVS Jason Parks 121 E. Main Street Downtown Middleville CotHfMUUf, (269) 795-8827 jparks@fbinsmi.com FarmBureaulnsurance.com PARCEL ID # 08-16-120-001-01. 11136 Hastings Point Rd. Middleville, MI 49333. A request by property owner, Emil and Judy Przeklasa, for variance relief from the setbacks established by section 12.4 “RequiredSetbacks”. L The subject site is approximately .333 acres in size. The property is currently zoned Gun Lake Residential Front(GRLF) and the applicant is requesting relief to allow for the con­ struction of an addition to existing dwelling building that fails to meet the required setbacks. 3. FARM BUREAU ZBA 22-10-022 Such other business as may properly come before the Zoning Board of Appeals. The Yankee Springs Township Zoning Board of Appeals and Township Board reserve the right to make changes in the above-mentioned proposed amendment(s) at or following the public hearing. Anyone interested in reviewing the application material may do so at the township hall. All inter­ ested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place, or, if an electronic meeting is held, to participate via the electronic meeting. Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days' prior notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS By: Jacob Welch, Chairperson Yankee Springs Township Hall 284 N. Briggs Rd. Middleville, Michigan 49333 (269) 795-9091 ll’l 4 » \ <* �Page 14/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 24, 2022 TK closes OK Gold tennis duals with a .500 record Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Thomapple Kellogg varsity boys’ tennis team closed out its season of OK Gold Conference duals by splitting a pair with Catholic Central and Cedar Springs on the road this week. The Trojans took a 5-3 win at Cedar Springs Monday before falling 8-0 to the Cougars in Grand Rapids Wednesday. TK took all four doubles points, getting forfeit wins at three and four doubles. The first doubles team of Aaron Michalk and Ben Cuison breezed to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Ethan Terpstra and Heath Malon for TK. Landon Conroy and Kyran Haywood won the second doubles flight 6-4. 6-1. Franklin Wilkinson ral­ lied from a set down to take the fourth doubles match for the Trojans. Kyle Parks from Cedar Springs won the opening set 6-3 before Wilkinson surged for 6-2, 6-2 victories. Kameron Nichols, at first singles for TK, scored a 6-3, 6-4 win over the Red Hawks’ Personal records fall for Scots at first OK Red meet Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Caledonia varsity boys’ and girls’ cross coun­ try teams finished in the middle of the pack at the first OK Red Conference jamboree of the season Tuesday at South Christian High School. Caledonia senior Jordan Domany had the top finish for the Caledonia teams fin­ ishing the 15’s for the first time ever. He dropped his personal record to 15 min­ utes 55.7 seconds in a thirdplace finish. The time puts him fifth on the list of Caledonia boys’ cross coun­ try’s fastest runners ever. Grand Haven senior Nolan Clark also ran a personal record time of 15:41.80 to place second. Grand Haven junior Seth Norder beat out Clark with a winning time of 15:40.62. With that duo at the front of the pack, Grand Haven won the boys’ race with 43 points. Jenison was second with 77 points, ahead of Rockford 79, Caledonia 91, East Kentwood 106, Hudsonville 132, Grandville 199 and West Ottawa 218. Each of the first six Caledonia guys across the finish line set new personal records and so did many others behind that pack. Scot senior Blake Elliot was 17^ in 17:00.65 and senior Jonathan Miedema was 21st in 17:14.65. Caledonia junior Levi Moss th in was 24 24™ in 17:19.67. Sophomores Kort Thompson and Mason Morrell were fifth and sixth for the Scots. Thompson placed 26^ in 17:22.65 and Morrell 37th in 17:43.43. Senior Natalia Quigley led the Caledonia girls with a personal record time of 19:20.92 that put her in ninth place overall. The top three for the Caledonia girls’ team had new PRs as well as many other Scots. Senior Madelyn Fennema was 21st in 20:23.37 and senior Leah Thompson was 23r^ in 20: 34.96. 20:34.96. Rounding out the top five for the Caledonia girls were juniors Alyssa DeFields and Kloe Kimbrell. DeFields was 43r^ in 21:20.12 and Kimbrell was was 501^ in 21: 50.63. Like Grand Haven's boys, the West Ottawa girls had the two fastest runners and took the team victory. Sophomore Helen Sachs ran a personal record time of 17:01.58 to win the girls’ race and her senior team­ mate Arianne Olson was second in 17:12.00. West Ottawa had four girls finish among among the the top top eight eight and and finfinished with 35 points. Jenison was second with 83 points in a tight battle for that runner-up spot. Rockford finished with 86 points and Grand Haven 87, ahead of Caledonia 138, Hudsonville 153, East Kentwood 162 and Grandville 185. • Grandville senior Allison Amsman placed third with a personal record time of 17:48.32. Last Friday, the Caledonia teams took part in the Michigan State University Spartan Invitational. Invitational, Domany, Elliot, Moss and Miedema from the boys’ team all earned medals for their their top top 30 30 finishes finishes and and the the Caledonia Caledonia boys boys beat out out Jenison by four points to to win the team championship in the Green Division. The Scots outscored the Wildcats 116-120 at the top of the 27-team standings. The Caledonia girls were sixth in the 22-team Green Division girls’ standings at Forest Akers East Golf course in East Lansing where the invitational was run. Quigley and Fennema both earned medals for top 30 finishes. Aricin Thompson. Jacob Draaisma took a 6-4, 6-3 win for TK at third singles over Evan Mattson, Cedar Springs picked up its only point at number two where Cole French bested TK’s Aidan Dudik 6-0, 6-1. Wilkinson played another three-setter at Catholic Central Wednesday. Axel Cummings from GRCC took a 6-4 win in the opening set and Wilkinson rebounded for a 7-5 win in set number two. Cummings finished off the match with a 6-0 win in set number three though. At third doubles, the TK team of Dylan Bailey and Andrew Beckering took a 6-3 win in their opening set before falling 6-3, 6-4 to TENNIS, continued from page 11 44 to notice, invite, challenge, and empower.” The cam­ paign “encourages individu­ als to challenge themselves and others to seek appropriate professional help when they notice mental health changes or concerns. This program equips individuals in schools, businesses, faith institutions, and communities with the knowledge and confidence to take action when it comes to mental health and suicide preven­ tion.” Bont and the tennis pro­ gram have been participat­ ing with the be nice, cam­ paign for a number of years and the Caledonia coach encourages his players to have free conversations about mental health with each other, classmates and opponents. The Scots returned to action Thursday, falling 5-3 in a non-conference dual at Kalamazoo Central. All three Caledonia wins came on the doubles side, Diegel and Dion at second doubles and Derengowski close out the afternoon against the Cougars' Jack Grytza and Davis Vu. TK ends the conference duals with a record of 3-3-1. The Trojans are sched­ uled to host Calvin Christian Monday for a non-conference dual. South Christian will host the OK Gold Conference Tournament Oct. 1. — and Pherson at third doubles took wins in super tie­ breakers after splitting sets with their opponents from Kalamazoo. Hautala and Martin at fourth doubles scored a 6-3, 6-3 win. The Maroon Giants won all four singles flights in straight sets. ik >5 z |X1 /! J f 0* IE. z, J - I# ill* I I M !l»’ jliiO I ** 14 Fighting Scot first singles fill-in Cody DeVries hits a forehand back at East Kentwood’s top player during his win in the Fighting Scot’s OK Red Conference win over the visiting Falcons Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) tall!, 'O * 188094 I VILLAGE OF CALEDONIA COUNTY OF KENT, MICHIGAN •k NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING SIGNS n h I* PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Caledonia Village Council has adopted an amendment to the Village zoning ordinance. The following is a summary of the regulatory effect of the amendment: Sign Ordinance. The amendment revised the sign ordinance provisions in Chapter XV of the Village Zoning Ordinance to clarify that the signs listed in Section 15.3 of the ordinance are allowed anywhere within the Village. Special provisions relating to political signs were removed. Section 15.3.A was added to the ordinance to allow one additional non-illuminated sign on all properties. In addition, for a period ninety (90) days prior to and seven (7) days after an election within the Village, additional non-commercial signage is permitted. . Effective Date. This ordinance will take effect seven (7) days after this publication. A complete copy of the ordinance is on file and may be inspected or purchased at the office of the Village Clerk, Village of Caledonia, 250 S. Maple Street, Caledonia, Michigan, during Village office hours. Dated: September 24, 2022 JEFF THORNTON, CLERK VILLAGE OF CALEDONIA •u% Mr ■ < CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA BOARD OF TRUSTEES Meeting Minutes The minutes for the September 7, 2022 Township Board of Trustees Meeting which were approved on Spetember 21, 2022, are posted at the Township Offices at 8196 Broadmoor Ave., and on the website at www.caledoniatownship.org. Caledonia third sin­ gles player Tyler Oliver hits a shot back at his foe from East Kentwood during the Fighting Scots’ 7-1 win over the visiting Falcons at Caledonia High School Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) / “4 < * ♦ Sc SS V X* V ■k �1 1 Xu The Sun and News, Saturday, September 24, 2022/ Page 15 TK off to 2-0 Gold start with Saturday afternoon victory ,.L ^?X Brett Bremer Sports Editor On three consecutive snaps in the final minute of the first half the Trojans blocked a Bengal punt, got a ten-yard TD pass from Carsen Burbridge to Tyler Gavette and had Ethan Bonnema intercept an Ottawa Hills’ pass attempt. It was the culmination of a 30-6 first half surge at Houseman Field in Grand Rapids Saturday and the Thomapple Kellogg varsity football team eventually won by that final score to improve to 2-2 overall this season and 2-0 in the OK Gold Conference. The ballgame was post­ poned to Saturday, Sept. 17, on Friday afternoon, Sept. 16, due to a rumored threat of violence from parties outside of the two schools. TK schools superin­ tendent Craig McCarthy stated Friday that the “threats have not been made by TK or ■? * i A r. Ottawa Hills students, nor were they made toward students.” On the field Saturday, Bonnema had two interceptions and also had a team-high 72 rushing yards, on just two carries. Burbridge was 4-of-7 passing for 64 yards and two touchdowns. Gavette recovered the blocked punt late in the second quarter, had a touch­ down rush, a touchdown reception and a team-high 42 receiving yards on three catches, That big finish to the first half for really started with Bonnema’s 65-yard touchdown run with 5:40 to go in the first half. It came on the first snap after the Bengals’ lone score. The Trojans forced a safety on the ensuing Bengal posses­ sion to up their lead to 23-6 with 3:16 to go in the first half. Reece Hoeksma was a per­ fect 4-foM on extra-point kicks but couldn’t quite confor vert on a 52-yard field goal try on the Trojans’ possession after the safety. Ottawa Hills took over at its own 20 with 2:13 to play in the first half and the TK defense forced a three-and-out, with the help of a couple Bengal penalties. Gavette recovered the blocked punt attempt at the Bengal 10 with 37 seconds to play in the half. On the next play, Burbridge tossed a ten-yard touchdown pass to Gavette for the final touchdown. scored on its first three possessions of the ballgame, getting a 22-yard touchdown pass from Burbridge to Jaxan Sias midway through the first quarter and an eight-yard TD run by Gavette on the first play of the second quarter. The third possession ended quickly on Bonnema’s long TD run. Ottawa Hills had the ball inside the 20 on each of its first two possessions of the sec- ond half. Bonnema's second interception of the game thwarted the first drive. The TK defense forced a turnover on downs on the second, a drive which started at the TK 11 after a turnover by the Trojan offense. In the end, the Trojan offense sealed the victory with a drive that started at its own 11 with 2:45 to play in the third quarter and ended at the Ottawa Hills four with a turnover on downs nine and a half minutes later. The drive didn’t produce any points, but ate enough clock that the Bengals no longer had time for a comeback. TK was set to host undefeated South Christian last night in Middleville, Sept. 23. TK returns to action at Forest Hills Eastern Sept. 30. All three of those teams, and Grand Rapids Catholic Central, went into this this third weekend of the OK Gold Conference schedule with perfect 2-0 league records. OK Red season concludes with three days of golf Brett Bremer Sports Editor sophomore Caledonia Copelin O’Krangley was one of four girls to shoot better than 40 at the OK Red Conference jamboree hosted by Grand Haven at Pigeon Creek Thursday. Rockford added to its con­ ference lead with a winning score of 161 strokes. Hudsonville was second with a score of 174, ahead of East Kentwood 187, Grandville 193, Grand Haven 194, * Caledonia 197, West Ottawa Jessica Jolly shot a 36 and 218 and Jenison 223. Rockford senior Mackenzie East Kentwood is sched- Davidson shot a 37. Freshman Codie O’Krangley uled to host the conference at Stonewater Country Club shot a 47 for Caledonia. The Tuesday and Hudsonville will Scots also got a 54 from senior host a jamboree Wednesday at Sara Hynn and a 57 from junior Sarah Kirk. Kirk. Sunnybrook Country Club. Sarah Rockford took the victory The league championship tournament is planned for with senior Bridget Parlmer Thursday at Thomapple adding a 42 and juniors Morgan Vanos and Aubrey Pointe. East Kentwood junior Elise Wilson each scoring a 46. Junior Maddie Schopf led Fennell was the day’s medalist at Pigeon Creek with a one- the host Buccaneers with a under-par 34. Rockford junior score of 40 and Hudsonville sophomore Ava Gardner scored a 41. Gardner’s team earned the runner-up score overall with seniors Kayla Caminiti and Amelia Kuiper and freshman Ashlyn VanderBaan all shooting 44’s. Caledonia girls topple tenth-ranked Rockford squad in OK Red match The Caledonia varsity volleyball team rallied from a set down to score a three sets to one win over visiting Rockford in OK Red Conference action at Caledonia High School Thursday. Rockford took the open­ ing set 25-16, but the Scots rallied for a 25-23 win in set number two, cruised to a 25-12 win in set three and then pulled off the victory with a 27-25 win in an extended set number four. The Caledonia girls are now 1-1 this season in the OK Red Conference. Rockford came into the week ranked tenth in the state in Division 1, while the □I Caledonia girls were among the honorable mention teams in the DI rankings. Meredith Simmons had a team-high 12 kills for Rockford and Liv Hosford, a freshman, added 11. The Rams got 21 assists from freshman setter Izzie Delacher. Freshman Sienna Wolfe had a team-high 19 o digs for Rockford. The Caledonia girls are at Byron Center's Cristi Curtis Memorial Invitational today, Sept. 24, and will return to OK Red action at home against Grandville Thursday, Sept. 29. Next Saturday, Oct. 1, the Caledonia girls will be a part of the Lowell Quad. The Village of Caledonia seeks a dedicated person to our DPW Department. The Job Description can be viewed and application can be obtained, at www.villageofcaledonia.org Your completed application and resume can be submitted to vilofcal@villageofcaledonia.org or can be mailed to 250 S. Maple St. SE., Caledonia, MI 49316. 188201 188246 Caledonia 8196 Broadmoor Ave. SE Caledonia. MI 49316 Phone: 616.891.0070 Fax: 616.891.0430 TOWNSHIP CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA COUNTY OF KENT, MICHIGAN Only Sailors and Cougars better than TK ladies at Gracewil G.C. Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Thomapple Kellogg varsity girls’ golf team had its best finish yet in the OK Gold Conference this season when the league got together for the jamboree hosted by Kenowa Hills at Gracewil Golf Course Monday. The Trojans leapt up to third place as the standings mixed themselves up a bit South Christian bested Catholic Central 163-165 at die top of the stand­ ings. TK scored a 193 to finish ahead of Forest Hills Eastern’s 201, Kenowa Hills 212, Cedar Springs 216, Wayland 228 and Ottawa Hills 250. Sophomore Ailana Leos led TK with a 40 and Emma Schut shot a 49. Right behind were Rae Borrink with a 50 and Sydney Robertson with a 54. South Christian was led by a 40 from Ashley Thomasma and a 40 from Claire DeHaan. Claire Vanelderen scored a 41 and Maya Wierenga a 42. Catholic Central had the day’s top scorer. Sophomore Ava Wisinski shot a 38 and her teammate Morgan Armock tied for second with a 40. f % I The conference got started at Quail Ridge for the jamboree hosted by Catholic Central Tuesday before severe weath- er moved through the area. The conference champion­ ship is slated for Sept. 28 at the Mines Golf Club. Bruce's Frame and Alignment Full Service Body Shop • • • • Wheel Alignments Auto Glass Installation Insurance Work Welcome Visa & MasterCard Accepted Over 40 years experience brucesframe.com I 1 PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 21,2022, the Town­ ship Board of the Charter Township of Caledonia adopted an ordinance amending the Caledonia Charter Township Zoning Ordinance. The principal provisions of the amend-1 ing ordinance are as follows: Section 1 of the ordinance amends Section 7.5 of the Zoning Ordi­ 1. nance, which applies to the R-l district, to modify the minimum lot area and width and minimum required building setbacks for uses served by public sanitary sewer systems and those uses that are not served by public sanitary sewer systems. Section 2 of the ordinance amends Section 8.5 of the Zoning Ordi­ 2. nance to modify the district regulations applicable in the R-2 district, including the minimum lot area and width and minimum required building setbacks for uses served by public sanitary sewer systems and those uses that are not served by public sanitary sewer systems. The third section of the ordinance amends Section 9.5(a) of the Zoning 3. Ordinance, which addresses minimum lot area and width and minimum required build­ ing setbacks for single-family, two-family and townhouses in the R-3 district. Those uses served by public sanitary sewer systems are afforded reduced lot areas and lot widths. In Section 4 of the ordinance, Section 9B.5(a) of the Zoning Ordinance 4. is amended to modify the minimum lot area and width and minimum required building setbacks for multiple family dwellings, townhouses and other permitted uses in the R-4 District. Those uses in the R-4 district that are served by public sanitary sewer systems are afforded reduced lot areas and lot widths. Section 5 of the ordinance amends Section 15.5(e) of the Zoning Ordi­ nance with respect to planned unit developments in a PUD district to provide a density bonus of up to 10 percent for developments that provide additional amenities or preserve additional open space where, among other considerations, the planned unit development is served by public water and/or sewer. The amending ordinance will become effective on October 1, 2022. A copy of the amending ordinance may be examined or purchased at the Cale­ donia Charter Township Offices, 8196 Broadmoor Avenue, within the Township, during Township office hours. Dated: September 21, 2022 415 2nd • Middleville TOWNSHIP BOARD OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA * I X I A 4 I �f I Page 16/The Sun and News, Saturday, September 24, 2022 Setters surprise Knights late as TK girls win Brett Bremer Sports Editor It's not a trick, but there is some sleight of hand involved. Both Trojan setters pulled off some magic at the end of Thursday night’s OK Gold Conference varsity volleyball match with visiting Kenowa Hills in Middleville. Junior setter Jessie Drenten picked up a kill by flipping a second ball into an opening in the center of the Kenowa Hills defense as the Trojans fought to work out of a little hole in the middle of the fifth set. The point evened the fifth set at 12-12. A couple points later, Trojan junior setter Charlotte Nelson took over at the service line and put up the final two service points of the match. A big dig by senior Peyton Pratt and a block by senior middle Alana Compton were huge during the final rally, and in the end it was Nelson finding the same spot that Drenten had for a kill with a second ball to surprise the Kenowa Hills girls again for a 15-13 win in the decid­ ing set. On each of those key points Drenten and Nelson got in position to set up a teammate before flinging the ball across the net. “They put it over just right into what we call the campfire spot. I was pleasantly surprised, and happy. It doesn't always work. Sometimes we’re putting those up too high and it gives the defense time,” said TK head coach Tia played two five-set matches this week, both fifth sets ended on a 15-13 score. It has been a really long week. We just had to find the energy and dig it out.” There was as much relief as elation in the Trojans'celebration at the end of the night Thursday. They controlled the match during the first two sets, winning 25-17, 25-17. Kenowa Hills staked itself to a 21-13 lead in set number three before the Trojans’ took off in an attempt to end the night early. The Trojans surged to even the set at 23-23 before before the the Knights Knights 23-23 eventually took a 27-25 win. The Knights pulled away in the middle of set four for a 25-15 win as TK really struggled with its serve receive. Cross. “You have to get it to just the right height and you have to sell it to the blockers so the blockers aren't jump­ ing. Typically, we put it up a little too high and tonight we didn't. They hadn’t used that all night so [the Knights] weren't ready for it. “That was the girls. They did it. I didn’t call for that. That was all them. Thornapple Kellogg improves its OK Gold Conference record to 3-2 with the win. TK also won a fiveset match at Forest Hills EasternTuesday night this week. 4 We just kindof decided to wake wake back back up, up, pick pick up up the the enthusiasm enthusiasm and and start start digging digging again,”” Cross Cross said. said. ““We We just again, just really had to dig deep. We 4 “They had some really good servers that were hammering some tough serves, and we struggled with it for a little bit,” Cross said. It certainly didn’t help the Trojans to be without regular libero libero senior senior Elaina Elaina O'Riley. O'Riley. Senior Grace Zube, typically an outside hitter who plays all the way around the rotation for TK, had to step into that key defensive position, “We had to completely alter the line-up at three or four positions. That was tough too. These girls really stepped up and were were able able to to overcome overcome aa and really big big change, change,”” Cross Cross said, said. really One of my middles moved to outside, and I moved one of my right sides to middle and was running a different right side,” Cross added. “It was a little nerve-wracking, but the way they came out I thought, this is going to work. It is going to be okay.” Pratt and Compton led the 44 TK attack early on with some big swings-raising the team’s energy level as a whole, Sophomore Brooklyn Harmon and junior Kenna VanElst had some solid attacks as well for TK. As the passing struggled later in the evening, it was tougher to get those strong, smooth swings at the net. The Knights also adjusted their block a bit as the night progressed to limit the Trojans’ big swings. There were some ups and downs during the five-set win Tuesday too. The two teams alternated taking wins through the first four sets in Ada, but TK jumped out to a 9-4 advantage in set five against the Forest Hills Eastern girls. The Hawks didn’t quit and fought to pull ahead 13-11. Zube stepped to the service line for a string of four consec­ utive points for the Trojans which put them in front in the end. .* Thornapple Kellogg junior center Charlotte Nelson (15) is greeted by teammates Kenna VanElst, Grace Zube, Alana Compton, Thea Zellmer and Peyton Pratt as they celebrate her second-ball kill which clinched their five-set win over visiting Kenowa Hills Thursday in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) RDER HERE r I Thornapple Kellogg junior setter Jessie Drenten puts a pass up during her team’s five-set win over Kenowa Hills in Middleville Thursday night. 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(Photo by Brett Bremer) < F l �J � https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/25/731/SunandNews_2022-10-01.pdf 5828ffa3b68f49618f23f7ffe4b78d8a PDF Text Text A The Sun and News r I Your Hometown Newspaper Serving Middleville and Caledonia Areas No. 40/October 1, 2022 144th year Published by J-Ad Graphics, Inc. • 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 Mike Bremer honored as Thornapple Area Enrichment Foundation Hometown Hero Greg Chandler ■ I Craig Stolsonburg and the other two finalists field­ ed a couple dozen questions at the Sept. 24 special council meeting. Left to right on the council: Ed Schellinger, Mike Lytle, Fran French, Sherry Ronning, Kevin Smith. (Photo by James Gemmell) I© 6 muoo lertoS iivuX <, ; I Middleville Council selects lifetime resident as new village manager I 91 IIV Village Manager Patricia Rayl’s resignation on April 27. Former Assistant Village Manager Brian Urquhart filled in as manager for about a month but left in early June to become the city planner in Grand Haven. The 4-3 vote was taken at a special meeting of the coun­ cil Saturday, Sept. 24. after council members interviewed the three finalists for the job individually and deliberated after a lunch break. They quickly narrowed the deci­ sion down to two applicants, and the debate over which one to select was vigorous. Council Pro-Tempore Fran French and trustees Mike Cramer, Mike Lytle and Ed Schellinger opted for President Stolsonburg. Sherry Ronning, and trustees Tom DeVries and Kevin Smith voted for Jennifer E. Antel, a mayoral candidate James Gemmell Contributing Writer The Middleville Village Council has chosen a familiar face to be the next village manager. A lifetime resident, Craig Stolsonburg has been active on many local community boards and as a coach. He will take the reins as soon as contractual details can be worked out. The offer of employment is contingent on the outcome of final back­ ground and reference checks, which is standard procedure. Interim Village Co-Manager Duane Weeks said staff hopes Stolsonburg will be on the job by November or earlier. “We’re going to try to make it happen as quickly as we can,” Weeks said. He and Department of Public Works director Alec Belson have been sharing interim village manager duties since late former May, foliowin xIT MWo’) I em t pssm 1 A oMoiZ Kn no zbuorl Ibi Hi// lartnoo h ho |olqm . aril bnuoTg bo rbrriw □In I I bhir Ihw i Staff Writer Chelsey Foster w as attendin a Rotary Club seminar with Mike Bremer and David Stoll in Kalamazoo in the fail of 2016 when they started discussing an idea that would change the lives of children in Barry County forever. Foster was about to take the reins as president of the Hastings Rotary Club, while Bremer and Stoll came repre­ senting the Rotary groups in Middleville and Delton, respectively. The three discussed the idea of introducing the Imagination Library - a proj­ ect launched by country music legend Dolly Parton to get books in the hands of children from the time they're bom until they begin kindergarten to Barry County. While he was not familiar with the project al the time, Bremer thought it was a great idea. (He said) ‘1 know Barry County people. I think we can get this done,"' Foster quoted Bremer saying. “Before we knew how much it would cost, he was our first cheerleader.” Six years later, about 1,500 children in Barry County are enrolled in the Imagination Library through the combined efforts of the local Rotary Clubs, and more than 83,000 books have been distributed to children throughout the county, Foster said. “I think we can say with certainty that Mike was the founding father of the pro­ gram,” Foster said. That's just one of count­ less projects that Bremer has devoted his life to, on behalf of residents of the Middleville li ‘jotem rrtfiqsG tormih L naad Sgencm See VILLAGE MANAGER, page 6 * 44 i? 4 * Sk Birn III Comm anm J | Mike Bremer accepts the recognition of Hometown Hero, but says there were many present who were just as deserving as he was. (Photo by Greg Chandler) area and to all of Barry County. On Thursday night at at the the Barry Barry Enrichment Enrichment Center Center in in Hastings, Hastings, Bremer Bremer was honored as the Thomapple Area Enrichment Foundation's Foundation's Hometown Hero for 2022 Bremer, a 1968 graduate of Thomapple Kellogg High School, was to have been honored last year with the Hometown Hero award, but the annual TAEF dinner was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He is asking for donations to the Imagination Library program in his honor. Bremer, 72, spoke of past recipients of the Hometown Hero recognition - at least six were in attendance Thursday - and said there are plenty more there who were just as deserving of the honor. • Cal schools eye another bond proposal to finish 2020 projects iq While no vote was taken at Monday night’s special meeting, the school board agreed by consensus to begin the process for another bond issue in order to finish the projects that were originally on on the $88.1 million bond issue that voters passed, They include additions to। Elementary Caledonia School, connecting the north Greg Chandler Staff Writer Facing unforeseen cost overruns on its two center­ piece projects from the May 2020 bond issue, Caledonia Community Schools are looking at going back to voters again — possibly as soon as next spring - to complete the list of the projects from that bond proposal. nurovo eq aowq id 0£0£ immo.) gnUool aw Jxon & rrorl tari I b 9! ■ ' > v J I » ♦ I 1 I < ' • » * J » f t » I 4 I < 1 i t » A $13 million to $20 million that would allow for the completion of the new’ Dutton Elementary School as well as all outstanding proj­ ects. Such a bond could be done without raising the dis­ trict's debt service millage. Executive Director of Operations and and south campuses of the high school, playground improvements at three elebuildings and mentary upgrades to the football sta­ dium. While no specific dollar amount has been determined yet tor the new bond proposal, CCS Superintendent Dr. Dedrick Martin suggested something in the range of » » r J.. i i i i » ■ Janon “I can pick out ... 30 or40 of you w ho could be standing here here instead instead of of me me tonight. tonight,” he said. Bremer's lengthy list of community involvement involvement includes includes decades decades with with the the Middleville Rotary Club, as well as serving with the Thomapple Area Parks and Recreation Commission, the YMCA of Barry County, Spectrum Health Pennock Hospital Foundation, the Heritage Days committee. Middleville United Middleville United Methodist Methodist Church. Church, the the Middleville Downtown Development Authority, the National 24-Hour Challenge event and and the the cycling event Middleville Village Village Players, Players. Middleville He also alsoserved servedasassupervisor supervisor He ofThomapple ThomappleTownship Townshipand and of as a Barry County commis­ sioner. Two of Bremer’s three 44 • • • IN children - Brett Bremer and Kelly Lew is - spoke about their father, and a longtime friend, Jean Peterson, also spoke. “The biggest thing about him is that he cares about people,” said Peterson, who has known Bremer for about 30 years. “He’s willing to listen. That's why he's late most of the time, because he's listening to someone. He doesn’t always have an answer to their problem, but he is listening.” “Middleville has been blessed with all the efforts that he's made to our community. He's made it what it is today. His legacy will reach all generations, from small children to senior adults,” Peterson added. Brett Bremer, who is sports See BREMER, page 3 S ISSUE • TK teacher receives award from Michigan Lottery • Caledonia man named to state’s school safety board • Fall Heritage Festival on tap in Gaines Twp. • Fighting Scot football wins its first top-ten showdown • DK/TK/HHS swimmers fourth at their 18th annual relay invite See BOND PROPOSAL page 2 I I » I I < 1 I ) f > I �Page 2/The Sun and Hews. Saturday, October 1, 2022 Caledonia Twp. resident tapped for new statewide school safety panel Greg Chandler Staff Writer A Caledonia Township resident who is a nationally sought-after school security consultant has been appoint­ ed to a new statewide panel by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Jason Russell, the founder and chief executive officer of Secure Education Consultants, was appointed last Friday to serve on the state School Safety and Mental Health Commission. A former Secret Service agent, Russell was appointed to represent members submit­ ted by House Speaker Lee Chatfield with a background in law enforcement His term will run through Oct. 1. 2024. Secure Education Consultants is a consulting company based in Grand Rapids Township that seeks to improve risk management and security within organizations and primarily in school districts. The company has worked with Caledonia closely Community in Schools addressing their security needs. The company also con­ ducted a security assessment of Oxford Community Schools earlier this year in the wake of the shooting last November where four high school stu­ dents were shot to death. The School Safety and Mental Health Commission was created under the 2022­ 23 School Aid budget. The commission will collaborate to provide recommendations to reduce youth suicides and strengthen the mental health public education and we need of school-age children, ado­ to work together to ensure lescents and their families they can thrive by investing in through a comprehensive, their overall wellbeing, including mental and behav­ statewide approach. The commission will seek ioral health.” Whitmer said in input from educational pro­ a news release. “Since I look fessionals. mental health pro­ office, we have enacted four fessionals and organizations balanced, bipartisan educa­ from across the state to sug- tion budgets, including the gest approaches to identify highest state per-studenl and support students who are funding ever and dedicated at risk for behavioral health resources for school safety and mental mental health issues. and health ... (the) “Every kid in Michigan has appointees toto the the School School a birthright to a phenomenal Safety and Mental Health — Jason Russell 1 Commission will ensure that we use our resources effeclively to keep our kids safe and learning in-person.” BOND PROPOSAL, continued from page 1 Transportation Malt Hess said. “When we originally went out for the (2020) bond, we could have went for right around $120 million with a zero-mill tax increase/’ Martin said, Dial capacity is still there.” Monday’s special board meeting came after bids for the new Dutton building, to be built at 76lh Street and Patterson Avenue, came in more than $9 million higher than what had been budget cd, and the Caledonia Community Center on Kraft Avenue came in more than $6 million over budget. That left the district with about $8.3 million in unspent funds to get all the remaining proj­ ects done. • Board members debated for nearly tw'o hours over nine different options that Hess presented. They includ — ed canceling all remaining projects and focusing solely on Dutton and the Cal Center. reducing the size of the new Dutton school, holding off on building a new Dutton school and instead renovat­ ing the current building on 68th Street, and canceling the Cal Center project. “None of them are anything that makes you want to jump and celebrate, Martin said. ‘They're all very diffi­ cult, considering what we anticipated when we started the process.” Project architect Paul Wills of Plante Moran Cresa explained to the board about the price spikes that have driven the spiraling costs of the new Dutton school and the Cal Center. Wills quoted statistics from the U.S. Labor Department that showed a 113 percent hike in structural steel costs, a 101 percent rise in lumber and plywood costs and a 70 percent increase in A k Caledonia Community Schools superintendent Dedrick Martin participates in a special school board meeting on Monday night. The board is planning another bond issue to address the cost overruns in projects from its previous bond issue. (Photo by Greg Chandler) • Beautiful Cotton Prints • New Collections by "Moda \ • Zippers, Threads, Buttons... and more! copper and brass costs between April 2020 - one month before the bond issue vote - and February 2022. The new' Dutton building has an estimated cost of $30.3 million, compared to a budget of $21.2 million, while the Cal Center has an estimated cost of $31 mil­ lion. up from an original esti­ mate of $24.9 million. The construction cost escalation is not going to stop, al this point, unless we rapidly jump into a reces­ sion. and even that's going to take some time to (affect) this industry,” Hess said. “Every K-12 district (that is) building or going into bond w'ork that I've spoken to and Paul works with is expericncing similar challenges and having to reduce scope. “It’s not a unique problem. Il does not change the difficully and the challenges we have.” Among the projects that have been completed as a result of the bond issue is a major remodeling of Duncan I^ake Middle School, recon­ struction of the former Glenmor building to serve as the district's new adminislrative offices, the addition of four classrooms and a new cafeteria at Kraft Meadows Intermediate School, roof replacement and repairs al five buildings, district-wide security updates and installa­ tion of air conditioning sys­ tems at Caledonia and Kettle Lake elementaries, Hess said. Jenny Jonkman, a Dutton Elementary parent, addressed the board on the need for a new Dutton building, prais­ ing the leadership of princi­ pal Shawn Veitch and the teaching staff. “They have overcome incredible odds. They service the most at-risk students in our district,” Jonkman said. “They hold the (cognitively 44 W9 impaired) program, they have the highest percentage of low-income families, they are a Title I school. Dutton last fall was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. The current building, built in the mid-1950s, is now surrounded by largely industrial and commercial uses such as Amazon Inc. Jonkman went on to say that the new Dutton building would “provide an even and fair elementary school for our most at-risk students that we have in the district, and to ive them an equal and great opportunity to have a school just like all the other elemcn---- —schools ‘:------tary in our”district, oard member Kyle Clement agreed that Dutton should be a priority, saying the current building is not up to par. “I think we have an opportunily to go in there and say let’s do all of the existing (projects) that are left. Let’s do ‘em right, let's do ‘em correctly, let’s take care of Dutton, to gel them where they need to be, and then let’s go out for another bond, and let’s build Dutton the right way out of the gate, Clement said. Clement indicated he would support a renovation al the current Dutton build­ ing for the time beinj “giving them the things they need to be comfortable,” such as air conditioning. “I want to do something so they know that we care about them, that we haven’t forgot about them, that we appreci­ ate them,” he said. Board member Tim Morris proposed removing the Cal Center from the current proj­ ect list and having that be the focus of the new bond proposal. “As a member of the Board of Education, we re * Il r ALTO AMERICAN LEGION SAL Dinner QUESTIONS: ASK US... 218 E. State St., Hastings • 945-9673 ^—i OPEN Monday-Friday 8 am-5.30 pm; aBQ aJBki Saturday 9 am-3 pm Hulst Cleaners Pick-Up Station •BBQ 1/2 Chicken, o potato, veggies, v 1 x here to support the education of our kids and thus provide facilities that are going to be world-class to our kids, and delivering the projects that we’ve alrcadv already promised.'' promised. Morris said. “I don’t know how we cannot look at canceling the Cal Community Center and make that our (future) bond priority later versus compromising the learning environment of our kids 1 know there are some people who want a pool who aren't going to be happy with me. but I've gotta go with my first priority, and that's to educate our kids. However, Marlin said doing so would result in the loss of millions that have already been put into the center, which would house a competitive swimming pool, fitness programs and also serve as the new headquar­ ters for the Caledonia Resource Center. The super­ intendent said that groundbreaking on the project would likely begin next week. If you choose to pull the plug on the community cen­ ter, what I'm trying to make clear is that you have com­ mitments out there that’s going to be $10 million or more, and you can’t repur­ pose that funding or that work. That's going to be one-third of that project,” Martin said. Martin pointed out that there have been contracts entered into by the district for the community center because it was of the bond issue’s first phase, while contracts have not been locked in on the Dutton proj­ ect. “I think because we are an educational institution and publicly funded, that if we don’t do what we say we’re going to do with Dutton, we may never pass another bond again,” Morris responded. fL Chad McNew, a resident, business owner and youth spoils coach, spoke passionatcly about the need to upgrade the athletic facilty lies, particularly the football stadium, that was part of the 2020 bond. When we originally set­ tled on the bond money allo­ cation. the idea was to enhance sports facilities, and (it was) embraced by many. McNew said. “I understand that several things have changed. 1 gel it I own a construction company. But what I don't understand is how we continue to operate without making some essen­ tial improvements, such as converting the football field to turf, updating the locker rooms, updating the score­ boards, updating the sound system. We've worked tirelessly to elevate the participation of youth sports, including foot­ ball. to the point of growing participation to over 600 kids per year just in football ... We only have one football field to play games on, unlike baseball (and) soccer. On any given Saturday morning, you can sec four to eight games that arc going on. and (I’m) praying that it doesn't rain because the field just won’t be ready for the varsi­ ty (game) the upcoming week.” District Finance Director Sara DeVries said that it would be about a six-month process to get a new bond issue on the ballot, which would involve meetings with the Michigan Department of Treasury, which must authorize the new bonds. That bal­ lot issue could come to vot­ ers as early as April 2023. 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The nomination cited the influ­ ence he has on his students and how he always goes above and beyond to help Excellence in Education inEducatUn MICHIGAN ICHIGAfl Excellence tn-1 in Education * •F 1 -emn » s 7,500." Fitchew with parents’ concerns. “Mr. Mr. Fischer Fischer is is always always willing to go above and beyond to help with par­ ents' concerns," the nomi­ nation said. “For example. I sent an email expressing some concerns regarding not being able to monitor my son due to a medical condition. Mr. Fischer’s response immediately came back with comforting bi remarks about keeping an extra eye on him. He not only showed he cared for my son but was thinking about how I felt and wanted to put me at ease." Fischer earned a bachelor's degree from Grand Valley State University and a master’s degree from Marygrove College. He has been an educator for 17 years, including 16 at TK. « 4 »t lottery *4 Lottery 1 Gridiron gals a. N« NJ Lee Elementary School second grade teacher Nathan Fischer holds his $1,500 cash prize after winning Michigan Lottery’s Excellence in Education award. (Courtesy photo) I ';n bto X «!? VN ■’ir >» .W'’S , 4/1 “$ 1 >8 ( ■ .v *> 4. ‘ Hl! bi; $ - “Mlt4 lie 1 I m son* toairi i' i: ’ k saawiL jp !3 E pj38li w to • <1 Sift to • \ jar r ft £’ •• I < *** b tirf *f > I • '* • .O 4t 1 rf>ra 0 L f 4' L *1 I thing, about everybody pick­ ing up their own rocks, but when 1 look out over this room I see all the people who have been wandering around Middleville, metaphorically picking up rocks, he added. Lewis spoke of how her father was influenced by his mother - Lewis’ grand­ mother, Lois Bremer. “She was someone who was so giving, so involved, so willing to help, and never, ever asking for anything in return," she said. She also said her father editor of the Sun and News, Hastings Banner and other J-Ad Graphics publications, spoke about how his father liked to pick up rocks and get other people to help him. “We picked up lots of rocks," Brett Bremer said. “Wheelbarrows and wheel­ barrows of them came out of the old dump at the end of Crane Road, where kids now play baseball throughout the last 30 years (through the Thomapple Area Parks and Recreation Commission)." “I thought we should do some type of call to action 5 9* ■ ' 9 I V F M ’5 Members of the senior class team get ready to snap the ball during the annual Powderpuff football game at Caledonia High School earlier this week. The game, putting the senior girls against the junior girls, is an annual high­ light of the school’s homecoming festivities. The junior class put on an offen­ sive display in the game, defeating the seniors 44-20. (Photo courtesy Audrey Barker) M 44 passed down his “can-do spirit to her. I think my dad taught me that I can do anything - I can change the oil in my car, I can fix a flat tire. I can figure out what’s wrong and try to (fix it),” Lewis said. “I am thankful I came from this family of those who can fig­ ure things out for themselves, but also having a heart to figure things out for other people." Lewis also spoke of her father’s newfound faith and the changes that have result­ ed in his life since then. “He was doing all this stuff for the community ... but now when you see him doing that exact same stuff, it's not for him, it's not just for the community or for those he loves, for those organizations, but it's for Christ, because of Christ because Christ taught us how to do that,” she said. Bremer shared a verse from the second chapter of the apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesians: “We are (God's) workmanship, creat­ ed in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. “You are doing that already, every day you're doing that.” Donations to the Imagination Library can be made to the Barry Foundation, Community1 Fund 294, 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 i * THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 THORNAPPLE KELLOGG SCHOOLS PTO WALK-A-THON SPONSORS! 44 Green Ridge Realty - Michelle N Gaudreau BDO USA, LLP . Bradford White Corp Brian McKeown DDS ChemQuest Edward Jones-Andrew Cove Hannapel Orthodontics Integrity Business Solutions LLC Southside Pediatrics PC Stacey Garrison DDS Thornapple Financial Center Inc. Tripp, Tagg & Storrs Attorney at Law Violet Skies Family Health West Michigan Eyecare Associates PLLC 5 .> 44 pairt 0 I BREMER, continued from page 1 .. «> . 1 . Ml V I 6 gf’1 years. he said. “Seeing the years," huge impact they had on their students inspired me to become a teacher as well, Fischer’s favorite activi­ ty to do with students is March Book Madness. “March is one of my favor­ ite times of the year because of the focus on reading, Fischer said. “In March Book Madness, 16 picture books are selected, read to the students, and then voted on identifying which book is the champion. The kids get geeked as the results roll in. Another favorite activity of mine is my daily read- 'K.ajj; Miljit;,- ■a trict. One of the weekly winners will be selected as the Educator of the Year and will receive a $10,000 cash prize. Each winner also is featured in a news segment on the Lottery's media partner stations, which include WXMI Fox-17 in Grand Rapids. Fischer said having four older siblings who are teachers led him to a career in education. “With four older siblings who are teachers, I would often visit and help in their classrooms throughout my high school and college A second grade teacher at e Lee Elementary School has been honored by the Michigan Lottery for his work in the classroom. Nathan Fischer was recently presented with the Michigan Lottery’s Excellence in Education award. The Excellence in Education award is a week­ ly honor presented to an outstanding public school teacher from around the state. Winners of the weekly award receive a plaque, a $1,500 cash prize, and a $500 grant to their classroom, school, or school dis- $ I । i *61 I 0^4’’ Brett Bremer, sports editor of the Sun and News and other J-Ad Graphics Publications, shares stories of his father Mike. (Photo by Greg Chandler) - t < • I i \ । * I i • • - - , k, । S f f < ’ L' t a . ALL FUNDS RAISED • SUPPORT OUR TK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS & STAFF i F L- TK STRONG! ■» I I) J f 1 ' I ( I • I I • ‘ I I I I I I I I ! I » 4 . I f t I » I 4 �Page 4/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 1, 2022 beloved dog Hollie; sisters, Mary (John) Heilner, Ruth Nancy Knighton, and Verlinde; and close in-laws, Julie and Stephen Booher. He was preceded in death by his parents and parents-inlaw. Jim lived his belief in giv­ ing back to the community, serving in the Middleville Lions Club, on the Thomapple Kellogg school board, on the St. Augustine parish council, and as a coach in Thomapple Kellogg Youth Baseball where he was instrumental in constructing the program's fields. He was also proud to participate in a number of MSU Gran Fondos and other James Bruce VerUnde “Greetings!” Family and friends will miss this warm signature salutation of James Bruce Verlinde who passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Bom in Charlotte, MI, on May 28, 1945, Jim was 77 years old. Always putting family first, Jim will be loved and cherished forever by his wife, Susan; sons, James (Traci), Mark (Vonnie), Brian (Becky), and Daniel (Heidi); grandchildren, Maddie, Brant, Sydney, Lauren, Noah, Reese, Avery, Logan, Molly, Anson, Ryan, and Jacob; SNYDER MONUMENTS, LLC Respectful, Quality Memorials r F » Caledonia, MI Gerald Eugene Holcomb 616-291*2425 Philip Richard Myers of Moberly, MO, passed away September 10, 2022. He was preceeded in death by his parents, Arthur and Visit our NEW website snydermonuments. net Eugene Gerald Holcomb, age 94, of Middleville, passed away on September 26, 2022. Gerald was born on February 23, 1928 in Grand Rapids to Gaylord and Pearl (Pierce) He proudly Holcomb. served his country in the US Army where he was a part of the Occupation Force of Japan. Gerald worked at GM for 30 years, In his spare time, he enjoyed working on cars going to the lake, and spending time in Florida. He was a kind man who enjoyed helping others when he could. to Most important Gerald was his family who will miss him dearly. He is survived by his loving wife, Joyce (Menardie) Holcomb; children, Steve Holcomb, Thomas (Barbara) Holcomb, Mary (Brian Hughes) Douthett; grandchildren, Ed (Julia) Rumbergs, John (Peggy) Douthett; great grandchil­ dren, Gemma, Caleb, 7240 68th Street SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-698-8104 www.alaskabaptist.org Our mission is to worship God and equip reach our community with the Gospel Sunday Service 10:30 AM s Sunday Services: 9:30 AM - Worship 11:00 AM - Sunday School 6:00 PM - Adult Bible Study 6:00 PM - Student Ministries e- - - w ---------------------------------- .. • J* — — — — ---- I III Livestream: facebook.com/firstbaptistmiddleville Church: 250 Vine Street OURNEY CHURCH 111 Church St. Office: (269)795-9266 ONE CHURCH - TWO LOCATIONS CALEDONIA: 9185 Cherry Valley Ave SE MIDDLEVILLE: Worship Services: LEARN MORE! 10:30 AM thejchurch.com 1664 M-37 @thejchurch www.umcmiddleville.org r* CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Come grow with us as we build relationships in Middleville and beyond. or online at: fb.com/restorationcrc MB 269-795-9901 Fellowship Church MIDDLEVILLE 616.891.8661 www.whitneyvillebible.org PastorJonathan DeCou SERVICE TIME: Sunday at 10:00am 20 State Street, Middleville, Ml / www.tvcweb.co Sunday School... 11 Sunday Worship ,9:30 AM 10:30 AM Watch our services from our website (see above) V ft ’ * rL M its » l^iiR $3'J t” . ijSiirf® ■' JT-’- A Mik#"1* •jIliikifcB tairaia’ * WUi/ 9669 Kraft Ave., Caledonia Phone: 616-891-9259 www.holyfamilycaledonia.org Saturday Evening Mass 5:00 p.m. Sunday Masses 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Considering becoming Catholic? 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Christine Beaudoin Sunday Worship 1675 84th St. SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 cornerstonemi.org/weekend Eryx, Johnathan, Ethan; sister, Rose (Don) Marcott; several nieces and neph­ ews. He was preceded in death by his parents and several siblings. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 at noon at Coman Cemetery where military honors will be conducted by the American Legion Post 45. Please visit www.beelergoresfuneral.com to share a memory or leave a condolence message for Gerald's family. Arrangements made by Beeler-Gores Funeral i Home Doris Apsey. Philip was bom March 3, 1947. He graduated from Thomapple Kellogg High School in 1965. Good Shepherd Middleville Join us in person or online Sundays 9:30 & 11am -J $ committed followers of Jesus Christ who will FIRST BAPTIST A' 77 5 baptist (church alaska cornerstonechurch */ Philip Richard Myers Call today &’=2» - charity rides and walks with his family. Jim spent most of his career in the auto busi­ ness, retiring from Kool Toyota in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A man of many diverse interests, over the years Jim engaged in golf, softball, pho­ tography, birdwatching, DIY projects, and over 20 years of crafting beer and spending time with his friends in the PrimeTime Brewers homebrewing club. And, of course, Jim was eternally a fan of the Detroit Tigers and the sports teams of his alma mater Michigan State. On Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, visitation will be held begin­ ning at 11 a.m. at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, 2750 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI, followed by a funeral Mass at noon. A reception to celebrate memo­ ries of Jim's life will be held following Mass at a location and time yet to be determined. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Spectrum Health Hospice (spectmmhealth.org/services/ hospice/support), CurePSP (psp.org), or St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church (spagr.org). Prayer Meeting & Bible Study Sunday Morning Worship......................... 10: 00 a.m. Community Group...................................... 11: 00 a.m. Wednesday 6:30 pm & 7 pm Pastor Ed Carpenter - 616-868-0621 James L. Collison, Pastor Sermons online: WhitneyvilleFellowship.org www.yankeespringsbiblechurch.org VS I �■ 77* 11 4 The Sun and News, Saturday, October 1, 2022/ Page 5 . * 1i Kent District Library launches new program for adults with dementia The Cascade and Caledonia branches of the Kent District Library have launched a new program, Connections. Making Connections, Making Connections is a social hour for adults with dementia and their care partners. Each session features fun and simple activi- & * (L\ % ■ 44 41 and and some some are are to to make make the the world world aa better better place, place,”” said said Ashley Ashley Smolinski, Smolinski, Branch Branch Outreach Outreach and and Programming Programming Specialist at the Cascade and Caledonia branches, “Making Connections is one of those programs. So many families who have parents or friends with dementia might be anxious or concerned about knowing what to expect or how torespond. We’d like to offer a safe,predictable location with people who care at our libraries. The Caledonia branch, located at 6260 92nd Street in Caledonia, will host Making Connections on Wednesday, Oct. 19 and Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m.. More information on this, and other programs offered at Kent District Library, can be found at kdl.org/events or by calling 616-784-2007. Middleville Village staff to post request seeking design ideas for State Street development * IS J ties to to entertain entertain and and foster foster Connections ties Connectionswill willhelp helppeopeoconnections. -pie connections. pie connect connect with with others others on on “We We know know that that dementia dementia the ”” thesame samejourney. journey. and caring caring for for someone someone and The The activities activities will will change change with dementia dementia can can be be very very each with each session session and and may may lonely experiences,” said include includepuzzles, puzzles,bingo, bingo,art, art, Shelby Toren, a librarian at sensory sensory toys toys and and West West the the Caledonia Caledonia branch branch of of the the Michigan MichiganTherapy TherapyDogs. Dogs. Kent “Libraries Kent District District Library. Library. ““We We Libraries develop develop propro­ are are hoping hoping that that Making Making grams grams for for lots lots of of reasons, reasons, ) James Gemmell kJ * I I \5 5^ % ■ w I < A Contributing Writer The Middleville Village Council would like townho­ mes and riverfront amenities included in a potential rede­ velopment of its State Street property along the Thomapple River. Village staff will soon ask prospective developers to submit renderings and ideas on how the 36 State Street property might be designed, At its meeting on Tuesday night, the council voted 5-0 to authorize staff to send out Requests for Qualifications, Two council members were absent. We’re going to publicize it so that any developers that may be interested could draw up plans and their concept designs. and turn around and submit those to the village,” Interim Village Co-Manager/ Department of Public Works Director Alec Belson said. “And then, if the village were to choose to accept those plans, we would take the next steps forward of possibly allowing that for development.” Grand Rapids-based engineering firm Williams & Works provided some preliminary conceptual drawings this past summer that includ­ ed 19 market-rate townhomes that would be built on the 3.6-acre site along the river’s southern bank. Right now, a portion of the property is being used for a parking lot. Maleah Rakestra, a land­ scape and urban designer with Williams & Works, pro­ vided an update regarding the conceptual design plan. “This is the vision that the village is trying to project out 44 ins. ^7* hi* aS J bfab oitataoi KinraKdi ■K M I .1 ..Wcr-b I fS w mw 1 •** to the development communi­ ty. Currently, this parcel is vacant,” she told the council. “It provides additional parking beyond what is actually required for the site in hopes that it could be used for leas­ able spaces by the adjacent (Thomapple Valley) church. We also included some docks to activate the river’s edge. And large areas of green space and a trail easement to connect the northern and southern portions of the site and potentially other offsite features, as well.” Besides the townhomes and leasable parking spaces , the preliminary concept includes a public pathway, a stormwater retention area and riverfront amenities. It also uses the Thornapple River’s contour to provide views of the river from 13 of the 19 units. Because the village is certi­ fied by the Michigan Economic as a Development Corp. Ready Redevelopment Community (RRC), it has been able to secure some MEDC funds to produce promotional materials materials for for the the State State Street Street site. site.The The village villagealso alsoisisreceivreceiv­ ing some some technical technical assistance assistance ing from MEDC consultants. The Michigan Municipal League has been providing some assis­ tance, as well. “I really like the plan,” trustee Tom DeVries said, adding that the townhomes should be restricted to twoand-a-half stories in height, which would be about 25 to 30 feet tall. Trustee Ed Schellinger said he agreed with the height limitation and Rakestaw said that would be an easy change to make in the design plans. This is conceptual,” Belson reminded the council. We're showing the developers what we’d like to see. There is nothing set in stone.” 44 Train depot restoration nears completion Exterior restoration of the historic Middleville Train Depot should be wrapping up sometime in October, accord­ ing to the village's Downtown Development Authority director. Katherine Bussard. They’re just about fin­ ished. ished,”” she she told told the the council, council. adding that proposed interior renovations would begin in the spring. “The plan is to have this building open to the public by Heritage Days 2023 because it is definitely part of our town’s heritage.” Hastings-based Vintage Building & Restoration has been doing the facade work, which cost the DDA $31,300. Vintage said Bussard Building also offered to do an interior refurbishment for $61,500. She noted that the price is “hundreds of thousands of dollars” less than what a 2013-commissioned study estimated renovation costs might be. But because the DDA agreed to be on Vintage Building’s construction wait­ ing list for a year, it received a favorable price estimate for the work. Tax-increment financing (TIF) revenue the DDA receives would help cover the cost. The DDA board will need to receive preliminary architectural drawings and autho­ rize architectural fees before a finalized Request for Proposal can be sent out for public bidding. The DDA 44 ^5 will also be applying for potential state and federal grants for the project. The 116-year-old depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places last spring by the National Park Service. That opens up some important federal funding, hopefully, that we can seek and apply for this winter,” Bussard told the village council. The DDA board is looking to possibly move its office into the train depot building after the restoration work is completed. The depot was part of the Michigan Central Railroad dating back to near the beginning of the 20th century. 44 Water main break on Dearborn Street Village managers are con­ sidering the possibility of closing a section of Dearborn Street during the winter, after a major water main break on Sept. 23 caused some of the street to buckle. “We’ve since repaired the water main, and we still have some investigation to do on additional water main in the area,” Belson said. “It actually flowed enough water that it got under the road and actually buckled the road - in some spots, almost a foot high. And I would say 100 yards of that road is affected by that water main break.” Engineers will be inspect­ ing a 30-foot section of w ater main on Dearborn Street between Larkin and Cherry streets to see if it needs to be replaced before winter. They also will try to determine if the entire main should be replaced between Larkin and Russell streets, “If it needed to be replaced, that would not happen during the winter,” Interim Village Co-Manager Duane Weeks said. kThaf s a long enough stretch (of roadway) that we would have to submit to the state and get a permit to do that. A short section we can take out and repair, if necessary. But a longer section, it takes a few months to get it approved and get the permits back.” M Sewer backup angers resident, prompts message from attorney A resident that lives near Russell and State streets expressed dismay to the vil­ lage council about a major sewage backup close to his home on Sept. 26. “Some of our neighbors have four inches of sewage in their basement,” he said. “I have neighbors coming over to use our bathroom because they can’t use their own.” “A couple issues came with that.” Belson said. “I did provide council members with a written communica­ tion from our attorney. I’m glad it’s up to a lawyer to take care of it,” the resident said. “I don't know how sewage can come up to the top of the manhole without there being a diagnostic error or a flag to someone. How does that happen? I don’t get it. ** 4w 4b ■w I Village considers possible addition of patrol car The Village of Middleville owns two police patrol cars but is mulling the possibility of eventually adding a third in the future. What we may end up doing is possibly contacting the (Barry County) Sheriff s Office,” Belson said. “Instead of us owning the cars, we would be paying extra to lease from them and then they would own and maintain them. Eventually, we would phase our old ones out.” There have been no dis­ cussions about potential cost estimates yet. I I 44 I i ♦ o A Perspective on Eternity Imagine a way to get a new perspective on eternity. Figure how long you hope to live. As an illustration, say you’re 35 years old and you would like to live for 50 more years. How do those 50 years compare with eternity? Let's do a little exercise and see. You have just completed high school and you go to college, everyone goes to college but it’s only one weekend long. What you do during those 3 days will determine the rest of your life. If you party and do drugs you will be a homeless drug addict for as long as you live. If you’re greedy and try to get money you will be very poor for your entire life, not able to even feed and house your family on a con­ sistent basis. But, if you give to the needy and befriend the helpless you will be very wealthy and have many lifelong friends for as long as you live. Seems like an easy choice doesn’t it? 3 days of doing what you should and the next 70 years of wealth and happiness. What if those 3 days were only 3 hours? Then everyone would definitely go out of their way to do what is right. While our time here on earth is limited, whether it’s 50 years 5 years or 70 years, it doesn’t compare with the thousands of years that is eternity. This is very much like how those 3 hours compare with the rest of a person’s life. r The decisions we make during our very short time on earth affect what kind of eternity we will have (and yes there is a hell, but more on that another day). Unfortunately no matter how good we are we can’t earn our way into a great eternity but there’s good news. The God who created the heavens and the earth and all the people who have ever lived; before he created everything he thought about you. He has a plan for you and He provided a way for you to not only have a great eternity, but also to have a purposeful life here and now. He wants to participate in your life to speak to you, to guide you, and to call you His son or daughter. He came down to earth and lived as a person and died as a sacrifice for you. Don’t worry about any religion, He doesn’t care about that, only about you! •r r I < Lord God I want to live with you for the rest of my life. I acknowledge that Jesus died for Amen my sins. Now come and live with me and I will live for you. Just pray ' That is just one example of a prayer you can say that will change your life today and guarantee your eternity. If you have any questions or you prayed that prayer drop us a line and we would love to help guide you as little or as much as you want. J I .• >• •V And we will never ask you for anything. * T■ This preliminary concept design shows how townhomes could be aligned along the Thornapple River in Middleville. (From middlevillevillagemi.docu- * ments-on-demand.com) (Courtesy photo) V • "W* I । i 4 f I I I ___ » 4 I • . Eric and Cindy meavincere@gmail.com 269.948.7613 for texts �I Page 6/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 1, 2022 TK celebrates homecoming next Friday All Thornapple Kellogg High School alumni and the TK community are encouraged and invited to attend next Friday's home­ coming “Holly wood­ themed” festivities and football game. The fun starts with the homecoming parade at 5 p.m. The parade lines up at Lee Elementary School and travels down Main Street to Bender Road ending at Page Elementary School. After the parade, the tail­ gate party begins in the high school athletic parking lot and the high school caf­ eteria. There will be games, inflatables and lots of TK spirit. Thomapple Valley Church will again provide free hot dogs and lemonade. Kona Ice will be selling ice cups for $5 as a fundraiser for the Early Childhood Center Parent-Teacher Organization. Be sure to take a seat in the stadium early and enjoy the presentation of the Alumni Distinguished Award. The Thornapple Kellogg Alumni Association presents this award each year to one or more alumni who have made significant contribu- tions in their professional fields. The TK Trojan Marching Band will perform form their their final final home home game game pregame pregame and and halftime halftime shows. shows. They They will will be be joined joined by members of the TK Middle School band for part of the performance. At halftime, the home­ coming court will be intro­ duced on the field and the king and queen for homecoming 2022 crowned. The game against Kenowa Hills starts at 7 p.m. and is the final home football game of the regular season. Tickets are $5 per person ages kindergarten through Kl adult. classic black and white movTuesday: Adam Sandler Students will start cele- ies. Day/Comfy Day brating homecoming week Wednesday: Dynamic Wednesday: Country vs. with dress up days all w'eek Duo Day — Find a friend Country Club and dress dress identically. identically. Add long. The high school home- and Add Thursday: Wear Green coming place aa Hollywood spin bytor World Cerebral Palsy coming dance dance takes takes place next Saturday from 7 to 10 duplicating a famous char- Day acter. Friday: Class Colors 6th p.m. orange: 7th grade Thursday: You're My grade HIGH SCHOOL Idol Day — Students will — white; 8th grade — black. Monday: Paparazzi Day borrow a favorite item from ELEMENTARY — Students are asked to a family member or friend dress in comfy clothes, hats to dress like “real-life" real-life’ SCHOOLS (McFall, Lee celebrities. and and Page) and sunglasses sunglasses to to avoid avoid the the celebrities. Friday: Back to Our Roots Monday: Hat Day limelight and the TK — TK Spirit Day — Tuesday: PJ Day paparazzi. Tuesday: Old Hollywood Wednesday: Fancy Day Day — Students are asked to MIDDLE SCHOOL Thursday: College Team wear black and white as they Monday: 8O's Day/Neon Day create the cinematic look of Out Friday: TK Spirit Day th p fl' Ji®” - $ * VILLAGE MANAGER, continued from page 1 for the City of Wayland. Stolsonburg, 48, is a Thomapple Township resi­ dent and a Thornapple Kellogg High School gradu­ ate. He has an associate's degree in applied arts and sciences from Grand Rapids Community College, where he majored in mechanical drafting. He also is certified as a business-solutions pro­ fessional at West Michigan Works, where he has been employed for the past seven years. “In my current position, my primary role is writing or helping employers write grants, administer grants, Stolsonburg told the board. “I usually handle between $2.5 million and $3 million of annual grants with differ­ ent employers every' year.” In addition, he coaches freshman high school foot­ ball and middle school w'restling for the TK Schools. He helps with the varsity pro­ grams, as well. Stolsonburg also was a longtime associate broker and realtor with Greenridge Realty and a hearing referee for for the the State State of of Michigan Michigan Tax Tax Tribunal. Tribunal. He He isis on on the the Thomapple Township Board Craig Stolsonburg spoke briefly at Tuesday night’s Middleville Village Council meeting, thanking them for voting for him to become the next village manager. (Photo by James Gemmell) of Appeals and is president of the Thornapple Area Enrichment Foundation. Stolsonburg is past president of the Middleville Rotary' Club and has served on various other community boards. He was asked by trustee Tom DeVries if he would like to see the Village of Middleville maintain its small-town character or become bigger and more of an extension of Grand Rapids. “What is your vision in terms of village growth, growth business growth, housing growth?” DeVries asked. “I would love to have the same small-town character that I grew up with,” Stolsonburg replied. “I'd like to have aspects of the small­ town feeling and have busi­ nesses be where businesses are supposed to be, industries be where they are supposed to be. I heard this a long time ago: good planning makes good neighbors.” After the finalist inter­ views and lunch were over, the council reconvened with no manager applicants pres­ ent. Some council members noted that Stolsonburg seemed visioiy visibly nervous during Saturday’s interview. “You say someone is ner­ vous about a job and, if it’s a dream job, I would be really nervous about it, too,” Cramer said. “I mean, you 64 cornerstone women Join us for a time of worship, community, learning, and reflection! Each month we will have a relevant topic for women of all ages and stages to gather around. Whether you've been at Cornerstone for one week or many years, come connect with one another and with God in a welcoming and casual place! We meet the fourth week of each month but will be shifting days to accommodate everyone’s schedules. cornerstonemi.org/women cornerstone c h u rc h can't buy the connections he a meeting the other day I was handed out a master has with the community. at You can't train for those plan for trails, parks, rec for I absolutely the whole region. She did a connections loved that he came with (a wonderful PowerPoint pre­ sentation list of) first-year objectives. organized, Honestly, I liked all three focused.” It was tough not to be (finalists),” Cramer contin­ ued. “1 liked a lot of answers immediately attracted to the I liked capable communication skills that (Antel) gave the inter-governmental coor­ of (Antel),” Smith said. dination. I liked the under­ “There were a lot of boxes standing that you can’t make that were checkmarked in her everyone happy in this line experience. But I think what I of work. I really liked that was most impressed with was she takes notes on ques­ her confidence in herself.” tions.” “I liked Antel. I feel she But Cramer said he ranked has the education, the confiStolsonburg slightly ahead of dence. I believe she would Antel for the job. land on the ground running, Nobody can doubt the leam and be able to do the passion and commitment to job,” Ronning said, this community of Craig,” Councilmembers also had DeVries said. a lot of good things to say This is a man, who, at about the third finalist, Jane great personal sacrifice, McGookey of Gaines Charter serves others,” Smith said. Township, especially her To run for mayor of sense of humor. But they Wayland this November, agreed her skill set was not Antel had to step down from the right fit for the position. the Wayland City Council in “I like (McGookey). I August. She also ran for the don't feel she has the experi­ Michigan House in 2018 but ence we're looking for. I feel lost in the Republican prima­ she’s very methodical. And ry election. if she was applying for a difAntel, 54, attended high ferent position, I’d hire her in school in Constantine, has a heartbeat,” Cramer said. “I been married for 30 years feel she has a lot of experi­ and has five adult children. ence that would lend itself to She is an avid runner and our planning and zoning kayaker. She is the boys’ and departments.” girls’ track coach for “I think she is excellent in Wayland Union Middle a lot of spaces, and I just School and assistant varsity think that this dynamic cross country coach for boys would probably lend itself to and girls at the high school. some conflict for her,” Smith Antel has a master’s said. degree in public administra­ “I liked her personality. tion. She was a Downtown But we need someone who Development Authority will buy into this for the long director for the City of run,” Ronning said, noting Otsego and, later, worked as that McGookey, 58, is an assistant to the city man­ semi-retired. She was work­ ager in Kalamazoo. ing at the Food Bank of West “I always had hoped to Michigan before the COVID­ still fulfill my desire to be a 19 pandemic began. city manager or avillage tnIn the McGookey the past, past, McGookey manager somewhere but got served on the Kentwood City involved in other things. And Commission and the and the then, I saw this position open Kentwood Planning Kentwood Planning up. I love the Village of Commission. She also ran Middleville, I have a lot of . unsuccessfully for a seat on friends who live here,” Antel the Kentwood Public School said. board and the Caledonia “I was very impressed Community School board, with (Antel) ” DeVries said. Like the other finalists, “Very succinct, very crisp. I McGookey was asked why had some experience with she applied for the village her in parks and rec. She led manager position. • • • • • • €6 66 661 66 46 I'm at that age where I don't necessarily have to work, but I feel like there’s still good stuff in here that 1 can give back and it seemed like a perfect fit, to me,” she said. Resident Andrew Beck, who serves on the Middleville Downtown Development Authority board, thanked the village council for its time and effort in the search pro­ cess for a new manager. 1 know it’s a big duty for you guys. It's a responsibility to your community,” Beck said. He also thanked Clerk Glorimar Ayala, who served on the ad-hoc search com­ mittee, and village attorney Mark Nettleton for moderat­ ing the applicant interviews. The village council had decided at a June meeting that the next village manager would be paid an annual salary of between $78,000 and $88,000 plus benefits, depending on the qualifica­ tions of the person selected. The council did not set a specific salary amount at the regular council meeting Tuesday, Sept. 27, because the legal details of the con­ tract are still being hashed out by attorneys. “There is not a delay,” Belson said after the meet­ ing. “We’re just continuing the process. So, the offer’s been made and we just have to go through the final steps with the contract.” Weeks said he hopes the contract can be finalized and voted upon at the Oct. 4 Committee of the Whole meeting, “With any contract, you make sure you do a review so it’s current and pertains to the person you have the con­ tract with,” Weeks said. At the council’s behest, village village staff staff had had posted posted a public notice on July 1 seeking applications for the position. Nine people applied for the position and an ad hoc committee helped the village council whittle it down to a shortlist of finalists. Stolsonburg spoke briefly at Tuesday night's council meeting, thanking council members for choosing him to be the next village manager. 66 e p p* Jj$ ®■ W!l^ 0 »'.* di 66 I 1 •/ i I I k L■I 1 MB ■ K iN V & «* �The Sun and News, Saturday, October 1, 2022/ Page 7 Middleville DDA anticipates a fun-filled Fall Fest % 7 11 44 “We will blow that up and James Gemmell r VS X Contributing Writer fhe Middleville Downtown Development Authority anticipates people of all ages will have a spook-tacular" good time Friday, Oct. 14, at the vil­ lage's Fall Fest. The free event runs from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Sesquicentennial Park on Main Street in downtown Middleville. There will be a Business Trunk or Treat from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and a Pumpkin Patch pumpkin giveaway sponsored by the Beeler-Gores Funeral Home from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. “Fall Fest was one of (former village president) Charlie Pullen's favorite times because he always loved handing out the pump­ kins to the kids,” DDA Chairwoman Kim Jachim said. “He and (former DDA chairwoman) Ann Ulberg headed it up for years.” A Pets in the Park costume contest will get underway at 5:30 p.m., sponsored by Derek Saunders Allstate Insurance Agency. There will be a 5k Family Fun Run/ Walk on the Paul Henry Thomapple Trail at 6 p.m., a Family & Friends photo booth from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., plus kids’ games and Halloween-themed music. The pumpkin patch will surround a 9-foot-tall inflat­ able Mickey Mouse pump­ kin head. 46 A x s& li - > A f lk I V * f. I I * * N -J r - Wil) 1 a I- ’- Hitt; — * set the pumpkins in front of it. We will give away pump­ kins for free, first come, first served until they run out,” DDA Director Katherine Bussard said. She said the Country Mill farm in Charlotte will pro­ vide more than 300 pump­ kins. “I felt we had a really suc­ cessful event in Middleville and we had a great turnout despite bad weather,” Bussard said. The Trunk or Treat will take place in the parking spaces along the quadplex, adjacent to the pumpkin patch, Participants in the Pets in the Park contest will be asked to register first. Per a village ordinance, they also will be asked to clean up after their pets and keep them on a leash. Minors who bring a pet will need to be accompanied by an adult. Owners will walk their costurned pets across the amphitheater stage after being introduced by an announcer. The audience will then vote on their favorites. Bring your pet in a cute little costume. We’re planning on using audience par­ ticipation and applause as the main factor,” Bussard said. But bonus points will be given to costumes that are either scary or funny. There will be double bonus points if they give a shoutout to the 4< 66 ** I ♦ The Middleville DDA says more than 300 pumpkins will be at this year’s Fall Fest. (Middleville DDA file photo) sponsor.” Costumes should be Halloween-themed. “The more ghoulish, the better,’’ Bussard said. Allstate is supplying the prizes. The first prize is a $50 gift card. The second prize is a $25 gift card. And the third prize will include some “fun surprises,” according to Bussard, The Family Fun Run is a free 5k event sponsored by 66 jf idiiii i I b ’■B ci b nftplu sab?4 rtaU f ictfai i?" fiel ■ tain* ii • t Mn I W t rsis*a' r the Autism Alliance of Barry County. It is also being called the AABC BooFest Fun Walk, “The only purpose, truly, is to raise awareness about autism and to provide educa­ tional support to families,” Bussard said, It will start the pavilion on Main Street and go along the Paul Henry Trail before doubling back. This would be from about the area just past the Trunk or Treat down the Bradford White side of the trail and back, starting at about 6 o’clock,” Bussard said. “It's a brand new addition this year, promoting healthy rec­ reation and enjoying the trails. We'll also have our 6 61 traditional kids’ games, a The Middleville Fall Fest photo booth sponsored by is affiliated with the Barry Thomapple Credit Union, County Chamber of and just some general fun Commerce’s second annual activities very much like we Barry Boo-Fest. There will always do.” be events each weekend. Jachim is not on the Hastings will hold its festiviDDA's Fall Fest committee ties Oct. 6-8, Gun Lake’s but recalls the annual event will be Oct. 22, and Delton’s used to be held on a Saturday. on Oct. 28. In recent years it was moved Boo-Fest activities in to a Friday to coincide with downtown Hastings will the Middleville Farmers and include a “Ghouls Night Artisan Market that runs Out’’ on Thursday, Oct. 6, weekly in that same time slot from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the pavilion. She said in which people can tour holding the festival on the the HOPS social district. same day as the farmers mar­ There will also be a tour ket is easier to manage from led by Brian Reynolds a staffing standpoint. Oct. 14 focusing on the areas of will be the final day of the State Street, between outdoor farmers market this Church and Jefferson year. streets. «t « I tV I 11 • I ; 7 Caledonia American Legion ’ 9548 CHERRY VALLEY AVENLE Fresh Kielbasa * Kapusta (Sauerkraut) * Rye Bread * Golampki (Cabbage Roll) Pierogies (Potato & Cheese Dumplings ) * * Organizers expect a lot of smiles again this year at Sesquicentennial Park for Fall Fest. (Photo courtesy of Middleville DDA) I I I I I I Friday Oct. 7 Noon - 7pm 1* (or gone) Middleville TOPS 546 ♦ * & 4 ml 'j' Li J-1 r J » i The Sept. 17 meeting opened with the secretary’s report and roll call. Three new fish jumped into the fishbowl and two jumped out. Virginia led the meeting with 10 TOPS tips to “Gain independence from overeat­ ing." She suggested budget­ ing calorie intake, being sen­ sible about meal choices, filling up on healthy choices, drinking water instead of alcoholic beverages, eating foods high in fiber, choosing friends who are on the same weight-loss journey, burning calories with any kind of body movement, eating slowly, using small amounts of dressing and eating off of smaller plates, Maryellen was the best loser for September. Virginia lost the Ha-Ha box. The meeting ended with marching in place as mem­ bers said the TOPS and KOPS pledges. » I I < • J 0 > I 9 I 9 I DINE IN OR TAKE OUT TOPS, a weight-loss support group, meets every at Saturday Lincoln Meadows in Middleville. Weigh-in is from 10 to 10:15 a.m., followed immediately by the meeting. A mask is suggested when in the com­ mon area of the building. Press the white buzzer for entry. * Anyone with questions may call Chris, 269-9083731. The first meeting is free. ■ $13.00 i I I I ! I f I I I I I I I I I • I All proceeds donated to Community Rebuilders Homeless Veterans Support Program bs**'' I ■ POLISH MEAL FUNDRAISER I I 9^ 616-891-1882 Each meal purchased includes drawing entry for either $1OO or $50 Meijer Gift Cards I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I • I I I I I • I I I 1 I Open license issued by the M.L.C.C. for this day permits adult beverage sales to the non-legion • members. Regular kitchen menu and build-a-burger*fl■¥ not available this day. t i SE M •< �Page 8/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 1,2022 Primary election worker in Gaines Township accused of illegal activity James Gemmell Contributing Writer Kent County Clerk/ Register of Deeds Lisa Posthumus Lyons says an election worker in Gaines Charter Township commit­ ted an “extremely egregious and incredibly alarming” act after the primary election polls closed on Aug. 2. The election worker is not an employee of the township or the county. Kent County Prosecuting Attorney Chris Becker con­ firmed that he authorized charges against James Donald Holkeboer of falsifying election retums/records and using a computer to commit a crime. If he is convicted of both crimes, the maximum penalty would be nine years in prison and a $6,(XJO fine. ‘Those are the charges we filed,” Becker said in an email reply for this story. He added that no court dates had been set yet because the elec­ tion worker had not been arraigned as of press time. It is the latest security breach involving voting equipment in Michigan. Lyons said she was noti­ fied of the alleged incident in township Precinct 8 on Aug. 18. That was 16 days after the state primary. The pre­ cinct is at Ada Bible Church, Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons calls an election worker’s use of a computer flash drive on Aug. 2 an “extremely egregious” act. (Courtesy photo) 2045 68th St. A witness reported seeing Holkeboer insert a USB flash drive into an Electronic Poll Book. That is the computer used to help administer the election. Lyons said it holds confidential and personal information about all voters in a precinct. However, the poll book is not connected to any of the tabulation equip­ ment or to the internet. “This incident had no impact on the election,” Lyons said in a news release. “The breach of the Electronic Poll Book could not - and did not - allow any access to voting machines, ballots or election results, and it could night. He said die precinct workers took extra time to make sure everything was done correctly. “They went through the receiving board, and the receiv­ ing board took extra time with each precinct because they wanted to make sure that everything was correct on the ballots.” Brew explained. “And then, transmission was done down to die county.” Brew said he stayed at the county offices until the elec­ tion workers there had all the information they needed Gaines Township Clerk Michael Brew, seen here in a red shirt, explaining at an August township board meeting what happened on primary election night. (File from the township and post­ photo by James Gemmell) ed the results, which includ­ ed Gaines’ numbers from the Sheriff’s the 10th District Kent County absentee counting board. not have affected the out- Kent County Office’s investigation and the Board of Commissioners seat That was around 2:30 a.m. come of the election itself.” However, the alleged act State Bureau of Elections has to incumbent Emily Post Prior to that. Brew said he Brieve by by more by the election worker vio- been been notified. notified. Lyons Lyonsalso alsosaid said Brieve more than than 450 450 had received a text message votes. Brieve lates Michigan law. Lyons the poll book that was alleged- votes. Brieve faces indicating there were prob­ said itit also also isis aa violation breached will will no no longer longerbe be Democratic Democratic challenger said violation of of lyly breached challenger Julie Julie lems with the absentee public trust and the oath that used used inin elections elections and and will will be be Humphreys in the Nov. 8 counting board results, election workers are required replaced by a new one before general election. Hirsch Gaines Township resident to the November election. served as a county commisGabe Hudson said Precinct I to take. take. “The willful violation Primary election night sioner from 2009-12. inside the township hall ran “Why did it take until 11 occurred after the files in the activities in Gaines Township out of ballots on primary elec­ Electronic Poll Book were already had a bit of a contro- p.m. for those ballots to come tion night. But Brew said the out of the basement here at township had more on hand saved to the precinct’s autho- versy unrelated to the rized, encrypted system Electronic Poll Book and in a the township hall? Why did it than what the county elections device, and that system device different precinct. Former take until 2:30 a.m. for the director had recommended. At was placed in a certified, Kent County Commissioner county clerk to call the race?” the time, Brew estimated sealed container per standard Bill Hirsch said at a township Brew told Hirsch at the about 27 voters were given procedure,” Lyons said, board meeting in August he board meeting that Gaines photocopied ballots to fill out, She noted that Gaines was “very concerned” about Township was not the last which he said is the process Township Clerk Michael the election process after he township to report informa- prescribed by state law when Brew has cooperated with the lost the Republican race for tion to the county on primary there is a ballot shortage. z x v w I1 44 I0$ J?®* llip kaski Gun Lake Improvement Board accepts proposal to create website Greg Chandler Staff Writer Responding to complaints from several residents about a lack of transparency, the Gun Lake Improvement Board will create a website to provide information about efforts to maintain water quality and fight invasive plant species in the lake’s ecosystem. On a 7-0 vote Wednesday night, the board voted to accept a proposal from Clarke Aquatic Services, the contractor that conducts chemical treatments on the lake to fight nuisance plant growth, to create a website that would include agendas and minutes of board meetings, contact information for board members, financial information and reports from Clarke on their management of the lake. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: Clarke aquatic biologist Pete Filpansick created a mockup of what a website could look like to present to the the board. board. ItIt would would be be aa subsubpage, separate from Clarke’s main website. Clarke would host the website free of charge. “We’d roll it into the administration costs that we already bill bill you you for, for,”” already Filpansick told the board. “I would go back in and change everything (from the mock­ up) to real information and then make it public, make it searchable.” The Gun Lake Improvement Board consists of nine members, including the drain commissioners for Barry and Allegan counties, a county board representative from each of the two counties, and township rep-, resentatives from Yankee Springs and Orangeville townships in Barry County and Wayland and Martin townships in Allegan County. County. Gun Gun Lake Lake covers covers portions of all four of those townships, Yankee Springs resident Jim Penix has been cam­ paigning for months for GLIB to make information aboutits activities more eas­ ilyaccessible to lake residents, including the creation of a website and the estab­ lishment of a Freedom of Information Act policy. Penix has also been critical of the use of certain types of chemicals containing copper to treat the lake for health reasons. It’s a great start,” Penix said of of the the proposal, proposal, adding said adding that the the board board should should look that look at at the website website created created by the by the the Houghton Lake Improvement 44 Board as a model for what a the lake canals. Unlike treat­ website could look like. ments from earlier this sumThe solution from Clarke mer, the algicide does not includes some of that, but not contain copper. all of that. I would encourage “Based on feedback from the board to look at (the residents and our inspection Houghton Lake site) and see on Sept. 13, this treatment potentially what’s missing,” effectively controlled the Penix said. nuisance algae and sup­ Board members welcomedpressed the microalgae, the Clarke proposal. including invasive starry Sounds like a winner to stonewort,’5 Filpansick wrote me,” Barry County Drain in his report. Commissioner Jim Dull said. Clarke employees also “It is a great start, and we recently completed a shore­ can build it from there,” line erosion assessment board chairwoman and Barry around the lake. The results County Commissioner of the survey will be included Vivian Conner added. in the annual lake manage­ In other business, ment report, which could be Filpansick updated the board completed late next month, on recent treatments on Gun Filpansick also presented a Lake. Clarke applied sodium proposal to treat eight canal bicarbonate peroxyhydrate peroxyhydrate areas around the lake with bicarbonate last last month month to to treat treat invasive invasive PhosLock, an application that and and nuisance nuisance algae, algae, invasive invasive seeks to improve water qualiplants and native plants in ty by locking up phosphorus. 44 a Your local agent insures your LS Ml real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it ille­ gal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or marital status, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living w ith parents or legal custodians, pregnant women HAme' and people securing custody of children under 18. FARM BUREAU INSURANCE This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in viola­ tion of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are CotKfMMUf' available on an equal opportunity basis. To report SOLUTIONS Repairs - Remodels - Restorations Servicing Barry and Kent Counties KEVIN WEZENSKY 269-569-9398 discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone num­ ber for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. Jason Parks 121 E. Main Street Downtown Middleville EQUAL HOUSMQ OPPORTUNITY (269) 795-8827 jparks@fbinsmi.com FarmBureaulnsurance.com Lvii “Usually what we do is we mix the granules into a slurry ... that slurry is applied to the lake,” he said. “After the PhosLock hits the water, it sinks. It binds phosphorus that’s actually free flowing in the water, specifically soluble reactive phosphate, which is what algae uses to grow.” Filpansick went on to say the application can prevent algae growth that occurs on warm fall days, starve algae of nutrients during the winter and reduce the intensity of algae blooms when spring comes around. Filpansick proposed treat­ ing 42 acres of the lake with PhosLock, at a cost of $ 1,210 per acre. The board took no action but will address it next month. The board has scheduled a special meeting for 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, to hear a report from Bill Bryker, a lake resident and chemist, who has collected samples from the lake to measure the quality of the water. Bryker has raised concerns that some of the chemicals used to treat the lake are hurting native plants in the water in addition to the invasive spe­ cies, affecting the quality ot fishing on the lake. n r 'ffii&S fata Wig H, .Mas ♦ '± Antenna Men 'k' Digital TV Antennas ■HhKs — WORK ALL^g -WINTER^ LevisHomeSolutions@gmail.com —. Oh - Cell Phone Boosters 269.967.8241 www.LevisHomeSolutions.com TV ANTENNA & TOWER INSTALLATION www.theantenamen.com __________ Licensed & Insured L t •- l 1 1 — * f ♦ I Ira tai �r I » • • The Sun and News, Saturday, October 1,2022/ Page 9 I V Nessel sues FKI Hardware for damages over environmental contamination James Gemmell the following locations: • 609 Tupper Lake St., Lake Odessa • 39 State St., Middleville • 945 and 955 Godfrey Ave., Grand Rapids • 2929 32nd St. SE, Kentwood • 835 Hall St. SW, Grand Rapids • 311 N. Centennial St., Zeeland • 236 Stevens St. SW, Grand Rapids • 4300 Ferry St., Grandville • 157 W. Beech St. NE, Cedar Springs Contributing Writer Nine West Michigan sites, including one in Middleville, are known or suspected to contain hazardous substances, and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel expects the alleged culprit to come into compliance. Nessel announced Thursday she has filed a civil lawsuit in Kent County Circuit Court against California-based FKI Hardware, Inc., to clean up hazardous substances such as PFAS that were left behind at <lN V1 4 The lawsuit monetary damages, including costs and fees, under the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act. It says the goal is to compel compliance by FKI Hardware. The manufacturing firm was created after a merger between the former Keeler Brass Company and Belwith International LTD, in 2006. Nessel said the hazardous substances that exceed allowable state levels include volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as trichloroethylene (TCE), PFAS and metals. 44 Some of these substances, at certain concentrations, can seep up through the soil and pose risks to people breathin ea in the air in buildings, and also above the contamination sites." Nessel said in a news conference on Thursday. FKI Hardware and its predecessors conducted foundry. metal finishing and plating operations at the alleged contamination sites. Nessel said her lawsuit is part of the PFAS Litigation Project she launched to identify contaminated sites and hold polluters accountable. She credited the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) for its work in identilying the harmful sites. “For years, EGLE has attempt­ ed to work with FKI Hardware to obtain compliance with Michigan's environmental laws at these sites. And despite efforts, FKI has not fully addressed the risk associated with its con­ tamination." Nessel said. The lawsuit asks the circuit court to require FKI Hardware to investigate the environmen- Attorney Michigan General announces her lawsuit against FKI Hardware, Inc., at a news conference Thursday. (Photo provided) ♦ tai contamination it allegedly left behind, and to take all nec­ essary steps to protect human health and the environment. J* Series of errors in Gaines Township development leads to corner of house being shaved off * James Gemmell ,s*h firm to investigate the matter. Contributing Writer He has spoken in support of the proposed PUD amendment for A series of alleged errors dating back to the late 1990s Arthur’s Dream. Meanwhile, an adjacent by the Gaines Township plan­ landowner at 9975 Sunrise ning staff, builders and sur­ Ridge - David Staskiewicz veyors has caused consider­ submitted a Freedom of able consternation for some Information Act request to property owners in a planned receive the township maps of unit development. the setbacks, to see how they At its Sept. 22 meeting, the David Contant with were adjusted. He expressed township planning commis­ sion considered a major BDR Inc. presents a concern about the impact amendment request to change revised plan for the see­ drainage might have on his the rear setback requirements ond-phase layout of the property if the PUD were for the Arthur’s Dream PUD. River Birch development amended. The Lopez’s said The addresses are 9975 and at the Sept. 22 Gaines recently a culvert will be 9999 Sunrise Ridge Dr. The Township planning com- installed to mitigate the drain15-acre site is near the north­ mission meeting. (Photo age problem. We’ll certainly review the east comer of 100th Street and by James Gemmell) by submitted comments Hanna Lake Avenue. David, and and we we’’llll also also look look at at The township initiated the dation was built 48 feet from David, the rear property line instead of the comments that the attorney amendment request. provided for for the the Lopez's," Lopez's," “I felt it was important to do the required 100 feet. The cor- provided what we could to fix the prob­ ner of the house crossed over Wells said after the planning commission meeting. lem without penalizing the into the 25-foot setback. First draft of proposed new That resulted in the townlandowner for fees that would Gaines master plan normally be charged for the ship issuing a stop-work order submitted at 9999 Sunrise Ridge. amendment,” Wells said. The planning commission “We contacted the home­ Back in the 1990s, the prop­ erty owner wanted to split the owner and said, ‘Look. Your has begun holding a series of parcel into two smaller par­ options are to remove the subcommittee meetings to discels. The original PUD foundation or remove the por­ cuss a wide range of topics approved by the township tion of the foundation from related to the township’s new consisted of a five-acre parcel the setback,' which they did master plan. The first draft of and a 10-acre parcel. Both to bring it into compliance, the proposed plan was comwere later developed as sin­ The comer of the house was pleted in mid-September. shaved off,” Wells said. Wells showed it to commis­ gle-family homes. “It's my understanding the “They took a concrete saw sioners at the meeting. He and township consultant David builder arbitrarily changed the and cut the foundation. He had asked the builder to Jirousek crafted it after receivlocation of the footprint of the building, which included shift­ submit a second zoning review ing public and staff input. Township planners hope to ing it from a position that fit to because the alignment of the have the completed master plan a position that did not fit," parcel had been changed. ‘The building department, I ready for publication by the Wells said, adding that sur­ veyors also made mistakes think, thought that it had been end of the year. It will provide approved and issued a build­ guidance on how the township along the way. In the 1990s. the township ing permit. So there was a would like to see commercial, required site condominium mistake on the township s industrial and residential develdevelopments to be created part," part,” Wells Wells said. said. ““But But that that opment spread in Gaines over through the PUD-approval still doesn’t resolve the fact the next several years. The 2,' ■ * ■ Wil, Baltic- iitaa 66 b tinn .ta fc’iii£ ■ tai&fcltfiiii ♦Cl k ts iiUi i 3E teas 4 J ~~!S ass:! 6aei r t J1 •— M J?’ l»* A 5^ i k 11’ *1 Mil * < 4' that is now into what are part of ofthe the approved approved setbacks." setbacks." The PUD amendment was :requested at the September meeting so that the setbacks can be moved and a house does not have to be removed from the site. Jasmin and Gilberto Lopez-Ranero own the proper­ ty at 9999 Sunrise Ridge. They hired real-estate attorney Randy Schipper from the Cunningham Dalman PC law process. In 2007, the township board approved a PUD amendment to create a third parcel, which is about 100,000 square feet of undeveloped property at 9999 Sunrise Ridge. A building permit was issued. However, no formal zoning approval was granted. Nonetheless, construction began on a single-family home, which encroached on the rear setback requirement. The foun- ■ 5 9 rr Jr *d J r< ■ b I 1 1 I ■ i 1 ft « t * \ ■V ' $ ' ) ’ J • I ’ I vision lor the future will be partially informed by a review of township development over tine past 20 years. When completed, it will be the township's first new master plan since 2002. Some revisions were made to the old one in recent years and a future land-use plan was drawn up in 2017. The new master plan also will include a new future land-use plan. Residents and other stake­ holders were given the opportunity earlier this year to pro­ vide input on where they would like to see future development, That includes a public survey that was posted on the township's website and a pair of open houses in May and June. Planning Commission disapproves of proposed revisions to River Birch homes It took nearly 18 months for BDR Custom Homes to receive approval from the township board last year to construct the River Birch Apartments on 60th Street. But a request by Grand Rapids-based River Birch Holdings LLC for a major PUD amendment to the site plan layout for Phase II amenities was met with considerable disfavor from tine plan­ ning commission. The proposal was to move the community clubhouse fur­ ther south than was originally approved and move Building 5 to where the clubhouse was supposed to go. Some other proposed changes pertain to the number of garages and spacing between buildings. A final PUD and rezoning request was granted in October 2021 for the 348unit, apartment-home devel­ opment opment on on a combined 33-acre parcel at 3500 and 3540 60th St. That is west of the Fieldstone Apartments and across the street from the Bailey’s Grove development on the Kentwood side of 60th Street. The development will be built in four phases. Firstphase construction has begun on the northwest comer. David Contant with BDR Inc. pitched the changes to the planning commission. He said the initial plan would make it hard to see the clubhouse right away when entering the devel­ opment. He said visibility from 60th Street is limited due to a berm. When you come in, you don’t see the clubhouse until you're almost past it," Contant said. “It’s not just the community building. It’s for parcel pickup, it's for prospective tenants who are coming in that 44 I | I are looking to connect with the leasing office.” I'm not sold,” trustee Tim Haagsma said. “I don’t see how you couldn’t see this on your way in. That’s the second building you see, going on the original plan." Trustee Ryan Wiersema said the original plan envisioned a nicer-looking community-centered area than the proposed revised plan, which lacks many pedestrian paths. “According to our Apartment Guidance (booklet) that we have, that community center is supposed to be one of the critical things of apartment guidance," he said, The original plan is a lot more of a gathering area than what I see.” “I don’t think we’re very excited about this,” Planning Commission Chairwoman Connie Giarmo said. The commission voted 6-0 to set a public hearing at a date to be determined based on when the developer is ready to present some revisions for the PUD major amendment request. i » I I I i I 1 I r *uu? FURNACE I J It1 High Efficiency * t 14 Fall's Here... Beat the Rush I. II I I I I I I < | _ I RUUD 4 * 4 ■4 I | 5: t I I 300 OFF Must present this coupon. 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(Photo from Kent County Shenff's Office) old and one is 16. In Max. police arrested the first two aspects, both 18 yean old. The Sheriff i Office said Wilson to being held ai UxingMon County Jail on □nrr idled ch The minors LI Juvenile Detention ( enter Investigators said in May that a stolen white Hyundai sedan pulled up in the park­ ing lot and someone inside it started shooting shooting. The Hyundai was later found abandoned at a nearby bustnets with bullet holes in it. Sheriff a detectives said mul 11pie firearms were recovered from inside the xchide. The other car from which police believe gunshots may have - been fired back was a white Mercedes sedan Detectives said the exchange of gunfire occurred when mans people were walking to their vehicles after the graduation ceremo­ ny. Two people, whom police figure were innocent bvslanders. were struck bv bullets. AX 40-vear-old woman from Grand Rapids was shot in the abdomen and initially listed in critical con dition. A 16-year-old boy from Texas was shot in the wnst. Thcv both have since recovered The two 18-vear-old men ■ originally arrested. Luqui Hill and Shaakir Abdulwahab. were ordered * June 13 to stand tnal in Kent Counn Circuit court on felo­ ny charges of cany mg a con cealed weapon and possess­ ing handguns in a weap­ on-free zone Both are fiveIvear felonies Neither uas charged uith finng any gun­ shots. and not-guilty pleas were filed on their behalf The two men were arrested in Livonia the dav after the shootings. “KCSO detectives have continued to investigate the case and work on tips sent in by the public.” the news release said. “Crimes such as these have a significant impact on the school and community. Tins is not for gotten about as time passes.* * ♦ i-' Annual Fall Heritage Festival in Gaines Charter Township set for next Saturday James (remmell Contributing Writer Live music, food, petting /no. arts and crafts, and hayndes are some of the many attractions slated for the annual Fall Heritage Festival in frames Township. The event takes place on Saturday . Oct. 8. from 9 a m. to 3 p m outside the town­ ship hall, located on the southwest corner of Kalamazoo Avenue and 84th Street. There to no cost to attend. “The Heritage Festival has been a big event for the township in the fall where we offer the hayndes and the firefighters participate and have hotdogs, and all the various vendor* tel up.” Township Supervisor Rob De Ward said. Historical Society President Shirley Bruurscma has chaired the Heritage Festival for the past several years It was launched in 2011 and recalls the bygone days when farmers used tn gather in the township and bnng their goods to share, After a string of successful years. Heritage Festival was canceled in 2019 due to tor­ rential rain, and again in 2020 because of the COVID19 pandemic. The popular event returned in style last year with big crowds and a full slate of activities. Bruurscma said you can expect Io see more of the same at this year’s festival. It is highlighting what used to be a histoneal event. And it s also a good community builder, she said, People see neighbors they don't always see. A lot of people love it. Last year, people were thanking me for bringing it back after the pandemic.” <« <4 “It’s a great event that looks to the farming hentage hcrc in the township and it’s been successful for many years now. township Community Development Director Dan Wells said. “It’s been really successful for many yean now. so it’s really kind of become a fixture here in the township. People really look forward to it. More than 30 vendors will be on hand this year with booths set up offering food, arts and crafts and more. Privately-owned antique fire trucks and trac­ tors will be on display “and the (Dutton) fire department will be there providing hot dogs and chips. We’ll have apple cider and doughnuts at the the Historical Historical (Society) (Society) booth broth and and lots lots of of baked baked goods.” Bruurscma said. She makes about 20 loaves of bread, including varieties I • WE’RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR HEATING AND COOLING NEEDS Residential & Commercial -Gas and Oil Furnaces -Gas and Oil Boilers 1 jfflM 9 7 -Air Conditioners -Heat Pumps h -Water Heaters -Humidifiers DeWeerd (651 AIR CONDITIONING, INC HEATING DEWEERDHTG.COM 269-792-2234 jean »9 LENNOX such as sweet bread, apple. banana, poppyseed and pineapple bread We enjoy it and we have a following where people come to our booth looking for the homemade baked goods. There are a couple of other vendon that sometimes bring some baked goods, which is just fine. The doughnuts and cider are donated by Mcijer at Games Marketplace, And we're grateful for that. We also have coffee, water and juice.” Bruursema said. “Shirley does a very good job. Area farmers all are invited to participate, and many of them do.” DeWard said. “There are multiple events going on. So. if a per son wants to spend an hour or two there, it’s time well spent.” Trophies and ribbons will be awarded for the best antique tractors and fire trucks. Once again, you can expect to sec some members of the Kent County Sheriff s Office mounted unit on horseback Mary's Country Critters will provide the petting zoo. Mary Tcgcthoff said her farm is in Wayland Township. I’m bringing a mini horse, a mini donkey, a rab­ bit, a chicken and a duck. Sometimes, there are two of each; it just depends. And two sheep and two goats. Tegethoff said. “Children love to be around the animals and pet I them. It’s a huge attraction.” I Bruurscma said. Tim Rosenberg of Hastings will operate an ice cream wagon again this year, and Doug’s Good Time BBQ Shack will make a return appearance, as well Many vendors donate items as door prizes that are drawn every 15 minutes by More than 30 vendors will be participating in this year’s Heritage Festival. Baked goods, arts and crafts and many other items will be offered or on display, (File photo provided by Gaines Township) A banner in front of the Gaines Charier Township Hall touts the Fall Heritage Festival that is coming up Oct. 8 on the campus grounds of the hall. (Photo by James Gemmell) people in attendance. Performing live music this year will be two country music acts from Allendale and Middleville. Festival organizers tow a stage from a bam up to a hill on the township hall campus. Jerry Berg of Comstock Park will set up a Historic Michigan Lumberjack Encampment with participants dressed in clothing spe­ cific to the 1840s to 1890 period. He is owner and curator of a mobile l^umberjack and lagging Museum. “We love sharing Michigan’s unique history and we find Michiganders love learning about it but so few are even aware that lumber­ jacks are so significant to the history of the state. We will be bringing all sorts of tools of the trade in Michigan, as well as talking about the unique culture of the Michigan lum­ berjack,” Berg said. Retired farmer David Steeby of Leighton Township will be running the hayridcs again. He drives a tractor that pulls an J8-foot-long wood en trailer that seats up to 25 passengers on a two-mile trip that goes from the township hall campus down a hill on a walking path into the woods at Prairie Wolf Park. Ilf * “I’ve done it for a lot of church programs and stuff.” Steeby said, adding that he is 85 years old. “I grew up on a farm and it s just fun to mingle with the people.” %V & s I ( f I 4 �I The Sun and News, Saturday, October 1, 2022/ Page 11 DK/TK/HHS girls fourth at 18th annual relays I Brett Bremer St!1» & sS ss * .-io • Sports Editor OK The defending Rainbow Tier II Conference champions from Ottawa Hills showed that they’ll be one of the favorites for a conference championship once again in the past few days. The Bengals took a 113­ 73 win over the visiting Delton Keliogg/Thomapple Kellogg/Hastings varsity girls’ swimming and diving team in Grand Rapids Thursday and then came to Hastings Saturday to win the championship in the 18th Annual Delton Kellogg/ Thornapple Kellogg/ Hastings Swimming and Diving Relays. The Bengals took the win Saturday with 586 points ahead of Unity Christian 550, Wayland 484, DK/TK/ HHS 470, Ionia 282, Calvin Christian 206 and Charlotte 158. The DK/TK/HHS team won one championship at the CERC Saturday with the diving team of Abby Dumond and TJ Myers putting togeth­ er a score of 183.65 points in the diving “shootout.” In. the three traditional relays, the 200-yard medley relay, the 200-yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay, the DK/TK/HHS DK/TK/HHS senior Katie Clark competes in the 200-yard butterfly relay during the DK/TK/HHS Relays at the Community Education and Recreation Center in Hastings Saturday, Sept. 24. (Photo by Mr Gaskill Photo) ♦ DK/TK/HHS diver Abigail Dumond twists above the water during the competi­ tion at the annual DK/TK/HHS Relays in Hastings Saturday, Sept. 24. (Photo by Mr Gaskill Photo) girls took runner-up finishes. The team of Cadence VanOoy, Sophia Marcukaitis, Preslee Hall and Holly Carpenter took the runner-up finish in the 200yard medley relay in 2 min­ utes 1.28 seconds, just behidn the Unity Christian team of Karli Velzen, Lucy Grace Maring, Dewaalmalefyt and Corinne Bierling that finished in 1:59.47. Unity Christian's Lauren Miedema, Maring, Lily Dewaalmalefyt and Bierling also won the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:46.97' with the DK/TK/HHS team of VanOoy, Carpenter, Hall and Marcukaitis second in 1:49.18. In the 400-yard freestyle relay, the Unity Christian team of Bierling, Grace Lily Dewaalmalefyt, Dewaalmalefyt and Miedema won in 3:52.24. The DK/TK/ HHS foursome of Carpenter, Hall, VanOoy and Marcukaitis finished in 4:03.85. The other six races were all won by another OK Sept. 29, taking on the run­ Rainbow Tier II team. The ner-up team from the relays Wayland girls took victories Unity Christian. The in the 800-yard freestyle Crusaders took a 109-77 vicrelay, the 400-yard relay tory. individual medley, the 200Marcukaitis was once yard butterfly relay, the 500- again the freestyle sprinting yard freestyle progressive champion taking the 50-yard relay, the 200-yard back- freestyle in 25.47 seconds stroke relay and the 200-yard and the 100-yard freestyle in breaststroke relay. 57.79 seconds. The DK/TK/HHS team of Dumond won the diving VanOoy, Marcukaitis, Hall competition with a score of and Crapenter won the 200- 211.35 points. yard medley relay in the dual The Crusaders' Lauren with with Ottawa Ottawa Hills Hills Sept. Sept. 22 22 inin Miedema and Ellie 2:01.67. Those four also won Vredevoogd both won two the 200-yard freestyle relay individual races too. inin 1:51.28. 1:51.28. Miedema took the 200-yard Marcukaitis added a victovicto­ freestyle in 2:05.55 and the ry in the 50-yard freestyle 100-yard butterfly in 1:02.32. with a time of 25.75 seconds Vredevoogd won the 200o and in the 100-yard freestyle yard individual medley in in 56.56. Dumond won the 2:37.81 and the 500-yard in diving comeptition with 203 freestyle 6:16.69. points. Meyers was second Miedema, a senior, was a part of Crusader wins in the in the diving at 174.35. The DK/TK/HHS girls 200-yard medley relay and faced another tough dual in the 200-yard freestyle relay the CERC pool Thursday, as well. Bruce's Frame and Alignment * Full Service Body Shop Sailors first to best TK in OK Gold >r Brett Bremer 4 Sports Editor A couple of issues with snaps got the Trojans their only points in a battle of team's previously unbeaten in the OK Gold Conference Friday night, Sept. 23, in Middleville. South Christian, ranked second in the state in Division 4, improved to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the OK Gold with a 43-2 win over the Thomapple Kellogg varsity football team. The Sailors limited the Trojan attack throughout the night and built a 30-0 lead in the first half with Sailor quarterback Jacob DeHann rushing for one touchdown I t 'y-' ✓r■* and throwing for two more in the first half. Carson Vis had the two touchdown catches for the Sailors in the first half, DeHaan scored the game's first points on a seven-yard TD run five minutes into the game. A Trojan turn­ over set up the Sailors to go ahead 14-0 on a 29-yard TD pass from DeHaan to Vis. Vis caught a nine-yard TD pass from DeHaan to help their team up its lead to 21-0. Both teams were credited with a safety in the game, both coming on a bad snap, The Trojans had to fall on a ball in their own end zone on an attempted punt with a I 4 1 Wj ■ \ % I I V 1 4 minute and a half to go in the first half, and a big return on the ensuing kick allowed the Sailors to get into position for a five-yard touchdown run from Nate Brinks in the closing moments of the first half. DeHaan and Vis hooked up again in the second half on a 33-yard touchdown pass and catch and Sam Barr scored the final touchdown for the Sailors on a sev­ en-yard TD run. ' Sailor kicker Nate Brinks converted on his first five extra-point attempts before the final attempt went awry following Barr's score. DeHaan finished the game 12-of-15 passing for 174 yards and he also led the Sailors on the ground with nine rushes for 32 yards. Vis had nine receptions for 117 yards and fourth other Sailors caught passes. TK quarterback Carsen Burbridge was 5-of-12 passing for 37 yards. Drake Snyder had a team high 32 rushing yards on eight carries for TK. TK was scheduled to visit Forest Hills Eastern last night in an OK Gold Conference clash. TK will face another conference foe this Friday night, Oct. 7, as it plays host to Kenowa Hills for homecoming inside Bob White Stadium in Middleville. • • • • Wheel Alignments Auto Glass Installation Insurance Work Welcome Visa & MasterCard Accepted Over 40 years experience brucesframe.com Mi 4w 'Wj ____________ 415 2nd • Middleville ____ . �Page 12/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 1, 2022 Scots start conference tourney at home Monday seeds for the conference tournament, both going 6-0-1 in their conference matches, matches. Those two teams bested their other six conference foes and finished their match-up in a scoreless draw. Caledonia is 5-8-2 overall heading into today’s (Oct. 1) non-conference match against visiting Portage Northern. A pair of non-conference The Caledonia varsity boys’ soccer team will host an opening round match in the OK Red Conference Tournament at Scotland Yard Monday taking on Jenison. The Fighting Scots closed the conference regular sea­ son in third place in the standings with a 3-3-1 record. Grand Haven and Rockford earned the top two 7 ■6 foes bested the Caledonia boys on back-to-back nights this week. Northview edged the visiting Scots 2-1 Monday and Caledonia was bested 4-0 by rival South Christian on the Sailors’ turf Tuesday night. The Sailors, ranked third in the state in Division 3, built their lead with four first-half goals Tuesday night. >\b {f i J ■ 5^A 4 Caledonia senior Jonathan Collins leaps in to try and block a centering attempt by South Christian’s Nolan Fackler during their non-conference match at South Christian High School Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) . r' ST ■ * LI 4 Vt 0^ < .. A .» * « •.V •« ♦ r 1 9 fI 9 ft < LW A ’V < > A * ■ % K' 1 « l.u I JIIBJ A •.. Caledonia senior defender Luke Vogeler pushes up on the attack as South Christian’s Mason DeKock tries to slow him down in the midfield during their non-conference contest at South Christian High School Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) fall Caledonia goalkeeper Isaac Vire smothers a South Christian shot during their match at South Christian High School Tuesday evening. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 1 w Youngsters shave some points for TK boys at FHE a 4’21 Brett Bremer Sports Editor There wasn’t an improve­ ment on the scoreboard for the Trojans and personal records were few and far between among the top run- ners on the twisty, tumy, soggy course at Forest Hills Eastern Tuesday. The Thomapple Kellogg varsity boys’ cross country team did have its pack move up just a bit though at the second OK Gold Conference jamboree. TK had just two guys finish better than 70th at the first conference jamboree. The team had twice that many finish better than 70th Tuesday. t / Caledonia, MI a Your Safety is Important to Us - State of the Art Systems S Complete Collision Service S Frame Repairs S State & I-CAR Certified Technicians 7 Direct Repair Facility * Most insurance companies 1 & k NFIB (fWj WMBA A GOLD CLASS <CAP Lesonal Wafer Bourne System Open Monday thru Friday 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 616.891.0150 Ed Pawloski Jr., Owner 110 Johnson St., Caledonia • www.edsbody.com The team was pleased to add freshman Mark Gielincki for his first varsity confer­ ence race. He placed 67th in 20 minutes 19.11 seconds, Sophomore Christien Miller was the big mover for the TK boys. He placed 60th in 19:57.06 - 16 spots better than he’d been at the first conference get-together. The competition remained tough on the TK harriers. The Trojan boys were eighth and the girls sixth in the day’s final team standings. Forest Hills Eastern once again won both the boys’ and girls’ contests. The FHE boys closed the day with 39 points, ahead of Wayland 7 6, South Christian 91, Cedar Springs 108, Ottawa Hills 113, Catholic Central 128, Kenowa Hills 162 and Thomapple Kellogg 210. TK’s leader was junior Lucas Van Meter who was 21st in 17:55.55. The top five for the TK team also included junior Kaden Hamming who was 63rd in 20:06.57 and sopho­ more Hunter Tietz who placed 78th in 20:40.16. Ottawa Hills senior Benne Anderson was the runaway winner with a time of Forest Hills 15:20.60. Forest Hills Eastern senior Aiden Sullivan was second in 16: 24.44, pushed by Ottawa Hills junior Liam Walters’ PR time of 16:25.11 which earned him third place. Forest Hills Eastern had five of the first 14 finishers in the boys’ race. The Hawks had five girls in the top ten in their race and won with 42 points. South Christian beat out Ottawa Hills for second place place 72-722. 72-722. Cedar Cedar Springs Springs was was fourth fourth with with 107 107 points, points, ahead of Catholic Central 141, Thornapple Kellogg 147, Wayland 152 and Kenowa Hills 169. Ottawa Hills junior Selma Anderson won the girls’ race in 19:02.81. FHE junior Addison Washier was sec­ ond in 19:25.16 and Catholic Central junior Emily Tomes was third in 19:28.25. TK leader Ava Crews, a sophomore, placed eighth in 19:47.93. Trojan senior Lucy VanDeMark ran her fastest race of the season to place 32nd in 22:05.01. The Trojan team also had senior Lindsey Velting 34th in 22:07.93, freshman Madison Kietzman 40th in 22:30.75, and senior Emma Thompson 43rd in 22:57.19. Thompson turned in a season best time too. Both TK teams also com­ peted Saturday at the Covenant Christian Autumn Sunrise Invitational. Both teams placed seventh on a fast course. Of the TK girls’ top six finishers five had their fast­ est race of the season. Crews placed sixth while lowering her to 19:22.30. her PR Kietzman placed 42nd in a personal record time of 21:51.20 and freshman Megan Schuurmans moved her PR to 22:57.30 while placing 71st. Holly Velting placed 39th and Lindsey Velting 47th while both turning in their best times of the season so far. Of the 11 TK boys com­ peting, seven set a new per­ sonal record. That group included Miller who was 50th in 19:19.25, Hamming who was 54th in 19:30.12, freshman Benjamin Postma who was 62nd in 19:53.76 and Gielincki who was 67th in 20:12.52. Van Meter led the TK boys’ team with an 1 Ith-place time of 17:38.56. 1 I ' I - ■ I 1 « * �The Sun and News, Saturday, October 1, 2022/ Page 13 Scots win their first top-ten showdown Brett Bremer Sports Editor Overrated! Overrated!” was one of the last chants from a rowdy Caledonia stu­ dent section inside Bulldog Stadium in Grandville Friday night. To be fair, despite a top 10 ranking of their own, the Bulldogs were the underdogs on Friday, Sept. 23, in a bat­ tle between two previously OK Red undefeated Conference teams, They gave the Scots a stiffer test than any opponent they'd faced so far. The Fighting Scots led by as many as 20 points and closed out the evening with a 50-40 victory to improve to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the OK Red Conference. Caledonia’s varsity football team came into the bailgame ranked third in the state in Division 1, one of three OK Red teams in the top ten joined by num­ ber five Rockford and eighthranked Grandville. No one is going to under­ rate the arm or legs of Caledonia senior quarterback Mason McKenize, certainly not after the show he put on Friday rushing 14 times for 336 yards and four touch­ downs and completing 6-of14 pass attempts for 148 yards and three more scores. He had touchdown runs of 13, 70, 2 and 48 yards, and completed touchdown bombs of 36 yards to Brock Townsend, 51 yards to Evan Graham and 35 yards to Justice Reed. “I'm glad he’s my quarter­ hack,” said Caledonia head coach Derek Pennington with a smile after the ball­ game. “He has as cannon, so he usually puts it right where it needs to be. It is nice when he is throwing to me,” the 44 « % 5 * 1 •I1. •' I * rlltyl Bl« i britf «« I* •• ■^i senior receiver Graham said points. We just scored ten of McKenzie. “It was a good more. Wow, more. wow, Mason win overall. Mason played a McKenzie and our offensive great game tonight. He ran line ... he was unbelievable pretty well tonight.” throwing it and running it The wide receivers' job is tonight. I don’t know what to seal off defenders on the his yardage was, but it had to outside while the running be a lot. I am really proud of game is doing its work, and our guys’ effort. Graham said that the Even though we didn’t Caledonia receiving corps play really great on defense, works on that more than peo- I thought we played really pie would think at practice, hard and we had some kids The Caledonia offense had play really well. We just most of its success passing couldn't get them stopped on deep, with receivers getting third and fourth down. Hats behind the Bulldog defense off to them. That’s a good time and again. Grandville football program.” managed to thwart much of Bulldog quarterback the Scots’ short passing Carson Smith also tossed a game. 38-yard touchdown pass to We came in and [coach] Brayden LaCroix that had Pennington told us that were their team within nine points going to probably throw just over a minute into the quite a bit," Graham said, fourth quarter. We do try and balance 48-yard McKenzie's everything out. Overall, we touchdown run was the spread it around in each cat­ Scots’ answer on the next egory. It was pretty good for snap of the bailgame, us. I think it was a pretty The Caledonia front, with good night. a pass rush led by Tyler I am proud of everybody. Burd, was able to get pres­ We work hard. We come in sure on Smith when he did every Sunday to prepare for go to the air, but the Bulldog the next week. I am just running game managed to pop more than a few big proud of these guys." Graham also was really plays from its Wing-T attack, impressed with fellow senior Blake Herron finished wide receiver Kaden DeHom with a team-high 13 tackles who had a big contested for the Scots and picked off catch for a 44-yard gain that Smith once. Burd had 6.5 helped the Caledonia offense tackles, and Reed Voegler get out of its end of the field and Jimmy Floyd had seven tackles apiece. Ina Fedewa late in the first half. Neither defense had much and Derek Pennington Jr. success. Grandville fresh­ had four tackles each. “We just didn’t fit well man running back Jayden Terry carried the ball 28 with some of their stuff." times for 251 yards and three coach Pennington said. “It is touchdowns and fullback weird, sometimes the T gets Carson Kopko had 12 rushes you with one play. I felt like for 122 yards and two scores. they they were hitting us We knew they were real­ with different plays. They’d ly good on offense,” get us with a trap. They'd get Caledonia head coach Derek us with a counter. They'd get Pennington said."Obviously us with a power. They’re tonight, they scored a lot of good at what they do.” • • • 44 44 Caledonia senior quarterback Mason McKenzie bounds into the end zone for the first of four rushing touchdowns at Grandville High School Friday, Sept. 23. McKenzie and the Scots improved to 5-0 overall this season with a 50-40 win over the host Bulldogs. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 44 1 y : R 4 4 IT* t 'W 44 44 i w z i IF3 s *x 1 * 5 * 4 J 4 v. w. Caledonia defenders Jett King, Blake Herron, Maddox Greenfield and more smother a run by Grandville fullback Easton Suidinski during their OK Red Conference showdown at Grandville High School Sept. 23. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Caledonia led 28-8 after Reed’s long TD reception with six minutes to play in the first half, but Grandville answered with a 70-yard TD run by Terry and then recov­ ered a surprise on-side kick and drove 47 yards plays to add a ninery TD run before the ttins within 28-22. Luke Voegler was a perfeet 6-for-6 on extra-point kicks for the Scots. Grandville added two-point conversions after its first two touchdowns, but the Caledonia defense stymied each attempt the rest of the way. Pressure on Smith by Burd helped lead to an interception by Floyd on the Bulldogs’ final two-point attempt of the ballgame, allowing the Scots to hold onto a two-score advantage with five minutes to go. The Scots were set to be back inside Ralph E. Myers Stadium last night, Sept. 29, hosting East Kentwood for homecoming. Caledonia goes Grand Haven Friday, Oct. 7. —**- rlfG4^ The Rotary Club of Middleville would like to thank the following generous businesses and individuals for sponsoring holes and donating gifts to the Golden Club Golf Outing. This fundraiser was held at the Legacy Golf Course in Hastings and raised money for many worthy causes in Middleville, Barry County and throughout the world. f i* I Caledonia senior receivers Justice Reed (1) and Evan Graham celebrate Reed’s 35-yard touchdown reception midway through the second quarter of the Scots’ 50-40 win over the Bulldogs at Grandville High School Sept. 23. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Thomapple Financial Center First Rehab & Sport Physical Therapy Middleville Tool & Die Farm Bureau Insurance Jason Parks Agency Advanced Stone and Tile Fabrication Dr. Eldon Newmyer Chiropractic Family Dental Practice Dr. Kortni Mattesop Flexfab Horizons International Hardings Market (Middleville) Highpoint Community Bank Middleville Branch Pharmacy Care in Middleville Middleville Family Practice Dr. Chris Noah Beeler-Gore Funeral Home Matt Richmond Saunders Insurance Company (Allstate Insurance Co.) Bradford White Corporation Thornapple Credit Union Middleville Branch Design Wear Carveth Village Tires 2000 Faro’s Pizza Don Williamson Art Work , �Page 14/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 1, 2022 • Top competition tough on frojan soccer team lately Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Thomapple Kellogg varsity boys’ soccer team closed out the OK Gold Conference regular season and built some positive vibes at Ottawa Hills Wednesday. The Trojans opened the season 7-2. but was on a 0-5-1 stretch, including a 3-0 loss to East Grand Rapids in a non-conference match in Middleville Monday and a 5-1 loss to the Grand Rapids Catholic Central team lead­ ing the OK Gold and ranked first in the state in Division 3 on Sept. 21, before besting the Bengals 4-1. The Trojans will get their second shot at Forest Hills Eastern Monday, Oct. 3, tak­ ing on the Hawks in the opening round of the confer­ ence tournament in Ada. We have a tough confer­ ence, there is no denying that. We got away from some of our basic stuff, which allowed us to lose some teams we maybe should have beaten,” TK head coach Andrew Kiel said. 44 “It’s a credit to our conference. They came in with a game plan and did stuff, and we got a little off. We're tak­ ing steps in the right direc­ tion. The last two games. 5-1 and 3-0. we didn't play like that. It is tough. We're doing little things right and we re taking things in the right direction. It is tough to do that in a conference like we have, and it is not like we're playing slouches in the non-conference games.'’ Kiel liked the pressure his Trojans put on up higher against East Grand Rapids Monday. He knows what will be a challenge for his team's young defense with outside guys pushing up to help boost the attack. The Pioneers led 1-0 at the half getting a goal from senior Ben Borak in the 14th minute of action. That one-goal lead stood into the middle of the second half when the Pioneers found some space up the left side to create a couple strong scoring chances. Logan Becker scored off an assist from Harrison Bigler and Micah Daniels finished off an assist from Borak. The Trojans didn't have those finishing touches the Pioneers did Monday. Junior Reece Hoeksma had a nice feed inside for senior Logan Archambault who chipped a shot just wide of the frame that could have tied the game at 1-1 midway through the first half. The Trojans had another one of their best scoring chances late with attacker Austin Chivis just missing being able to direct a long free kick from teammate Braden Sharrar by the East Grand Rapids goalkeeper Eli Huey, Kiel has been happy to see his team building its depth as the season has progressed. He sees his team not losing a step when the 12th, 13th and 14th guys start rolling in off the bench. Hoeksma scored the Trojans’ lone goal in their loss to Catholic Central last week off an assist from Chivis. / I J to A Thomapple Kellogg senior midfielder Jackson Curtis is pressured by East Grand Rapids’ Ben Borak as he looks to send a pass up the left side during the first half of their non-conference match inside Bob White Stadium in Middleville Monday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) L— 1 M HWff gaiM ’mJ I * II Thornapple Kellogg defenders Jordan Rowley (5), Gabriel LaJoye (3), Nathan Shoemaker and goalkeeper Luke Kaiser protect their net from a point blank shot by East Grand Rapids’ Harrison Bigler (2) in the scrum following a corner kick Monday in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Need some extra CASH? — — Supplement your income by delivering newspapers each week. Papers are delivered Friday night and Sat­ urday each week. Dependable adults with a driver’s license and dependable transporta­ tion necessary. - •*• I IMMEDIATE I OPENINGS in Middleville Rural Zip Code Area 49333 The minutes of the September 19, 2022 Regular Council Meeting, which were approved on September 27, 2022, are posted at the Village Hall at 100 E Main Street and on the website at www.villaqeofmiddleville.org. Thomapple Kellogg sophomore Jayce Curtis is hit from behind by East Grand Rapids’ Ben Borak as he moves the ball through the midfield Monday in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) t ,u. % 188424 r 8196 Broadmoor Ave. SE Caledonia. MI 49316 Caledonia Phone: 616.891.0070 Fax: 616.891.0430 J.1 Caledonia Rural Area PUBLIC - NOTICE I, Charter Township of Caledonia Kent County, Michigan Hi.MbiifmiiifiiHrimtti r ____ Call today to set up an in-person interview and learn more about how you can earn some extra cash each week. 269-945-9554 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES % TOWNSHIP . B—< 4 • • ■ I Carriers are paid each week for papers and inserts delivered. 7 ,s> - 4 •‘H hl» A meeting of the Election Commission, a sub-committee of the Charter Township of Caledonia Board of Trustees will take place on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at the Township Hall beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Township Hall is located at 8196 Broadmoor Ave SE, Caledonia, Ml 49316. 'The People Paper’ 1351 N. Broadway (M-43) Hastings ’Ik xs The purpose of the meeting is to appoint the election inspectors for the November 8, 2022 General Election and to set the date for the Public Accuracy Test to demonstrate that the computer program used to tabulate the votes cast at the election meet the requirements of the law. • Joni Henry, Clerk A u * IJ I s �The Sun and News, Saturday, October 1, 2022/ Page 15 Rams dominate OK Red; O’Krangleys lead Caledonia Brett Bremer L ’1 * | ! f V* Sports Editor sophomore Caledonia Copelin O’Krangley fought through a rough start to place sixth at the OK Red Postseason Conference Postseason Tournament at Thomapple Pointe Golf Club Thursday. East Kentwood junior Elise Fennell shot a two-un­ der-70 to win the day’s indi­ vidual championship and Rockford junior Jessica Jolly was right behind with an even-par-72 to lead the Rams to the conference champion­ ship. Rockford, ranked third in the latest Division 1 lower peninsula poll, had its top four all among the top ten scorers for the day. The Rams finished off their sweep through the conference season by winning with a score of 329. Hudsonville was second at 354, ahead of Kentwood East 377, Caledonia 386, Grand Haven L ■ I i Caledonia sophomore Copelin O’Krangley watch­ es as an iron shot flies from the fairway towards the green on number 11 at Thomapple Pointe Thursday during the OK Red Conference Postseason Tournament. (Photo by Brett Bremer) * 399, Jenison 421, Grandville 423 and West Ottawa 430. Copelin O'Krangley shot an 83 and freshman Codie th overall O’Krangley was 11^ for Caledonia. Copelin was eight over after her first six holes, but rallied to close out the front nine with three consecutive pars. She was just three over on the back nine helped by a birdie on the par-5 13^. Codie had a bit of a rough start too, but closed her day going par, birdie, bogie on 15, 16 and 17. Sophomore Ellie Hudson shot a 98 for the Fighting Scots. Senior Sara Flynn was the team's fourth scorer with a 113 and junior Elizabeth Honhart was right behind with a 114. Behind Jolly for the Rams, senior Mackenzie Davidson shot an 82, junior Aubrey Wilson an 85 and senior Bridget Parlmer a 90. Hudsonville was led by a 77 from senior Ella Thomasma. That score put her in third place overall. Ashlyn VanderBaan, a fresh­ man, shot an 89 for the Eagles as did senior Kayla Caminiti. Amelia Kuiper, a senior, shot a 93 to earn a spot in their team's top four. The top ten also included Grand Haven junior Maddie Schopf who scored an 82. Jenison was led by senior Ella Haik's 93. Grand Haven got a 95 from sophomore Rael Steigenga. West Ottawa’s top score was a 96 from Ana Niziolek. Grandville senior teammates Ashley McNamara and Megan VanDyke both Caledonia senior Sara Flynn drills her tee shot on number one during the OK Red Conference Postseason Tournament at Thornapple Pointe Golf Course Thursday morning. (Photo by Brett Bremer) shot 103's. All eight OK Red Conference teams wi 11 be joined by Kalamazoo Central, ■ Portage Central, 5. The top three teams and top three individuals not on those teams will earn spots in the Oct. 15-16 Lower Peninsula Division 1 Finals. Traverse City Central and Traverse City West at the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional at The Meadows Wednesday, Oct. {W w b Scot spikers score second OK Red win on home floor ■o >-* ? *31 L. HL rw . * . •W Brett Bremer • • ‘ill li hi I* $ ** AW , >| Sports Editor Caledonia fought out of a little hole at the end of the third set to score a 25-20, 25-20, 25-23 victory over visiting Grand Haven to bump its OK Red Conference record to 2-1. The Fighting Scots ran their record to 19-8 so far this season, under new head coach Emily Ward, with the win over the Buccaneers. Ward said the keys to the Fighting Scots’ success so far this fall have been a quick back row and solid blockers up front. The team is working hard to supple­ ment that defensive talent with an offense that can spread the ball around in the front row. What is a fairly young group overall is led by senior setter Avery Palmateer, senior outside hitter Paige Williamson and senior mid­ dle blocker Erica Postma. Sophomore middle blocker Josie Noble and sophomore OlltClHo hittnr outside hitter Cambria Pinion* Gaier are back after being huge contributors as freshmen last fall. The girls have shown great improvement in both their mental and physical performance," coach Ward said. “The girls have been working on runninga a new and more efficient offense which has been very effec­ tive for us. Everything we have been working on during practice finally came to life in our match versus Rockford [Sept. 22.]" • The Scots bested the Rams for the first time in at least three years in the home open­ er in Caledonia. The Fighting Scots will test themselves at the Lowell Quad today (Oct. i). Conference action resumes with the Scots taking on East Kentwood at home Tuesday and Jenison Thursday in the week ahead. The Scots will be in action next Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Lakewood Invitational. Rockford, Caledonia, Jenison and Grand Haven are all among the honorable mention teams in the latest it Y 4 I » I 4 edition of the Division 1 state rankings. Business Services CONSTRUCTION: ADDI­ TIONS, REMODELING, Roofing, Siding, Pole Barns & Decks. Licensed builder 25 years. Tom Beard, 269-838­ 5937. •4 Strength ♦ in Uncertainty MATT ENDSLEY, FABRI­ CATION and repair, custom trailers, buckets, bale spears, etc. Call 269-804-7506. 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M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 Painting by Caledonia artist honored at ArtPrize Greg Chandler • Staff Writer The vision for what would become an award-winning painting for Caledonia artist Erica Kuhl came in the mid­ dle of the night a couple of years ago. brightly-colored The* vision of symbols and pop culture references - includ­ ing such icons as Bugs Bunny, the tongue logo for the Rolling Stones, the head of a Storm Trooper from the Star Wars movies, Mr. Potato Head and the .wheel from the game show “Wheel of Fortune" - became what Kuhl titled “En Bello (In Time of War).” All told, more than 260 symbols and pop culture icons are included in the 40-by-56-inch oil painting, which took Kuhl about 900 hours over a period of 18 months to complete. Last weekend, Kuhl’s efforts were rewarded, as she was named an honorable mention recipient of one of the juried awards at the ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids. She received a $2,500 cash award for the runner-up finish in the two-dimensional art catego­ rrr jKjnH o all} I 21L9V 10! dv lUJliJ j ► i • <> n i imuH $ ods I i b to v Wk bssH snusg i/noH omiT (IA dmy? anooi foirlw aiuorf linom .nollo gfiW bnom I sfil •flrrA snrun tb-owJ ry55, was at Studio downtown Grand for the announce­ was with me (when the announcement was made), and I grabbed her and I screamed into her neck, just so I wouldn't be the loudest person there,” she said. “Other than that, I don't remember much. “I’m astounded and hum­ bled, incredibly, by this. It's been an incredible experience." 44 En Bello" was the first work Kuhl had ever entered in ArtPrize. A lifelong West Michigan resident, Kuhl had run a design and printing company for 25 years before selling the business in the early 2010s to focus full-time on her art. The influence of her past life can be easily found in what she creates now. “My main focus was ereating logos and designs and graphics for companies that needed to represent themselves in a one-inch-bythree-inch three-inch space," space," Kuhl said. “I think that really honed my skills at turning imagery imagery into into thought thought or or ideas ideas and and (using (using them) them) toto tell stories.” Semiotics - the study of signs and symbols - and met­ aphor are Kuhl's favorite subjects in her artwork. 44 I love how a symbol can mean one thing to one person and another (thing) to anoth­ er (person)," Kuhl said. “My main interest is when the ft i I I I j v I I f I I Erica Kuhl’s ArtPrize submission, titled “En Bello, is a 40-by-56-inch oil painting that took her over 900 hours to complete. It features more than 260 small symbols and pop culture icons. (Courtesy photo) I I DeHorn and Haan chosen Scots’ 2022 king and queen ibiqcfl Jnarn nO" Kuhl, Park in Rapids ment. 44 One )il Caledonia Twp. holds off on approving liquor licenses to tweak ordinance sdT i biaod wc no saanooil jnbteffi nEnibio Greg Chandler - Staff Writer The Caledonia Township board is putting the brakes on awarding new liquor licenses while it looks into making some changes to an ordinance it approved in lu>l / 4 4 • . I < • % I • ft ' > t »» 1 I <1 > i .1 I 1 • ♦ । I. L I • • Til I ft r, « *> <i . I ’ S ft , r » • ' 4 4 » I I ♦ : •/.ft r ft . l • I ft , second look at the ordinance that that set set forth forth procedures procedures and and standards for awarding four new liquor licenses that were allocated to the township as a result of the 2020 U.S. census. The board is expected to pick up discussion on the issue in mid-November. As the ordinance is currently written, licenses would be allocated to restaurants, preferably full-service restau­ rants. The board’s action came after a review of applications from Justin Heyboer to open a restaurant called Butcher Block Social BBQ at 9900 Cherry Valley Ave. SE and from Bosco Companies, which is looking to attract a restaurant that would move I lt ‘• > < 1 . * ' f s I * I V 4 I V ft t ft I uft 4 t • mid-August. The board board Wednesday Wednesday The tabled consideration of two license applications so that Township Supervisor Bryan Harrison, Harrison, Clerk Clerk Jodi Jodi Henry Henry and and Treasurer/Administrator Treasurer/Administrator Richard Robertson can take a ft i > ___ • * » f< « al I of my best friends t < f • I < I - . ft • • I I r % < t ft . 1 * I » ft I I ft » 4 ♦ into the former Vault Cafe & Bakery at203 E. Main St. in the village of Caledoniaand an adjoining building. Board members said neither appli­ cation was complete accord­ ing to the standards of the ordinance. Robertson said he had “a couple of conversations with Heyboer over the Butcher Block Social application. He said that Heyboer had expressed an intent to purchase the building, but k that the existing owner told him that negotiations toward that purchase had not been finalized. As currently written, the ordinance requires applicants to submit a site plan for their establishment, including a proposed menu, and that an ft ' > I • < ft » 4 i ! • । I I » t » » ft t * ‘ ft r Z i <• ' • Middleville planners mull potential rental inspection ordinance • Suspect in Caledonia cold case murder bound over for trial • Fighting Scots cross country eyes return to state meet • Caledonia equestrian team looks to three-peat with another title » ♦ •-I < « I 1 I < t ’/• I • 4 I I • « r I i । i • r I I < * • ft « ft • 4 i I u ► 4 ) ■ft * i 4 I ift « ft ft ♦ • Gaines Township audit shows security breach didn’t impact primary election \ i ft See LICENSES, page 3 Sil SB QI E IN 4 I They must also submit finan­ cial records to show they application goes through an administrative review by the Kent County Sheriff s Office and the township fire chief. * I i । u < > * 1 ltd'll < < I * • 1 1 * ft • * ’ I 4 I See ARTPRIZE, page 2 Perry Hardin) i 7 I • • • । I ft I the shop, answering ques­ tions from visitors about her painting. She said she got a few “what the heck" ques­ tions about the meaning behind the art. 44 When I started to talk to people and explain some of Seniors Kaden DeHorn and Stella Haan are the symbols and what they it becomes a very crowned the 2022 Caledonia High School homecommean interesting and sometimes ing king and queen during a ceremony at halftime of very long conversation, and I the Fighting Scot varsity football team’s 29-0 win over visiting East Kentwood Friday, Sept. 30. (Photo by mind takes a word, or a com­ bination of words, and turns it into images, and what those images are and have been flashed by so quickly, and what we make of that - I try to relay that in the con­ trolled chaos of my paint• n ing. 44 En Bello" was on display at PaLatta Coffee & Art, a coffee shop on Fulton Street downtown, during the competition. Kuhl was often at n 1 <? » f ft I f t ft r f * s i < I 4 ft ♦ �Page 2/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 8, 2022 ARTPRIZE, continued from page 1 enjoy it. I enjoy it immense­ ly,” she said. ArtPrize juror AJ Paschka was struck by the depth of * “En Bello.” 44 When you look into it, you can go deeper and deeper into these little themes. You can look at it for hours, with how much is going on in there," Paschka said during WOOD-TV s telecast of the announcement of the winning ArtPrize entries. “It’s beautifully rendered, very tight, realistic images culled from our information society, as they’re all battling each other on the canvas.” Kuhl’s interest in art developed at a young age. In third grade, she sold a paint­ ing to a teacher at her ele­ mentary school in Buchanan, Caledonia welcomes back familiar face as honorary captain for homecoming ■ a small town near the Indiana border, for $25. In 1991, Kuhl graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids with a bachelor of fine arts degree in illustration. From there, she launched her design and printing business. Kuhl cites her high school art teacher from Buchanan Buchanan,9 Marie Remington, and Grand Rapids artist Jon McDonald as the most significant influ­ ences in her art. In fact, Kuhl will be displaying some of her artwork - more than 70 pieces in total - at an exhibit in Buchanan early next year, at a gallery Remington oper­ ates. ‘ 16 She was overjoyed (with the ArtPrize honor). I’m doing this for her because she inspired me so much,”Kuhl said. “This will be a show in front of my family and peopie I haven't seen in many a year,” she added. After moving around West Michigan, Kuhl settled in Caledonia about a year and a half ago. ‘This is my home,” she said. “I love this community, and though it’s hard to fit in at times, I have incredible friends that fve met along the way that make it much easier.” Kuhl is already looking Caledonia artist Erica ahead to next year’s ArtPrize Kuhl received runner-up competition. honors at this year’s “I’m working on another ArtPrize competition in painting that is twice the size the two-dimensional art of the last one, and hopefully category, (Courtesy that will be in it,” she said. photo) Greg Chandler Staff Writer Kris Emerson Simpson, a former standout for the Caledonia girls basketball team in the 80s, returned to her alma mater to partake in last weekend's homecoming event. Emerson Simpson did the coin toss as the honorary captain for the homecoming game, the second year in a row CHS has had an honor­ ary captain. As a student-athlete at Caledonia, Emerson Simpson set six team records in basketball, including all-time records for scoring and rebounding. 6 New event venue opens in Lofts of Middleville She led the Fighting Scots to the Class C state semifinals in 1981. Emerson Simpson went on to star at Michigan State University, where she graduated as the Spartans' alltime leading scorer and rebounder and was a twotime All-Big Ten selection. She played professionally in Sweden for four years, then went into coaching. Emerson Simpson was the head women's basketball coach at Indiana UniversityPurdue Uni versityIndianapolis (IUPUI) for nine seasons. She is now a personal training for the National Institute for Fitness and Sports in Indianapolis. 4 r Iz % XIJ Zi 1 fa 5* fa Jf tf'’ jlfjjj .5 I |.»J« Greg Chandler Staff Writer Raegen Davis relocated her business, Dearly Loved Bridal, from Lowell to Middleville two years ago. Since then, she noticed there was a need for an event venue in the community. • “We had seen a need for a space, just in talking with our brides that we already worked with, that they were having trouble finding more intimate venues, something affordable," Davis said. “We were able to take that idea 99 and run with it. On Thursday, Davis offi­ cially launched the opening of Gathered on Main in the lower level of the Lofts of Middleville at 101 E. Main St., just below Dearly Loved Bridal and across the street from the Village Hall. Davis is already booking events into next year. * “(We're doing) lots of birthday parties, baby show­ ers and a couple weddings,” she said. Gathered on Main offers a cozy atmosphere for events. Davis is offering packages starting at $ 100 an hour for at least a 3-hour event Mondays through Thursdays, and at $150 an hour for at least four hours Fridays through Wine Cheese Pairing Stop in or AlA c SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 7#7 SftEwEVSi X •1 see facebook for details. 9175 Cherry Valley Ave SE, < Caledonia 616.710.0796 ALTO AMERICAN LEGION aitoi I® Andrea Dill, Raegen Davis, Raegan Ross and Grace Pols make up the team at Gathered on Main in Middleville. The event venue is located in the lower level of the Lofts of Middleville at 101 E. Main St. Greg Chandler Staff Writer Wednesday's count day for area school districts pro­ duced mixed results. At Caledonia Community Schools, district officials reported an unaudited fall headcount of 4,617 students - up one from the fall 2021 headcount of 4,616, Superintendent Dr. Dedrick Martin said. Meanwhile, Thornapple Kellogg Schools saw a slight dip in their fall count num­ bers. The district reported a count day turnout of 3,146 students, down 12 from last year's , fall count of 3,158, Superintendent Craig McCarthy said. CCS had projected a flat enrollment for the 2022-23 school year when it adopted its fiscal budget in June, Martin said. It's important to note that we do have a significant number of shared-time students — students in private schools that receive educa- • yr —* •Ou I ■» • 14 oz. 1 DOORS □OWN served with potato, com, roll & dessert $18 • 1 PRIME RIB DINNER I ■ a Jti SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 P*' person TYLER HENRY • HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Lounge is open to public all day • stop by & have a drink! CIRQUE MUSICA • HOLIDAY WONDERLAND THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8 Tickets available now at the FireKeepers Box Office or FireKeepersCasino.com. 66 6056 LINFIELD ALTO, MICHIGAN • 868-6490 I V I < i f I a 4 1 I * I I * I CREEK BATTLE Must be 21 or older. Tickets based on availability. Schedule subject to change. I f JO I-94 to Exit 104 | 11177 Michigan Avenue I Battle Creek, Ml 49014 q * viiifFoN- GET YOUR I < I ?< f I f f i ’. > I <1 t 4 • • • I ! • • 4 < f i t 4 4 •• I I I t I I I I I I I • 4 I I 9 . • f J I__ tit *6^. - -i®® *6 Sn. U 00 v»» 1 « • • I ®HJ I I • A • • (nfdait tional services by teachers employed by CCS - that will add to our final student enrollment count," Martin said. Once CCS finalizes its fall full-time equivalent enroll­ ment, which includes shared­ time students, the district will have a better idea of what its financial picture will be, Martin said. At TK. the enrollment drop was a bit of a surprise. 66 We were hoping for 10 to 12 more students and bud­ geted based on 3,170 stu­ dents," McCarthy said. Count day is mandated under the State School Aid Act, and those counts are the basis for funding public edu­ cation in Michigan. Funding is based on a blended student count, with 90 percent of the funding coming from the fall count and the other 10 percent from the prior school year’s spring count, according to the Michigan Department of Education website. t t * i • > • i » I I • fj ■ I i I f . * * a ♦ I I tMIlB Cal enrollment up, TK down on fall count day is a bridal suite available for the bride and her party to get themselves ready for the big day. You can contact the busi­ ness to inquire about packag­ es at gather@gatheredonmain.com. 1 ' I I THE HOTTEST STARS POST 528. 15 5:00 -7:30 pm AT. snnira Kris Emerson Simpson, a 1983 Caledonia High School graduate stands, with CHS football team cap­ tains Tyler Burd (80), Theren Sanders (33), Carlo Aybar (55) and Mason McKenzie (10) prior to the coin toss of the Sept. 30 homecoming football game between CHS and East Kentwood High School. (Photo courtesy of Chris Robotham) ’ Sat., Oct. C-N * V I Sundays. Packages include banquet chairs, tables and use of the venue’s decor closet - which includes centerpieces, candelabras and flameless candles, Davis said. • For wedding parties, there Hours: 12pm-8pm Tues.-Sat. 12pm-4pm Sun. J i * �5 u % XX i % %* »J L '»l * 4 * V1 L I L * I the different reviews they have to pay for, and then hope at the end of all that, they get the license," Robertson said. The ordinance also requires an establishment to have seating for at least 50 patrons, with preference given to businesses with greater seating capacity. Preferences will also be given to locally-owned restaurants over restaurants that are owned or operated by franchises, accord­ ing to the ordinance document. Chris VanderHoff, who owns the former Vault build­ ing, says his location “does check all the boxes," such as having correct zoning for a tenant; have it going, township. Robertson suggested a twoI'm missing two things (from the ordinance require- step approach to the license ments) - a menu and a layout approval process. of “An applicant meeting the of the the restaurant restaurant itself. itself. Until Until we have a tenant and operator general criteria of what we're secured, we can’t produce looking for - location was one those." those." . . of our criteria, that it would be Meanwhile, Justin Nichols, of a certain size and so forth owner of of EB EB Coffee Coffee and and Pub, Pub if it meets all of that, in other owner is applying for a liquor license, words, we don't see problems which he says he needs to be there, then perhaps (we) set able to expand his hours. aside or reserve or put in These days, he closes up the escrow a license and give an applicant a certain amount of business at 2 p.m. “I am the business that has time (to complete the prothe location, that is asking for cess)," Robertson said. a liquor license," Nichols said. Henry told her board colHe suggested the township leagues that the ordinance UT* on It s awful hand to even say ‘yes, we're going to set aside ... liquor license No. I for appli­ cant whoever’ until you meet these requirements of the ordi­ nance if the ordinance isn't even what we really want it to be." “We’re building this as we go, and now we're seeing the rubber hitting the road," Henry added. • Harrison, who helped draft the original language, said he’d be willing to scale back on the requirements. I think we've gotten a fla­ vor from the board, from the community," Harrison said. “We can scale it down." 9 ll 1 Il I still believe we should be very clear on geographic areas - maybe we should consider other areas, we need to state exactly what the areas are, even if that means drawing them on a map," Harrison said. Harrison added that in the case of a restaurant that receives a license but later goes out of business, the license would revert back to the township, Licenses will be awarded for a period of one year and will be subject to an annual renewal process with the township board, according to In other business Wednesday. the board: - Approved establishing a $20,000 budget for the plant­ ing of trees at Community Green Park - Approved a bid for addi­ tional electrical and ethemet service at Community Green, in the amount of $5,195 - Approved amending the township's water connection, use and rate ordinance to include the new Caledonia Community Center, which will be the home of Caledonia Community Schools’ swim­ ming programs. Suspect in Caledonia cold case murder bound over to circuit court s ra hr. i fc •; 4-7 a. X iwj ’•SfSBSij £•I "ctcsqI Jisii 5W -;5t ■■ -. ' S * k I' i i>j Ji (1 A ji^’ Xp * I? * James Gemmell Contributing Writer It was 26 years ago this month that the body of a 29-year-old Gaines Township woman was found in a field in Caledonia Township. The man suspected of kill­ ing her is now heading to trial. At a preliminary hearing Friday morning, Kent County 63rd District Court Judge Sara Smolensk! bound Garry Artman over to 17th Circuit Court to face charges on three counts in the strangulation and rape of Sharon Kay Hammack: open murder; first-degree felo- Garry Artman ny murder; and first-degree criminal sexual conduct weapon used. We’re very pleased with the judge's decision that it’s been moved along to the circuit 11 court, where it will be dealt with," Kent County Prosecuting Attorney Chris Becker said in a phone interview. Hammack's body was found tied up in a blanket along 76th Street between Patterson and Kraft avenues on Oct. 3, 1996. She was a pregnant mother of two chil­ dren. Her sisters attended an August news conference at the Kent County Sheriffs Office where Artman’s arrest was announced. One of them, Tina DeYoung, said after Artman's mugshot was released, “He looks like a monster." Longtime planning commissioner to step down Greg Chandler Staff Writer For the last 25 years, Carol VanLaan has played an active role in planning for the commu­ nities she has lived in - first in Gaines Township, and more recently in Caledonia Township, VanLaan, who has been a Caledonia Township planning commissioner for the past six years, said Monday that she would not seek another term on the planning commission once her current three-year term expires at the end of the year. She said she wants to spend more time with her fam­ ily and be part of the lives of her grandchildren. Before serving on the Caledonia Township Planning Commission, VanLaan served for 19 years as a planning commissioner when she lived in Gaines Township. “I just love serving my community," VanLaan said. Monday’s planning com­ mission meeting had just one rezoning must be approved by the township board. The 2-acre parcel is adja­ cent to another 49.1-acre par­ cel at 8705 Kraft Ave. SE that has already been recommended for approval by the planning commission and is awaiting final approval from the township board., directly “‘There’s a street s across Kraft, perpendicular to Kraft, (that serves) the Seiways project - it's a smaller site < (condominium project)." said Zak Vander Ark, who owns both parcels. ‘‘Adding this 2-acre parcel would allow for (an) easier to line up intersection there more in line with what would be across the street. It was something we talked with Lynee (Wells, township plan­ ner) about and the (Kent County) Road Commission, and that was something that they felt was important for both aesthetics and flow, to have an entry across the street." The rezoning fits the town­ ship master plan as well as surrounding land uses in the area, Wells said. Your local agent insures your Lake Estaie Artman, a 64-year-old overthe-road truck driver, was arrested in a commercial vehi­ cle by the Mississippi State Highway Patrol following an investigation led by the KCSO and assisted by police in Florida and Mississippi. He was extra­ dited to Michigan after the arrest and jailed in the Kent County Correctional Facility. Investigators worked with Identi finders International LLC to crack the cold case. The com­ pany uses advanced DNA technology and Forensic Genetic Genealogy. At the August news conference, Becker said Artman was identified after genetic evi­ dence found at the crime scene narrowed down the search to four siblings. He was the only one of them who had lived in Michigan at the time of FALL COLOR TOUR * Come enjoy a golf cart ride The event is jree and along the beautiful Paul reservations are not Henry Thornapple Trail. needed. Wednesday, October 19 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Community Pavilion across Village Hall Special Thanks to this year's sponsors: £ FT * z r 9 < if — FARM BUREAU INSURANCE /Ptdugtucg Hammack’s murder. In recent years. Artman had been residing in Columbia County, Fla. Investigators have said they also suspect Artman in the murder of a New Mexico woman whose body was found in Maryland in 2006. Police said Dusty Shuck, 24, and Artman had both been in the Ontario, Canada area just days prior to that crime. Left Field Cafe On Main ’ Ca^9 Sxv THEM — �Page 4/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 8, 2022 Jacqueline L. Bedford Brenda L. Bearup Sallie Ann NHes Sallie Ann Niles, age 86, of Caledonia, ML passed away on Saturday. Sept. 3, 2022. . Sallie worked at her grand­ father’s mercantile store and her parent’s gas station in Caledonia as a young lady. She was crowned homecom­ ing queen by Gerald R. Ford in 1953. She was a lifetime member of Caledonia United Methodist Church, serving in nursery, Sunday School and vacation bible school, along­ side “Sammy the Bear.” She also volunteered many years in scouting, starting as a lead­ er in Cub Scouts, Webelos, Brownies, Girl Scouts and ended up the leader of the entire West Michigan Girl Scout Organization. She was preceded in death by her high school sweetheart and husband of 67 years, Ramon “Al” Niles; parents, Clarence and Dorothy Finkbeiner; brother and sister: David and Marian Finkbeiner, Betty Lou Ward, She will be lovingly remembered by her children, Gregory Allyn (Dawn) Niles, Jeffrey Allyn (Jessica) Niles, Valerie Ann (Ken) Howard; grandchildren, Jeremiah (Kathy) Niles, Christian (Raquel) Niles, Nicole Niles Brenda Louise Bearup, age 55, of Grand Rapids, MI passed away on September 28,2022. ‘ . Brenda was bom on February 25, 1967 to Harold and Lucille (Knauf) Bearup. Brenda worked as a dietary aid at Pine Rest for 15 years and also Holland Home for 19 years. In her free time, Brenda enjoyed country music, espe­ cially Randy Travis and Johnny Cash. She occasion­ ally tried her luck at the casi­ no and find the must have treasures at local yard sales. Brenda is survived by her life partner and best friend Fred Ross; uncle, Kenneth Knauf; cousin, Kerry Knauf; dear friends, Henry, Carol, and Lorraine; many other cousins, extended family and friends. - Jacqueline L. Bedford, age 93, of Middleville, MI. passed way on Thursday, sept. 22. 2022 in Grandville. She was bom on February' 25. 1929. in Middleville, to George and Frances (Rose) Holes. Jackie married Charles Max Bedford Sr., on October 23. 1947. He preceded her in death on March 7, 2003 after 55 years of marriage. She is survived by her son. Charles M. (Amy) Bedford, Jr.; daughter, Melinda (Fred) Brown; grandchildren. Kyrie (Brian) Koehn. Karissa (Casey) Devries, Luke (Arianna) Brown; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews, She is preceded in death by her brother, Wm. Holes; brothers-in-law, Russell Brenda’s funeral took place on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. Burial took place at Mount Hope Cemetery. Memorial contributions to a local veteran’s group of your choice will be appreci­ ated. Please visit www.beelergoresfuneral.com to share a memory or leave a condo­ lence message for Brenda’s family. • (Evan Honea), Natalie Niles, Dustin Niles (Brooke Henning), Thomas Mueller, Brock Mueller, Michelle Howard (Ryan Sinclair); many great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews, A Celebration of Life for Al and Sallie will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, at Caledonia United Methodist Church, 215 Vine St. Caledonia, with Rev. Christine Beaudoin officiatThe Oct. 1 meeting ing. Burial will be held at opened with the secretary's Lakeside Cemetery. Relatives report and roll call. One new fish fish jumped jumped into into the the and friends may meet the new fishbowl and one jumped family Friday from 10-11 a.m. at the church with a lun­ out. cheon to follow. Chris’ program Chriswent Those who wish may over the Shoelace Charm make memorial contribu­ Contest. The group started tions to a charity of one’s the contest Oct. 1 and will choice. Condolences may be continue through Nov. 8. Chris lost the Ha-Ha box sent online at www.mkdfuMaryellen was the best neralhome.com. * (Nancy) Rose, Ronald (Jackie) Rose. Jack (Wilma) Rose; and sister-in-law, Marion Miller. She owned and operated Jackie's Yam Shop for over 20 years in her basement and then on Main Street in Middleville. She enjoyed knitting and also enjoyed camping with Max and their friends up nonh at Spike’ s and playing cards. No funeral service is • planned at this time. Special Thank you to the staff at Brookcrest for their wonderful care of our mother, grandmother and great-grandmother over he past three years. years, Thanks also to Faith Hospice for their care and guidance. Condolences may be sent to the family at www. MichiganCremation.com * Middleville TOPS 546 Follow, Sun & News on Facebook to keep up to date until the new edition* is printed! loser for September. The every Saturday at Lincoln chapter has lost a total of Meadows in Middleville. 84 84 pounds pounds lost lost so so far far this this Weigh-in is from 10 to a.m., followed year. year. 10:15 The meeting ended with immediately by the meet­ marching in place as the ing. A mask is suggested group said the TOPS and while in the building. Press the white buzzer for KOPS pledges, There will be no meeting entry. . Anyone with questions next week, as the chapter may call Chris, 269-908­ will be at the TOPS rally. TOPS, a weight-loss 3731. 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St. jW£ntjprun Cfinrefi CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH ONE CHURCH - TWO LOCATIONS CALEDONIA: NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. I i.\ I 1 ...I . t * •W « «•» 11 ’ 1 I •I • 4 •• / ■ . .. » I �Middleville Committee of the Whole sets salary for new manager, discusses timeline for hiring planning administrator ,‘C James Gemmell Contributing Writer Middleville The Committee of the Whole has taken the next step in bring­ ing Craig Stol von burg on board as the new village manager. It voted 6-0 Tuesday after­ noon to set his annual salary at $78,000. One trustee was absent. Stolsonburg was chosen by the village council on Sept. 24 to be the full-time manager after he and two other applicants were publicly interviewed that same day. The next step is for * k'A K SZN A s _I 1 K W Sitiltd r rr 111^ « E lift ftt «i Stolsonburg to review the contract, which he was scheduled to do on Oct. 7. He could sign it anytime after that. MeadoJ»Si] Wil ii b||tM 10:15 ||| i P i ' while i l| b.... ■ *1 1 to? eft. fa toM We ft MJ call Qiij, ’ fee. ^■, j? IfeiJ I kifllii k&ata Department of Public Works director Alec Kelson and contract management consultant Duane Weeks have been sharing village manager duties on an interim basis since early June. Council members also voted 6-0 to retain Weeks for an additional 30 days after Stolsonburg is officially hired, with the option toi extend that another 30 days, if needed, to help smooth the transition to the new village manager, It is my expectation • • • that that would be in more limited role than what I’m currently doing.” Weeks said. The previous village man­ ager. Patricia Rayl, resigned on April 27. Former Assistant Manager and Planning Ac Administrator Brian Urquhart Tilled in as manager for a while but left in June to take the city planner position in Grund Haven. The Committee of the Whole also discussed the __ ____ ___ _______ timeline lor_____ hirin'.: ,i \ill.ige nlanninc and zoning admin iatrator. Now that a new village manager is close to being hired. said - - - - , Weeks -— - it would be goixl to post a public job description soon for the next planning and zoning admin­ istrator and determine a pay range for that position. He said the ne\y village manager could help with the hinng decision of the planning and zoning administrator to make sure they would work well together. The village council may decide in late October w hether to authorize staff to post the job description and pay range If liitatetf iiairsE MHIN i Ottar?.iraM» 1 ip ffliM । y mH# I • • IM «• * I to?,e J (ORATION i F I i i SB , O’5* .ti IJ CJ»5 litnr i ■ r •* •I •I cornerstone women reflection' Each month we will have a relevant topic for women of all ages and stages to gather around. Whether you've been at Cornerstone for one week or many years, come connect with one another end with God in a welcoming and casual place! We meet the fourth week of each month but will be shifting days to accommodate everyone’s schedules. Quality Family Eye Carv Since 1929 Scott Bloom, O.D. OPTOMETRIST — 2 LOCATIONS — S; 1510 V Broadway - 269-945-2192 0 doc; park DISAGREEMENT 12 * Bark Park and that led to a ure: “Why do you have to rase heated discussion al the Committee of the Whole your voiceT’Ronning asked. You don’t have to be so meeting about the park’s Mr. gates. confrontational. Trustee Mike Cramer said Cramer ” Well. I do,” he respond a different latch should be installed and he questioned ed. "Because it got opened why the park was opened without handicap parking; without signage to indicate that should never have hapthere is a handicapped park­ C ramer also said he does ing spot available. Trustee Tom DeVnes said not believe a dog park should someone allowed a large, be in the village park system, Middleville Village Council trustee Tom DeVries, at right, donated some money aggressive dog to get into the Rather, he said it should be section for smaller dogs of run by a separate committee. to a dog btte victim after a recent incident at the Middleville Bark Park. (File photo A nbbon-cutting cere mo- by James Gemmell) the village-owned park, .11 which is against the rules. ny for the 1.75-acrv Also, some people were the west end of Sherman entering the park through the Street was held in August. Near the end of the meet­ service gale used for lawn­ mowers. Village staff later ing, DeVries noted that his term on the council will be pul a lock on it. I went back after they did expiring after the general it.” Cramer said. ”1 can lift election in November, that gate out of the ground Village trustees get paid r with the lock on it and open biannually in June and DeVries, a the gate. Those gates are not December. retired pastor, decided to sufficient, Cramer asked that the use an amount equivalent to 9 swivel latches be replaced his upcoming December with slide-down latches and payment to help two citi­ said the fence should be low­ zens. He presented an envelope ered so a smaller dog cannot crawl underneath the gale, with an unspecified amount Weeks said staff will take of money inside and asked The Middleville Committee of the Whole met Tuesday at village hall. (File photo Cramer to give that to the care of that. 1 ut Cramer said the dog man who was injured by the by James Gemmell) park should not have been dog. DeVries also presented opened until the handicapped a second envelope with there’s no recourse for the would not be prudent for the lion of nearby Dearborn Street buckling. He Mid none village council to do that. parking was installed. He money in it that he asked parties (affected). «« ‘There arc legal issues for of the water from the water I think we need to have said that was part of the Belson to give to two resi motion when the village dents who recently had to further discussion on what the village if it voluntarily main break got into the sanicouncil originally approved deal with a village sewage you're saying because it’s lakes on coverage for that tary sewer. Also. Weeks said engi ­ which it is not liable under backup problem that dammy understanding that the the park. neers determined that a state law. ” Nettleton said. homeowner that w as affected aged part of their homes. I believe it’s a work in 30foot section of water main He noted that some home* Ronning and president did not have enough cover progress and we opened it as on Dearborn between I parkin pro-tempore Fran French age on his home." Ronning owners ’ policies cover sew* age on his home. a work in progress,” presiand Cherry streets will not thanked DeVries for his said. er-related damages and dent Sherry Ronning said. DeVnes said it appears the some policies require a rider have to be replaced before Work in progress or not, donations to the citizens. village s insurance company on the insurance to get cov­ winter. if it’s not complete it (should He added that, “ Wc are erage. M docs not feel it is liable to SEWER BACKUP not be) open. ” Cramer counopen." Cranxr Weeks said in a phone evaluating that whole stretch cover the cost of damages DISCISSION tered. ’That’s how we treat of road ’ to determine if the interview Wednesday the incurred. So. he asked about A resident who lives near every other business in town. entire main should be mam the viability of obtaining sewage backup was unrelat Russell and Slate streets said Who opened the park with­ out the requirements being a couple of his neighbors had insurance for sewage-backup ed to a Sept 23 water main replaced next year between l^rkin and Russell streets. break that resulted in a sec issues. But Nettleton said it four inches of standing sew­ completed1” age in their basements on Cramer said he is just ask mg for a sign to be put up for Sept. 26. Weeks said village the handicapped parking. staff isn’t sure what caused Ronning said that will be the problem. done. The issue resulted in vil­ “At some point, the lead­ lage attorney Mark Nettleton ership went rogue and just sending a private letter to the opened the park without fol­ village council. “The letter was very lowing the decision of this DeVries said. board, and opened us to clear. ” There’s nothing more we (potential) liability,” Cramer Join us for a time of worship, community, learning, and said. “So. where was the fail­ can do. by state law. and man u as a d°8 on Sept. 17 at the Middleville s * WAYLAND; 216 N. Main * 269-792-0515 MOST INSl RANCE ACCEPTED X- V\ b Vv % > f I» I ♦ I K I cornerstonechurch cornerstonemi.org/women . a.. I < I I ♦ t I I A I « �Page 6/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 8, 2022 * Gaines Township Manager Seyferth interviews for Muskegon city manager job James Gemmell Contributing Writer Charter Gaines Manager Township Jonathan Seyferth was interviewing late Friday afternoon for the Muskegon city manager’s position. Muskegon He and Interim City Manager LeighAnn Mikesell were the two finalists for the job and the second-round interviews were being conducted publicly in the Muskegon City Commission chambers. The commission was to deliberate afterward and possibly choose one of them for city manager. Mikesell’s interview was scheduled for 2:30 p.m. and Seyferth’s was set for 3:30 p.m. The out­ come occurred too late to be included in today's edition of the Sun and News. Six people had been chosen from a pool of 16 applicants for the first round of interviews. An open house for the public to meet the candidates was held in September J arid they also went on a public cruise of Muskegon Lake and the Muskegon Channel aboard the Acquastar tour boat. Former longtime city manager Frank Peterson stepped down in April to take a private-sector job. Seyferth was approached by some business leaders in Muskegon about possibly running for city manager there, according to Gaines Township Supervisor Rob DeWard. Auditions for Thornapple Players’ ‘Christmas Belles’ set for Monday The Thomapple Players are continuing their 2022 season of shows with the . of presentation “Christmas Belles” by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten in December. • The Players are hosting open auditions for “Christmas Belles” this coming Monday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Performing Dennison Arts Center. 44 Christmas Belles” will “He used to work for Downtown the Development Authority. He said he's always want­ ed that job,” DeWard said. offer speaking roles for seven women and four men, plus spots for a small group of carolers. Rehearsals will be held Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 9:30 ; p.m. A mandatory tech rehearsal will take place Sunday, Nov. 27. There will be three additional rehearsals with dates to be determined. This hilarious holiday tale, directed by Julian Kratochvil. will chronicle $ if the misadventures of the Futrelle sisters in small­ town Texas. The Players will perform “Christmas Belles” Dec. 1-4, and will have an open-to-the-public dress rehearsal Nov. 30. Those interested in auditioning that can't attend the Oct. 10 auditions must contact Norma Jean Acker at 269-9452332 before Monday to find a different time to audition. . - J* j^1 % y < Ifr 1 Charter Gaines Township Manager Jonathan Seyferth Middleville planners discuss possible rental inspection ordinance Greg Chandler village ” ” Cramer said. “We brought tion on the amount of work village has has safe safe housing, housing, it might take to enforce Staff Writer said said Mike Mike Cramer, Cramer, the the (professional code inspecSome planning commis­ council’s liaison to the tors) into a planning com­ such an ordinance. • sioners in Middleville Planning Commission. mission meeting to explain “I don’t believe it would believe the village needs an Cramer said that the vil­ to some of the residents be just a huge amount of ordinance to require inspec­ lage can look to other com­ exactly what their method work for staff, I believe it tions of rental properties. munities around the state of recourse would be if they would be a huge amount of Commissioners Tuesday that have similar ordinanc­ had a house and they work for all of you sitting discussed the idea, which es as a model for creating weren’t getting things here too,” Weeks said. would have to be recom­ its own. fixed.” Nonetheless, Weeks said mended by the Planning “We’ve had so many res­ Interim Village Manager commissioners could put Commission and approved idents complain over the Duane Weeks said the vil- together a proposal for the by the Village Council. years over the finished lage looked at a rental certi­ council to consider. “I feel like it's something product of some of these fication program in 2013 Planning Commission we should have in place, to houses. If it's a rental, who but did not proceed with it. Chairman Jason Holzhausen make sure everyone in the do they complain to?” He sounded a note of causuggested that commissioners look at similar ordinances in other communi­ ties. He added that the group should hold off until after next month's elections to make a recommendation. Fall's Here... Beat the Rush r High Efficiency RUUD FURNACE & AIR 44 If it’s something we think we want to ask council to take up, it would be something we would do after November,” Holzhausen said. “We’re going to have a very new council come November ... This is something I think we should talk about again at our December meeting.” In other business Tuesday, commissioners approved a site plan for Greg and Cheryl Lydy to build a new outdoor ice cream cream shop shop atat 512 512 and and 516 516 Broadway St. The two properties were recently rezoned for highway com­ mercial use. The ice cream shop had been recommend­ ed for approval by the commission’s Site Plan Committee on Sept. 28. • The project consists of an 864-square-foot ice cream shop and a 600-square-foot pavilion, according to a memo from the village’s planning con­ sultant. One of the condi­ tions for approval is that the -• M-37 Corridor Committee has to review the project as far as driveway access off of M-37. That committee is scheduled to meet on Oct. 20. Any changes to the site plan recommended by that group would have to come back to the planning com­ mission. ^8.1 fJuH1 life tec 4 4 1 L' 11 ■KH ♦! • M 1 Mh I 1 ibwiiii I itaitHI '’Mi **^4l*|r ‘nLhtrpil •®®Iiiuii t | ^'ibnt it THORRflPPLE PLAYERS '*W * WS( 4 •I s300 OFF RUUD * Auditions! Auditions! Auditions! 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That way, we can open those up for the public, Precinct 1 - ran out of regular the Gaines Township offices, determine if we need to notify the media and the candidates ballots on primary election Kent County Clerk/Register of affected voters or not." to come in and observe, and night at the Gaines Township Deeds Lisa Posthumus Lyons The county elections office make sure what they’re wit­ Hall. So, about 27 voters had concluded that a security was informed of the alleged nessing is a process that has to use photocopied ballots breach on primary election breach on Aug. 18, which was checks and balances, account­ instead. night did not impact the 16 days after the state primary ability and bipartisanship. We had plenty of ballots results. election. Precincts 8 and 9 “Because it’s important that • that were printed and ready for The five-and-a-half-hour both are located at Ada Bible voters know Kent County use,” Lyons said. “It was just a The audit of precinct 8 primary election ballots elections are secure, transpar­ matter of they weren’t all audit was conducted after the Church, 2045 68th St. alleged breach occurred after “We did look into the poll was held downstairs in the Gaines Township Hall, as ent, fair and accurate. And it’s delivered to that precinct. So, the polls closed in township books books and and the the election election materimateri­ this sign indicates. Note the same ballots on the inteour job to make sure that vot­ what happened was they were precinct 8 on Aug. 2. als als for forprecinct precinct99 and and we we found found rior glass windows. (Photo by James Gemmell) ers can have confidence in issued copies that cannot be Kent County Prosecuting nothing out of the ordinary . • that.” ’ ’ tabulated. Only ballots that we Attorney Chris Becker had that would make us suspect the numbers that had been Brew told Hirsch the pre­ Lyons said the county will have programmed and printed authorized charges in late that cinct workers took extra time examine how it can better can be inserted and counted that this this was was anything anything that that was was reported and certified after the to make sure everything was ensure that election workers into our tabulator.” September against James outside of precinct 8,” Lyons primary election. The in-person Donald Holkeboer of falsify- said. results also were verified to done correctly, will be doing their jobs propsaid. She said the photocopied As part of its audits, the exactly match the numbers that ing election retums/records ‘They went through the erly during the November ballots given to the 27 voters election. and using a computer to com­ county election staff uses a were certified in the Democratic receiving board, and the election. were duplicated onto proper mit a crime. He allegedly worksheet to examine the pro­ state representative race. The receiving board took extra “We’re looking at different ballots by Republican and inserted a personal USB cedures and processes that absentee-voter results were off time with each precinct ways we can improve how our Democratic election workers thumb drive into an Electronic local clerks implement,- to . by four from the original num­ because they wanted to make election workers are vetted, at the end of the night so they Poll Book, in violation of state make sure elections were con- bers. • sure that everything was cor­ But we are bound by the could be tabulated. “So, our hand tally counted rect on the ballots," Brew law. A witness later reported ducted according to state law. it. The county voluntarily con- four more votes for the candi­ explained. “And then, trans­ investigators said the ducts audits to bolster public date than what was reported mission was done down to the alleged crime occurred after confidence in the election pro- and certified," Lyons said. county.” Lyons said Brew was “very, the files in the poll book were cess. But Lyons acknowl­ And in the Republican counsaved to the precinct’s autho­ edged it is atypical to conduct • ty commission race, the in-per­ very helpful and cooperative” rized and encrypted system one after a state primary elec­ son results were verified exact­ in the investigation and was ly for one candidate and within the person who reported the device, which was placed in a tion. “This precinct was added one vote for the other. One alleged security breach to certified, sealed container per once we determined that there more vote was tallied for one of Lyons, standard procedure. “The bottom line is, I want Lyons and Chief Deputy was suspicious activity and the two candidates than what County Clerk Rob Macomber criminal charges had been had been reported and certified our voters to have confidence after the election. And for the in their elections,” Lyons said. hand-counted the ballots filed,” Lyons said. She added that the audit of absentee tally, the count was Tuesday in the lower level of the township hall from 9 a.m. precinct 8 ballots found no verified within two votes for each of the candidates. . to 2:30 p.m. They were assist- anomalies anomalies and Gaines “Minimal discrepancies are ed by County Director of Township Clerk Michael Elections Gerrid Uzarski and Brew “ran a good election not out of the ordinary,” Lyons said. “That comes with the here in August.” . assistant Holly Hoffmann. 41 Lyons said there are always territory in terms of hand-talBased on our audit here, we can confirm that the breach areas to improve upon in lying. Human error is part of that occurred in the precinct regard to using best practices, that.” BOTTLED ^iPCAT!. •< hOFTEHEHS She said a vote tabulating and confirmed there were a • • • did not impact the outcome of the election or the election couple of minor discrepancies machine can occasionally make an error, as well, in how results,” Lyons said in a media with a few ballots. Tuesday’s audit included a it interprets a ballot. briefing moments after the Incumbent District 10 Kent hand tally of all the in-person audit was completed. The Electronic Poll Book is and absentee ballots that were County Commissioner Emily a computer used to help cast Aug. 2. It included hand Post Brieve defeated Bill administer the election. It con- counts of three races on the Hirsch in the Republican pri­ • Bottled Water • Water Softeners tains confidential and personal primary election ballot in mary election. Brieve will go • Pool and Sidewalk Salt • Iron and Odor Filters information about all voters in Gaines Township: the up against Democratic chal­ • Softener Salt-Pickup or Delivery • Drinking Water Systems a precinct. But the poll book is Republican governor’s race; lenger Julie Humphreys in the not connected to any tabula­ the Democratic state represen­ Nov. 8 general election. Hirsch tion equipment or to the inter­ tative race, which was an served as a county commis­ uncontested primary; and the sioner from 2009-12. net. At a township board meet­ “We don’t know the extent Republican county commising in August, Hirsch ques­ of the breach at this time. sion race. Lyons said the audit verified tioned why it took until 2:30 That’s part of what’s being RED-OUT DURA-CUBE investigated (by the Kent the in-person and absentee a.m. on primary election night DURADURA* DURA-CUBE CUBE SALT (40lbs.) 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The hotline number is available by calling 866-864-2338 or texting 877-861-0222. “MDHHS is joining national efforts to edu­ cate communities about the lasting trauma domes­ tic violence has on indi­ viduals and families,” said Elizabeth Hertel MDHHS director. “It is is tailored to each unique situation through trained advocates. Hotline services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year via phone, chat, text or TTY, for incredibly important to provide support services for those experiencing abuse, and we encourage anyone in need to seek assistance.” The hotline is free and provides local support that 1 those who are deaf or hard of hearing: Call: 866-864-2338 Text: 877-861-0222 (standard text messaging rates apply) Chat: MCEDSV.org/chat TTY: 517-898-5533 Dash cam video emerges of Barry County Sheriff’s deputy in out-of-state trip he was later reprimanded for Jayson Bussa • Editor Newly-released dash cam video of a Barry County deputy traveling out of stale in one of the office’s cruisers shows a glimpse of a trip that landed him in hot water. The local grassroots group Local Government Accountability Forum, led by Joel Ibbotson of Rutland Township and Aaron Gross of Hastings, obtained a total of two hours worth of dash cam footage showing Barry County Deputy Mark Noteboom traveling to South Carolina to attend the funeral of a fallen The officer. group obtained the footage f SYNOPSIS Irving Township Board of Trustee Meeting, September 20, 2022, 6:30PM 3425 Wing Rd Hastings, Ml 49059 M Attending: Mike Buehler, Jamie Knight, Doug Sokolowski, Dean Bass, Sharon Olson. - Motion to approve Agenda. 'ropics^Assessor Report, Fire Reports, Cemetery Report. Note: Assistance Grant for Firefighters awarded to Freeport Fire Depart­ ment totaling $142,387. This to provide self-contained breathing apparatus for Freeport Fire De­ partment. Friends of Barry Coun­ ty Parks and Trails regarding Charlton Park Millage. Approval of August Minutes Treasury Report - Negotiated new bank rates. From making 1 /100th percent to 1.25% and in­ crease in yearly interest 10 times. Table Community Advisory Council to October meeting. Tax collections, close to wrapping up. Bill Pay List - motion pay bills $14,236.15. Motion passed. Board Member Comments Lawsuit tabled to October meet­ ing. Unfinished business Land Swap, Olson Farms and Irving Township cannot be sold to de­ velopers for seven years. Reso­ lution 2022-11, Land Swap, Res­ olution adopted. 911 Tower, tabled to October. Barry County Easement Board looking for candidates, one year term. Snowplow Contract, Skyline Gutter Systems, motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 7:30PM Full minutes are available at www.irvingtownship.org, at the Township Hall or by calling 269­ 948-0633 And requesting a copy. Respectfully prepared for the Clerk, Sharon Olson by, Lorraine Bush, Deputy Clerk Approved by Supervisor, Jamie Knight is seen pulling up to a home where he greets those inside, “To me, this just seems a like family trip,” Ibbotson said. Noteboom is conscious to the fact that the dash cam is recording — he vocally acknowledges it at one point as he struggles to turn it off. He turns the camera off quickly in most instances, but failed to do so in a roughly hour-and-a-half stretch of his travels. In Ibbotson’s presentation,, footage shows Noteboom traveling at high rates of speed and occasionally cutting off other motorists, including a semi-truck. The dash cam did not display " ' Noteboom’s speed, even though the technology allows for it. As a commercial driver for a living, Ibbotson used mileposts and a mathe­ matical equation to deter­ mine Noteboom’s speed. Ibbotson said he figured that Noteboom was trav- through the Freedom of Information Act and the county charged them $153 to process the request. The dash cam video shows snippets of the multi-day trip. The foot­ age shows activity on June 24 through 26, start­ ing at the Sheriff’s office and ending with Deputy Noteboom partaking in the funeral procession in Spartanburg, S.C. The Local Government Accountability Forum presented only a few minutes of the footage at a meeting in Freeport last week and the Sun and News reviewed all two hours of the footage. The footage shows Noteboom traveling at high rates of speed and, at times, making question­ able maneuvers. While it is not uncom­ mon for departments to send officers to the funer­ als of fallen officers, there appears to be a con­ nection between Noteboom and that area °of f SSouth °Uth Carolina Carolina.- In In mul mul‘­ tiple dash cam videos, he ItyMii hour at one point. In another instance, Noteboom seemingly grows impatient with a driver in front of him. As that vehicle drives off, Noteboom, talking to a You see many Christian’s with troubles in their life or marriage, they don’t look in any better shape than you do. Do you ever feel like this? Do you ever wonder....is this all that there is for me? Worry and struggle trying to make ends meet and not be canceled? When life is done what will I have actual­ ly accomplished? ’ There is a God who knows you by name. He doesn t want you to join any religion or a denomination, He wants to hear your voice. He wants to pull you up and set you on a new path; one that involves peace that you have never known before. His peace is amazing and even though many of the religious people don’t have it, it is right here for you. He is waiting patiently for you. You don’t have to live like others expect you to, just take hold of these things (peace, fulfillment, contentment etc.) that He has for you. It is said that God doesn’t ask for much, just everything you have. He gives back far more than we can ever give to Him’ So I hope you will take this message as a hand that reaches out and lifts you up. Lord God, creator of Heaven and Earth, you see what I have been able to accomplish with this life so far Take it now and do with it what you want. Make it a showpiece for Your glory. From this dav forward I will serve you. ‘ . 7 I acknowledge that Jesus came, lived and died for me. He didn’t have to, but he did just so I would have this chance. Lead me and guide me in Your ways. AMEN That is just one example of a prayer you can say that will change your life today and guarantee your eternity. If you have any questions or you prayed that prayer drop us a line and we would love to helo guide you as little or as much as you want. H And we will never ask you for anything. Eric and Cindy meavincere@gmail.com 269.948.7613 for texts L ’ * * * 4 • * I 4 . * 1 4 1 I I I ♦ li • I ♦ I « / .1 ’ • ’ • w • 4 4 I I I * I - « « 4 * * i C * V ♦ f iI i » n j » r . * fl ' i • * » 5/1 • 7 r ▼ ' I • 4 • « r i i - - - 4 « of his organization. “I want to make sure people understand that this is not the ‘Local Government Minus the Sheriff’s Office Accountability Forum.’” “It brought me no plea­ sure to bring this to light,” he added. Hired in February, Deputy Noteboom has been a fairly shadowy figure in the sheriff’s office, He is one of just two detectives in the office, which is dealing with one vacancy at the moment. Leaf recently reported to the Barry County Board of Commissioners that Noteboom handles just one case — the Sheriff’s investigation into state­ wide voter fraud. Noteboom is not investi­ gating any other cases currently as the Sheriff I •< • ) 4 <l1( I passenger in his vehicle, calls the driver a homophobic slur. a This is not conduct that we should expect out of a deputy,” Ibbotson said during his presenta­ tion. The Sun and News spoke with Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf about Ibbotson s findings. Leaf confirmed that Noteboom was given permission to take a cruiser down to the funeral and added that officers from down in that area have made the trip up to Barry County for simi­ lar events. Leaf also acknowledged that he did not like some of what he saw on the dash cam but would not elaborate, saying it was being handled internally. Leaf said that Noteboom was reprimanded and has received additional train­ ing in order to avoid such behavior in the future. Leaf assured that the mat­ ter had been handled. Ibbotson, who has, at times, been an outspoken prepares to eventually release his findings. Noteboom’s name has been signed to a variety of FOIA requests that have hit townships over the last two years, request­ ing various data from the proponent of the sheriff 2020 election, and his office, said it was “In my opinion, this important to present his attitude exhibited just findings because no coun­ screams ‘I, the police ty officials should be officer, am above the above the law. law,”’ Ibbotson said. “The “We’ve had a very first and foremost obligapro-(Sheriff) stigma over a tion of the forum is to the years,’ Ibbotson said protect people’s rights.” Pray this prayer... < $ This is a still frame shot of dashcam video obtained and released by the Local Government Accountability Forum in Barry County. The video shows just over two hours of footage of Barry County Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Noteboom as he traveled down to South Carolina in a county-issued cruiser this summer for a fallen offi­ cer’s funeral. Do you ever feel like that? 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Portage Central’s boys took the DI championship in Otsego with 48 points. Battle Creek Lakeview was second with 75 points, Kalamazoo Central third with 82 and Caledonia fourth with 89 points. OK Red rival East Kentwood was just behind the Caledonia boys in fifth with 116 points, ahead of a Portage Central B’ team with 151 points, Byron Center 185. West Ottawa 206, Mattawan 244 and Northview 259. Fighting Scot senior Jordan Domany had his third straight finish in less than 16 minutes Caledonia varsity boys’ cross country coach Ben Thompson (left) urges on Kort Thompson, Jonathan Miedema and Levi Moss, with teammates Mason Morrell and Micah Nagel back in the pack during the Division 1 boys’ race at Saturday’s Otsego Bulldog Invitational. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Caledonia senior Leah Thompson works her way through the crowd during the early stages of Saturday morning’s Otsego Bulldog Invitational. (Photo by Brett Bremer) earning earning the the runner-up runner-up medal medal with a time of 15 minutes 56.13 56.13 seconds. seconds. He He reduced reduced his his PR PR to to 15:52.9 15:52.9 last last weekend weekend at at the Gainey Athletic Complex in Grand Rapids. Domany pushed Kalamazoo Central junior Jasper Cane to a new PR. Cane won the race Saturday in 15:43.68. Battle Creek Lakeview junior Aiden Moore was third in 15:58.85 and his senior teammate Caleb Bost set a PR in placing fourth with a time of 16:14.09. Fighting Scot senior Blake Elliot was the second Caledonia guy across the finish line across the street from Otsego High School as the sun broke over the trees Saturday morning. He came in 14th with a time of 16:47.22. It is the third consec- utive race in which he has improved his PR. The Caledonia team also had senior Jonathan Miedema 22nd in 17:09.84, sophomore Kort Thompson 24th in 17:15.06 and junior Levi Moss 27th in a personal record time of 17:17.24. Four of the Scots’ first five earned medals for their top 25 finishes. The Caledonia girls certainly have the potential to be in the running for one of the three state qualifying spots in their regional race at the end of this season too. The Caledonia girls were also fourth Saturday in Otsego, behind a pair of OK Red Conference foes and the Portage Central girls. West Ottawa took the Division 1 girls’ title in Otsego with 23 points. Jenison was second with 68 points ahead of Portage Central 131, Caledonia 142, Byron Center 147, Hudsonville 151, East Kentwood 178, Battle Creek Lakeview 178, Kalamazoo Central 236, Northview 270. Portage Central ‘B’ 272 and Mattawan 359. Portage Central was the only team ahead of the Caledonia ladies who they will be competin s with at regionals this season. The Scots will get to see the West Ottawa girls a couple more times in the OK Red Conference this season though. The Panther team that took the title had five girls finish in the top ten including 1-2 runners sophomore Helen Sachs and senior Arianne Olson. Sachs won in 17:21.32 and Olson came in at 17:49.74. senior Jenison Maya Guikema placed third in a per­ sonal record time of 18:07.57. See SCOTS, on next page Caledonia sophomore Kort Thompson sprints to the finish line at the Otsego Bulldog Invitational Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) I™ : fa HP I 0 ’ < .4 ' r j£ c® j® • tai*1 1 tt W I ft 3*1 H p5 X®39 THESE CANDIDATES WILL STAND UP FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS. WE WILL DEFEND OUR FAMILY VALUES. ■tt asciis Elect Trtf 1 ioa n#11’ i John Brandow W9 *** 0 4 II £ ,a* * J. * 1 >> v t Re-Elect 1M - -Mt f r Tim Morris a t J V * ■' r <1? 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But as a caregiver, you can help ease the burden TTin article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Grand Haven junior Seth Norder won the race in 15 46.30, Domany was the runner-up in I5:58.5K (aiedrwua al«> had Elliot 15th in I7^«.2O. Mom ZA"1 in I7:28.M6. Miedema 251*1 in 17:32.46 and Mason Morrell ZK^in 17:44.20 West Ottawa won the girls’ race Tuesday w ith 43 poinu. Caledonia senior Madelyn Fennema nears the fin ish line at the end of the Division 1 girls’ race at the Otsego Bulldog Invitational (Photo by Brett Bremer) ahead of Jenison 68. Grand Haven 83, Rockford 84. ( alcdonia 145. fast Kentwood 152. Hudsonville 165 and Grandsillc 165. Quigley led the Caledonia girls with a tenth place time of Finals will be Oct. 14 15 at Bedford Valley in Battle (' O Kranglry was sixth over­ all in the individual standings Wednesday. Rockford jumoi Jessica Jolly led her team to the regional title by shixMing a stunning 64. Traverae City West senior Amsler Hewitt scored a 76 to finish in the runner up spot East Kentwood junior Elite l enncll was third with a 78 and the first of the throe individual state qualifiers from the tournament. Grand Haven junior Maddic Schopf shot a 79 to qualify for the finals and O’Krangley*! 82 was 12 strokes better than the next best golfer not on the Rockford or fra verse City teams that finished in the top three Rockford junior Aubrey Wilson joined her teammate L5 iHOWWSOLUTIONS Repairs - Remodels - Restorations Servicing Barry and Kent Counties KEVIN WEZENSKY »1* .f '' .11 19:41.37. I'cnncma was 23n* in 20 26. 93. Del iclds 34lh in 21:18 45. I rah Ihompson 78th in 21:37 98 and Daman 43*^ in 21 44 76. Olson won the girls' race in 17:20.77. O’Krangley scores spot in Division 1 girls’ golf finals Brett Bremer Sports Editor Caledonia sophomore Copelin O'Kranglry is headed to the state finals for (he first time. O’Krangley. who was two strokes behind the Iasi of the state qualifiers from her regional as a freshman in 2021. earned a spirt in the MHSAA Lower Peninsula revision I Girli* Golf Finals by shooting an 82 at the regional hnimamrni hosted by the Meadows on the campus of Grand Valley State in University Allendale Wednesday. It was a solid day for the (Caledonia girls’ team, which placed fourth 7hc top three trams and three mdi\ >du als not on those teams at regional acrem the state this week earned spots in the state finals. The L.P. Division 2 J Jolly in earning a medal lot a top five individual finish Wilson shot an 81. The OK Red Champion Rams scored a 324 to w in the regional title. Traverse City Central was second at 355 and Traverse C ity West third at 389 Ihc Caledonia girls com bmed for a score of 4412 ahead of Hudsonville 404, l^ast Kentwood 44ki. Grandville 416. Portage Central 416, Grand Haven 424, West Ottawa 430 and Jenison 4441. ( alcdonia freshman Codie <) Krangley stored a 95 and the Scots also got a III from junior Elizabeth Honhart and a 114 from sophomore Ellie Hudson Senior Kiana Havwood closed out her varsi ty golf career with a score of 120. Haywood fired a par on the pat 3 number 17 to open her regional tournament. Copel in started her day strong too with a birdie on the 358 yard, par-5 number one. and she birdied that 17*” hole at the end of (be day. She shot a 41 on both the front and back nines. Jolly, starting on one with ( opclin, shot an eagle on that opening hole. She added bird ics on number three, four, six and seven and closed out the front nine at six under par with a 31. The only dung resem­ bling a blemish on her score to i h’« ife ■TaU |‘lie M ••h Mi r �8 • WH1 Mi * W Hi ’ Will *1 f inrz'oB talite M s;..’ ssffit Mil* # Ita ft iv«: jlDM i ’■ pi**- jlGi * fl 15 in who placed 188th 20:24.27. The Trojan team was led by junior Lucas Van Meter who was 73rd in 17:28.37. TK junior Kaden Hamming was 172nd in 19: 38.56, freshman Benjamin Postma 185th in 20:10.29 and sophomore Evan Liu 193rd in 20:49.62. Liu beat out teammate Case Dykhouse in a sprint to the finish. Dykhouse was 194th in 20: 50.77. East Grand Rapids won the boys’ meet with 94 points, ahead of Chelsea 103, Forest Hills Eastern 112, Dearborn Divine Child 176, Otsego 182, Adrian 195, Sparta 277, St. Clair 293, Grand Rapids Christian 300 and Hamilton 343 in the top ten. Thomapple Kellogg was 28th with 799 points in a field of 30 teams. East Grand Rapids was led by junior Alex Thole and senior Elijah Robinson who both set new PR’s. Thole was 12th in 16:12.25 and Robinson 14th in 16:14.87. TK sophomore Evan Liu sprints to the finish line just ahead of teammate Case Dykhouse at the end of the Division 2 boys’ race at the annual Otsego Bulldog Invitational. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Ryan Junior teammate Brinke was right behind with a 16th-place time of 16:16.13. EGR freshman Jonah Workman was 20th in 16:21.00 and junior team­ mate Davis Christy was 32nd. With girls placing fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh the Otsego girls dominated the standings in their race in fin­ ishing with 69 points. Grand Rapids Christian was second with 131 points, ahead of Forest Hills Eastern 144, Spring Lake 145, East Grand Rapids 169, Grand Rapids Christian 195, Zeeland East 200, South Christian 240, Cadillac 293 and Sparta 309 in the top ten. The Thomapple Kellogg girls were 20th with 507 points in a field of 26 teams. The short-handed TK team The three fastest girls set also had freshman Madison personal records Saturday. Kietzman 137th in 23:17.25, East Grand Rapids junior junior Katherine Powers 164th in 24:46.69 and junior Drew Muller won in 17:52.48 with Grand Rapids Christian Laine Hinton 173rd in junior Natalie VanOtteren 27:00.14. TK girls’ coach Sam second in 18:09.37 and Zeeland East junior Allison Wilkinson said he was going to reevaluate this scheduling Kuzma third in 18:14.04. Otsego was led by junior in future seasons as he Megan Germain who was thought his girls were a little fourth in 18:33.19. The worn down by running chal­ Bulldog team also had fresh- lenging races on a Saturday, man Emma Hoffman fifth in a Tuesday and then another 18:34.85, junior Logan Saturday. It Even though we did not Brazee sixth in 18:35.90 and sophomore Taylor Michell have overly fast times, rela­ in 18:56.98. tively speaking, the girls seventh Freshman Rebekah Stachura worked hard and did have solid times/’ was her team’s number five, pretty placing 47th in 20:32.28. Wilkinson said. Trojan junior Lane Hinton makes her way to the Thomapple Kellogg sophTheTK TKboys boysand andgirls girlswill will finish during the Division 2 girls’ race Saturday at the The omore Ava Crews earned a be be inin action action again again today, today, Oct. Oct. annual Otsego Bulldog Invitational. (Photo by Brett medal for her 15th-place 8, at the Portage Invitational. Bremer) time of 19:26.54. TK junior Holly Veiling placed 92nd in 21:41.04 and senior Lindsey Velting was. 116th in 22:30.73. Antenna Men H-M Digital TV Antennas i— -WORK All ^WINTER T l Thornapple Kellogg freshman Benjamin Postma makes his way along the first loop of the course at the Otsego Bulldog Invitational Saturday morning. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Cell Phone Boosters 269.967.8241 TV ANTENNA & TOWER INSTALLATION www.theantennamen.com PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it ille­ gal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination bused on race, color, religion, set, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or marital status, or an intention, to make any such •• �Page 12/The Sun and News. Saturday, October 8. 2022 Postseason starts now for varsity boys’ soccer teams \ Brett Bremer Sports Editor If is tournament time for varsity boys’ soccer teams across the state of Michigan. Thomapple Kellogg’s and Caledonia’s varsity boys' soc­ cer teams are in the midst of conference tournament play at the moment and will start their respective district tournaments in the week ahead. Thomapple Kellogg will start the MHSAA Division 2 state tournament with a dis­ trict opener against Harper Creek in Middleville Wednesday, Oct. 12. The winner of that match will face Gull I^ake in the district semiFinals Oct. 17 in Middleville. The Blue Devils, the defend­ ing Division 2 state champi- Forest Hills Eastern knocked the Trojans from the championship side of the conference tournament bracket with a 3-1 win in Ada Monday. Austin Chivis scored off an assist from teammate Jackson Curtis to put TK up I -0 over the Hawks midway through the First half, but the Hawks found the equalizer in the opening minutes of the second half. The Hawks’ Clune Van Andel riffled a free kick off the bottom of the cross bar and into the net to even the game four minutes into the second half and then Noah McGraw scored to put the Hawks up 2-1 with ten and a half minutes to play. Bryce ons. are ranked first in the state in Division 2 heading into the postseason. is one of two Gull top ten teams in the district being hosted by the Trojans. The eighth-ranked Parma Western Panthers will start the district tournament tak­ ing on their Interstate-8 Athletic Conference rivals from Hastings in Jackson Thursday, Oct. 13. The win­ ner of that match will face either Charlotte or Marshall in the other district semifinal in Middleville Oct. 17. The Trojans are 9-8-1 heading into their OK Gold Conference Tournament Finale against Wayland today, Oct. 8. Game time is set for 10:45 a.m. VandenBerg rolled a shot by TK keeper Luke Kaiser with a minute and a half to play to seal the win. The Trojans followed up the loss with a 6-0 win over Ottawa Hills in Middleville Wednesday. Caledonia opened the OK Red Conference Tournament with a 2-1 loss to visiting Jenison at Scotland Yard Monday, but bounced back with a 2-0 win over West Ottawa Thursday evening. The Scots are slated to host Grandville Monday to close out the conference tourna­ ment. Caledonia begins play in its MHSAA Division 1 dis­ trict tournament hosting Grand Rapids Union Oct. 13. r <6 ’Z 'A I Thornapple Kellogg’s Jackson Curtis works to relieve Forest Hills Eastern’s Eli Stowell of the ball in the midfield during their OK Gold Conference Tournament opener in Ada Monday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) I 1’^ Scots get wins at five different flights during Red tournament r V ’“ 1 The Caledonia varsity boys’ tennis team scored a seventh-place finish at the Conference OK Red Saturday, Touranment Oct. 1. First singles player Adam Morris got the lone singles point for the Fighting Scots with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over East Kentwood’s Cyrus Tliang. Morris was bested 6-0, 6-0 by Grand Haven’s Isaac Postma, the eevenlual first singles champion and played as solid match with Rockford's top player, Jack Bums, but fell 4-6, 6-1,6-3. Hudsonville took the con- Gaier, who bested the Jenision duao of Charlie Johnson and Kole Beckstrom 7-5, 6-4. Second doubles teammates ien Diegel and Tucker Dion scored a 6-1, 6-3 win for the Scots over the East Kentw ood team of Ryan Nguyen and Adam Huynh. At fourth doubles, the ference championship with a score of 22 points, ahead of West Ottawa 21, Grand Haven 16, Grandville 15, Jenison 13, Rockford 12, Caledonia 5 and East Kentwood 4. The Scots also got a win from the first doubles team of Nathan Huynh and Maddox Caledonia team of Ryan Hautala and Colin Martin scored a 7-6(4), 6-1 win over Finn Schultz and Tran Vincent from East Kentwood. The Scots got a point from the Fifth doubles team of Garrett Fales and Will VanderWeele that bested I Grandvile’s Carson Chambers F.H. Eastern takes control against TK in third quarter Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Trojans didn’t official­ ly turn the ball over Friday night in Ada, but a safety and a blocked punt for the Hawks helped Forest Hills Eastern grow its lead in the first half against the visiting Trojans. Forest Hills Eastern went on to a 45-23 win over the Thomapple Kellogg varsity football team. * The 23 points was the most the Trojans have scored in a defeat so far this season. TK was within 17-9 at the half after the Hawks went out to a 9-0 lead. . The Trojans’ openin offensive series of the game ended in a safety when a shot­ gun snap bounded into the end zone. FHE's offense took over following the Trojans’ kick and quickly managed a 40-yard touchdown pass from foul penalty against the Brendan Thompson to Drew Hawks. Jayden Garcia Fin­ Patten. * ished off the drive with a A 36-yard field goal by 13-yard touchdown run, bu the Braden Sharrar for TK cut into two-point conversion attempt the Hawks’ 9-0 lead early in was no good to leave TK the second quarter and then an down eight. interception by the Trojans’ Forest Hills Eastern took Ethan Bonnema got the ball control by scoring on all three back for his team. of its third quarter possessions. TK got out of the shadow of The Hawks bumped their lead itsend endzone zoneafter afterthe the intercepintercep- to 38-9 heading into the fourth its tion, but eventually had to quarter. Thompson tossed an punt on a fourth-and-13 from 18-yard touchdown pass to its own 34. The punt attempt Collin Fridsma and a 28-yard was blocked though and the touchdown pass to Mac Hawks went in for a quick DenBraberand Bryson Kudzal score. Max Ferrick found the scored on a one-yard TD end zone at the end of a plunge for the Hawks. 20-yard run on the next play to Will Morgan tacked on a help boost his team’s lead to 36-yard touchdown run for the 17-3 with two and a half min­ Hawks in the fourth quarter. utes to play in the first half. • TK added two late touchTK answered before the downs, one on a 19-yard run break with a 97 second drive by Grant Middleton and one that covered 75 yards, on a one-yard run by Kenneth Quarterback Brody Wiersma Simon, found room for a 29 yard run TK had four guys with at and tossed a 35-yard pass to least 30 yards rushing. Drake Bonnema. The drive also got a Snyder led the way with 11 boost from a 15-yard personal carries for 48 yards. Zach NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2022, at 7:00 P.M. f Please be advised the Thornapple Township Planning Commission will hold public hearings on October 24, at 7pm or as soon thereafter as possible. 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PUPPIES: Fluffy, very play­ 14 and Grand Rapids Catholic ful!. First shots and wormed. $500, 269-223-9194. Central Oct. 21. * * l.^ I uJ t > t 4 » �J < k 1 *1 The Sun and News, Saturday, October 8, 2022/ Page 13 * Sophomore season ends in regional playoff for Leos Brett Bremer Sports Editor One of the first hugs came from her competitor, Plainwell senior Renae Jaeger. Jaeger’s mom was next to get a quick embrace with Thomapple Kellogg sopho­ more Ailana Leos. Leos then took a few more moments • with her own parents before making her way from the Gold number two green to the club­ house at Yankee Springs Golf Course where she was about w I to be presented with a regional medal. She’d gladly trade the medal for 36 more holes of golf in her second varsity sea­ son. Leos was the odd man out in a playoff between herself, I* Jaeger and Zeeland East junior Carly Lukins. Each scored an S82 at the MHSAA Lower Z^L 7 Peninsula Division 2 Regional Tournament hosted by the Trojans at Yankee Springs Tuesday and the three had to TK sophomore Ailana Leos fires an iron shot from the edge of the fairway on Thomapple Kellogg’s Rae Borrink hits her tee shot play-off for the final two indi- Gold number two during the second hole of a three-person playoff for the final two on White number three during her team’s MHSAA L.R vidual state qualifying spots individual state qualifying spots from their MHSAA L.R Division 2 Regional at Division 2 Regional at Yankee Springs Golf Course from the tournament. Yankee Springs Golf Course. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) All three girls scored a five — on the par-4 Gold number one smile to Leos' face before she hole of the tournament. She to begin the playoff and all had to join the medalists in was even on the White nine three were a short chip away front of the crowd at the end of with birdies on number three from being on the green after the day. and number eight. ¥ 4 it She knows my sense of their first two shots on the That hole that gave Jaeger Al par-4 number two. Leos was humor," Leos said of Coe. so much trouble was the one Bljl _ 44 She comes up and goes, hole that Leos birdied. Double the only one of the three who'd ‘what's going on? Do you bogies on five and six on the just overshot the green with her second shot. Her chip want me to roll you down a White nine brought Leos back to the pack a bit late in her skipped across the green and hill?” With a smile, Leos said, round. She had a birdie putt lip off the front side and that Im 44 out of the cup on White num­ proved the difference. The umm no.” 44 other two put their third shot She was just being Kendra. ber eight, the final hole of the onto the green and all three She is awesome. My whole day, which was another singu­ \ girls two-putted to close out team is awesome. I have good lar stroke that really stood out girls. We have been really in looking back on the round, the round. 44 Thornapple Kellogg’s Ailana Leos, Kendra Coe and Joselyn DeBoer await the “I’m proud of myself good at picking each other up She just said, ‘good job,' because I kind of caved under throughout the year, and we though. I did the best I possi­ start of the medal and trophy ceremony at the end of the MHSAA L.P. Division 2 pressure. She kind of knew,” have progressed so much,” bly could," Leos said. “Plus, I Regional at Yankee Springs Golf Course Tuesday. Leos was a regional medalist have been working for hours finishing in a tie for fourth place, but was was third in a three-player playoff for the Leos said of her quick moment Leos said. Coe was the number four every single day. The people final two individual state qualifying spots from the tournament. (Photo by Brett with Jaeger after the round. “It is hard. You have 100 people scorer for TK on the day, that work here are probably Bremer) watching you. You played a shooting a 106. Junior Emma getting sick of me now. Randall and a 108 from soph­ Charlotte Boudeman shooting great round, and then koh, Schut shot a 97 for the Trojans They're probably like, ‘go Jenna Wallace a 93. MJ a 90, sophomore Ella Schaberg Portage Northern go an 88 omore Elizabeth Rzepka. playoff holes. Cool!’ and sophomore Rae Borrink away! Gull Lake qualified for the a 91, junior Kara Nelson a 94 “So, she just congratulated tallied a 103. Leos and Lukins played in from senior Zoey Quinn, a 95 freshman Brooke . state finals with freshman and senior Ella Ezbenko a 95. me. I have played with her in Thetop topfive fivescorers scorersearned earned the same group all day and from The tournaments before. I am real- regional regional medals. medals. Portage Leos was five strokes ahead ly proud of both of them Northern junior KT Leinwand with five holes to play. The [Jaeger and Lukins]. They was the regional champion final qualifying spots likely | with a 76. Byron Center junior would have gone to Leos and . both did really well.” Jaeger had Lukins not chipped The top three teams and top Macie Elzinga was the runin for birdie from a dirt patch three individuals not on those ner-up at 77. Zeeland West teams at regionals across the junior Rylee Smith placed to the right of the number state this week earn spots in third third with with aa 78 78 and and was was the the seven green, which was their Caledonia, MI the MHSAA L.P. State Finals first first of of the the individual individual state state group's second penultimate which will be played the qualifiers. The trio tied for hole, a Behind Thomapple Kellogg weekend of Oct. 14-15. The fourth rounded out the medal in the day’s standings, Zeeland Division 2 Finals will be winners. - State of the Art Systems It took some highs and lows West scored a 390, Harper played at Forest Akers West Golf Course on the campus of fpr Lukins, Leos and Jaeger to Creek 400, Sturgis 401, Complete Collision Service Mattawan 404, Plainwell 411 Michigan State University in all finish at 82. Jaeger, looking to make her and Zeeland East 436. East Lansing. Frame Repairs Behind Elzinga for the Byron Center took the team fourth appearance at the state State & I-CAR Certified Technicians regional title Tuesday at finals in four years, was cruis- regional champs from Byron Yankee Springs with a score ing to MSU before scoring an Center, senior Jayda Kerns Direct Repair Facility * Most insurance companies of 345. Portage Northern was 8 on the par-4 number seven shot an 86, senior McKenna second with a 367 and Gull on the Gold nine, her final Turnbull an 89 and junior L esonal GOLD CLASS WMBA Lake third with a 370. » >44. Water Bourne System Thomapple Kellogg had the CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA Blue Devils in sight much of Open Monday thru Friday 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. BOARD OF TRUSTEES the day, but finished sixth. Stevensville Lakeshore was third with a score of 383, St. The minutes for the September 21, 2022 Township Board of Joseph scored a 384 and TK a Trustees Meeting which were approved on October 5, 2022, are 388 at the 12-team regional. posted at the Township Offices at 8196 Broadmoor Ave., and on 110 Johnson St., Caledonia • www.edsbody.com the website at www.caledoniatownship.org. . 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J Ct V L «« Towaskip of Ycmkoo Sprlags 284 N BKIOGS BOAD - MZDDLEVILLZ MICHIGAN 468*3 *86-796-9061 / FAX 289-796-2800 YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PUBLIC HEARING COBB LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT No. 37B TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to PA 188 of 1954, as amended, the Township Board of Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, has determined, based on its own motion, to undertake an aquatic plant control project on Cobb Lake in the Township, and to create a special assessment district for the recovery of the costs thereof by special assessment against the properties benefited. The Special Assessment District shall be known as the COBB LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 37B. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the land and premises in the special assessment district within which the foregoing improvements are proposed to be made and within which the costs thereof are to be specially assessed are more particularly described as parcels abutting Cobb Lake and/or with deeded access to Cobb Lake, which include the following parcel numbers and as depicted on the attached map: 08-16-060-016-00 08-16-140-014-00 08-16-150-007-00 08-16-245-007-00 08-16-060-017-00 08-16-140-015-00 08-16-150-008-00 08-16-245-008-00 08-16-060-018-00 08-16-140-016-00 08-16-150-009-00 08-16-245-009-00 08-16-060-019-00 08-16-140-017-00 08-16-150-009-10 08-16-245-011-00 08-16-060-020-00 08-16-140-018-00 08-16-150-010-00 08-16-245-012-00 08-16-060-021-00 08-16-140-020-00 08-16-150-011-00 08-16-245-013-00 08-16-060-022-00 08-16-140-024-00 08-16-150-012-00 08-16-245-014-00 08-16-060-023-00 08-16-140-031-00 08-16-150-013-00 08-16-305-005-00 08-16-090-001-00 08-16-140-033-00 08-16-150-014-00 J COBB LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 37B 08-16-145-000-00 08-16-090-001-10 08-16-007-009-10 08-16-150-015-00 08-16-007-009-20 08-16-090-002-00 08-16-145-001-00 08-16-150-016-00 08-16-007-010-00 08-16-007-010-20 08-16-090-003-00 08-16-090-004-00 08-16-145-002-00 08-16-145-003-00 08-16-150-016-50 08-16-150-017-00 08-16-007-011-00 08-16-090-005-00 08-16-145-005-00 08-16-150-018-00 08-16-018-002-21 08-16-090-007-00 08-16-145-036-00 08-16-150-020-00 08-16-018-008-00 08-16-090-008-00 08-16-145-041-00 08-16-150-020-10 08-16-018-010-00 08-16-090-009-00 08-16-145-042-00 08-16-150-021-50 08-16-018-024-00 08-16-090-010-00 08-16-145-043-00 08-16-150-023-00 08-16-018-025-00 08-16-090-011-00 08-16-145-044-00 08-16-150-024-00 08-16-060-001-00 08-16-090-012-00 08-16-145-047-00 08-16-150-027-00 08-16-060-002-00 08-16-090-013-00 08-16-145-048-00 08-16-150-031-00 08-16-060-003-00 08-16-090-014-00 08-16-145-049-00 08-16-150-031-10 08-16-090-015-00 08-16-145-050-00 08-16-150-033-00 08-16-060-005-00 08-16-140-001-00 08-16-145-051-00 08-16-150-035-00 08-16-060-006-00 08-16-140-002-00 08-16-145-052-00 08-16-150-036-00 08-16-060-007-00 08-16-140-003-00 08-16-145-057-00 08-16-150-037-00 08-16-060-008-00 08-16-140-004-00 08-16-150-001-00 08-16-150-038-00 08-16-060-009-00 08-16-140-005-00 08-16-150-001-10 08-16-245-000-00 08-16-060-010-00 08-16-140-006-00 08-16-150-001-20 08-16-245-001-00 08-16-060-011-00 08-16-140-007-00 08-16-150-002-00 08-16-245-002-00 08-16-060-012-00 08-16-140-008-00 08-16-150-003-00 08-16-245-003-00 - 08-16-060-004-00 08-16-060-013-00 08-16-140-009-00 08-16-150-004-00 08-16-245-004-00 08-16-060-014-00 08-16-140-011-00 08-16-150-005-00 08-16-245-005-00 08-16-060-015-00 08-16-140-013-00 08-16-150-006-00 08-16-245-006-00 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board has received plans showing the proposed project with associated activities, together with an estimate of the cost of the project in the amount of $64,000 (including administrative costs), and has placed the same on file with the Township clerk; has passed a resolution tentatively declaring its intention to make the improvement and to create the special assessment district. The plans, cost estimates and special assessment district may be examined at the Clerk's office from the date of this Notice to the date of the public hearing and may further be examined at such public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a public hearing on the plans, district and cost estimates will be held on October 13, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. at the Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N: Briggs Road, Middleville, Michigan. At the hearing, the Board will consider any written objections and comments to any of the foregoing matters which are filed with the clerk at or before the hearing and any objections or comments raised at the hearing. If written objections are filed with the township board at or before the hearing, signed by the record owners of land constituting more than 20% of the area within the proposed special assessment district, then the township board may not proceed unless petitions in support of the project, signed by record owners of more than 50% of the area to be made into a special assessment district, are filed with the township. Following the hearing, the township board may revise, correct, amend or change the plans, cost estimates or special assessment district. I u* PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that appearance and protest at the public hearing is required in order to I appeal to the State Tax Tribunal within 30 days after the special assessment roll is confirmed. An owner or party in interest, or his or her agent, may appear in person at the hearing to protest the special assessment, or shall be permitted to file at or before the hearing his or her appearance or protest by letter and his or her personal appearance shall not be required. All interested persons are invited to be present in person or by representative and to submit comments concerning the establishment of the special assessment district, the plans and cost estimates. PROPERTY SHALL NOT BE ADDED TO THE PROPOSED SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AND THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF COST SHALL NOT BE INCREASED BY MORE THAN 10% WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE AND PUBLIC HEARING. EASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if the Township Board determines to proceed with the special assessments, the Board will cause a special assessment roll to be prepared and another hearing will be held, after notice to record owners of property proposed to be specially assessed, to hear public comments concerning the proposed special assessments. • - I ft Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon seven (7) days' notice to the Township Clerk. Mike Cunningham Yankee Springs Township Clerk 284 N. Briggs Road Middleville, Ml 49333 (269) 795-9091 rid Special Assessment Parcel Map ■£ $ ifcaii J 'ibifajN 1 0 V9 o nMI ■w ♦ ■ ® i lit mW « •st '"•kt ’ik CL - ■U­ ... I [• s ", N * r ■ ♦ (ft ♦* LMMMI ■ i ' J • ■ > t • > » • » । i ‘I • i » * I* •t 'r ' • 1 • ; • ■ )/ £> I I ■ 1 A ' • •I I <’ I ► •, W t I I I • < » 4 i fl ■ 4 |r ♦ * t I f ,1 I A « I'M i * O I I I -V I I * <0 •'» • * I- Y I I ♦ i- X k 4 ♦ » 4 I i11 * I I I I 1 I a 1 *• 4 �Caledonia picks off three passes, shuts out Falcons McKenzie to Evan Graham. Caledonia had five receiv­ ers with two catches each. Homecoming king Kaden DeHom had two receptions for 38 yards. Pennington had two catches for 35 yards and Townsend had two catches for 30 yards. Graham and Justice Reed had two recep- ii WK l'i TK tennis closes season at conference regional tonrneys ■■ ■'‘sSX v Sis, “••’SSb •>! ■ 4 IM dons each as well. The Scots were on the road in the OK Red Conference last night taking on Grand Haven. They will be back inside the “Ralph" tor the final two ballgames of the regular season hosting West Ottawa Oct. 14 and Rockford Oct. 21. l >rett Caledonia’s Reed Vogeler celebrates with the Scots’ turnover chain after an interception at the end of the fourth quarter against East Kentwood Sept. 30 in Caledonia. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Caledonia varsity football team scored its sixth victory and its third shut out of the season Sept. 30, on homecoming night inside Ralph E. Myers Stadium. The Fighting Scots knocked off East Kentwood 29-0 to improve to 6-0 over­ all and 4-0 in the OK Red Conference. Senior running back Brock Townsend carried the load, rushing 22 times for 204 K yards and a touchdown. Quarterback Mason McKenzie added a I0-of-18 passing night for 124 yards and two touchdowns. He was picked off twice by the Falcons. In the end, it was the Scots' Reed Vogeler picking off an East Kentwood pass on a fourth-and-10 pass from the Caledonia 22-yard-line that sealed the victory and the shut out. Townsend had a fourth quarter interception too for the Caledonia defense. Jett King intercept­ ed a pass for the Scots earlier in the bailgame. Caledonia held the Falcons to just 147 yards of offense. Tyler Burd had a teamhigh five tackles for Caledonia, making three of them in the East Kentwood backfield. He was credited with half a sack, teaming up with Derek Pennington Jr. for one sack. Pennington had another sack of his own among his three tackles. McKenzie got the scoring started for the Scots with a seven-yard touchdown run two and a half minutes into Vogeler hit extra-point kicks following the other three Caledonia senior running back Brock Townsend muscles his way through East Kentwood’s Isaiah Ramirez for a first down during the first half Sept. 30 inside Ralph E. Myers Stadium in Caledonia. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Caledonia touchdowns. The only score of the sec- ond half was a six-yard touchdown pass from Caledonia’s Tyler Burd gets to East Kentwood quarterback Benjamin Cash during the second quarter of the Scots’ 29-0 shut out of the Falcons Sept. 30 in Caledonia. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Bruce's Frame ond Alignment Full Service Body Shop • • • • Wheel Alignments Auto Glass Installation Insurance Work Welcome Visa & MasterCard Accepted Over 40 years experience Bremer Sports Editor The Thomapple Kellogg V varsity boys' tennis team finished in a tie for sixth place at the OK Gold Conference Tournament Saturday. Oct. 1. First singles player Kameron Nichols picked up one of die Trojan's eight points with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Kenowa Hills' Logan TenBrink after tough twoset losses to South Christian’s Luke Post and Jackson Wayland's Chesley. TK got a point from Aidan Dudik at second sin­ gles thanks to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Ottawa Hills' Max Yoder and fourth sin­ Franklin gles player Wilkinson bested Ottawa Hills' Jose Gomez 6-1,6-2. It was a solid day for TK first doubles teammates Aaron Michalk and Andy Liu. They were bested in three sets by Wayland's Cam Sieffcrt and Theo Oddy, but scored wins over the top doubles teams from Cedar Springs and Kenowa Hills. Landon Conroy and Kyan Haywood at second doubles for TK scored a win over Cedar Springs, third and The Trojan fourth doubles teams were credited with forfeit wins over the short-handed Red Hawks. Forest Hills Eastern won the tournament champion­ ship with 23 points, ahead of South Christian 17, Catholic Central 14, Wayland 12, Cedar Springs 10, 10, Kenowa Hills 8. Thomapple Kellogg 8 and Ottawa Hills 2. TK was back in action Wednesday at its MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 3 Regional Tournament in Holland Wednesday and and were held without a victory. Holland Christian took the regional championship with a score of 21 points. Zeeland West finished with 11 points, Hamilton 10, Holland 10, Zeeland East 3 and Wayland 1. Hastings and Thomapple Kellogg were both held without a point. Holland Christian's Tucker Heneghan swept to the first singles champion­ ship by winning all three of his matches in straight sets. The Maroons won three singles flights and three doubles flights to take the regional championship. WE’RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR HEATING AND COOLING NEEDS Residential & Commercial -Gas and Oil Furnaces -Gas and Oil Boilers -Air Conditioners �Thornapple Kellogg senior Peyton Pratt hits an attack as teammate Grace Zube backs her up on the play during set number one against Hamilton Thursday in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Hawkeyes take down TKHS volleyball team Scots chasing third straight title The Fighting Scots will get to ride for a three-peat. The Caledonia High School equestrian team captured the Michigan Interscholastic Horsemanship Region A Class A championship last weekend at the Berrien County Fairgrounds to earn the chance to compete at Midland County Fairgrounds in the MIHA State Championship the weekend of Oct. 13-16. The Fighting Scots won Class A state championships in 2020 and 2021 to add to the trophy case next to their 2015 title. Keep VourTeeth for a LIFETIME! No dental insurance? Sign up for our special payment plan 1 < fl I ' ... • - J • * • * 1 ■Ji 4 a Ir ♦ <’ ' VI ' I? « t * i . * «I » *1 *1 1 • - » * • । • \ I I i 4 c 1 I 1 1 I * J I < * < - ■ ' 1 I * I v • ■ t ’ % 4 7 ♦ ■ y I Both teams came into the week among the honorable mention ranks in the state in Division 1. • Caledonia heads to the home of one of the top teams in the state in Division 2, Lakewood, today (Oct. 8) lor an invitational. The Scots return to OK Red play at West Ottawa Tuesday and at Hudsonville Thursday. The Scots are currently 4-1 in OK Red Conference matches this fall. » . < « * ■ I I t I 4 1 - 23 digs in the back for the Scots and senior Paige Wiliamson had 15. Defensively at the net, Noble had five blocks and Postma three. The Fighting Scots cele­ brated senior night Thursday with a 25-22, 25-20, 25-22 victory over the Jenison Wildcats. . | Efl 1; 1 < < * I 4 I I I 1 , . . • ♦ I * 6650 Crossings Dr. S.E. Kentwood, Mi 49008 Phone 616-554-2100 devriesdentalmi.com DEVRIES Cross said. She was pleased to see her girls playing consis­ tently throughout the night. Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Caledonia varsity vol­ leyball team kept things roll­ ing in the OK Red with a pair of wins at Caledonia High School this week. The Fighting Scots defeat­ ed visiting East Kentwood 25-15, 22-25, 25-16, 25-19 Tuesday. Sophomore Cambria Gaier pounded a team-high 16 kills in the victory over the Falcons and also had a team-leading 25 digs. She was one of eight Scots to notch at least one kill. Senior Erica Postma hit 11 kills and sophomore Josie Noble had ten kills. Senior setter Avery Palmateer put up 43 assists lor the Scots, and sophomore Jessica Maier chipped in four. Senior Amanda Wolf had We specialize in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the oral cavity, including the teeth and gums. Now accepting new patients. Call today for appointment! Changes included junior Jessie Drenten donning the libero jersey for the evening *and her teammate Charlotte Nelson taking over the set­ ting duties for the full rota­ tion - moving the team from a 5-2 offense to a 6-1. The Trojans were bested 25-9.25-14,25-16 by Catholic Central in Grand Rapids in an OK Gold Conference match Tuesday evening. 44 “Catholic Central is a good volleyball team and they did a lot of good thing,” 41 Cross said. said, “We couldn’t make the adjustments that needed to be made. TK will play host to Kenowa Hills in a confer­ ence match Tuesday and then go to Gull Lake Thursday in the week ahead. Scots add third and fourth OK Red volleyball victories Your teeth are amazing - dental visits can keep them that way. Is it time to make an appointment with a dentist that takes the time to answer your questions and explains the conditions and treatments you’ll need to protect your teeth for a lifetime? Dr. Derek J. DeVries DDS . Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thomapple Kellogg varsi­ ty volleyball coach Tia Cross liked the way her girls bat­ tled in a tough non-conference loss with visiting Hamilton Thursday evening. The Hawkeyes got off to a great start, running to a 17-8 lead in the opening set, but the Trojans battled back to make the Hamilton girls work for the win. TK got within 23-21 before the Hawkyes closed out a 25-22 win and then went on to take the final two sets 25-14, 25-17. “We had to make adjust­ ments due to illness, bu the players handled it very well,” I I •. » 1 1 I k * I I I ' 1 I ■ ♦ i » > / I �� https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/25/731/SunandNews_2022-10-22.pdf f3e05564d2ab0a3a48deea285a668269 PDF Text Text Irving Township board clarifies that the township is not a party to its clerk’s federal lawsuit Vll OnuoD J ££0£ t 3)£b abnmEI dnsgio fngsinl bivibni si bnn .23^0l Jayson Bussa Editor In a tense meeting on Tuesday night, the Irving Township board narrowly voted to adopt a resolution stating that the township is not a party to a federal law­ suit filed by its own clerk, among other plaintiffs. At the beginning of September, Irving Township clerk Sharon Olson signed on to a federal lawsuit filed in Michigan’s western district of the federal court system. The lawsuit asks the federal court to decertify the 2020 presidential election results in Michigan due to impropri­ eties in the voting process and run the election process over again. Last month, Olson said that she was approached about joining the lawsuit and had merely hours to decide whether or not to partake, The other plaintiffs on the lawsuit include the Macomb County Republican Party, 2022 U.S. Taxpayers candi­ date for governor Donna Brandenburg and non-profit organization the Election Integrity Force, in addition to individual voters Ken Beyer and Jenison resident Jason Ickes. IfiTU Caledonia boy completes half marathon just months after devastating auto accident ; nl sbzsijl znwoT bsiov anilBla ] £ ion in Iiu2 gnorm; JO 2 jfrelo 91 £ Of gidoiM l adj to £1 orTT i nuoo Dbigsiq biM ni i aailo in bn£ >£ TOVO )2£j ft )£dJ i jjjod£ m bjsri ariladw o orlT ) tawT i oonsH moicq ijfil Jtel I Greg Chandler Staff Writer Twelve-year-old Timmy Fanco held the hands of his parents - mother Liz to his left, father Jeff to his right - Irving Township hall hosted a packed crowd for Tuesday’s board meeting. Here, Nichole Lyke of the Barry County Chamber of Commerce speaks to the board about availability of broadband internet. However, much of the night was focused on a federal lawsuit that Township Clerk Sharon Olson signed on to in September, (Photo by Jayson Bussa) The plaintiffs are repre- that, Irving Township's gen­ sented by Petoskey-based eral legal counsel, Grand Rapids-based attorney Daniel J. Hartman. Bloom Because Olson signed Sluggett PC, urged the board onto the lawsuit in her offi- to adopt a resolution that cial capacity as township , would clearly state whether clerk, concern mounted or not it is involved in the the township as a corporate lawsuit as a corporate entity, entitv That scenario created the entity would be dragged into the proceedings and also backdrop to Tuesday's meet­ exposed to both the legal and ing, which featured a packed financial liabilities associat­ gallery, many of which were ed with the case. Because of vocal supporters of Olson as as he he crossed crossed the the finish finish line line to to complete complete the the half half maramarathon at the University of Michigan Health-West Grand Rapids Marathon Sunday morning. IL Hisparents wept. So did Timmy's seven siblings, ranging in age from 9 to 24. One of them, 17-year-old Anna, draped a medal around Timmy’s neck for complet­ ing the 13.1-mile race. A little more than four months ago, such a joyous scene seemed impossible. Timmy was fighting for his life after a devastating crash on M-37, just northwest of Hastings, that left him and Anna critically injured. But on this day, none of that mattered. “It was hard to run (the last couple of miles),’’ Timmy said. “But then my friends came at mile 11. That really — how do 1 phrase it? it gave me encouragement 99 (to finish). It was the culmination of a journey that began the morning of June 10 — the day Timmy and Anna were injured in the crash. “We were at the Hastings • • • ^-S I* il rteinit oteiesB ted eriT iT lefts n V8-M 12-year-old Timmy Fanco of Caledonia crosses the finish line at Sunday’s half marathon in Grand Rapids, assisted by his mother, Liz (right) and father, Jeff (left), The half marathon came a little more than four months after Timmy suffered near-fatal injuries in a crash on M-37 near Hastings. (Photo courtesy Liz Fanco) and her efforts. Attorney Dave Eberle from Bloom Sluggett was on hand for the meeting, which lasted over two hours, as he fielded questions from the board. ’ Eberle recommended that the board address two central issues. The first was to state See MEETING, page 3 Wal-Mart. We were return­ ing (pop) cans because the summer camp that we go to was coming every year up,” Anna Fanco said. “Part of the way we pay for that is we return all the cans that we’ve collected throughout the year. After leaving the store, Anna and Timmy got into their vehicle. “Heath Road is the first turn when you exit Wal­ Mart. Normally I take the second (turn, out onto M-43/M-37) but I was running late," Anna said, So Anna headed west on Heath Road, hoping to make time to be able to pick up her brother, Brady, to go strawberry picking. At the intersection of M-37, Anna said she didn't see the stop sign. “I should have stopped and made the right turn. I didn't see the stop sign, so I kept going, which is when I crossed M-37 and was • • • Meet the candidates running for Caledonia Board of Education Greg Chandler Staff Writer Seven candidates are on the ballot for three available terms on me the six-year Caledonia Board of Education in the Nov. 8 general elec­ tion. Only one incumbent board member, Tim Morris, is seek­ ing re-election. Incumbents Julie Asper and Kyle Clement, who have each served on the board the past T-boned by the other car. she said. Anna suffered multiple fractures, including a badly broken tibia and skull frac­ ture, a lacerated spleen and a collapsed lung. She had to lie flat for four days to prevent the risk of one of her broken ribs puncturing her heart. IN six years, are not seeking re-election. Other candidates listed on the ballot include John Brandow, James Ernest, Jennifer Nichols, Ian Rice, Mary Anne Timmer and Eric VanGessel. The Sun and News posed a series of questions to each candidates to inform voters on where they stand on the issues. See SCHOOL BOARD, page 6 But for Timmy, the situa­ tion was even more dire. He was pinned inside the wreck­ age. His head hit the dash­ board upon impact because the air bag on the passenger side of the vehicle didn't deploy, resulting in a Level 3 See FANCO, page 2 IWfllE • Caledonia Schools hires new secondary education director • A look back at Middleville’s Fall Fest • CHS trophy case overflowing as equestrian team wins state again • DK/TK/HHS hosts annual bittersweet Cancer Meet with the Wayland girls • Scots’ senior leaders all-conference at OK Red C.C. Championship �Page 2/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 22, 2022 FANCO, continued from page 1-------------------------------------traumatic brain injury to go along with two broken femurs and other fractures. “They thought he was already dead at the scene,” Liz Fanco said. “When they finally got him out and got him on the AeroMed (to Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids), they didn't think he’d make the flight to the hospital.” “Timmy had the highest severity of TBI that you can have — the extent that it involved his entire brain and his brain stem,” Liz added. Timmy was in a coma for days, and doctors prepared the family for the possibili­ ty that the boy might be unresponsive for the rest of his life. He spent 12 days at Helen DeVos before being transferred to Mary Free Bed Hospital. “He was in a minimally conscious state when he was transferred to Mary Free Bed,” Liz Fanco said. Doctors encouraged the family to talk to Timmy as if he could hear them. They found textures like yarn that would remind him of his cat. Liz would play music from one of his favorite video games, Animal Crossing, to which he would move his thumbs, even in his comatose state, she said. Timmy’s past teachers would come to visit him as well. Timmy had some things ““They Theywould wouldread readaabook book in mind that he wanted to that they read to him during do. As he went through that school year, things that physical therapy, he had the were familiar to him, just Grand Rapids half mara­ trying to jog those memo- thon as his goal. ries,” Liz Fanco said. “I wanted to get back to Finally, on July 1, after running, running,”” Timmy Timmy said. said. “I having surgery to remove a signed up for cross country screw from a broken jaw, (at school), but I wasn't Timmy uttered his first able to run. I did run the last word since the crash: cross country meet (of the “Mom?” season).” “It was the first time he The Fanco family runs talked, it was the first time races throughout the year, he'd he’d made eve eye contact and Just a week before the focused on anything,” Liz Grand Rapids half maraFanco said. She called thon, Liz ran the Chicago 26 miles, 385 Anna, who had just been Marathon released from Helen DeVos yards. But she more often runs half marathons — that same day. Once he woke up, he eight alone this year. She woke up. I could ask him has also taken part in 13 his siblings' names. He listtriathlons. ed all the boys on his soccer The family runs to raise team, he listed his pets. His money for World Vision, a siblings came to see him Christian organization that that evening, and he was is involved with community laughing at them, laughing development projects at jokes, he was asking for around the world, primarily things.” providing clean water to At first, Timmy’s sen- communities that otherwise tences were short, no more would not have access to than two or three words. clean water. But within a few days, he “We keep a family was speaking full sentenc- fundraising page open es, Liz Fanco said, throughout the year and “He had some short-term fundraise all year, under memory issues for a few our Grand Rapids weeks, but other than that Marathon page,” said Liz he was fully back to himself Fanco, who does adminmentally,” she said. istrative work for the Liz would take him on Grand Rapids Marathon short field trips from Mary and Tris4Health, which Free Bed, such as going to sponsors triathlons and get ice cream at Kilwin’s. other endurance races f! A 10 ll 4 The Fanco family celebrates Timmy Fanco completing the half marathon in Grand Rapids on Sunday. (Photo courtesy Liz Fanco) around the state. Liz Fanco ran her first half marathon for World Vision in 2018 with her oldest son, Teddy and daughter, Francesca. “That was the first race I ever done. I had never done a 5K or anything before then,” she said, crediting Teddy and Francesca for encouraging her to run. Anna Fanco still faces surgery early next month. “I’m getting all the hard- ware out of my leg, new hardware put in, and I'm getting a bone graft sur­ gery,” she said. “I’ve managed to snap nine of the 13 screws that were holding the plates to my leg. “My tibia is missing a piece (of bone). It broke so badly they had to take the piece out.” Now that he has been able to run a half marathon again, Timmy Fanco has bigger goals ahead. “I’m hoping to run a mar­ athon soon,” he said. Editor’s note: Sun and News reporter Greg Chandler ran the half marathon at the Grand Rapids Marathon on Sunday. It was his first half marathon, at the age of 58. He completed the 13.1 -mile race in just under 2 hours and 55 min­ utes and raised $1,350 for World Vision - enough to provide clean water to 27 children in Africa. Caledonia Twp. grants preliminary approval on two liquor licenses Greg Chandler Staff Writer The Caledonia Township board Wednesday gave pre­ liminary approval for two new liquor license applica­ tions, giving the applicants one year to meet certain conditions. The board voted 6-0 in granting conditioning approval for Butcher Block Social BBQ at 9900 Cherry Valley Ave. SE and Hoff Holdings, which owns the building that formerly housed the Vault Cafe & Bakery at 203 E. Main St. in the village of Caledonia and an adjoining building, and is looking to attract a restaurant to that location. “It gives conditions and time to meet those condi­ tions, and then we would make a final recommenda­ tion to the state of Michigan ... so that they could award the application for the license,” Township Supervisor Bryan Harrison said. The Michigan Liquor Control Commission has the final say on the award­ ing of liquor licenses. “"■""IO \\INERp A U| ■ | The board had earlier this month tabled the applica­ tions so that a three-mem­ ber committee could take a second look at an ordinance it approved in mid-August that set forth procedures and standards for awarding four new liquor licenses that were allocated to the township as a result of the 2020 census. Harrison, Treasurer/ Administrator Richard Robertson and Clerk Joni Henry met after the previ­ ous board meeting to con­ sider scaling back such requirements in the ordi­ nance as requiring compre­ hensive financial disclosure by the applicants. The group sent updated draft ordinance language to the township attorney, Harrison said. The applicants must receive site plan approvals from the township planner or planning commission,J must agree to surrender their license should their establishments close for a period of 90 days, and cannot transfer the license outside the township. In the instance of Butcher Block Social, the applicant must show proof that the license will be tied to the location, either through purchasing the site or hav­ ing a lease of at least three years. Hoff Holdings does not have a specific tenant yet. 2NI> ANNUAL Your local agent insures your ALLOWEEN PARTY 1 SATURDAY, OCT. 22H[>, 12-8PM J COME DRESSED TO KILL V 0 Retirement ....MUUUHAAHAA Ask about our annuities and IRAs e/gg ALSO IT S FRANK S BIRTHDAY COME CELEBRATE YOUR FAY BREWER FARM BUREAU F INSURANCE fF 'TOt^AS ESPtfZl BLUES BAND ' 5PM - BPM Con<f>aj<^, i * & 4i 9 I J *• Jason Parks 121 E. Main Street Downtown Middleville (269) 795-8827 jparks@fbinsmi.com FarmBureaulnsurance.com One of the issues involved in in their their application application was was that that they they did did not not have have aa propro­ posed menu or hours of operation, as required in the ordinance. Principal Chris VanderHoff explained to the board earlier this month that having a license in hand would be part of mar­ keting his location to a pro­ spective restaurant. 44 They have a building but not necessarily a secured tenant, Harrison said, There was also questions of can we give a license to a building that wants to be in the name of the operator. We have sought some clarification from legal counsel. It is our understanding that the license must be in the name of the operator, therefore the person serv­ ing the beverages Prior to awarding this (license), we'd want to know who that operator was, that they had met all the other requirements.” VanderHoff said the East Main Street location already meets all the zoning require­ ments of the proposed restaurant use. He said he would establish an operat­ ing management corpora­ tion that will sign an agreement with the restaurant operator that would allow €6 • • • I . I the restaurant to serve liquor. VanderHoff also requested the township consider granting a one-year extension should the condi­ tions not be met within the first year “especially going into the (economic) times that we’re going into now.” Harrison said he would be “hesitant” to grant such an extension up front, but said the ordinance does allow consideration of an extension upon request. “I’d say we give the 12 months as we have with (Butcher Block Social), and should you require (an extension), we can consider it at that time,” he said. The ordinance requires an establishment to have seating for at least 50 patrons, with preference given to businesses with greater seating capacity. Preferences will be given to locally-owned restaurants over restaurants that are owned or operated by franchises, according to the ordinance document. The township planned to target the awarding of licenses to applicants in the Main Street commercial district in the village and along M-37 between 84th and 100th streets, as opposed to along the M-6 corridor. A I 3 J B'i te hi 4 ItMla Mti W •• ■sikl® ’''’’‘We *-.***_ i l*# I M a ‘I % Mi ■is is W « 1 I k. * Ik ' x?ll Ir * X:Niih liV I V �phone. Olson revealed that she contacted Bloom Sluggett for representation in the law­ suit, but the firm declined to take the case. Eberle was careful not to make any comments on the merits of the federal lawsuit, as he and his firm had not reviewed the materials and could not render an opinion on its validity. Township Trustee Dean Bass finally broke through a back-and-forth lengthy : X »>■, % >5,•2 * Lu clear. Bass said. I do not support Sharon in this lawsuit. I don’t think I want to get involved in it. I don't think the county or the town­ ship wants to get involved in it. Sharon received a call from a lawyer in Petoskey asking her to get involved in this federal lawsuit. They sent people down from Gaylord to pick up a machine. I don’t know why we’re going so far out of our way to present this to the public. support group to come in here and threaten and intimidate this board,” Bass continued, “Even if I supported it, I wouldn't have supported because of of that. that. II don don’’tt appreapprebecause ciate ciate it. it. And And you you people people can can do with that comment what you want. The people I’ve heard from -Irvinst=> in Township that have called me on the phone have supported me in my position on this and I’m going to go with that.” Bass’biting words referred supporters, most which those allegations by the state, resided from outside of the Bass' comments got the township. This included ball rolling as Township Barry County Sheriff Dar Supervisor Jamie Knight Leaf, who has spearheaded made the motion to adopt the his own lengthy election resolution that states Irving fraud fraud investigation investigation and and has has Township is not a party to unsuccessfully sued the state. Olson’s lawsuit. Bass sec­ Leaf is waiting to hear onded it the motion. Olson and treasurer Doug from a special prosecutor to determine if he will face Sokolowski voted against the Mike Buehler criminal charges in what the motion. state alleges is a conspiracy explicitly said that he sup­ to acquire and tamper with ports Olson's effort in the voting tabulators. Several lawsuit but voted for potential liability. The discussion made for a meeting where Knight had to remind members of the gal­ lery to not shout things out during the meeting. “The board's decision needs to be what’s in the best interests of all the residents in all of Irving Township.” Knight said. “Having Irving Township as a party on the lawsuit is not in the best interests of all the residents in Irving Township.” 44 w in । Wm MB M Wf is H® & R1 fljlit MtobiW __ j । to p'qdlR F (gift!®!®11 — Li. Ittl*’ Mil? A It u & k It* II1 tr ■ a? I* $ ■* X^d Caledonia Schools hire new secondary education director Caledonia Community Schools have hired Dr. Camela Diaz as their new director of secondary edu­ cation. The district’s Board of formally Education approved Diaz's hiring Monday night, but she began working for the dis­ trict on Oct. 3. Diaz has spent the past 23 years in the Lansing School District where she served as a special educa­ tion coordinator, principal and central office adminis­ trator. 44 As a dedicated and pas­ sionate educator with over 30 years of experience in both public and private education sectors and at a variety of positional levels, my unwavering focus has been on improving the edu­ cational experience for 55 every student, every day. Diaz said in a news release. “My mission as an educator has been to work collec­ tively and collaboratively with teachers and adminis- trators on behalf of children and their families to create learning environments that are welcoming, relevant, and engaging.” As director of secondary education, Diaz will be a member of the district's teaching and learning team, providing administrative oversight of grades 5-12 programming in the district's intermediate, mid­ die, and high schools. This work will include over- said Dr. Dedrick Martin, superintendent at CCS. “Dr. Diaz expresses a clear com­ mitment and passion for serving students and educa­ tors. Her considerable experience in education will provide the support our secondary schools will utilize to move rforward. J ” a After completing bachelor of arts degree in special education at Michigan Eastern University, Dr. Diaz began Swiss Steak Benefit Dinner 8 Silent Auction her career in Pasadena, Calif., working as a spe­ cial education teacher with emotionally impaired sec­ ondary students. She com­ pleted a master of arts in special education at California State Northridge University, and after returning to Michigan, completed her doctorate in educational leadership at Michigan State University. “Working alongside Full Service Body Shop Enders it Saturday, October 29,2022 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Dr. Camela Diaz Quality Family Eye Care Since 1929 Middleville United Methodist Church 111 Church St.,Middleville other excellent educators in Caledonia is an exciting opportunity for me, as we continue to build pathways for students to find their passion and success. They are, after all, the future upon which we all depend,” Diaz said. “I’m eager to meet the students, staff and families in Caledonia and learn more about what makes Caledonia Community Schools such 55 an incredible place to be. Bruce's Frame and Alignment (! For Dave and Sue y • sight of the district's sec­ ondary curriculum, assessment efforts, as well as the coordination, planning, and supervision of a comprehensive professional learning program for staff. She will also oversee the leadership of all secondary principals. “We're so excited for Dr. Diaz to take on this new for Caledonia role Community Schools and 55 welcome her to our team," team 5 • • • • Wheel Alignments Auto Glass Installation Insurance Work Welcome Visa & MasterCard Accepted Over 40 years experience brucesframe.com �Brenda was bom in Grand Rapids, MI to Edwin Colburn Sr. and Sara Colburn (Pickard) on January 4, 1967. She leaves behind her par­ ents; sister, Christine “Def* Funeral Home, where her Jeffries (Royce); brother, memorial service was con­ Robert “Bob" Colburn (Terri), ducted. Private burial took place in Alaska Cemetery. and her sister, Sherry “She In lieu of flowers please Stehouwer (Todd). She also leaves behind several aunts, consider a donation to the Barry County Animal Shelter. uncles, and cousins. Please visit www.beelerBrenda was a joy and a challenge for all who knew goresfiineral.com to share a her. She enjoyed puzzles and memory or to leave a condolence her many stuffed animals. She message for Brenda’s family. Welcoming A “Special showed us her puzzling talent Child” as she was able to put them Sometimes the Lord sees fit together upside down as easily as right side up. She loved to allow babies to enter this opening gifts, and it was our world who will always remain joy watching her face light up mentally immature or be physevery time she opened one, no ically handicapped. Although matter what was inside. these these little little ones ones pose pose many many Brenda marched to the beat problems, they must still be of her own drum and gave us welcomed welcomed with with thanksgiving. thanksgiving. many shared memories filled Heaven’s Very Special Child with laughter and tears. She A meeting was held quite will be forever in our hearts. far from earth, Brenda’s family received It is time again for another friends on Wednesday, Oct. birth. 19, 2022 at the Beeler-Gores The angels said to the Lord 19 Hendricka Stauffer, sister-inlaw, Janice Stauffer; many nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, uncles, and cousins. heart. Ron. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 47 years, Ron Venema; and Larry L. brother, And she will require some extra care. From the folks she meets on earth down there. She may never run or laugh or play, Her thoughts may seem odd and far away. In various ways she won't adapt. And she will be known as handicapped. Please, Lord, find some parents for this child, Who’ll do this good work as unto You. They’ll not understand it right away, The difficult role You’d have them play, But with this dear child sent from above, Comes strength and new faith and richer love. And soon they will know the privlige given To care for this gift that’s straight from Heaven. This precious young charge so meek and mild. Will always remain Thy special child. -Anonymous Stauffer. Funeral services were held on Tuesday. Oct. 18, 2022 at Matthysse Kuiper DeGraaf --------------Funeral Home,----------------616 E. Main St. SE, Caledonia. Burial was held at Lakeside Cemetery. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to Faith Hospice-Trillium Woods. Condolences may be sent online at www.mkdfuneralhome.com. $ y. X JU’. TTES to host fire prevention open house Greg Chandler Staff Writer The day still sticks in the mind of Thomapple Township Emergency Services Chief Bill Richardson. It was the winter of 1999, and Richardson was a young firefighter in Coloma Township, near Benton Harbor. Richardson responded to an early-morning house fire. By the time he and other firefight­ ers arrived at the scene, all six occupants of the home - a married couple and four young children - were dead. “They didn’t have working smoke detectors. The batteries were out of all of them," said Richardson, who became chief in July. “All of the doors to thebedrooms were open ...Something as as simple simple as a smoke detector and closing the bedroom doors could have saved all those people’s lives.’' Making sure homeowners have working smoke detectors and know basic safety proce­ dures are just part of the reason for TTES holding an open house next Saturday, Oct 29, in connection with Fire Prevention Month. The open house runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the TTES fire station, 128 High St. “As temperatures change, it increases the probability of fires as we get colder weather," Richardson said. ‘The reason October is Fire Prevention Month is because it memorial­ izes the great fire in Chicago (from 1871).’’ The open house will feature tours of of the the fire fire station, station, the tours the opportunitv opportunity to to climb climb into into aa fire fire •’Cl* truck and try on firefighting equipment. There will even be goodies for the kids. It has been a busy first few months for Richardson, who came to Thomapple Township after 23 years with the Meridian Township Fire Department, east of Lansing. On July 19, TLES became a full-time department, with two full-time firefighters on duty at any one time around the clock. Then last month, the department put a second ambulance into ser­ vice during daytime hours to try to address the number of “double hits" - two calls for service that occur at about the same time. It's a pilot program, In the first 10 days of the second ambulance, TIES han­ died 17 transfers, Richardson said. f juiskisi IT Cale donia United Methodist Church baptist (church alaska 7240 68“' Street SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-698-8104 www.alaskabaptist.org Our mission is to worship God and equip anstiiit’ pfafttiri iliteair UtaU Rev. Christine Beaudoin Sunday Services: 9:30 AM - Worship 11:00 AM - Sunday School 6:00 PM - Adult Bible Study 6:00 PM - Student Ministries Join us for our traditional yet casual worship SJEtolte- sendee, in person or online, at 9:00 am. 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Join us at 10 a.m. on Sundays in person or online at: fb.com/restorationcrc www.RestorationCRC.org ' Sunday at 10:00am 20 State Street, Middleville, Ml / www.tvcweb.com >W>1e -/Church 8655 Whitneyville Avenue, Alto 616.891.8661 www.whitneyvillebible.org MIDDLEVILLE SERVICE TIME: 269-795-9901 Whitneyville THORNAPPLE VALLEY CHURCH • PastorJonathan DeCou Sunday School... ,9:30 AM Sunday Worship 10:30 AM W47/C/7 ILLA ■ our services from our website (see above) Fellowship Church r NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. Fellowship 9:45 to 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 10 to 10:45 a.m. 8436 Kraft Ave., Caledonia, MI 49316 Office 616-891-8688 • Preschool (616) 891-1821 Yankee Springs Bible Church 8900 Duffy Road Middleville, MI 49333 Hymns • Reading God’s Word • Special Music Sunday Morning Worship.......................... 10: 00 a.m. Community Group....................................... 11: 00 a.m. Wednesday 6:30 pm & 7 pm Pastor Ed Carpenter - 616-868-0621 Sermons online: WhitneyvilleFellowship.org I S3 I Praising God through Sunday wam& 6 pm 'is www.stpaulcaledonia.org "Shining Forth God's Light" Prayer Meeting & Bible Study I @ St. Paul Lutheran Church & Preschool 4935 Whitneyville Ave, between 52nd & 48th Worship Services > James L. Collison, Pastor wxvw.yankeespringsbiblechurch.org �J J. * • The Sun and News, Saturday, October 22, 2022/ Page 5 & x r \ 1 X 1 KM rlsa; U-V *< ? s V \• \ T It *» >!»k. »7?» > *M। 'k । < ■ 1 <\ S’CJH; h l««ii a I Mt • Jis ffcajsrHrti u HOW 4 (MH ’JI •< <7^ & Middleville DDA chooses contractor to do landscape work for amphitheater tiered seating levels James Gemmell Contributing Writer The Middleville Down tow i I Development Authority has selected Element Landscape LLC of Caledonia to adminis­ ter the landscaping work neces­ sary to add tiered seating levels at the downtown amphitheater. The DDA board voted 7-0 Tuesday evening to go with Element's quote of $35,491 for the job, possibly beginning with some preliminary ground­ work this fall if the weather cooperates. Most of the project will be done next spring. It will include repair of the landscape after construction is completed, Attendees at the amphitheater have had to sit on a steep, grassy hill that slopes down toward tlie stage. It can be slippery to walk on and muddy when it rains. Three flat, tiered seating levels will be built to prevent that, and three brick-terraced retaining walls will be installed. It's part of a larger initiative the DDA has been planning for Sesquicentennial Park since last year called the Amphitheater Art Walk project. It is designed to reactivate the outdoor gathering space, which is used for events such as the recent Fall Fest. It also will entail the instal­ lation of more art sculptures adjacent to the Paul Henry Thomapple Trail. “It seems like forever ago when we began meeting with contractors for the art walk to get ideas of what it would cost to build those terrace layers," DDA Director Katherine Bussard said. “And we contact­ ed more than a dozen compa­ nies. This was publicly noticed. We went through everything our financial policy requires for public bidding already." The project will be paid from the DDA's Arts & Culture fund. A DDA-led crowdfunding campaign for the overall Art Walk project kicked off in June and raised $25,931 from 736 donors. Meeting a state deadline for raising the money by late August triggered the awarding of a $25,000 matching grant through the Michigan Economic Development Corp.'s Public Spaces Community Places pro­ gram. The project received another grant of $21,250 in September through the MEDC s Revitalization and Placemaking (RAP) program. That brought the funding grand total to $72,181 for the Middleville Amphitheater Art Walk project. So far, three art sculptures have been installed in the park along the Thomapple River's east bank. Originally, plans were to install six sculptures and, so far, four more have been sponsored for future installation. The additional money from the fundraising and the grants will cover the cost of even more being added in the future. DDA selects architect to draw up renovation design for train depot interior The DDA board voted 7-0 to authorize staff to spend up to $ 1,500 to hire a local architect to produce designs for interior renovation of the Middleville Train Depot. Amy LavertyMeeker of Hastings was chosen to do the preliminary and finished drawings. Bussard said LavertyMeeker comes highly recom­ mended and has done work for several businesses in the com­ munity. Most recently, the remodel of the Thomapple Credit LInion, and she also specializes in historic buildings," Bussard said. “Her rates were very affordable for a base sketch that we need to move forward. The base sketch costs 25 cents per square foot and the finished drawings will cost $1 per square foot. The restoration will bring the depot building into compliance with the feder­ al Americans with Disabilities Act and allow it to be opened for public tours in the future, Vintage Building & Restoration Inc. completed an exterior restoration this sum­ mer at a cost of $31,3(X) to the DDA, and the Hastings compa­ ny also offered to do an interior refurbishment for $61,500. Once the preliminary architec­ tural drawings are completed, a Request for Proposal can be sent out for public bidding. “We know the interior work is going to be substantial, Bussard said. “Hopefully, we UJW I I $F J ■> A p 1. . J «Ji di z/ I A A ? 4 Middleville TOPS 546 The Oct. 15 meeting opened with the secretary's report and roll call. One new fish jumped into the fishbowl and two fish jumped out. Virginia gave a recap about last Saturday's TOPS Rally, One hundred sixty people attended. Linda was given the Shining Star award for the chapter. The 546 chapter also won $25 for having the best weight loss per person so far this year. The group had a variety of discussions Saturday. One of these discussions was what the group would like to do for Christmas, Alice lost the Ha-Ha box. The meeting ended with marching in place as the chap­ ter said the TOPS pledge. TOPS, a weight-loss sup­ group. meets every port group, Saturday at Lincoln Meadows in Middleville. Weigh-in is from 10 to 10:15 a.m., tollowed immediately by the meeting. A mask is suggested when in the common area ot the building. Press the white buzzer for entry, Anyone with questions may call Chris, 269-908-3731. The first meeting is free. I The Middleville DDA board listens to a presenta­ tion from DDA Director Katherine Bussard, at right, during Tuesday’s meeting. Left to right: Michal Ann Enders, Sherry Ronning, DDA Chairwoman Kim Jachim, Eric Schaefer, Andrew Beck, Joe Mancini. (Photo by James Gemmell) can get a contractor on the books to start work in the spring, and have that finished by the fall. DDA Chairwoman Kim Jachim said Laverty-Meeker has worked with Vintage Building president Rob Pohl on several projects in the past. He was the first person who recommended her (to do the interior drawings),” Bussard said. “But I've heard so many other people say, ‘We've worked with her. She’s amaz­ ing. The 116-year-old depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places last spring by the National Park Service. It was once part of the Michigan Central Railroad system. DDA staff hope to leverage the depot s historic-site status to obtain state and federal grants for wtiich it will be applying soon. The DDA hopes to move its offices from the current loca­ tion at 125 E. Main St. into the train depot building at 125 Railroad St. once the resto­ ration work is completed. DDA staff and the local postmaster met in mid-October to discuss a potential timeline for a free-standing community mailbox to be installed down­ town. The Cluster Box Unit (CBU) would have either 26 or 32 slots for locked mailbox compartments. One potential location for the CBU is outside village hall at 100 E. Main St. Presently, mail is not delivered to busi­ nesses on Mam Street so they each must pay for an individual post office box. Some local business owners had approached the DDA about the possibility of getting a CBU set up downtown. Bussard said U.S. Postal Service regulations would not allow the street side of village hall to be used for the CBU, but a jut-in on the other side of the building possibly could be used. Some cement work would need to be done to secure the mailboxes along the sidewalk. “The other thing the post­ master said is we are now get­ ting into their busy Christmas season, and it would make their life easier if we didn't make any changes until the new year,” Bussard said. Spring timeline eyed for potential community mailbox installation Element Landscape’s rough sketch of how the tiered sections of seats would be built for the Middleville amphitheater project. (Courtesy image) The total cost of the project. factoring in cement work and installation, would be around $10,000 to $12,000. DDA discusses Small Business Saturday promotion The annual Small Business Saturday national event is set for Nov. 26 this year. It is designed to encourage consumers to shop in person and online at local small businesses. DDA Chairwoman Kim Jachim said she has received suggestions that the DDA could send an email to local small business owners and ask each if they would like their business to be promoted on a DDA punch card that would be distributed to customers. “And they could be asked, ‘Would you donate a little 1 I something - a cup of coffee, a wax candle, a car wash, what­ ever?”' Jachim said. “I like the punch card idea, DDA board member Joe Mancini said. Punch cards could be turned into participating businesses at the end of the day, and they could then be brought to the DDA. “They'll come back to the DDA, and then we'll draw for a (gift) basket or bag of good­ ies,” Jachim said. Volunteers will distribute the punch cards to the businesses that express an interest in participating, The DDA voted 7-0 to move ahead with the local promotion, with the caveat that no more than $150 maximum can be spent for the punch cards, the gift basket and posters. 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Is there a particular issue teaching experience, I under­ that makes you want to stand academia. This backJames Ernest ground, plus my experience Current residence: Glen sene on the school board? In 2021, when I started vetting authors and manu­ Valley, Caledonia Village Occupation: Vice presi­ attending school board meet­ script as a book publisher, dent, editor-in-chief, Wm. B. ings, I heard many com­ equips me intellectually to Why are you running for plaints. I started attending recognize and counter pseuthe school board? What are Eerdmans Publishing Co. your priorities? Website: ernest4cal- meetings of an organization do intellectual, culture-warscalled Cal United to learn based assaults on teachers I am running to protect schools.org more. Over the course of and schools. My campaign parental rights. We need to several months, I concluded blog at emest4calschools.org get back to the basics and get transparency and trust built that this group was formed as and my personal blog at verback with the community. As part of a nationwide parti­ basparsa.org host many of a resident of Caledonia for san-political effort to stir up my essays. In addition, my the last 23 years, I have sat experience dissension based on resent- management on several local boards. In ment of inconvenient pub­ equips me to help the board doing so, I have learned to be lic-health measures, denial of follow good process to a good listener. I will join the effects of racism and achieve good results in poli­ together with others on the related injustices in U.S. his­ cy, personnel, financial and board to work with parents, tory, misunderstanding and operations matters. My pas­ teachers and district staff to rejection of the charac­ toral training will help with ter-forming achieve success for the power of personnel, meeting dynamics Community Caledonia social-emotional learning, and community relations. Schools and our students. Why are you running for and fear and dislike of kids What do you feel the role Already having two kids the school board? What are who are members of sexual of the parent is within the graduate and four more your priorities? minorities. district? throughout the district, I Our family located in When a candidate for state Parents bear primary believe in a quality public Caledonia in 2003 because rep stood up in a school responsibility for raising education for students. of the schools. Our two chil- board meeting to accuse Cal their own children. Parents My top priorities are dren graduated from CHS in Schools and teachers of pro- should pay close attention to building on school safety, 2009 and2011.We are gratemoting a radical leftist agen- their their children children’’ss school school expeexpe­ and to represent the students, ful fortheeducation they da, and then it became clear rience, rience, take take every every opportuni opportuni­­ parents, teachers and com­ received here. My top priorithat she was the primary pro- ty to confer with their chilmunity well. I plan to post ty is to keep school board moter and thought-guide of dren’s teachers, advocate for every vote that is made as focused on sound, intelligent several school board candi- their their children children when when their their long as it’s public knowland benevolent oversight of dates, I knew I had to run. I children need help, and teach edge. There will be votes in the schools. Public education want to serve on the school their children to respect their closed session that need to is one of the most precious board (1) to prevent a take­ teachers. Parents (and the remain private. I plan to lis­ — and currently most vul- over by a movement that whole community) collecten to parents concerns. nerable institutions in the does not believe in our pub­ tively should convey to Is there a particular issue life of our community, our lic schools, slanders teach­ teachers, administrators and that makes you want to state and our nation. I am ers, sacrifices truth and school board members both serve on the school board? interested especially in cur- decency to its will-to-power, their appreciation and their We need to build a skilled riculum: providing excellent and will waste everyone’s concerns. School board time on fake issues; and (2) members should help the dis­ to keep the board focused on trict administration be the fiscal, policy and person­ responsive to the values and • Freedom from pornography nel oversight that is its prop­ concerns of the whole com• Freedom from alcohol er job. My priorities, values munity (as opposed to loud • Freedom from TV • Freedom from drugs and aims (and those of candi­ voices of a smaller number • Freedom from cigarettes dates Timmer and VanGessel) of dissident-activist parents), • Freedom from dependencies are described more fully at Parental involvement can Most everyone has an issue with something in their life. Here are 7 simple steps emest4calschools.org. make a vital, positive differ­ (with word for word prayers) that will work every time: What skills and experi­ ence in their children’s edu­ ences do you bring to the cation. 1. Make Jesus Lord of your life. Prayer: Jesus, I turn my life over to you and will serve you from this day forward. table that have prepared Describe your involveJohn Brandow residence: Current Caledonia Occupation: Landscape/ snowplow management trades program. Higher education is not the only option. We are being told that it’s important to get shop classes introduced in in middle middle school. school. introduced What skills and experi­ ences do you bring to the table that have prepared you to serve as a board member? I currently sit on two other boards. I have enjoyed work­ ing with others while serving local organizations. I am not afraid to discuss issues and come to a solution that is feasible for all. Sometimes tough decisions need to be made. I am responsible for divisions across the state in several branches for my employer, What do you feel the role of the parent is within the district? Parents should be involved in their child’s education. Parents should have a voice in their kids’ education. If possible, parents should volunteer and support the teach­ ers as needed. Parents should have open communication with the school system. I would love to see more par­ ents at board meetings. I encourage parents to take an active role in their kids’ education, Describe your involve­ ment in local school and community organizations, As a father of six kids, providing for my family has never allowed me much time to be active in our school system. My wife does as much as she can to help whenever possible. We strive to teach our kids to be active in our community. I was on the Caledonia AYSO board for several years as the safety director. I currently sit on the executive board of the Barry County Sheriff’s Posse. I am a 10-year volunteer and a 2nd lieutenant on the posse for the last three years. I enjoy helping train for the Rescue Task Force 5th District Regional Homeland Security Board and Medical Response Coalition group as well as teach the AVERT (Active Violence Emergency Resource Training) program to the community. 7 STEPS TO FREEDOM ment in local school and community organizations, i paid close attention to my children’s progress in school, 1 attended nearly all parent-teacher conferences. I was an Odyssey of the Mind coach. I attended many con­ certs, drama performances and football games. Because my own and my wife’s work schedules, service as an elder and as chair in our church, and our daughter’s intensive performing-arts schedule in Grand Rapids, I had no additional time to be involved in PTO or CEF or to pay atten­ tion to school board during those years. Now, I am ready to step up and give back by offering my time as a school board trustee. I am ready now to serve. z'i* i ►j A I$ .^1 - Tim Morris Current residence: Alto Occupation: Business owner I 5^1^ El & ^0* id Why are you running for the school board? What are your priorities? My decision to seek anoth­ er six-year board of educa­ tion term, was influenced by the “politics” brought to Caledonia’s schools, result­ ing in a seriously damaged district-community relationship. I believe I can play a leading role in rebuilding the community’s trust in their Caledonia public schools. My priorities can be found in the following areas. 1. Traditional education, Political and social agendas have no place in any pub­ lic-school curricula. 2. Revive enrollment. Prior to the pandemic, I estoS i FW« ■w*. ■Kiht lUK -tedii iaiMit k• RlSfk itellL See SCHOOL BOARD, page 7 2. Confess what you want to change (if it’s sin confess it as sin, if not then confess that you need a change). Prayer: Lord God, I confess [my issue] to you 3. Use the supernatural grace that is freely given to you. Prayer: (pray 3 times per day and whenever temptation comes) God, you say in your Word that Your grace is sufficient for my every need, pour out your grace on me and miraculously give me the strength to overcome [my issue]. cornerstone women 4. Change your lifestyle so you can’t accidentally’ be confronted with [your issue]; so that you would have to make a conscious decision. As an example, delete websites from your phone or computer's history so that you have to type in the website to go there, or delete your saved pass­ words from Netflix, Prime, etc. so you can’t just click on them, you must enter a password; better yet delete the apps if possible. 5. When temptation is difficult, contact someone. Don’t explain that you’re struggling, instead, just start a conversation... 'Hey, how are you doing today? We haven’t chatted in a while If it’s late, maybe make a list of friends in different time zones that you could connect with. 6. Read something in the Bible every day. (( W Join us for a time of worship, community, learning, and reflection! Each month we will have a relevant topic for Si women of all ages and stages to gather around. Whether 7. Every night be thankful to God for the grace He has given you that day. Finally, if you fail, don’t consider it a failure, pick yourself up and keep going. If you told someone you had tried for a month but failed 20 times (smoked 20 cigarettes), they might ask how many you had smoked before. Well, you smoked a pack a day so that’s 600 a month...,everyone else would say that was a great month. THIS WORKS! Go ahead and see if it doesn’t change your life for the better. If you have any questions, please drop us a line. Eric and Cindy meavincere@gmail. com 269.948.7613 for texts you've been at Cornerstone for one week or many years, come connect with one another and with God in a welcoming and casual place! We meet the fourth week of each month but will be shifting days to accommodate everyone’s schedules. cornerstonemi.org/women * cornerstonechurch s �h *.» ft' *1 ^q SCHOOL BOARD, continued from page 6 ■ s it s S' •*.. ’ ft u.i x** & S! 5 i L I Mb •’I s- v Si hHMi J M *» J.- L f Hr u It VI * tatStatoHjxttfcir ‘ is faioi in! t si• aw• it ffliiib !• xtcssiai kiimi w toil • —J The Sun and News, Saturday, October 22, 2022/ Page 7 L i. - T, % t •* —— I! I X I.W . J** * rf1 fed* . ’ll*1 fr»5’ pit & Caledonia Community Schools experienced positive organic student growih on a regular basis. And why wouldn’t this be the case — Caledonia is a great place raise a family. With record new/existing home sales and strong residential development underway in the Caledonia community, one would imagine student enrollment would be up, too. It is not. Amid double-digit population growth, the first post-pandemic year (2021­ 22) official student numbers dropped by one hundred (100) students. Families are moving to the community, but the evidence suggests parents are choosing other educational options for their children. In my opinion, the district is facing a parental trust issue that needs to be addressed soonest. 3. District assets and finances. ITie board of edu­ cation is solely responsible for maintaining the commu­ nity’s public school facility assets - primarily through bond revenue - and an annu­ al budget, which reflects state-determined revenue and pays the district's opera­ tional expenses. The above mentioned is a very simplified public school funding summary. However, there are two specific areas to watch. - Federal ESSER funding. These “emergency funds were intended to assist pub­ lic schools with pandem­ ic-related costs. My concern is this type of funding comes with strings attached and trusting Washington politicians to act in Caledonia's best interest. - Manage inflation The cost of everything is increasing at 5()-plus year historical rates. The district will continue to be impacted and required to make hard decisions as a result. 4. Address staff shortage. This district is facing a con- tinuing staffing crisis at all employment levels, The board needs innovative leadership to identify solutions that attract and maintain our district’s most notable human asset - our staff. Is there a particular issue that makes you want to serve on the school board? Restoring Caledonia’s community trust in their publie schools. What skills and experiences do you bring to the table that have prepared you to serve as a board member? The Caledonia Community has allowed me to serve as a board of education trustee for the past 10 years. I've experienced ood times, rough times, contention and harmony, gladness and sadness, etc. I promise to share and apply my experience with common sense, and remain accessible to the community, to the best of my ability. What do you feel the role of the parent is within the district? Caledonia’s parents are district shareholders of their public schools. Parents, through an election, entrust seven community members with the education of their greatest assets, their chil­ dren. MCL Section 380.10 (Michigan Law): It is the natural, fundamental right of parents and legal guardians to determine and direct the care, teaching and education of their children. The public schools of this state sen e the needs of the pupils by coop­ erating with the pupil’s par­ ents and legal guardians to develop the pupil's intellec­ tual capabilities and voca tional skills in a safe and positive manner, Describe your involve­ ment in local school and community organizations. As a Caledonia Township resident since 1995, I appre* «■ ciate the privilege of sen ing Caledonia’s community as a board of education trustee for the past 10 years. My current positions on the board are treasurer and chair­ person of the Finance and Operations Committee. Before serving on the school board, I served Caledonia as a township planning com­ missioner for seven years. My 35-year board service history’ extends to charitable, non-profit non-profit organizations, organizations. including Home Repair Services, Arthritis Services, Foundation Michigan Foundation Chapter and Adoptive Family Support Network. Jennifer Nichols residence: Current Caledonia Occupation: Optometrist W hy are you running for the school board? What are your priorities? I am a community mem­ ber and mom of six Caledonia students. I am running for school board as a way to sene my community and make a positive impact for my kids and yours. Over the past couple of years, we have seen parents and community members lose trust in their local public schools. We felt unheard and our children suf­ fered because of it. My prior­ ity is to build back the trust that was lost during COVID by being a positive voice for medical freedom, family val­ ues, parental rights and edu­ cational excellence. Is there a particular issue that makes you want to B'SMHBP Caledonia, MI a 11 Your Safety is Important to Us” - State of the Art Systems — A / State & I-CAR Certified Technicians lNFIB J Direct Repair Facility * Most insurance companies ... ^8^ WMBA GOLD CLASS Lesonal 616.891.0150 Ed Pawloski Jr., Owner 110 Johnson St., Caledonia • www.edsbody.com i7 1 ■* X A k Water Bourne System Open Monday thru Friday 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. with students to improve their visual function and quality of learning. I have been a part of the par­ ent-teacher-doctor team (both as the doctor and the parent) and appreciate the hard work our teachers invest to ensure all students get the education they desene. As a business deserve. owner, owner. I understand the importance of a balanced budget - knowing when to invest and when to save, and when to pay more to retain great employees. These experiencesgive me a perspective thatvalues family and parent involvement as well as empowering teach­ ers with resources to edu­ cate each student as an indi­ vidual rather than simply push them through a system, W hat do you feel the role of the parent is within the district? The role of the parent is the primary’ caregiver and guardian of the child. Within the school district, it is the parent's role to determine and direct the care, teaching and education of their children as protected by Michigan law. This means forming a positive partner- ship with teachers, staff and administrators to ensure the success of each student. Describe vour involve­ ment in local school and communitv organizations. When I began practicing optometry in Caledonia, 1 was approached by a school counselor about a student in need of glasses. Since then, we have proudly served stu­ dents' vision needs through the Virginia Bryant Fund and we have the opportunity to provide free eye exams and glasses to Cal students in need, as well. It's important to me that our students have the vision they need to learn. My family attends Ada Bible Church, where 1 served as a youth leader for many years, and now our kids are involved as stu­ dents. We enjoy scrv ing our community by distributing Christmas gifts for the Santa Claus girls in Caledonia. My favorite tradition of involve­ ment with the schools is driving our convertible in the homecoming parade each year. We love to cele­ brate the seniors and their accomplishments. I See SCHOOL BOARD, page 8 < FINANCIAL FOCUS Provided by Andrew McFadden and Jeffrey Westra of Edward Jones Should you consolidate retirement accounts? 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Member accounts, worth about 20% - Often, 401 (k )s may have of all 401 (k) assets, accord­ limited investment selec­ SIPC ing to an estimate by Capi- tion. so consolidating J J Complete Collision Service J Frame Repairs V serve on the school board? There is not one particular issue that sparked my interest in running for school board. There are many chai­ lenges our school board has faced over the past couple of years as well as situations we will encounter as we transi­ tion back to inormal, ‘ funding “post-pandemic’’ funding levels. My priority is to ensure the district retains important student services and essential employees as the temporary funds we received during the pandemic dissolve. This is an important issue as we face high inflation rates and labor shortag­ es while also meeting the demands of community growth. Strong leadership on our school board will allow us to provide and maintain facilities, stafT and resources to keep up with growing student demand and push to new levels of excellence in academics, arts and athletics. What skills and experi­ ences do you bring to the table that have prepared you to serve as a board member? As an optometrist, I work * 9 » �Page 8/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 22, 2022 SCHOOL BOARD, continued from page 7--------------------Mary Anne Timmer Current Residence: Caledonia Occupation: Not disclosed Why are you running for the school board? What are your priorities? After much thoughtful consideration and witness­ ing the emphasis on placing politics and political agen­ das above student priorities, as well as the lack of unity in our community, the negativity being expressed against some of our school community members and the lack of understanding in what the role a school board trustee is, I decided to run. My top three priorities are: Providing continued fiscal responsible leader­ ship; safe and state-of-theart buildings with a wel­ coming school environment for all students; and placing students’ needs above poli­ tics to help eliminate the divisiveness. Is there a particular issue that makes you want to serve on the school board? Many issues concern me, which motivated me to run as I have explained earlier. In addition, I am very con­ cerned about the lack of trust toward our school dis­ trict that seems to be I I spreading in our community. This is often due to issues that are not established in fact or the laws requiring the district to fol­ low are not considered when the criticism is direct­ ed toward the school board. The responsibility a school board trustee is to make decisions with the facts about issues, often times having to consult experts to make sure the best informed decisions are made. My hope is that we can get back to civility and reasonableness in all communication between the school district, school board and community members. What skills and experi­ ences do you bring to the table that have prepared you to serve as a board member? I believe my previous experience serving on Caledonia school board as a trustee (2010-16), my finance background and my community involvement over the years, affords me valuable expertise to serve again. I am an active listener and a respectful communicator, valuing a common sense approach to decision making based in fact and applicable laws, What do you feel the role of the parent is within the district? I think parental partnership in education is necessary for a healthy school environment. I have a background in finance. I do not have expe­ rience in writing curricu­ lum - our educators do 9 including the ability to use curriculum that best teaches all our children. Both my children attend- < K$T lNSUX,yJ^y SPRAY FOAM ZQ Closed or Open Cell or Blown-In Fiberglass Roy Mast • 517-652-9119 I 2501 N. Ionia Rd., Vermontville 189725 I 1 N S H ■ ■ > best for our kids?” There are six key priorities I will have if elected. Curriculum — Ensuring proper resources are avail­ able to provide a ful­ ly-rounded curriculum that prepares students for life after high school, including STEM and enhanced vocational/technical opportuni­ ties for our students. Financial - Our school district’s budget is under immense strain. Inflation and construction cost increases have compounded this this problem. problem. I I have have the the professional experience and education education toto guide guide the the disdis­ trict trict’s’s financial financial affairs affairs in in aa prudent and responsible manner. The students and taxpayers deserve nothing less. Class sizes - Caledonia currently has two more students per teacher than the state average. I would like to see smaller classroom sizes, which benefits everyone but is especially helpful for our elementary and spe­ cial needs students. Transparency Beginning in 2017, I consistently promoted the recording of school board meetings and provided guidance on how to make that happen. Meetings are now recorded, but we can’t stop there. Committee meetings need to be record­ ed, as well. School safety - We can enhance safety in three ways: 1. Add two more Eric VanGessel resource officers; 2. Current Residence: Complete safety-related Caledonia renovations approved in the Occupation: Banker last bond; and 3. Equip all classrooms with rapid lock­ down capabilities. Communication Improving communication should be an ongoing goal. A It doesn’t matter if it is good news or bad - the emphasis should be the same: factual accuracy, clarity of intent and specific in the targeted outcome. Is there a particular issue that makes you want Why are you running to serve on the school for the school board? board? What are your priorities? It is clear that the land­ My main reason for run­ scape has changed for ning for school board is to school boards across this build on the successes of country over the past two the past and to renew our years. The difficulties expe­ focus on one fundamental rienced by students, parents question: “Is this what is and staff have taken an ed Caledonia schools, kin­ dergarten through high school graduation. I was often involved in the classroom, trying to be of ser­ vice to the teachers and providing support when needed and asked. I was able to have open commu­ nications with all my kids' teachers and if we had a disagreement, we respect­ fully worked it out. Describe your involve­ ment in local school and community organizations, I have been an involved member Caledonia member of of the the Caledonia Community since moving here addition to to here in in 1994. 1994. In In addition the as aa school school the role role 11 played played as board trustee from 2010-16, I participated in helping ___ _ our ___ _____ _______’s create school district first strategic plan. I served on the community board that successfully won the millage to build our new Caledonia public library and I established the annual community event for Veterans Day, hosted graciously each year by Emmons Lake Elementary. I am also a longtime sup­ porter of Kid’s Food Basket. On a personal note, our children were raised and attended Caledonia schools. I believe in the excellence of our schools, our educa­ tors, administrators and support staff. After my chil­ dren were grown and living on their own, I chose to stay and I remain committed to the Caledonia community. 1 emotional toll on all of us. encourage and support However, as a school board them. This basic fact should member, it is more import- be a guiding principle as we ant than ever before to think about how schools make objective decisions should be organized and based on factual informa­ how children should be taught. tion. As a school board trust­ Schools alone cannot ee, you must be able to fil •• address all of a child’s ter out the noise and dis­ developmental needs: The political meaningful involvement of tractions of hot-buttons and remain parents and support from focused on serving the the community are essenneeds of the students, fami- tial. These days, it can take lies and school staff. The extraordinary efforts to unique challenges we've all build strong relationships between parents and educa­ faced over the past two tors. Schools have to reach years have also become a out to parents, making them breeding ground for misin­ feel welcome as full part­ formation and miscommuners in the educational pro­ nication, ultimately at the expense of our students. I cess. Parents, in turn, have think we can learn from to make a commitment of these experiences it will time and energy to support make us better stewards of their children both at home our public schools going and at school. Describe your involve­ forward. What skills and experi­ ment in local school and ences do you bring to the community organizations, table that have prepared I have been actively you to serve as a board involved in the Caledonia member? community since moving My banking background here in 2013. To date, I (23-plus years), manage­ have served in the follow­ ment experience and exten­ ing roles: sive business education - Elected trustee for the (B.A. in economics and Village of Caledonia finance; MBA in strategic - P.T.O. vice president management and finance) for Emmons Lake will help guide the district’s Elementary School complex financial affairs, - Board member and My prior service to this treasurer for the Caledonia community as an elected Education Foundation village trustee, planning - Planning commissioner commissioner, CEF board for the Village of Caledonia member and PTO vice pres­ - Finance council chair­ ident evidence an estab­ person for Holy Family lished track record of con­ Parish sensus building and posi- Caledonia Community tive working relationships, School District liaison for Lastly, as a father of a the Village of Caledonia Caledonia High School stu­ dent and spouse of an Ian Rice Emmons Lake teacher, I (Did not respond to have an excellent perspec­ requests to participate) tive on the daily lives of our students and staff. Follow the What do you feel the r< role of the parent is within |S;un New the district? on Facebook The first and most important role every parent t o> keep u p to plays is to be the number date until the, one advocate for a child. new edition When parents are keenly involved in their children’s is printed! education, the children are more likely to perform better in school. 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At a special GLIB meeting Thursday night at the Orangeville Township Hall, Gun Lake resident Bill Bryker presented samples of testing he had done on the levels of copper in some of the channels of the lake. iryker wants to sec greater testing of the water quality to measure the impact of the herbicide treatments, meant to kill off invasive plant spe­ cies such as starry stonewort, on native plants in the lake, which he says is hurting fish­ ing quality. “The aquatic herbicide permit for Gun Lake expires at the end of this year.” Bryker said. “I think before another permit is granted, I think we need to fully assess the health of the lake — the sediments, the num­ ber of aquatic plants, the population of aquatic plants, their location, the biodiversity which all would promote a healthy fishery, clear water and take up nutrients. It’s just the best thing to do.” Bryker pointed out that in Wisconsin, copper sulfate is rarely used to treat invasive plants because of its toxicity level, Gary Johnson, a Gun Lake resident who has lived in the area for nearly 30 years, told the board he had seen “a dra­ matic change” in the lake's channel systems, affecting fishing in the area. He point­ ed to the lack of weeds and a lack of feeder fish as evi­ dence of the decline in fish­ ing quality. “Fifteen years ago, my kids used to be able to sit on the docks in that channel system and be able to catch 189726 E * n Elementary and Secondary still be in good fiscally. School Emergency Relief DeVries sounded a note of (ESSER)Fund. caution that some of the dis­ We realized w hen COVID trict’s reserves are restricted to first hit and with the planned certain expenditures. The unre­ additional funds and with served fund balance is at about knowing that our students 12.9 percent of expenditures. were going to need more sup­ That means the district is close port. we made a conscious to needing to borrow funds choice not to reduce the staff from the state to meet payroll to reflect the 200-student loss before the new state budget that we had.” Superintendent kicks into effect in October. Dr. Dedrick Martin said. “In Those funds get paid back once addition to that, with some the district receives its funding additional ESSER funds, we in the fall. actually added (staff) in some ‘The state does not give us areas.” funding in the month of The district received $1.6 September, so we go about million in ESSER funding for eight weeks or so without the year, using that funding for receiving fundin' We w ere technology, maintaining school pretty tight this summer, so nurse and healthcare parapro­ we’re getting to that spot where fessional positions, mental we really need to be watching health support, upgrades to the things,” DeVries said, heating and cooling system at Martin fielded questions several buildings, program­ regarding future budgets for the ming before and after school, next several years and their summer school, and installing potential impact on staffing numbers. cameras on district buses, numbers. DeVries said. We are probably going to While the district appears to be okay for this year and the »4 •*-4 • • • 44 Sara DeVries, district finance director for Caledonia Community Schools, speaks during Monday’s Board of Education meeting. (Photo by Greg Chandler) follow ing year, but after that, if the student numbers don’t return to w hat they were prcviously we know that we will have to correct course, if you will,” Martin said. “We’re keeping our eye on it. and we’re already contemplating some midway adjustments so that it doesn't become a big 44 2024 issue.” The district received a clean report for the audit, which basically means there were no misrepresentations in the district s financial reporting for the year. A link to the audit can be found on the district's website at calschools.org. Gun Lake resident calls for testing of water quality ' ®0!5 a ofi: 'it.,;. __ L Greg Chandler year was really the first year Staff Writer where the district felt the Caledonia Community impact of a two-year enrollSchools used nearly $1.2 mil­ ment decline. The district lost lion of their reserves to balance an equivalent of 152 full-time the budget for the 2021-22 fis­ students in between the fall of cal year, according to an annual 2019 and the fall of 2020. and audit of the district s finances. 49 full-time students between District Finance Director fall 2020 and fall 2021. Sara DeVries shared details of However, a change in the the audit, conducted by the state funding formula that Grand Rapids-based public allowed districts to use a larg­ accounting firm Gabridge and er portion of the previous Company PLC, at Monday’s spring’s enrollment numbers, Board of Education meeting. made in response to the The district spent COVID-19 pandemic, cush­ $61,022,128 for the fiscal ioned the blow to the budget year ending June 30 while in the 2020-21 fiscal year. taking in $59,845,847 in rev­ “But in the 21-22 fiscal year, enues, resulting in the use of that superblend went away and $1,176,281 from the general so we actually had to realize fund balance. That includes that loss, as well as the addi­ the transfer of $650,000 into tional 49-studenl loss. That was the district’s public improve­ about $1.3 million we had to ment fund, That cuts the dis­ realize in last year’s budget” trict’s general fund reserves DeVries said. Caledonia schools main­ to $9,042,723, or 14.8 per­ cent of district spending, tained staffing levels for the 2021-22 fiscal year through the DeVries said. DeVries told board mem­ use of fund balance as well as bers that the 2021-22 fiscal funding through the federal jS M ‘ * U, Cal schools use nearly S1.2M in fund balance for 21-22 fiscal year 0 ' N S H I P fish I mean, from crappie to bluegill to everything,” said Johnson, who lives near Robins Bay. “Now that’s not possible. Now if you catch some, it's very few and far between. “Due to what? I’m not a chemist. I don't know' everything. My kids fish — that’s their passion. They fish a lit­ tle bit everywhere and have just seen a change, quite a bit,” Johnson added. Bryker tested the water quality off the dock at Johnson's residence. He said one sample he took there showed a copper concentra­ tion in the sediment of 290 parts per million - a figure he says is eight times greater than what should occur natu­ rally. At the Yankee Springs State Recreation Area, Area. Bryker says a sample he took showed a concentration 10 times that of what should occur naturally. “All the copper sulfate treatments stays in the sedi• • • GAINES CHARTER TOWNSHIP KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN ment. It just adds, adds, adds.” he said. “You get to the point where we’re at today.” The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) earlier this year came out with a policy prohibiting the application of copper sulfate in treating lakes during the months of May and June, But that change did not apply to Clarke Aquatic Systems’ treatment of Gun Lake's canals in June of this year because of the existing permit the company had to treat the lake, Clarke Aquatic biologist Pete Filpansick said, We will not be using (copper sulfate) under the new permit, because we will not be permitted to. The state — Ct won't let us,” GLIB chair­ woman and Barry County Vivian Commissioner Conner said. “We will follow' the law. Filpansick spoke about the challenge of trying to eliminate the invasive plants with­ out harming the native spe spe-­ cies. “Our management focus is on the invasive plants.” he said. “Untreated, the canals would be full of starry stonewort and Eurasian mil­ foil. Those are our two target plants in the canals. Unfortunately, there's no way to treat for starry stonewort that doesn't affect native algae, whether it’s free-floating or macroalgae.” Clarke last month applied sodium bicarbonate peroxy*9 hydrate to treat invasive and nuisance algae and invasive plants on the lake. The algaecide does not contain copper. Filpansick wrote in a report to the board that the treat­ ment “effectively controlled the nuisance algae and sup­ pressed the microalgae. including invasive starry stonewort.” Gun Lake Protective Association President Jim Deters said his organization would be willing to help pay for sampling of waler quality on the lake. GLIB will hold its final meeting for the year at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Orangeville Township Hall, 7350 Lindsey Road. Clarke is expected to give its year end report to the board at that meeting. BE WINTER READY! RUUD FURNA CE TUNE- UP EXPIRES 11-15-22 — �Page 10/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 22, 2022 Scot leaders earn all-conference at OK Red Meet J f I [id I” I* Lx Fighting Scot sophomore Avalynn Klapmust clos­ es in on the finish line just ahead of junior teammate Kloe Kimbrell Thursday at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids to close out the OK Red Conference Championship. Both girls ran their fastest race of the season Thursday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Brett Bremer Sports Editor A new pair of seniors stepped up and moved to the front for the Caledonia varsity cross country teams this fall. Natalia Quigley earned all-conference honors for the first time in the OK Red Conference by placing 14^ at the Conference Championship Meet at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids Thursday. She has led the Fighting Scot ladies throughout her senior season, after chasing a pack of senior teammates to a 34th-place fin­ ish in the conference a year ago. Her time of 19 minutes 23.59 seconds Thursday was more than a minute faster than it was at the conference cham­ pionship meet a year ago. Jordan Domany isn't new to the conference medals ceremo­ ny. He earned all-conference honors for the third time in three varsity seasons as he led the Caledonia senior Jordan Domany makes his way along side the Grand River at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids during the first mile of the 2022 OK Red Conference Championship Thursday. Domany placed third, one of four guys to finish the race in less than 16 minutes. (Photo by Brett Bremer) PR at the Portage Invitational Oct. 8, placing third in the Division 1 boys’ race there with a time of 14:54.4. He was the state runner-up in Division 1 a year ago. Norder led the Grand Haven boys to the victory Thursday as they finished with 61 points. Jenison was third with 73 points, ahead of East Kentwood 74, Rockford 83, 91, Hudsonville Caledonia 91 135, Grandville 183 and West Ottawa 205. Caledonia senior Blake Elliot went from placing fourth in the OK Red Conference JV Boys’ Championship as a junior to earning honorable mention all-conference with a 15th-place time of 16:36.04 Thursday, which is a new per­ sonal record. The Scots' number three, Jonathan Miedema, is in his first year of high school cross Caledonia boys with a thirdplace time of 15 minutes 54.44 seconds. This is the first time that he was the first Fighting Scot across the finish line at the conference championship meet at Riverside Park though and the first time he has traversed the course along the Grand River in less than 16 minutes. Domany was the only varsity runner back for the Fighting Scots this fall from the boys’ team that won its third consec­ utive conference meet in the fall of 2021. There wasn’t any turnover at the top for the Grand Haven boys as junior Seth Norder won his second straight indi­ vidual title in the OK Red. He hit the finish line in 15:41.7 Thursday, finishing a little over nine seconds ahead of Hudsonville senior Jaben Bakker who was the runner-up with a personal record time of 15:50.79. Norder set his own ? Need some extra CASH? -M- - • Supplement your income by delivering newspapers each week. Papers are delivered (4iSay mg^an J Sat­ I I HR | W ~ ■ • p IMMEDIATE OPENINGS in Middleville Rural Zip Code Area 49333 । ■ ’■’'■“i '**1 r* • d urday each week. Dependable adults with a driver’s license and dependable transportation necessary. . *— mt )—. I I—d ’“ 1 12 n I r Carriers are paid each week for papers and inserts I 4 I Caledonia Rural Area delivered. Call today to set up an in-person interview and learn more about how you can earn some extra cash each week. 269-945-9554 z, 'The People Paper' 1351 N. Broadway (M-43) Hastings 1 ■--I country. He placed 19^ with a personal record time of 16:51.39 that also earned him an honorable mention all-con­ ference award. More used to pacing him­ self over long distances before transitioning from being home schooled to joining the Caledonia school district this fall, Miedema ran a time of 18:36.1 at the first race of the season and then quickly start­ ed dropping time from there. He was at 17:36.1 at the Scots' second race and dipped below 17 minutes for the first time at the Cougar/Falcon Invite at the Eagles’ Nest in late September, “I did half and full mara­ thons before,” Miedema said, but not any cross country or anything like that.” “I was homeschooled before, and transferred to Caledonia. I transferred because I felt like the Lord wanted me to do something special at Caledonia. I felt him pulling me to Caledonia. So, I decided to switch.” Coach Ben Thompson was happy to invite him to join the boys’ cross country team. His speed showed up right away at the first practice and he was happy to keep going. He has found the speed workouts to be pretty tough as he has tran­ sitioned to the 5K distance. The Caledonia boys also got a personal record time of 17:07.42 from junior Levi Moss who was 25^ and from junior Micah Nagel who was 33rd in 17:25.50. Sophomore Kort Thompson was the Scots’ number five with a 29th-place time of 17:19.96. While Quigley was just off her personal record time by about two and a half seconds for the Scots Thursday, Caledonia got a season-best time from Avalynn Klapmust of 21:22.01 in the girls’ race and personal record times from junior Kloe Kimbrell and jl I i _ •: ■ t I 4 I Caledonia senior Natalia Quigley races to an all-conference finish Thursday in the OK Red Conference Championship at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids. Quigley placed 14th to lead the Caledonia girls to a sixth-place finish. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ■■ ’ ' lift ac ir j, nwA taii •1UAH Ha fidli Seniors Blake Elliot from Caledonia (left) and Logan Vining from Grand Haven push each other to new personal record times as they close in on the finish line at the end of the OK Red Conference Championship at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids Thursday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) sophomore first time anyone in the confersophomore Hannah Hannah Dupuis. Dupuis. Quigley was part of a senior ence had ever beaten Olson at trio trio at at the the front front for for the the Scots, Scots. an OK Red Conference Leah Leah Thompson Thompson placed placed 22 22nd nd Championship Championship Meet. Meet. She She won in 20:02.84 and Madelyn Fennema was 35^ in 20:42.54. Thompson was less than five seconds from a PR and was more than a minute faster than she was in the JV race at the Red Championship a year ago. Sophomore Adysen Daman was the fastest underclassmen for the Caledonia girls Thursday placing 43rd overallI in 20:58.74. in 20:58.74. Kimbrell was 49th in 21:29.59 and Dupuis 50th in 21:44.77. West Ottawa sophomore Helen Sachs won the girls race in 17:06.04 with Grandville senior Allison Amsman running a personal record time of 17:23.28 to place second. Sachs’ senior teammate Arianne Olson was third in 17:59.82. It was the J the race as a freshman, a sophomore and a junior. The West Ottawa girls' won conference titles in each of those seasons with Olson at the front of the pack and added another with Sachs in the lead Thursday. The Panthers capped their conference season with a 35-point performance. Grand Haven was second with 66 points, ahead of Jenison 69, Rockford 102, Grandville 154, Caledonia 162, Hudsonville 171 and East Kentwood 188. The Caledonia girls finish fifth in the final overall confer­ ence standings. The Fighting Scots will run again Friday when they travel to Portage West Middle School for their MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional Meet. ♦ I i » > ’ I » I I I, I V ^5 w M % ’S h. ' s nJ *A (4 �II * 'J •’’<5 a 4 I ♦ Sports Editor It is something of a bitter­ sweet ceremony each October. Loretta was etched on the back of Delton Kellogg/ Kellogg/ Thornapple Kasey senior Hastings Kapteyn in pink marker in honor of coach Carl Schoessel’s wife who lost her battle with cancer, Former teammate DK/TK/ HHS varsity girls’ swimming and diving teammate Lydia Cole, who passed away during the winter of her junior year, was remem­ bered with a pink “Lydia down Kapteyn’s right leg. Kapteyn and her team­ mates were covered with remembrances Thursday as the DK/TK/HHS team host­ ed Wayland Union for its annual Cancer Awareness Meet and fundraiser in Hastings. Rick” adorned Kapteyn‘s left arm. “Coach Powell” and “Betty” ran down her right. 55 “Coach Brian” and “Sylvia adorned her left leg. “When everyone gets here, we do Lydia and Loretta first ... and then any­ one that that you know that has had cancer. This is my uncle, that was my grandma, that was my basketball coach and that was my softball coach, so each person has a meaning to everyone.” It was emotional for me, because I am a captain and it is my last one, but I think it is emotional for everyone because it means so much because of Lydia. It’s a big meet.” Hundreds of dollars were raised for the American Cancer Society and the Lydia Cole Foundation. Pink T-shirts were sold, many swimmers from both sides 44 r7 • *>• « W*i 9** • •• Plirfc’ *A । 4 64 <4*11Z » P • r j1 I A'-1 V off Marcukaitis in the end to tion. Coach Schoessel took get her team the win in the time before each race to read 200-yard freestyle relay, off the names of those bat- Jasinski, Taylor Wolf, tling cancer, who have sur- Abigail Deweerd and Antel vived cancer and those who took that race in 1:47.56 have lost their lives to cancer while the DK/TK/HHS team who swimmers were racing of Cadence VanOoy, Holly in honor of. Carpenter, Preslee Hall and The Wayland girls did Marcukaitis was right behind come out out on on top top inin most most of of in 1:48.85. come those races. races. The The Wildcats Wildcats those The 200-yard medley took a 107-78 victory in their relay to open the night was II even closer as the Wayland OK OK Rainbow Tier Conference dual. The DK/ foursome of Laney Wolf, TK/HHS girls swim their Taylor Wolf, Jasinski and final dual of the season, Sami Reed won in 1:58.85 against visiting Charlotte, just 17 hundredths of a sec­ Oct. 27. They will host the ond ahead of the DK/TK/ Tier II Conference Meet in HHS team of Hawks, Hastings the weekend of Marcukaitis, and Hall Nov. 4-5. Carpenter. Kapteyn, one of six capSophomore diver Abby Dumond got the first victory tains for the DK/TK/HHS for the DK/TK/HHS girls by team along with Erin Daniels, Gaskill recording a score of 206.75 Katie Clark, Abby Gaskill, with her six dives. Junior Hall and VanOoy, was sixth teammate TJ Myers was sec­ in both of her individual races Thursday - the 200ond with a score of 175.95. Junior Sophia Marcukaitis yard individual medley and took a pair of wins for the DK/TK/HHS team. She was first to the wall in the 100yard freestyle in 55.51 sec­ onds and she won the 100yard breaststroke in 1 minute 10.77 seconds. The DK/TK/HHS girls had many other good swims and personal best times throughout the evening. The team got runner-up finishes from sophomore Aubrey Hawks in the 200-yard free­ style and the 100-yard back­ stroke and junior Lizzie Middleton in the 500-yard freestyle as well as in all three relay races, Laney Wolf, a freshman, took two individual events for the Wildcats. She won the 50-yard freestyle in 25.56 and the 100-yard butterfly in 1:03.08. Junior Elliot Antel took the 200-yard freestyle Delton Kellogg/Thornapple Kellogg/Hastings junior Sophia Marcukaitis swims to a victory in the 100-yard breaststroke during her team’s annual Cancer Awareness Meet with visiting Wayland at the CERC pool in Hastings Thursday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) the 100-yard butterfly. Kapteyn said she is still working alongside Daniels to earn a spot on the conference medal stand in the 100-yard breaststroke (a top eight fin- ish) as the season winds down. She'd like to take about three more seconds off her PR PR inin that that race, race, her Marcukaitis was the conference champion in the breast- stroke a year ago and their team also had Middleton seventh and Daniels ninth at the conference meet in the race. Kapteyn was 13^ in the con­ ference in that race as a junior. �V Page 12/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 22, 2022 FHE teams clinch conference titles on TK course Brett Bremer Sports Editor team teamearned earneda afifth fifth place place OK OK Gold Conference finish and the TK boys were Championship, eighth in the wind and rain in Junior Holly Velting ran The Thomapple Kellogg Middleville Tuesday at the to a season-best time of 21 varsity girls’ cross country minutes 34.19 seconds for the TK girls in a 22nd-place finish and sophomore Ava Crews led the TK ladies with a time of 19:55.34 which put her in sixth place overall and earned her all-conference honors. TK varsity girls’ coach Sam Wilkinson said Velting certainly looked the stron­ gest he has seen her look all year. The TK girls' team also had Lucy VanDemark 32nd in 22:15.58. senior Lindsey Velting 34th in 22:30.33 and freshman Madison Kietzman 36th in 22:38.33. VanDemark was only about ten seconds off her best time of the sea­ son and she had a great fin­ ish. “[She] laid it on the line in the last 1,000 meters like a & rw A7­ boss,” coach Wilkinson said. : § kk? -ItKietzman and senior teammate Emma Thompson were both just off their best times of the year too. Forest Hills Eastern won TK senior Lucy VanDemark battles the wind and boys’ and girls' champion­ rain to get to the finish line as spectators look on from ships on the day. The FHE inside their parkas and umbrellas during the OK Gold girls finished with 43 points, Conference Championship in Middleville Tuesday led by a trio of girls who afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) finished in the top five. Addision Washier, a junior, was at the head of that pack with a runner-up time of 19:21.13. Ottawa Hills junior Selma Anderson won the girls' race in 18:54.74. Eastern only had six com­ petitors in the girls' race. Senior Ellory Clason was fourth in 19:44.91 and senior Sarah Dixon fifth in 19: 52.84. Another FHE senior, Kate Laidlaw was th • 14iri in a season-best time of 20: 36.15. South Christian's girls were second with 62 points, ahead of Ottawa Hills 84, Cedar Springs 106, TK 130, Grand Rapids Catholic Central 138, Wayland 142 and Kenowa Hills 174. The TK ladies were sixth in their previous conference jamboree and coach Wilkinson was pleased to see the team move up. “It may not be much, but I will take moving the needle Thornapple Kellogg sophomore Ava Crews gets in a positive direction every past the final turn and heads for a sixth-place, single time,” Wilkinson said. all-conference finish at the OK Gold Conference “Everyone battled today,” Championship Tuesday afternoon in Middleville. he said. “ Some battled their (Photo by Brett Bremer) - 1 189832 8196 Broadmoor Ave. SE Caledonia, MI 49316 Caledonia Phone: 616.891.0070 Fax: 616.891.0430 . TOWNSHIP . / PUBLIC HEARING ON BUDGET FOR 2023 FISCAL YEAR PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Township Board of the Charter Town­ ship of Caledonia will hold a public hearing on November 2, 2022, at 7:00 p.m., at the Caledonia Township Hall, 8196 Broadmoor Avenue SE, Caledonia, Michigan, to hear and consider comments regarding the proposed Township budget for the January 1,2023 through December 31, 2023 fiscal year. A copy of the proposed budget is available for public inspection at the Caledonia Township Office, 8196 Broadmoor Avenue SE, Cale­ donia, Michigan, during Township business hours. The property tax millage rate(s) proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing. All interested persons may attend the public hearing on November 2, 2022, and be heard with respect to the proposed budget and the proposed property tax millage rate(s). This notice is given pursuant to Act 43 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1963 (Second Extra Session), as amended. Dated: October 20, 2022 - ♦ j * I t f I 1 I L, I A I l I h anxiety, some battled their demons, some battled because battling for each other is what you do. Some battled cramps, some battled calf issues, and everyone battled the weather.” The Thomapple Kellogg boys’ got one PR on the day, from freshman Mark Gielincki who placed 48th in 20:07.08. Junior Lucas Van Meter led the TK boys with a 22nd-place time of 18:02.90. Junior Kaden Hamming was 39th for TK in 19:42.06, senior Dylan Church 46th in 20:02.88 and sophomore Christien Miller 49th in 20:10.87. The FHE boys captured the conference title with 40 points, besting Wayland with 82, Cedar Springs 95, 95 South Christian 96, Ottawa Hills 106, Catholic Central 127, Kenowa Hills 178 and Thomapple Kellogg 204. Ottawa Hills senior Benne Anderson took the boys' race ___ in 16:04.91 and Forest Hills Eastern senior Aiden Sullivan was the runner-up in 16:22.97. Sullivan's team had four guys finish in the top ten and all seven scorers among the first 17 finishers in the race. Junior Brendan Hoving was sixth in 16:51.64 and junior Liam Hinman seventh in 16:57.32. Sophomore Henry Dixon placed tenth in a 17:09.17 17:09.17 and and junior junior Cooper Cooper Jacobsen 15^ __________ in 17:16.10. __________ The TK boys were eighth at all three conference races this fall, but their 204 points was their best scoring total of the conference season. A i Cedar Springs scored a touchdown at the end of six of its first seven drives and managed to slow down the Trojans after a 52-yard touchdown pass from Carsen Burbridge to Ethan Bonnema on the second play of the second quarter Friday in Cedar Springs. After an 0-4 start against a gauntlet of state ranked teams from River Rouge, Zeeland West, Grand Rapids Catholic Central and South Christian, the Red Hawks have now won four in a row heading into their regular season finale with Wayland. The Red Hawks downed the Trojans 46-21. TK was right with the Red Hawks in the early going, but Cedar Springs was able to pop a few too many big plays for the Trojans to keep pace in the second half. And the Red Hawks' own defense buck­ led down. Burbridge’s long TD con­ nection with Bonnema and kicker Braden Sharrar's • extra-point kick had TK within 16-14 16 seconds . into the second quarter. Cedar Springs answered with a seven-play, 61-yard scoring drive that ended in a 25-yard touchdown run by Ryan West and a Rory li I * ,’jt llrf .r 7. A jilt# Thomapple Kellogg junior Holly Velting works her way through the second mile of the 2022 OK Gold Conference Championship in the wind, rain and cold in Middleville Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Hamming was a huge part of that. He hadn't finished better than than 60 60^ confer­ better UI atat aa conference ence jamboree jamboree this this fall fall and and moved up to 39th. Hamming has has now now finished finished inin less less than than 20 20 minutes minutes in in three three consecuconsecutive races. He was coming off lowering his personal record to 19:15.1 at the Portage Invitational Oct. 8. The Thornapple Kellogg teams will will return return to to action action teams Saturday, Oct. 29, running in their MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional Meet hosted by South Christian. Cedar Springs evens record by besting visiting Trojans Brett Bremer Sports Editor J Schoenborn extra-point. Cedar Springs went into the half with that 23-14 lead and then scored a touch­ down on its first three sec­ ond half possessions before kneeling out the clock on its fourth. Burbridge threw two touchdown passes for TK. The Trojans led 7-0 after a seven-yard touchdown pass to Zack Gibson four min­ utes into the contest finished off the first possession of the ballgame. Cedar Springs answered with a 30-yard run by Carter Falan and a 44-yard touchdown run by Schoenborn before the first quarter was up. West had an 18-yard TD run, Schoenborn a 55-yard TD run and Falan a threeyard TD run to finish the first three Cedar Springs posses­ sions of the second half. TK tacked on a three-yard TD run by Brody Wiersma with a minute to go in the contest. Wiersma got some action late, completing 2-of-3 pass­ es for 30 yards and rushing three times for 21 yards and the score. Burbridge was 13-ot-23 passing for 135 yards and the two scores. He was intercepted at the end of the first half. Burbridge also rushed nine times for 41 yards. • Back Jayden Garcia had 11 carries for 44 yards for TK. Bonnema was the Trojans’ top receiver with three catch­ es for 60 yards. Gibson had five receptions for 39 yards. Kyle VanHaitsma added two catches for 30 yards, Tyler Bushman had three catches and Gavin DeVore two. Cedar Springs didn’t attempt a pass in the ball­ game. Schoenborn had nine rushes for 107 yards and Falan also hit 100 yards on 14 carries. Thomapple Kellogg was set to face another tough task in traveling to Grand Rapids Catholic Central to take on the Cougar team which has won a state championship in five of the past six seasons last night, Oct. 21. The Cougars went into the contest 7-1 on the season having suffered their first loss singe 2019 and their first loss to a team from the state of Michigan since 2018 in their OK Gold Conference show­ down with South Christian this fall. The Catholic Central team bounced back from that defeat by shutting out confer­ ence foes Ottawa Hills and Wayland in the past two weeks - the team’s third and fourth shut outs of the season. TK was 2-6 overall on the season heading into the con­ test with Catholic Central. s ■■ ? sub ‘fem 3 iS atm xnia tea to to is �9 n I The Sun and News, Saturday, October 22, 2022/ Page 13 Caledonia TWp. planners review zoning text changes Greg Chandler building constructed on a sin- it’s really a two-family (dwell-accessory accessory buildings. buildings. 44 Staff Writer gle lot that’s designed for and ing),” Wells said. “te We're ’re saying attached, for The Caledonia Township contains two single-family Planning Commissioner the the purposes purposes ofof accessory accessory' Planning Commission dug dwelling units, entirely under Carol VanLaan said in a lot of buildings, buildings,shall shallmean meanattached attached into the township’s zoning one roof, that are completely instances, the attached second byby a a means means ofofanan integrated integrated and shared wall, from floor to ordinance Monday night to separated from each other by dwelling is a “mother-in-law” ceiling to roofline and share come up with recommended one one dividing dividing partition partition comcom­ type residence where the occutext changes addressing such mon to each unit," Township pant is part of the family. the same condition space (as 44 issues as attaching a second Planner Lynee Wells said. “It’s still one building. I see the main dwelling)," Wells residence to a home. At present, the township nothing wrong with that, said. Commissioners agreed on a does not have a definition of because it’s a part of that The current ordinance lan­ definition of a two-family what constitutes a two-family building, she’s part of the fam­ guage says the attachment can be either by a wall or roof. dwelling in response to ques- dwelling dwelling inin the the ordinance, ordinance, ily,” VanLaan said. Wells said. tions about when an attached Wells Ascommissioners Wells said. said. 44 44 What we're changing is accessory building on a resi“People could say, ‘we're addressed the two-family dential lot becomes a second just attaching it so it becomes dwelling definition, they also what we consider ‘attached, residence. part part of ofthe the house, house,’ ’ but but ififit's it's aa reviewed an ordinance text she said. also fas — Commissioners We define two-family a separate dwelling unit, then change regulating attached r t k k Christmas comes early to McFall Elementary I I J k ' *. ■> 1 • - w 4 % 4 1a t a! •2X > fill t’ •**4. ■iT .'S’. 5 I Il Hputmi I) ■— ilKiS- --■8 7 t r. iJ-il r gr s*'1 •I It wasn’t Santa’s sleigh that pulled up in front of McFall Elementary School loaded with surprises, but instead a Penske semi cab and cargo van carrying boxes of new toys. “It feels like Christmas,” said one excited kindergar­ ten student after climbing into the van and finding boxes of toys. Penske employees from the company's location at 52nd Street and M-37 filled two large boxes with new toys donated for McFall classrooms. 66 Three or four weeks ago, my neighbor, who works here at McFall, posted some­ thing about needing new toys for indoor recess. So I reached out to my supervisor at Penske to see if we could take some donations to help out,” Penske lead tech employee Mike Plaska said. Students from Mrs. Molly Bumstead's classroom excitedly climbed into the van and dove into the boxes to see what surprises were inside. They found board games, memory card games, Play Doh, books and puzzles filling two large boxes inside the van. Bob Strader, supervisor at Penske, said it was all Plaska’s idea. 46 He headed it all up, made flyers and got lots of dona- tions. Little kids need good toys to play with so it wasn't hard getting people to help out/ Strader said. Plaska’s daughter, Daisy, attends kindergarten at McFall. 66 Penske is really good when it comes to stuff like this to help kids and help our communities,” Plaska said. reviewed reviewed including including a defini a defini­ within one year of approval, tion tionofoflot lotdepth depthasaspart partofofthe the “We just wanted to repeal ordinance, ordinance, that that would would be be this section because we have defined definedasasmeasured measuredfrom fromthe the not been utilizing it, and we midpoint midpointofofthe thefront frontlot lotline linetoto kind of questioned why we the rear lot line. Under the would utilize it" Wells said. The proposed text changes Michigan Land Division Act. the depth-to-width ratio can- to the ordinance will be sub­ not be more than 4-to-1 unless mitted to the township attor­ the lot is at least 10 acres in ney, who will put the changes into ordinance language that size, Wells said. Commissioners also looked will then come back for a pub­ at removing a provision in the lic hearing before the planning ordinance that would require a commission. The changes property that was approved for would then also go through rezoning to revert back to its two readings with the townprior zoning designation if no ship board before they go into construction occurs on the site effect. Wells said. 44 Caledonia Twp. urges residents to respond to high-speed internet survey Greg Chandler Staff Writer Caledonia Township offi­ cials are encouraging residents to take part in a survey being offered through Kent County to assess gaps in high-speed inter­ net service in the township. The county has partnered with Merit Network to develop a survey aimed at reaching all county residents. “The goal is to gain a clear­ er picture of connectivity in the county and support plan­ ning and implementation of high-speed internet expansion efforts and secure federal and and again over the last several years. One company even erected towers to address the need, but didn't get permission from the township to do so beforehand, leading to a legal battle between the company and the township and die even­ tual removal of those towers. Residents can visit MichiganMoonshot.org/Kent or click on the link off the township website, caledoniatownship.org, to take part in the survey. Paper surveys are available upon request in in English and Spanish by calling (616) 632-6512. state dollars for internet/ the township posted on its web­ site. Treasurer/ Township Richard Administrator Robertson Wednesday encour­ aged residents to complete the survey “so the county has an idea of where they need to focus their efforts." “It's a big effort they're put­ ting into it. They’ve really stressed the need to get as much input as they can,” Robertson said. Concerns about high-speed internet access have come up before the township board now Be "SENSIBLE" about your water! SMELL THE DIFF Over 40 I J i\l L 11 V *3 of experience AYNARDS F WATER CONDITIONING Michael Plaska (back, left) and Bob Strader (back, right) of Penske brought a truckload of new toys and games for students at McFall Elementary, donated by the team at Penske. The two are photographed with students from Molly Bumstead’s kindergarten class. WNAftDS WATCR CONDITIONING V 4. C %MT A •llil 1*11 • WkTTR tqrjMM I I T ri wVl I?. 3 - ’• • ill* SALES • IT? 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(Photo by James Gemmell) James Gemmell Friday from spring to fall, Contributing Writer offering a variety of fresh, Chilly, windy weather locally-grown produce, plus wasn't enough to dampen the arts and crafts. fun at Fall Fest in downtown The Halloween activities, Middleville on Friday, Oct. including the pumpkin patch 14. and Trunk or Treat, got The event was held in underway Friday around 5 Sesquicentennial Park, over- p.m. in the grassy areas just looking the Thornapple down the sidewalk from the River. The Halloween- pavilion, adjacent to the quadplex and and parking parking areas, areas. themed event was spearhead- quadplex The Country Country Mill Mill farm farm in in ed by the Downtown The Development Authority and Charlotte provided the the coincided with the final pumpkins. pumpkins. The The pumpkin pumpkin Middleville Market of the patch was sponsored by Home. season. 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Send Resume to the mhc.office@middlevillehousing.org or the Middleville Housing Commission, 500 Lin­ coln St., Middleville, MI 49333. 185652. DRIVER POSITION OPENING BARRY COUNTY TRANSIT t i I t I. < ’. ( I ! ♦ <I I: ( j Barry County Transit is accepting applications for the position of Driver. A Class C CDL with a ‘P’ endorsement is required. A strong sense of community and people skills are required of the successful candidate. Driver’s hours are 37.5 per week. Wage scale is $14.75 to $17.53. Applications are available from the Transit Office or online at: www.barrycountytransit.com Barry County Transit 1216 W. State St. Hastings, Michigan 49058 269-948-8125 games here, trunk or treat, for families coping with and the pumpkin patch, autism,” Bussard said. where there should be a At the pavilion, volunteer pumpkin for each child while Shawn DeVries played a supplies last, of course. And variety of fall-themed and a photo booth (sponsored by Halloween music to set the Thornapple Credit Union) festival mood. down at the end,” DDA “I wasn't hired. They just Chairwoman Kristen Fisher kept inviting me back, so I said. came down here,” he said. She figured upward of 500 Thornapple Kellogg children attended Fall Fest. Middle School student Kaiya children attended Fall Fest. The best best photo photo opportuniopportuni- Beck, age 12, and her moth­ The ty, ty, though, though, may may have have been been er, Karen Beck, had a table with with the the 9-foot 9-foot inflatable inflatable set up under the pavilion. Mickey Mouse pumpkin They were selling Rice head that DDA Director Krispie treats, pretzel rods Katherine Bussard helped set and hot chocolate, among up. other good. Last year, trunk or treat “I want to do a business, was held under the pavilion, so I’m just kind of getting it but the decision was made to known,” Kaiya said. 44 move it a short distance away I dipped the pretzels for this year to provide more her, and then she goes space for everyone to move through and does the sprinaround. kies,'’ Karen said. “I’m just “It was so crowded that real proud of her. She’s we moved it down here, and working really hard, and I we have packed up just about love seeing her passion grow every space,” Bussard said. and learning how to do “I think this is a good layout stuff.” and a good turnout. Village Council President “All of these businesses Pro-Tempore Fran French make this possible and with­ was helping out at the festi­ out them, this event wouldn’t val. happen. So, we truly appreci­ “I think everybody’s hav­ ate the community support.” ing a good time,” she said. A new Fall Fest activity “Thankfully, it didn't get as was a 5k family fun run on cold as it was predicted, and the Paul Henry Thomapple no snowflakes.” Trail sponsored by the A Pets in the Park costume Autism Alliance of Barry contest had been planned but County. It was called the was canceled due to potential AABC Boofest Fun Walk. safety concerns. “It was a great success. Among the vendors on And we were able to raise a hand for the last Middleville lot of awareness and support Market of the season was Crazie Birdie Soaps, owned PUBLISHER’S by Heather Reed. She said NOTICE: she has been a vendor there All real estate advertising in this newspaper is for nine years. subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan “I make handmade soaps Civil Rights Act which collectively make it ille­ gal to advertise “any preference, limitation or with oil, water and lye, tradiscrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or marital status, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination." Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in viola­ tion of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone num­ ber for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. i’ < : < Barry County Transit is an Equal Opportunity Employer in full compliance with all State and Federal Regulations. I llfi i 4 i / Local vendor Heather Reed, seated, owns Crazie Birdie Soaps, which has maintained a table at the Middleville Market for nine years. The final fanner’s and artisan’s market this season coincided with Fall Fest activities in Sesquicentennial Park. (Photo by James Gemmell) EQUAL HOV^WQ OPPORTUNITY “S" A II* I lb” I iiw c: • •ri • > lu : 53 nit la ',3MB MH M Xs TKMS student Kaiya Beck and her mother, Karen Beck, set up a table under the pavilion. They were offering Rice Krispie treats, pretzel rods and hot chocolate, among other treats. (Photo by James Gemmell) • ditional-type soaps. I also get to see because they’re in make glycerin-based glycerin-based soap, soap. school. We get to see them make I do paracord bracelets down here, finally, and they keychains, lanyards. I can get to have fun.” custom-make them in about The Middleville Fall Fest 15 to 20 minutes,” Reed was run in conjunction with said, the Barry County Chamber She added Fall Fest is of Commerce's second annuabsolutely wonderful al Barry Boo-Fest. That fea­ because you get to see all the tures Halloween-themed kids that you normally don’t events each weekend in October at different loca­ tions. Hasting’s festivities Waterproofing in the 21st Century were held Oct. 6-8. Gun Over 29 Years Of Basement Construction & Waterproofing Lake’s were scheduled for Oct. 22, and Delton’s is scheduled for Oct. 28. 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KCRC Deputy Managing Director of Engineering Wayne Harrall said construc­ tion of the roundabout at the 84th Street and Kalamazoo Avenue intersection could begin in mid-June 2023, with it reopening to traffic by the middle of August. “I think we’re looking at about a two-month closure and some of the work can be done - restoration, things like that - once we have it open. I think we’re looking at some­ where around 10 weeks for construction," Harrall said. The intersection will be converted into a roundabout, circle. not a traffic Roundabouts are usually smaller than traffic circles and, before entering, drivers must yield to vehicles already in the roundabout. Right now, the intersec­ tion is a four-way stop. The township hall is on the south­ west comer of the intersec­ tion. Private property is located on the other three corners. The Michigan Department of Transportation gave approval for the project in December 2021. Tim Haagsma, who sits on the planning commission, said at the Sept. 22 Gaines Township Planning Commission meeting that construction of the project is almost ready to go out for bid. It would be built about 110 to 120 feet in outside diameter. “Plans are just about at the submittal point,’’ Haagsma said. He also is director of traffic and safety for the KCRC. Harrall said the project probably will not go out for bid until February 2023, at the earliest, through the Agency MDOT Local Program Office. A KCRC study showed more than 12,000 cars go through the 84th Street/ Kalamazoo Avenue intersec­ tion each day and it estimates about 18,000 vehicles will be traversing it 20 years from now. The reason for the round­ about here is this intersection needs something, because it Ci1 dents,’’ he said. “Rear-end accidents, things like that where somebody anticipates somebody’s going to go through a light that’s turned yellow, or they just fail to see somebody stopping." There are other busy inter­ sections in the township with no roundabout. But Harrall said the 84th Street/ Kalamazoo Avenue intersec­ tion was chosen because the township owns the property at the southwest comer and there should not be any prob­ lem purchasing the right of way there. Some sidewalk will have to removed to make way for the roundabout. “We know that they would be a willing partner just because we partner with them on local roads," Harrall said. “There arc other areas in the county that might seem to be good fits but they would require removing buildings and things of that nature, The road commission staff has had some initial discus­ sion with the owners of the private property at the north­ west and northeast comers of the intersection. The north­ east corner is farmland owned by the Snyder Family. Cornerstone Church sits more than 150 yards away. The 132-year-old 132-vear-old Cook The Schoolhouse is located near the southeast comer of the intersection. The property there is owned by the Wyngarden family, The current estimated con­ struction cost for the round­ about would be $1.2 million. “We’ll try to tailor it the around somewhat school,” Harrall said. “Partly because we got South Christian High School right there to the north on Kalamazoo." The roundabout will be shifted a little to the west of the midpoint of the current intersection to minimize impacts on the nearby Cook Schoolhouse, And that’s kind of the nice part about a roundabout - you can shift it around," Harrall said. “It doesn’t line up perfectly in the middle of the intersection, because you align the approach cars to the circle somewhat in a curved manner, anyway. It works in with the design, but we do have some right of way impact on the northwest and northeast quadrants, and then the township side, as well. GAIN ARTER 1 WNSH1P OFFICES T COUNTY SHERIFF S DEPT. SUBSTATION A view outside the Gaines Township Hall looking north along Kalamazoo Avenue at the 84th Street inter­ section. (Photo by James Gemmell) bids to design the project. Harrall said the contract was awarded to Grand Rapidsbased engineering firm Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc. The road commission plans to use federal funding to pay for most of the proj­ ect. The roundabout in front of the Gaines Township Hall was selected for $600,000 in grants from the Federal Highway Safety Improvement Program. And $300,000 in new federal funding will be applied to the project, as well. The U.S. of Department Transportations’ Federal Highway Administration announced in April a new five-year program to distribute $6.4 billion in formula funding to help states reduce carbon emissions under the bipartisan infrastructure law. The state is distributing the money. Technically, the KCRC never receives any of the federal funding. “As the project is built, we do estimates and the state receives those estimates and bills us for our share, which in this case is about 20 percent," Harrall explained. Traffic congestion is get­ ting to be an issue on some primary roads in Gaines Township, which has a population of more than 28,000 residents. Community Development Director Dan Wells suggest- A traffic light controls traffic flow at the corner of 84th Street and Kalamazoo Avenue. You can see a westbound vehicle approaching the intersection, which will be converted into a single-lane roundabout. (Photo by James Gemmell) sections on a trial basis, in order to assess the traffic impact. “We don’t have to make the change, but we can test something," he said. “Like the intersection of 76th and Hanna (Lake Ave). Just see what it does. We can take data. We can test it. Do a week of pre and a week of after, and see what the effect is. It doesn’t have to be per­ manent. We can just try it out.” WE’RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR HEATING AND COOLING NEEDS Residential & Commercial -Gas and Oil Furnaces -Gas and Oil Boilers L, -Air Conditioners J < ' �Page 16/The Sun and News, October 22,2022 O'Krangley finishes strong at DI State Finals Brett Bremer Sports Editor %. * A quarter of the girls who left Bedford Valley Golf Club with state medals Saturday didn't shoot as well on day two of the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Girls Golf Championship as Caledonia sophomore Copelin O'Krangley did. O’Krangley rallied Saturday to shoot a 78 after an 86 on the first 18 of the tournament Friday, to finish 17 individually in her first appearance at the state finals. She finished with an overall score of 164. She was one under through her first eight holes on Saturday. She opened day two on number three and birdied the par-5 number four, the par-4 number six and the par-4 number nine. Caledonia sophomore Copelin O’Krangley watches a shot from the fairway fly At the end of the day she had on number seven during the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Girls Golf shot an even-par-36 on the Championship at Bedford Valley Golf Club Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) front nine. , ’ She had a bit of a hiccup day. Friday or Saturday, and only chase down Brody who was In the end, on number 11, shooting a end’ O'Krangley a handful of the top players playing in the same group double-bogie, but that was was just Jusl four f°ur strokes back of were better on Saturday than with her. the last of the state medalists. Friday. That list included the Brody was also the indi­ her only double of the entire Conditions were not ideal state champion and the state vidual state champion in runner-up Grand Blanc Division 1 as a sophomore. 189835 U senior Kate Brody and East Brody, Fennell and Kentwood junior Elise O'Krangley were all individ­ Fennell. Brody shot a 73-72­ ual state qualifiers, and fin­ ownshlp of Yankee Springs 145 to capture the individual ished as three of the top four 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN 49333 state title. Fennell scored a among the girls who quali­ 269-795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 76-70-146. fied for the finals without YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Fennell fired a birdie on their team. Alexandria SPECIAL PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE number 18, and then made Lecureux, a junior from TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE the tum for the final three Clarkson, shot an 85-77-162 TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, holes of her weekend and to place 13th overall. AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a special public hearing will went birdie, birdie, par on Rochester Adams senior be held on November 18, 2022, commencing at 6:00 p.m. at the one, two and three to nearly Grace Wang led her team to the state championship with a 72-77-149 that placed her third among the individual state medalists. . Rochester Adams out­ scored Brighton 629-676 at the top of the standings. Rochester was third with a score of 681, ahead of Northville 683, Rockford 696, Battle Creek Lakeview 699, Troy Athens 699, Troy 710, Okemos 713 and Plymouth 713 in the top ten. Rochester Adams had two a 74-77-151 to place fifth. Rockford junior Jessica Jolley tied Wang for third with a weekend score of 72-77-149. The top ten medalists also included Okemos’ Alena Li. Rochester Adams Laura Liu. Troy Athens' Olivia Hemmila, Northville’s Samantha Coleman, Farmington's Venetia Chap. Plymouth's Brooke Morris and Rochester's Madison Yang. Chap, Morris and Yang all tied for tenth with 0 0? r ‘4^ r ! Lie * Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N. Briggs Rd., Middleville Ml, within the Township, as required under the provisions of the Mich­ igan Zoning Enabling Act and the Zoning Ordinance for the Town­ ship. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE In addition to participation during a public hearing, members of the public may also provide com­ ments for the Zoning Board of Appeals’ consideration by email­ ing or mailing those comments to the Zoning Board of Appeals for receipt prior to the meeting, in care of the Township Zoning Ad­ ministrator, Eric Thompson (ethQmpson@Dcimi.com) or by leaving a phone message prior to the meeting with the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson at 616-877-2000. U ► PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at said public hearing include, in brief, the following: J 1. ZBA 22-11-023 PARCEL ID # 08-16-215-005-00. 2731 Oaklcigh Dr. Middleville, MI 49333. A. A request by Renaissance Roofing and Exteriors for property owner, Cynthia Wierenga, for relief from the setbacks established by section 12.4 “Required Setbacks” and relief from lot coverage requirements established by section 12.6 “Maxi­ mum Building Coverage”. i. The subject site is approximately .087 acres in size. The property is currently zoned Gun Lake Residential Lake Front (GRLF) and the appli­ cant is requesting relief to allow for the con­ struction of a deck that fails to meet the required 1 r 189833 Township of Yankee Springs 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held on November 17, 2022 commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N. Briggs Rd., Middleville Ml, within the Township, as required under the provisions of the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and the Zoning Ordinance for the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, in addition to participation during public hearing, members of the public may also provide comments for the Planning Commission’s consideration by emailing or mailing those com­ ments to the Planning Commission for receipt prior to the meeting, in care of the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson (ethompson(g)pcimi. com) or by leaving a phone message prior to the meeting with the Town­ ship Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson at 616-877-2000. setbacks and lot coverage requirements. 2. ZBA 22-11-024 PARCEL ID # 08-16-190-003-00. 2812 Beatrice Ave. Middleville, Ml 49333. A. 1. Single Family (RSF) and the applicant is requesting a Special Exception Use/Site Plan Review to allow for the construction of an accessory building on an otherwise vacant lot. ' ■ of a pergola and deck that fails to meet the required setbacks. • r- t < I Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days' prior notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Town­ < ship Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. A request by property owner Dennis Stiffler Special Exception Use/Site Plan Review pursuant to section 12.7 Outbuildings “Special Exception Uses”, i. The subject site is approximately a ,317-acre vacant parcel. The property is currently zoned Residential Residential Lake Front(GRLF) and the applicant is requesting relief to allow for the construction The Yankee Springs Township Zoning Board of Appeals and Township Board reserve the right to make changes in the above-mentioned proposed amendment(s) at or following the pub­ lic hearing. Anyone interested in reviewing the application material may do so at the township hall. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place, or, if an electronic meeting is held, to participate via the electronic meeting. PC 22-11-14 PARCEL ID # 08-16-205-306-00. Un-addressed parcel on Sandy Beach St. Wayland, Ml 49348. A. A request by, Walter and Sharon Jalowiecz, for variance relief from the setbacks established by section 12.4 “Required Setbacks”. i. The subject site is approximately .339 acres in size. The property is currently zoned Gun Lake Such other business as may properly come before the Zon­ ing Board of Appeals. 2. Such other business as may properly come before the Planning Commission. The Yankee Springs Township Planning Commission and Township Board reserve the right to make changes in the above-mentioned pro­ posed amendment(s) at or following the public hearing. Anyone interested in reviewing the application may do so at the Township Hall. All interested persons are invited to be present at the afore­ said time and place, or, if an electronic meeting is held, to participate via the electronic meeting. Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days' prior notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION By: Shana Bush, Chairperson ( ( By: Jacob Welch, Chairperson Yankee Springs Township Hall Yankee Springs Township Hall I 284 N. Briggs Rd. Middleville, Michigan 49333 ( (269) 795-9091 I I I I I Caledonia sophomore Copelin O’Krangley and Caledonia varsity girls’ golf coach Veronica Van Wagoner talk over a shot at Bedford Valley Golf Club Saturday during day two of the MHSAA L.P. Girls Golf Championship Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 284 N. Briggs Rd. Middleville, Michigan 49333 (269) 795-9091 Scots split with Rams and Panthers at first Red round robin Brett Bremer Sports Editor Rockford got its revenge Wednesday at West Ottawa, but the Fighting Scots pre­ vented a reversal against the Panthers. The Caledonia varsity vol­ leyball team split its two matches at the OK Red Conference Round Robin hosted by West Ottawa. Rockford, who Caledonia bested to open the confer­ ence season, scored a 25-22, 25-16, 24-26, 25-17 win over the Caledonia ladies to hand them their third loss of the conference schedule. The Fighting Scots also got win number six of the OK Red season in a rematch with the West Ottawa girls. Caledonia won the first meeting between the two teams in three sets, but was pushed to five Wednesday. The Scots prevailed in the end with senior Erica Postma knocking a team-high 16 kills against the Panthers, getting lots of help on the attack from 13 kills each by Paige Williamson and Cambria Gaier and senior from Josie Noble. Senior Amanda Wolf had 34 digs in the five-setter, with Gaier adding 24, Williamson 22 and senior Maddie Fortuna ten. Senior setter Avery Palmateer put up 28 assists with sophomore setter Jessica Maier adding 25. Gaier and Postma had three blocks each and Williamson had a team-high three aces. The duo of senior Meredith Simmons and freshman Liv Hosford at the net powered the Rams in their win over the Scots. Simmons had 17 kills and Hosford 16 while recording a kill on nearly 70 percent of her swings. Hosford also had six total blocks. Williamson had 11 kills, Gaier nine and Postma eight to lead the Caledonia attack. Williamson also had three aces and 12 digs. Wolf led the Scots in digs with 21. Maier added nine digs to go with her 19 assists. Palmateer put up 15 assists. The Caledonia girls are scheduled to be at Grand Haven today, Oct. 22, for another OK Red Round Robin and then will go to Jenison for one on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Caledonia follows up the OK Red Conference season by hosting a quad Thursday with Lakewood, Harper Creek and Mattawan. mwmIa J tylult & �* u *L A v 1 • 14 in I A I L SNA Brett Bremer Sports Editor The 2022 varsity boys’ soccer season ended for the Thomapple Kellogg Trojans Hastings Saxons aginst a couple of the top ranked teams in the state in their MHSAA Division 2 District Tournament. Thomapple Kellogg ran into the top ranked Gull Lake Blue Devils for the second consecutive postseason. Gull Lake won the 2020 MHSAA Division 22 State Championship, bested the Trojans in a district final in Richland on their way to the state semifinals in 2021, and came to Middleville ranked number one in the state in Division 2 to open their 2022 tournament run. The Trojans hosted the top seeded Blue Devils for a Division 2 District Semifinal Monday in Middleville and fought off the Gull Lake guys for for aa while while before before ultiulti­ guys mately falling falling 3-0. 3-0. mately Gull Gul1 Lake continued its tournament run run in in sstate ‘ate . tournament Division D 'VISIon 2 by besting Interstate-8 Interstate-8 Athletic Conference Conference Champion in the district final in Middleville Wednesday. The n I fl I ft I I It 14 !)il All L Panthers defeated Marshall 5-0 in their district semifinal match in Middleville match in Monday to improve their record to 18-0 at the time. Parma Western, ranked eighth in the state in Division 2, opened its postseason by scoring a 6-0 win over the Hastings boys in the first round of the district last at Oct. 13, Thursday. Oct. Western High School, Gull Lake is now 18-3 so far this fall heading into a regional semifinal contest against Zeeland East in V,^Tg_ ‘' ‘They're a good team. You expect it. It is Gull Lake.” TK head coach Andrew' Kiel said after his team’s match with the Blue Devils. Unfortunately, a couple things just didn't go our way. We had a couple opportuni­ ties in the first half, but the first half was tough with the wind coming into us. We took a lot of pressure, and it definitely made us tired for the second half. Our back line did a great job of working on our off­ side trap. I bet you we had 10 or 15 offsides calls. Something that was a pain point for us early on in the season definitely improved on. Giving up goals on set pieces, nothing tonight, which was great. That has been a big weakness of ours, giving up goals on set pieces. Thomapple Kellog junior Reece Hoeksma had a couple of the Trojans’ best scoring chances as TK worked to funnel the ball to him up top at times Monday. The Gull Lake keeper had to come racing off his line to slide onto the feet of Hoeksma and thwart a 1-v-l chance 11 minutes into the contest. Not long after, Ryker Corstange scored the open­ ing goal of the game for the Blue Devils. Gull Lake led 2-0 at the half. Dominic Gull Lake’s Adam Boyle goes over the back of Thornapple Kellogg’s Jayce Curtis (14) in the midfield to get to a header during the first half of their MHSAA Division 2 District Semifinal inside Bob White Stadium in Middleville Monday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) M nd li Lil E'l®® Thomapple Kellogg senior goalkeeper Luke Kaiser deflects away a point blank shot by Gull Lake’s Ryker Corstange during the first half of their MHSAA Division 2 District Semifinal match Monday evening in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Roudabush scored Gull Lake's second goal late in the first half and then his team­ mate Zavier Thomas iced the win with a goal 12 minutes into the second half. TK seniors Jackson Curtis and Austin Chivis were solid battling the Blue Devils in the middle of the field, and TK senior keeper Luke Kaiser kept his team's hopes of advancing alive for much of the brisk evening inside Bob White Stadium. Kiel said he thought his team was as prepared as it could be to face the Blue Devils having battled with the likes of South Christian and Grand Rapids Central in the OK Gold Conference and facing competition like East Grand Rapids outside of the league. TK ends the season with a 10-10-1 record. 1R97M4 Township of Ycmkoo Springs 1MN BRI Kt S ROAD - MlDDl-EVILLE MICHIGAN 4P33S 795 90©l / FAX 289-796 ZW YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR COBB LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT 37B TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP. BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Township Supervisor and Assessor have prepared and filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination a special assessment roll covering all properties within Cobb Lake Aquatic Plant Control Special Assessment District No. 37B benefited by the proposed aquatic plant control project. The roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing the costs of the project within the aforesaid special assessment district, which district is more particularly shown on the plans on file with the Township Clerk at Yankee Springs Township Hall. The costs of the project are as shown on the estimate of costs on file with the Township Clerk at Yankee Springs Township Hall. The project cost is $64,000, including administrative costs, which is the amount of the assessment roll. The amount assessed against each property in the district will be approximately $62.31 per year for a front parcel and $49.84 per year for a back parcel. The term of the special assessment will be eight years, 2022 through 2029 inclusive. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Supervisor and Assessor have further reported to the Township Board that the assessment against each parcel of land within said district is such relative portion of the whole sum levied against all parcels of land in said district as the benefit to such parcels bears to the total benefit to all parcels of land in said District. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board will meet at the Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N. Briggs Road, Middleville, Michigan on Thursday, November 10, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing the special assessment roll, hearing any objections thereto and confirming the roll as submitted or revised or amended. The roll may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular business days until the time of the hearing and may further be examined at the hearing. Any person objecting to the assessment roll shall file objections thereto in writing with the Township Clerk before the close of the hearing or within such other time as the Township Board may grant. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that an owner or party in interest, or his/ her agent, may appear in person at the hearing to protest the special assessment or may file his/her appearance and protest by letter before the hearing, and in that event, personal appearance shall not be required. The owners or any person having an interest in real property who protests in writing at or before the hearing may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the State Tax Tribunal within 30 days after confirmation of the special assessment roll. Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the meeting to individuals with disabilities upon seven (7) days’ notice to the Yankee Springs Township Clerk. F if Thomapple Kellogg’s Austin Chivis fires a free kick about 25 yards in front of the Gull Lake goal as the Blue Devils’ Ethan Carr (2), Drew Boucher (5) and Charles Waldorf (6) form a wall to protect their net during the first half Monday in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP Mike Cunningham, Clerk 284 N. Briggs Road Middleville, Ml 49333 (269) 795-9091 �Page 18/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 22, 2022 West Ottawa no match for CHS Wind, rain, cold, Falcons team to spoil Scots' district semifinal as Scots score fourth shut out J Brett Bremer Sports Editor through the second half to at 7-11-3. put their team up 3-1. East Kentwood - (12-7-1) Elvin Bajric finished off returned Rockford to the scoring for the Falcons Thursday to take on the OK by lasering a penalty kick Red Conference Champion into the lower right comer of Rams in the district, final, the net with 15:57 to play. Rockford improved to 19-0­ Scoring chances were few 1 with a 2-0 win over the and far between for the Scots Falcons to claim their first in the second half, despite district title in 15 years. the best efforts of Caledonia Rockford scored a 2-0 win attacker Nathan Maas who over Byron Center in the first did what he could up top. DI District Semifinal match He'd had a chance late in the in the rain in Rockford first half to put the Scots Tuesday. The Rams now back in front, ripping a free head to Portage Northern kick from 35 yards out that Tuesday to face another OK the EK keeper Armen Red Conference foe. Grand Husejdic had to punch aside. Haven, the MHSAA Division Caledonia ends the season 1 Regional Semifinals. The Caledonia varsity boys’ soccer team fell 4-1 to OK Red Conference foe East Kentwood at Rockford High School Tuesday evening a cold rain that blew into two teams’ benches, and their parents' backs in the stands, the entire evening. In the MHSAA Division I District Semifinal game's 16th minute Caledonia's Wyatt Snitzer knocked a free kick from the right comer into the East Kentwood box and teammate Corbin Raffler fought through a crowd in the box to power the ball into the net for a 1-0 Fighting Scot lead. The Falcons, who fell to the Scots’ 1-0 in their OK Red Conference match-up this season at Scotland Yard, were unphased by the early tally though. Caledonia’s lead lasted just three and a half minutes. Cole Drozdowski broke into the offensive third up the right side for the Falcons and blasted a hard shot by the Caledonia keeper, Isaac Vire. East Kentwood controlled the second half making Vire work early. Vire made a div­ ing save and then saved a shot on the rebound which was tapped back towards his net less than a minute into the second half. The Falcons took the lead moments as Chibambo Munguakonka got behind the Caledonia junior attacker Nathan Maas works to defense on a lob into the offensive zone from near get the ball down to his feet as East Kentwood midfield. Brandon Adradre- defenders close in during the MHSAA Division 1 Paredes finished off a comer District Semifinal match at Rockford High School kick at the far post midway Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Are You Ready For Winter? J 521 5B WKS i MIDDLEVILLE 500 Arlington Street 269.795.3550 r CALEDONIA 9820 Cherry Valley Road 616.891.3550 COOPER TIRES / A' (f: * /7 iV » f E? ill 3 __________ i____________ • > Discoverer Rugged Trek 4 Select COOPER TIRES / w/Alignment r r HHi il Discoverer Endura Max COJU RO IM > COOPER TIRES h P,S100oFF Mi CS5 Ultra Touring ■■■ COJURONu FREE Winter Safety Check Includes battery test, cooling test, wiper blades, tires, lights With this coupon. zxrzn: 1I3OL Cannot combine with any other offers. With this coupon. Expires 11-15-22 Expires 11-15-22 < < < FREE TIRE ROTATION ALIGNMENT CHECK WITH ALL NEW TIRESJ I 1 f < I • W t J . t * For a limited time Caledonia running back Brock Townsend tries to break around the edge as West Ottawa’s Tyler Berends comes at him Oct. 14. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Fighting Scots earned their fourth shut out in the penultimate game of the sea­ son Friday, Oct. 14, knock­ ing off visiting West Ottawa 48-0 inside Ralph E. Myers Stadium. Caledonia built a 41-0 lead in the first half and cruised to a victory that moved its record to 6-0 in the OK Red Conference and 8-0 overall, setting up a show­ down with fellow Red unde­ feated Rockford at the Ralph last night, Oct. 21. Caledonia had three dif­ ferent players record touch­ down receptions and nine different receivers catch balls from three different quarter­ backs in the blowout. The offense was powered though by the running of back Brock Townsend and the offensive line in front of him. He racked up 103 yards on just eight carries while scoring two touchdowns. He got the scoring started with a 27-yard TD run two and a half minutes into the ball­ game. He added a 27-yard TD run with 4:49 to play in the first half that bumped the Scots' lead to 34-0. It was Theren Sanders that pushed the start button on the running clock for the second half, intercepting a pass by West Ottawa quarterback Cole Tulgestke and returning it for a touchdown after the Panthers had worked the ball into the Caledonia half of the field in the closing minute of the first half. Quarterback Mason McKenzie tossed a 32-yard touchdown pass to Derek Pennington Jr. midway through the first quarter and added a two-yard TD pass to Pennington on the opening play of the second quarter, McKenzie connected a min­ ute and a half later with Justice Reed for a 17-yard score. A big sack pushed the Panthers back on first down on West Ottawa's first pos­ session of the second quarter, and a short punt put the Scots in position for the quick score by Reed. Brody Betser tossed the Scots' final touchdown pass, a five yard throw to Ethan Berends for a score with 3:50 to play in the fourth quarter. McKenzie was 7-of-ll passing for 106 yards and three touchdowns. Betser was a perfect 4-for-4 for 34 yards. Jett King also got to toss three passes, connecting on two. for 14 yards. Evan Graham had a 40-yard reception for the Scots. Pennington had two catches for 24 yards. Berends an, Reed and Townsend had two catches each. Carson Beyer, Kaden DeHorn, Jordan Gutierrez and Reed Vogeler also recorded receptions. Tyler Burd led the Caledonia defense with five tackles. Alex Klingensmith and King had four tackles each. Kicker Luke Vogeler was hit six extra-point kicks and had one blocked. West Ottawa quarterbacks were intercepted four times. Tulgestke was 6-of-15 pass­ ing for 63 yards. He threw three of the interceptions. Maddox Greenfield. Nolan Mathieu and Berends all had interceptions for Caledonia. Connor Knapp had three receptions for 38 yards for the Panthers. Jayden Bosombath rushed the ball ten times for 39 yards and Desmond Chapa had nine carries for 31 yards. Caledonia will learn its playoff fate Sunday when the Michigan High School Athletic Association announces its football play­ off pairings. Caledonia and Rockford went into the final week of the regular season ranked three and four respectively in the state in Division 1. r1 ■ >hl I I/ >1if > , is jS il I fli Wiita «. S8E1V iliiii a iaji SIHh t 4»h ■’te ! 'S % s ■ '■ 'S 6 & S' Fighting Scot senior running back Theren Sanders breaks into the West Ottawa secondary for a big gain during the Scots’ win over the visiting Panthers Oct. 14 inside Ralph E. Myers Stadium. (Photo by Perry Hardin) ■c �The Sun and News, Saturday, October 22, 2022/ Page 19 CHS equestrian overflowing its trophy case 'A VV; UJ. Ms •W-. .11 tufa It k t In ’ lilt,1 . x ii s is ifiiaah aista ate. 1 it fe' 4^* Brett Bremer Sports Editor There is more space on the banner in the Caledonia High School gymnasium, which was finally pul up last win­ ter. It only needs to get a 2022 added to the 2021, 2020, 2015 and 2002 state championships. Fitting another Michigan Interscholastic Horsemanship Association Championship trophy in the Caledonia High School equestrian team’s trophy case outside of the high school media center will prove more challengin - if not impossible. Caledonia earned its third consecutive Division A State Championship at the MIHA State Finals hosted by the Midland County Fairgrounds last weekend, Oct. 13-16, and the Scots future looks bright loo. Of the 14 riders the Fighting Scots had on the roster this fall, only Anna Eliassen and Avcril Byrd are seniors. “We had our eyes set on it all year,” Caledonia head coach Kellie Scheidel said. We lost three seniors last year, so we didn’t have to do much reorganizing of the team, but we had a lot of new' riders come in this year. It was hard slotting this year with so many talented riders. You want to give everybody as many slots or classes, as you can.” Byrd is in her first season with the high school eques­ trian team, but Eliassen is an old pro. Eliassen helped the Scots to a Division A Reserve State Championship (runner-up finish) as a freshman in 2019 and was a part of the state championship teams each of the past three seasons. Eliassen is an experienced rider, but her horse was new to the state finals. . “|Eliassen] was in the Western Reining class, Trail class as well as Western Equitation,” Scheidel said. She had a new horse every year. That is extremely chal­ lenging. having to leam a new horse every single year. Last year, she had a great horse, but that horse ended up getting sick and passing away shortly after our sea­ son. That was really hard for her. She overcame that and found a new horse to show. She has always really loved western classes and was able to find a horse that was really strong in western. This wasn't a go and a show' kind of horse though, so it was challenging for her. The horses name is Lola, and Eliassen said she was proud of the way she per­ formed. I was just really looking to connect with her a little more. It was a good training experience for her,” Eliassen said. “I always try to go into the competitions just looking to ll i improve myself and havin the team improve overall. We really go into it just try­ ing to put our best foot for­ ward,” she said of returning to the state finals. Eliassen really enjoyed cheering on teammates Elena LaFranca and Nina Stiver as they set new personal record times with their Two-Person Relay performance, and was happy to see a number of teammates score first place finishes. “My horse is a western horse, so she tends to go a little slower,” Eliassen said. “We work more on pattern work than we do on speed and racing. That just kind of fits how she has been trained best, and it’s what I prefer. I just like to go slow. I'm not really much of a daredevil myself. It’s less risky.” The Fightin; Scots weren't at any risk of falling out of first place Sunday. The team had the 2022 state championship basically wrapped up after barrel rac­ ing Saturday evening, mak­ ing for an especially pleasant night at the program’s costume party and scavenger hunt which it has made a tradition of on the Saturday evening of the finals. In the end, Caledonia out­ scored Hopkins 198-178 at the top of the Division A standings, Tecumseh was third with 136 points, ahead of South Lyon 122, Big Rapids 96, 94, Croswell-Lexington Milford 65, Freeland 64, Milan Milan 27 27 and and Morley Stanwood Stanwood 10. 10. Coach Scheidel said a few' few of of the the state state meet meet stand-outs stand-outs included sophomore Ella Frederick. junior Kylie Frederick, Greenlee, junior Griffin Greenlee, Wolverton and the sophomore LaFranca. Frederick was one of the top perform­ ers for the Scots in pleasure classes this season - events where scores are decided by judging of the horse's perfor­ mances rather than timing. Greenlee also proved to be a talented pleasure competitor. Scheidel said Greenlee came into the season as a competitive speed rider and she did a good job of holding her own in her classes over the weekend. Wolverton is the team’s lone male student-athlete. It “S= 11 I »i H.J t » ■■■■■■ a *4 4 MICHIGAN INTERSCHOLASTIC HORSEMANSHIP ASSOC State championship 2-1860 A«* 1 a — • y.2022 % % V a > f . CFE » fcBI %» t * — •. » * — n —. * JI I -* . w 4 M ’ * . •• W The Caledonia High School equestrian team celebrates its third consecutive Michigan Interscholastic Horsemanship Association Division A State Championship after winning the 2022 title at the Midland County Fairgrounds Sunday. Caledonia sent 14 riders, 17 horses and two groomers to the four-day finals. The Fighting Scots have now won five state championships since 2002. and coach Scheidel said he’s a really good team player and acknowledged that guys can tend to stand out in the state finals' arena because there are so few of them. He especially stood out in his speed classes over the weekend. “We just have really nice bams in the area,”Scheidel said of the program’s suc­ cess. “We’re very blessed with our horse community and we have really awesome coaches that dedicate a majority of their summer and fall, and honestly spring time too, to getting these kids ready, She said the versatility of the team members and the versatility of their horses was key this fall. It allows the Scots to score as much and as often as possible across the different classes contested at the finals. Caledonia took its 14 rid­ ers to the state finals along with grooms Sophia Bartuch and Reagan Ouwinga and 17 horses. The state championship squad also included junior Hailey Smith, sophomores Adalynn Masselink, Carly VanderRoest and Aleigha Snyder, and freshmen Stiver, Sophie Bumis, Addie Wing and Layla Kittredge. They can all get a chance to compete at the finals again next year. Teams qualify for the state finals by placing in the top two at districts and then regionals each season. The state championships really makes the whole sea­ son,” Scheidel said. “It is a 41 ll lot of hard work and that is obviously a huge payoff, Winning in 2023 would be great.” Eliassen will likely be starting college next fall. She loves animals and hopes to work towards a career as a veterinarian in the future. She certainly expects the team's success to continue beyond her graduation. I think every year we get a new handful of very talented riders and they all come ready to work and ready to compete to hold up that lega­ cy we have set, and 1 think they will continue to do that for future years,” she said. ll CALEDONIA ARTS AND CRAFT SHOW FREE ADMISSION NOVEMBER 5, 2022 10AM - 3PM H ll z DUNCAN LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL • Beautiful Cotton Prints ] • New Collections by "Moda • Zippers, Threads, Buttons 9757 DUNCAN LAKE AVE, CALEDONIA, Ml Please use west entrance only and more! M ■ < ^Tickets: 1 for s2 -or- 3 for s5; ) Drawing will take place on Oct. 26, 2022 \ 1 . q 3U • Pray Ar Oar Pafar J* • ll z Aw I QUESTIONS: ASK US... «• ..’A 218 E. State St.. Hastings • 945-9673 — OPEN Monday-Friday 8 am-5 30 pm; Saturday 9 am-3 pm Hulst Cleaners Pick-Up Station For more info visit www.inspiremenow.org or call 616-891-8117 �Tf J JL 9 k - \ VOTE NOV 8TH! 1. 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Ml 49316 1 < '■ * * * 1 4 < < < 4 1 ' I r < * II ’ f I ? > « J �� https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/25/731/SunandNews_2022-10-29.pdf 193acf2d883fb59b60d8ace1947e49f6 PDF Text Text ' * The Sun A ews ft A a Your Hometown Newspaper Serving Middleville and Caledonia Areas >w No. 44/October 29, 2022 t 144th year Published by J-Ad Graphics, Inc. • 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 First retail marijuana business opens its doors in Middleville I Greg Chandler Staff Writer More than a year after Middleville village officials voted to allow businesses to slbbtM sell marijuana, the village's first cannabis dispensary is now open to the public. .r~..7, Company The ~ Botanical commonly known as BoCo, I UiM I 3BPiB nineqo .ysbnH N BrtnB I1 ailliW y.oOoB ^bbiM marked its grand opening with a festive ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday afternoon at the former TTS Fitness building at 640 Arlington Ct. More than 70 people, includ­ ing village and business lead­ ers, turned out for the event, with many of them sticking around for an open house afterwards to tour the busi­ ness. “This is awesome. I love all the support that this vil­ lage has given me," said Jarred Biggs, one of the part­ ners of Mitten Meds LLC, which owns the shop. “With all my family bein o- from here, this means a lot to me ... I hope everybody enjoys what we did. We put a lol of time and effort into this. For Jennifer Heinzman, executive director of the Barry County Chamber and Economic Development Alliance, it was a ribbon cut­ ting unlike any she had seen of in her more than a decade as a chamber executive, both in Barry County and previously in Mecosta County. ‘‘This is the biggest ribbon cutting I've ever seen," Heinzman said. “I would say that regardless of how you feel about legalized marijuana. it is a boom for the econ- omy, and I think it's going to be an asset to have it here in Middleville." Middleville Downtown Development Authority Director Katherine Bussard said the goal of the event was to make it a celebration for the community. “Whether or not this is your thing, with the food trucks and coffee and music, it was just a fun day to bring people together. I think (Biggs) has succeeded quite well," Bussard said. The openin ea of BoCo comes 14 months after the Village Council voted to allow marijuana-based busi­ nesses in Middleville. I think this is an absolute­ ly incredible turnout, Village President Sherry Ronning said. “I’m happy to see how this (business) might roll out. I wish the best for this business. I think they're going to serve the medical demand that's needed here in Middleville." Former Village President Amanda Fisk, who as a council member spoke out in support of allowing marijuana-based businesses in the village, was happy to see the opening. * GENERAL ELECTION Middleville Village council poised for shake-up; president and four seats up for grabs Five candidates are run­ ning for three four-year seats on the council - Steve Baldry, Tracy GilIhespy, Richard Hamilton. Hamilton, Makcnzi (cq) Peters and Ann Williams, Sitting council members Ed SchellingerandTom ZT _„Z_ DeVries are not running. There is also a two-year seat available on the council. Johnny DeMaagd has declared his candidacy as a write-in for that seat. The following are candi­ date responses to questions that were submitted by Sun and News staff. Greg Chandler Staff Writer The office of village president and four other seats on the Village Council will be decided by Middleville voters when they go to the polls on Nov. 8. Two sitting council trust­ ees, Mike Cramer and Fran French, are running for the office of president, a twoyear term. Sherry Ronning, who was appointed village president in December 2021 to replace Amanda Fisk, is not seeking election to the office. D pmO Mitten Meds LLC partners Kirk Weiss and Jarred Biggs (center) cut the ceremonial ribbon marking the opening of The Botanical Company in Middleville Friday. Pictured from left to right are Jonathan Jelks, Erika Weiss, Kirk Weiss, Jarred Biggs, Kara Biggs and Willie Buckley. The business, commonly known as BoCo, is the first marijuana dispensary to open in Middleville since the Village Council voted in August 2021 to allow such businesses to operate. (Photo by Greg Chandler) U0 Gun Lake water quality good, year-end study finds u) Greg Chandler Staff Writer An annual report shows the water quality of Gun Lake is within acceptable parameters. Lake The Gun Board Improvement Wednesday heard a yearend report from Ashlee Haviland, a certified lake manager for Clarke Aquatic Services, at the board's final meeting for the year al Orangeville Township Hall. Clarke conducts her­ bicide treatments and other lake management activities under contract with GLIB. About 110 acres of the 2,680-acre lake were treat­ ed by Clarke during the year, addressing such invasive and nuisance plants such as starry stone­ wort, Eurasian watermil­ foil and curly-leaf pond­ weed, as well as nuisance algae. That's less than half the amount treated a year rsos IB nA itew 3d) tMmuq ariT r/mqni I tesnboW [pi bno MttlmiH am Un ft JD JlaH ill abiafti iBm no isbnu luod A ) vd bo avraavni ua Hnalq iH .now bna hoi 0 .sagic fotna orfi ago, when Clarke using a long-term herbi­ cide called PorcellaCOR to treat Eurasian watermil­ foil, Haviland said in her report, Two different tests of phosphorus levels were taken from three different lake inlet locations - first in April and then again in July. In April, phosphorus levels generally ranged from 10 to 15 micrograms per liter. The July test found levels of 20 and 28 micrograms per liter at one location, at depths of 40 and 50 feet respectively, but all other tests found phosphorus levels ranging from less than 10 to about 13 micrograms per liter. The recommended level for phosphorus on lakes from the U.S. Environ­ mental Protectional Agency is 76 micrograms per liter, Haviland said. “We do surface samples at each (location), and then 10 feet until we go every J p was « « i i I < » that sample site is only on the surface because the maximum depth is five feet. The most northern site is sampled down to 40 feet and that most southern site is sampled down to 60 feet." Clarke also took samples for alkaline levels and chlorophyll-A, with both levels normal. shown to be normal, Haviland said. Jim Penix, a Gun Lake • • • resident, questioned why the Clarke report did not include anything about test­ ing of copper on the lake. At a special meeting last week, another lake resident, Bill Bryker, had brought in samples of his own testin that showed high concen- See QUALITY, page 2 Sil SSU E IN MW • Senior housing complex proposed for Gaines Township • Village of Middleville seeks vendor to install video surveillance system • Scot volleyball sweeps its quad y sets sights on district tournament Ashlee Haviland, a certified lake manager for Clarke Aquatic Services, presents the annual report on water quality on Gun Lake to the Gun Lake Improvement Board on Wednesday night at Orangeville Township Hall. (Photo by Greg Chandler) I' , B S — _ ... . . , » 1 •> it • Rockford wins OK Red title, I Scots hoping for a rematch >I I w A ’ » I ♦ * I 7* » 1 ft I we reach the bottom," Haviland said. “On the western side of the lake. See MARIJUANA, page 2 ft • ft • ft t ft t ( • » i 14 • i id ‘J * i' * I 4 9 * • • * * » . - _. I ■?> Af * « �Page 2/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 29,2022 . - , ". Caledonia village planners considering changes to site plan reviews Greg Chandler Staff Writer Village planners in Caledonia will look at chang­ ing how site plans are reviewed as part of the vil­ lage’s zoning ordinance. Village Manager Jeff Thornton on Thursday shared an opinion from village attor­ ney James Scales regarding proposed changes to the zoninj ordinance. One of the key changes proposed is hav­ ing the village zoning admin­ istrator, rather than the Planning Commission, approve site plans when there is a change in use without any change in the building itself. “The ordinance, currently as written, appears to require Planning Commission meeting online at the village’s webexplained the importance of ly-scheduled having the village review planned for November, site at villageofcaledonia. villageofcaledonia.orc any new use requests for the because because its its usual usual meeting meeting or or at at Village Village Hall. Hall. The The counVault building, even without day of the fourth Thursday of cil is expected to take up falls a zoning change. the month falls on discussion of the plan at its “If you have seating for Thanksgiving. November meeting. Barring any special meetAlso, commissioners 300, that could be 150 cars ings beforehand, the next learned Thursday that brought in our downtown,’ commissioner Thornton said. “You do that time commissioners would longtime on dance night (at Caledonia discuss the ordinance change Sylvia Murphy has Dance && Music Music Center, Center, that that would be in December. resigned, effective immeDance In other business diately. Murphy submitted would create a traffic problem).” Thursday, commissioners her resignation in a letter “It’s hard enough to find voted to send the village s to her colleagues. parking on dance night,” updated general develop“It has been a great priviAmanda ment plan to the Village lege to be a public servant Commissioner Crozier said. Council for final action. The and take part in the details of Thornton said he would be plan, which has been worked running a village govern­ willing to schedule a special on for the past two years, ment,” Murphy wrote in her planning commission meet­ will serve as a guide for use, letter. “Thank you all for the ing to consider any new site development and preserva- personal sacrifice you make plan for the Vault building. tion of land in the village. to serve your community as The Planning Commission Copies of the new develop- members of the Planning does not have a regular- ment plan can be found Commission.” approval for a change in use approval for a liquor license Bosco from one permitted use to application for another, even if the building Companies, giving owner is not being changed,” Scales Chris VanderHoff one year wrote in the letter dated to meet conditions such as securing a site plan approval. Wednesday. While the Vault building The issue of who should review a site plan comes as is already zoned commercial the owner of the building and needs no zoning change, that once housed the Vault the proposed ordinance Bakery, Bosco update would require any Cafe Companies, is seeking to change from one permitted secure a liquor license from use to another - such as from Caledonia Township as part a hair salon to a restaurant — of its effort to attract a poten- to have a zoning compliance tial restaurant to the village. permit for the new use be Bosco Companies owns both approved by the zoning the former Vault at 203 E. administrator, according to Main St. and an adjoining the letter from Scales. Vanderhoff said at the building that would be remodeled for the new township meeting meeting that that restaurant. because he has has the the proper proper because he The township board on zoning, that no no review review isis zoning, that Oct. 19 granted preliminary needed. Thornton Thursday ✓x I V \ wlOD1®’ ■ j ! #1^ QUALITY, continued from page 1 trations of copper in some of the lake’s channels, which he says was the result of the use of copper sulfate herbicide treatments and is affecting the quality of fish­ ing on the lake. But GLIB chairwoman Vivian Conner said such testing isn’t part of the board’s contract with Clarke. “When the contract was negotiated last year, in ‘21, copper testing wasn’t part Wednesday, the board approved the spending of $12,705 for a test treatment of three canals in the lake - two this fall and a third next spring - with an application called PhosLock that is designed to remove phos­ phorus from the water col­ umn. The application, which does not contain copper, binds phosphorus and creates a blanket that lines the bottom of the lake, with a goal of preventing algae “First of all, it has to be determined that it’s part of the feasibility study that was used to found this board, and therefore it can be included. Then the board has to take action to include it.” GLIB was founded in 2003. The board would have to solicit proposals for the copper testing and set aside funding to pay for it, Filpansick said. In other business of the contract. It has never been part of the contract,” Conner said. Clarke aquatic biologist Pete Filpansick said adding copper testing to the scope of the project would have to involve pretty much a complete rewrite of the con­ tract. “In order to amend the scope of the project and add (copper testing), there’s a lot of things that have to happen,” Filpansick said. growth that occurs on warm fall days, starving algae of nutrients during the winter and reducing the intensity of algae blooms in the spring, Filpansick said. “It’s probably one of the safest things you can put in the water. It’s dirt,” Filpansick said. The areas to be treated will be the canals near Johnson Road and Valley, Island and Park drives this fall and the canal near Edwin Drive next spring. Funding for the PhosLock treatment will come out of remaining funds in the GLIB budget for aquatic herbicide treat­ ments. That line item has more than $76,000 remain­ ing in this year’s budget, Conner said. The board’s next scheduled meeting is Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. at the Orangeville Township Hall. rL I J sial fc $ I irf ita! ofc I» MARIJUANA, continued from page 1 185652_ DRIVER POSITION OPENING “I was very glad we final­ ly got to the end of a very, very long journey,” Fisk said. In November 2021, the village planning commis­ sion voted to approve site plans and special land use requests for the site. In January, former Village Manager Patricia Rayl approved the retail business license for BoCo, as well as for Crafted Leaf Cannabis, which will soon open in the former Thornapple Floral store at 314 Arlington St. The two were chosen from among four applicants for the village's two available retail licenses. The village marijuana ordinance only allows two such retail busi­ nesses. Mitten Meds was approved both as an adult­ use business and as a medi­ cal marijuana provisioning BARRY COUNTY TRANSIT Barry County Transit is accepting applications for the position of Driver. A Class C CDL with a ‘P’ endorsement is required. A strong sense of community and people skills are required of the successful candidate. Driver’s hours are 37.5 per week. Wage scale is $14.75 to $17.53.Applications are available from the Transit Office or online at: www.barrycountytransit.com Barry County Transit 1216 W. State St. Hastings, Michigan 49058 269-948-8125 Barry County Transit is an Equal Opportunity Employer in full compliance with all State and Federal Regulations. Breakfast Buffet Fundraiser center, while DNVK LLC, operator of Crafted Leaf Cannabis, was approved for adult use. The partners for Mitten Meds all hail from the Middleville-Caledonia area. Rayl used a scoring sys­ tem for evaluating applicants for the licenses, taking into consideration such criteria as background of the applicants, number of employees from within the village, having a business and financial plan, design of the business, security details, impact on infra­ structure and having a “good neighbor” plan to show support for the community. No final details have been announced as to when Crafted Leaf Cannabis will open. “It will be this year, but I’m not sure if it’s going to if ’ be November or December,” Bussard said. Middleville is the second Barry County community to allow marijuana-based businesses, fol­ lowing Baltimore Township. Rutland Charter Township voted in April 2022 to allow marijua­ na-based businesses as a special land use. 9 iW LU ItabiWi ’•fl teStar ■Nipt 1 ‘KiEQtait (jpg. r^hsii Help us support veterans and community functions. *Si Saturday, November 5th and the First Saturday of each month Serving 8 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Eggs, bacon, sausage links or patties, potatoes, biscuits and sausage gravy, pancakes, milk, OJ, coffee. hr J-ALTO AMERICAN LEGION • Menu subject to change Adults $12.00 • Children 10 & under $5.00 Coffee For more information call the Post at 616-891-1882 Donated by •t* POST 528.’ A ■ BIGGBY ■ A—- COFFEE MIDDLEVILLE UAW HALL Caledonia Memorial Legion Post 305 1 308 WASHINGTON ST • MIDDLEVILLE, MI 49333 9548 Cherry Valley, Caledonia, Ml * Saturday of the Month 5:00-7:30 p.m. st 31 LUNCH M-TH 11 AM-8 PM: FRI 11 AM-2PM • FRI BUILD A BURGER 4-8 PM SAL Dinner * ■ BBQ 1/2 Chicken, Ipotato, veggies, S’l roll & desert • *"£ * '■ ■ ■ I ■■ I > . MS I PA w *J 4 Candy, Candy Check Cider, Donuts & Coffee If Fun For Everyone I H I rc l6056 — r-x 1 I f 9 f I 'i I / 4 4 I < 4 I 4 4 » 4 I •» * । I . i • I I I i k 4 I c°fne 4 4 I 9 4 I k k i . J —— « I I I • «« ss LINFIELD, ALTO, MICHIGAN <616-868-6490^ - . / per ■; erson i k I 9 I t * * • I I » I I I »i �- - f The Sun and News, Saturday, October 29, 2022/ Page 3 MEET THE CANDIDATES: Major turnover coming to Middleville Village Council VILLAGE PRESIDENT Name: Mike Cramer Occupation: Fire alarm service technician/electrical contractor 0^ % s' Why are you running for village president? The village is in desperate need of strong, competent leadership. We’ve been suf­ fering from a lack of direc­ tion since Charlie’s (Pullen, former village president) passing. As a parent of three kids in this community, it bothers me that the projects completed in recent years have overlooked our largest demographic - the kids. I feel that I bring the experi­ ence, institutional knowledge and the drive to get the Village back on track. What are your qualifica­ tions? I’ve served the residents of the village for eight years now as one of your elected officials. I attended new­ ly-elected official training almost immediately after being elected, where I learned that 20-plus years of construction experience made me exceptionally qualified to serve the community. My occupation is based in codes, the very same codes that govern our community. Being able to read, under­ stand and interpret the intent of Jrour -_code of ordinances, both General Law and Zoning, is crucial to leading the village. In February of 2020, after coaching for 10 years and refereeing for eight, I was appointed to the Regional Commissioner position of Middleville A.Y.S.O. Together, with an amazing board of volunteers, we facilitate a youth soccer program that has grown to almost 400 kids. Leadership is not an individual effort, working with a team with diverse strengths is key to achieving great things. What do you feel are the biggest issues facing the vil­ lage? I believe there are two major issues that need atten­ tion currently. First, our vil­ lage parks need a plan. We don’t have the budget to replace our current outdated playground equipment and we've added another park this year. It's an issue that's important to me, because I want our village to be a place that my kids would want to settle down in. Secondly, we need leadership that under­ stands how to lead and utilize the assets we have. In the past year, we've had two ad hoc zoning use. Had that task been delegated to the Planning .Commission, we wouldn't have riled up the community needlessly or wasted the other developer's time. The second committee was tasked with selecting candidates for the manager interview. Had we gone with the committee’s recommendation, we wouldn’t have interviewed Craig Stolsonburg, the highly-qualified candidate that we hired. Ed Schellinger, Kevin Smith and I spoke to that dis­ crepancy. Had that committee been tasked with simply rat­ ing the candidates instead of selecting who to interview, it would’ve been a much smoother process. I bring that institutional knowledge and understanding to the table, The village has experienced significant growth in the last decade, as evi­ denced by the result popu lation increase in Middleville in the last cen­ sus. There isn't a great deal of developable land remain­ ing in the village. How do you feel the village should best address those remaining vacant parcels? The best step forward with addressing the remaining par­ cels is to maintain our Redevelopment Ready Community certification and continue reviewing our zon­ ing ordinances to make sure they suit the development we hope to get. With the help of Brian Urquhart, we’ve made great strides with our transi­ tional zones, our future land use map and the Joint Planning Area. All of these things were required “check­ box” items to achieve the cer­ tification. With that certifica­ tion. developers have access to additional grants. As a vil­ lage, we have received a few no-cost conceptual plans, or RFQs, that we can submit to developers to encourage project development. Being able to put out a concept gives us a greater amount of control in what development comes to town. There have been recent projects that showed great promise but fell through, such as the Mid-Villa multi-family development and the Veneklasen project that was to have been built next to the Village Hall. What do you feel the village's role should be in encouraging developments of this kind? As an elected official, we don't really get a choice in what developments come; other than through zoning. It’s important to encourage development that serves a village need, like housing diversity and downtov^h store­ committees formed to deal fronts.. It's also important to * *S x * N * $ 'Qii '’•>> J > 1 It! S' ' A 1 J kr iw, “l ikfc Ik.. .’.'wstraI,-.SB K p iff ta'fe |M ■ tetsiS & I > I 531 ft with with different different issues. issues. The The first first one, for the one, for the fire fire bam bam parcel, parcel. 1the committee recommended a project that was not a legal w make sure that the ordinances reflect youf vision, as they travel all over the state (and sometimes out of it) for my occupation, and I couldn’t be happier to come back home to council chambers and to reopen communications with directly affect the project^ the committees and boards that that are are submitted. submitted. Post that keep our village running. COVID is Middleville. The communitv COVID construction A welcoming place for resi­ exceedingly difficult with and its people are incredibly dents to freely talk and voice exorbitant prices and limited important to me. Putting the ‘ their concerns to the council. availability of materials, community first is how I've, What are your qualifica­ Balancing the vision with, served my last eight years on tions? . £' responsible zoning is the best this board, and if you choose My college education is way to encourage projects in me I would be honored to from Davenport, from Davenport. with the village and should be our continue making sure your degrees in accounting, comvoices are heard. role in the process. puter programming and busi­ The train depot has been ’ ness administration. My designated a national his­ Name: Fran French work background includes • Occupation: Retired toric site. There is ongoing •office management, service renovation work taking dispatch, banking and retail place at the building. What with customer senice and would you like to see hap­ interpersonal communica­ pen as far as use of the site? tions at the forefront. I spent First off, I would like to 16 years on the Middleville commend the work of Planning Commission. I Patricia Rayl. She worked have experience with the diligently to get the depot on Master Plan Committee, Site the national registry, which Plan Review Committee, and is no small task. Currently, the Joint Planning Alliance the DDA intends to move with Thomapple Township. their office to the depot, w ith Why are you running for I have a working knowledge part of the space to be used • village president? of both general law and zonas a museum that would be I love where I live and all in; ordinances and how to available to the public during the wonderful projects that find them when needed for business hours. I feel that’s a Middleville has brought to making decisions. I have great use for that space. fruition in the last few years. been on the council for the Why should we vote for I look forward to being a part past 10 months as President you? of the continuing momen­ Pro-Tempore and a member In addition to my qualifica­ tum. We are growing and of the LDFA and the ZBA. tions, I bring a passion to the maintaining our small-town What do you feel are the position that you won't get appeal. I want to see respect biggest issues facing the vilelsewhere. This is my home. I and a calmness return to the lage? •J k ONLINE ONLY PAINTBALL ITEMS AUCTION I * See CANDIDATES, page 5 X First lot ends 6 p.m. November 1 st Saturday, Nov. 12th Joe LaJoye Jazz Band <D 4311 30th St., Dorr, Ml The New Salem Corn Maze has discontinued their Zombie Paintball attraction. 34 paintball guns, protective gear and accessories will be sold at online auction. See our website for information and bidding See Bl for Details VlNEfip 707 ^EWE^ Hours: 12pm-8pm Tues.-Sat. !2pm-4pmSun. •1 9175 Cherry Valley Ave SE, < Caledonia 616.710.0796 www. VKauctions. com k / I LIVE PUBLIC Scott Vander Kolk Jr. www.VKauctions.com AUCTION C APPRAISAL (616) 437-1047 AUCTION 1 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 • 10 A.M. USED BOOK SALE 2694 108th Ave. Allegan, Ml TK Community Library Real Estate * Classic Autos * Tractor * Motorhome * Motorcycles * Trailers * Tools * Furniture * MORE Join us for a great country auction featuring: Home and buildings on 1.93 acres, 2003 Four Winds RV, 1939 Ford 2 door Standard, 1926 Ford Model T, Cub Cadet Lowboy, Kawasaki KZ750, Trail­ er, Tools and shop equipment, Furni­ ture, Household items and MORE! THE CARROLL & JANE ALLEN ESTATE 3885 Bender Rd., Middleville Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022 9:30am-1:30pm Bring your own bag and fill it for $2.00! See our website for information and photos www.VKauctions.com Call the Library at 269-795-5434 for more information Scott Vander Kolk Jr. www.VKauctions.com (616) 437-1047 AUCTION C APPRAISAL I r. ■ 4 I i- I * Saturday, Nov Sth The Still Wonder 5pm - 8pm . t < The top three on my list would be: 1. Infrastructure, we need to locate and abate all lead piping in our water system as well as acquiring land to die a new well. We need to secure a wastew ater treatment plant operator as our long-term employee is readying for retirement. 2. Acquiring funds to assist in the rebuilding of the southern Paul Henry Trail bridges to keep this trail open and safe and then we can address the rest of our park system for improvement. 3. Working alongside the newly-elected and appointed members of the governing body with the help ofour senior councilmen and office staff to ensure we all have the tools and know)- . edge to perform our duties during this transitionary peri­ od is a priority from day one. The village has experi enced significant’growth in the last decade, as evi­ denced by the result popu­ lation increase in Middleville in the last cen­ sus. There isn't a great deal of developable land remaining in the village. How do you feel the village should best address those remain- A ’ I r ♦ | % A « » A I I I • > % A 1 A f I t I 1 �take place after the funeral at services Caledonia Lakeside Cemetary, which is adjacent to the church. Donald’s family and friends will then gather at the Caledonia American Legion Memorial Post 305 for a luncheon in celebra­ tion of his life and an exhi­ bition of select works of art he painted over the years. In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Donald’s name to the Caledonia American Legion Memorial Post 305. J was a lifelong nurse who over the course of her career earned an RN (St. Raphael’s New Haven, , BSN (Michigan State Univ.), MSN (Wayne State Univ.), Nursing Specialist (Indiana-Purdue Universities), and a Doctor of Education (Western Michigan Univ.). She spent the greater part of her career in Community Health Nursing as a Visiting Nurse in several large US cities including Cleveland, OH and Detroit, MI. Later, she entered academia and taught nursing students at five colleges and universities includKentucky ing, Eastern University, St Mary’s at Notre Dame, Bay de Noc Community College in Escanaba, MI, University of Iowa and Grand Valley State University. Lucille took community health nursing very seriously and was appointed to the Board of Directors of Grand Valley Health Plan in the 1990s. She was also part of the team to (Fury) Grimm, Clifford J. and Nancy (Lang) Grimm, and Irene T. Lau; grandchildren, accreditation for its nursing program. Her calling led her to meet her husband of almost 70 years, Andy. One of her patients introduced introduced her her to to her her son son when when Lucille Lucille needed needed aa ride ride to to visit visit her her aunt. aunt He He obliged obliged and and that that car trip led to a life-long marriage. Their lives took them to live in seven states while raising their family. Lucille was very active, even in retirement, enjoying book club, bridge club, quilting circles and chairing the annual Holiday Bazaar. She was the finance chairperson at her church as well. She and Andy had two favorite hobbies, travel and opera. They They were were able able to to comcom­ opera. bine bine the the two two with with several several trips trips to Europe for opera tours with the former director of the Grand Rapids Opera. There was never a dull moment wherever Lucille went She was a bom organizer with Michael Grimm, Stephen Grimm, Jay Grimm, Corina (Lau) and Brian Wiles, Katherine (Lau) and Anthony Rendak; brother-in-law, James and Mary Ann Grimm; many cousins, nieces, and nephews. Lucille’s Mass of Christian Burial was conducted Friday, Oct 21, 2022 at Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Middleville, with Father Joseph Appelhanz officiating. Burial took place at Fort Custer National Cemetery. Memorial contributions to Faith Hospice or GVSU- The Grand Valley Fund will be appreciated. Please visit www.beelergoresfuneral.com to share a memory or leave a condolence message for Lucille’s family. Arrangements made by Beeler-Gores Funeral Home, Middleville. He isis survived survived by by his his er, Roger (Loretta), many He wife, Bernadine; Bernadine; sons, sons, nieces and nephews and wife, Timothy (Johan) and Brent countless dear and loyal grandchildren, friends. (Penny); Visitation will be at 10 Wyatt, Justin, Coleton, Courtney, and Sarah. He is a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, also survived by his broth- 2022 at the Caledonia 1^ 0^ I1^ z, • 0 lLr. Middleville TOPS 546 The Oct. 22 meeting opened with the secre­ tary’s report and roll call. Two new fish jumped into the fishbowl and three jumped out. The group sang the TOPS song “Help me slender.” Chris handed out shoelaces with the first charm. She asked how many of group members journaled this week. Christmas plans meets every Saturday at Lincoln Meadows in Middleville. Weigh-in is usually from 10 to 10:15 a.m., followed immediately by the meeting. A mask is sug­ gested when in the common area of the build­ ing. Press the white buzzer for entry. Anyone with questions may call Chris, 269-9083731. The first meeting is free. continued to be discussed. won • the Virginia Ha-Ha box. The meeting ended with marching in place as the group said the TOPS pledge. Next week’s meeting will be a weigh-in only at a.m., as Lincoln 9 Meadows is in need of the room. TOPS, a weight-loss support group, normally 1^ M U'1.... id 1 I* 8!®s3 baptist (church alaska Rev. Christine Beaudoin 7240 68th Street SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-698-8104 www.alaskabaptist.org cornerstonechurch FIRST BAPTIST Join us in person or online Sundays 9:30 & 11am oc co ^7 Jp I Middleville Sunday Services: 9:30 AM - Worship 11:00 AM - Sunday School 6:00 PM - Adult Bible Study 6:00 PM - Student Ministries Join us for our traditional yet casual worship service, in person or online, at 9:00 am. 250 Vine Street Church: Connecting 9:30 a.m. — T—— OURNEY CHURCH Considering becoming Catholic? Call or see our website for information. _ LEARN MORE! 9185 Cherry Valley Ave SE thejchurch.com MIDDLEVILLE: 616-217-2161 1664 M-37 @thejchurch Come grow with us as we build relationships in Middleville and beyond. Worship Services: 10:30 AM Pastor Tony Shumaker www.umcmiddleville.org Join us at 10 a.m. on Sundays in person or online at: fb.com/restorationcrc www.RestorationCRC.org j THORNAPPLE VALLEY CHURCH MIDDLEVILLE eChurch 8655 Whitneyville Avenue, Alto 616.891.8661 www.whitneyvillebible.org PastorJonathan DeCou SERVICE TIME: Sunday at 10:00am Sunday School 9:30 AM 5t Tai - NO IP OPEN TO PUBLIC —, 269-795-9901 t r Whitneyville / iuiih Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. r Fellowship 9:45 to 10:00 a.m. 708 W. Main Street, Middleville ONE CHURCH - TWO LOCATIONS CALEDONIA: i w RESTORATION 111 Church St Office: (269) 795-9266 Mitik Saturday Evening Mass 5:00 p.m. Sunday Masses 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. (269) 795-2391 CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH taitii Ateli 9669 Kraft Ave., Caledonia Phone:616-891-9259 www.holyfamilycaledonia.org FBCMIDDLEVILLE.NET- 5215 M37 - 269-795-9726 Middleville United Methodise Church niki HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH http://goodshepherdlcms.googlepages.com Livestream: facebook.com/firstbaptistmiddleville hues 616-891-8669 CaledoniaUMC.org Serving - Strengthening 908 W. Main Street, Middleville (Missouri Synod) Pastor: Rev. Peter Berg ■ Livestream: Facebook.com/CaledoniaUnitedMethodist Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Sunday Worship 1675 84th St. SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 cornerstonemi.org/weekend I kiirith 1 H aiimE Our mission is to worship God and equip committed followers of Jesus Christ who will reach our community with the Gospel Dr. Brian F. Harrison, Pastor Sunday Service 10:30 AM Caledonia United Methodist Church Sunday School 10 to 10:45 a.m. l I I I I I @ St. Paul Lutheran Church & Preschool 8436 Kraft Ave., Caledonia, MI 49316 Office 616-891-8688 • Preschool (616) 891-1821 www.stpaulcaledonia.org Yankee Springs Bible Church Fellowship Church 8900 Duffy Road Middleville, MI 49333 N 4935 Whitneyville Ave, between 52nd & 48th rr praising God through Shining Forth God's Light rr Hymns • Reading God's Word • Special Music Worship Services Sunday 10 am & 6 pm Prayer Meeting & Bible Study Wednesday 6:30 pm & 7 pm Sunday Morning Worship 10: 00 a.m. Community Group............ 11: 00 a.m. ‘Kli % �»l ■ * V X' f I '-S A •4 । k .... 'i! *l iH IHj : 4 5s a w tei.i!d i •» rWwfe wl l?E I I i.'.SE.WjSis'-:1 ■ a'i ing vacant parcels? protected and open to the Why are you running for sus. There isn't a great deal remarkable job to preserve it 15 months and have served There is a difference public. There are residents village trustee? of developable land remain- and secure funding. I w ould on the Middleville DDA between the parcels that are that are willing to work as I have a vested interest in ing in the village. How do like to see it as a visitor cen­ board for nearly a year. village-owned and those that Docents or friends to the Middleville and it's it’s future, future.you feel the village should ter and museum and DDA Outside of owning e a business are not. For the parcels the museum and have pledged With the exception of best address those remain- office, with our increasing here. I also serve on the village owns, we should lean their time and items for dis- approximately approximately four four years. years, II ing vacant parcels? events attendance, it would Thomapple Area Enrichment heavily on Redevelopment play. Through the work I did have lived in in or around We need to look closely at speak to people about Foundation. B Healthy Food Ready Communities partner­ as a member of the Thomapple Middleville all my life. I what projects are proposed Middleville history and who Council. Barry• Community • w ship with the state, as we did Heritage Association and the grew up in Freeport, graduat- for the small amount we have we are. Food Center Action Team with the State Street project. that’s vacant or can be Save the Depot group, I have ed from TK. my three chilWhy should we vote for and previously was sident For those other sites we do done my small part to save dren all graduated from TK demolished and replaced you? for Hope College's Mortar not own, such as former this beautiful piece of history and my wife retired from TK with new' construction and I have the background for Board. Mid-villa site and the Baby and could not be happier to as a teachers aide in the mid­ make sure it is the right fit detail and problem solving. I What do vou feel are the Bliss property, it is important think that, by next year, it will dle school. I have been a for us. It has been so encour­ have the time to devote to the biggest issues facing the vilvillage resident for 23 years aging to see renovations and village needs and will listen lage? for us to bring all of the become a reality. Why should we vote for at our current residence as new life put into our village when residents speak. I will stakeholders together, meet­ As a trustee, I would work well as other years in the as we see the positive results work with others and respect with the other members of ing to discuss the possibili­ you? To be frank, the residents township. I now have the on weekend events. ties for grants and programs (heir views and opinions to the council to focus on what to make these projects suc­ of Middleville deserve a vil- time that I feel is needed to There have been recent make the best decision on I believe are two main issues: cessful, and agreeable as the lage president that will lead devote to being on the counprojects that showed great issues. When I don't know. I Preserving our ecological plan grows. It is especially with integrity, honesty and cil with it's duties, challengpromise but fell through, will ask and find out to edu­ assets and maintaining a high important the village council passion toward the position. es and serving the village such as the Mid-Villa cate myself. This is my quality of life for all. We are be informed of the details of Someone that will help coach, that I didn't have while multi-family development home, surrounded by beautiful large-scale projects as they develop and guide a new working full time. and the Veneklasen project nature, parks, and trails. are processed through the council to work as a team, What are your qualifica- that was to have been built Name: Johnny DeMaagd which we must work to pre­ Planning Commission and debate wisely and make tions? next to the Village Hall. occupation: Entrepreneur sene and maintain. These Site Plan Review Committee sound decisions. When I I have am in my fifth year What do you feel the vilenvironmental components decided to run for president, I of serving on the Thomapple lage’s role should be in levels. of our community are large There have been recent promised to become a leader Township Board of Review encouraging developments economic drivers to our local projects that showed great and not a boss. I am willing to and have learned a lot of how of this kind? businesses and should be promise but fell through, dedicate my time to accom­ properties are assessed and I think the council did a protected and expanded upon such as the Mid-Villa plish this along with the other taxed, helping residents with great job in communicating as we are able to. And in multi-family development duties that come with the order to maintain a high their questions and concerns, the village position and and the Veneklasen project office. I have voluntarily been quality of life, I believe the We are required to attend a working with the developers council should focus on cre­ that was to have been built unemployed for the last two training session each year for on these projects. The counating a community that prior­ next to the Village Hall. years and feel that I will be updates and changes from cil doesn't have control on itizes affordable housing, What do you feel the vil­ able to address situations that the the previous previous year year as as well well asas construction cost or inflation accessible internet, safe com­ lage’s role should be in arise when I am called upon. I open open meeting meeting regulations, regulations. so hopefully the Veneklasen munities and schools, ensur­ encouraging developments feel that I am the right choice With my employment back- project, or one like, it can be Why are you running for ing our local businesses for the job and I am ready for ground, I have worked with revisited at the proper time. of this kind? thrive and offer competitive multi-family village trustee? The village should contin­ the challenge. customers on projects from Mid-Villa I’m humbled to have start­ wages, and fostering a wel ue to facilitate stakeholder conception to finish with development in it’s final VILLAGE COUNCIL meetings with potential focus on details from cus­ design was not a good fit. As ed my business in Middleville coming, inclusive home for TRUSTEE tomers facilities to overseas that property is appealing for and it has been a pleasure people from all walks of life, developers, economic devel­ The village has expert many different uses, I don't seeing our community grow manufacture and completion. Name: Steven Baldry opment groups, and remain Occupation: Semi- I have, and follow, a logical think it will remain vacant, and expand during my time enced significant growth in the hub of the wheel to process train of thought in The council would be open here. One of my life’s mottos the last decade, as evi ensure quality projects that retired; Three years ago I is “If you’re not giving to denced by the result popu to all ideas brought forth. will benefit our community. retired from my position as a everything I do. increase in The train depot has been your community, you're tak- lation What do you feel are the There is a need to bring 35-year CNC machinery designated a national his­ ing from if’ and I would love Middleville in the last cen­ affordable housing to our field technician from a biggest issues facing the vil toric site. There is ongoing to serve my neighbors in this sus. There isn’t a great deal area, and we should keep the machinery sales company in lage? of developable land remain­ Attracting new businesses renovation work taking additional capacity, dialog open with developers, Grand Rapids. I now work What are your qualifica­ ing in the village. How do place at the building. What not be afraid to ask difficult part time for Parts Plus here - both retail and industrial. you feel the village should questions and most impor­ in Middleville delivering Supporting the growth that would you like to see hap- tions? Tve diligently attended tantly, encourage the devel­ automotive parts to repair we have experienced and pen as far as use of the site? See CANDIDATES, page 6 The DDA has done a council meetings for the past future growth to come. Our oper to do the same. centers. streets, sewer and water The train depot has been needs have to keep pace with designated a national his­ the growth. Traffic enforce­ toric site. There is ongoing ment, code enforcement. renovation work taking Planned maintenance and place at the building. What All over this country GEN Z is roaring. updates on our systems. would you like to see hap­ GEN Z is a Lion without fear determined to change the world. The village has experi ­ pen as far as use of the site? enced significant growth in The plan to use the depot to GEN Z rejects the idea of living every moment for yourself. the last decade, as evi house a small museum as denced by the result popu GEN Z doesn’t believe the ridiculous notion that all this was just a cosmic accident. well as the DDA office is increase lation in already in motion, I believe GEN Z is opposed by many; mocking and oppressing because they are fearful of what this Middleville in the last centhis use will keep the building generation can accomplish. »! «p l yin 4 Mui.’ « «* WAKE UP GEN Z GEN Z doesn’t want a useless religion. non !*• cornerstone women 4 GEN Z needs to hear from the Living God for themselves. GEN Z needs family that accepts them for who they are. There’s nothing worse than living a religious life only to end up in Hell anyway. 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If you need help or have any questions, please drop us a line, we would love to hear from you. - Eric and Cindy meavincere@gmail.com 269.948.7613 for texts If you would like to be put in touch with other like-minded GEN Z, • let us know, we can help you. �• 4 >« *3 •w» •* • Page 6/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 29, 2022 CANDIDATES, continued from page 5 /I of developable land remain­ good reason for coming here ing in the village. How do to live and raise their chilyou feel the village should dren. That being said, it is best address those remain­ extremely important for the village council, under the ing vacant parcels? This is an understatement guidance of that master plan, and a good question. With to clearly and consistently M-37 and Main St. as points communicate with one voice of reference, Middleville is to potential developers. It is a tightly bound in all direc- waste of time, energy and tions; to the southwest, money to do otherwise. The train depot has been northwest by school, residendesignated a national his­ tial and private prime agritoric site. There is ongoing cultural property; to the renovation work taking east-northeast by residential property, village cemetery, place at the building. What * ° -----sewer plant operations and would you like to see happrime private agricultural pen as far as use of the site? property; to the southwest The old train depot is a committed residential devel­ historical landmark and is opment property. It will be now recognized nationally as essential for the new village such. It is a reminder of council to provide the insight Middleville’s past. I believe and leadership to resist com- the use-focus should be as a mercial sprawl along M37 central point where the histoand promote the rural family ry of the village is securely character of a residential vil- saved, displayed and com­ lage with a vibrant and municated. In this vein, it may in the future serve as a friendly downtown area. This I believe is the intent of village history educational MiddleviJJe’s master plan. center. In a few years, the It is also vitally important story of Middleville and its for the village council to founding families may be work in close relation with lost if it is not preserved .for our adjoining township gov­ the generations to come. My ernmental units and to meet wife and I served on the orig­ with them from time to time inal Middleville Historical such as to understand how Society; a gathering of a few we can support and compli­ people that had this vision in ment one another in our mind. They included Dave planning for the future. and* Lorraine Otto, Mercedes There have been recent French and family, Robertson projects that showed great family, Geo. Donavon Dean jyivuiuv promise vu*. but fell through and his wife to mention a such as the Mid-Villa few. I am sorry that I fail to multi-family -development mention others, but their and the Veneklasen project names have escaped me. that was to have been built Why should we vote for next to the Village Hall. you? * What do you feel the vil­ I hope my answers to these lage’s role should be in questions have provided the encouraging developments voter with enough information of this kind? to cast their ballot for Richard Middleville’s master plan L. Hamilton bn Nov. 8, 2022. was developed through citi­ Thanks to J-Ad Graphics for zen input, and as we grow in serving a vital rote in our com­ population it should be revis­ munity. Without this publica­ ited and updated from time tion. few - if any - would to time, thus getting the. input know what is going on with from our newer citizens who . our local government, have made sizable invest­ See CANDIDATES, page 7 ments in their homes and had terns. I believe the aforemen­ tioned work career and publie service experience qualifies me to serve as a trustee on the village council. What do you feel are the biggest issues facing the village? best address those remain­ the space to utilize the build­ lage. I believe I can contrib­ ute to that stability; the sta­ ing vacant parcels? ing year-round. brought that The village is fortunate to Why should we vote for bility Middleville from where it be Redevelopment Ready you? Certified through the MEDC, I believe I will bring a was years ago to where it is which comes with a team level of professionalism, today, and where it will be in and toolbox of technical empathy and insight to the the future. What are your qualificaassistance, planning and council. When I’m behind I am confident there are vision-casting, I believe the counter at the cafe, I have tions? Throughout my work issues before the council that usin; those tools and our the opportunity to connect career and community ser-are not widely publicized, master plan to guide this with a wide variety of our future growth will not only neighbors, potential home­ vice, I have held positions of The following are some of benefit the people that live owners, business owners and responsibility and leadership, the important issues facing village that that have have been been here currently, but create a community leaders. I believe I held public office, serving the village thriving place to attract new I can use.this experience to as president, vice president, publicized. - An important issue fachelp grow our community treasurer, secretary and trusttalent and neighbors as well. There have been recent through this next chapter in ee of the Thomapple Kellogg ing Middleville is navigating projects that showed great our village’s history. I look district school board of edu- through the demands and promise but fell through, forward to earning your cation, and Middleville vil­ decisions directed toward the vote. lage government zoning appropriate use of the vacant such as the Mid-Villa write-in board of appeals. I have village- and privately-owned multi-family development Richard and the Veneklasen project Name: L. served my church affiliation property, along with the infra­ that was to have been built y Hamilton council as trustee, fclder, trea­ structure to support those next to the Village Hall. Occupation: Retired surer and secretary. I served demands and decisions. - For the health and safety • What do you feel the vil­ General Motors engineering several years as the CFO/ lage’s role should be in manager; Western Michigan .treasurer for the non-profit of our affected residents, the encouraging developments University Associate Association of Lutheran expeditious remediation of of this kind? Professor and Ferris State (LCMS) Church Mission the lead pipe water service Director of Society on the campus of the I believe that mixed-use University Director lines to the- "meter. W •» and mixed-income develop- Technology. I hold a BS University of Arizona, servThe issue of environ­ ments offer the strongest degree in mechanical engi- ing 21 Tucson-Pima County mental contamination at 39 sense of community. The vil­ neering from GM Tech churches. State St. as outlined on page During my work career, I nine of the Sun and News lage should work with future (Kettering University)., and developers to ensure that MS in industrial manager held increasing positions of Oct. 1, 2022 issue, a civil ment from Western Michigan responsibility and leader.- lawsuit filed by Michigan these developments will ship, and was recognized for Atty. General Dana Nessel. attract top talent and afford­ University. - Attracting and retaining my problem solving ability able housing alike, but also and my employee develop- viable businesses that serve offer much needed amenities ment skills. As the manager the needs of the community - for residents that live here . of manufacturing engineer­ is another important issue, currently. * ing at GM-Grand Ttapids. I and thankfully our vibrant The train depot has been designated a national his­ was responsible for valve DDA is focused on that tr^in manufacturing process issue. I will offer strong sup­ toric site. There is ongoing renovation work taking systems for new engine pro­ port for the DDA. place at the building. What grams totaling $415 million. -1 will strongly support the would you like to see hap­ As associate professor of village staff for keeping the pen as far as use of the site? engineering at WMU, I was daily operation of the village’s As a member of the DDA nominated for Teacher of the services running smoothly. I board, when the depot was Why are you running for Year for excellence by my will offer leadership in the placed’on the historic regis­ village trustee? students in my second year development of internal pro­ try, I was extremely proud of I decided, to run for the of teaching. As director of 'motion plans and actions for our community for maintain­ office of village council the technology transfer cen­ critical employee succession, ing and restoring an iconic trustee because I would like ter at Ferris State University, so promotion from within is piece of our town's history. I to serve the community I provided the leadership that possible and practical.when believe we should pursue where I have lived, served resulted in a $3.5 million vacancies arise. historical grants and allocate and owned property for 53 departmental surplus infuThe village has experi an appropriate portion of the years. With several sion of private industry enced significant growth in • DDA budget to restore the long-serving members leav- funds. This was a result of the last decade, as e*i-. interior, potentially turning it ing the council with the 2022 working with private indus- denced by the resulting into a quasi-museum setting election cycle, it is important try by assisting them in the population increase in for railroad aficionados or to continue the stable due development of effective and Middleville in the last cenmoving our DDA office into diligence business of the vil- efficient manufacturing sys- sus. 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Frame Repairs 9 i. 1 r » / I < z- 9 4 ? * 9 i I । t / f v । * / < 9 I r 9 I <1 < 9 I r I ✓ f 9 > I 9 r t 9 Z V I 1 • ) i 9 / •’ 9 i I 9 f I fl I 9 < t f i J I / j 9 J I 1 ■H 7 I i r.; » । I I ’ « 4 I , 7 i r a A I I (i f II I r 9 �z✓ The Sun and News, Saturday, October 29, 2022/ Page 7 CANDIDATES, continued from page 6 Name: Makenzi Peters Occupation: Business administrator at Carveth Village \ * J'S S S' & $ Personally, I feel that con­ servation of green spaces and farming acreage are vital to maintaining the small town Middlevillian feel. However, it should be up to the input of the residents of Middleville to determine what development projects best suite our small town. It is my ambition to ensure that residents of the community get full transpar­ ency on upcoming projects as Why are you running for well as representation of their inputs. village trustee? There have been recent I’m running for village council because I’m eager to projects that showed great promise but fell through, serve the community. What are your qualifica­ such as the Mid-Villa multi-family development tions? Truthfully, if elected, this and the Veneklasen project would be my first public posi­ that was to have been built tion. But as an administrator, I next to the Village Hall. do bring some experience What do you feel the vil­ related to public relations, lage’s role should be in project management, budget- encouraging developments ing and staff management/ of this kind? Part of the council’s role is human resources. What do you feel are the to receive and review develop­ biggest issues facing the vil- ment proposals. I feel one part of that responsibility is to As a fairly new resident to review and present the facts of the community, it’s hard for the proposal to village resi­ me to speak on any issues cur- dents, allowing them to pro­ rently. However, I can say a vide input on said proposal, huge area for improvement then represent those inputs as that I’ve seen would be com- an elected trustee. The second munity engagement. Projects part of that responsibility is to ~ r expansion, ’ * restoration vet those f° or submitting the pro­ conservation should be avail­ posal in order to ensure the able for community review quality of the developments with a forum for input before they’re proposing and ensurproposal planners make steps ing the development makes to begin those projects.. sense for our community. The train depot has been The village has experi­ enced significant growth in designated a national histor­ the last decade, as evidenced ic site. There is ongoing ren by the result population ovation work taking place at increase in Middleville in the the building. What would last census. There isn’t a you like to see happen as far great deal of developable as use of the site? As a Middleville resident. I land remaining in the vil­ lage. How do you feel the would like to see the train sta­ village should best address tion restored to its original those remaining vacant par- building specs then serve as a museum for village history. cels? Why should we vote for you? One thing I've learned about Middleville is how charming and welcoming it is. I also know how' word gets around. I can tell you that I'm running, not for self-gain, but to serve the community and make sure every voice that wants to be heard is represent­ ed. I could also tell you that I'm honest, sincere, a quick learner and I love working with people in the community, But I encourage everyone do some research, ask around, and vote for who you think will be the best candidates to serve our community. Name: Ann Williams Occupation: Local busi­ ness owner of Apothecary on Main; Special education para-educator at Page Elementary, la8e? I’ A * K 1 ft aikuj T 13 6 i a * t Httligiitf o I l SEQK iftte Wife l , . Why are you running for village trustee? 1 have been a servant to the people all my life. I have served people in many occupations medical field, restaurant/retail, service industry, customer ser­ vice and education - and my main goal for all of my work history is to help. I strive to help get the job done, help solve problems, help educate, help better the lives of all peo­ ple. To help is to serve. I find great fulfillment in serving the people. I have planted my roots here and am raising my daugh- ter here. I want to be a part of the growth of Middlexille but also want to keep the small village feel. WTiat are your qualifiestions? I have over tomer service and relations, all of which I have worked for and with the public. I am open-minded, a hard worker and am inclusive to all. I am a civic-minded individual that likes to challenge myself to do better and work harder every day. I apply this mindset to all I do. In addition, I am a local business owner and work in the local elementary' school. I have learned to adapt as my business has grown in both finance management, to grow­ ing a business from scratch, and now working with the public. As an elementary school staff member in the Special Education department, I am able to work with chil­ dren and parents of several different walks of life. 1 am able to follow- strict routines along with change course in a moment's notice. I am a for­ ward thinker and am excited about the growth and opportunities Middleville has proven to provide for all its residents. What do you feel are the biggest issues facing the vil­ lage? e I feel one of the challenges ^7 is being able to accommodate all the residents of the village due to the growth of Middleville. Growth is inevitable; growth is good. Accommodating a small village as it grows needs con­ stant forward thinking, strate­ gic planning, and the willingness to change and grow. I want everyone to feel like this is their village, no matter of political affiliation or culture. I want everyone to feel like Middleville is their home! I also think one of the most itH ln*>F ——' i » m & 0 OCTOBER 31st 6-8PM Free INDOOR Trick or Treating mm, k important things as a represen- of us to do w hat is best and tati ve is to listen and do research right for Middleville to contin­ ue to move forward with the before making a decision. The village has experience remaining parcels that are significant growth in the last available. decade, as evidenced bv The train depot has been w the result population increase in designated a national histor­ Middleville in the last cen­ ic site. There is ongoing ren­ sus. There isn’t a great deal ovation work taking place at of developable land remain­ the building. What would ing in the village. How do you like to see happen as far you feel the village should as use of the site? best address those remain­ The restoration of the train ing vacant parcels? depot is an incredible project. 1 As I mentioned previously. w ould like to see this utilized as growth is good. 1 would like to a building the entire communisee more affordable housing to ty can enjoy. This will become accommodate both young a living landmark and museum. couples new' to Middleville I will work with those who and those longtime residents have ideas that will make the living on a fixed income. Our train depot a spot for every one village also needs more busi­ to enjoy, but continues to pre­ nesses that “feed" our commu- serve the history it offers. At nity so residents don't have to this time. I am open to talk with travel to other towns/cities for anyone who has ideas that will everyday items. I would like to preserve this historic building, see more diversity in activities but also make it accessible to for both our senior citizens the public. along with our youth popula­ Why should we vote for tion. We need residents to stay you? local for work and help grow 1 will make it my passion to our businesses here. listen to the people and com­ There have been recent munity of Middleville. I will projects that showed great hear your needs and strive to do promise promise but but fell fell through, through, my best to help Middleville such such as as the the Mid-Villa Mid-Villa grow as individuals and as a multi-family development community. I will always have and the Veneklasen project an open-door policy and will that was to have been built work hard for you. I think the next to the Village Hall. residents should do their home­ What do you feel the vil­ work and vote for who they lage’s role should be in feel holds their values. 1 am encouraging developments going into this with an open of this kind? mind, an ear that is willing to In the last few years, there listen and no personal agenda. I has not been unity in the vil­ will be a valuable team mem­ lage. We have been through ber with good morals and ethseveral village presidents and ics in our community. If those village managers. We need to are your beliefs, then I am the find our common goals and candidate you should vote for. work together with all entities Editor note: Tracy in our village and surrounding areas. Representation needs to Gillhespy did not respond to be community driven. 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October 29,2022/Page 9 Muskegon City Commission approves Gaines Township manager’s contract 11 & I t । I i James Gemmell Contributing Writer The Muskegon City Commission has unanimous­ ly approved Jonathan Seyferth’s contract to become the new city manag­ er there. The 7-0 vote was taken Tuesday. The city commission had voted 5-2 on Oct. 7 to appoint him to that position pending the approval and signing of an employment contract, Seyferth, who has been the Gaines Charter Township manager since May 2021, said he will continue on in that capacity until mid-November. “My first day with the City of Muskegon will be Monday, Nov. 28. My last day in Gaines will likely be Nov. 16 or 17,” Seyferth said. Sixteen people had applied for the city manager position in Muskegon. Seyferth was chosen by the city commis­ sion following a second round of interviews. The other finalist was Muskegon Deputy City Manager LeighAnn Mikesell, who also has been serving as for­ interim manager since former longtime manager, Frank Peterson, stepped down in April to take a pri pri-­ vate-sectorjob. vate-sector job. Seyferth’s annual salary in Muskegon will be $148,000, compared to the $110,000 he has been been earning earning in in Gaines Gaines has Township. Seyferth, 44, 44, is aa Muskegon-area native with more than 15 years of public-sector experience as a municipal administrator. He was assistant city manager in Coopersville from 2015 to 2018, and city manager from 2018 to 2021. Prior to working in Coopersville, he served as executive director of Downtown Muskegon Now from 2013 to 2015. In earlier years, Seyferth was a business development manager for Muskegon Area First, a federal caseworker and a member of the Grand Valley Metro Council board. Among his accomplish- ments in Gaines Township was spearheading an annual special-assessment levy for public safety, which was approved by the township board in Oct. 2021. Township Supervisor Rob DeWard said in a recent inter­ view that Seyferth’s depar­ ture from Gaines will be a “big loss for us ... Jonathan had some long-range plans and we only scratched the surface on them, like the finance department.” Seyferth said Muskegon leaders asked him to make himself available for a while to help Gaines Township staff with the transition even after he takes his new job along the lakeshore. "Wl 4. 4* i rj Gaines Township Manager Jonathan Seyferth said he has signed a contract to become the city manager in Muskegon. (Photo by James Gemmell) r PARTISAN POLITICS HAS NO PLACE IN THE FUNCTION OF A SCHOOL BOARD i ii i i SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES WHO BELIEVE IN I I STUDENT-CENTERED policies & practices *** VOTE FULLY ROUNDED CURRICULUM, including STEM, I humanities, arts, social sciences, athletics, and vocational education SECURITY & SAFETY in our buildings & at our events RESPECT a APPRECIATION for Caledonia's excellent I * teachers, staff & administrators ACCEPTANCE a CARE for our diverse student population < : ’ ? II I ! ’J RESPONSIBILITY a TRANSPARENCY in planning 5 HEW spending . CLEAR COMMUNICATION between schools, parents 8 1 mest Timmer CALEDONIA SCHOOL BOARD on November 8th, 2022. community The Caledonia Education Association proudly endorses pro-public education 1« - Jl VanGessel CALEDONIA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION candidates for the upcoming Caledonia Board of Education election VOTE FOR CALEDONIA SCHOOL BOARD ra/tj. i I -ABOVE- ^z.n\2> n Ti1 I Placing our students' needs above politics Candidates who value respect ft civility । I NON-PARTISAN CANDIDATES VanGessel immer mest Paid for by James Ernest for Caledonia Schools, PO Box 62, Caledonia Ml 4931$ Eric VanGessel for Caledonia School Board, 6089 Glengarry Dr SE, I Caledonia. Ml 49316-8490; 'Committee to Elect Mary Anne Timmer, 7460 Valhalla Dr SE, Alto, Ml 49302 - .. 11 •A T I • • 4 I * ’ LU I t ■ e I I i A ui 9 ■I X I 4 CALEDONIA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION �* Page 10/The Sun and Hews. Saturday October 29, 2022 Kent County DPW takes next step toward a future wasteto-energy plant determine how much total waste could be recycled instead of being sent to a landfill. Nearly 13,000 pounds of waste were sort­ cd across three locations. The study, conducted by consulting firm Gershman. Brickner &. Bratton Inc., showed that Kent County generates 612.000 tons of municipal solid waste per year and that 75 percent of that waste could be pro­ cessed at a mixed-waste facility, instead of burying it at a landfill. The township board voted 7-0 in September to sign off off on on aa wastewater wastewater sign collection and water supply agreement, That could entail water and sewer lines being extended from Byron Township to the business park in the future. Byron and Gaines townships joint­ ly administer the ByronGaines Utility Authority (BGUA), so both municipalities were asked to approve the agreement. Both townships agreed to be co-applicants when Kent James Gemmell Contributing Writer Kent The County Department of Public Works* long-range goal of building a $400 million waste-to-energy facility to anchor a sustainable busi­ ness park is gaining momentum. DPW Director Dar Baas said at a recent Gaines Township Board meeting that almost all the neces­ sary utility agreements have been signed by the partici­ pating municipalities to take the next step in the multi-year process. The DPW has been working on it six years, already. The bioenergy facility would be built adjacent to the South Kent Landfill, Startup of the system may take another three or four years. On Oct. 13, the DPW released a waste charactcri zation study that supports the need for a sustainable business park. It said municipal solid waste mate­ rials were sorted by hand to A 4 / The Kent County Department of Public Works envisions a bioenergy facility anchoring a sustainable busi­ ness park adjacent to the South Kent Landfill. (Graphic provided) County and Dorr Township apply for project grants, Any associated costs would be incurred by the county, For the project to secure federal a Economic Development Administration grant to cover water and sewer costs. Dorr Township need­ ed Gaines and Byron town­ ships to sign off as co-applicants because the utili­ ties would come from Gaines and Byron into Dorr Township. “It’s really an agreement to agree to work together, and outlines who is kind of approved and setting them responsible for what," Baas aside," Baas said. said. “In the agreement, it Earlier this year, the states that Kent County is DPW approved a Project responsible for develop- Development Agreement ment costs." with the developers. developers, TexasTexas­ For us, it would be more based Continuous Materials of a perfunctory thing, but and Canada-based we wouldn't be obligating Anaergia, They have jointly funds on our side,” Gaines formed a local entity called Township Manager the Kent County Bioenergy Jonathan Seyferth said. Facility. Facility. Also, the Kent County Baas said about $300 Board of Public Works rec- million of the $400 million ommended that the county cost would likely be paid Board of Commissioners through private investment. accept a $4 million grant Grand Rapids-based engi­ from the State of Michigan neering firm Fishbeck, for project infrastructure. Thompson, Carr & Huber However, the bioenergy Inc. is developing the con­ project has not been struction-design docuapproved by the county ments. yet. “For us, it’s determining “What we’re trying to do where would the water and is assemble all the puzzle sewer routes go, and how pieces around funding and does that intersect with the various support, whether road commissions,’’ Baas it’s federal, state or local • • • said. we're getting getting them According to the DPW, ________________ <4 I89794 TawBsldp of Yukat Springs - MIIMJLXVT1JA MICHIGAN M4 N RUOQ* 'Fax mb tbw YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR COBB LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT 37B TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY. MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: SPRAY FOAM PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Township Supervisor and Assessor have prepared and filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination a special assessment roll covering all properties within Cobb Lake Aquatic Plant Control Special Assessment District No. 37B benefited by the proposed aquatic plant control project. The roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing the costs of the project within the aforesaid special assessment district, which district is more particularly shown on the plans on file with the Township Clerk at Yankee Springs Township Hall. The costs of the project are as shown on the estimate of costs on file with the Township Clerk at Yankee Springs Township Hall. The project cost is $64,000, including administrative costs, which is the amount of the assessment roll. The amount assessed against each property in the district will be approximately $62.31 per year for a front parcel and $49.84 per year for a back parcel. The term of the special assessment will be eight years, 2022 through 2029 inclusive. Closed or Open Cell or Blown-In Fiberglass L L • I I 1 I » > • 4 1 % I b > * । to J®® I fi5« 4 I tik * ’• I vi mi ■Mu S. 'S M 4k is V / S S -Heat Pumps -Water Heaters it M i> * Humidifiers DEWEERDHTG.COM 2N LENNOX . BBB • , * t * 4 •4 4 41 « fl ACC RE DITEO BUSINESS !St s I A % * > 269-792-2234 t I rts”* . Sb* -Air Conditioners f 1 f *■ •• □ HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING, INC. #4 I. ar J TV ANTENNA & TOWER INSTALLATION www.theantennamen.com DeWeerd (651 re i*#s 269,987,8241 -Gas and Oil Boilers t I ■" Ceil Phone Boosters -Gas and Oil Furnaces •» Mil WIITFLR - - Residential & Commercial YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP Mike Cunningham, Clerk 284 N. Briggs Road Middleville, Ml 49333 (269) 795-9091 I •• Digital TV Antennas WE’RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR HEATING AND COOLING NEEDS Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the meeting to individuals with disabilities upon seven (7) days’ notice to the Yankee Springs Township Clerk. " < J d«L Antenna Men Roy Mast. 517-652-9119 2501 N. Ionia Rd., Vermontville > < ST •» FwOflK Alt'. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board will meet at the Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N. Briggs Road. Middleville. Michigan on Thursday, November 10, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing the special assessment roll, hearing any objections thereto and confirming the roll as submitted or revised or amended. The roll may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular business days until the time of the hearing and may further be examined at the hearing. Any person objecting to the assessment roll shall file objections thereto in writing with the Township Clerk before the close of the hearing or within such other time as the Township Board may grant. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that an owner or party in interest, or his/ her agent, may appear in person at the hearing to protest the special assessment or may file his/her appearance and protest by letter before the hearing, and in that event, personal appearance shall not be required. The owners or any person having an interest in real property who protests in writing at or before the hearing may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the State Tax Tribunal within 30 days after confirmation of the special assessment roll. • ■ t $ ra— PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Supervisor and Assessor have further reported to the Township Board that the assessment against each parcel of land within said district is such relative portion of the whole sum levied against all parcels of land in said district as the benefit to such parcels bears to the total benefit to all parcels of land in said District. < 7 million tons of trash have been put into the South Kent Landfill since 1986, and the current waste-to-energy facility has processed about 5 mil­ lion tons since 1990. The new bioenergy facility would process 400,000 tons of trash annually that businesses put in their dumpsters and residents place in their curbside trash carts. Also, about 30,000 tons of recycled commodities and organic waste would be processed to produce renewable nat ural gas and fertilizer. The landfill is south of 100th Street and west of U.S. I3l in Byron Township. Kent County has purchased 250 acres over the past two decades for the business park. About 200 of the acres are in Allegan County’s Dorr Township. After the pro­ posed waste-to-energy plant becomes operational, more recycling and materials-processing companies will be solicited to the park. z z j ✓ �T The Sun and News, Saturday, October 29, 2022/ Page 11 . Middleville Council weighs options for purchasing a security camera system s James Gemmell of the Whole meeting will get Contributing Writer underway Tuesday, Nov. 1 at After more than a year of 4:30 p.m. at the village hall, discussions, the Middleville 100 E. Main St Village Council has identified The Digital Watchdo a supplier to potentially install CCTV System used by a security camera system for Riverside features a network monitoring various village recorder and integrated soft­ ware for high-definition video facilities. ’ At its meeting Tuesday management. It can support night, the council directed vil­ up to 64 cameras. “I guess my hope would be lage staff to meet with repre­ sentatives of Grand Rapids- that we could get a contract based Riverside Integrated with a supplier before the first Systems Inc. to get clarifica­ of the year, and get that impletion on the company’s revised mented sometime soon,” proposal to install a closed-cir­ Weeks said. Village staff had received cuit surveillance system at a cost of $39,980. It would pro- proposals from Riverside and vide up to 12 cameras to mon­ two other companies in 2021 itor such venues as the down­ for a security camera system, town amphitheater, the pavil- but budgetary constraints ion, the Veterans Memorial, * prompted the council to postthe train depot and village hall, pone pursuing it at that time. The Digital Watchdog CCTV The council recently recomsystem would be monitored mended that village staff reach using an owner-provided com- back out to Riverside Integrated Systems, EPS puter. Riverside’s proposal of Security and Redford Lock $46,712 for the surveillance Security Solutions for updated system is $10,160 more than proposals, Redford quoted a price of what it proposed charging the village last year ($36,552). $22,987 (same as last year) The company wrote in a letter and EPS offered to do it for to Village Clerk Glorimar $30,280, compared to its 2021 Ayala that the price hike is due quote of $31,950. The village council dis­ to “the large increase in mate­ rial and labor costs from last cussed in August the possibili­ year” The council directed ty of installing security earnerInterim Village Co-Manager as for the village office and Duane Weeks to negotiate the downtown parks as part of its price with Riverside’and dis­ Capital Improvement Plan that cuss technical aspects of the takes effect in 2023 and runs until 2029. Discussions about security system. “We are going to reach out adding a surveillance system to the selected firm and see if began last year after an uptick we can get answers back to in graffiti at village parks and some of the questions the nighttime vandalism occurred. Village Trustee Kevin council had,” Weeks said in a interview. Smith reminded the council pdst-meetin “We're hoping to bring that that system maintenance and forward at the November completeness w ere two factors the council had recently con­ MCOW meeting, possibly." The Middleville Committee sidered before settling od *4 4 ’S >4 Xu *■ Siihi ’ * r i Wife ■ J .U • ' 4 ,sa ». w u. 7 '7 •„lKi ■Waft Ik * ■*’ ta Wliknr fSti WB® i ffl .1 •J current staff can," Weeks said. Riverside as the potential con- ed specific places. They give duties of the position. He added that he hopes to “We need to get a trained tractor. you the whole picture of w hat The Riverside quote is the we’re looking at. It’s the most professional planning and zon- • present more information to highest of the three proposals thorough (proposal) and I ing administrator in this posi- the Committee of the Whole well, a in terms of upfront capital believe we can still add onto tion to take care of some of on Nov. 1. If all decision could be made at that this system (with more camercosts, but comes with a oneansw er some of these questions meeting to post a public job year w arranty, no ongoing as), if need be. . Weeks concurred that the in a more timely manner than notice next month. costs and no monthly fees other than a $99- -hour ser- camera system potentially vice charge in case a system could be expanded in the WATERPROOFING, EPOXY 'or Rent PRESSURE INJECTION, confuture to other properties that repair is needed. • 1 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Home cretestopleak.com 269-758-3312. “In my purview, the might need surveillance, such on private lake in Delton, 10 Park or the Riverside one certainly spoke as Sprin miles north of Richland. No BUYING ALL HARD­ smoking*. Includes internet. WOODS: Walnut, White to me in terms of the overall Thomapple River trail head, The camera system’s com­ $1275/mo. (electric, garbage and Oak, Tulip Poplar. Call for value and the operatin oil heat NOT included). Or pur­ pricing. Will buy single Wal­ puter server would go into the expense,’’ Smith said. chase for $350,000.269-965-4663 nut trees. Insured, liability & “Ideally, as staff, we always village’s proposed new frameext leave message 24/7. workman's comp. Fetterley like to see the least amount of work rack and connect to its Logging, (269)818-7793. JI anted money spent. But also, we like internet system. Cramer said it to see the best product that we would not have a firewall but Help W anted LOOKING FOR LARGE par­ can et,” - Weeks said. would be accessible to village cels exceeding 40 acres to lease CLERK/RECEPTIONSIST: for agricultural for 2023 season THE POSITION requires “Personally, it would be nice staff remotely, “And then, through the and beyond. Com & sovran roto move forward with this. knowledge of general office tation. Please call 616-893-0139. practices, computer, strong We’ve been dealing with it a Cloud it would be able to con­ math, good typing, composi­ nect to other facilities that need long time.” • H iisiness Services tion skills, plus EXCELLENT Village staff will discuss it - the DPW garage, the waste­ people skills. Approximate­ MATT ENDSLEY, FABRI ­ with Riverside representatives water treatment plant, any of CATION and repair, custom ly 15 hours weekly. Send the specifics of the company’s our parks. Wherever it needs Resume to the mhc.officer trailers, buckets, bale spears, middlevillehousing.org or the security camera proposal, such surveillance, we'd be able to etc. Call 269-804-7506. Middleville Housing Com­ as the costs, locations and connect to it,” Cramer said. mission, 500 Lincoln St., Mid­ functions of the cameras. Riverside could be invited CONSTRUCTION: ADDI­ dleville, Ml 49333. There would be two long- send some of its representa­ TIONS, REMODELING, Roofing, Siding, Pole Barns range cameras and 10 standard tives to a future council meet­ Connnunity Notice & Decks. Licensed builder 25 cameras. ing to answer some of the vears. Tom Beard, 269-838­ PUBLIC NOTICE TO all in­ Smith said he was con­ council members' questions. 5937. terested parties: The following cerned about the $ 10,160 storage units at Caledonia A-l TREE SERVICE- MICHI- Affordable Storage will be sold jump in price Riverside quot­ Search for a planning GAN Tree Fellers LLC, li­ at ON-LINE Public Auction ed this year compared to last, and zoning administrator to the highest bidder via M37 censed and insured. Call for and added he would like to see continues Auction.com whose business free quotes. 269-838-1782. The village has been with­ • • that adjusted downward before address is 9790 Cherry Valley the council considers accept­ out a regular, dedicated plan­ Ave. SE, Caledonia MT 49316. B & C CLEARING, LLCning and zoning administrator Offering Tree Removal, Tree ’ ON-LINE auction to take place ing the offer. He recommended that vil since Brian Urquhart left in Trimming, Stump Grinding, on Nov 11-15, 2022 in order to satisfy storage liens outstand ­ Skid Steer Work, Demo Work. lage staff reach back out to June to become the city plan ing as of sale date. Items are Competitively priced, Free ner in in Grand Haven. Riverside Integrated Systems ner pertaining to the following quotes. We are family owned Weeks and to see if the company would Meanwhile, unitsand are all miscellaneous and operated. Licensed & general household & garage be willing to lower its quote to Department of Public Works Insured. David Case, Owner only a 15-per.cent increase director Alec Belson have 269-953-3366 bandcclearing- type items: Karl Duiven #39. Alfred Johnson #39 A. Seth Lerg over last year’s offer, instead been helping to cover the llc^>gmail.com #45 and Danielle Rexford #47. of the 22 percent price hike it is proposing this year. “I’m in agreement with that,” President Pro-Tempore Fran French said. “They quot5 7? •J •Li A I K-i •31/ IfJfi K-() IJ »«’e'li’1 ‘ fillip I ' J i t Jjiw i J 1P W TK to bring two performances of “Emma” Thomapple Kellogg High School will present Jane Austen’s “Emma" in two per­ formances on Nov. 4 and 5. Each performance begins al 7 p.m. in the high school audito­ rium. Tickets are $5 for stu­ dents and senior citizens and $7 for adults and may be pur­ chased in advance at tkschools. org and will also be available at the door prior to each show. in the play. Kaitlyn Baldly plays Emma Woodhouse, a beautiful, wealthy and spoiled matchmaker. Although she believes she w ill never marry, Emma attempts to play match­ maker and marry off her trust­ ing friend Harriet (Natalie Alden) to all the wrong peo­ ple. In so doing, Emma nearly misses out on true love herself. Emilia Rickert plays the role of Jane Austen. Ethan Biltawri is cast .as Mr. Knightly and Jonas Grummet as Mr. Elton. Venus Appel plays the role of Frank Churchill. Other cast members include: Mallory Hagemann as Mrs. Weston: Avan Myers as Mrs. Elton: Cam Phillips as Jane Fairfax; Evelyn Callahan as Miss Bates; Ashleigh Norman as Mrs. Bates; Lukas Walters as Mr. Weston; Darby Nutt as Mr. Woodhouse: Gabriel Rose as Robert Martin. Additional cast members are: Mars Richards, Chiya CoIIantes. Marian Gielincki, • *• Are You Ready For Winter? 57- • rl I ■u i’l| MH to ► IR^IOCIO Reese Braska, Avery Hagemann, Ellie Baranek, Josie DeBoer. Jacob Newland. The stage crew includes Aislinn Tessa Wenger, Cate VanDommelen. D.ensfiam. Hudson Thomas. Katie Comeau. Zarah Bierenga. Devon Barnhill. Bo Snyder, The play is directed by Tricia Rickert. - Ml MIDDLEVILLE CALEDONIA 500 Arlington Street 269.795.3550 9820 Cherry Valley Road 616.891.3550 T®®G©2®®®o[® COOPeR TIRES X / - ■J 7J A r fg 7 । t Ilsj-X vil Discoverer Rugged Trek Discoverer Endura Max - CS5Ultra Touring COUROIMi-i COOPER TIRES 4 Select COOPER TIRES w/Alignment up fl 00 OFF 1 Winter Safety Check Includes battery test, cooling test, wiper blades, tires, lights With this coupon. Cannot combine with any other offers. Expires 11-15-22 With this coupon Expires 11-15-22 FREE TIRE ROTATION Darby Nutt, Ethan Biltawi, Kate Baldry and Natalie Alden rehearse a scene for their upcoming Nov. 4 and FREE ALIGNMENT CHECK WITH ALL NEW TIRES! aw 5 performances of “Emma.” 4 • •« < » r V ? * • f 1 , f• V _ r ■ I « I J I * • 41 t • f » 4 �* Scots sweep quad, set sights on district r. % fa rt 5* fa X fa Caledonia sophomore setter Jessica Maier pass­ es the ball during her team’s win over Lakewood at the Caledonia quad Thursday evening. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Caledonia sophomore outside hitter Cambria Gaier takes a swing from the left side of the net during her team’s win over Lakewood at the Caledonia quad Thursday evening. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Caledonia senior libero Amanda Wolf turns her back to the net to make a pass during her team's twoset win over visiting Lakewood at the quad hosted by the Scots Thursday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Brett Bremer Sports Editor rhe Vikings and Fighting Scots were both missing a big piece in the middle Thursday evening as they squared off at the end of the Scots* varsity volleyball quad in Caledonia. The Fighting Scots finished off a perfect 3-0 evening by knocking off the Vikings Division 2 state tournament. Lakewood was ranked fourth in the state in Division 2 heading into the final week of the regular season while the Caledonia girls are among those listed in the honorable mention ranks in Division 1. The teams did much of the work to earn those rankings with line-ups a little different Emily Ward said of Noble's loss. “We're just trying to navigate and figure out how to still be successful with the other players that we have. Lija Svems, she has done a really great job coming into that role. She has been playing right side all season long, but she has previously been a mid­ dle and she has the athletic ability to step into that middle position. She has done an awesome job with her block and making sure we're at least getting touches to make our defense’s life a lot easier. She has done a really good job stepping up there. 25-22, 25-23 after both teams took two-set victories over Mattawan and Harper Creek. Both teams will start the state postseason Monday, Caledonia plays host to Thomapple Kellogg for its MHSAA Division 1 District opener. I^akewood travels to Charlotte to face Eaton Rapids in the first round of the iMtnso * *• IM •< 5 Towwhlp of Yo*ko« Sprlaps H RRICXMI ROAD - MIDDUVTLUL MICHIGAN ARMS YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: than the ones on the court Thursday: Caledonia was without sophomore middle blocker Josie Noble and the Vikings were without junior middle blocker Cadence Poll. Both have lower leg injuries which may or may not allow' them to return at some point during the state tournament, with a lot depending on how long their teammates can keep scoring victories. Both girls were injured durin; their team’s final conference match­ es the past few days. “Obviously, that is a big part of our offense and our block." Caledonia head coach The minutes of the October 11, 2022 Special Council Meeting, PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at said public hearing include the following: and on the website at www.villageofmiddleville.ora are posted at the Village Hall at 100 E Main Street r* 3. Zoning Ordinance text amendments to Article III, Section 3.16 (F) Chief Noonday Corridor Overlay District, regarding setbacks and adjacent land uses, which changes shall be incorporated in Article XII. Full Service Body Shop 4. Zoning Ordinance text amendment to Article XX, Section 20.8 regarding Zoning Board of Appeals authority. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the proposed zoning ordinance amendments can be reviewed at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular business days and will also be available at the hearing PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that written comments will be taken from any interested person concerning the proposed text amendments at the office of the Township Clerk at the address set forth below, at any time during regular business hours up to 4:00 p.m. on the date of the hearing and will further be received by the Planning Commission at the hearing. • • • • Wheel Alignments Auto Glass Installation Insurance Work Welcome Visa & MasterCard Accepted Over 40 years experience brucesfrome.com PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Yankee Springs Township Planning Commission and Township Board reserve the right to make changes in the proposed zoning ordinance amendments at or following the public hearing. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place. Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary reasonable services to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days’ notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals requiring services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION By: Mike Cunningham, Township Clerk I play. I think if we take care of our side of the court and we win the serve and pass game we will be in really good shape which were approved on October 25, 2022, 2. Zoning Ordinance text amendments to Article XII, General Regulations, including adding a table format for dimensional requirements and other amendments. 5. Such other and further business as may property come before the Planning Commission at said hearing. I I I I I survives the bottom half of the bracket that also includes Lowell and Byron Center. “1 think we have done a lot this season to prepare for con­ fcrencc play, and for district Council REGULAR Meeting Minutes PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Commission of Yankee Springs Township will conduct a public hearing concerning the following matters on Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. at the Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N. Briggs Road, in the Township. 1. Zoning Ordinance text amendments to Article XIII, Private Road Standards and Procedures, including revisions to Sections 13.2,13.3,13.4, 13.5.13.6 and 13.7. I 'And then I have Cassie Honsbergcr who has also been coming in on the right side. She has been doing a great job there with bein able to set the block, so that way our defense can work around and then be success­ ful on the offensive side of things.” Lakewood head coach Cameron Rowland is expect­ ing Poll to be able to return soon, but the team should be able to deal with her absence from the floor a bit easier than the Scots' missing Noble certainly for a bit at least. The Vikings will be the heavy favorites against any opponent in their district tournament. Caledonia’s district includes the Forest Hills Central girls who arc ranked fourth in the state in Division I. The Scots will have to win their way past Thomapple Kellogg and East Kentwood to get a shot at the Rangers, or whichever team f I 1 ■ ini > ■ # t *4 for districts on Monday," Ward said. Alivia Everitt bumped over to spend more time in the mid­ dle for the Vikings Thursday. She closed the night with seven kills and two digs. Maryssa Goble was also solid on the outside, filling in Everitt’s usual spot. She had five kills including one on the opening point of the match. “Liv played really well in the middle, and then Maryssa played on the outside and she played well too,” Rowland t-t*® a^« I I ' a % �I I The Sun and News, Saturday, October 29, 2022/ Page 13 VOLLEYBALL, continued from page of error is thin, as we know, Lakewood rallied to be within and so when we’re flat errors 21-20 before being fought off can start to rack up for us. We in the end. just never really found a Izzy Wheeler tied Everitt rhythm against Cal, and they for the team lead in kills for dig as many balls as we dig Lakewood in the Caledonia with the kids they have back match with seven. Senior setthere too.” ter Skylar Bump had a solid Caledonia senior libero match with six kills, 13 assists Amanda Wolf had a strong and 14 digs. Junior libero passing night with 15 digs Carley Piercefield had a teamagainst the Vikings and a .253 high 17 digs for the Vikings passing mark. Senior outside and five assists. hitter Paige Williamson had Caledonia took a 28-26 win 14 digs and eight kills as well over Mattawan and a 26-24, as one of the Scots’ two aces. 25-19 win over Harper Creek Sophomore outside hitter in its other two matches. Cambria Gaier had seven “They're a gritty team.” Ward said of the Vikings. kills. . Running their 5-2, the “Their libero doesn’t let any­ Scots got 13 assists from thing hit the ground. It just sophomore setter Jessica comes down to our back row Maier and ten from senior talking to our front row about setter Avery Palmateer. Maier what is open and mixing up our shots, so that way we are also had an ace. keeping them on their toes and Williamson’s ace was a bi one early on in the second set, trying to get them out of syshard to the center of the court tern. That way we put our­ between Lakewood’s junior selves in a better position to Carley score.” libero all-state Piercefield and defensive spe­ Sophomore setter Abby cialist Paige Wolverton - a Pickard added nine assists, place where it is tough to get seven digs and three kills for the ball to the floor. Lakewood. Senior outside The Vikings were in a bit of hitter Ellie Possehn had three a hole early in both of the two kills. Abby, Alli Pickard and sets against the Scots. Wolverton had Lakewood's Caledonia took an 11-3 lead in three aces against the Scots. set one and took the first three Rowland said his girls poinLs in set two, although that need to raise their energy level a bit from where it was set turned out to have some more back and forth to it. against the Scots. He’d also Lakewood had a 7-6 lead. The like his girls to up their ser­ Scots led 17-12 at one point. vice pressure a bit. k 1 1 Il 1 11 I I I I •’’I I tt. • i«' r 1 1 I • Sr “I thought we played really well against Harper Creek and Mattawan," Rowland said. “It was really good to get to play Mattawan tonight because we had lost to them a few weeks -14,, ago. We beat them -10 and really took it to them and were playing well. That is why the last match is frustrating, because we had played so well tonight.” In the match with Harper Creek the Vikings took a ■8, 25-19 win. The Scots were at Grand Haven for an OK Red Conference Round Robin Saturday, Oct. 22, where they scored 3-0 victories over East Kentwood and Grandville before a 3-2 victory over the host Buccaneers to close the day. Caledonia bested the Grand Haven girls by the scores of 25-21, 26-28, 16-25, -21, 15-11. Williamson had 13 kills, Gaier ten, Svems seven and Palamateer six. The Scots served tough with Wiliamson firing six aces and Reagan Hurst five. They had 17 as a team. Wolf had a team-high 17 digs. Williamson had eight and Maddie Fortune seven. Palmateer put up 26 assists and Maier 15. The Scots closed a 9-5 sea­ son in the OK Red Conference falling 3-1 to the Wildcats in Jenison Wednesday. I Top-ranked GRCC tops Trojans’ in football finale Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple Kellogg fought off Catholic Central for most of the first two quarters, but the Cougars showed why they’re earned the No. 1 ranking among the state's Division 5 teams heading into the state playoffs in the second half al the CAT in Grand Rapids Friday. The Cougars finished off an 8-1 regular season with a 35-7 win over the 2-7 Trojans. It was only a 14-0 bailgame at the half, but the Cougars scored on their first three drives of the second half to take a commanding 35-0 lead. That surge included a 39-yard touchdown pass from Connor Wolf to Nathan VanTimmeren, a 35-yard touchdown pass on a fourth-and-7 from Brayden Sweeney to Billy Mikolay, and a 30-yard touchdown pass from Wolf to Michael App. A couple big runs by Zack Gibson set the Trojans up in position to score their lone touch­ down in the fourth quarter. Brendan Peters scored on a two-yard run and Braden Sharrar added the extra-point kick with 1:21 to go in the TK season. Gibson had a team-high 49 yards rushing on the night on nine carries. Carsen Quarterback iurbridge rushed 18 times for 35 yards and was 4-of-12 passing for 37 yards, TK had a drive into Cougar territory midway through the opening quar­ ter, but a fourth-and-1 pass fell incomplete giv­ ing the bail back to the Catholic Central offense already up 7-0. The Cougars scored on their first two drives of the ballgame, gettin a oneyard TD run by Connor Wolf five minutes into the ballgame. After the the Trojans’ turnover on Cougars downs, the marched in for an eightyard touchdown pass from Wolf to Billy Mikolay with five seconds left on the first quarter clock to lead 14-0. * The Trojan offense got the ball on the Cougars’ half of the field again to open the second quarter. The two teams though traded fumbles near midfield, TK took over midway through the second quar­ ter at the Catholic Central 48 and got down to the Cougar 17 before turning the ball over on downs again as a fourthand-one run came up short of the line to gain. The TK defense forced a punt at the end of the Cougars' ensuing drive and came up with a fourth down stop of its own late in the first half to keep the Trojans within striking distance. Wolf was 18-of-29 passing for 254 yards and three touchdowns before being relieved by Sweeney who was 3-of7 for 42 yards and a score. VanTimmeren had seven receptions for 120 yards and Mikolay had seven catches for 86 yards. The Cougars only man­ aged 52 yards rushing all night. it I 1 * THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR FALL COMMUNITY EVENTS! I Alta An tatata 3ililKS itb 8(\1V ' Garwin,^ CFE • b Mil * . * j in to hk Presenting Sponsor: Dukes Pumpkin Sponsors: CALEDONIA FARMERS ELEVATOR kM ®jEXf£iT- SEES SERVPRO of SOUTH & NORTHWEST Serving Afl * Lavender Squash Sponsors: ntal qI grand rapids WeM M»ch«gon 24/7 neworound GKEENIUDGl RLAlTV CALEDONIA CHURCH Candycorn Sponsors: Village of Caledonia, Green Wellness, and Polished Dental Care Cornhole Sponsors: LMCU, Greenridge Realty, Ml Mitten Property Consultants, Trinity Health, Kiwanis, PFCU, Family Tavern, New Ground Church, 707 Winery and Brewery, Jeff Bryant Painting, Everdry Waterproofing, Dawdy Realty, and Caledonia Nutrition lui^. 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Prize Sponsors: LMCU, Brann's Steakhouse and Grill and Uccello's Ristorante Refueling Sponsors: Caledonia Nutrition and Rip Van Wafels Committee: Bryan Harrison (Caledonia Township), Sherri Schuringa (LMCU), Doug Curtis (BDO), Rich Perna (SunOpta), I o J Michelle Perna (Spectrum Health), and Derek Mead (AIC Insurance) w f w» HI 1 4 4 11 M I i •1 4 « A > f f F 1 * a I R - •'«» J 1,1 ♦ 4 A �Page 14/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 29, 2022 Rockford wins Red, Scots hoping for rematch Brett Bremer their traditional arm-in-arm Sports Editor walk together from the north It wasn’t like other touch- * end of “the Ralph'' to the down celebrations this sea­ south end and back. son. All the other ones were They-were all there in tha more fun. line. Towering 6-foot-4 receiver Kaden Caledonia senior quarter­ wide back Mason McKenzie DeHom next to 5-foot-9 broke through a hole in the defensive back Jimmie center of the line to get into Floyd. Luke Young and nearly Luke -Vogeler in street., the end zone untouched from nine yards clothes with their jerseys, out with 8:03 left in the unable to participate <in the fourth quarter of the show­ ballgame Friday. Lineman down between the OK Red Ben Molda on one end of . Conference unbeatens the row and wide receiver Caledonia and Rockford Carson Beyer on the other, Friday. The two teams came with roughly two dozen of into the contest ranked three their classmates in between. and four in the state of The Fighting Scots’ OK Michigan in Division 1. Red Conference championMcKenzie gently put the ship hopes were dashed by ball in the hands, of the offi- the Rams for the second sea­ c cial in the back of the end son in a row, but both teams zone and turned to be greeted still have state championship Fighting Scot football seniors gather for an arm-in-arm walk across the field inside Ralph E. Myers Stadium by senior wide receiver hopes just like they did a in Caledonia Friday at the end of their 38-15 loss to visiting Rockford in the de facto OK Red Conference Justice Reed. The celebration year ago after the Rams championship football game to close the regular season. (Photo by Brett Bremer) wasn't a hug, or a head butt, handed the Scots’ their only or a leaping collision of joy. loss of the regular season in tackling Brock [Townsend] shot at them here maybe in a It was just a simple, low Rockford, 17-14. There are and Mason and we just didn’t couple’weeks.” hand slap. as many more games ahead get in a rhythm on offense,” McKenzie and his receivAll they were able to do at as they can win. Caledonia head coach Derek ers just never got on the same that point was cut into what There is certainly the pos- Pennington said. “Dropped page last Friday night. The had been a 31-0 Rockford sibility of a rematch. Both balls, missed guys, a fumble Scots' senior quarterback lead, and the Rams capped a teams were announced as a on third down, disappointed. tossed a few just beyond the perfect 9-0 regular season part of the same Division 1 We felt like we had guys reach of open receivers in the and another OK Red District in the 2022 MHSAA running open and we hit first half, and he was tick off Conference championship by Football Playoffs. The Scots them and we dropped them, when he was being forced to finishing off the Fighting are taking on Grandville and sometimes we just didn't throw on the run. The ‘ Scots 38-15. today, Oct. 29, at 1 p.m. at make the play. The fumble Caledonia receivers had a While the Rams went on East Kentwood High School right atxhe start of the second few too many on target to celebrate the victory with for their pre-district contest. half when they went up 17-0, throws get through their their fans, who helped pack Rockford was scheduled to I think we really lost momen­ hands in the second half. The Ralph E. Myers Stadium in host East .Kentwood last tum there. Rams' Rams’ defense certainly Caledonia along with the night. The two winners will Hats off to them. They played a part in it, with Fighting Scot faithful, meet in Rockford next week­ are fast. There is a reason defenders like senior safety McKenzie and Reed lined up end. they're 9-0. They're really Tyler Hoek who time again with their fellow seniors for “They did a nice job of good. We hope to get another arrived just in the nick of time to get a hand on the ball or to jar it loose with a body 190090 blow. 8196 Broadmoor Ave. SE Phone: 616.891.0070 I Caledonia, MI 49316 Fax: 616.891.0430 QledoniA The Rockford defense, for TOWNSHIP . the most part, contained the Caledonia running game by CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA 9 bottkng up junior back COUNTY OF KENT, MICHIGAN Townsend on the inside and staying aware of McKenzie’s Rockford defender Tyler Hoek breaks up a pass ability to get to the outside. intended for Caledonia’s Evan Graham during Friday In the end, the statistics night’s regular season finale inside Ralph E. Myers don’t look too different. The Stadium in Caledonia. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Rams only managed 12 more yards of offense than the drive late in the second quar- away on the first possession Fighting Scots. It was a spe­ ter to add a 27-yard field goal of a half. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that two proposed Cale­ cial teams play that got the by senior kicker Jackson The Rams drove from donia Charter Township Ordinances which would amend Section 4.2 of Rams on their way. Burkholder to lead 10-0 at their own 36 to the Caledonia the zoning map, have been posted in the office of the Township clerk at Sophomore Isaac Poot the half. _ 15, on the game’s first pos­ the Caledonia Charter Township offices, 8196 Broadmoor Avenue, within returned a Caledonia punt 43 Both teams would have session, before quarterback the Township, for review by the public during Township office hours, and yards for a touchdown a little liked to have turned the ball Mac VandenHout had a pass over three minutes into the over less. The Scots lost two picked off by Scot comer­ have also been posted on the Township’s website, the address of which is second quarter to score the fumbles. Rockford tossed an back Maddox Greenfield in www.caledoniatownship.org. The first amending ordinance would rezone first points of the bailgame. interception and lost a fumproperties commonly known as 8705 Kraft Ave SE from the A- Agricul­ The Rams put together a ble. Both teams gave the ball See FOOTBALL, page 14 ► 9 fl I I 9 t 0’ W* 9 . .sai iGl 6b 44 j'i NOTICE OF POSTING OF TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE tural District to the R-2 Medium Density Single Family District. The second amending ordinance would rezone property commonly known as 8671 Kraft Ave from the A-Agricultural District to the R- 2 Medium Den­ sity Single Family District. 189946 All registered voters who live within Precinct 1 (Village of Caledonia) now VOTE at the Caledonia Village Hall, 250 S. Maple Street SE, Caledonia, Ml 49316. Precinct hours are 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on November 8, 2022. Any questions, please contact the Clerk’s Department at (616) 891-0070. Joni Henry ’ • 9 » t i Clerk, Charter Township of Caledonia I 4 I? t * ) I •9 I I ( ’ 1 I -49 A * I > V’ 1 h f 1 i ’ • i ■ * I * I < < * ' 1 1 < i I * -I I •J j ■»___ r I 1 t 5 -I ♦ f I w < I , I < 6 I 1 I 1 I* .* f i I € k I- 1 • * 4 7 ■ \ - -• , Mik Mt aik * ah tof M MJ tof II^ #1 I 4 I <■ % & I 4 tor In 1 f Pad Charter Township of Caledonia, Kent County, Michigan Joni Henry, Township Clerk Caledonia Charter Township 1 7! H S> The above stated ordinances were considered by the Caledonia Charter Township Board on first reading at a public meeting of the Town­ ship Board held on October 19, 2022 and are expected to be considered on second reading by the Township Board at a public meeting on Novem­ ber 2,2022. This notice is given in accordance with the Charter Township Act and is authorized by action taken by the Caledonia Charter Township Board. <: । jSsM . % > if - •*«- •- ♦ / 9 -4 1 I I I T1 �» I The Sun and News, Saturday, October 29, 2022/ Page 15 FOOTBALL, continued from page 14 DK/TK/HHS girls race to victory over Charlotte at CERC The Delton Kellogg/ Thornapple Kellogg/ Hastings varsity girls’ swimming and diving team too the first place points in ten of the 12 events and closed the season of duals with a 76-63 win over vis­ iting non-conference foe in Charlotte Hastings Thursday. Senior Preslee Hall and junior Sophia Marcukaitis won two individual races each for the DK/TK/HHS team. Hall took the 100-yard butterfly in 1 minute 6.6 seconds and the 50-yard freestyle in 27.49 sec­ onds. Marcukaitis won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:04.13 and the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:14.34. That pair also teamed with senior Cadence VanOoy and junior Holly Carpenter to win the 200yard freestyle relay in 1:50.64. The DK/TK/HHS girls won two relay races. The team of junior Bella senior Morey, Erin senior Daniels, Erin Kapteyn and senior Abby I .1 * k ?>& tn I Caledonia linebackers Jett King (left) and Derek Pennington Jr. (right) team up to bring down Rockford quarterback Mac VandenHout during the Rams’ win in Caledonia Friday night, Oct. 21. (Photo by Brett Bremer) I ’ * r 4 r i F ■ ***** the end zone. Caledonia lost a fumble on the kick return to start the second half. Rockford moved 35 yards in six plays for a three-yard TD run by VandenHout to up its lead to 17-0. Once the Caledonia offense had the ball back it drove into Ram territory before turning it over on downs with 5:43 to go in the third quarter at the Rams’ 34. Rockford basi­ cally sealed the win with a 12-play drive that ate up the rest of the third quarter. Rockford junior running back Ryan Ahem scored on an 11-yard run on the open­ ing play of the fourth quar­ ter to put his team up three scores at 24-0. The Scots’ turned the ball over on downs again on their next possession and Rockford took over near midfield. VandenHout made it 31 -0 with a 40-yard 190089 ****** E - touchdown run with 9:11 to go in the game. He dropped back to pass and the middle of the line opened wide for him to run through and a big block by senior wide receiver Alex McLean down field helped him get all the way to the end zone. VandenHout finished the night with 19 rushes for 128 yards and two scores while also completing ll-of-18 passes for 104 yards. Ahern added 15 carries for 94 yards and a score. Brody Thompson was the Rams’ top receiving threat with five catches for 53 yards, Burkholder hit his four extra-point tries and Steffano Carra came on to kick the final one after a four-yard TD run by backup Rams quarterback Rams ’ Drake Irwin that had their team up 38-7 with 3:34 to play, Caledonia scored the * game’s final points with its reserves answering with a scoring quick drive, Sophomore quarterback Brody Betser fired a pass to the left back comer of the end zone for Beyer who beat his defender to the football for the touchdown with 69 seconds remaining on the clock. Betser and Beyer also connected on the two-point conversion pass. McKenzie finished the ballgame 8-of-24 passes for 118 yards. He rushed eight times for 67 yards. He also kicked the extra-point fol­ lowing his TD run. * Townsend had 18 carries for 77 yards and also caught four passes for 66 yards. DJ Walker contributed four rushes for 51 yards for the Caledonia offense. Reed closed the night with four receptions for 52 yards, Blake Herron had a teamhigh 9.5 tackles for the Scots and recovered a Ram fumble late in the first quar­ ter as the teams traded scoreless possessions early on. Jett King had 6.5 and Greenfield 6. 190089 GAINES CHARTER TOWNSHIP » KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING I The Gaines Charter Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider the follow­ ing request: Summary of Request: A major PUD amendment for modifications to Phases ll-IV of the River Birch PU changes to the site layout, and modification of the setbacks due to the need to divide the parcel for each phase. Property Address: 3500 & 3540 60th Street, Caledonia, Ml 49316 Parcel Numbers: 41-22-02-100-072 & 41-22-02-100-073 Applicant: Kevin Einfeld & Dave Contant, BDR Inc. Date and Hearing: I ■ Do you support repealing parental consent for abortion and removing A major PUD amendment for modifications to Phases ll-IV of the River Birch PU changes to the site layout, and modification of the setbacks due to the need to parental consent for children to begin Property Address: 3500 & 3540 60th Street, Caledonia, Ml 49316 Parcel Numbers: 41-22-02-100-072 & 41-22-02-100-073 Applicant: Kevin Einfeld & Dave Contant, BDR Inc. Date and Hearing: 4 Time Location of Hearing: of gender-reassignment treatment? If NO, Vote November 17, 2022, at 7:00 pm t{ 4 a * I I e ♦ 4 » I ■ * •* TOO CONFUSING TOO EXTREME received by 5:00 PM on November 17th, 2022. Persons with disabilities needing special accommodations should contact Kim Triplett at (616) 698-6640 one week prior to the meeting to request mobility, visual or any other assistance. / non Proposal Gaines Charter Township Offices, Board Room 8555 Kalamazoo Avenue SE, Caledonia, Ml 49316 Any interested party may appear and be heard on said proposal. Information related to this request may be inspected, by appt., during regular business hours at the Planning Department window located in the Gaines Charter Township Offices. For information related to this request, contact Dan Wells at (616) 980-6188 or dan.wells@gainestownship.org. To be entered into the public record, signed written comments must be .< inr Gaines Charter Township Offices, Board Room 8555 Kalamazoo Avenue SE, Caledonia, Ml 49316 0 PROPOSAL divide the parcel for each phase. I s* November 17, 2022, at 7:00 pm Any interested party may appear and be heard on said proposal. Information related to this request may be inspected, by appt., during regular business hours at the Planning Department window located in the Gaines Charter Township Offices. For information related to this request, contact Dan Wells at (616) 980-6188 or dan.wells@gainestownship.org. To be entered into the public record, signed written comments must be received by 5:00 PM on November 17th, 2022. . Persons with disabilities needing special accommodations should contact Kim Triplett at (616) 698-6640 one week prior to the meeting to request mobility, visual or any other assistance. GAINES CHARTER TOWNSHIP KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN 0 W N S H NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Summary of Request: I of Time Location of Hearing: The Gaines Charter Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider the follow­ ing request: 4 Gaskill took the 200-yard medley relay in 2:22.61. VanOoy was the 200yard individual medley champ in in 2:45.27. Carpenter won the 100yard freestyle in 1:00.11. Sophomore Aubrey Hawks won the 100-yard backstroke for DK/TK/HHS in 1:11.29. Abby Dumond, a sopho­ more, took the diving com­ petition for DK/TK/HHS with a score of 207.70 points. The DK/TK/HHS girls had a number of outstand­ ing times in exhibition races that didn't contrib­ ute to the final team score, including a 400-yard medley relay time of 4:16.40 from Hall, Carpenter, VanOoy and Marcukaitis that was the fastest of the night in that race. The DK/KT/HHS girls have the week to prep for the Nov. 5-6 OK Tier Rainbow II Conference Meet which they will host at the CERC in Hastings this weekend. » 1 Part fox with regulated funds by Gt.jpni to Support M» Warren ord Children PC box 901. Grind «topds Ml 49509-C901 > * 4 •I I, f % I ♦ >. I » t I .1 » i » I » I I « V 1 1 4 I > 4 i » I « * r i k �4 Page 16/The Sun and News, Saturday, October 29, 2022 i i Out-of-state developer pitches proposal for a senior housing complex in Gaines Township James Gemmell Contributing Writer A Buffalo-based developer is proposing a $25 million, 119-unit senior housing development across the street from the Gaines Marketplace shopping mall. The address for the 10-acre property is 6590 Crystal Downes Dr. It is immediately south of Marketplace Drive near Plaza Center Avenue. That is east of Kalamazoo Avenue, between M-6 and 68th street. Beth Emat, a land-acquisi­ tion manager with Clover Communities, pitched the proposal to the Gaines Township Planning Commission at its monthly meetingonThursdaynight.lt was just a discussion item; no action was taken. For now, the working placeholder name for the proposed housing development is simply Gaines Senior Apartments. said Ernat Clover Communities has a purchase agreement with property owner Grand Valley State — J University, University, which which removed removed its old WGVU radio transmitting mitting towers towers earlier earlier this this year year from from the the site. site. Clover Communities had proposed building a senior housing facility on 84th Street near Division Avenue a couple years ago and went through the township’s Planned Planned Unit Unit Development Development process. But the property owner ended up selling the land to a different company. “So, we weren’t able to continue with that site. But we love the township,” Emat told the planning commis­ sion. “The (new) site is in between two residential neighborhoods. They’re kind of separated. But it has great visibility and great access to Marketplace Drive.” The property would be zoned for residential (R-3) multi-family housing and developed as a mixed-use PUD. PUD. Ernat said Clover Communities has preliminary approval from Meijer and the shopping center’s management management agency, agency, MidMidAmerica Management Corp., granting granting Clover Clover access access toto Marketplace, Marketplace,which whichisisa apripri­ vate drive. Clover has agreed to assist financially with maintenance the road. maintenance of theofroad. The 236,000-square-foot 236,000-square-foot The shopping center includes Meijer and Target stores, plus plusmultiple multipleretail retailshops shopsand and restaurants. “I think it’s a great loca­ tion there,” Planning Commissioner Brad. Waayenberg said. “Especially for that kind of (senior) com­ munity.” The market-rate, single-family apartments would rent for about $1,700 a month and and be be for for independent independent living living residents age 55 and older. The apartment units would be primarily two-bedroom, but there also would be some one-bed­ room units available. The buildings would be barrier-free and handicap-accessible, and feature community, coffee, family and game rooms, a fitness center, and indoor storage. No meals or healthcare would be provided, Planning Commission Chairwoman Connie Giarmo said she would prefer the senior housing units be limit­ ed to two stories in height, as opposed to thethree-story buildings Clover Communities has proposed, There’s’s not a lot of ““There three-story three-storv inin Gaines Township,” Giarmo said. “Now that this project is moving into a neighborhood, you’re going to have to have more of a neighborhood feel. We’re going to have different facades on the apartments outside. We’re going to need more green space, probably a lower profile.” “Thisis a preliminary site plan,”Emat said. “We are trying to be very respectfill to the homes around us.” Community Development Director Dan Wells suggest­ ed that, perhaps, Clover Communities could lower the building heights to come into compliance with the new apartment-guidance pol­ icies the township enacted years is, people get fussy if an apartment community is going to bedown the block, let aloneplopped right in their neighborhood,” Billips said. “If I lived in those houses. I’d be at the meeting screaming.” But Emat pointed out that the senior housing would be a quiet, 55-and-older com­ munity and would not gener­ ate much vehicular traffic. Also, the property would be deed-restricted so that it could never become an all-ages facility. “So, you’re literally talking about adding 140 grandparents to your neigh­ borhood ... who want to see an active, vibrant neighbor­ hood and they also want it to be peaceful,” she said. The 35-year-old Clover Communities operates 65 housing facilities across the country. It is building two senior housing complexes near Detroit. Two more are under consideration for con­ struction in Alpine and Commerce townships. recently. But Emat replied that could could conflict conflict with withthe theFair Fair Housing Act and HUD guidelines that Clover abides by as a senior-housing devel­ oper. “You’ll recall, we’re not HUD-funded but we operate under the HUD age-restriclion. So, ADA guidelines are also pretty strict about pat­ terns and exits,” she said. “This stepping down (of the building heights) would be a big issue with our FHA requirements.” Emat said the buildings’ average height would be 31 feet, with the tallest being 36 feet. “I think the biggest issue for me is, if we put a multi-family (complex) into a neighborhood, it has to be part of the neighborhood,” Giarmo said, adding that she also would like more green space to be incorporated into the site plan, Commissioner Talimma Billips agreed. “What I’ve seen over the , • • < i Your local agent insures your Police investigate incident at East Kentwood involving a cookie possibly laced with marijuana James Gemmell Contributing Writer The Kent County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a report that a cookie possibly laced with marijuana was given to an East Kentwood High School student who then became ill. 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The information was first reported by WOOD TV-8, which posted on its website a statement it received from Kentwood Public Schools Superintendent Kevin Polston saying KPS is cooperating with the police investigation, and also conducting its own investigation. “Our deputy is still inter­ viewing involved parties as we speak, so I don’t have much more of an update,” Sgt. Brunner said. He confirmed that the female student was taken to a hospital after eating a portion of the M&M cookie that supposedly was given to her by a friend, who had bought it from a male freshman student. The parent, Ondrae Soule, was notified by the school after her daughter reported feeling nau­ seous and dizzy. A relative picked the stu­ dent up from school and drove her to a hospital for an exam­ ination. The KCSO was investigat­ ing a report that another stu­ dent may have eaten a portion of the cookie and got sick, as well. I Ik -j Kentwood Public Schools Superintendent Kevin Polston. 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M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 Caledonia school board gives Beck named superintendent ‘highly effective’ job rating Middleville’s Greg Chandler honored veteran Staff Writer The Caledonia Community Schools Board of Education is giving Superintendent Dr. Dedrick Martin high marks for his performance during the past year. The board gave Martin, who has been superintendent of the district since July 2018, a 93 percent “highly effective” rating in his evalu­ ation. The board announced the results of the evaluation at a special meeting on Oct. 27 after a closed-door ses­ sion to review the findings that lasted more than two Dedrick Martin, superintendent of Caledonia Community Schools, speaks hours. during a school board meeting earlier this year. (File photo by Greg Chandler) The superintendent scored at a 4.0 on a 4-point scale on student growth; 3.6 on pro­ board relations, community finance; and 3.0 on progress Marcy White said. fessional practice, which - relations, instructional lead- toward districtwide goals, See RATING, page 2 President board included governance and ership and business and school Greg Chandler Staff Writer Andrew Beck has been named Middleville's hon­ ored veteran of 2022. Beck, a longtime Middleville resident and disabled Iraq War Army veteran, will be the key­ note speaker at the annual Veterans Day observance at Thornapple Kellogg High School next Friday. Andrew Beck “He gives a voice to a generation of veterans that Kellogg we don’t often hear from Thornapple and is able to speak dynam- Schools, “While Andrew is disically about overcoming challenges abled veteran who is no the many today’s soldiers face,” said longer able to serve his Jerry Welsh, who is part of country in the armed forces, the committee that selected he is dedicated to serving Beck for the honor. “Most his community every day of all, he brings a testimo­ and using the time he has ny of honor, integrity and been given to make a differservice that can inspire and ence in the lives of those empower the students and around him,” Welsh said, The honored veteran community members at this year’s Veterans Day selection committee conceremony. We are excited sists of Welsh, Bob Buys to honor his service at and Rich Jenkins. The TK Veterans Day home and abroad.” • Beck spends a great deal ceremony will be held at 10 of time volunteering local­ a.m. Friday. Veterans and ly and around the country, the community are invited. helping fellow veterans The student-led program find ways to cope with will include guest speakers, post-traumatic stress disor­ student speakers, the high der. He also helps under­ school band and choir. privileged kids in the com­ Veterans will be able to munity, serves as president stay for lunch after the cerof the Middleville Lions emony. Guests should enter Club and volunteers at the athletic lobby from the Thomapple Valley Church, south parking lot off Bender In addition, Beck is also a Road, district spokeswom­ member of the Middleville an Julie Makarewicz said. Downtown Development A brief ceremony is also Authority board. planned for 6 p.m. Friday Beck and his wife, at the Veterans Memorial Karen, have been married in Middleville to honor for 17 years and have three those who gave their lives children who attend in defense of their country. Rigas, Kennedy-Barrington go headto-head in District 79 state rep race which consisted of Jeremiah Jayson Bussa Editor Keeler Keeler and and Ryan Ryan Gallogy. Gallogy. After cruising to a victory Kennedy-Barrington was in the Republican primary unopposed in the primary. The Sun & News posed the back in August, Angela Rigas looks to take a seat in the same questions to both canMichigan State House of didates to get an idea of state­ Representatives next year as where they stand on statea new face. wide issues. But, before she can, Rigas will face off against DISTRICT 79 Democrat opposition in next Dr. Kimberly Kennedyweek’s general election. Barrington Current residence: Byron This election will be a cru­ cial one for the balance of Center Political party: Democrat power in state government. Occupation: Professional Currently, Republicans hold a majority in both the House systemic advocate - small and the Senate while business owner of 100 Democrats hold the gover­ Shades of Diverse Abilities L3C nor’s office. Previous elected offices In the House, Republicans hold a 56-53 edge over held (if any) or relevant Democrats. But, this year experience: 1 currently sit on features newly-drawn district the Michigan Council tor lines that could potentially Rehabilitative Services, rep­ shake up the balance of resenting advocacy groups, power. appointed by the Governor. Hastings native and Caledonia resident Rigas is running against Byron Center-based Democrat Dr. Kimberly KennedyBarrington in District 79, which includes the area directly west of Hastings and up into Irving Township, the Village of Middleville and into Caledonia. This same district reaches over to Byron What would you consid­ Center, as well. Rigas domi­ nated over the Republican er to be the most pressing field during the primary, issues facing Michigan resi- dents right now? Roe vs. Wade. If elected, how would you work to address those issues? Ensure that women who need abortion services can access them safely and legally. What’s your assessment of the state of Michigan’s economy right now? We are in great financial shape with a $7 billion dollar surplus. What’s your assessment of the effectiveness of the current leadership’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic? In May of 2020, The gov­ ernor announced several advisory work groups that would provide input on Michigan’s process to safely re-engage the various sectors of our community. Work groups will focus on mitiga­ tion of transmission risk, including but not limited to best practices for workplace safety, PPE requirements and retraining workers on newly implemented COVID-19 work requirements as we re-engage. I was assigned to the churches/community centers work group. There seems to be a major partisan divide in Lansing. Is there hope that both sides can come togeth­ er to create meaningful change? How would you go about it? I have a record of working across the aisle with Governor Snyder on his $8 million Mobility Challenge Grant in 2018 and with Beau LaFave (R) on House Bills 4075 & 4076 4076, which Governor Whitmer signed into law July 26, 2022. 1 Angela Rigas Current residence: Caledonia Political party: Republican Occupation: Small busi­ ness owner Previous elected offices held (if any) or relevant experience: Delegate to county and state convention; longtime pro-liberty activist and small business owner, J SI ISB QI E IN • Halloween Hustle brings costumed runners to Caledonia • Middleville plans for annual Christmas on the River event • FHC spikers survive Scots’ strong start in district final - I • TK girls and Hastings boys are Barry County meet champions What would you consid­ er to be the most pressing I • CHS senior leaders qualify for state cross country finals See ELECTION, page 3 I t ■' i I *1 • I J I II 1 t I I I V r i T V �It RATING, continued from page 1 a “His contributions to Caledonia Community I White wrote in an email to The Sun and News. “As we continue to make very post tive stndes. we look forward to hit continued outstanding leadership for many years to come.” Ihc Caledonia district has experienced some challenges this year, most rxMably a spike in the cost for two major prpiecu that were the centerpiece of the May 2020 bond issue — construction of a new Dutton Elementary School and construction of the Caledonia Community Center, which will hrnisc the district*s swimming programs as well as serve as the new home base for the Caledonia Resource Center, which over­ sees community education and enrichment programs Bids for the two projects came in about $15 million higher than project managers had estimated including $9 million for the Dutton construct!on. with inflation and supply chain issues cited as the major factors in the pnee spike. The school board last month decided they would pursue a new bond issue to build the new Dutton build­ ing, while using remaining funds from the 2020 bond to complete other outstanding projects On the positive side, the saw district Caledonia improvements in its scores on state standardized tests for the year, bucking statewide and national trends of falling test scores and performing at a higher level than before the COVID-19 pandemic, For example, in English language arts. 69.5 percent of CCS students last spring scored proficient or better, up from 67.9 percent the year before and 61 percent in 2017-18. poor to the pan­ demic. Meanwhile, Kent Intermediate member dis­ tricts saw a decline in profi­ ciency from 54.1 percent in the spring of 2021 to 513 percent in the spring of 2022 on the ELA test while the statewide figure fell from 47.2 percent to 45 percent district officials said. experienced a similar improvement on test scores for mathematics, improsing to 62.9 percent last spring from 58.2 percent the year before and 54.7 percent in 2017-18. according to dis­ trict officials. Martin thanked the board for its support. “Together we have accomplished some great things and I'm looking forward to accomplishing many more,” he said. Kent County holds open house to discuss 84th Street reconstruction project Jamrs Gemmell C ontnhutm^ Writer The Kent Count. Road Commission held an open house on Wednesday, Nov. 2. at the Gaines Township Hall to discuss plans for reconstructing a onc-mile section of 84th Street in 2024, The $1.6 million project between East Pans and Patterson avenues will he pan of the ongoing recon­ struction work that has been taking place along a larger stretch of the K4th Street corridor from Division Avenue to M-37 over the past six years. Neighbors who live along along 84th Street between East Paris and Patterson avenues got a chance to view- maps and speak lo road managers at the open house. The KCRC usually plans the Saturday, Nov 5th The Still Wonder 5pm - 8pm Saturday, Nov. 12th Joe LaJoye Ja/7 Band See Fl for Details VlNERp 707 !lf< E W tsS Hours: 12pm-8pm Tues.-Sat. !2pm-4pmSun. •I 9175 Cherry Valiev Ave SE . B r * 9 Caledonia 616.710.0796 Quality Family Eye Care Since 1929 Scott Bloom, O.D. OPTOMETRIST — 2 LOCATIONS — • HASTINGS; 1510 N. Broadway - 269-945-2192 ♦WAYLAND; 216 N. 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It has not gone out for contractor bids yet. “We're continuing our push to build this cross-sec­ tion of roadway to M-37. So, it's a continuation of years of work," L.R. Cole said. He is right-of-way office manager for KCRC. Residents spoke to road managers at the open house about the potential impact on their properties, This is where we learn specifics about the neigh­ bors’ yards. If they have anything in there that we need to be aware of, we try to design around those fea­ tures and facilities the best we can.” Cole said. To obtain federal funding for the project, the road commission had to agree to widen 84th Street. That will include expanding the exist­ ing 4-foot shoulders to eight feet. The wider shoulders can sometimes impact adja­ cent properly owners, though. “These meetings give us an opportunity to meet the neighbors and listen to their needs and concerns, and then wc take what we learn back to our design team.” said Tim Fcnnema. senior property specialist for the KCRC. Any changes are then fac­ tored into the road design so that it fits into the corridor. The reconstruction work on 84th Street will include tree removal poor to April 1, 2024. There are no plans to install public utility lines along that section from East Paris Avenue to Patterson Avenue. “We do need to acquire some additional right of way. That takes some time,” KCRC Deputy Managing Director of Engineering Wayne Harrall said. “We need to get it in & & i A V : * % <>»*? Ijjjji i jS«'.S *4 IM MM | i It IK Hl 4 MI (M* -X */;• I a a a • > 1 tj uarffiMJln * Tim Fennema and L.R. Cole with the Kent County Road Commission answered questions about 84th Street reconstruction work during an open house on Nov. 2 at the Gaines Township Hall. (Photo by James Gemmell) the queue for bidding by the summer of next year. That's the process for fed eral funding that we re using. So, we have to have all of the right of way and all the plans approved by early next summer.” The road commission will hold a public hearin; on July 10, 2023. When the overall 84th Street reconstruction work began six years ago east of Division Avenue, the KCRC added a turn lane in front of Earle Brewer Park, The stretch from e» * Kalamazoo Avenue to Hanna Lake Avenue was reconstructed in 2020, and 84th Street was widened between Division and Eastern avenues. And in 2023, 84th Street will be upgraded between Hanna Lake and East Paris ave­ nues. The road has been blocked off for culvert replacement, w,ith a detour taking motorists to 76th Street. << The culvert replacement is somethin wc wanted to get done prior to the road construction just because MAYBE IVE KEN WATCHING WAY TOO MANY ATTACK ADS- iviltytta itapaWSsr j-niirfeO' -■fete. it’s about a month-lon project.” Harrall said. “And it W'ould not allow the con tractor to work from one side of that stream to the other. So, that was done with county funds.” Harrall said I0 contrac tors submitted bids to do the 2023 reconstruction of 84th Street between Hanna Lake and East Paris avenues. Michigan Paving & Materials Co. submitted the lowest bid to do the paving work. Kentwood Excavating will be handling earth removal. • nV » i 4 ahi him f (aisiBj I ■ten Hi ■’H, Y. ..BECAUSE HOW I CAN ONLY REMEMBER way m SUPPOSED TO VOTE AGAINST EVERYONE I’ t r • 1 I '•v I i I b IP VOTE ! 11. ’’K 4 * -•N K > "'VI N t W j- i 1 > v* �1 V Vk The Sun and News, Saturday, November 5, 2022/ Page 3 ELECTION, continued from page 1 issues facing Michigan res­ idents right now? The economy is failing with the future looking grim­ mer than ever. Gas prices have soared as a result of poor government policies that have decreased the value of the dollar. Education is also a signifi­ cant concern as our students’ test scores have decreased considerably due to radical W 5 V policies and school shut­ downs promoted by the left. If elected, how would you work to address those issues? payer dollars to promote cer­ tain businesses over others. I am working with several school board candidates in my community that are pro-common sense and want to be advocates for parents and students to promote transparency in education and remove all inappropriate materials from libraries. What’s your assessment of Michigan’s economy I will help make Michigan a business-friendly state and fight to reduce taxes and regulations to promote a positive, business-friendly environ­ ment. I do not support corpo­ rate welfare, the government should not be using our tax- right now? Inflation is rising, gas prices are soaring and most people say they are worse now than they have been in decades, What’s your assessment of the effectiveness of the current leadership’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic? The Governor has done catastrophic damage to our state; thousands of our seniors died alone in COVID-positive nursing homes. Our chil­ dren’s test scores have plum­ meted because of the lack of in-person learning, and tens of thousands of small businesses failed because they were forced to shut down due to unconstitutional orders in addition to the weaponization of the health department and licensing agencies. agencies. licensing There seems seems to to be be aa There major partisan divide in Lansing. Is there hope that both sides can come together to create meaningful change? How would you go about it? I am committed to advanc­ ing conservative policies and principles in Lansing. I advocate for limited government, lower taxes and fewer regulations to get our state back on track. Middleville DDA makes plans for village’s annual Christmas on the River festivities r * James Gemmell For a donation of $5 or more, representing the sister charac­ Contributing Writer people can write a special mem- ters from the animated film A Who-Ville themed ory of something on a dove. The Frozen to Left Field Cafe on tree-lighting ceremony, a doves will be offered Nov. 12 Main for a meet-and-greet. parade, a holiday open house from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Left “We're planning to do the and downtown caroling are Field Coffee in Hastings, and same again this year with the some of the highlights planned Nov. 19 at the Middleville High themed drinks and snacks for this year's Christmas on School craft show, between 9 available to purchase, ----1----- ” the River event in Middleville. a.m. and 3 p.m. They will also DeMaagd said. “We're still The annual three-day yule­ be available at the DDA office, nailing down the exact times tide celebration organized by 125 E. Main St. ... but Olivia’s company has a the Downtown Development Monies raised from the huge following and we defiAuthority will run Dec. 8, 9 memory doves will once again nitely draw quite the crowd.” DDA staff said Opus and 10 in the village and sur- go to Serenity Village. They rounding areas. have a total wingspan of about Artisan Boutique will host the Organizers are trying to get three feet and stand about 20 Grinch, and Thomapple Credit Union will offer an ornament the word out before the holi­ inches tall. Christmas on the River make-and-take. day season. Carveth Village’s themed “I'm so excited about this,” kicks off Thursday, Dec. 8, Committee Chairwoman Kim with a Holiday Business Open activity will be The Night Before Christmas. The assist­ Jachim said. “Last year was House from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Each participating business ed-living facility at 690 W. such a huge success. The 2021 event included a will hold a special holi­ Main St. will host it in its main luminary walk hosted by the day-themed activity that night entranceway near a fireplace, “So, we're going to deck DDA that raised $1,000 for a or give gifts to children. The “Christmas Wrapped that out and give away some future nonprofit hospice house in Hastings called Serenity Up” concept will be the focus concessions, such as hot choc­ Village. Funds for this year's the first night. People can con­ olate. coffee and some oldevent also will so to the build­ tribute to the Thomapple style treats,” Carveth adminising campaign for Serenity, Kellogg Schools district trator Makenzi Peters said, the nonprofit “We'll have some family fun which will be a 7,500-square- through foot, six-bed facility on Classmates Care program. It for those who stop by. Woodlawn Avenue, east of collects gently used coats. coats, On the second night ot Bachman Road. It will serve snow snowpants, pants, hats, hats,gloves, gloves, boots boots Christmas on the River on people throughout Barry and scarves to ensure that every Friday, Dec. 9. the Night ot County. Groundbreaking is TK TK student student has has the the warm warm winwin­ Lights event gets underway at targeted for next year. ter 6 p.m. on Main Street. The TK terclothing clothing they they need. need. It's a great thing. And I'm There also will be an opporoppor­ High School choir begins thrilled that we're giving back tunity that first night of singing Welcome Christmas to that again,” said Jachim. Christmas on the River to get and other holiday favorites at who also chairs the DDA your picture taken with real 6 p.m and the Who-Ville reindeer, to visit Santa Claus themed tree-lighting ceremo­ board. Last year, about 2(X) deco­ and ride the Holly Trolley. It ny will take place. That will be rated luminary bags illuminat­ will take passengers to visit at the greenspace next to vil­ ed with L.E.D. lights were some local participating busi- lage hall. Then, there will be a placed on the Paul Henry nesses, which will be crafts Christmas sing-a-long with Township Thomapple Trail as part of the and activities, plus treats for Thornapple Emergency Services firefightDDA’s “Night of Lights.” children. Johnny DeMaagd, founder/ ers and paramedics at 7 p.m. They contained artwork and The TTES will have a fire­ personal photos, and were CEO of Left Field Coffee, said weighted down with sand to he has partnered with Holland- man’s boot set out where people keep them from blowing based Olivia Grace & Co. in can place donations that will go away. However, some of the past years to invite people to a yet-to-be-determined good bags got soggy due to rain. “This year, we're doing bio­ HF . £2 degradable doves that you blow up with helium and release them,” Jachim said. “They're like the lanterns people release USED PARTS • PICK UPS • ONE TONS • WANS • SUV’S • JEEPS • 4X4S when people die. These are bio­ FULL SERVICE a >011 FULL IT degradable because they' re made out of (spun) com. So, there are no wires in them and they’ll disintegrate.” So, we don't have to worry about our farmers, the fields or Tj the animals being affected, USED TIRES ' USED PARTS community volunteer Vickie rw Rick said. “There is no hard­ ware inside the doves. The 1811 LAKE ST., KALAMAZOO steel is designed to start releas­ ing after 15 minutes.” 4 lb I 5* cause. Last year, the beneficiary was a family whose house had caught on fire. "The (firefighters) dress up in their fire department outfits, full garb, and they sing ’ It Acapelia.” Jachim said, was a huge success last year. After the tree-lighting and concerts is the annual Christmas Lights Decorating Contest. A map of all the par­ ticipating houses will be handed out at the pavilion down­ town. 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Main Street, Middleville Whitneyville THORNAPPLE VALLEY CfanA CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Join us at 10 a m. on Sundays in person Pastor Tony Shumaker Vf RESTORATION 7 NOW OPEN TO PUBLfC Sermons online: WhitneyvilleFellowship.org Sunday Morning Worship..................... . Community Group.................. ............. 10: 00 a.m. 11: 00 a.m. s \j*>, SA I James L. Callison, Pastor www.yankccspringsbiblechurch.org '•S V’x k �L *' “A X l I **. ' Elizabeth Roberts Ahee was the overall women’s winner in a time of 21:13. > • % al ' “ J. a l‘ a -A 4 L k >Jw It . 7? IV I ’’I - ■: Si. -1-' aS _u -XL r SOILS'. * Wk Kr. 7 iIHU ■ BiTiamesm mffl . 11 803590 •I frits I If - ml I*’ ”I •j Greg Chandler Staff Writer More than 190 runners took part in the Halloween Hustle 5-kilometer race last Saturday in Caledonia. The race was hosted by the Caledonia Area Chamber of Commerce with Amway as the presenting sponsor. The race began at the Community Green park, then entered the Glen Valley sub­ division, and continued through the trails leading to Kraft Meadows Intermediate back to School and Community Green. A half-mile Fun Run for kids 10 and under followed the 5k race, with the course being the perimeter of the dog park at Community Green. Prizes were given to the top overall male and female runners, and the top male and female runners in each age division. New this year to the race was a costume contest, with prizes given to the best group costume, most original, and the “I can’t believe you ran in that" costume. Jake Shavalier was the overall men’s winner in a time of 16:25, while Elizabeth Roberts Ahee was the wom­ en’s winner in a time of 21:13. Following are a list of age group winners: Male 10 and under: Adam Pictured from left to right, Zander Duffin, Nicole Bode and Matthew Bode won the award for Best Group Costume. (Photos courtesy of the Caledonia Area Chamber of Commerce) Shavalier, 20:26; Female 10 and under: Stella Violin, 33:14; Male 11-15: DJ Potgeter, 19:20; Female 11-15: Hannah Dupuis, 21:50; Male 16-20: Anthony Lawlor, 18: 23; Female 16-20: Leah Williams, 24:32; Male 21-25: Cole Nelson, 42:40; Female 21-25: Kelli Laube, 21:30: Male 26-30: Josue Vasquez, 19: 32; Female 26-30: Rebecca Ringquist, 25:22; Male 31-35: Jon Roshko, 20:58; Female 31-35: Nicole Kantz, 24:45; Male Donald 36-40: Richmond, 16:42; Female 36-40: Casey Gascon. 24:56: Male 41-45: David Wiltjer, 25:31; Female 41-45: Rebecca Joyner, 22:55; Male 46-50: Roger Bonga. 20:46; Female 46-50: Jane Hennip, 28:32; Male 51-55: Christopher Goron, 21:58; Female 51-55: Shae France, 25:17; Male 56-60: Edward Aboufadel, 29:28; Female 56-60: Sherri Dutton, 26:02; Male 61-65: Brian DeVries, 22:56; Female 61-65: Dion Wierenga, 28:06; Male 66-plus: Bruce Popma, 22:46; Female 66-plus: Carla Safie, 39:30. A Where’s Waldo duo of Casey and Michael Gascon. . Middleville riverfront property recommended for rezoning Greg Chandler Staff Writer The Middleville Planning a Commission Tuesday recommended approval of a rezoning request for a 9.5acre portion of an 11-acre parcel on the banks of the Thornapple River that had once been considered for a multi-family residential development. Commissioners voted 6-0 to recommend the Village Council approve rezoning the property, owned by K-D Development, at at 472 Arlington St. from R-3 high-density residential to C-2 highway commercial. The site is expected to be developed for additional self-storage units for Riverside Storage, located next to Tires 2000 on M-37. The remaining 1.5 acres on the western portion of the parcel is already zoned C-2. “There is substantial hard­ ship on the site (preventing residential development)," said Commissioner Mike Cramer, who also serves on the Village Council. K-D Development had proposed a 16-unit multi-family residential the village’s sanitary sewer Once Once the the rezoning rezoning isis co-interim village manager line through the property and approved by the Village for the past several months higher elevation of the site Council, the developer would and has been handling plan­ need close to the river were also a need to to get get approval approval for for aa ning and zoning duties for special land use to build the the village, to residential hindrance to “By approving this (rezon­ storage units, said Duane development. I cannot gravity feed a Weeks, who has served as ing), it does not approve storsanitary sewer line into your existing trunk line,” said Jarid Halverson of Halverson Engineering, representing K-D Development. “That’s a problem you're probably going to have throughout this development corridor. By putting it where it is, it leaves o« * .’ ~ ■ - 1 ■ ■ ■ If* • ■ • W '™ ' everything from the sanitary sewer line east to the river a A basically as unserviceable. Halverson also noted a high water table close to the river as another factor in the decision not to build a resi­ dential development. He noted that on the south side of the property, groundwater could be found about two feet below’ the surface. Jon Raymond, owner of Tires 2000 and the principal behind K-D Development, is expected to ask the village for approval to build five storage units on the site, sim­ ilar to the units that are already present at Riverside Storage. He would build the age units at all," Weeks said. “It does approve the possibil­ ity of that option. While the village’s master plan originally had the parcel slated for high-density resi­ dential use, the site is “gener­ 5* €4 ally compatible" with high­ way commercial zone uses that surround the property, Halverson said. Commission Planning Chairman Jason Holzhausen was absent from the meeting. Please join the Alaska Baptist Church Family 1 i • * for a Retirement Celebration Open Houire / �Page 6/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 5, 2022 Candidates set for Caledonia Village Council election j1^ I' r Greg Chandler Staff Writer Five candidates, includ­ ing two write-in candidates, are seeking three seats as trustees on the Caledonia Village Council in next Tuesday’s election. Incumbent Village President Jennifer Lindsey is running unopposed for a two-year term. Lindsey, a clerk for District Court 62B in Kentwood, is completing her first term as president. She won the office in November 2020 by defeat­ ing previous Village President Todd Grinage, li .it! Gerrianne Schuler Jean Soest Jeff Niles Jennifer Lindsey Justin Nichols 469-351. ' Incumbent Trustee Jean Soest is seeking re-election to a four-year term on the council. Soest, who is retired, was first elected to the council in November 2018. incumbent, Another Gerrianne Schuler, is seek­ ing election for the first time. Schuler, who co-owns a farm that grows produce using organic and sustain­ able methods, was appoint­ ed to the council in December 2020 to fill a vacancy created when Lindsey, who had been a council trustee, was elected president. Running as write-ins for council seats are Justin Nichols and Jeff Niles. Nichols owns EB Coffee & Pub, while Niles is retired. Incumbent Trustee Bill Neil is not seeking re-elec­ tion after 12 years on the council. Charlton Park Village, Museum Museum and and Recreation Recreation Area. Area. This This isis aa vital vital quarter quarter of aa mill mill toto support support on on of of of Barry County’s premier assets in assets Southwestern Michigan. I am hopeful we can continue this much-needed financial support. Donald Boysen Former Thornapple Twp. Supervisor Middleville Vote for integrity when it comes to TK school board Dear editor, As TK residents consider who they will vote for in the election on Tuesday, I encourage everyone to support incumbents Jeff Dickman, Allison Hinton, Krissy Hoosen and challeng­ er Brenda Hess for the Thomapple Kellogg School Board. Jeff, Allison and Krissy are currently serving with selflessness and integrity. I have had the pleasure of serving with them at the board table. They model the best of board service: They come to board meetings will­ ing to listen and collaborate. Dear Editor, I am writing to support Caledonia school board candidates didates Eric Eric VanGessel, James Ernest and Mary Anne Timmer. It worries me that a non-partisan position has been so evenly divided by three candidates enthusiastically aligning themselves with reactionary politicians, What we need are candidates who value respect, civility and have a clear understand­ ing of the issues that concern our student’s best shot at life long success, Teachers have always enjoyed parental involve­ ment and guidance and are not out to harm children’s minds. When adults are asked what their biggest influence was growing up, many will thank a teacher Look at the big picture and let’s keep an even keel on the ship of life for our wonderful Caledonia students. John Crissman Caledonia Their top concern is that we make we work work together together to to make the the best best decisions decisions for for every every child in in our our district. district. They child They respect public educators and public education. Unlike oth­ ers who are running to unseat them, they have no partisan, reactionary agenda. Their decisions are rooted in facts, I am confident that the fourth candidate I am endorsing, Brenda Hess, is equipped to model the best of board ser­ vice based on her public ser­ vice in another community, before retiring back in her hometown. Our children and families have been through difficult times and several divisive voices in our community made the challenges even greater. As we get back on track, we need stability on the board and people who have proven they can serve with integrity through tough times. Please vote for Jeff, Allison, Krissy and Brenda for the TK board. Anne Hamming Middleville Trio of candidates will bring transparency, civility back to Caledonia school board To the editor: Next week’s Caledonia School Board elections are an opportunity for our com­ munity to elect three new board members. Unfortunately, it seems the In Caledonia school board race, don’t let partisan­ ship win real issue surrounding this election should be; what exactly IS the role of the school board? We believed the local school board was supposed to listen to and represent the citizens in setting the direc­ tion and focus for educating our children. But as it sits today, school administrators, guided by state and federal government bureaucrats, set the goals and recommend the curriculum for our local schools, and the majority on our school board just rubber stamps it. We discovered discovered this because, 16 months ago, we started attending school board meetings to attempt an honest, open dialogue with the board on an issue affecting schools all over this country. One with which we had had a personal experi­ ence within Caledonia schools. We were dismayed with what we witnessed. Our board is a hyper-polit­ ical, dysfunctional group that expects unquestioned buy-in with all of our administra­ tion's recommendations (i.e. government initiatives). They ignore or belittle any­ one who disagrees. We witnessed the Superintendent condescendingly insinuate on several occasions, that any public or board member criticism of Caledonia, MI Your Safety is Important to Us - State of the Art Systems - Z Complete Collision Service J Frame Repairs J State & I-CAR Certified Technicians J Direct Repair Facility * Most insurance companies kNFIB WMBA GOLD CLASS fcaq Thomas R. Hamilton 1964-1991 Oh, the great dawn is breaking, The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill, The lark from her light wing the bright dew is shaking, Oh, hast thou forgotten how soon we must sever? Oh, hast thou forgotten this day we must part? It may be for years, and it may be forever, But alas! One fine day we will all be together, Safely In the arms ofJesus Christ our Lord. Lesonal Water Bourne System Open Monday thru Friday 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 616.891.0150 Ed Pawloski Jr., Owner September 2,1991 gone, but not forgotten, 110 Johnson St., Caledonia • www.edsbody.com Love you Thom 9 4 » I I * I I I i I Id’ >1 #■ 0 s'--'- li! I 1' * • r" j JIBS®51 i! B ’ I * 4 ’Sk i ’■’C* X. %Ik XS See LETTERS, page 7 f I the school policy/curriculum was either an attack on teach­ ers, talking points that people were “seeing on Fox news,” or misinformation from social media. No wonder parents are frustrated. A couple of those insults were directed at us, by the Superintendent and two of the board members, for hav­ ing the temerity to ask ques­ tions about the guiding principles of the publishing company that produced the new­ est high school curriculum. We actually reviewed the curriculum and researched the publishing company, something no one on the Curriculum Committee or the Superintendent had both­ ered to do. Our written review was completely ignored and we were insulted for questioning it. Is this what they mean by transpar­ ency? Will this encourage other parents to participate in the public curriculum review process? To make a bad situation worse, school board candi­ date James Ernest, a man who we had never met and who knew nothing about us, mocked our public comment to the board. He also wrote deceitful hit pieces on social media about us, board mem­ ber Morris, and apparently other community members who spoke to the board in the past. He, along with another cunent board member, use social media to harass candi­ dates running against him, all three of whom have made the choice not to respond in-kind. In his Sun and News inter­ view, Mr. Ernest disdainfully calls the authentic concerns of Caledonia parents, “pseu­ do-intellectual, culture-war­ based assaults on teachers and schools.” He also said he “concluded” (because he has lots of college degrees!) that a Caledonia parent organiza­ tion “was formed as part of a nationwide partisan-political effort to stir up dissension based on resentment ot inconvenient public health measures, denial of the d* Mom, Dad, and Hamilton Family I i । J V t II - * Brsm/W a । ’ AOfiii1 LETTERS FROM OUR READERS Don’t forget the Village on the upcoming ballot Editor: With the general election on Nov. 8 fast approaching, I want to remind the voters in Middleville not to forget the Village election portion of the ballot. There are two can­ didates as trustees for 4-year terms on the Village Council I would like to recommend: Makenzi Peters and Richard Hamilton. Richard Hamilton is a retired GM Engineering Manager and was a Western Michigan University associ­ ate professor and Ferris State’s director of technolo­ gy. Dick and his family moved to Middleville in 1979 and was on the TK School District Board of Education. Makenzi Peters is the administrator of Carveth Village Independent and Assisted Living Facility in Middleville. Both of these candidates would add greatly to the operation of the Village. Also on the ballot is a renewal of millage proposi­ tion for the operation and maintenance of Historic 0 V �I The Sun and News, Saturday, November 5, 2022/ Page 7 LETTERS, continued from page 6 effects of racism...and dis­ like of kids who are members of sexual minorities. That's a whole lot of pro­ jection, accusation and ani­ mus with zero evidence and amounts to character assas­ sination of people he does not know and clearly does not understand. Sadly, the teacher's union wants this man on our school board, knowing he attacks Caledonia parents from his openly far left political per­ spective, all while claiming he is ‘nonpolitical’. M * ’ I 1 This has been an unfortu­ nate eye opening experience for us. Respectful, honest public discourse is not even possible in this toxic envi­ ronment where some people believe they need to spread gossip and dehumanize those with whom they disagree. But we continue to have hope that Caledonia can do better than this and the school board can have meaningful discourse with the public. There are three candidates who were moved by their own similar experi- ences with the board to become the ‘eyes to see and ears to hear’ for the commu­ nity. They want to sit on the board to actually engage parents and show them the respect they did not receive over the past few years, so can make they can truly informed decisions for informed everyone involved: teachers, students and Caledonia families. We hope you will get out and vote Tuesday and consider electing Dr. Nichols and Mr. Brandow and re-electing Mr. Morris, to the Caledonia school board. Bob and Chris Thelen Caledonia for Mary Anne Timmer for Caledonia Community schools board in the November 2022 election. Timmer brings the experi­ Candidate would bring ence, expertise and commit­ experience, commitment ment needed to guide CCS. to Caledonia school She has already demonstrat­ board ed strong leadership skills during six six years years of ofprior prior serser­ Dear Sun & News during Caledonia’s school Editor: vice on Caledonia's Providing high-quality board. Her expertise as a and accessible public educa- CPA also provides the necestion for our youth is one of sary guidance and oversight our community ’s community most to assure that taxpayer dol­ important responsibilities, lars are well-spent in the cre­ That's why we will be voting ation of outstanding learning opportunities. Finally, Timmer is com­ mitted to securing the best possible education for all of Caledonia's learners by sup­ porting our dedicated educa­ tors and a 21st century cur­ riculum that will allow our CCS students and our community to flourish. Our support is behind Mary Anne Timmer and the other non-partisan “VET” candidates » Eric Van Gessel and James Ernest. Deborah Steketee Alto ♦ Gillhespy, Bishop seek seats on Middleville Village Council Greg Chandler Staff Writer Last week, the Sun and News profiled five candidates who are running for trustee seats on the Middleville Village Council in Tuesday's election. Today, we feature two more candi­ dates who are running for the council. Tracy Gillhespy is seeking a four-year term on the coun­ cil, while Robert Bishop is running as a write-in for a two-year term. The candidates were pro­ vided questionnaires and gave their responses to the questions. 1 ’G 'Ri ■. b - 4 <1 • I V - iii i I r i ^*1)1 nil a Tracy L. Gillhespy Occupation: Customer Service J&H Oil Oil inin Middleville and business owner of the former Lunch Lady in Hastings and future Lunch Lady location TBD. .tr 1i T Attend n'fiki T 41 gt •: e 411 , Air# ,mi i IF :£.i> I I it- V’ . & . d w , J •» * Why are you running for village trustee? It’s simply that I want to be the change we want to see, or part of it. I believe we always need fresh faces to keep the politicking mini­ mal and the service and stewardship to our commu­ nity the prize we keep our eyes on. What are your qualifica­ tions? I am married with 10 adult children and one still at home. I am the live-in care­ taker for my father and hus­ band. I have an education in business and - accounting from both Davenport University as well as in life experience as a restaurant owner and manager. I am passionate about being of a . , J | j 1 service to my community or anyone else’s. I believe it is much more fulfilling to give to others in service and stew­ ardship and it is the definition of my own personal success in this life. I can lead by example, I am open minded, and I am not afraid to stand corrected and be account­ able. What do you feel are the biggest issues facing the village? Growth while maintain­ ing our much-wanted small town culture can be challenging. We have experienced growth that I have never experienced in the 35 years we have had property in the village. Maintaining that growth while trying to accommodate residents' wishlists is a tall order and will require compromises and a little give-and-take. The village has been experi­ encing huge changes in the last couple of years with changes in, and losses of, local leaders and officials accompanied by some grow­ ing pains that, as long as we continue to learn from the outcomes of our words and actions, are opportunities for growth both personally and collectively. I hope that with a few fresh faces on board after some adjust­ ment, willingness to listen and learn, and leave our egos outside, we will become outstanding stew­ ards of this community no matter who gets elected. The village has experi­ enced significant growth in the last decade, as evi­ denced by the result popu­ lation increase in Middleville in the last cen­ sus. There isn’t a great deal of developable land remain­ ing in the village. How do you feel the village should best address those remain­ ing vacant parcels? I don't know. Maybe a survey of the residents could be contemplated and collab­ orated on together to find out. There have been recent projects that showed great promise but fell through, such as the Mid-Villa multi-family development and the Veneklasen project that was to have been built next to the Village Hall. What do you feel the village’s role should be in encouraging developments of this kind? Who could be better? village Absolutely the should! If we don’t steer our own community develop­ ment who should? The train depot has been designated a national his­ toric site. There is ongoing renovation work taking place at the building. What would you like to see hap­ pen as far as use of the site? Only that it is accessible to the public and preserves our history. Those are the import­ ant things. Why should we vote for you? I am honest, hard working, open minded, respectful of others and their beliefs, and I know who I work for and have a healthy respect for the position of service to the community. I have been a resident for around 30 years (plus or minus 5 years) . I have seen many changes in the village during that time and I'm sure many more to come. I am up for the challenge of changes and transitions. 1 am not stuck on keeping everything the same with no opportunity to grow, however I feel it is imperative we maintain the overall family-oriented, small town community val­ ues that have served us so well in our lifetimes and the lifetimes of those before us in this very same village. Robert Bishop Occupation: Customer Service Rep 4 • / See CANDIDATES, page 8 < ■ Why are you running for village trustee? I’ve always wanted to serve the community in a leadership role. I have volun­ teered previously with the JCI South Kent and am cur­ rently working with Scouts BSA to support the local units. This is a position where I will be able to help a larger and more diverse part of the community. 2 0 off Fabrics Excludes sale items. • Sale ends 11-30-22. 0 * OS Time to Sew Christmas Items! Ajiwbf&s- * tir Our QUESTIONS: ASK US... 218 E. 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There isn’t a great deal of developable land remaining in the village. How do you feel the village should best address those remaining vacant parcels? Capitalism takes a great deal of the load as to what should be done with what land is able to be developed. As representatives of the community, the council’s job is to set up the rules that will govern the vision of what we want in the community through zoning, ordinances and collaboration with other governmental and non-gov- r If '","1'■w What are your qualifications? I gained the rank of Eagle Scout in 1998. earned a B.S. in Political Science from Grand Valley State Grand Valley University in 2006. and completed the BSA’s advanced leadership training Woodbadge in 2019. What do you feel are the biggest issues facing the village? Affordable housing is the biggest issue that I see. With local businesses continuing to add employment opportu­ nities, if there isn't afford­ able and available housing, the money that those busi­ nesses bring into the com­ munity goes right back out to be spent elsewhere. In order to support a stronger economic footprint, we need to support residential growth. I I I 1 I i �Page 8/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 5, 2022 Trail expansion, parkland addition highlight Caledonia Township 2023 budget Greg Chandler Staff Writer Expansion of Caledonia Township’s non-motorized trail network and acquisi­ tion of land for park proj­ ects are the big-ticket items in the township general fund budget for 2023. The Township Board on Wednesday voted 6-0 to approve both the general fund and emergency ser­ vices fund budgets for next year. No one spoke at the public hearing on the bud­ gets prior to the board approval. The general fund budget calls for spending of more than $7.44 million, includ­ ing the use of $3.5 million of township reserves. The township is expected to end this year with about $4.5 million in general fund reserves, Township Administrator/Treasurer Richard Robertson said. The township has about $5.66 million budgeted in capital outlay for parks and recreation for next year, most notably $4,125 million for the second phase of development of the town­ ship’s trail system. No deci­ sions have been made as to where new trails will be constructed. The parks capital outlay also includes $400,000 for construction of a mainte­ nance building at the Community Green park, anced budget at nearly along with more than $1.74 million, down from $966,000 for land acquisi- the 2022 budget. Nearly tion for future park use. The $1.36 million of the budget maintenance building had will go toward the fire been scheduled to be built department and another this year but was put on $380,000 $380,000 will will go go toward toward hold because of high con- the township’s law enforce­ struction costs. ment services contract with The budget includes the Kent County Sheriffs more than $1.4 million in Office. bond proceeds that could be The township will levy used to finance a portion of 0.666 mills for operations the trail construction. The next year and 1.9236 mills township is expected to for law enforcement and the take in revenues of more fire department, than $3.94 million for the In other business, the year, which includes the board: bond proceeds, according - Placed on first readin: to the budget document, a change in the township’s The township emergency new policy on allocating services budget is a bal- liquor licenses to remove a requiring an provision requiring applicant to supply financial information as part of the application process. The township received four additional liquor licenses as a result of population growth in the last census, and has granted preliminary approval on two licenses so far. - Gave final approval to rezoning of two parcels owned by Day Three LLC at 8671 and 8705 Kraft Ave. SE from agricultural use to medium density resi­ dential. - Appointed Caledonia Village President Jennifer Lindsey to a three-year term on the township Planning Commission effective Jan. 1, 2023. Lindsey will replace Carol VanLaan, who did not seek another term on the com­ mission. VanLaan has been a commissioner for nearly six years. - Reappointed Doug Curtis to a three-year term on the Planning Commission. Curtis is cur­ rently the chairman of the commission. Appointed Stan McLean to a three-year term as an alternate on the Zoning Board of Appeals. - Voted to place the 2022 winter special assessment district on the December tax roll. along. If people want to live here, then they’ll also want to work here, The train depot has been designated a national historic site. There is ongoing renovation work taking place at the building. What would you like to see hap pen as far as use of the site? I attended a public input session on what should be done with the depot. There was a lot of good input from members of the community, but the suggestion that I was partial to was to use it as a small community museum and office space for the Downtown Development Authority (DDA). It would provide for a place to preserve and highlight community history and would end up with a set of docents in DDA members that are proud and excited about the community they represent. Why should we vote for you? I am a firm believer in servant leadership with long established community ties and drive to do more for my community. f M Mi II'!® CANDIDATES, continued from page 7 emmental agencies. If projects conform to those rules and regulation as set out on behalf of the people of the community, then there’s no need to hinder the process. There have been recent projects that showed great promise but fell through, such as the Mid-Villa multi-family development and the Veneklasen project that was to have been built next to to the the Village Village Hall, Hall. next What do you feel the village’s role should be in encouraging developments of this kind? Projects fall through for a lot of reasons, but ultimately everything comes down to economics. 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DEWEERDHTG.COM 269-792-2234 — t I 1 » I > i * - Since 1955 A •I LENNOX A+2 E » BBB. -- c r new edition SOLUTIONS . । [fife —— al Avoid becoming 'burden1 on grown jjfc I T / f 1 I. t « f ■< < I *■ i �* * The Sun and News, Saturday, November 5, 2022/ Page 9 Caledonia High School graduate receives top FFA honor Greg Chandler Staff Writer Zoey Zupin is passionate about agriculture and educa­ tion. The 2020 Caledonia High School graduate and Michigan State University student wants to teach agriscience and biolo­ gy when she graduates from college in 2024. Zupin’s passion for agri­ culture led her to active involvement in the local FFA (Future Farmers of America) chapter at Caledonia High, and later in the statewide FFA organization, where she held a leadership role. Now, she’s received the organization's highest honor, the American FFA Degree. Zupin received the honor last week at the 95^ National * V < 11 I I ■»v. X A? 5*^ u I * < FFA Convention and Expo at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. It's an award that's earned by less than 5 percent of FFA members. FFA members must complete an extensive list of <1 <> «SJB the state FFA Degree, have been an active member of FFA for the past three years and have a satisfactory track record of participation in FFA chapter and statewide activities. In addition, they have to have graduated from high school at least a year before the national conven­ tion where the degree is to be granted, and have to have completed the equivalent of at least three years of secondary school instruction in an agricultural education program, or completed two years of secondary school instruction and one full year in a postsecondary agricul­ tural program, according to the FFA website. Also, members must have in operation and kept records for a supervised agricultural experience experience program, program, where where the member has demonstrated comprehensive planning, managerial and financial expertise. They must also show outstanding leadership abilities and community involvement and have kept a high school scholastic record of C or better. They must also have taken part in at least 50 hours of community service with at least three different community service activities, according to the FFA website. Zupin is studying agricul­ ture, ture. food and natural resources education at MSU, with a minor in environmen­ tal and sustainability studies and biological sciences. Zupin’s boyfriend, 2019 Hastings High School graduate Devin Haywood, also received the American FFA Degree at the convention. Haywood graduated from MSU's dairy industry tech program in 2020 and now studies agricultural equipment ment technology at the University of Northwestern Ohio in Lima. Ohio. h. » •C-r 1 2020 Caledonia High School graduate Zoey Zupin (center) met recently with current students in the school’s FFA (Future Farmers of America) chapter. Zupin I who now attends Michigan State University, recently received the organization’s highest honor, the American FFA Degree. Pictured with Zupin from left are CHS students Genevieve Calhoun, Griffin Wolverton, Carly VanderRoest, Lydia Hilton, Brooke Heyboer and Megan Bushart. (Photo Courtesy of Jessica Seif, CHS FFA advisor) % hi • Jt * la'H * requirements to receive the American FFA Degree. First, they have to have received VI .» *T\ . Yankee Springs sets Veterans Day observance Greg Chandler Staff Writer Springs Yankee Township will hold a Veterans Day observance at 11 a.m. next Friday at the Yankee Springs Veterans Memorial, located on the site of the fire station at 1425 S. Payne Lake Rd. David Gurtowsky, who served in the Marines, will be the keynote speaker, and remarks will also be given by Township Trustee and Navy veteran Dave VanHouten. Mic Lane, who has written music dedicated to veterans, will provide music for the event. Cookies and coffee will be available following the ceremony at the fire sta­ tion. After the ceremony, guests are welcome to drive to Yankee Springs Township Park for the first Veterans Walk, which orga­ nizers hope will become an annual tradition. Walkers will make one round on the paved trail around the park, about a half-mile. In addition, a painting that has been donated to the township Veterans Committee will be auc­ tioned off, with proceeds from the auction going to support the veterans memo­ rial. Mb y frt . date ui I IM j-. J-T • sJ eB • I I * ■■ Jeff Allison Brenda Krissy Dickman Hinton Hess Hooson We believe in putting education first. A seat on the board isn’t about politics or grandstanding. It’s a I । ^Iai | non-partisan role where the only agenda should be, “Ilow can wc provide the best education for TK Students?" http://bit.ly/3T9tUkt?r=qr �1 Page 10/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 5, 2022 Middleville council considers sharing a planning and zoning administrator with Thornapple Township James Gemmell Contributing Writer On his first day as Middleville’s new village manage, Craig Stolsonburg proposed a significant change in a staffing position, At the Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday afternoon, Stolsonburg asked the council to consider the possi­ bility of hiring a planning and zoning administrator who would split duties working for both the village and simThomapple Township ilar to how it was years ago. The village has been with­ out a regular planning and zoning administrator since Brian Urquhart left the posi­ tion in June to become the city planner in Grand Haven. Contract management consul­ tant Duane Weeks has been handling most of the planning and zoning duties in the interim. Weeks and Department of Public Works director Alec Belson also had been serving as temporary co-village man­ agers since last spring, after former manager Patricia Rayl resigned. Several years ago, the vil­ lage and the township jointly employed one person as planning and zoning admin­ istrator for both municipali­ ties. Catherine Getty served in that capacity from 2012 until December 2013 before Urquhart was hired part-time in Middleville and began serving as zoning administratorfor both the village and the City of Wayland. Getty continued as planning and zoning administrator for just the township. But she announced at the Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday she will be resigning soon from that position. “So, we’re going to have two potential positions simi­ lar in the northwest corridor of the county available, and maybe even three,” told Stolsonburg the Committee of the Whole. “My understanding is, Yankee Springs is going to be searching for a planning and zoning person, as well. We reached out to Thomapple Township to see if they would be interested in creat­ ing a combined role again, like we had before.” t The timing would be ideal, because village staff already had been planning to request village council approval this month to post a public notice seeking a planning and zon­ ing administrator. And because Getty will be step­ ping down from that same position with the township, It was my thought when I first applied for (village manager), that we could figure out ways to work together with the township and the surrounding communities again in peace and harmony like we did once in the heyday of Middleville,” Stolsonburg said. He continued, “I’d like to encourage that type of working relationship again. And I think there’s an opportunity, if we do it right, to have some shared resources. And potentially, be able to look for a higher-level candidate even. If we look for somebody that has all the degrees and all the things we want in a master planner, for exampie, it’s probably going to command a higher wage. And if we were able to pool our resources, maybe we can afford something better.” Stolsonburg was asked after the meeting what other advantages there might be if the village council and township board were to agree to share a planning and zoning administrator. “We have similar zoning and a similar plan, a similar vision for our communities,” he replied. “It would be nice to have one person adminis­ ter both of them rather than having a hard stop at the village and township lines, and things like that.” He added it would be nice to fill that position as soon as possible, but recognizes that it may be hard to find some­ one right away. The Committee of the Whole informally gave its per­ mission for village staff to continue meeting with township officials to discuss the idea of sharing a planning and zoning administrator. “When we have a proposal for a split (role) and things like that, we can bring it back for your consideration,” Stolsonburg told the council. j L a The Middleville Committee of the Whole met Tuesday afternoon to discuss several issues. Left to right: Ed Schellinger, Mike Lytle, President ProTempore Fran French, President Sherry Ronning, Mike Cramer. Two members were absent. (Photo by James Gemmell) New Middleville Village Manager Craig Stolsonburg addressing the Committee of the Whole on Tuesday afternoon at village hall. (Photo by James Gemmell) overhang running the full width of the building. If the village council approves at its Nov. 9 meet­ ing the H3 Properties estimate, Belson said construc­ tion will begin this year and be completed in early 2023. That would give the DPW time to move items it has been storing out of the old Thornapple Thornapple Township Emergency Services fire bam building at 115 High Street by an August 2023 deadline to vacate the premises. The village sold the old fire bam this past summer to Acorn Treehouse Ventures LLC. Funds for the DPW expan­ sion were set aside in the village’s fiscal year 2022 and 2023 general-fund budgets. “Go forward (in exploring it),” President Sherry Sherry Ronning said. Middleville-based H3 Properties Properties to to build build an an addition addition to the Department of Public Works garage on Sheridan Street. DPW Director Alec Completion of Belson said it was the lowest wastewater treatment plant drawing near of ofthree threebids bidsfor forthe the60-by-9260-by-92A major expansion of the foot footaddition. addition. C. Village of Middleville’s Shelbyville-based C. wastewater-treatment plant Stevens Construction LLC is nearing completion, 13 had bid $272,945 to do the months after it began. project, but Belson said that Brandon Mieras, a princi­ included about $24,000 pal with the Grand Rapids- worth of asphalt paving the based Williams Works village doesn’t need right engineering firm, said at now. Without the paving, he Tuesday’s Committee of the said the other quote was Whole meeting he expects about $248,000. A 60-by-47-foot portion the project to be done by Dec. 21. of the garage addition will be The wastewater plant was used by the DPW for indoor built at 607 Sheridan St. in storage space. A 24-by-601996, so the equipment foot section will be used by inside it needed to be police for equipment storage. replaced, including the two There will be another room original processing tanks, with only a nine-foot ceiling Plant capacity also needed that it not as tall as the rest of to be increased, with Mieras the building. Belson said citing increased wastewater police could use that room to consumption. house more equipment, and The new treatment capaci- the mezzanine above it will ty will be about 920,000 gal- be used by the village for Ions daily. That includes the equipment storage. two new tanks, plus doubling There also will be an outthe size of the sludge-storage door storage section undertank and installing two new neath a 19-foot-deep roof pumps. The electronic con­ trols for the plant are being replaced with the new control panel. About $5 million was budgeted for the project. Adding streetlights to a busy intersection Stolsonburg said village staff recently met with administrators of the Thomapple Kellogg Schools to discuss improving lighting at what he described as a “very dangerous” intersec­ tion for schoolkids crossing at Bender and Green Lake roads. “We’re still waiting on some lighting discussion from Consumers Energy. We €4 do have a bank of cross­ uig-guaiu signs that mat are ing-guard lighted that were originally purchased for Grand Rapids Street, to go from Bradford White to Lovey’s (Snack Shack convenience store),” he said. Stolsonburg also recommended the purchase of another set of lights for installation on Grand Rapids Street. “That would be push-but­ ton type of crosswalks. So, kids would have to learn (how to operate them). School administrators are willing to monitor for three or four weeks to make sure the kids (are using the lights correctly),” he said. Belson said a set of lights like what is in place down­ town would cost about $7,000, plus labor. “They will be crossing Main Street. So, they will be going from the south side of Main Street to the north side of Main Street on the east side of the intersection of Bender and Main,” Belson said. The council voted 5-0 to approve the streetlight crossing and, also, the purchase of the new equipment for Grand Rapids Street. ♦THREE BROTHERS1 YOU PIZZA ^ou Council to consider bid for DPW garage addition The Committee of the Whole voted 5-0 to move on to the full council a bid from - Middleville, MI - On November 10th, 1 FREE PIZZA (Pick-up Only) Happy Birthday Jar Heads Semper Fi t I Clerk, Charter Township of Caledonia 1 I > ।j। » i * * all Receive All registered voters who live within Precinct 1 (Village of Caledonia) now VOTE at the Caledonia Village Hall, 250 S. Maple Street SE, Caledonia, Ml 49316. Precinct hours are 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on November 8, 2022. Any questions, please contact the Clerk’s Department at (616) 891-0070. Joni Henry I i > । i » UNITED STATES MARINES Charter Township of Caledonia, Kent County, Michigan * F r 189946 ** - * J r < ; t <• I f I ■ 4 < • t f » » ‘ 1 < 1 * « f l II I A it $ V. I fl �I I The Sun and News, Saturday, November 5, 2022/ Page 11 I TAPRC names softball, baseball coaches of the year ed Stevens highlighted her patience and positive approach to skill building with her 10U softball play­ ers. “She worked with these kids each week giving them leadership and encouragement," ment/ a parent wrote in Stevens' nomination. “She ensured every child learned something new every week ...She worked diligently with the children on learning the basic skills they needed in a positive manner. All in all we thank Jesseca for the inspiration she gave the team to do their best and to have fun. She is the reason our grandson now loves baseball and will continue playing, hopefully for years to come. Brummels’ nomination The Thornapple Area Parks and Recreation board Commission has selected Jess Stevens and Colson Brummel for the 6th TAPRC Andy Annual Saldivar Coach of the Year Award for the 2022 baseball/ softball season. Stevens and Brummel were selected for modeling outstanding sportsmanship while also creating a fun, supportive environment for their athletes to learn base­ ball and softball skills. The two were selected based on nominations from parents and grandparents of athletes. They were recently presented with a trophy by TAPRC President Catherine Getty and TAPRC Director Emily Dock. The parents who nominat- 'M,,. iT** .‘*1 highlighted his preparedness. love of the game, and clear, clear. positive feedback as he helped his 12U athletes learn the skills of the game. Coach Brummel’s coach­ ing style is exactly what TAPRC needs more of in interfacing with today’s youth," his nomination form read. “It is clear that coach loves baseball and is pas­ sionate about helping kids love baseball too, even the kids who are playing for their first season at age 12. In our new world where kids a video are good at playing o games and haven't spent much time playing outside or even watching baseball on TV, these positive experiences/interactions are increas­ ingly vital to our communi­ ty's health and lifelong fit­ ness." The nomination also emphasized that Brummel was very good at making skills memorable by giving the skills names like “alliga•> tor scoop for catchins two-handed infield ground­ ers.” 44 > I Colson Brummel (left) and Jess Stevens (right). 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Ml 49302 I f I I f I Find out more about Team V-E-T and how to help support them! t f > i �Page 12/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 5, 2022 Crews gets back up. gets return trip to D2 State Finals Brett Bremer Sports Editor Ever)' step was precious as the late October frost slowly melted at South Christian High School Saturday morn­ ing, Oct. 29. Thomapple Kellogg sopho­ more Ava Crews had one mis­ step early on in the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 2 Cross Countiy Regional host­ ed by the Sailors, but recov­ ered to to earn a spot in the state finals for the second con­ secutive season. Crews is a regional medalist for the second consecutive season. She flew across the finish line with a left leg coat­ ed in mud, having slid to the ground while rounding a slick turn early on, as the clock hit 19 minutes 46.06 seconds. “Maybe only like one per­ son passed me/' Crews said of her moment on the ground. “I just hoped this wasn't the end for me. I knew I was [seeded] 11th with all the PR's and everything. I knew I couldn't give up anything, so I just pushed for the last two and a half miles.” She said small, steep hills scattered across the South Christian course make it a tough one. “They’re short, but they are so painful. It killed me they’re just all over the place,” Crews said. • • • // I*/ 4 •4 ■> I Thornapple Kellogg’s Mark Gielincki, Evan Liu and Benjamin Postma race along together during the first mile of the MHSAA L.P. Division 2 Regional hosted by South Christian Saturday, Oct. 22. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Crews qualified for the state finals with a third place finish at regionals as a freshman last fall. She said the field was much tougher this time around with the East Grand Rapids and Forest Hills Eastern girls competing. She did her best to stick with Forest Hills Eastern The next regular meeting of Irving Township Board will be changed to November 16, 2022 at 6:30 PM. at the Township Hall located at 3425 Wing Rd., Hastings, Michigan 49058. senior Sarah Dixon early on, but eventually decided she couldn't keep pace and set her sights on West Michigan Aviation junior Emma DeVries instead. Crews would up half a second behind the WM A junior, Crews is looking forward to using • the experience she gained at MIS last fall this time around, especially during the hectic first 800 meters of the race. The top three teams and all 15 regional medalists in both the boys' and girls’ races Saturday qualified to compete in the state finals at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn today, Nov. 5. The top seven individuals not on TEN QUESTIONS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW 1. Is all this just one big cosmic accident? (Does anyone still believe that!) 2. What is my purpose for being here? (To have fellowship with God) 3. When did God have the idea to create me? (Before the Earth was made He knew who you would be) 4. Why the whole Jesus thing? • (Without Jesus, God would have lost us) 5. Why do people go to Hell? (God doesn’t want anyone to go to Hell, people choose life without Him) 6. What’s with the Devil? (He was a chief angel who wanted to and still wants to be god over this world) 7. Why should I choose to live my life for Jesus? (So many reasons. God knows exactly what you need. He knows your fears and He knows your tremendous value) 8. Does God actually speak to people today? (Most definitely yes!) 9. What about my problems, issues, tragedies? (God cares! About the big things, the small things, about everything) 10. Am I good enough? (No, no one has ever been good enough, everyone needs Jesus in their life!) It doesn’t matter who you are or what you have done; absolutely everyone needs God. And God wants you, He wants the best life for you, and for you to know Him. '' 1 Pray this prayer (why not): God, I want to be a part of your plan. I need You to guide me and speak to me. I acknowledge that Jesus died so my sins can be forgotten. I will live every moment how You direct me. Amen God wants every person here today to know that he has a plan for them. And that plan is freedom from the fears, the anxieties that weigh us down. The lies of this world are for one reason to keep you from knowing the truth, because if you knew the truth you would drop everything and RUN after Him. Eric and Cindy Smith those three state qualifying teams also secured spots at the state finals. In both the boys’ and girls' races at South Christian last Saturday those top three teams were, in order, East Grand Rapids, Forest Hills Eastern and South Christian. The Thomapple Kellogg girls were eighth and the boys 12th in their respective regional races, Today was definitely not a fast course.” Hastings junior Riley Shults, who was the last of the individual state qualifiers from the boys’ race, said, “It was cold and slippery and it just felt like every single step I couldn't take for granted. I had to push it and push it and push it, especially at the start. You see the East Grand Rapids guys and the Forest Hills Eastern guys, two of the best teams in the state just going at it and I'm in the mid­ dle just sitting there like ‘goodness! Thomapple Kellogg's lead­ er, junior Lucas Van Meter. 1J” Thornapple Kellogg junior Katherine Powers races around a turn in the middle of the MHSAA L.R Division 2 Regional hosted by South Christian Saturday, Oct. 22. (Photo by Brett Bremer) I Gitas Stai 4 ¥ <5 Uita mate taiW W Lit. * See TROJANS, page 13 TK junior Kaden Hamming winds his way along the course at South Christian High School Saturday, Oct. 22, during the MHSAA L.R Division 2 Regional Meet hosted by the Sailors. (Photo by Brett Bremer) II I 4 ■ i » 1 • • PROPOSAL Do you support repealing parental consent for abortion and removing parental consent for children to begin gender-reassignment treatment? If NO, Vote yon Proposal TOO CONFUSING TOO EXTREME Paid fa with n quMii'd fund* bv Otizenv ro Support Mi Women and ChHdrrn POt Bo, 90L Grand «ap«dL. Ml *9509 09Q1 9 pl! $ Irving Township Public Notice of Meeting Date Change c 4* I I . I i I i �The Sun and News, Saturday, November 5, 2022/ Page 13 TROJANS, continued from page ■ ■> I rr. slid down just like Crews did role, which is important, put- he added. “They are already Katherine Powers 74th in girls who had run. senior Ellory Clason tenth. early on in the race. He went on ting a little bit of the weight of talking about goal-setting for 24:13.82. East Grand Rapids had its South Christian and West to place 40th in 17:51.53. He the team on his shoulders and next year, which is great." “After our last runner top five all among the top 15 Michigan Aviation both had was about 40 seconds behind just getting better at goal-setThe TK boys’ team also crossed the line this morning, medalists. medalists. Junior JuniorDrew Drew Muller Muller two twomedalists medalists in in the the girls' Shults who hit the finish line ting. Just getting better at plot- had sophomore Evan Liu 97th and I finally made my way to won won the the race race inin 18:52.45 18:52.45 and and race. SailorjuniorEllia Agar 21 st overall in 17:11.26. ting out a course of where you overall in 21:34.11. the runner's corral past the sophomore teammate Sadey improved herPR to 19:23.26 “Luke was in a great spot want to be at certain times of a East Grand Rapids won the finish line, I saw a team victo- Seyferth was the runner-up in to pace seventh. and fell in the first mile, kind of race. Having those smaller girls' championship with just ry,” TK girls' coach Sam 19:00.64. The Pioneers also Marshall junior Camille in this back woods section, and goals when they’re racing is 29 points, ahead of Forest Wilkinson said. “Our girls had senior Camryn Bodine DeCola was the last of the although he said he popped up important when they step in Hills Eastern 49, South were surrounding each other fourth in 19:13.57, freshman individual state qualifiers in fairly quickly that is a lot of from that sophomore year to Christian 83, West Michigan with love and support. Hugs Gracie Lynn eighth in 19:24.68 the girls' race. She placed 19th adrenaline you have to harness that junior year.” Aviation 111, Marshall 184, were being given, high fives and senior Abigail Petr on in 20:07.33. in that first mile,” TK boys’ “Hunter ran great today Harper Creek 199, Hopkins were being delivered, and both Crews’ heels in 14th place Wayland senior Olivia coach Josh Reynolds said. too.” 205, Thomapple Kellogg 230, with different intent. There with a time of 19:48.20. Barbas qualified for the state East Grand Rapids took the Rounding out the top five Wayland 235 and Gull Lake was cause for honoring excel­ Forest Hills Eastern had finals with a ninth-place time boys’ regional title with 38 for the TK boys were fresh­ 249 in the top ten. lent finishes, and there was a four regional medalists, led by of 19:25.92. A pair of Wayland points, ahead of Forest Hills man Mark Gielincki who was Senior Lindsey Velting was call for sympathy and empa- junior Addison Washier who boys qualified for the finals, Eastern 46, South Christian 87th in 20:13.43 and senior TK’s number two with a time thy; both were fully delivered was third in 19:06.63. The sophomore Dylan Pratt who 114, Harper Creek 121, Dylan Church who was 90th of of 22:30.38. 22:30.38. Freshman Freshman on both fronts by both our JV Hawks had junior Ashlyn was 14th and senior Devin Wayland 132, Marshall 168, in 20:24.17. Madison Kietzman was 52nd support crew and each of the Smith fifth, Dixon sixth and Weaver who was 18th. Hastings 199, Gull Lake 217, Gielincki was one of two in 22:35.90 for the Trojans. Ionia 229 and West Michigan freshmen in the regional line­ Emma Thompson ran the Jv Aviation 265 in the top ten. up for the boys. Benjamin fastest race of her senior sea­ f 7 t IF*r <. s TK finished wth 365 points. Postma placed 93rd in son to place 56th in 22:48.84. Forest Hills Eastern senior 20:40.08. * The TK team had senior Lucy Aiden Sullivan was the indi­ “I was super proud of their VanDemark in its number five A’ vidual regional champion in efforts, efforts,””coach coachReynolds Reynoldssaid. said, spot with a 62nd-place time of *r ““II was the boys’ race with a time of was super super proud proud of of them them 23:01.54, and behind her V 1 16:00.99. There were just four for handling the pressure just junior Holly Velting was 71st guys among the regional med- fine fine and and learning learning from from there, there,”” in 23:46.44 and junior alists who ran personal record times Saturday. That group included East Grand Rapids x junior Alex Thole who was the runner-up in 16:03.59 and A<=* ► hi South Christian senior Caleb Boes who was third in 16:06.17. :■ The other two regional 2 medalists to set new PR's MS were Forest Hills Eastern ?? sophomore Henry Dixon, who 5 I L was seventh in 16:22.36, and 4 I 4FHE junior Brendan Hoving ! who was eighth in 16:24.01. The seven guys from the OK Gold Conference Champion FHE boys’ team all were Thomapple Kellogg sophomore Ava Crews (193) works through the crowd among the first 20 finishers at during the opening mile of the MHSAA L.R Division 2 Regional Meet hosted by the regional. South Christian High School Saturday, Oct. 22. Crews qualified for the state finals Thomapple Kellogg junior with a medal-winning 13th-place finish. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Kaden Hamming and sopho­ more Hunter Tietz both set new personal records, a fairly rare feat on the day. Hamming was 71st in 19:04.91 and Tietz 5c ► 77th in 19:37.77. 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Expires 11-15-22 FREE TIRE ROTATION & ALIGNMENT CHECK WITH ALL NEW TIRES! » I I * For a limited time * �Page 14/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 5, 2022 FHC survives Scots’ strong start in district final A t I Jr >rett Bremer Sports Editor It seemed like too simple of an idea at first for firstyear Caledonia varsity vol­ leyball coach Emily Ward. but it was the goal her girls had at the beginning of the season back in August. “Win.” Making happen that wasn't simple, but the Fighting Scots certainly did their fair share of winning this fall before running into state ranked Forest Hills Central in the MHSAA Division 1 District Finals at Caledonia High School ball in the middle of the night went on, allowing their court. Ward said she wanted offense to play more in sys­ her blockers guarding the tem. That gave the FHC lines and at least trying to attackers a better chance to slow down the attacks “so find gaps between the Scots that way we could defend talented passers led by senior hitter Paige around the block and set the outside Williamson and senior libero girls up for success on the Amanda Wolf. offensive side of things." The Scots had to do every­ Coach Ward, a libero herthing nearly perfectly for self playing at Cedarville keep pace with the Rangers University from 2019-2021, though. They did in that was pretty pleased with Wolf opening set. Caledonia hit passing .235 and Wiliamson four aces in the match and .227 on the night on their three of them were in that scale of up to .300. first set. Williamson had a teamThe Rangers improved high 19 digs. Wolf had 16. their serve receive as the The Scots also got 16 digs and 19 assists from senior setter Avery Palmateer, 15 digs from sophomore outside hitter Cambria Gaier and 11 digs and 23 assists from sophomore setter Jessica Maier. Senior Lija Sverns was one of the leaders on the block for the Scots with six total for the night. Williamson led the Scots with 16 kills. Gaier had 15 kills, Svems six and senior middle blocker Erica Postma had four. We had a five-point lead in the middle of the third set," Ward said, “and then Forest Hills Central showed some grit. They found a way to shut us down and serve aggressively. In games two and three, our serve receive struggled a little bit and that is kind of when there were some momentum shifts. In game four, Forest Hills did a good job of finding the open court and then our defense was struggling a little bit. “It was as hard-fought match. I am really proud of the way the girls came out and were mentally and physically tough. I think we had a really great season with a lot of changes and new things with me coming in as a new Caledonia libero Amanda Wolf (4) passes a Falcon serve as Paige Williamson coach. I am really proud of (11) looks on during their district semifinal match Wednesday. (Photo by Perry the way the girls adapted to Hardin). this program and were very successful.” The Scots were ranked as one of the top teams in the state in Division 1 at times during the season. The senior Thursday. The Rangers ended the Fighting Scot’s season with a 20-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-17 victory Thursday. “We came out super strong. We followed the scouting report to a T the first set and we just had a lot of great energy and intensity and grit that the girls’ showed," Ward said. Forest Hills Central entered the state postseason ranked sixth in Division 1. The scouting report had Caledonia’s talented block­ ers focusing on forcing the Rangers’ attackers to put the k 0 9 ll ■ V .1 ft I/' V ft 4ri ­ 1 J A* * A A'- > Caledonia senior Erica Postma (12) gets a kill at the net during the MHSAA Division 1 District Semifinal at Caledonia High School against East Kentwood Wednesday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin) group of Maddie Fortune, Wolf, Wolf, Sverns, Sverns, Williamson, Postma Postma and and Palmateer Palmateer will will be be aa hard hard one one to to say say goodgoodbye to, but there will be a lot of of players players with with varsity varsity expeexpe­ rience rience back back for for the the Scots Scots next fall. Ward said the girls asked her to trust them at the begin begin-­ ning of the year when they listed “win” as their goal. “I am a very competitive person. I was as very competitive player. I wanted to honor the girls’ goal for the season and wanted to do all that I could to achieve that goal, They were held to a lot of high standards and there was a lot of mentally tough days in practice where our skills as there, but 1 knew in order for us to be a great team we had to work on our mental game, There were a lot of mentally draining drills the girls went through this season so that when we got to game time things were easier.” Caledonia was 9-5 in the OK Red Conference this fall, They swept their two conference matches with East Kentwood during the regular season and defeated the Falcons 25-16. 26-18, 25-23 in the district semifinals in Caledonia Thursday evening. The Fighting Scots opened the postseasonwith a 25-15, 25-16, win over 25-16, 25-10 Thornapple Kellogg Monday, Oct. 31. "1 ij® (fcaUf /■□IS® ibiiM ’ ISM to &ii Hum I ‘■’SUif I l^‘ Need some extra CASH? bk.L - Supplement your income by delivering newspapers each week. 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Broadway (M-43) Hastings EQUAL MOUONQ ORPORTURITY llfi V I 1 4 I t > 0 Fighting Scot senior Paige Williamson (11) gets an ace from the deep middle while teamamte Erica Postma stays prepared at the net Wednesdasy during the MHSAA Division 1 District Semifinal against East Kentwood at Caledonia High School. (Photo by Perry Hardin) % & & �I I The Sun and News, Saturday, November 5, 2022/ Page 15 CHS senior leaders run to spots at cross country finals k 1 I Li ; a X I 4 0 ••r. * 4 wn VsM ilSij sit 1 J R *w Mita- Mia • J — Ka b Tlr .*« h Ait AH Q’ ’• - V t ‘I V H «• M \ -I* ••MMl \ to fe EuEJL to I idiitaiifa' I r1.. i: Jjssi®iXII I Brett Bremer Sports Editor Fighting Scots seniors Jordan Domany and Natalia Quigley are going back to the state finals. Portage Central 75-78 for the boys’ regional title. Forest Hills Central was third with 98 points, ahead of Battle Creek Lakeview 116, East Kentwood 129, Caledonia 140, Portage It has been a while for Quigley. Domany from the Caledonia varsity boys’ cross country ’ ~ the * 1 team and Quigley from varsity girls’ team both earned spots in today’s, Nov. 5, MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Cross Country Championship with their per­ formance at last Friday's (Oct. 28) regional at Portage West Middle School. Quigley raced at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn as a freshman, the last time the Caledonia girls' team qualified for the state finals. She was the Scots' number six runner at those 2019 finals, placing 209th in what was then a personal record time of 20:53.4. She has since improved her personal record to 19:21.0 at the first OK Red Conference jamboree of her senior season this fall, a season in which she has been the Scots' leader from start to finish. Quigley was a regional medalist last Friday in Portage placing 13th in 19:30.02. Domany, who ran at the state finals with the state-run­ ner-up Caledonia boys' team at the end of his sophomore and junior seasons, qualified as an individual this time around with a sixth-place time of 15:54.7 at the regional. He is now a three-time regional medalist and he'll be running for his second state medal Friday. He was 29th at the finals as a sophomore in 2020. The top three teams and all 15 regional medalists in both the boys' and girls’ races Friday qualified to compete in the state finals. The top seven individuals not on those three state qualifying teams also secured spots at the state finals. The Caledonia boys’ team was sixth and the girls' team eighth at Portage. East Kentwood sophomore Isaac Tanis was the last of the individual state qualifiers in the boys' race. He placed 14th overall in 16:21.77. Fighting Scot senior Blake Elliott was 25 seconds back of that pace, placing 24th in 16:46.15. Caledonia senior Leah Thompson was even closer to the last individual state qualifi­ er in the girls’ race. She placed 21st in 20:06.60. East Kentwood freshman Ava Lawrence was 14th in 19:35.10 to secure the last of the individ­ ual state qualifier spots. The 15th-place medalist in both the boys' and girls’ races was a member of one of the state qualifying teams. Forest Hills Central sophomore Anna Sybenga was 15th in a person­ al record time of 19:35.90. Kalamazoo Central freshman Andrew Wright: was 15th in the boys' race in 16:21.87, a new PR for him too. Kalamazoo Central edged Northern 180, Loy Norrix 198, Ottawa Hills 234 and Forest Hills Northern 263 in the top ten. r Ottawa Hills senior Benne Anderson was the individual champion in 15:05.92, and the top eight finishers in the boys’ race all came in with sub-16minute times. Kalamazoo Central junior Jasper Cane was the runner-up with a PR of 15:22.17. Caledonia also had senior Jonathan Miedema 31st in 16:58.98, sophomore Kort Thompson 34th in 17:03.40 and junior Micah Nagel 45th in 17:23.25. Thompson and Nagel both set new personal records at the meet. Rounding out the Scots’ seven sophomore Mason Morrell was 50th in 17:37.38 and junior Levi Moss 52nd in 17:38.26. The girls’ meet was decided by three points as well. Lowell won with 107 points, ahead of Portage Central 110, Forest Hills Central 122, Forest Hills Northern 137, Kalamazoo Central 153, Portage Northern 168, Byron Center 169, Caledonia 184, Loy Norrix Battle Creek 186 and Lake view 199 in the top ten. Forest Hills Central junior * Caledonia High senior Blake Elliot (49) finished 24th in a time of 16:46.15 at an MHSAA Division 1 regional at Portage West Middle School on a warm and sunny fall afternoon on Friday, Oct. 28. (Photo by Will Kowalski) Clare James-Heer won the race in 18:07.90 and senior Allison Cornell from Forest Hills Northern was the run­ ner-up in 18:15.80. Lowell was led to the team title by senior Annika Sandman who finished third in 18:22.70. Fighting Scot senior Madelyn Fennema ran her fastest race ever to place 23rd. She hit the finish line in 20:07.50. Caledonia senior Jordan Domany (48) finished sixth in the Division 1 boys’ race at the MHSAA regionals at Portage West Middle School on Friday, Oct. 28 in a time of 15:54.67 to advance to this com­ ing Saturday’s MHSAA Championships at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. Caledonia also finished sixth as a team out of 14 squads at the regional. Shown on Domany’s left in this photo is eventual third-place finisher Aiden Moore of Lakeview. (Photo by Will Kowalski) Scot juniors Alyssa DeFields and Kloe Kimbrell came in together. DeFields was 63rd in 21:36.80 and Kimbrell was 64th in 21:37.00. Caledonia also had sophomore Avalynn Klapmust 72nd in 22:20.10 and sophomore Adysen Daman 76th in 22:48.20. HONAL t *4^ ■ I r< * ft f ^4 t • — ■ L < 5\ .r f 1* I =w t ■ I J •1 y I, . _ Ittjl • • T> Ft* I I 1 >•>- w > tv J I '-3 ■4■■ J ■ - L.” Mr ■ I Caledonia varsity boys’ cross country runners stretch out next to Fighting Scots coaches prior to the start of an MHSAA Division 1 regional race at Portage West Middle School on Friday, Oct. 28. CHS finished sixth as a team at the region­ al. (Photo by Will Kowalski) >■ Congratulations to the 3rd Annual Java Jog Winners! Left Field Cafe Middleville, Ml °n Main Ma'n teH -T Caledonia senior Natalia Quigley (46) finished 13th in a time of 19:30.20 in an MHSAA Division 1 regional meet on Friday, Oct. 28 at Portage West Middle School to earn a spot in the state finals. (Photo by Will Kowalski) 32 Landon 4 38 ’ . , 1 T 1*^ **• St Wc CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA BOARD OF TRUSTEES * t* » >• < » 4 . 5 « Meeting Minutes The minutes for the October 19, 2022 Township Board of Trustees Meeting which were approved on November 2, 2022, are posted at the Township Offices at 8196 Broadmoor Ave., and on the website at www.caledoniatownship.org. Men's 1st: William Johnson, 2nd: Tom Kribs, 3rd: James Tobin Woman's 1st: Ally Betcher, 2nd: Sarah Czinder, 3rd: Cassandra Hester Kid's Winner: Landon Kraima » f ’-A J --- ■ * r t * �fhoniappir Kcllr^g srnurs I meha Mai Mac D<maid Donald and Madison NagcL who crossed the finish Ime together behind all of them tn 28th and 29th pla.c respectively, held their arm* in victory and then used those arm* f<< a tight hug a* first and dr final time dunng then scthw season and Maple Valley girl* in Barrv County each fail on the Monday in between : finals regional* and (hr Depth and to get the h^donc for the TK ladie* each season The TK ladies won the 2020 title with M.UJoaaki ing fifth and Nagel ninth at the county meet MacDonald wax fifth a ago a* well, and Nagel The Thomapple Kellogg varsity girls' cross country team celebrates its victory at the Barry County Championship in Middleville Monday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) was 23rd. Having those two run al their peak performance didn't have any affect on the TK ladies’ final spot in the standings There arc all different trutiv al ions at the Barr) County Meet Crew*. Crews, who won Meet. Monday * race in 20:52.82. Strength in Uncertainty Buckland nrr t ^fgrnr y. nr. Jenny McKeever P.O. Box 100. Delton. Ml 49046 (269(623-5115 • bucklandinsurancc.com Contact Us Today! 4^*4 ’! *4m£s. Ml nAr came in looking lor a victory while also try mg to preserve energy for Saturday when she’ll be running in the MHSAA Ijowcr Peninsula Di vision 2 Cross Country Championship at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. Some, like Maple Valley junior Mackenzie Decker, arc pushing for a per sonal record one last time The Lion junior managed it. plac­ ing 20th in 26:34.98. While most arc trying to go fast. Nagel and MacDonald ran together reminding each other to slow down. Injuries prevented either of them fn>m running this season at all until Monday “As seniors, wc both got cleared to do one last race. I just got cleared I didn't think I was going lo be able to run until like two hours ago | when MR I results came in).” Nagel said. “We wanted to do one last race for our senior year. We knew wc weren’t going to rcally be able to perform, but we jusi kind of showed up to be w ith the team, one last hur­ rah before we never run a meet again Nagel said she hadn’t run at all in at least three weeks. MacDonald tore her ACL in March doing some soccer training and got cleared last week to start running ten to 15 minutes al a time. MacDonald was happy to have her doctor clear her last Wednesday to take n easy on the county meet course. -< “The most I vo run is about a mile before this, and that was last week Friday? MacDonald said. MacDonald has had much of her high school cross coun­ try time hampered by injuries, but is a two-time stale qualifier Wc were just kind of winging it,” Nagel said Monday, “h was rcally hard, but it was good ” It felt rcally. rcally good to finish one last time with the team.” MacDonald said. Mac Di maid hit the finish line in 28:57.42 and Nagel in 28:57.74. Wc were keeping each other in check, because wc aren’t supposed to run fast We kept going, ‘we’ve got to slow' down, MacDonald said. We had to keep in check? Nagel continued "Wc both just wanted to blow the drxirs off? off? The TK girls as a whole “blew the doors off.” f inishing with 21 points. I akewood was second in the girls standings with 54 points and Delton Kellogg third with 61. At Aft ft A Hastings and Maple Valley didn t li.m du Inc romp'll tors needed to cam a team score The lop seven finishers Monday cam first team All •any County honors while placers eight through 14 arc second tram All Barry ( ounty tins fall. TK had five gid* in the top seven and another three cam second team all county hon­ ors. TK junior Holly Veiling was the runner up lo her team mate Crews. She hit the finish line line inin 2203.93. 22533.93, Senior I indscy Velting powered through the chute to place fifth in 23:04.47. Senior 1 inmate Emma Thompson was just behind her with a sixth place time of 23:19.60 Thornapple Kellogg senior See CROSS, on next page 17 Church u J W �Thornapple Kellogg junior Lucas Van Meter runs just ahead of Hastings’ Riley Shults (left) and Brandon Simmons (right) during the opening mile of the Barry County Championship in Middleville Monday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 4 1 Thomapple Kellogg junior Holly Velting (712) and senior Lindsey Velting (705) take off at the start of the 2022 Barry ........ ’’ * ' County Championship on the grounds between the Thomapple Kellogg High School and Middle School Monday in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ’ - mostly subsided before the handful of cross country races girls took off. The Saxons fin­ this fall, was fifth in 18:24.29. ished with 21 points ahead of Lakewood senior Ryan Alford the Delton Kellogg boys with placed sixth in 18:26.10. Freshman Madison 52, Thomapple Kellogg 71 The two Saxons to earn Kietzman cruised in just ahead and Lakewood 100. Maple second-team all-county hon­ of teammates VanDemark and Valley did not cam a team ors were senior Alexander Megan Schuurmans for the score in the boys’ meet. Steward who was eighth in last of the seven al I-county Hastings had six guys in the 18:33.64 and junior Jonah first team spots. Kietzman was top nine, and four of those Teed who was ninth in seventh in 23:24.40. were among the top seven 18:37.41. VanDemark placed eighth in finishers. Delton Kellogg had four 23:24.84, surging past the Brandon guys score all-county second Sophomore freshman Schuurmans right al Simmons stuck with Shults team honors. Senior Isaac the end. Schurrmans hit the most of the race to place sec­ Shepard was tenth in 18:41.75, ond in 17:39.88. Junior Saxon senior Micah Marlin 11th in finish line ninth in 23:24.87. 18:50.39. senior Brett 18:50.39. The TK team also had Reuben Solmes flew to a new junior Katherine Powers 12th personal record time of Harsevoort 12th in 19:13.82 17:45.76 to place third. and sophomore Ethan Rimmer in 24:41.20. Thomapple Kellogg junior 14th in 19:21.79. The other two members of the girls' top seven Monday Lucas Van Meter hung with Rimmer was nearly caught Shults and Simmons for a bit for for that that final final spot spot on on the the were Delton Kellogg's White, at the front, and eventually all-county second team by who finished third in 22:10.53, freshman placed fourth in 18:18.48. sophomore sophomore teammate teammate Brock Brock and Lakewood The Saxons’ fourth member Hickerson who ran a personal Emma Tidd who ran lo a fourth-place time of 22:19.91. of of the the all-county all-county first first team team isis record lime of 19:25.36 to Other medalists in the top sophomore Micah Johnson place 15th. Thomapple Kellogg junior 14 included Maple Valley who placed seventh in Kaden Hamming earned a top18:31.36. junior Lilly Faurol who was 14 medal for his I3th-place Delton Kellogg senior tenth in 23:43.07, Delton Kellogg sophomore Johannah Hector Jimenez., a star soccer time of 19:17.00. Houtkooper who was 11th in player for the Panthers who The top five for the TK 23:51.43 and Lakewood only managed to work in a boys also included personal 190606 Phone: 616.891.0070 8196 Broadmoor Ave. SE Caledonia. Ml 49316 Caledonia Fax: 616.891.6430 1WNSHIP . CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA, COUNTY OF KENT, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF POSTING OF TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE > IJ I ntf1 PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Caledonia Charter Township Ordinance, which would rezone 8569 76th Street SE from the R-l Low Density Single Family District to the RR Rural Residential District has been posted in the office of the Township Clerk at the Caledonia Charter Township offices, 8196 Broadmoor Avenue, within the Township, for review by the public during Township office hours, and has also been posted on the Township's website, the address of which is w ww.caledoniatow nship.org. The above stated ordinance was considered by the Caledonia Charter Township Board on first reading at a public meeting ot the Township Board held on October 19, 2022 and is expected to be considered on second reading by the Township Board at a public meeting on November 16, 2022. This notice is given in accordance with Section 8 of the Charter Tow nship Act and is authorized by action taken by the Caledonia Charter Township Board. Joni Henry; Township Clerk - record runs from freshman Mark Gielincki and sopho­ more Evan Liu. Gielincki was 16th in 19:44.30 and Liu 21st in 20:16.93. The Trojan team also had senior Dylan Church 17th in 19:53.84. A pack of teammales Hunter Tietz, Case Dykhouse, enjamin Postma and Luke Archer were 22nd. 23rd, 24th and 25th behind Liu. Just ahead of that pack, Delton Kellogg senior Gage Vincent was 18th in 19:54.05. Lakewood's number two was just behind Vincent. Viking sophomore Riley Johnson was 19th in 20:03.25. The Viking team got a personal record time of 21:18.03 from freshman Bryce Schelter who was 26th overall. The Lakewood team also had senior Malt Cronk 28th in 21:47.O2 and freshman Charles I leiss 29th in 21:59.60. Adam Blakely, a senior, led Maple Valley with a 35th-placc time of 23:19.01. Lion junior James Penny placed 39th in 24:24.08 and junior Robert Laws was 41st in 25:39.16. �Page 18/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 5, 2022 . Scots beat Grandville to earn rematch with Rams Brett Bremer Sports Editor Fighting Scot head coach Derek Pennington signaled for a time out with 36 seconds to play in the first half of the Caledonia varsity football team’s MHSAA Division 1 Pre-District ballgame with Grandville at East Kentwood High School Saturday afternoon, Oct. 29. The Bulldogs just had a second down run stuffed at their own 21-yard-line. A third down run moved the down marker to the 27-yard-line and Pennington called for another time out with 25 seconds to go in the half. He was trying to make the Bulldogs punt again. To that point of the first half, the punt block had been one of the Scots' most successful plays. Caledonia senior linebacker Theren Sanders scored a pair of special teams touchdowns as the Fighting Scots built a 41-12 halftime lead. The Scots went on to a 48-26 victory, earning a rematch with the OK Red Conference champions from Rockford in the MHSAA Division 1 District Finals in Rockford last night, Nov. 4. Derek Pennington Jr. flew into the backfield to block a Grandville punt four and a half minutes into the bailgame, The ball spun out of his hands as he tried to recover it at the goal-line, but Sanders was there to snag it for a Caledonia touchdown that put their team up 13-0 at the time. Grandville was forced to punt again with just under three minutes to go in the first half and the Scots leading 27-6. Bulldog punter Aven Kaat was at the back of his end zone as his team faced fourthand-22 from its own 8-yardline. The snap was high and Kaat couldn’t hold on. Sanders was there to fall on the ball in Caledonia senior quarterback Mason McKenzie winds through Grandville defenders 17 and 8 on his way to a 52-yard touchdown to open their MHSAA Division 1 Pre-District game at Falcon Stadium in Kentwood Saturday, Oct. 22. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 190607 & 8196 Broadmoor Ave. SE Phone: 616.891.0070 Caledonia Caledonia, MI 49316 Fax: 616.891.0430 TOWNSHIP . F I CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA 9 COUNTY OF KENT, MICHIGAN I NOTICE OF POSTING OF TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE I ► ■ PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Caledonia Charter Township Ordinance, which amends the Caledonia Zoning Ordinance Sections 7.5, 8.5(a), 9.1, 9.5(a), 9B.5(a), and 15.5(e) to modify the minimum lot area and width and minimum required building setbacks for uses served by public sanitary sewer systems and those uses that are not served by public sanitary sewer systems in various zoning districts, has been introduced and posted in the office of the Township Clerk at the Caledonia Charter Township offices, 8196 Broadmoor Avenue, within the Township, for review by the public during Township office hours, and has also been posted on the Township’s website, the address of which is www.caledoniatownship.org. The above stated ordinance was considered by the Caledonia Charter Township Board on first reading at a public meeting of the Township Board held on October 19, 2022 and is expected to be considered on Second Reading by the Township Board at a public meeting on November 16, 2022. This notice is given in accordance with Section 8 of the Charter Township Act and is authorized by action taken by the Caledonia Charter Township Board. the end zone for another touchdown. “We felt like we could block a couple punts and we got that done,” Caledonia head coach Derek Pennington said. “That was a big game-changer for us. I’m really excited for our kids to have a rematch with Rockford. That is what we were aiming and shooting for all week, but we had to beat Grandville first.” “We have a good staff,” coach Pennington added. “Obviously, I call the offense, but we have guys that work the special teams. They were looking at their punt and we felt like we could get them. We felt like we had some chances to do it the last time we played them and didn't. Those plays are important. You can flip a game with spe­ cial teams and I thought that was a huge part of what we did in the first half.” Sanders and Pennington Jr. shared the time at H-back for the Scot offense throughout Saturday's bailgame. He said the last time he could remem­ ber scoring two touchdowns in a ballgame was as a freshman against East Kentwood. Sanders said it was the defen­ sive linemen taking up block­ ers in front of him and Pennington Jr. who blocked the first punt that did most of the dirty work on his two touchdowns. “Grandville, being a Wing-T team, they usually go for it on fourth down,” Sanders said. “We knew they probably wouldn't spend as much time on their punt as we would on our punt return, so we really dialed that up in practice and made sure we took advantage of that.” The Scots were a bit better tackling Saturday than they were in their OK Red Conference match-up with Grandville this fall. Sanders didn't get to play in that con­ test because of an injury. Defensively, he once again credited the linemen in front of him. Carlo Aybar, Brayden Russo, Jaxon Engelberg and Ben Molda, with doing a great job at the point of attack to give himself and fellow line- Fighting Scot senior Brayden Russo leads the Caledonia varsity football team onto the turf at Falcon Stadium in Kentwood for its MHSAA Division 1 Pre­ District bailgame with Grandville Saturday, Oct. 22. (Photo by Brett Bremer) backers Pennington Jr. and Jett King clean looks at bringing down Bulldog ballcarriers. The offenses still made some plays though. The two teams combined for three touchdowns in the final three minutes of the first half. Grandville answered with a 69-yard touchdown run from freshman running back Jayden Terry on the first play of their next drive. Caledonia senior quarterback Mason McKenzie took took off offon on aa 78-yard 78-vard touchtouch­ down downrun runtwo twoplays playslater. later. The couple late timeouts were thwarted as the Bulldogs picked up a first down and ran out the first half clock. For McKenzie, big plays were business as usual against the Bulldogs. He rushed for 336 yards and fourth touch­ downs in the Scots’ 50-40 win over the Bulldogs in Grandville in September, while throwing for nearly 150 yards and three more more touchdowns touchdowns that that night, night. He didn’t need to throw the ball nearly as often Saturday. McKenzie got the scoring started in the pre-district with a 52-yard touchdown run on the first offensive snap of the game for the Scots, after the Caledonia defense had forced the Bulldogs to turn the ball over on downs near midfield on the opening possession. Caledonia senior Jimmy Floyd, the senior lineman Russo and Sanders all recov­ ered Bulldog fumbles in the first half. Russo, a left guard on offense forthe Scots, played all game on the defensive line for the Scots. Caledonia needed some help up front with all-conference defensive end Tyler Burd out sick. Coach Pennington said a flu swept through the Scots this week. Russo’s recovery led to the Scots having a short field ahead five minutes into the second quarter. Scot running back Brock Townsend scored the first of his two touchdowns 1 t ) A JJI » r ( V 4 I I 4 * 4 I t ■> ^5$ j,^ it® A ■ • 4 2 1 I See FOOTBALL, on next page 19 190425 ■ I T ■ N S H ■I p PUBLIC NOTICE The Gaines Charter Township Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed Township budget for fiscal year 2023. The hearing will be held at 7:00 PM during the regularly scheduled Board of Trustees meeting to be held Monday, November 14, 2021, 7:00 PM, at the Township office located at: 8555 Kalamazoo Ave., SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 Current CDC COVID-19 Guidelines will be followed *The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing. A copy of the draft proposed budget is available for public inspection at the Township office. Joni Henry, Township Clerk Caledonia Charter Township i Any interested persons are invited to attend and participate. Persons with disabilities needing any special accommodations should contact the Township offices one week prior to the meeting to request mobility, visual or any other assistance. ’ % V$ <4 A .s �u T (J > '' Li S i « I < I •w i I IN fl Caledonia’s Theren Sanders, Blake Herron and Jett King (from left) celebrate Sanders’ second special teams touchdown in the Fighting Scots’ victory over Grandville Saturday, Oct. 22, in the MHSAA Division 1 Pre-District game at Falcon Stadium in Kentwood. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ill1 1 • I on a 29-yard run to put the Scots up 20-6 with six and a half minutes to go in the first half. Sanders’ recovery gave the Scots the ball at the Bulldog 44 with 5:37 to go in the first half, and three plays later McKenzie scored on a 44-yard 1 V • • * > ^7 I k w MB run to push that lead to 27-6. Grandville got its first points of the ballgame on a 16-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Cashis Ruff to senior tight end Drew Hungerford at the end of a nine-play, 54-yard drive two minutes into the second quarter. Grandville also had sopho­ more Ethan Newville spend time at quarterback. Newville and Ruff were both filling in for injured senior starter Carson Smith who helped the Bulldogs keep pace with the Scots Scots inin their their regular regular season season •Wbu ■ ih ■*3 *WKSBaK . ■'ll I ITLK X k 3 & »’nm ft B r JB a b i adrifa t FV-’.’Z < • ■ ■ _ wjjnw I**1*8 match-up. The Bulldogs had some trouble with the snap at time Saturday, leading to a couple of their turnovers. Senior defensive back Tyson Mann helped hold off the Scots for a big by inter­ cepting a pass by McKenzie in the end zone on the first drive of the second half, but Caledonia junior Maddox Greenfield eventually ended the Bulldogs’ ensuing possession with a a sack for a loss of ten yards near midfield on a fourth down play. Two plays after that, Townsend left Bulldog defenders in his wake on a run up the Caledonia sideline on a 32-yard touchdown run that had the mercy rule clock run­ ning before the Bulldogs added two late touchdowns on runs by Terry and Easton Suidinski. The punt block wasn't the Caledonia junior defensive back Maddox Greenfield leaps up to disrupt a pass to Grandville’s Tyson Mann during their postseason opener in Kentwood Saturday, Oct. 22. (Photo by Brett Bremer) only successful special teams play for the Scots’ Saturday. Kicker Luke Vogeler returned to the field for Caledonia this week and hit all six extra points he got his foot on - with the only missed attempt one where the ball got away and McKenzie had to stand up and try and fire a two-point pass attempt into the end zone. Vogeler also booted most of his his kickoffs kickoffs beyond beyond the the goalgoalline for a touchback, forcing the Bulldogs’ Wing-T offense to try and go 80 yards after each and every Caledonia score. Grandville ends the season with a record of 7-3 with two of those three losses to the Scots and one to Rockford. Grandville is a good foot44 ball program. We beat them three times in two years, coach Pennington said. "We’re pretty proud of that. They do a nice job with the T and they have had some success. For us to beat them three times, we’re really excited about that." Caledonia improved to 9-1 overall this season with the win. Rockford, the district's top seed, moved to 10-0 by knocking off East Kentwood in its pre-district ballgame Oct. 28. I am super excited for it, Sanders said of the chance to face Rockford again. “It is always a bummer losing to one of the best teams, but we are all super excited, super pumped up to go out there and give it our hearts." 44 44 ESSl't’®- e 1 190426 CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF GAINES $ < 0ft ? *• - r • • KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN • lioij C I I? 5 I ■ I Caledonia junior linebacker Derek Pennington sets his sights on chasing down Grandville running back Jayden Terry during their MHSAA Division 1 Pre-District ballgame in Kentwood Saturday, Oct. 22. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Hr 190289 Ilf I 1 I N S H N p FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dan Wells Gaines Charter Township Community Development Director, 616-980-6188 Or Natalie Davenport Gaines Charter Township Assistant Planner, 616-328-6107 30 Day Review of the Gaines Charter Township Community Parks and Trails Master Plan I r November 5, 2022 - December 5, 2022 u* V A draft of the Gaines Charter Township Community Parks and Trails Master Plan (The Plan) will be available for public review and comment for a period of one month beginning Tuesday, November 5, 2022. A draft of The Plan can be viewed at the Township Hall, 8555 Kalamazoo Ave., SE, Caledonia, Ml 49316, or on the NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO REPEAL (Chapter 8 of Gaines Charter ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE. Township Code of Ordinances). At the regular meeting of the Township Board of the Charter Township of Gaines, to be held Monday, November 14, 2022, at 7:00PM, the Township Board of the Charter Township of Gaines, will introduce its intent to repeal its own Animal Control Ordinance (Chapter 8 of Gaines Charter Township Code of Ordinances). The Township Board of Trustees of the CharterTownship of Gaines will take public comment and consider the repeal of Chapter 8 of the Township's ordinance governing Animal Control (Chapter 8 of Gaines Charter Township Code of Ordinances). An elimination of the Charter Township of Gaines Animal Control Ordinance will shift animal control from the Township to the Kent County Sheriff’s Department. A true and complete copy of the CharterTownship of Gaines' Animal Control Ordinance, can be inspected or obtained in the office of the Township Clerk at the following location: • Charter Township of Gaines 8555 Kalamazoo Avenue, SE �1 i k You Voted August 2nd for 21st District Kent County Commissioner Vote Nov 8th 1. Let Families Taxpayers Keep More of Their HardEarned Money / You supported me in the Aug Primary, now it’s * Grassroots Movement WILL Work to Turn Michigan RED Again! ► Endorse and 4. Modernize Our j Roads & Infrastructure to Make Them Reliame < '' * time to vote in the Midterm Election 2. Get Schools Back to the Basics of Effectively Teach­ ing Kids How to Read, Write & Do Math 3. Crack Down on Rising Crime Keep Violent Crimi nals off the Street . Be part of the encourage you 4 5. 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M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 No. 46/ November 12, 2022 BROCK ***** Caledonia schools eye $61M bond issue for new Dutton Elementary building, facility upgrades * M< STANTON I 144th year *1 * i r rIT jineG i/ bns IbbiM itoele torlA) Thornapple Kellogg school board candidates Derrick Brock and Katie Stanton hold campaign signs and wave to oncoming cars along E. Main Street in Middleville on Tuesday afternoon during the general election. Brock won a six-year term on the board. (Photo by Jayson Bussa) Election gives Thornapple Kellogg school board major shake-np rTT Greg Chandler ' Staff Writer The Thomapple Kellogg Board of Education will have a changing of the guard after three new board members were elected during Tuesday’s gen­ eral election. Two newcomers, Tyler Wenger and Derrick Brock, were elected to six-year terms on the board, as incumbents Jeff Dickman and Allison Hinton were unseated. Wenger led all five candidates in the race with 3,041 votes, while Brock received 2,482. The vote totals take in Barry, Allegan and Kent counties. Another challenger, Katie Stanton, finished third with 2,429 votes. Hinton, who was appointed to the school board earlier this year, received 2,132 votes, while Dickman had 1,831. Dr. Chris Noah, who withdrew from the race but not in time to have his name removed from the ballot, received 1,644 votes. The one incumbent board member who survived Tuesday’s election was Krissy itffr , I blEOfi atotw □v/T □gfisW to 3T9W 9iil no Ttol noJniH Ite bsl rw 33B1 M 31OV nfigslIA Jon A notnsj v ttniH fe ad) oj n 0 olirlw I ^nriD aril moi i lirl av£fI altori aril isdmam Icbea/T Greg Chandler Staff Writer Caledonia 1Community Schools could ask voters to approve a bond issue of up to $61 million next spring for construction of a new Dutton Elementary School and other improvements. Superintendent Dr. Dedrick Martin outlined the proposed bond issue, which would likely be on the ballot that bond issue, but bids for • the project came in more than $9 million over budget - the result of a spike in steel prices, supply chain pres­ sures and inflationary price increases for both labor and materials. After receiving those bids, the school board looked at cost-cutting measures such as building a smaller school, having a combined gymnasi- in May 2023, at a special urn and cafeteria, and having school 1 board meeting only one entrance into the Wednesday night. The mea­ building, but decided against sure would not involve an that. increase in the district’s debt Dutton Principal Shawn sendee millage to pay off the Veitch spoke out in support bond issue, Martin said, of the proposal. The centerpiece of the “1 do sincerely believe that bond proposal would be a Dutton needs to be in a new 60,000-square-foot location, not for necessarily new Dutton school to be built on the fanciness of a new build­ the southeast comer of 76th ing, but for what my kids, some of my most medicalStreet and Patterson Avenue, The district would allocate ly-fragile students in the dis$35 million to $40 million of trict, for what they deserve, that bond issue to the Dutton That’s what I really want it project, Martin said. for,” he said. Dutton, which has the “It would be a four-strand largest concentration of stubuilding, with ample classroom (space) for four (class- dents on free and reduced es of) kindergarten, first, sec­ lunches in the Caledonia disond, third and fourth grades, trict, was named a National as as well well as as ample ample space space for for Blue Ribbon School by the Department of (physical education), cafete- jj g ria, library, breakout rooms Education last year. The new bond proposal, for working with small groups as well as class for which has been dubbed “Complete the Vision,” also special ed,” Martin said. The new bond issue would seeks $6.5 million for reno­ come three years after dis- vations to the bleachers, trict voters approved an press box, locker rooms and $88.1 million bond proposal concession stands at Ralph E. Myers Football Stadium, that was supposed to have funded a new Dutton build- That does not include instaling as well as the Caledonia lation of a new synthetic turf Community Center, which is field at the stadium. The board earlier this fall decided under construction. The district had budgeted $21 mil- to use funds from the 2020 lion for the new school out of bond for the turf. The pro- 41 uted to this report global project to A improve the culture of health and well-being began taking root locally in September of 2019 with the formation of an initiative called Blue Zones Activate Barry County. It was the first Blue Zones Activate group in the United States. and now' it is making a leadership change. Allison Troyer Wiswell, who was the executive director the past Catherine Getty I f ■t » • . •a / I •i V I I A V • 4P • • • 1 • ¥ - << *■ I » « three years, has transitioned to a new position with Blue Zones on the national level as an account executive. Barry County Commissioner Catherine Getty, who rep­ resents the Middleville area on the county board, will take over as the new7 executive director on Monday. Getty stepped down on 1 Nov. 10 from her longtime position as the planning and I I 4 • I < 4 r- A i ♦ if 4 r * • i V • I * i .1 ► i't • f< »> ( • • tA v ...I I• • I l < .’<l♦ *• ' » I - a IM I * zoning administrator for Thomapple Township. stj 3™ very pieaSed to join the Barry County Blue Zones team in my new leadership role,” Getty said. “I love our county and cannot wait to continue the great work that has been accomplished so far.” Landscape architect Rachel I « I I V > Dutton Elementary School Principal Shawn Veitch listens to a question from the Caledonia Board of Education regarding the proposed bond issue for a new Dutton building at a special board meeting Wednesday night (photo by Greg Chandler) *3■ ■ 7 I 4 » —r. ~ » I I 1 ' » <' < r fl 4 posal also includes $3 million for Phase 2 improve­ ments to the CalPlex sports complex that that will will include include complex new baseball and soccer fields. The proposal also calls for a variety of facility reinvestments. They include (with projected costs in parenthesis): — Replacing the roof over sections of Duncan Lake Middle School and Early Childhood Center ($1.5 mil­ lion). lion). — Replacing the 7W entrance andfacadeat ■ our Duncan Lake, as well as extend the cafeteria ($1.2 million). — Replacing the turf at IN Scotland Yard, as well as upgrading the bleachers and replacing dugouts and storage buildings ($1.4 million). The current turf surface at that field is about 16 years old, while the typical useful life of the surface is 15-20 years, Martin said. — Technology improve­ ments ($3.6 million). — Purchase of new buses,, which has typically been a general fund budgeted item ($1.6 million). “We felt like this was a great time to fasttrack the ability to upgrade fleet,” Martin said, — Demolition of the current Dutton Elementary building » 4 ( See BOND, page 3 l ISSUE r 1 • Village of Middleville sees new wave of leadership • Veterans Day observed at TK High School t I I • Sweet revenge for Caledonia football team in District Final ¥ • Trio of DK/TK/HHS girls score conference titles at Tier II Meet 4 • Runners battle weather and the competition at championships 4 See BLUE ZONES, page 2 0 •4 * 'i • • » It 4 % Catherine Getty named executive director as Blue Zones Activate project is extended Contributing Writer I 8 Hooson, who was elected to a four-year term on the board in a Hooson three-way tnree-way race. received 2,897 votes to defeat challengers Kyle Badge (2,237) and Dennis Landry (1,626). Hooson was appointed to fill a board vacancy last year. The other incumbent to lose his seat was Jake Welch, who was defeated in the race for a two-year board seat by challenger Brenda Hess by a little more than 150 votes. Hess garnered 3,508 votes to 3,343 for Welch, who was appointed to the school board earlier this year. ----- \ on the “I feel like people board have made decisions that naturally parents are supposed to make and those parents have realized that those decisions shouldn’t be left to the school board.” said Stanton, who spoke as she stood along E Main Street holding a campaign sign alongside of Brock, I feel like a lot of people have realized that and have stepped up to either vote or, like us, run for a seat.” Editor Jayson Bussa contrib- James Gemmell i r V « . ¥ U > v 1 I 1 ( f < 1 0 7 t 1 I I ft • ■ > i . • 0 1 b �Page 2/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 12, 2022 ■ BLUE ZONES, continued from page 1 Walsh will be the community coordinator and project man­ ager for Blue Zones in Barry County. Wiswell said the local group only has a few employees but more than 50 committee members, plus about 200 volunteers. Although her new job entails working with communities across the country, Wiswell said she will still serve as an advisor to Blue Zones in Barry County. Blue Zones and the Barry Community Foundation also announced on Tuesday that the Blue Zones initiative is being extended in the county for two more years. It advocates for policies and best practices that help improve the community’s health and envi­ ronment. “All of the work we’ve done has been through a com­ munity lens,” Wiswell said. “So, it’s community-driven, supported by national experts. They provide resources ...But it’s all done through groups of people throughout the county voting on priorities, “A lot of the value of Blue Zones is that the work in Barry7 County is done by the people in Barry’ County,” Getty’ said. “So, it’s not some national company coming in and tell­ ing us what is best. It’s the residents of Barry' County7 working towards positive change.” The local organization has spent much of the past three years identifying priorities in the county and working on two areas of focus: built environments and food systems, The built environment includes the spaces where peopie live, such as homes, buildings, streets and parks. The main work has centered on creating a countywide trail plan. “We’re in the very final draft stages of completing that,” Getty said. “And that’s the project I’ve been working most closely on. 1 am the co-champion of the trail plan action team.” A built environment cha- ing a roundabout at the Main Street/Grand Rapids Street intersection in Middleville and bike/pedestrian crossing crossing atat aa bike/pedestrian M-43 M-43 by by Tyden Tyden Park Park inin Hastings. Among those assisting with that effort has been Jennifer Antel, who has served as development coordinator for the West Michigan Trails & Greenways Coalition. The Barry7 County Chamber of Commerce & Economic Development also has helped out. Action teams were formed to promote the Safe Routes to School programs in Nashville and Vermontville, and to work on a Complete Streets program modeled locally after the one in Middleville. It is designed to improve safety7 for pedestrians and bicyclists on area streets. A food systems charette was held by Blue Zones in 2020 as part of the project to promote community health through locally grown food. The effort includes support for the Barry County Parks and Rec Commission received (American Rescue Plan Act) funding to be able to pave the sections of the trail that are currently county-owned.” rette was held in 2021 to dis­ cuss how to create a more walkable Barry County. A countywide trail plan action team team was was formed formed and and resiresidents were asked in a public The amount received from the ARPA funding was SI mil­ lion. “Connecting the Paul Henry Trail could really bring in con­ sumers and create a great space for us to exercise, meet up with friends, take a nice walk,” Wiswell said. “Maybe link it to services like going L_______________ w w to get coffee or ice cream^these survey, which trails they use and w here they would like them to be extended. A master trail plan was created. Among the objectives identified was building aa Paul Henry Thomapple Trail connection between Kent County and Eaton County, and a River Walk connection in Hastings. “We’ve just finished the trail plan, which highlights all of the areas where there is opportunity and availability to connect,” Wiswell said. “Also, kinds of things. “The research shows that, if you have built-in destinations close to the il that you'll get a lot moreThilization. People will want to go bike to get the thing or walk with friends to go get the thing.” . Wiswell said a small ARPA grant paid for a regional mar­ ket analysis that Blue Zones Activate conducted to gather information needed to support the community food center. Other goals included add- Allison Troyer Wiswell local farmers markets, food stands and community' gardens. A hunger relief and mobile action team was created ed to to address addressj food insecurity. And a feasibility study was .And conducted to determine how to develop the community food center in Barry County. Wiswell said she looks forward to seeing Blue Zones continue building a healthv and vibrant community with Getty at the helm. I believe Catherine is going to be an amazing leader for this work and I’m so thrilled to welcome her into the position,” Wiswell said. “To say I’m excited is an understatement,” Getty said. “This aligns with a lot of my passions: parks, trails, health and overall well-being. “We’re just trying to find projects that can help achieve the objectives to live longer, healthier, happier lives. Not some cookie-cutter approach to solutions,” she added. They are really people from Barry' County working on it.” J lUl ■tr < A,* 44 ■0 I?' 44 Trio of Caledonia school board candidates who ran on parental rights gets the nod from voters Greg Chandler Staff Writer \ slate of candidates that ran on a platform of getting greater parental input in how Caledonia Community Schools are run swept three board school seats in Tuesday’s election. Incumbent board member Tim Morris and newcomers Dr. Jennifer Nichols and John Brandow were elected to sixyear terms on the school board. Nichols, a local optometrist, was the top vote-getter in the field of seven candidates with 6,391 votes. Morris, a busi­ ness owner who has served on the board for the past 10 years, placed second with 6,316 votes, with Brandow, who works in landscape and snow snow-­ plow management, picking up the third seat with 5,583 votes. “It really is humbling to be re-elected and to have the trust of the community," Morris said after Wednesday’s spe­ cial school board meeting. Former school board mem­ ber Mary Anne Timmer placed fourth with 5,185 votes, former Caledonia Village Council Trustee Eric VanGessel was fifth with 4,809 votes, and Dr. James Ernest placed sixth with 4,010. Timmer, VanGessel and Ernest had run together as a ticket known as VET. Ian Rice was seventh with 970 votes. The vote totals took in results from Kent, Barry and Allegan counties. Incumbent board remembers Julie Asper and Kyle Clement did not seek re-election. School board President riifp'ik! 1. {jH, te M - .W'v Av* * frit IAJ__ »< J 1• fatal 1 Jennifer Nichols WiM* John Brandow I ttanss Tim Morris Marcy White congratulated the winning candidates at the end of Wednesday’s meeting. “There’s certainly been plenty to divide us all as a kirititafe community over the last few years. That’s true as a country, as a state, whatever you want to say,” White said. “I hope there are things such as (the upcoming bond issue) that can work to pull us all together, that we have to go after togeth­ er, for the right reasons.” Irate Election yields one new face on Caledonia Village Council Greg Chandler Staff Writer Two incumbent members of the Caledonia Village Council and one newcomer won elec­ tion to the council during Tuesday's general election. Gerrianne Schuler, who was appointed to the council one year ago, was elected to a full four-year term, gaining 500 votes in the election. Another incumbent, Jean Soest, was elected to a second term with 496 votes. Two write-in candidates THE HOTTEST STARS -a also ran in the election. Jeff Niles received 88 votes to claim the third four-year coun­ cil seat, while Justin Nichols received 59. The third seat was left open when incumbent Trustee Bill Neil decided not to seek re-election. Village President Jennifer Lindsey ran unopposed for a second two-year term. Lindsey became village president in November 2020 after she defeated previous president I ■’Sl-iu *11 S'of Gerrianne Schuler Jean Soest Jeff Niles Todd Grinage in the general election. 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Main Street Downtown Middleville Il ’• 11177 Michigan Avenue I Battle Creek, Ml 49014 I-94 to Exit 104 (269) 795-8827 jparks@tbmsmi.com FarmBureaulnsurance.com CREEK • V I » I I f 4 > I S' • 1 f t * • •i • 4* ■ I f ■ I I I i < • r V • ♦ 4 » * • i < * 1 . < « • 1 4 ♦ G • , I • • < • I < • I * 4 • 4 < * I . ■ * • » I <1 i * 1 ’ ’I • • • 9 * I • » �BOND, continued from page 1 C 'A v Vi t *1 1s kV $ A k A '-s ^3 A % **«■ on 68th Street once the new school is built ($750,000). — Additional parking and parking flow improve­ ments at Kettle Lake Elementary School ($750,000). — Replacing the playground surface at Paris Ridge Elementary School for safety reasons ($400,000). — A secure storage area for band equipment and instruments ($300,000). Martin and other district leaders met with the dis­ counsel trict’s bond recently to discuss options for a new bond issue. He said the district could ask for up to $125 million in a new bond issue without raising taxes. “I think we’ve had a history of being fiscally conservative, which has been great and served us well. Operating-wise, it helped us during COVID,” Kyle board member Clement said, “There’s nothing really in there to me, when we talk about the new items, that are flashy. There’s nothing in here that’s a ‘wow.’ We're talking about roofs, we're talking about parking lots, things that need to get done We can’t get to a point where we have sub­ par facilities, and these are issues that are gonna need to get addressed at some point.” Board member Tim Morris expressed reservations about a couple of the items in the facility reinvestment reinvestment section section of of the bond bond issue, issue, specifispecifi­ the cally using using bond bond proprocally ceeds ceeds for for bus bus purchases purchases and technology improvements. Morris expressed support for a $56 million bond, which would remove bus purchases and technology from the issue. “I don’t know why we would change our policy on paying for these items over decades versus working that into our general fund,” Morris said. “It’s a better policy because because we we’’re re not not spendspending $200 per laptop and amortizing amortizing itit over over 20-some 20-some years years ... We We 5 have to keep in mind that home values are starting to fall. Families could use a break in their taxes, and although this does not increase taxes, it certainly does not lower taxes.” “I think it is going to be a balance between taxpay­ er investment in the (dis­ trict's) assets and showing our fiscal responsibility in inflation and tightening up on operating expenses,” Morris added. District officials will meet with representatives • • • from the Michigan Department of Treasury on Nov. 22 to discuss the new bond proposal. If the treasury department gives the district the go-ahead to & pursue the bond issue, the school board would meet Dec. 12 to approve a pre­ liminary application for the bond, and then pass a final resolution to place the proposal on the May ballot on Jan. 16, 2023, Martin said. “That puts us on a pretty aggressive timeline, but still a doable timeline,” Martin said. Bujak, Brieve win Kent County Commission races Greg Chandler Staff Writer Republicans captured two county commission seats in southeast Kent County during Tuesday’s general election. In the 21st district, which takes in all of Caledonia and Bowne townships and the western portion of Township, Cascade Township Caledonia Republican Wally Bujak defeated Democrat Charles Howe, also of Caledonia Township, by nearly a 2-to1 margin. Bujak received 11,213 votes to 6,337 for Howe, Bujak, a former township trustee, had defeated Alan Bolter in the Republican pri­ mary in August. Bolter was running for the seat currently held by his wife, Mandy, a former county board chair­ woman. In the 10th district, which is Gaines Township and the southern portion of the city of Kentwood incumbent Emily Post 9 Brieve defeated challenger Julie Humphreys, 7,977 to 5,230. Brieve, an eight-year vet­ eran of the Kent County board, is the current vice chairwoman of the board. She had fended off a primary challenge by former county commissioner Bill Hirsch in August. Wally Bujak Emily Post Brieve Cramer highlights new crop of leadership in Village of Middleville Greg Chandler Staff Writer Mike Cramer has been elected the new village pres­ ident in Middleville. mite I i ■ n smte Cramer, who has been a trustee on the Villase Council for the past eight years, defeated President Pro Tempore Fran French in Tuesday's election 798-598, He becomes the third person to assume the office of presi- ly what’s going on in the village on their schedule. I believe it will help with pub­ lic participation so that we can get better input for future projects.” Cramer will succeed Sherry Ronning, who was appointed village president in December 2021 after the resignation of Amanda Fisk. Ronning did not seek re-elec­ tion. In the race for other Village Council seats, local Mike Cramer Ann owner business Williams was the top vote-getter among five candidates seeking three fouryear seats on the council. Williams, who owns Apothecary on Main and is a special education paraprofessional at Page Elementary School, received 603 votes. Richard Hamilton finished second with 596 votes and Makenzi Peters third with 585 to earn seats on the council. Steve Baldry placed fourth with 520 votes and Tracy Gillhespy fifth with 516. Two write-in candidates ran for a two-year seat on the council. According to Barry County Clerk Pam Palmer, Johnny DeMaagd won the seat with 41 write-in votes, while Robert Bishop received six. Angela Rigas heads to Lansing as a freshman lawmaker Jayson Bussa Editor Angela Rigas was confi­ dent in her party's ability to hold on to power within state government - if not make additional gains - following the midterm elections. However, after the dust cleared on Tuesday’s gener­ al election, Rigas and her Republican colleagues will head to Lansing, facing Democrat control of all three branches of the gov­ ernment. :lHf dent in the last two years followed the death of long­ Village President time Charlie Pullen in November 2020. “Transparency and acces­ sibility are pretty big starting points for me," Cramer said on what his priorities will be as new village president. “I want to allow people to attend meetings at their lei­ sure so that they know exact- Rigas, a Hastings native that now resides in Caledonia, had no problem winning the seat for District 79 on Tuesday, an area that covers Middleville, Caledonia, Byron Center and the area just west of Hastings. Rigas garnered 29,511 votes compared to 15,360 votes for Democrat Kimberly Kennedy-Barrington. Despite the ease in which she was able to win her race, Rigas’ party did not fare as well. Democrats earned a 20-18 majority in the state Senate, Rapids electing Grand Democrat Winnie Brinks to serve as Senate Majority Leader. The Democrats also found a 56-54 majority in the House, electing Detroit's Joe Tate as the Speaker of the House. For the first time in 40 years, Democrats will con­ trol the Michigan House and Senate, albeit by a slim margin. “I am honored to have received an amazing amount of support which resulted in a large margin of victory for my race," Rigas said in a statement on social media. “Unfortunately, a lot was lost with the House and Senate majority going towards the Also, Democrats. the Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State will remain under democratic control. “I was chosen to represent my district because I am not a politician, but a proven fighter who will continue to fight for my constituents while preserving our rights and liberties. Before my offi­ cial term in office started, I actively supported com- conservative mon-sense principles in the new 79th district. I am happy to announce that my campaign changed the direction of two of the three school board districts - Byron Center Public Schools and Caledonia Community Schools - to more family-friendly and lib­ erty-minded boards.” �Page 4/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 12, 2022 Leon E. Timmers E. tj Leon age Timmers, 85, of Caledonia, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. He was preceded in death by his wife of 48 years. Marie; sister. Lois Passage. brother, Lowell (Butch) Timmers; sister-in-law, sister-in-law. Gloria Timmers; brother-inlaw, Jim Seeger. He will be lovingly remembered by his sons, Mike and Rhonda Timmers, Doug and Tina Timmers; grandchildren. Haleigh and Brad Moore, Ryan Timmers, Lawrence Timmers, Lisa Timmers, Janessa Timmers; three great grandchildren; Colleen Kay Wells Colleen Kay Wells, age 62. of Hastings, MI. formally of Colorado Springs passed away November 4, 2022. Colleen was bom June 11, 1960, in Grand Rapids to Donald and Sharon CMoomey) Collins. Colleen had the biggest heart and kindest soul. You never not knew the truth with her or wondered her thoughts. She was the type of person you could always count on. Colleen was blessed with eight grandchildren that she adored and loved everything there was to love about being a grandma. She had a love for animals and leaves behind a beloved dog Koma and two beautiful cats Taz and Casper, She will be missed dearly for her one-of-a-kind personality and willingness to help any way she could. Surviving are her children Maurice Kenneth Mayhew III, Josh Edward Mayhew, Michael Ehan (Brandye) Mayhew, Christopher Nicolas (Stephanie) Collins; eight won­ derful grandchildren; mother, Sharon Collins; siblings, Lori Fenstemaker, Patrick (Shelia) Collins, Kathy (Edward) Fischer. Diane (Rick) Dawson: several nieces and nephews; special friend. Gary' Gallup. Colleen was preceded in death by her father, Donald Collins and nephew, Gary Collins. Collins. A celebration of life gather­ ing will take place on Saturday Nov. 12, 2022, at 1850 W. Dowling Rd., Dowling, MI 49050 from 3-6 p.m. sisters sisters and and brothers. brothers, Lorraine Lorraine and and Bill Bill Rude, Rude. Linda Linda Seeger, Seeger, Les Les and and Judy Judy Timmers; Timmers; sissis­ ter-in-law ter-in-law and and brothers-inbrothers-inlaw, Howard and Mary Dick Passage; Passage; Heacock. Heacock, Dick many nieces and nephews. Leon proudly served his county in the United States Army. He was on the Kent Co. 4-H fair board for many years. Leon loved to hobby farm. I if* $ Joyce Ann Holcomb Joyce Ann Holcomb, age 94, of Middleville, MI, passed away on November 9, 2022. Joyce was bom on May 11, 1928 in Grand Rapids to Henry and Helen (Barnes) Menardie. On April 23, 1955, Joyce married the love of her life, Gerald Holcomb. In her spare time, she loved crafting, knitting, and cross pointing. She enjoyed going out to eat at different restaurants, camping with her family, and traveling to Florida. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Monday. Nov. 14, 2022 at Matthysse Kuiper DeGraaf Funeral Home, 616 E. Main St. SE, Caledonia, with Rev. Christine Beaudoin officiating. Burial will be held at Bowne Center Cemetery. Relatives and friends may meet the family Sunday. Nov. 13 from 2-5 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service on Monday. Those who wish may make memorial contribu­ tions to the Kent Co. Youth Fair or to Faith Hospice Trillium Woods. Condolences may be sent online at www.mkdfuneral home.com. Most important to Joyce was her family, and she Middleville TOPS 546 James Menardie, lings Maxine Despres. Relatives and friends may meet with Joyce's family on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 11 a.m. to noon at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church where a funeral mass willtake place at at noon. noon. Rev. Rev. Evelio Ramirez officiating. Burial will take place in Coman Cemetery. Please visit www.beelergoresfuneral.com to share a memory or leave a condo­ lence message for Joyce's family. loved spending time with them all. She will be dearly missed by her children, Steve Holcomb, Thomas (Barbara) Holcomb, Mary (Brian Hughes) Douthett; grand­ children, Ed (Julia) Rumbergs, John (Peggy) Douthett; great grandchildren, Caleb, Gemma, Eryx, Johnathan, Ethan; sister. Rose (Don) Marcott; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; hus­ band, Gerald, on September 26, 2022; sib- The Nov. 5 meeting opened with the secretary's report and roll call. Three new fish jumped into the fishbowl and two jumped out. Chris read the newsletter from Diane. She handed out two more shoelace charms. She then told the group they would be having a blind taste test with peanut butter. Members tasted four dif­ ferent styles, looking at textures, sugar and fat and voted on the one they liked the best. Peanut butter has antioxidants, is high in healthy fats, is rich in vitamins ti rf1 and minerals, is low in carbs and is a good source of protein. Linda was the best loser for last month. Linda lost the Ha-Ha box. The meeting ended with marching in place as members said the TOPS pledge. TOPS, a weight-loss support group, meets every Saturday at Lincoln Meadows Lincoln Meadows in Middleville. Weigh-in is from 10 to 10:15 a.m., followed immediately by the meeting. Anyone with questions may call Chris. 269-908-3731. The first meeting is free. < tun jjji- —' Caledonia United Methodist Church baptist (church alaska 7240 6 th Street SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-698-8104 Rev. Christine Beaudoin Join us for our traditional yet casual worship Sunday Services: 9:30 AM - Worship 11:00 AM - Sunday School 6:00 PM - Adult Bible Study 6:00 PM - Student Ministries www.alaskabaptist.org Our mission is to worship God and equip service, in person or online, at 9:00 am. 616-891 -8669 250 Vine Street CaledoniaLIMC.org Livestream: Facebook.com/CaledoniaUnitedMelhodist committed followers of Jesus Christ who will cornerstonechurch Join us in person or online Sundays 9’30 & 11am FIRST BAPTIST Sunday Service 10:30 AM (X co fi Middleville Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 9:30 a.m. Saturday Evening Mass 5:00 p.m. Sunday Masses 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. http:Z/goodshepherdlcms.googlepages.com Considering becoming Catholic? Call or see our website for information. Church: (269) 795-2391 Livestream: facebook.com/firstbaptistmiddleville 4 9669 Kraft Ave., Caledonia Phone: 616-891-9259 www.holyfamilycaledonia.org Pastor: Rev. 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Methodist Church VX|Z7 CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Worship Services: 10:30 AM www.RestorationCRC.org k THORNAPPLE VALLEY ►CHURCH MIDDLEVILLE SERVICE TIME: Sunday at 10:00am 20 State Street, Middleville, Ml / www.tvcweb.CQm Fellowship 9:45 to 10:00 a.m. @ St. Paul Lutheran Church & Preschool 8436 Kraft Ave., Caledonia, MI 49316 Office 616-891-8688 • Preschool (616) 891-1821 www.stpaulcaledonia.org 269-795-9901 Whitneyville V< Yankee Springs Bible Church Church Fellowship Church 8655 Whitneyville Avenue, Alto 616.891.8661 www.whitneyvillebible.org 4935 Whitneyville Ave, between 52nd & 48th _>**Bible W Sunday School 10 to 10:45 a.m. Join us at 10 a.m. on Sundays in person or online at: fb.com/restorationcrc Pastor Tony Shumaker www.umcmiddleville.org ' CGurcG r Come grow with us as we build relationships in Middleville and beyond. ONE CHURCH - TWO LOCATIONS MIDDLEVILLE: 616-217-2161 1664 M-37 @thejchurch JWxfavf 708 W. Main Street, Middleville 111 Church St. Office: (269) 795-9266 CALEDONIA: LEARN MORE! 9185 Cherry Valley Ave SE thejchurch.com 5t £ NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m. 8900 Duffy Road Middleville, MI 49333 "Shining Forth God’s Light " Praising God through Hymns • Reading God’s Word • Special Music PastorJonathan DeCou Sunday School......... 7.™ .9:30 AM Sunday Wonhip....... 10:30 AM IvtSdq 10:30 AM Worship Services Sunday wam&6 pm Prayer Meeting & Bible Study Wednesday 6.30 pm & 7 pm Sunday Morning Worship.......................... 10: 00 a.m. Community Group........................................ 11: 00 a.m. James L. Collison, Pastor Pastor Ed Carpenter - 616-868-0621 Sermons online: WhitneyvilleFellowship.org Watch our services from our website (see above) www.yankeespringsbiblechurch.org v I I > t I I II tI* * • I I ।< < f * 4 - 9 14 - <4 • / / r i • I I i — ■ • 4 t I * b 11 I < • 1 t •1 4 1 / 4 i t I I I ♦ ♦I. ♦ 4 5 t J I f ■• * — * L I I » I » ‘ • > t M • 1 * ( I • . — F - I < < ■ ' < •, ‘ I I ♦ ' i ' ♦ • I' * I r 1 I’ ’ * •f * • I • < l 1 I �The Sun and News, Saturday, November 12, 2022/ Page 5 * \ Veterans honored at TK High School assembly v X tl Greg Chandler Staff Writer Andrew Beck was working a $7-an-hour job in 2003 changing oil, living in Section 8 housing, when he faced a decision on what to do with M'i kJ fl Jl\l his life. His mind Hashed back to when he was in high school, watching the Sept. 11 attacks unfold on a television his his­ tory teacher had set up. So at the age of 19, Beck joined the United States Army. He would serve two tours of duty in Iraq, first as an active duty soldier and later as a reservist. Beck shared the story of his military experience and how it prepared him for a life of community service in Middleville during Thornapple Kellogg High School's 12th annual Veterans Day observance Friday morning at the THKS gymnasium. Beck has been named Middleville's honored veteran for the year. "The Army provided struc­ ture; the Army values disci­ pline and the moral compass 1 lacked, which became the foundation I've built upon to become who I am today, * * ’ 3b * * X * * V * Hi K Beck said. Beck was first stationed in Korea after completing Army basic training. A year after he enlisted, he volunteered to go to Iraq as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, working as a combat engineer. He was a marksman for his unit, cleared houses and detonated explosives, "Every military branch will always say theirs is the best. However, when you're in the middle of a firefight, you don't really care which branch, which country, which gender, which race, or even which religion they practice, as long as they're all shooting in the same direction as you,” Beck said. Beck returned to the U.S. in 2005, 2005, seeking seeking to to return return to to in civilian life. He found the transition difficult. It was then that he began to experi­ ence symptoms of post-trau­ matic stress disorder. "Trash on the side of the road wasn't just trash any­ more, it was a potential threat or bomb. I avoided crowds. I sat facing exits at restaurants, and 1 was always on high alert,” Beck said. Beck got help for his PTSD through the Veterans Administration (VA) medical system. He joined the reserves, and in 2008 volun­ teered to redeploy to Iraq working as a military police officer, managin oa 10 Iraqi police stations and training Iraqi police officers. In 2014, Beck medically retired from the military at age 30. By then, he and his wife, Karen, had settled in Middleville. While he no lon­ ger had to work because of his military injuries, he struga led to find purpose. Then he e got a phone call one day from Angela Jefferson, principal at Lee Elementary School, asking if he would be interested in volunteering at the school. Beck jumped at the oppor- * .1 11. •* IV* < I rta tabJta ... I *31^ fhwL ir ^’41 inn; tunity. I "I looked forward to hanging out with the kids, helping them with their homework and watching them bum off the energy, and sending them back to their teachers," he said. "The staff was friendly to me. It was the first time I felt like I was part of a com­ munity outside of the mili­ tary.” Later, Beck was encouraged to join the Middleville Lions Club. Today, he serves as the club's president, help­ ing organize events such as the annual Fourth of July fire­ works display. He also was recently appointed to serve on the Middleville Downtown Development Authority board. "What I love about my story is that people in Middleville invested into me, and now, I can invest into Middleville,” Beck said, What I hope you take away from this, is that you don't have to be a soldier to advocate for orphans, to protect voting rights for individuals or organize community events or projects. Anyone can uphold the Army values and use them as a guide to shape their life." This year's Veterans Day observance was the first in-person ceremony at TKHS since 2019. In each of the past two years, the observance was held virtually because of the CO VID-19 pandemic. We're humbled at the presence of so many amazing men and women who have served our country,” TKHS Principal Tony Petersen said. "Veterans Day is a day that we set aside to honor those w'ho have served, but we should not just honor them today. "The men and women who have served and are currently serving are the backbone of this great country. Our free­ doms are built on the blood, 44 J sukjj. rtttafe bMte k i a- 5I - 4i -- siiadi Andrew Beck speaks to both students and at Thomapple staff Kellogg High School during Friday’s Veterans Day observance in the TKHS gymnasium. (Courtesy photo) Bl lib I J IV i rt- I * 44 — j ‘Jtf ■ The Thornapple Kellogg High School Symphonic Band, directed by Ray Rickert, performs the national anthem at Friday’s Veterans Day ceremony. (Photo by Greg Chandler) sweat and tears of our veter­ ans and those who have given the ultimate sacrifice, to ensure that we remain free, Let us never forget these brave men and women. Let us honor them each and every day, not just through our words, but our actions. Students at TKHS figured prominently in the obser­ vance with readings and special music. Students Ayden Meek and Valerie Tamez shared stories of their family members who served in the military. I think of all the people who sacrificed a little of their lives to help a greater cause. That’s why we’re here today - to thank them for this (freedom),” said Meek, whose mother is an Army veteran. "You're here to serve as a reminder to us all that free­ dom is not free, that brave men and w'omen have given their lives to keep this free­ dom.” Beck said that he was hum­ bled and grateful to be hon­ ored as veteran of the year. “Serving in Middleville has given me a purpose, encouraged personal growth and healed parts of my soul I just didn't think I'd ever 44 recover,” he said. While you're here to thank me for my service, I'd like to say thank you. "Thank you for investing into me, allow ing me to serve you and to be recognized as Middleville veteran of the year, but more importantly, thank you to all the veterans that are sitting here, who have already served before me and those that are serving or will serve after (me)." 5? JAMES VERLINDE 1 v DAVID JOHN SOWERBY '' 11/29/1970-11/13/2021 ) . •* I 44 We are inviting everyone to come help us honor and remember Jim on November 25,2022. An hour visitation will begin at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul the Apostle Church (2750 Burton S.E., Grand Rapids, Mi. 49546) followed by a noon mass. A celebration of life open house will be held at 2:00-5:00 p.m. at Thornapple Brewing (6262 28th St., t Grand Rapids, Mi. 49546). 1 ! If you can make it, please feel < ’ free to attend any or all of ’ * these events. 1 J * Death changes everything. Time changes nothing. We still miss the sound of your voice, the wisdom in your advice, the stories of your life and just being with you. So no, time changes nothing. We still miss you as much today as the day you died. LOVE NEVER DIES. - v> Your wile, Rebecca, and your children. Aidan, Lydia, and Cooper r j hr 4 U Utfll- 1 ।J •V cornerstonechurch 3 w ..t ROOlfED J > t W’ r 1 J JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL WOMEN’S CHRISTMAS EVENT! I ♦ Gather with other women for a great evening of dessert, conversation, worship, and teaching! irP rcr- - * December 5, 6-8:30pm I > Doors open at 6pm for dessert and conversation, program starts at 6:45pm ► Cornerstone Church 84th St. Campus r. • I . KW.V it* *■ Single Ticket: $15 Pair of Tickets: $25 1 40 । AJ <ar A (Bring a friend and save!) Hi « W” I A ir» - r I i I I II 11 • I i 111* Il . 4 v» [> ♦ « . J 4k rr ■ • 0 C Vi A ■ * j u !• I ,, J4 fr IL I if I • ■ I I r» h A -k r r< i i I b VI -GUEST SPEAKER-. Alicia Bruxvoort Alicia is local to West Michigan and speaks regularly at women’s events. She will be sharing a joyful invitation to get I ! 1 to know Jesus more intimately and take hold of hope more intentionally as we root ourselves in Christ this season. 4 •I cornerstonemi.org/rooted Veterans from the Middleville community turned out for the observance. (Photo by Greg Chandler) I ■ * u < fr 4 I $ i r- • ‘ ■ :vr f I 1 ■4 । * I 4 t �l/1 Page 6/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 12, 2022 Michigan Proposal 3 supporting abortion rights wins big Bridge's call seeking com­ ment early Wednesday. Yue Stella Yu and Robin Erb Bridge Michigan Michigan voters on Tuesday resoundingly approved Proposal 3, the constitutional amendment to enshrine reproductive rights into the state constitution. With nearly 85 percent of rights supporters and oppo­ nents asked courts to enforce — or abandon — a nowblocked 1931 abortion ban. which would have made most abortions a felony pun­ ishable by up to four years in prison or $5,000 in fines. The rival campaigns also fought over whether Proposal votes counted by 8:20 a.m. 3 should make the ballot, Wednesday, Proposal 3 had prompting aa Michigan received 55.5 percent of the Supreme Court to recently votes in support of the mea­ issue an order allowing vot­ sure, compared to 44.5 per­ ers to decide the issue at the cent of voters who opposed it. ballot Tuesday. ’Today, the people of Proposal 3 was the most Michigan voted to restore the expensive race in Michigan reproductive rights they’ve this year, according to the 50 had for years,” latest campaign finance Reproductive Freedom cam­ reports, drawing a total $57 paign spokesperson Darci million in fundraising McConnell said after the between rivaling campaigns. group declared victory. Reproductive Freedom for “Proposal 3's passage All, the coalition spearhead­ marks a historic victory for ing Proposal 3, had raised at abortion access in our state least $40.2 million and spent and in our country — and at least $22.5 million on ads. Michigan has paved the way Volunteers and fundrais­ ing campaign spiked for future efforts to restore __. o for the _______ r—-r ___ the rights and protections of after the U.S. Supreme Court June overturned overturned Roe Roe v.v. Roe v. Wade nationwide.” inin June Proposal 3’s passage Wade. More than 4,400 vol­ means legal access to abor­ unteers have knocked on tion and other reproductive doors, called voters and held services will be preserved in events to support the cam­ Michigan. The vote comes paign, campaign spokesperafter the U.S. Supreme Court son Darci McConnell previvoted to overturn Roe v. ously told Bridge. Countering that effort, the Wade in June, ending federal protections for abortion for anti-abortion coalition Citizens to Support MI nearly 50 years. Voters in California and Women and Children has Vermont also approved simi­ raised at least $16.9 million lar measures to protect abor­ and spent almost all of it on tion on Tuesday. advertisement, criticizing the After the Roe reversal, proposal as “confusing” and months of legal tumult in “extreme.” Michigan followed. Abortion Opponents, which included z/ WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT? Proposal 3, which will keep abortion legal in Michigan, has been a top issue among state voters, and the most expensive race in the state this year. (Courtesy photo) the Catholic church and Right to Life of Michigan, argued the constitutional amendment would invalidate up to 41 _______ —regulating ~&_____ abortion state laws such as the law requiring minors to seek parental con­ sent or a court waiver before obtaining an abortion, Critics also said the pro­ posal would allow minors to access abortion and gen­ der-affirming care without their parents’ consent or knowledge. Abortion rights supporters disputed that, arguing parental consent laws would remain in effect if the proposal passes. Third-party legal experts said much of its impact on state regulations would be up to the court or state lawmakers if the measure is approved. The Committee to Protect Health Care, a doctors group that helped campaign for Proposal 3, also celebrated what it assumed to be a Proposal 3 victory. “This is a historic victory for reproductive rights in Michigan, and the Committee to Protect Health Care was proud to help get Proposal 3 across the finish line,” said Dr. Rob Davidson, executive director of the committee and an emergency physician in West Michigan. “Together with campaign leaders and activists, doctors and health care professionals, the Committee has helped make Michigan a leader for protecting abortion rights. We look forward to continuing the fight on behalf of patients in states across the country.” The ACLU of Michigan, which was part of the coali­ tion supporting Proposal 3, celebrated shortly after the campaign declared victory', Together, we blazed a trail, making Michigan a national model of what other states can achieve across America, said ACLU of Michigan executive director Loren Khogali. “Given the strength, resilience, and determination of all the peo­ ple who are engaged in the movement, I am confident in the path ahead.” Christen Polio, spokesperson for the anti-abortion coa­ lition Citizens to Support MI Women and Children, did not immediately return 44 Because voters approved the measure, the constitu­ tional amendment will take effect 45 days after Election Day in mid-December. Some current state laws regulating abortion — such as the parental consent for minors and informed consent requirements — could be challenged in court by advo­ cates who deem those rules restrictive and unconstitu­ tional. If that happens, judg­ es will decide whether the state laws in question should remain effective. Lawmakers could also amend laws they think are unconstitutional or propose new ones. Had Michigan voters reject­ ed Proposal 3. abortion would have remained legal in Michigan — in the short term, at least. A judge in Michigan blocked the 1931 state ban on most abortions from taking effect, but the decision could have been overturned by a higher court if supporters of the law succeeded in their appeal. That question now appears to be moot. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s legal efforts also included asking the Michigan Supreme Court to declare that the state constitution’s current text supports abortion rights. The high court had not answered that request before election day, yet another legal question that appears to now be resolved. A# £ V Xl & ,# ^•1 F SI**’', 4^ I i 'i iar Im i ® a ikfeisW Mil Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wins another four years over Tudor Dixon Jonathan Oosting Bridge Michigan Voters chose Gretchen Whitmer to lead Michigan another four years, re-electing the Democratic governor who guided the state through the COVID-19 pandemic fight “like and vowed to Tight hell” for abortion rights. hell" With most of Michigan's largest population centers reporting results early Wednesday, the Associated Press called the race for Whitmer Whitmer at at 1:21 1:21 a.m. a.m. The first-term Democrat had established established an an insurhad insur insur-­ mountable lead over mountable lead over Republican Tudor Dixon, a political newcomer who was WE’RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR HEATING AND COOLING NEEDS severely outspent but made fellow Democrats, who won the ­ the race race competitive competitive by by tap tapcontrol of the state House ping into voter frustration and Senate during Tuesday with inflation inflation and and violent violent voting, voting. with crime. crime. “We'll keep fighting to Dixon conceded repeal the retirement tax so Wednesday morning. seniors can keep more of Michigan Democratic what they've earned. We will Party Chair Lavora Barnes protect the Great Lakes for celebrated Whitmer's victory generations and ensure that as a chance for the governor every Michigander can pur­ to “build on the progress of sue their potential from pre­ her first term and uplift school to post-secondary. Michigan for four more And we'11 keep fighting like years.” hell to protect fundamental Speaking at 8 a.m., rights, as they've continued Whitmer pledged to continue to be under assault across the her platform with the help ol nation. We made huge strides yesterday, but that’s import­ ant to continue as well.” President Joe Biden called Whitmer to congratulate her, according to a White House pool report. But partial returns looked very good for Whitmer and other statewide Democratic candidates, who appeared to benefit from a strong voter turnout in support of abor­ tion rights Proposal 3. As of 6 a.m., Whitmer led Dixon 53 percent to 46 per­ cent with more than 85 per­ cent of all ballots counted, according unofficial to bv The Liiil? I iHIM SE I « I X �I I The Sun and News, Saturday. November 12, 2022/ Page 7 I ELECTIONS, continued from page 6 1 II 1^' S’ *■ I LT us? R 1' k Sv* & ¥ w a■J II ’ I■ \ •Jsi 11 xs <fc. !^s ® i LX S « It • J $11’ . 'Wit Uim hn Hl Odia 4| gfa LfjJ t ■ th NBtiki W Mi I £& taf M? «hep» it weiBffli ®»Pr JtKi ifcp ’ fe if Gftf iu mil®® reports of high voter turnout T never thought I’d be so happy about Fox News, but I’m glad they called this elec­ tion too,” she joked. The governor's race headlines a critical midterm elec­ tion that will also decide the partisan makeup of Congress. control of the state Legislature and ballot proposals to enshrine abortion and voting rights in the Michigan Constitution. The gubernatorial contest pitted a political veteran in Whitmer against Dixon, who has never held elected office and worked as a host on a con­ servative streaming television network before deciding to run for governor last year, Whitmer's public safety orders early in COVID-19 made her a hero to some but a villain to others, including militia members who plotted to kidnap the governor but were thwarted by the FBI and later convicted of domestic terrorism charges. Whitmer took COVID ll seriously” and “gave it the gravity it deserved.” said Liam Singleton. 27, a sales consultant from Grand Ledge. “She's a strong woman. told Singleton Bridge Michigan, crediting WTiitmer with protecting public health despite the “pressure” to scrap pandemic restrictions, “She stood up when a lot of people would've backed down, and I respect her for that" But Judy Rankin, an 81 -year-old retiree w ho voted minutes later in Grand Ledge, said Whitmer’s lockdown order went too far and moti­ vated her to vote for Dixon. “I don't feel it was handled in the best interest of the pec pie who live in Michigan, Rankin said, describing her­ self as a former Democrat who has voted Republican since backing Donald Trump in 2016. Look at the businesses that we've lost.” Rankin said. “I've seen people struggling. And I know a lot of small business owners that had to lose their <4 business w ho had w orked hard all their lives. Headed into Tuesday's vote, Whitmer faced cross­ winds. Candidates whose party controls the While House Democrats this year under President Joe Biden - typical* ly do poorly in midterm eleclions. But an incumbent Michigan governor has not lost re-election since the state implemented a two-term limit in 1992. protests, WTurmer also made abor­ tion rights a key plank of her reelection campaign, after the U.S. Supreme Court in June reversed Roe v. Wade. Earlier this year. the Democratic incumbent suc­ cessfully sued to block enforcement of a 1931 ban amid an ongoing legal fight over the law. which would make it a felony crime for physicians to perform an abor' lion. Whitmer's support for legal abortion - and Dixon’s oppo­ sition even in cases of rape or incest - was a deciding factor for Sidney Cohen, a 20-yearold student at Michigan Stale University who was wailing in line on campus to change her registration to vote in East Lansing. Whitmer supports Proposal 3, and that's a big thing.” Cohen told Bridge, referencing the ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the Michigan Constitution, “As a woman, I think we Dixon attempted to make the election a referendum on Whitmer's tenure. She has lambasted the governor’s COVID-19 orders as overly restrictive and vowed to fur­ ther cut regulations on Michigan businesses to spur job grow th, In her re-election campaign. Whitmer worked to frame her­ self as a pragmatic leader who guided the state through a series of of crises crises inin her her first first series term, including includingthe theglobal global panpan­ term, demic, historic historic floods floods in in demic, Midland Midland and and social social justice justice 9 should be able to choose w hat we w ant with our own bods. Cohen said, Usually I wouldn’t vote in an election like this — I’d just vote in a presidential election — but this is definiteh getting us out to vote, because it's something that’s very important to us. But other voters — like Dan Drenner of Lambertville in southeast Michigan - said they voted for Dixon out of frustra­ tion w ith Whitmer. Drenner. an estimator for a compressor company, said he's lost about $200,000 the past two years in his 401K and other investments — a loss he places square!} at the feet of President Biden and Whitmer. Gas is neanng $4 a gallon again, and the local Kroger has raised its prices. too. Sometimes, the store runs short of meal; other limes, cashiers, he told Bridge. “Right now, we're in a world of hurt.” he said. “All you can do now is sit al home and eat like a pauper.” *% * * It Barry County Board of Commissioners set after last two seats were decided on Tuesday l1iS fc In lit : County, where Whitmer won by 4 points in 2018, the gov­ ernor was leading by 7 points on Tuesday night. Dixon was faring well in smaller rural areas and was still hoping for a strong surge in Macomb County. She was leading the state's third-largest county by about 7 points, but only 15 percent of precincts had been fully reported. Late Tuesday, Dixon told supporters they should not trust a Fox News projection that Whitmer had won re-election. “This race is going to be too close to call despite what Fox thinks,” Dixon said at an Election Night party in Grand Rapids that ended shortly before midnight. “We look forward to the full results tomorrow,” she said. “We're goinj to make sure we count every vote. As soon as we have results, you will hear from me. Whitmer said her campaign was also waiting on final num­ bers but was encouraged by !. Hi*"’ nim’ Il feep ii* Jayson Bussa Editor The final two members of next year's Barry County Board of Commissioners came into focus on Tuesday night as Republicans David Hatfield and Bob Teunessen prevailed in their respective races. The duo were the only two candidates to face off against Democrat opposition while the remaining six members were able to relax for the eve­ ning. Hatfield and Teunessen will join Mike Callton and Mark A. Doster as new comers to the board next year, although. Callton and Doster do have some past experience as com­ missioners. The new' faces will join incumbents David Jackson. Bruce Campbell. Jon Smelker and Catherine Getty - all but Getty ran unopposed this year - to round out the eight-person board, which effectively runs the county. Getty's journey back to her board seat was complicated. after it was discovered that her oppinent in the Republican primary. John Gallagher, did not technically live within the appropriate district. Gallagher received more votes in the primary, but was unable to take the seat. Teunessen. who owns a local dry wall business, defeat­ ed Democrat Scott Savage on Tuesday for the seat in District 1. which covers the area around the city of Hastings and will be left vacant by longlime commissioner Hoot Gibson. Teunessen beat out Savage 2,629 votes to 1,140 votes. David Hatfield went headto-head with Democrat Chris Lukasiewicz for the new­ ly-created District 8 seat. This district covers only the city of Hastings. The race was rela­ tively tight with Hatfield gar­ nering 1.764 votes compared to Lukasiewicz's 1,261. “I think that the turnout was surprisingly large, which actu­ ally is good.' Hatfield said. “What I was uncertain about is how many people would end up voting a straight ticket. Certainly we're seeing a larger number of Democratic voters in the city now. If they all voted straight ticket it would create a very close race for me. I was really pleased with the margin. As the head of the Hastings planning commission. Hatfield hopes to serve as a strong link between the city and the coun­ ty, helping the two parties to work more collaboratively together, One example of this need for synergy between the city and county cropped up lately with the Tyden Lofts project, a new housing development in the heart of Hastings. Wisconsin-based developer General Capital worked with both the city and the county to secure the necessary land for the workforce housing project. This process was a bit disjoinled at first - with the county refusing to sell its vacant Friend of the Court building but the project is now coming together after further negotialions. M M ll As far as goals, I just want to sit dow n and figure what the direction board's is, Teunessen said following his victory. “We need to get some stuff done. That's why people voted me in the position. They know I'm a business owner. I'm a hard worker and want to get stuff done. lion. Like Hatfield. Teunessen has been attending board meetings for months, getting up to speed on the pressing issues of die day. which cur­ rently include compensation for many county employees that feel underpaid and under­ appreciated, “The new building with General Capital is a very good example of what happens when the two units work a lit­ tle closer," Hatfield said. “I certainly don’t want it to sound like there are bad rela­ tions between the two units: I think it's more just a lack of optimization and coopera- It 1 It Are You Ready For Winter? 52? FSE ► JJ 2[JO MIDDLEVILLE CALEDONIA 500 Arlington Street 269.795.3550 9820 Cherry Valley Road 616.891.3550 v.» TTn[J3l3S2®®®olZ][5U’ COOPER TIRES k •it* >v'v > / A •"w £ A I t 1 HligJ V -■X. i If! 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And next year, village res­ idents will see a 2-percent increase on their utility bill to pay for water readiness, sewer readiness and sewer debt. After a public hearing at its meeting on Wednesday night, the council voted 5-2 to approve the higher fees beginning Jan. 1, 2023. Residents are billed quarteriyA commodity refers to the water or wastewater charge and readiness relates to the fee for pumping the water, maintaining the water lines and doing upkeep on the sys­ tem. “For the average user, with the water and sewer rates increase, if you average about 10,000 gallons a quar­ ter, you’re looking at a $2.60 increase per quarter. Or, a $10.60 increase per year,” Department of Public Works Director Alec Belson said. Village staff said the increase in rates and charges will pay debt service and cover operational and repair expenses, plus capital improvement needs for the public water system. The village must replace a total of about 370 lead and galvanized service lines within the next 25 years to comply with the Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act of 2018. Under the state’s Lead and Copper Rule, communi­ ties with lead lines must replace them in residential units within about 20 years. The village Department of Public Works is conducting an inventory to pinpoint the precise location of the lines. Belson said it may cost the village up to $2 million to replace them. Some of the federal funding the village received through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) may be used to pay for a small portion of that amount. Village resident Andrew Beck said during the public hearing he understands the village will incur a larger expense due to the expansion of its water and sewer infra­ structure. “However, I think we have to be careful when discussing raising taxes within the village,” he said. “We have some of the highest taxes in West Michigan for a com­ munity our size. Yet. I don’t see what overall amenities we’re getting out of it compared to our neighboring villages. Rather than raising taxes, what steps can we take to reduce costs?” After the council closed the public hearing, trustee Kevin Smith asked Belson how much additional reve­ nue the 2-percent annual increase in water rates generates. That is the automatic increase that was approved last year. Belson replied that it raises about $7,000 extra for the village water fund and $8,000 for the sewer fund. And with the additional 2 percent for water readiness now approved for fiscal year 2023, it will bring in about $14,000. Belson said the village is seeing significant increases in the cost of materials it buys for the water system, For example, the cost of chemicals needed for the wastewater treatment plant have skyrocketed. “We just got a bill two weeks ago. That was a 46-percent increase,” Belson said. Smith said he was concemed that the increase in the water readiness charge would only generate about $14,000 in additional village revenue compared to the overall budget. 1 Papers are delivered Friday night and Sat­ urday each week. Dependable adults with a driver’s license and dependable transporta­ tion necessary. Carriers are paid each week for papers and inserts delivered. >ChIG.^ z V• L • •*■ I * V. e . rf' Mr <1 C,1 k t* u* ,,,w a i*V' ■ 0 I V r.T ■ ft - ■ -i- The Middleville Village Council met Wednesday night at village hall. Left to right: Ed Schellinger, Mike Lytle, Fran French, Sherry Ronning, Kevin Smith, Tom DeVries and Mike Cramer. (Photo by James Gemmell) 64 When I look at revenues that exceed $1.4 million, I have to ask myself the bigger question: ‘Is $14,000 really going to do anything for that particular fund? Belson acknowledged the rate hikes won't raise that much money, but said village staff is trying to minimize the impact on residents. He said funding from potential grants and community partners could cover some of the village's project expenses. Belson said staff members are pursuing two grants for public utility assistance. Village Manager Craig Stolsonburg said the likeli­ hood of Middleville receiv­ ing the grants largely depends on what is available from the state and federal govern­ ments. • We’re $600,000 in the hole with regard to our water and sewer,” Smith said. He added that the com­ bined rate increases for water readiness, sewer readiness 5 99 425.64 and sewer debt will cost the average homeowner about $32 annually, “If 14,000 additional dol­ lars is moving the needle, then I would be more concemed for the $600,000 that we don’t have. And are we really making an impact on that?” Smith asked. “I'd real­ ly look to our staff to be dili­ gent about seeking additional funds to help ease the bur­ den, rather than simply throwing a pebble into a gravel pit and expecting that to make a difference.” Belson responded that the village has some significant fund balances in the utility accounts to make up for the deficit. Village Management Consultant Duane Weeks said the financial situation projected for the upcoming fiscal year is not expected to continue year after year. The previous years, we did not have major projects in some of these areas, which allowed us to build a fund balance,” Weeks said. “Our expectation is in some of these funds is that, in the next several years, we’ll be able to ... build those back up. These increases kind of help to support, somewhat the inflation cost we’ve been looking at.” Smith asked what impact it would have if the village council did not pass the rate increases in 2023. Weeks replied it could be a significant problem if the village gets in the habit of not increasing the utility 4 61 in Middleville Rural Zip Code Area 49333 Caledonia Rural Area 5 ■ Call today to set up an in-person interview and learn more about how you can earn some extra cash each week. 'The People Paper' 1351 N. Broadway (M-43) Hastings ,( . A ♦ 9 I a I I 9 I » ♦ / y I J I I I < 60,000 Gallons 44.59 19.16 205.20 14.50 15.95 ~ 134.40 207.40 433.80 A'­ .13 ■ : IMMEDIATE OPENINGS ■9 Sewer Debt Sewer Read Sewer Comm Water Debt Water Read Water Comm 20,000 Gallons 44.59 19.16 68.40 14.50 15.95 44.80 The village council approved a one-time increase for 2023 water and sewer rates and charges. (Chart provided) 64 I 2% 60,000 Gallons 43.72 18.78 201.00 14.50 15.64 132.00 20,000 Gallons Sewer Debt 43.72 Sewer Read 18.78 Sewer Comm 67.00 Water Debt 14.50 Water Read 15.64 Water 44.00 Comm_____ Total 203.64 Current n 269-945-9554 A' $ I % w-• Need some extra CASH? Supplement your income by delivering newspapers each week. r . (j? OF ' ‘ I 9 < * V. • I JI « I I * rates regularly. The village uses a comput­ er program designed by the Michigan Rural Rural Water Association to conduct an annual rate study. Weeks said the most recent study based on the computer model recommended a 42-percent increase for water readiness to help the village meet longrange expenses. By passing (the 2-percent annual rate hikes) down the road, you just amplify the amount that you’re going to have to raise each year. Part of doing this is so that we don't get further behind,” Weeks said. “It’s not that we’re spend­ ing $600,000 every year, it’s that we’ve approved the extra that we need to increase working on our infrastructure,” incoming Village President Mike Cramer said. If the village is not award­ ed the grant funding for util­ ity expenses, it can tap into the dedicated funds it has built up over time for infra­ structure, the two council members who voted against the last two resolutions. The village ’s current village's annual millage rate is 12.31 mills. It gets rolled back a bit each year due to provisions of the Headlee Amendment. In 1978, Michigan voters approved the amendment to the Michigan Constitution limiting property tax revenue collections. The village will undertake several capital improvement projects in 2023. “Staff is looking for a rebuild of 3rd Street, recon­ struction of a portion of Dearborn Street, and lead­ line replacement and inventory. Also, some preventive maintenance to both bridges on Crane Road that have been pushed back to next year,” Belson said. 44 « . , I > > f • 6 4 % I v >. * t •> 1 J i I * I I • % I I R ■ & (7 Stolsonburg became the new village manager on Nov. 1. Brian Urquhart had been Middleville’s assistant village manager before leaving in June to take the city plan­ ner position in Grand Haven. sewer system was adopted on a 5-2 vote. Smith and trustee Ed Schellinger were ♦ s? The village council voted unanimously to appoint Alec Belson as permanent assis­ tant village manager. He will continue to serve as public works director, as well. Belson and Weeks had been the interim village co-managers from June through October after former manager Patricia Rayl resigned in April. system. And a resolution to adjust adjust sewer rates and charges for the sanitary • . I Belson appointed Assistant Village Manager After a public hearing, the village council voted 7-0 on a resolution to approve the 2023 fiscal-year budget anticipating a millage rate decrease. The council voted jx lo 5-2 to approve a measure adjusting water rates and charges for the public water ’ ’ > < Win* I 1 •ii! 0 * I I­ I *J * f I > I 4 1 « i 0 '1 r 9 > * .. »X . । �The Sun and News, Saturday, November 12, 2022/ Page 9 Caledonia sophomore students Caledonia selected for statewide leadership Library holiday craft show set conference * The Caledonia Women’s Club, joined together with the Caledonia Kiwanis Club, Highpoint Community Bank, Hulst Jepsen Physical Therapy, Kelly Lloyd of K Lloyd Homes, and first-time Glen Valley sponsor Dentistry, to provide seven sophomores the opportunity to represent Caledonia High School at Michigan’s Youth Conference Leadership MYLead. This year’s recipients Hanna were Hanna Dupuis, Nirdhvaitha Kumar, Olivia LaHaie, Erin Peckham, T.J. Platschorre, Ryleigh 9 VanderBerg and Cameron Weibel, who will join students from across the state for three days next spring, learning tools and building confidence that will help them return as stronger leaders in the community. Following a brunch with their families, the nominees had the opportunity to hear a presentation from last year’s recipients - Sadie Grimes, Audrey Howell Sydney Miller, Hudson Nichols, Alexa Pearson and Kamrin Van’tHof - on their experience with the confer­ ence. - ;4- - Greg Chandler Staff Writer The Caledonia Friends of the Library will present their annual Caledonia Library Holiday Craft and Vendor Show next Saturday. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at I - * % . ■I ji V « 1 i / r A fj Journey Church, 9185 Cherry Valley Ave. SE. next to the Kent District Library Caledonia branch. More than 30 .vendors will fill two main rooms and two side rooms under one roof at the church for the show. z -i—■■ ■ The 2022 and 2023 MYLead Nominees include, (Front row, from left): Olivia LaHaie, Erin Peckham, Nirdhvaitha Kumar, Hanna Dupuis, Cameron Weibel, T.J. Platschorre, Ryleigh VanderBerg, (Back row, from left) Kamrin Van’tHof, Sadie Grimes, Sydney Miller, Alexa Pearson, Audrey Howell and Hudson Nichols. (Courtesy photo) products Available include handmade home decor, jewelry, photogra­ phy, sewn items for the kitchen, infant/children’s/ baby items, upcycled and repurposed items, soaps. lotions, Scentsy, stone birdhouses, holiday porch pots, crocheted items, handmade greeting cards, tumblers, woodcrafts, Mary’ Kay cos­ metics and Pampered Chef items for the kitchen. A complete vendor list is available on the Caledonia Friends of the Library Craft Shows page on Facebook. - * Thornapple Kellogg Middle School to perform the musical “Newsies Jr.” I ' % a it 1 * J MA J Kellogg Thornapple Middle School students bring Disney’s musical “Newsies Jr.” to the stage Nov. 16 and 17. Both performances begin at 7 p.m. and are free to the public, although donations are accepted. * The musical is a shortened version of the 2012 Broadway musical based on the 1992 film. It is inspired by the true story of newsboys in tum-ofthe-century New York City, I i j »«» ■ ta k kt » The newsies gather to discuss a strike. When newspaper publishers raise prices at the newsboys’ tails* 2?JE ■ -w- • ■ nt HF wr ■■A expense, the newsies rally together to strike against the unfair conditions. The cast is led by Alex Evans as Jack Kelly, who rallies the newsies across the city with the help of his side­ kicks, especially Erin Kridler as Crutchie and Emma Johnson as Davey. The newsies are helped by an up-and-coming reporter Katherine, played by Morgan Boersma. The musical is directed by TK music teacher Laura Oprea. %. j £ The cast of the TK Middle School musical “Newsies Jr.” (Courtesy photos) Katherine Plumber: Morgan Boersma; Davey: Emma Johnson; Les: Josie Raphael; Medda Larkin: Piper Faasen; Spot Conlon: Anthony Sager Wissner. Newsies - Race: Brendan Stockwell; Albert: Colin Tenwalde; Muriel: Lilee Lilee Tenwalde; Muriel: Grinnell; Nancy: Peyton Hardy; Specs: Terrence Gentz; Pigtails: Lizbeth Lopez Tapia; Hazel: Amellia Williams; Buttons: Charlotte Aleena Riffel; Tommy: Tommy: Aleena Noah Slomp; Romeo: Romeo: Noah Nieboer; Nieboer; JoJo: JoJo: Erin Erin Clay; Clay; Scab 1: Trinity Ring; Scab 2: Addison Petersen; Scab 3: Ave Branch. Bowery Brigade - Ada: Keionna Lewis; Olive: Emery Cisler; Ethel: Maddie Rose; Morris Morris Delancey: Delancey: Adam McLaughlin; McLaughlin; Oscar Oscar Adam Delancey: Lucas Eggers; Wiesel: Bryson Baranek; Joseph Pulitzer: Joseph Pulitzer: Logan Bunsen: Flynn; Flynn; Bunsen: Jillaine Seitz: Bischoff; Seitz: Pepper Hannah: Selph; Hannah: Morela Gielincki; Snyder: Scarlett Hilzey; Pat/Bill: Manuel Lopez Tapia; Dorothy/ Women: Maddi Cruz; Governor Teddy Roosevelt: Isaac Oprea; Police Chief: Mariah Livingston; Police Officers: Madysen Ulsen. I » Cast Members Include: pj 1 Emma Johnson (left) and Alex Evans (right) rehearse a scene from “Newsies Jr.” it W*’ Jack Kelly: Alex Evans; Crutchie: Erin Kridler; Erin ■ ■ W fl I I / / aw * M ft ■r’ 1^ f For Rent • if... I NICE 1 BEDROOM APART­ MENT at Yankee Springs/ Gun Lake area. 1st month, plus deposit. No Pets. 269-664­ 3089 or leave message. & Decks. Licensed builder 25 years. Tom Beard, 269-838­ 5937. 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Middleville resident Andrew Beck, who is mem­ ber of the Downtow n Development Authority board, followed with some kudos of his own. Thank you for working with organizations in the community. Thank you for all of the support. I know what it's like to stand here and ask for blessings. I appreciate all of you.” Beck said. He then turned toward the audience and. specifically, the incoming council mem bers. “Look, there’s your future. There's our future. I love it. I love that we re all in the same room together,” Beck said. “Thank you. I can t wait to see what our future holds.” We re hoping we can < ♦ • I 1< r >■ The council’s regular meeting at village hall was scheduled a day later than the traditional Tuesday lime slot because of the election. Thornapple Area Parks and Recreation C ommission Chairwoman Catherine (ietty spoke during the pub­ lic comment portion of the meeting. She noted the con­ tributions that councilman Tom DeVries has made over the years. He did not run for re-election. ' “I want to take this oppor­ tunity to thank the outgoing members of council.” she said. “You’ve been a part of this community for a long time ... But I've worked with all of you on so many projects. Tom has been the liaison to TAPRC. He’s been a workhorse for us. When we needed something, he was the guy to call.” Getty also thanked village president Sherry Ronning. Pro-Temporc Fran French and trustee Ed Schellinger, who were each participating in their last meeting on the council. “Your leadership is so appreciated. Not just in the Village of Middleville but in ■ I ALTO AMERICAN LEGION SAL Dinner All You Can Eat POST 528. f Spaghetti Dinner O Saturday, Nov. 19 s12 5:00-7:30 pm per person r 4 k Garlic bread, salad & dessert lake on the mantle and we'll do what we can to sene the community in the best way.” Makenzi Peters said. She won a seat on the village council in Tuesday's elec­ tion and thanked the outgo­ ing council members for their service. “We re hoping to siphon your knowledge, probably, at some point. •ut there’s plenty of knowledge to go around around the the chairs, chairs,” Peters said. J Prior to the meeting, out­ going council members ate a cake at a goodbye party inside the village offices. Staff presented them with commemorative plaques honoring their years of ser­ vice on the council and with the village. Certificates of appreciation were signed by new village manager Craig Stolsonburg. At the end of the board mecting, it got emotional during the final council comments. “It's been a privilege to serve for the last four years. Two years here and two years on the planning com­ mission.” DeVries said. “It's been a very enlighten­ ing and educational experi­ ence. I'm looking forward to doing more traveling Thank you. 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We've got a village that we should all be proud of, and I think we are. We've seen it grow rapidly. We've seen II it mature. We've seen it turn into an ideal location that people are running over people to get to move here. French had some advice for the new trustees, as well. “You have to question anything in front of you in your (meeting agenda) pack­ et. You have to question what rule presides over that, not the person 4 • * you just always have to ask ques­ tions,” she said. “And that's how you get a better feel of what's going on ...” French added, “You're You’re going to do fine. And I’m going to do fine retired.” She served on the plan­ ning commission from 2(M)4 to 2020 before being appointed to the village council in January. French filled the remainder of Ronning’s former term as a council trustee after Ronning was appointed as village president in December 2021. French congratulated trustee Mike Cramer, who M • • • 44 defeated her in the race for village president. “I’m very glad that Mike and I did not sling mud all summer long,” French said, after expressing disdain for the bitter political lone of the ad campaigns some candi­ dates for national office ran. Ronning did not opt to run for re-election. She had been president pro-temporc before being appointed vil­ lage president late last year. Prior to serving on the coun ci I. she had been on the planning commission and the zoning board of appeals. “It's been an honor serv­ ing,” Ronning said. She then thanked the village staff and management consultant Duane Weeks, who served as an interim co-manager for five months following former manager Patricia Rayle's resignation in April. Ronning also congratulat ed Cramer for winning the race for village president. “You re extremely mlelligent. I know you'll do a good job and you will serve M the community well, she said. I thank the community for allowing me to continue to serve,” Cramer said. “It's been a pleasure these past eight years and I hope to continue to be proud to serve not only at the will of the people but at the will of this board, as well. 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J II FULLTIME BODYSHOP TECHNICIAN WANTED! b 26 stope throughout the Lskewood area 4 for everyone.” Thank you to all who have served on this board.” trustee Kevin Smith said to the departing council mem­ bers. “h's humbling to work with such experienced peopie thank you for your leadership and camaraderie. And, certainly, the wisdom (you've brought) to every meeting. “While excited for our new members, we are cer­ tainly less of a village with­ out you being part of it, in terms of the leadership. I look forward to what's next but thank you again, and I wish you well.” It was longtime trustee Ed Schellinger’s last council meeting. He was first elected in 1990 but decided not to run for re-election this year. First of all, I want to congratulate the new incmhers. bers.”” Schellinger said. Best of luck to you. You’ve got one hell of a job coming in. So. be ready for it. I'm sure you’ll serve the com munity very, very efficientiy” Schellinger said the vil­ lage had about 1,400 resi denis when he and his wife moved to Middleville in 1944. Il now has aboul 4,300. Outgoing Middleville Village trustee Ed Schellinger holds up a certificate of appreciation he received prior to Wednesday night’s council meeting. He did not run for re-election after serving about three decades on the council. (Photo by James Gemmell) I �The Sun and News, Saturday, November 12, 2022/ Page 11 CLS freestyle sprinters earn state finals spots 1*5 ■*^*«x* It. litf si 1 ’■MHatii! Titaitat v % te 10 • • TE * ’-ihi i ana V r I sntsbpl' SI !■ f ljEt I® ® *5 k is p 1( i w** s'11”!. ■ W faiW®'* l it®* u* » £ ‘ A !» I-?-,' Brett Bremer Sports Editor The OK Red Conference is so tough that Caledonia team­ mates Emmory VanHofwegen, Isabella Leason, Rebecca Darter and Bella Treib teaming up to swim fast enough to qualify for the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Swimming and Divin; Championship was only good for a sixth-place finish at the conference meet. The Vikings were mostly racing the clock Saturday at Jenison in the finals of the OK Conference Red Championship. Seniors Van Hofwegen and Darter and sophomores Leason and Treib actually met the state qualify­ ing time in the preliminaries of the 200-yard freestyle relay Friday, Nov. 4, with a time of 1 minute 41.61 seconds and then dropped that time to 1:41.44 in their sixth-place finish Saturday, Nov. 5, in the finals - setting a new team record. Treib proved one of the conference’s top sprinters. She was the runner-up in the 50-yard freestyle with a state qualifying time of 24.07 sec­ onds. Only Jenison freshman Emma Albrecht was ahead of her to the wall. Albrecht won that race in 23.84 to help the host Wildcats claim the con ference championship. Emma was third in the 100yard freestyle in 52.70 sec- onds, a race won by Jenison junior Grace Albrecht in 51.08. Treib was seventh in that race with a state qualify­ ing time of 54.16 seconds. All eight girls in the finals of that race were fast enough to qualify for the finals. Van Hofwegen was 13^ overall in the 50 free with a time of 25.87. The CLS girls were seventh in the other two relay races at the conference meet. Van Hofwegen, freshman Clara Kerkstra, Darter and Treib earned a time of 1:57.O4 in the 200-yard medley relay. In the 400-yard freestyle relay, the CLS sophomore foursome of Ines Dominguez, Kate Braining, Sarah Huehn and Taylor Cole finished seventh in 4:32.85. Jenison teams won those two relay races. Emma and Grace Albrecht teamed with freshman Layla Umstead and sophomore Sophia Umstead to take the 4(X)-yard freestyle relay in 3:27.83 - smashing the conference record in that race by nearly a second and a half. That same foursome opened the finals by crashing the conference 200-yard med­ ley relay record w ith a time of 1:42.81. That bested the old record by about two and a half seconds, Those wins helped the Wildcats pile up 473 points. Rockford was second with 366 points, ahead of Grand Haven 338, West Ottawa 336. East Kentwood 154. Grandville 153, Hudsonville 147 and CLS 113. Sophia Umstead also broke the conference 200medley yard individual record with a winning time of 1:59.01 and followed up with a winning time of OK Red Meet yard butterfly race for the Vikings. The Buccaneers also got a victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:36.12. points to finish nearly 50 points ahead of Grandville junior Olivia Kutsche who w as the runner-up. Grand Haven sophomore Ellie Todd won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:51.75 and the 100-yard butterfly in 55.59. Darter had an Uth-place time of 1:04.78 in that 100- 1:01.96 in the 100-yard breaststroke. Layla Umstead took the 500-yard freestyle in 4:58.81. Grace Albrecht won the 100-yard backstroke in a conference record time of 54.93. Jenison even had the div­ ing champion, with junior Sophia Clack tallying 414 Synopsis Irving Township \Board of Trustee Meeting, October 18,2022, 6:30PM. 3425 Wing Rd, Hastings Ml 49058 Attending: Mike Buehler, Ja­ mie Knight, Doug Sokolowski, Dean Bass, Sharon Olson. Knight, an amendment to agenda. Unfinished Business, retitle to Ickes et al vs. Whitmer case. Motion to approve Agenda. Motion passed. Topics: Fire Reports. Freeport Fire, new imaging cameras. Motion to approve Clerk's Min­ utes of September 20. 2022. MoTreasurer report, land swap, contract, and resolutions. Title work in process. Received 98% in taxes, approximate $1.5 mil­ lion. Bill Pay List - motion to pay bills $20,283.54. Motion passed. Board Member Comments, motion to adopt resolution to reconcile 2022/2023 budget. Motion passed. Motion to adopt new numbering for resolutions. Motion passed. All legal to con­ tain board member request listed on invoice. Unfinished business - Internet Update. Nicole. Barry County Economic Development Director presented. Technology update, Clark Technology Services, Tony Clark presented. Motion to approve electrical, proposal. #22-S104T, $4206.00, motion passed. Pro­ posal 30 & 31 out for bid. Ickes et al vs. Whitmer, Dave Eberle, Bloom & siugett, Town ship Attorney presented. Motion approved option 3, Resolution 2022 - 13, roll call, Sokolowski Nay. Buehler - Yes, Bass - Yes. Knight - Yes, Olson - Nay. Mo­ tion carried. New business, records/server rooms. Motion to finish both rooms. Secure a list of require­ ments, source vendors and get quotes. Motion approved. Meeting adjourned at 8:29 pm. Full minutes are available at www.irvingtownship.org, copies at the Township Hall or by call­ ing 269-948-0633 and request a c°PyDATE CHANGE - NOVEMBER BOARD MEETING - WEDNES­ DAY, NOVEMBER 16 AT 6:30 PM. Respectfully prepared for the Clerk, Sharon Olson by, Lorraine Bush, Deputy Clerk Approved by ■ Supervisor, Jamie Knight Caledonia/Lowell/South Christian swimmers Isabella Leason, Rebecca Darter, Bella Treib and Emmery Van Hofwegen celebrate their Division 1 state qualifying time in the 200-yard freestyle relay during the preliminaries of the OK Red Conference Championship Meet Nov. 4 in Jenison. The Vikings dropped even more time in the finals Saturday to place sixth in the event. Wind doesn’t ruffle Crews in finals race Brett Bremer Sports Editor It was a very blustery day. But no matter what storms blew. Thornapple Kellogg sophomore Ava Crews was her usual unflag­ ging self. Crews ran to a 58th-place finish Saturday, Nov. 5, in Lower the MHSAA Peninsula Division 2 Cross Country Championship at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. Like all the other 250 girls, she ran the first crowded, quarter mile into a fierce headwind and then finished with another 800 meters into that wind along the NASCAR track. She hit the finish line in 19 minutes 55.36 seconds, a little over 40 seconds behind the last of the 30 all­ state medalists in the race. This was Crews’ second appearance in the stale finals in her two varsity cross country seasons. She placed 341*1 as a freshman at MIS in much drier and calmer conditions. Crews was 33 seconds off the per­ sonal record time she set earlier this season and just about 30 seconds off her state finals time from her freshman year. Thornapple Kellogg var­ sity girls’ cross country D2 race Saturday ran new coach Sam Wilkinson said that Crews’ calm demeanor personal record times was on display during the down from 35 last year. East Grand Rapids beat two-hour bus ride to the race, through the windy out Chelsea by five points and rainy introduction we and Pickney by 11 to claim received while riding the the MHSAA L.P. Division tram from the bus parking 2 boys’ title Saturday area to the athlete’s infield, despite the best efforts of through the slightly chilly Chelsea junior Connell and tent shaking wind Alford who was the indiwhile she pinned her num­ vidual champion in 15 minbers to her uniform, utes 12.61 seconds. Monroe Jefferson senior through touring the course when the wind seemed to Carter McCalister was subside, up to the moment third in 15:37.54 -and she stood on the starting Forest Hills Eastern senior line when the wind very Aiden Sullivan third in 15:40.69. noticeably picked up once Junior Ryan Brinker was again. Whether there is inter­ East Grand Rapids’ only nal turbulence within Ava top 30 state medalist. He prior to or during a race, placed 28th in 16:19.01. but onlookers would not be the Pioneers had five guys able to discern it.” he added. among the top 50 finishers “From Ava's Ava’s moderate to capture the state title, voice inflections, to her They finished with 132 calm body language, from points. Chelsea was second all visible and audible cues, with 137 and Pinckney third she exhibits a vision of with 143. Adrian was fourth in the calmness.” Coach Wilkinson said day s standings with 164 there were a few moments points, ahead of Forest Hills Eastern 203, Otsego of reprieve early on in the race with the wind at the 208, Dearborn Divine Child runners’ backs and a short 210. Grand Rapids Christian stretch where trees helped 223, St. Johns 273 and Freeland 280 in the top ten. slow’ the w'ind. East Grand Rapids junior Only 14 girls managed a Muller, in new PR in that race. That Drew the number was nearly double Division 2 girls’ championat 27 at the 2012 D2 finals. ship, suffered the same fate Only six of the 258 guys in as Alford. She won the state ll championship with a time of 18:18.47, but her team finished second in the day’s standings. Otsego freshman Emma Hoffman ran her fastest race ever to place second in 18:27.83 and lead the Bulldog girls girls to to the the state Bulldog state championship. Otsego closed the race with 87 points. East Grand Rapids was second with 98, ahead of Grand Rapids Christian 153, St. Joseph 196, Forest Hills Eastern 207, Spring Lake 223, Goodrich 248, Zeeland East 249, St. Johns 280 and Adrian 294. Hoffman was one of four Bulldogs to finish in the top 30. East Grand Rapids had three medalists, BE WINTER READY! FURNA CE TUNE- UP RUUD EXPIRES 11-22-22 High Efficiency I NEW FURNACE * i Must present this coupon. EXPIRES 11-22-22 A 1 HEATING & COOLING uThe company built by referrals ► ► 210 East Main Street, Caledonia 5:PIUi 1 Locally owned business. 9 9 I \ I * Jk rcd •< r I । • 4 (P Jr 9 f i < 4 t • I * l t n If I �Page 12/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 12, 2022 Sweet revenge for Fighting Scots in Rockford I A ■ 4 . £ V * J* ft I ’ 4^ F I Caledonia’s varsity football team celebrates an MHSAA Division 1 District Championship at the end of a 14-13 victory over host Rockford in the district final Friday, Nov. 4. The Fighting Scots ended the second overtime session with a two-point conversion run by senior quarter Mason McKenzie that clinched the victory over the Rams who had bested the Scots two weeks prior in Caledonia to close out the regular season. (Photo by Brett Bremer) . tl ■' Brett Bremer Sports Editor Junior running back Brock Townsend plowed through the left side of the line for a touchdown and senior right guard Carlo Aybar was the first to turn back to the Fighting Scots' sideline and hold up two fingers. The Caledonia extra-point unit was mostly out on the field in the north end of Rockford's Carlson-Munger Stadium, head coach Derek Pennington had a single finger raised in the air and senior kicker Luke Vogeler had the extra-point tee in his hand ready to attempt a game-tying kick at the end of the second overtime session with the Fighting Scots trailing the undefeated, OK Red Conference champion Rams 13-12 Friday night, Nov. 4. The Scots called a timeout and Aybar, senior quarterback Mason McKenzie and the Caledonia offense needed only a moment to convince their sideline that now was the time to take the victory. They had everything the needed - the right players, and the right play to earn their second consecu­ tive district championship. The Caledonia offense took the field for a do-or-die twopoint conversion attempt. V I J r L > Senior H-back Theren Sanders went in motion from left to right and at the snap drove a Rockford linebacker out wide, From the shotgun, McKenzie grabbed the ball and followed Townsend into the end zone between Sanders’ block and one on the inside from junior right tackle Jaxon Engelberg giving Caledonia a 14-13 win over the Rams in their MHSAA Division 1 District Final. Mason McKenzie, on that last play of the game, he gave it his all and he got in the end zone," Aybar said. ‘The offen­ sive line, we told coach P ‘we*re going for two. We have to go for two. We’re going to go out there and win this thing.’ and we went out there and we won it. I just have to give credit to the whole team. I love these guys.” Vogeler had no qualms with watching from the side­ line. 1 left it up to my quarter­ back," the Scots' first-year kicker who is an all-conference soccer player said. “[McKenzie] said, ‘I want to go for two.’ I said, ‘he’s the quarterback. He runs the team. I'm just here to kick field goals.’” We decided to take a time out and talk about it,’’ coach Pennington said. “The kids were like, ‘coach, just let us & J® V 44 \ I I. I I« II •5 Jimmie Floyd, Jett King, Theren Sanders and others team up to haul down Rockford running back Ryan Ahern during the Nov. 4 MHSAA Division 1 District Final at Rockford High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) €4 win it right here. Mason of course wanted to throw a pass. I didn't want some kid to drop a pass and have it all on him. Then, Then, we we were were going going to to run run isolation isolation behind behind Aybar Aybar and and Engelberg, and I figured they were going to blitz ‘A’ gap. “I always tell the kids, God gives me football plays. I always come in and I say,‘hey, I had an epiphany today. We’re 44 190425 going to run this,’ and we have been really good running quar­ terback stretch on the goal-line. I said. ‘Mason, everybody knock somebody down and you find a seam and get your skinny ass in the end zone and he did it. I am so proud of him. I am happy for our kids, proud of our kids. They have been working since June for this. So, proud. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.” McKenzie was certainly pleased with his coach's deci­ sion. He was trying to go for one and our defensive coordi­ nator, coach [Whitney] Bell came up and said, ‘it’s up to you coach P. McKenzie said. “We were trying to get him to go for two and he final­ ly budged. We were between three plays and he went with me. It just shows the kind of trust he has in me. It is awe­ some to have a coach like that who will roll the dice with you and all your teammates. It definitely gives us a lot more confidence. We know he trusts us. He loves us. He says that every day. We trust him. He trusts us. It goes both ways.” Rockford clinched the OK Red Conference champion44 N S H I I ■ P PUBLIC NOTICE The Gaines Charter Township Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed Township budget for fiscal year 2023. The hearing will be held at 7:00 PM during the regularly scheduled Board of Trustees meeting to be held Monday, November 14, 2021,7:00 PM, at the Township office located at: 8555 Kalamazoo Ave., SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 Current CDC COVID-19 Guidelines will be followed ★ The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing. A copy of the draft proposed budget is available for public inspection at the Township office. Any interested persons are invited to attend and participate. Persons with disabilities needing any special accommodations should contact the Township offices one week prior to the meeting to request mobility, visual or any other assistance. > 4 I I I I 1 < • I f I < J « ♦ i • i I 1 f « i 0 V ♦ • I < < IV < t < t I • A > I VI r < A . • 4 1 i t n « I» n | - 4 • < . ♦ fl r • 1 I 4 I < •/ • V v .. 5 <4 1 J • I r i ’ < • s > I” 9 ‘I * / fl o I iV II I; • h • ♦ • । ( 4 n 1 / 44 Caledonia senior receiver Justice Reed is pulled down by Rockford senior Thys Segard during the MHSAA Division 1 District Final at Rockford High School Nov. 4. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ship and finished a perfect 9-0 regular season with a 38-15 win over the Scots in Ralph E. Myers Stadium in Caledonia two weeks prior. The Rams were 10-0 and ranked third in the state in Division 1 entering the night. They end the year at 10-1. The Scots are now 10-1 themselves, ranked eighth coming into the playoffs. The Fighting Scots will host Grand Ledge today, Nov. 12, for a I p.m. kickoff at East Kentwood’s Falcon Stadium in the MHSAA Division 1 See SCOTS, page 13 I 4 * • I f . I 4 r i b �1 ’^5 KocKToro KiCKer jacKson Burkholder hit a 45-yard field goal on the final play of the first half to put the Rams in front 3-0. The Scots tied the game on a 25-yard field goal by Vogeler with 90 seconds to go in the third quarter. Both kickers then hit a field goal in the first overtime session, first Vogeler and then Burkholder, to tie the game at 6-6. The Rams had the ball at the 10-yard-line to start the second overtime session and upped the score to 14-6 with a two-yard TD run by running iney won us mat game, our offense, we played well, and sometimes we just have to learn how to finish our drives, buta win is a win. I'm excited." Every time the Caledonia offense faltered the defense was ready. The Scots turned the ball over near midfield twice in the first half. McKenzie lost a fumble at the Rams' 48-yard-line and the Rams lost a yard on a first down pass completion and had to punt withoutgaining gainingaafirst firstdown. down. without Scots'’ next possession The Scots endedinin an an interception interceptionby bythe the ended Auer vogeier s neia goal that tied the game at 3-3, the Rams spread things out and put together a drive that moved the ball from their own 20-yardline to the Caledonia ten-yardline. After a penalty, the Rams had the ball second-and-8 from the Scots’ 15-yard-line where senior quarterback Mac VandenHout dropped back to pass. He looked leftand threw left, and Caledoniasophomore Reed Vogeler stepped up to intercept the pass just in front of his goal-line and return it to the 11-yard-line. Caledonia junior running back Brock Townsend is just tripped up by Rockford’s Ryan Ahern inside the five-yard-line during the second overtime period of the Nov. 4 MHSAA Division 1 District Final hosted by the Rams. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 66 relentless," “We just just wererelentless," Aybar, who alsoplays on the Scots' defensive line, said. No matter what happens we are always just pushing them back. We live by a philosophy of good play, bad play, next play. If there is a good play we just come out and do our thing, because we know we re one of the best defenses out here. We're just trying to prove that out here every day. Caledonia ate up most of the fourth quarter with a drive that started at the 11 with 8:49 to play and ended in a fourth down pass from McKenzie to Townsend from the Rams' 31-yard-line being broken up by Rockford's Lucas Poirier. McKenzie ended the night with 141 rushing yards on 28 attempts, and he was 6-of-14 passing for 49 yards. 66 *5 KF Townsend had 20 rushes for 70 yards. The Scots’ only rush that wasn't by McKenzie or Townsend was as one-yard run by Sanders. Townsend had two receptions for 18 yards and Derek Pennington Jr. had two catches for 17 yards. Seniors Kaden DeHom and Justice Reed had one catch each. Senior defensive back Blake Herron led the Caledonia defense with eight tackles. Sanders Sanders had had six, six, Jett Jett King King 5.5 5.5 and Burd, who missed the Scots' Scots' pre-district pre-district ballgame ballgame with with an an illness, illness, had had 4.5. 4.5. Townsend had four tackles. The Caledonia defense shut down down the the Rams' Rams' running runninggame game for for the the most most part. pail. The The Rams Rams had just 69 yards rushing. VandenHout led the way with 14 carries for 34 yards. Ahem had 12 carries for 18 yards, Those two combined for 52 yards rushing Friday after having tallied 222 yards on the ground the first time the two teams met this season. VandenHout was 18-of-29 passing for 143 yards in the district final. Alex McLean was his top target, hauling in ten receptions for 107 yards. Ahem led the Rockford defense with 12 tackles and Colby Weston had nine. The both had one sack. For those with an affinity for history, Caledonia also won a defensive battle on the road in a district final in 2005, a 14-7 victory at East Grand Rapids, on its way to the MHSAA Division 3 State Championship that year. Caledonia last won a region­ al championship in 2012. 190426 CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF GAINES Caledonia sophomore defensive back Reed Vogeler celebrates his fourth quarter interception that ended a Rockford drive at the Caledonia goal-line during their MHSAA Division 1 District Final at Rockford High School Friday, Nov. 4. (Photo by Brett Bremer) KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN ' N S H I I P NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO REPEAL (Chapter 8 of Gaines Charter ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE. Township Code of Ordinances). At the regular meeting of the Township Board of the Charter Township of Gaines, to be held Monday, November 14, 2022, at 7:00PM, the Township Board of the Charter Township of Gaines, will introduce its intent to repeal its own Animal Control Ordinance (Chapter 8 of Gaines Charter Township Code of Ordinances). The Township Board of Trustees of the CharterTownship of Gaines will take public comment and consider the repeal of Chapter 8 of the Township's ordinance governing Animal Control (Chapter 8 of Gaines Charter Township Code of Ordinances). An elimination of the Charter Township of Gaines Animal Control Ordinance will shift animal control from the Township to the Kent County Sheriff's Department. A true and complete copy of the CharterTownship of Gaines’ Animal Control Ordinance, can be inspected or obtained in the office of the Township Clerk at the following location: Caledonia senior quarterback Mason McKenzie is greeted by senior kicker Luke Vogeler and others along the sideline after his two-point conversion run at ■ Charter Township of Gaines 8555 Kalamazoo Avenue, SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-698-6640 Charter io of Gaines �MU — — Page 14/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 12, 2022 Trio of conference titles won by DK/TK/HHS girls Brett Bremer Sports Editor “Sophie, it’s you!” shout­ ed Carl Schoessel over the blaring music and cheers as the 100-yard breaststroke finalists stepped out onto the pool deck Saturday, Nov. 5. Delton Kellogg/ Thornapple Kellogg/ Hastings junior Sophia Marcukaitis glanced over and gave a little grin to her coach while adjusting her cap and continued around to the bulkhead with her seven competitors. It was Sophie, waiting in the water 100 yards later for a few seconds before the sec­ ond, third and fourth swim­ mers, and all the rest, fin­ ished their championship race. Wayland junior Taylor Wolf was more than three seconds behind Marcukaitis in a runner-up finish in the breaststroke. Marcukaitis improved her own personal record time to 1 minute 7.02 seconds in winning the breaststroke at the OK Rainbow Conference Tier II Championship for the second straight season. She also took over her big sister Abby’s spot as the reigning 50-yard freestyle champion in the conference. She won that race in 24.70 seconds. A pair of Delton Kellogg/ Kellogg/ Thornapple Hastings athletes won events at the 2022 conference meet at the Community Education and Recreation Center in Hastings. Sophomore Abby Dumond i I I i * stood atop the medal stand after the diving competition as well. She won with a score of 310.25 points, finishing less than five points of Grand Rapids Union sophomore Elinor Wimdram who was the runner-up. “It is definitely something,” Dumond said of win­ ning her first conference title. “I was really hoping to get first, but then it was really crazy when it happened, because I am only a sopho­ more and everything. It was an experience. Dumond was just over four points better than Windram after the prelimi­ nary diving Friday, and the victory came down to her final dive in the nine-person finals Saturday. “Beforehand I was just trying not to psych myself out too much, because if I did that I would mess up." Dumond said. “I said, ‘okay, I just have to do it like I did it in practice and it'll be fine. It’s a high [degree of diffi­ culty.] It’s good. It'll be fine. I was just making sure I was taking deep breaths and that I did the best I could." The last dive, number 5225D a back, one somersault with two and a half twists, was one she did consistently at the beginning of the year, but failed the dive at a contest in the middle of the season and removed it from her routine. She just started reinserting it recently. “Today is the best one I have ever seen her do, prac- I 99 * Delton Kellogg/Thornapple Kellogg/Hastings junior Sophia Marcukaitis races to a victory in the 100-yard breaststroke at the OK Rainbow Tier II Conference Championship Saturday at the CERC in Hastings. Marcukaitis won the breaststroke and the 50-yard freestyle events at the championship. (Photo by Brett Bremer) * 99 DK/ tice or competition TK/HHS diving coach Todd Bates said. “She really picked the right day to do it so well." Dumond was a gymnast as a youngster and after taking some swimming lessons at the CERC was encouraged to try the swim team. She knew she did not want to be a swimmer, but eventually gave diving a shot. She has since spent years in the Hastings Community Diving Club, and competed in three big national events this sum­ mer - which had her all ready for the start of the high school season. She was fourth at the conference championship as a freshman behind three seniors. She has really grown and matured a lot as a diver,” Bates said. “I am proud of the fact that she picked up these bigger dives. That is the reason she didn’t finish as well last year. She was doing too many easy dives. I made her step it up, and she has some of the dives now that will help her get into college [diving] - the two and a halfs, and doubles, and one and a halfs.” That last dive is what won her the meet today,” Bates said. “She needed to do that dive well to hold those four points. That is one 9 lNStt.4 j. 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(Photo by Brett Bremer) 4 I �* ’I, -J AF f i Delton Kellogg/Thornapple Kellogg/Hastings senior Preslee Hall competes in the 100-yard butterfly during the OK Rainbow Tier II Conference Championship at the CERC in Hastings Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) » second and a half off the conference record time in the race. Taylor Wolf, sopho­ more Abigail DeWeerd. Jasinski and Antel won the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:42.96. Reed, senior Ellama Hudson. Antel and Laney Wolf won the 400-yard free style relay in 3:42.72. Jasinski was the 200-yard individual medley champion in 2:19.00. Marcukaitis won that race last year as a sophomore at the conference meet. Antel's winning time in the 100-yard freestyle was 55.77. The day's other champion was Ottawa Hills sophomore Dani Sadowski who took the 500-yard freestyle in 5:28.44. Ottawa Hills had four girls in that 500 freestyle champion­ ship final. Ottawa Hills and Unity Christian made up for Wayland’s first-place points with their depth. In the 200 freestyle behind Laney Wolf the next six finishers were three Crusaders and three Bengals. Unity Christian also ■ Delton Kellogg/Thornapple Kellogg/Hastings sophomore Aubrey Hawks swims to a medal-winning performance in the 200-yard freestyle during the OK Rainbow Tier II Conference Championship at the CERC in Hastings Nov. 5. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ■t* (I f i’ L I l> J 0*7J I of her newer dives, so I was really happy to see her do it well in a meet.” Dumond and teammate TJ Myers, who was fifth in the diving competition Saturday, both also got to compete in the MHSAA Division I Lower Peninsula Diving Regional at East Kentwood High School Thursday. Dumond qualified for the MHSAA Division I Lower Peninsula Swimming and Diving Championship by placing sixth in a field of 31 divers. Myers had a solid I9th-place finish. Marcukaitis surpassed the MHSAA DI state qualifying times in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke Saturday and had already met the state qualifying time in the 100-yard freestyle this season as well. She’ll join Dumond at Oakland University for the state finals the weekend of Nov. 18-19. Wayland junior Elliot Antel and senior Sami Reed went 1-2 in the l(X) freesty le Saturday. » Antenna Men Digital TV Antennas I Cell Phone Boosters 269.967.8241 TV ANTENNA & TOWER INSTALLATION www.theantennamen.com Wayland girls won seven of the day's 12 events, but were second in a tight three­ way battle for the day’s team title. Unity Christian won Saturday’s conference cham­ pionship meet with 430 points. Wayland was second with 427.5 and Ottawa Hills third with 426.5. The DK/ TK/Hastings girls were a dis­ tant fourth with 330 points, ahead of Calvin Christian/ West Catholic 183 and Grand RapidsUnion 167. Unity Christian’s lone championship individual came from senior Lauren Miedema w ho took the 100yard butterfly in 1:00.58. Marcukaitis was matched by Wayland freshman Laney Wolf with 40 points on the day to finish al the top of the list of all-conference athletes. senior DK/TK/Hastings Prvslee Hall joined confer­ ence champs Marcukaitis and Dumond in earning spots in the all-conference team. Wolf won the 200-yard freestyle, the 100-yard backstroke. and she was a part of Wayland’s winning 200-yard medley relay and 400-yard freestyle relay teams. Laney Wolf. Taylor Wolf, sophomore Kennedy Jasinski and Reed opened the meet by winning the 200-yard med ley relay for Wayland in 1:51.23 - finishing less than a Delton Kellogg/Thornapple Kellogg/Hastings senior Cadence VanOoy races through the water in the ’B‘ Final of the 100-yard backstroke Saturday at the CERC in Hastings during the OK Rainbow Tier II Conference Championship. (Photo by Brett Bremer) had three top eight medalists in the diving competition and 100-yard freestyle. the Ottawa had three in the top eight in the butterfly. Il was a weekend filled w ith personal record performances by the DK/TK/HHS girls, and coach Scheessel was pleased that many of those were by several seconds. “If you work the taper, the taper works.” he tells his girls. Hall earned her all-confer­ ence honors powered by a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly. She turned in a time of 1:03.99 in that race. DK/TK/HHS sophomore Aubrey Hawks was eighth behind the crowd of Bengals and Crusaders in the 200yard freestyle and also seventh in the 100-yard back Junior teammate stroke, Holly Carpenter was seventh in the 50 freestyle and fifth in the 100 freestyle. Hawks fin­ ished the 200-yard freestyle in 2:16.04 and the 100-yard Ob backstroke in 1:10.80. Carpenter earned her 50-yard freestyle medal with a lime of 26.37. Senior Cadence VanOoy. Carpenter, Hall and Marcukaitis teamed for a third-place time of 1:44 .22 rin the 200-yard freestyle relay, Hawks. Marcukaitis. Hall and Carpenter were third in the 2(M)-yard medley real in 1:55.O5. The hosts closed the meet with sophomore Malia Hamby. VanOoy. junior Lizzie Middleton and Hawks swimming to a fifth-place time of 4:22.46 in the 400yard freestyle relay. Middleton. Middleton, sophomore Melany Vargas. VanOoy. junior Bella Morey, fresh­ man Siena VanOoy. senior Erin Daniels, junior Ainslcy Parsons and senior Kasey Kapteyn all scored points for the DK/TK/HHS team with their performances in ’B‘ Finals for the ninth through 16th competitors in each event, •B 190970 Phone 616 Wl.0070 h 196 Broadmoor Ave SE CakdrxiM. 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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONI A COUNTY OF KENT, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS AND SUMMARY OF THE REGULATORY EFFECT THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 3, 2022 the Township Board of the Charter Township of Caledonia adopted Ordinance No. 2022-03Z and Ordinance No. 2022-04Z. Ordinance No. 2022-04Z rezones lands at 8705 Kraft Avenue, SE from the A- Agricultural District to the R-2 Medium Density Single Family District. Ordinance No. 2022-03Z rezones 8671 Kraft Avenue SE from the A- Agricultural District to the R-2 Medium Density Single Family District. I — COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES The minutes of the October 25. 2022 Regular Council Meeting, which were approved on November 09. 2022, are posted at the Village Hall at 100 E Mam Street and on the website at www.villaqeofmiddleville org. The ordinances will become effective on November 19, 2022. A copy of the ordinances may be examined or purchased at the Caledonia Charter Township Offices, 8196 Broadmoor Avenue, within the Township, during Township office hours. Dated: November 12, 2022 TOWNSHIP BOARD OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA > I ♦ • 9 9 �""Jr •* Page 16/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 12, 2022 Domany wins his second all-state medal in Brooklyn Brett Bremer Sports Editor The need for speed didn't match the weather conditions Saturday at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. Caledonia senior Jordan Domany, running in the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Cross Country Championship for the third time at Michigan International Speedway, earned his second all-state medal with a 19th-place time of 15 minutes 58.7 seconds. He was about 13 seconds off his personal record time which he set earlier this fall at the Portage Invitational. That was par for the course. Only four of the 252 guys in the race ran new personal record times. In contrast, nine of the top 30 medalists in the DI boys' ran personal record times on the course at MIS in Brooklyn in 2021 and 34 set personal records overall. There were intermittent rain showers throughout the day in Brooklyn Saturday, Nov. 5. The wind blew steadily and gusted at times over 40 miles 4 per hour. Domany helped the Caledonia boys' team to state runner-up finishes each of the past two seasons. He was 29th at the state finals as a fresh­ man, finishing in just over 16 minutes. He was 38th at the state finals as a junior last fall. “Jordan executed a perfect race with the high winds and rough conditions," Caledonia boys’ cross country coach Ben Thompson said. “Jordan also wraps up his cross country career as the second fastest Fighting Scot to don the purpie and gold." There were many of his teammates and a few alumni who made their way to Michigan International Speedway to support him on the day and it was much appredated.” The race was the eighth straight under 16 minutes for Domany. He was joined at the state finals by teammate Natalia Quigley from the Caledonia girls’ team who was 65th in the DI girls’ race with a time of 19:32.27. Girls needed a V Caledonia senior Jordan Domany looks out from the award stage after receiving his all-state medal for a 19th-place finish in the Division 1 Boys’ race at the MHSAA L.P. Cross Country Championships Nov. 5 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. (Photo by Will Kowalski) time of less than 19 minutes to earn a spot among the 30 med­ alists in the race. Quigley also ran at the state finals in 2019 with the Caledonia girl’s team. She was 209th that year with a Caledonia senior Natalia Quigley closes in on the time of 20:53.4, which was a finish line at Michigan International Speedway in personal record for her at the Brooklyn Saturday, Nov. 5. She finished 65th in a time of time. She dropped her PR to 19:32.27 in the Division 1 Girls’ race at the MHSAA L.P. 19:21.0 at the first OK Red Cross Country Championships. (Photo by Will Kowalski) Conference jamboree this fall. Caledonia varsity girls with 97 points. Romeo was straight state runner-up finish cross country coach Ben second with 172 172 points, ahead for Norder, who finished one of Ann Ann Arbor Arbor Pioneer Pioneer 1196, 96, spot ahead of Anderson at the Howell said Quigley had an of amazing race, “arguably the Saline Saline 201, 201, Brighton Brighton 2 215, 15, 2021 finals. best race of her career.” Oxford 255, Ann Arbor Northville junior Brendan West Ottawa's girls won Skyline 261, Walled Lake Herger was third in 15:34.05 the OK Red Conference Northern 271, Northville 308 leading his team to the state Championship and the and Grand Haven 319 in the championship. The Northville MHSAA L.P. Division 1 State top ten. The Jenision girls boys finished with 122 points Championship. Panther soph­ were right behind the and Traverse City Central was omore Helen Sachs was the Buccanees in 11th place. second with 196 points. individual state champion in There were six OK Red Brighton placed third with her race Saturday afternoon Conference girls among the 30 229 points, ahead of Clarkston with a time of 17:18.74 and state medalists in DI. 265, Ann Arbor Pioneer 267, senior teammate Arianne Grandville senior Allison Plymouth 270, Saline 280, Olson was ninth in 18:27.13. It Amsman was the runner-up Romeo 290, Utica 340 and was the fourth top ten finish at behind Sachs in 17:43.47. Kalamazoo Central 342 in the the state finals for Olson, who Ottawa Hills senior Benne top ten. was the state runner-up in DI Anderson beat out Grand East Kentwood senior as a freshman in 2019. Haven junior Seth Norder for Owen Lawrence was a third West Ottawa closed the day the DI boys’ championship. state medalist from the OK Anderson hit the finish line in Red in the DI boys’ race. He 15:17.32 and Norder in was just ahead of Domany 15:18.95. It is the second placing 17th in 15:57.79. 5 4 I Members of the Caledonia varsity boys’ cross country team celebrate with senior Jordan Domany after his all-state performance in the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Boys’ Cross Country Championship at Michigan International Speedway Saturday, Nov. 5. i Keep VourTeeth fora LIFETIME! r I I i ) Your teeth are amazing - dental visits can keep them that way. Is it time to make an appointment with a dentist that takes the time to answer your questions and explains the conditions and treatments you’ll need to protect your teeth for a lifetime? Vou Don’t Haue To Brush DLL VourTeeth, Just The Ones Vou Want To Keep. r I We specialize in the prevention J diagnosis and treatment of the oral cavity, including the teeth and gums. One-Stop Dentistry! (UJe do Implants) No dental insurance? Sign up for our special payment plan Dr. Derek J. DeVries DDS n I» DEVRIES Now accepting new patients. 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Cd J MiwoU nod ju A q biilOO £l£b Ol muenoo VlHBl i iuG h buod idinom » mini to sdJbnr; i bifioH larijsrlw sarthnti o adt ni non it r No. 47/ November 19, 2022 Published by J-Ad Graphics, Inc. • 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 144th year TK Early Childhood Center draws rave reviews from kids, staff Greg Chandler Staff Writer A little more than two months after openin; its doors for the first time, Thornapple Kellogg Schools’ Early Childhood ' Center is a hit with students and staff. Sarah Hammer, TK’s director of special educa- tion and the Early Childhood Center, presented an update on the school’s first couple of months during Monday's Board of Education meeting. It’s a beautiful building. We absolutely adore it. The kids love the space,” Hammer told board mem­ bers. 44 Thornapple Kellogg Schools doctor of special education and early childhood center Sarah Hammer discusses the first couple of months of the district’s Early Childhood Center with the TK Board of Education on Monday. (Photo by Greg Chandler) The Early Childhood Center is home to TK’s tui­ tion-based preschool pro­ grams for 3-and-4-yearolds, the state-funded Great Start Readiness Program for preschool kids from at-risk backgrounds, and the district’s early child­ hood special education pro­ gram. A total of 178 students are enrolled at the school 68 of whom are in the 4-year-old preschool pro­ gram. Another 37 students are in the 3-year-old preschool program, 61 are in the Great Start Readiness Program and 12 are in the early childhood special-ed program. Hammer said. “We continue to grow. We do have a few openings available,” she said. “We've had to turn kids away in the past, so now with our new building we get to have that opportunity to continue to grow. We re already talking about what it's going to look like next year and how we want to operate our pro­ grams to adapt to what our community needs.” Some of the activities that the 4-year-old pre­ school classes have experi­ enced include a visit from local firefighters and a pre­ sentation by Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, Hammer said, We re trying to bring field trips to us because it's so difficult to get our kids on the buses,” she said. One of the early high­ lights of the year was an art show where visitors could get to purchase art work by ECC students. The event raised $1,200 for the school’s school's Parent-Teacher Organization, Hammer said. Hammer also presented an update on TK's special education program. A total of 399 students districtwide have individualized educa­ tion plans, or lEPs - includ­ ing 106 that receive speech and language instruction 102 that have specific learn ing disabilities, plus others that are on the autism spechave cognitive trum, impairments or are devel­ opmental ly-delayed Hammer said. Hammer reported that (4 4 See CENTER, page 3 Middleville DDA expresses potential interest in Placer.ai information-gathering program James Gemmell Contributing Writer The Middleville Downtown Development Authority might like to par ticipate in an information-sharing program that could provide instant access to data on how and where consumers are spending their money locally. But before deciding, DDA board members said at their monthly meeting Tuesday they want to see what level of interest the village council and the Thomapple Township Board might have in the data tracking program. And whether those government entities might want to share in the cost of local participation. Placer.ai is a national program touted by its proponents as an important tool for and attracting business boosting economic develop­ ment. Jennifer Heinzman, the Barry County Chamber and Economic Economic Development Alliance president/CEO, gave a presentation to DDA board members in September, and asked them again Tuesday to consider partici­ ;pating in the program. Placer Labs Labs Inc. Inc. provides provides real-time real-time information derived from consumer preferences, foot traffic, cellphone data and computer cookies (pieces ot website data). It collects, stores, and shares information about people who use mobile apps operated by third thirdparties. parties. Placer Placer receives receives consumer consumer data data from from retail retail stores, stores, brands, brands, researchers and advertising advertising agencies. agencies. ItIt uses uses GPS, WiFi and other signals information.” The program costs a parto learn the location of con­ organization sumers at a given time, if ticipating they have enabled their $25,000 annually and there devices to share local infor- are only a few licenses given mation. The company uses for each geographical region proprietary technology to to help protect privacy. The analyze and process the loca- Chamber holds the local license and is asking some tion data and then aggregate the consumer information for area businesses and munici­ use on its computer platform, palities to partner with it in It is not shared with third sharing part of the cost. That parties, and and data data about about indiindi- way, it will lighten the finanparties, vidual consumers is not sold cial load for each of the partnering organizations. The to anyone. “Generally, the informa- Chamber controls the local tion we collect is not infor- computer access and distrib­ mation that identifies you utes requested information to personally,” Placer.ai says on paying partners. “The way it works is, it’s its website. “We rely upon by the developer and operator ot licensed by domain, these mobile apps to enable Heinzman said. So, anyyour connection to our ser- body outside of our organizavices, to provide or withdraw tion does not have access. consent with respect to the See PROGRAM, page 2 collection and use ot vour Scots one win away from State Finals at Ford Field in Detroit Caledonia senior lineman Carlo Aybar lifts the regional championship trophy above his head in a crowd of his teammates as the Fighting Scot varsity football team celebrates its 42-14 victory over Grand Ledge in the MHSAA Division 1 Regional Final inside East Kentwood's Falcon Stadium Nov. 12. The Caledonia defense shut out Grand Ledge in the second half in Kentwood last Saturday and junior running back Brock Townsend powered the offensive attack with 18 rushes for 179 yards and two touchdowns. Senior quarterback Mason McKenzie rushed for 99 yards and three touchdowns himself while throw ing for a TD too. Caledonia is set to kickoff its MHSAA Division 1 State Semifinal against Clarkston at DeWitt High School today (Nov. 19) at 1 p.m. The winner of the semifinal contest will face either Bellville or Detroit Cass Tech in MHSAA Division 1 Football Final Saturday, Nov. 26, at 1 p.m. Inside Ford Field in downtown Detroit. IN sii ssm Ei • Thornapple Twp., Village of Middleville consider joint planning position • Thornapple Players to present JJ “Christmas Belles • Middleville DDA prepares for Small Business Saturday event • Caledonia hockey co-op starts new era Saturday at Southside • TK student-athletes honored among OK Gold’s best of the fall �Page 2/The Sun and Newt, Saturday, November 19, 2022 Thornapple Twp. to discuss joint planning position with Middleville / I Greg Chandler Staff Writer Thcjmappie Township has agreed to move ahead with discussions with Middleville village officials on the possi bilrty the two governmental units could share a planning and zoning administrator. 7 ownvhip Board Ibe Monday unanimously approved a motion to allow Township Supervisor Eric Schaefer to move forward with discussions with the village on the shared position, lhc board also, in a separate vote, approved the establishment of an ad hoc com­ mittee to explore additional opOcm for filling the planning and zoning position. The discussion on a shared planning and zoning position follows the recent resignation of Catherinc (jetty as the township’s zoning administrator. Getty, who is also a Barry County commissioner, announced last month that she was stepping down from the township to take a leadership position with Bam County Blue Zones, Mean while, Middleville has not had a full-time plan­ ning and zoning administrator since Brian Urquhart left the village in June to lake a planmng position with the city of Grand Haven. New Village Manager Craig Stolsonburg earlier this month proposed the joint planning position. “We could talk about the needs of the village and the needs of the township and sec if we can put together a job description with (planning consultant) Williams and Works and sec if there’s something we can potentially shop out to the communities,*’ Stolsonburg told board mem­ hers poor to the vote. “I think it’s a good opportu­ nity to try to w ork together once again, to try to mend some relationships,” Stolsonburg added. Township Trustee Kim Selleck expressed concern about the idea. “What do we need as a township, exclusive of w<hat Ihey need? Do we need a fulltime person?* Selleck asked. “We’ve had one, they’ve had one. Years ago w hen they had a combined one. there was a lot less people a lot less parcels. As we’ve grown and arc growing, that’s my biggest stickier - do we need some thing focused solely on the township? I’m not against doing collaboration but that’s my biggest concern.” Getty acknowledged oncem s. Selleck s concerns, but encouraged the board to be open-minded about the idea “I don’t think we can con­ tinue to do the work in 11X1 1 places the way it's being done now with one person. There’s just not enough hours, there's not enough time.” she said. “Now could vou do it differ — ently and rely more heavily on consultants? Possibly. 1 think I w ould just proceed with being open-minded. You can have those discussions. I’m not say­ ing that there’s not a solution out there, bul look at the pros and cons of each option.” Getty was honored poor to Monday’s board meeting for her service as zoning adminis­ trator. In a separate motion Monday, the board approved paying Getty $50 per hour for various sen ices as needed while the township decides on what to . 1 ■ do about the planning and zon­ • • ing administrator j ID In other business, the board: - Approved a resolution cre­ ating a special assessment dis­ trict for improvements to Noffke Dn ve from I (tfsth Street south to West Noffke Drive, Property owners along the affected stretch wwld share in the project cost. A public hear­ ing to determine die necessity for the project will take place al the Dec. 12 township board meeting, and assuming a yes vote at that meeting, the assess­ ment roll would be set al the January' board meeting. “This is to begin the process. Schaefer said. - Approved the purhase of turnout gear for Thomapple Township Emergency Sen ices, in the amount of $27,245, with a monthly rental of such gear at $335 per month under the purchase order is delivered. - Approve a uniform allow ­ ance allocation for 1’1 ES members. - Approved a contractual agreement with Williams and Works for assistance with plan­ ning and zoning matters. TIk consultant has worked with the township on the last two master plan updates as well as on an updaied plan for Thomapple Area Parks and Recreation Commission. Getlv* said. - Approved a motion to renew the health insurance plan for township employees, effective Dec. 1. - Approved the appoint­ ment of Dave Keil to the township Board of Review to replace Stolsonburg. who could not retain his board seat because of his new appoint­ ment as village manager. * I an X' I !L'« IW I I il d PROGRAM, continued from page 1 Businesses or governments invited by the Barry C ounty Chamber to participate have three payment options. The first is for an annual $5,000 buy-in, in which the Chamber partner would receive one Placer report each month he able to request research support from the Chamber's college STEM interns, who specialize in collecting data. The Chamber uses two University of Michigan gradu- t ale-level students. The second option is for a $10,(XX) buy-in. and the partnering government board or business would get unlimited reports. And for those that only want one report, the third option would be to pay a one lime fee of $1,000 to be a Chamber part­ ner in the Pacer.ai program. Board DDA member Johnny DeMaagd said report” is a misnomer in the sense that the compilation of 44 information provided is more like an in-depth analysis on consumer habits. “Right now, we’re able to go in and research all the libraries in the area.” Heinzman told the DDA board. “We can tell who has visited there from the zip code, So, wc know how many peopie are traveling outside of Middleville to get to any of these libraries. And now, we're going to be able to look at traffic patterns to tell you where the best place is to put your library.” A monthly report might include an economic impact study on any given event to learn where the event participants came from, how much they spent, w hat their demo­ graphics are, and so forth. “We will know where to place businesses,” Heinzman said. “You can go through and look at all the businesses that arc currently existing, what the leakage is, who’s leaving Middleville to go other places and what arc they going for. So, you know what kind of businesses you want here. Traffic studies, if you want to know how' many cars are going by any given point. It’s just endless.” Makenzi Peters, who was elected Nov. 8 as a new Be "SENSIBLE" about your water! 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Call Today! or just show up Authorized PRO’S PICK’Dealer 9980 Cherry Valley, Caledonia 49316 On the corner of M-37 and 100th Street Mon-Fri. 8:3(lain-5:30pm and Sat. R:30am-2pm Call 795-9266 for Reservations 616.89170303 WWW.MArNARDSWATERCONDITIONING.COM Sponsored hy Middleville United Methodist Church and Bradford White Corporation Mr, Middleville Village Council trustee, addressed the DDA board members while seated in the audience. She suggested they consider what kinds of information they could use in 2023 before committing to program participation. “What are the upcoming projects for this next yen. what kinds of reports and data? That way, we’re not wasting lime and wasting money,” Peters said. She noted that Lhc village has limited space for develop­ ment. “So, wc want to be smart how we plan developments for next year. Wc have a lot of new families moving in. What is that going to look like for the Village of Middleville in 20 years? I think this would be useful for that forecasting out. I lowcver, also J think wc need to be mindful of budget and expenses, what it’s going to cost.” DeMaagd initially made a motion that the DDA Board go with the $5,000 option to participate in the Placer pro­ gram. Bul then, DDA Chairwoman Kim Jachim suggested the board find out whether it can group its potential monetary contribu­ tion with potential contribu­ tions from the village and township to collectively pay for the $10,000 option. That way, each of the three entities could receive unlimited reports. “That seems like more bang for your buck,” Jachim said. DDA board member Eric Schaefer, who is also Thomapple Township super­ visor, told Heinzman she would have to present the proposal to the Thomapple Township Board to find out if it wants to pay to participate in the Placer.ai program. The DDA Board voted 7-0 to table the matter until it learns if the township board and village council want to go in with the DDA in sharing the cost. II • • itprl®*! t it >• t itwidri liiitaiti V pri pita MttWii ikn liWo MH liras M rth Wil J WhtiHj ' r<itB D I 11 4'llf X 4 �Thornapple Players to perform ‘Christmas Belles QA The Thomapple Players are preparing to bring Christmas cheer to their audiences this holiday sea­ son with the production of “Christmas Belles,” written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten. Shows will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 1-3 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4. in the Dennison Performing Arts Center at 231 S. Broadway in Hastings. Tickets for the shows will cost $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and students. The Players will also hold an open-to-the-public dress rehearsal Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. All seats will be $7 for this rehearsal. “Christmas Belles” is a zany comedy portraying Christmastime in a small town in Texas. As a series of Sv* •’£ S' * :s$,' 0 kJ .... misfortunes occur, all hope for a successful Christmas program seems lost. However, the cast of charac­ ters finds a way to rally the folks in town in order to present a Christmas program that brings the community closer. The joy and spirit of Christmas is renewed and celebrated in this show. Cast and crew members include Shirlee Holsten, Michelle Marcin Pappas, Ellie Payne, Charlie Saulino, Cheryl Sheridan, Kimmy Beck, Kirsten Nottingham, Elijah Leonard, Dick Curtis, Angela Seeber, Julian Kratochvil, Carol Svihl. Terri Schray, Jordan Moray, Michael Moray, Steve Hoke. Aiden Oliver and Julie Coon. Advance tickets may be reserved by calling the Thomapple Arts Council of The Thornapple Players will be embracing the holiday spirit next month with their performance of “Christmas Belles.” Pictures are members of the cast and crew, including (front row, from left) Dick Curtis, Cheryl Sheridan, Kimmy Beck, Michelle Pappas, Angela Seeber, Jordan Moray, (back row) Julian Kratochvil, Carol Svihl, Elijah Leonard, Kirsten Nottingham, Ellie Payne and Charlie Saulino. Missing from the photo are Shirlee Holston, Michael Moray, Aiden Oliver, Steve Hoke, Terri Schray, and Julie Coon. (Photo provided) Barry County at 269-9452002 or purchased at Progressive Graphics at 115 S. Jefferson St. in Hastings, Tickets will also be avail­ able at the door. | some students with lEPs achieved proficiency on state­ wide assessment tests last spring. For example. 56 percent of eighth-graders on an individ­ ualized plan scored proficient in langauge arts on the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress, or M-STEP. The district scored above statewide and Kent Intermediate School District averages for proficiency among students with lEPs, Hammer said. In addition, 92 percent of Thomapple Kellogg High School students from the Class of 2020 that were on lEPs received their diplomas, again exceeding statewide and KISD averages. Hammer said. We're working hard. We're going in the right direc­ tion," she said. “I know that there's going to come times when we're not always going to be on top, but it's something we can celebrate today, at this moment. It was extremely gratifying to see that hard work that all of the staff is doing, is really paying off." 14 In other business Monday, the board approved the pur­ lighting and col­ chase of or-changing pendant lightin eo for the high school auditorium from Fantasee Lighting at a cost of no more than $34,726. Superintendent Craig McCarthy reported that the district is expected to receive bids next week for construc­ tion work at the high school. prior Hopefully, to Christmas, we'll have those bids (from contractors) back. We'll be able to evaluate them over Christmas break, and then award bids at the January board meeting. That’s the plan," McCarthy said. “That will set us up for a perfect timeline for the summer work to be done at the high school. The high school work will be the final portion of the $42.8 million bond issue that TK voters approved in November 2019. The board also held a closed door session to discuss contract negotiations, but took no action afterwards. it M I pi Caledonia Twp. approves contract award for Patterson water main project * L *StlK ** a if Qg •f kffeiWii ... 010 Greg Chandler Stuff Writer The Caledonia Township board Monday approved awarding the contract for construction of a new water main that will run along the east side of Patterson Avenue and will Dutton serve the new Elementary School. But how that line will be built will depend on whether a potential project partner decides to contribute a portion of the cost. The board unanimously approved the awarding of the contract to My-Con Construction, which submitted the low bid of $1,076,897. Community Caledonia Schools would contribute $500.(XX) toward the project cost, as the new water main will serve the new Dutton Elementary School, which is planned to be built at the southeast comer of Patterson and 76th Street. In addition, the developers of the Morgan Woods subdivision will concon­ tribute $150,(XX) toward the construction costs. Patterson The outlier is the Patterson Place townhouse development that just received approval from the tow nship to begin construction. The project, project, which will be built on the northeast comer of 76th and Patterson, consists of 112 units, consisting of 28 clusters of four residential units per building. Patterson Place developer Mark Pung has been asked to contribute $276,000 to the project cost. Wc do have commitments from both the school and from Morgan Woods, and they're actually going to be sending us checks with the idea that they 44 are ... putting their money out there,” Township Treasurer/ Administrator Richard don’t Robertson said. “We don't have that (commitment) yet from Patterson Place. We've asked asked for for them them for for aa commitcommitment ment no no later later than than the the middle middle of December. “If Patterson Place does not go forward, then the water main, main, instead instead of ofcoming coming down down through Patterson Place, would be coming down through Morgan Woods, and (we'd be) establishing a loop for this whole area of the township. We re set up to go either way. whether Patterson Place is in or not. We re wait­ ing for a commitment from Patterson Place in the form of a check," Robertson added. The new water main would run south along Patterson from 68th Street to just north of 76th. ••• (4 44 jjjil ’ •* ■ it*’! I iiity •I * ■- I * WE’RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR HEATING AND COOLING NEEDS Residential & Commercial -Gas and Oil Furnaces but as Robertson said, the location of the final portion of the line would depend on whether Patterson Place contributes financially to the project. While the new water line would serve the school and the new' residential developments. Robertson said the addition is also important for the overall township water system, “We really need a loop, not just for (the developments), not just for the school, but for redundancy in the system," Robertson said. Robertson noted that there may be an opportunity for property owners on the Gaines Township side of Patterson to connect with die new water line, as they are unable to be served by the current ByronGaines water authority. Township Trustee Greg Zoller expressed reservations about approving the bid without having the commitment from Patterson Place. think it's premature to “I award this without knowing where our route is," Zoller said. But Township Trustee Tim Bradshaw had no such con­ cerns. “I think this is really good pricing. If we re going to do this project, we should lock it in," Bradshaw said. “The contractor needs to buy water main now' and potentially build it next fall. ••• Are You Ready For Winter? MIDDLEVILLE CALEDONIA 500 Arlington Street 9820 Cherry Valley Road �Page 4/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 19, 2022 Pat Marshall will celebrate 80th birthday Denise Straley Denise E. Straley, age 76 lost her with battle Alzheimer’s disease on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. She was preceded in death by her husband of 23 years, Thomas E. Straley. She is survived by her daughter, Megan (Craig) LeMarbe; grandchildren, Olivia, Logan and Gibson; her brother Graham Blackman; step­ daughter, Deborah Straley, and grandchildren, Amanda, Elizabeth, Austin, and Samantha. Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, one of Denise’s proudest moments was becoming an American citi- donating her time to the Legion American and Hastings Public Library. We are comforted know­ ing that Denise has been released from this disease and has returned to the activ­ ities she held a great passion 5 travel, and volunteering. A celebration of life will be announced in local papers and held in May of 2023. It is only natural that we celebrate her memory, and lay her to rest with Tom, after the dreaded snow has long passed and her beloved birds have returned to join us in . one last dance. zen in 1995. She immigrated to California in 1971, then moved to Michigan in 1978 with her first husband, Roger, who was native to the area. Denise spent years vol­ unteering in the Woodland community to then spend more than two decades Gayle Lee Thaler Thaler, age 70, Gayle of Carson City passed away October 29, 2022 at Asley Care Center. Gayle was bom August 22, 1952 in Hastings, MI, the son of Howard and Bertha Thaler. He graduated from Thomapple Kellogg High School with the class of 1970. He married Dawn Beckman in 1973. Gayle worked for McKinley Trucking in Carson City and was also a volunteer firefight­ er for Freeport, MI and Coralville, IA. He enjoyed watching NASCAR, camping, Gayle is survived by Dawn (mother of his children), April (Chad) Humble, Crystal (BJ) Hensley, Jarrod Thaler; grand­ children, Alyssia, Gunner, Morgan, Hadley, Reagan and brothers, Gene and Gary (Sue) Thaler. A celebration of life memo­ rial gathering will be held Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 2160 M-37, Hastings. In lieu of flowers, memori­ als may be made to the wishes of the Thaler family. hunting, fishing and off roading. Gayle was a loving father and grandfather. and seven grandchildren. Please help Pat honor this milestone by sending cards and well wishes to: Station Creek Retirement Community 10010 Crossroad ~ Ct.SE Apt. 223 Caledonia, MI 49316. Pat Marshall of Caledonia is celebrating 80 years of memories on November 26th. Pat was married to the late Frank Marshall and together they had two children (Darrell and Colleen) Z! 0 / r i 111 tu $ Middleville TOPS 546 The Nov. 12 meeting opened with the secretary’s report and roll call. One new fish jumped into the fishbowl and six fish jumped out. Chris led everyone with the TOPS song “Walk to Stay Fit.” Her program was from the July/August TOPS magazine titled “Salt vs. Sodium. What’s the Difference?”” Salt Salt isis in in our our Difference? foods. Sodium affects our health. We need a certain amount of sodium to keep the the body body in in balance. balance. Many Many foods already have sodium or reading or salt salt in in them, them, so so reading labels imnort-­ labels isis extremelv extremely import ant. Foods that say they are salt or sodium-free still contain up to 5 mg per serving. Virginia lost the Ha-Ha box. The meeting ended with marching in in place place as as the marching the group said the TOPS and KOPS pledges. TOPS, a weight-loss support port group, meets every Saturday at Lincoln Meadows in Middleville, Weigh-in is from 10 to 10:15 a.m., followed immediately by the meeting. A mask is suggested when in the common area of the building. Press the white buzzer for entry. Anyone with questions may call Chris, 269-9083731. The first meeting is free. i -V jil $ I • ■ Ftee thanksgiving dinner open to community The Middleville United Methodist Church and Bradford White Corporation will be pro­ viding a free Thanksgiving dinner to the community on Nov. 24, 2022. The event will be held in the fellowship hall of the Methodist Church, which is located at 111 Church Street. Turkey and all of the trimmings will be served from 1 to 3 p.m. Call 795-9266 for res­ ervations or just show up. 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Community Group.................................. 10: 00 a.m. 11: 00 a.m. Wednesday 6:30 pm & 7 pm Pastor Ed Carpenter - 616-868-0621 Sermons online: WhitneyvilleFellowship.org \ * V )j James L. Collison, Pastor www.yankeespringsbiblechurch.org ’X. 5 I S - i sendee, in person or online, at 9:00 am. committed followers of Jesus Christ who will reach our community with the Gospel i �1 Sj I The Sun and News, Saturday, November 19, 2022/ Page 5 I NS 1 c*. X* I si i I •> & 'A .At l»w. Yankee Springs board ponders fire truck purchase Greg Chandler Staff Writer The Yankee Springs Township board has scheduled a special meeting for next Tuesday where it could decide on purchasing a new fire engine. The meeting will take place at 10 a.m. at the township hall. 284 N. Briggs Rd. A three-member fire depart­ ment committee has recom­ mended the township approve the purchase of a truck from Spencer Manufacturing, a fire truck manufacturer based in South Haven, at a cost of near­ ly $755,000. A second bid, from Pierce Manufacturing, came in more than $125,000 higher than the Spencer bid, Township Trustee Dave VanHouten told board mem­ bers at their Nov. 10 meeting. “I am hoping that this is the final approval (for the truck),” VanHouten said. The committee, consisting of Lt. Douglas Katsina, Capt. Derek Olsen and firefighter Kyle Ritema, recommended the township set aside no more than $800,000 for the purchase of the unit so the fire depart­ ment can pay “for upgrading tools, fitting, hardware, hoses. med bags, (automatic external defibrillator) and other miscellaneous equipment as needed,” the group wrote in a memo to the board, Besides the lower bid price, the committee supported Spencer because of its location and service. u During the building of our (specifications), Spencer made efforts to meet with us and make make sure sure we we are are building building the the truck we need.” the committee wrote in its memo. VanHouten said that a deci­ sion will likely include how the township will pay for the new truck. The township currently has $587,100 in its fire equipment purchase fund, according to township documents. “(Spencer is) pretty open to how we go about paying for it,” VanHouten said, The bid offer from Spencer is good for 30 days, meaning a delay in approving the bid could result in an increase in the price for the new truck. Pierce Manufacturing just raised the pricing on its new fire trucks by 6.5 percent this month, according to township documents. Yankee Springs contracts with the Wayland Fire Department for fire service in the township. The township has its own fire station on South Payne Lake Road. In other business from the Nov. 10 meeting: - Township Clerk Mike Cunningham reported that the expansion and renovation of the township has fallen a little bit behind schedule. Installation of windows and doors on the building addition, which had been scheduled to be done by the end of October, has been delayed, Cunningham also reported that a scheduled electrical switchover that was to have taken place Monday has been cancelled with no nonew newdate dateavailable. available.The Theexteexte­ rior of the building is nearly complete, drywall installation is done, and heating and cooling installation is nearly done, Cunningham said. - Paving work had been scheduled for Friday on the parking lot expansion at the township park. Cunningham reported that plans were to put a first coat of pavement on Friday, but whether additional coats can be applied will depend on the weather. Costs for the project have risen beyond the $100,000 estimate that was provided to the township by Fleis VandenBrink. A higher-than-expected bid price for the contract along with a recent change order for o an improved sand base have now boosted the expected price for the project to $131,735, Cunningham reported, - The board approved the special assessment roll for aquatic plant control on Cobb Lake for the next eight years. There are 135 parcels in the Cobb Lake special assessment district with lakefront parcels being assessed $62.31 per year for the eight-year period and backlot parcels being assessed $49.84 per year for the same timeframe. The assessment will cover the $8,000 annual cost of herbicide treatment of the lake for the invasive plant species of Eurasian milfoil, curly-leaf pondweed and starry stonewort, - Approved the final plat for the Shalinda subdivision off of Payne Lake Road. S.J. Vandenberg Construction is building 12 handicap-accessible duplexes on the site. The township initially approved a preliminary plat for the development in January 2018. The township’s subdivision ordinance requires a developer to complete a project within two years of being approved for a preliminary plat, but developer Shanon Vandenberg, a former township trustee, successfully persuaded the township to approve three one-year extensions because of COVID-19-related delays that affected the installation of infra­ structure in the development. - Cunningham reported that voter turnout for the Nov. 8 election from a percentage standpoint was about the same as the 2018 gubernatorial elec­ tion at 66 percent, but a greater number of voters came out to cast ballots. A total of 2,974 ballots were tabulated in the township in the election, compared to 2,496 in the 2018 election, Cunningham said. Caledonia council approves village development plan -P ixz -»» K' Willi - 1 ■■■-! b j»j&7 ’eis niijsrraiHz 5 ijc MW •• raw WWr a IA ’ L­ a fc*6 I I * mW 0 (4^ 1 4 ■J ♦ J JT’ fr If A 4^ ■ Greg Chandler Staff Writer After more than two years of discussion and public input, the village of Caledonia has an updated general development plan to guide future land use and development in the village, Village Council The Monday voted 5-0 to adopt the 89-page document that was put together by the Planning Commission with assistance from the village’s planning consultant, Nathan Mehmed of Williams and Works. The council’s approval came a lit­ tle more than two weeks after the Planning Commission signed off on the document. The process of developing the new plan included public input on what residents see as the future vision of the village. The overall vision statement for the village changed veiy little from an earlier statement from the 2013 development plan, seeking to maintain the village’s small-town character. It calls for new residential growth on the village’s outskirts, primarily to the south. The village will be walkable, with destinations and points of interest well-marked and connected by sidewalks and greenways. In terms of goals for the vil­ lage under the new plan, here are some highlights, quoted directly from the plan document: - Natural environment: “The village will utilize land use and zoning measures designed to control the quality of develop­ ment by ensuring a thorough review of development propos­ als and their potential effects on the village’s natural environ­ ment, including Emmons Lake, trees and other natural features. Residential development: a The village will work with residential developers to encourage planned development to recognize the impor­ tance of preserving natural features, creating neighbor­ hoods rather than isolated individual home sites, and other contributing factors that maintain and enhance our small-town character.” - Downtown: “Uniform design elements such as street lighting, sidewalks and land­ scaping; the preservation and enhancement of the historic and unique architectural character of buildings and building facades; and physical improvements and expansions to parking and other infrastructure will be encour­ aged within the downtown. ... Private businesses will be encouraged to cater to bicyclists and efforts will be made to increase rail trail-based tourism by making public improvements such as drinking fountains, bicycle racks, kiosks, way finding signs and bicycle route signs to enhance the downtown as an attractive and functional ... guidelines and operational performance standards intend­ trail head.” - Community connections: ed to keep the CFE viable “The non-motorized pathway while improving the compatisystem should be expanded, bility of the operations with its increased access points should surroundings,” the plan docube provided, and where appro­ ment said. Another recommendation in priate, on-street bicycle lanes should be provided to increase the development plan desig­ the utility and safety of bicy- nates the area on the south end of the village, around 100th cles throughout the village.” - Community services: “To Street, as low-density residenresidenemphasize village character tial, but that designation hinges on infrastructure improvements and a sense of community, the such as paving of the unim­ village will pursue and encourage the placement of way find- proved portion of 100th and the ing signs and markers desig­ extension of public sewer. “Until such time that these nating historic areas and culimprovements are made avail­ tural resources.” The plan proposes estab- able, the current (agricultural) lishing an overlay or planned zoning density must generally remain in place as to large unit development district in the downtown area for proper- scale development,” the report ties held by the Caledonia said. While medium-density resi­ Farmers Elevator. “Such a rezoning process dential uses are close to being may enable the village and fully developed, there are CFE officals to collaborate on opportunities for new homes a specific set of development to be built on vacant lots. The 30TH ANNUAL plan also addresses the concem of some older homes near downtown that have been con­ verted into two-family and three-family rental units. “In order to maintain prop­ erty values and control prob­ lems with off-street parking, it is recommended that caution and discretion be exercised in allowing the conversion of the older homes to multi-unit rental homes,” the plan document said. The plan designates a sizable area near the southeast comer of the village for high-density resi­ dential uses. There is already an existing multi-family develop­ ment in the area, which could be expanded. Also, an adjacent-zoned area could support up to 80 additional multi-family dwelling units, according to the plan document The full development plan can be found on the village’s website at villageofcaledonia. org or at Village Hall. Council trustees Dan Erskine and Bill Neil were absent from Monday’s meeting. Quality Family Eye Care Since 1929 * Scott Bloom, O.D. OPTOMETRIST — 2 LOCATIONS — • HASTINGS: 1510 N. Broadway - 269-945-2192 • WAYLAND: 216 N. Main - 269-792-0515 MOST INSURANCE ACCEPTED cornerstonechurch LAKEWOOD AREA CHAMBER ROOtED L I * JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL WOMEN’S CHRISTMAS EVENT! •A i 4* n r QUIU aa * Gather with other women for a great evening of dessert, conversation, worship, and teaching! as December 5, 6-8:30pm stops throughout the Lakewood area 2& 7 Offering unique anJ .iffenttHe crafty art, gifts & more. FRIDAY, NOV. 25 • AM-6 PM SATURDAY. 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November 19, 2022 Scots down Comets for spot in state semifinals I I I f k** [• The Caledonia varsity football team celebrates with its regional championship trophy, the program’s first since 2012, after a 42-14 win over Grand Ledge in the MHSAA Division 1 Regional Final inside Falcon Stadium at East Kentwood High School Saturday, Nov. 12. The Fighting Scots are in DeWitt today, Nov. 19, for their MHSAA Division 1 State Semifinal contest against Clarkston. Today’s winner will play at Ford Field Nov. 26 in the MHSAA Division 1 Football Final. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Brett Bremer Sports Editor Under the goalpost. We re not done yet," shouted Caledonia varsity football coach Derek Pennington after a session of photos with the regional championship trophy near midfield inside Falcon Stadium at East Kentwood High School Saturday after­ noon. ITicre were more team pho­ tos in the end zone and then that phrase came up again in the huddle under the goalpost. “We're not done yet." Caledonia has a State Semifinal match-up with Clarkston at DeWitt High School today, Nov. 19. after thumping Grand I^cdge 42-14 in the MHSAA Division 1 Regional Final in Kentwood. Caledonia entered the stale postseason ranked No. 8 in Division 1 and Clarkston No. 7. They re in the final four along with No. 1 Belleville and Detroit Cass Tech, who will meet in the other Division 1 State Semifinal next Saturday. 44 This weekend's winners meet in the MHSAA Division I State Championship at Ford Field in Detroit Nov. 26. “Two more to go. Got to gel to states," Caledonia junior •rock Townsend said as the regional championship celebration, the first for the Scots since 2012, played out in Falcon Stadium. Townsend would be happy to play running back or safety on the collegiate level someday. He certainly doesn't have to choose one position yet, and while the Caledonia coaching staff was pleased to play him almost exclusively at running back early in the year now that is playoff time he’s on both sides of the ball on the regular, Townsend rushed the ball 18 times for 179 yards and two touchdowns against the Comets, and played a big part in wiping away the last of their hopes for a fourth quarter miracle by intercepting a jump ball for receiver Andrew Konieczny in the back right comer of the end zone on a fourth down pass and then busting free for a 38-yard TD run with 2:45 to o. On that final touchdown, Townsend found space to the left and then spun out of the grasp of the Grand Ledge defense as he crossed the 30-yard line and took off for the end zone. “Our receivers were block­ ing really well on the edge," Townsend said. “On that last touchdown I had, Juice [Justice Reed), he was block­ ing phenomenal. He threw' me a great block and I scored. The offensive line had been great in front of him all after­ noon too. They were crazy. They were blocking great giving me lanes and giving me vision," Townsend said. Overall, they just gave me an opening to cut and do what I can do. He thought he should have had an interception in the end zone a play earlier than he did. He sniffed out the third down lob up for Konieczny and just had the ball get through his 44 44 INER) I p- If &EWE^ I X hands. “The first one I should have had. I should have had die first one," Townsend said, “I dropped it a little. I knew they were going to come right back to him. and I was there. I was ready." Coach Pennington thought his guys were more physical than the Cornels on both sides of the ball. Grand Ledge's roster is filled with big bruis­ ing players, a bit like the Traverse City Central team that the Scots faced in the Division 2 Regional Final in a snowstorm in Grandville last November where the Trojans ran to an identical 42-14 win over the Fighting Scots. Townsend said said his team was ready for physical bailgame in the cold this sea­ son. He came wrapped up in sleeves for a regional final a year ago, and had no intention of changing anything for the elements Saturday. “We learned from last time. You see us with no sleeves on, no nothing. We were trying to tough it out - not just physical­ ly, but mentally too, Townsend said. Townsend s first touch­ down run of the day gave the Scots a 14-7 lead in the open- Caledonia’s Derek Pennington Jr. pulls Grand Ledge defender Dru Garza towards the goal line during the fourth quarter of their MHSAA Division 1 Regional Final inside Falcon Stadium at East Kentwood High School Saturday, Nov. 12. (Photo by Brett Bremer) against Grand Ledge Saturday in the MHSAA Division 1 Regional Final at East Kentwood High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ing minute of the second quar­ ter. Senior quarterback Mason McKenzie scored the first points of the game on a 10-yard run around the left side five minutes into the con- L 3 * I LIGHT TRUCK PARTS ' | Nov 23rd - Thanksgiving-eve party featuring 'iTiffr Nov 25th - Black Friday - come enjoy some warm sangria and get OStO PARTS • PICK UPS • ONE TONS • VANS • SUN’S ♦ JEEPS • AMS 10% off your total bill!! 12pm to 3pm mi SIRVICl & VOU PUll IT Nov 26th - Small Business Saturday - shop small, shop local - come browse a few small businesses while you enjoy a glass of wine or beer! See For All Event Details! Hours: 12pm-8pm Tues.-Sat. 9175Chern Valley Ave SE, Caledonia 12pm-4pm Sun. 616.710.0796 269-381-2300 USED PARTS USED TIRES 1811 LAKE ST., KALAMAZOO J test - after fumbling away the ball on the first snap of the bailgame. The defense got him the ball right back, forcing a three-and-out. Grand Ledge eventually tied the game at 7-7 with a 2-yard touchdown run by Mason Stocker with 3:45 to go in the opening quarter. The teams traded punts before Townsend's go-ahead touchdown. The Comets attempt to answer ended in them turning the ball over on downs at the Scots' 25-yard line with seven and a half min­ utes to play in the first half. Caledonia went the other way 75 yards in 11 plays to gel a 7-yard touchdown pass from McKenzie to H-back Derek Pennington Jr. ■^Zll a See SCOTS, page 7 * �Scot varsity football team during its 42-14 win over Grand Ledge in the MHSAA Division 1 Regional Final at East Kentwood High School Saturday, Nov. 12. (Photo by Brett Bremer) * I * I • ^11 As big and physical as the 6-2, 225-pound Pennington Jr. is at H-back and linebacker for the Scots, Grand Ledge senior Teddy Williams was every bit his match on the other side. He hauled in a one-handed, 7-yard touchdown grab between two Caledonia defenders on the left side of the end zone to get his team back within a touch­ down with 19 seconds to go in the first half. The Scots led 21-14 at the half, with the Comets set to receive the second half kickoff. Senior quarterback Shawn Foster tossed that touchdown pass to Williams, but was more of a threat as a runner than a passer. Mason Stocker, another senior, played most of the snaps at quarterback for the Comets' in the second half except when he was briefly spelled for an injury and once the Scots’ had clinched the ballgame. McKenzie scored on a 15-yard run midway through UjQ i osjr^ w 3^’ Caledonia assistant coach Whitney Bell looks over some game film on a tablet during the first half of the Fighting Scots’ 42-14 win over Grand Ledge in the MHSAA Division 1 Regional Final at East Kentwood High School Saturday, Nov. 12. (Photo by Brett Bremer) the third quarter to up the Scots' lead to 28-14 and then scored again on a one-yard run two and a half minutes into the fourth quarter to push the advantage to 35-14. Caledonia kicker Luke Vogeler was a perfect 6-of-6 on extra-point kicks. Our guys that are our guys played well tonight. Blake Herron ran around and made a ton of tackles. Derek [Pennington Jr.] made plays on both sides of the ball,” coach Pennington said. “Brock made plays on both sides of the ball. Mason [McKenzie] was Mason. He made some nice runs and some nice throws. You pretty much just saw who we are today, and I am just really proud of our kids. “I thought our line blocked really well up front too. They did a good job of getting Brock and all the guys some space and then getting some time so we could get the ball out to (ft Caledonia junior safety Brock Townsend rises up over Grand Ledge receiver Andrew Konieczny for an interception in the end zone during the second half of the Fighting Scots’ 42-14 win over the Comets in the MHSAA Division 1 Regional Final at East Kentwood High School Saturday, Nov. 12. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Derek and our wideouts.” Junior defensive back Blake Herron had eight tackles for the Scots and senior linebacker Theren Sanders finished with 9.5. Junior lineman Jaxon Engelberg had six. Seniors Tyler Burd and Carlo Aybar teamed up for the Scots’ lone sack of the bailgame. Aybar also blew up an attempted middle screen by the Comets' on a fourth down play on their first drive of the second half. The Scots took over at their own 37 after Aybar had batted the pass away and then went the other way for McKenzie's 15-yard score. See SCOTS, page 8 �Page 8/The Sun and News, Saturday. November 19, 2022 SCOTS, continued from page 7 I CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA BOARD OF TRUSTEES Meeting Minutes The minutes for the November 2, 2022 Township Board of Trustees Meeting which were approved on November ]6, 2022. are posted at the Township Offices at 8196 Broadmoor Ave., and on the website at www.caledoniatovvnship.org. Yankee Springs Township 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE. MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS OR PARTIES IN INTEREST IN THE COBB LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 37B Following the November 10, 2022, public hearing to consider the special assessment roll, the Township Board confirmed the special assessment roll for the Cobb Lake Aquatic Plant Control Special Assessment District No. 37B. A property owner or any person having an interest in the real property assessed on the special assess­ ment roll confirmed on November 10, 2022, may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the Michigan Tax Tribunal within 30 days of the confir­ mation of the special assessment roll, if the assess­ ment was protested at the hearing on the confirma­ tion of the special assessment roll. The special assessment amount will appear on your winter tax bill at $62.31/year for front lots and $49.84/year for back lots. For additional information about the special assess­ ment, call Mike Cunningham, Township Clerk, at 269-795-9091. < Insul4 f/ SPRAY FOAM Closed or Open Cell or Blown-In Fiberglass Roy Mast • 517-652-9119 2501 N. Ionia Rd., Vermontville 191125 r Yankee Springs Township 284 N BRIGGS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE. MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS. BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the following is a summary of Ordinance No. 11-10-2022 which was adopted by the Yankee Springs Township Board at a regular meeting held on November 10, 2022. FINANCIAL FOCUS Provided by Andrew McFadden and Jeffrey Westra of Edward Jones You may have heard about “sustainable investing.” But if you're not familiar with it, you may have some queslions: What does it involve? Is it right for me? Can I fol­ low a sustainable investing strategy and still get the port­ folio performance I need to reach my goals? 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Here’s a quick look at the ESG ele­ ments: • Environmental - Com­ panies may work to reduce carbon emissions, invest inrenewable energy, decrease pollution and conserve water resources. • Social - A business may promote gender and pay aft Li ORDINANCE_11 -J 0-2Q22-QBD1N A K PRQPERTYJN LAND SECTION 20 SECTJONI REZONING OF PROPERTY IN LAND The Township zoning map is amended to rezone part of a 25 acre parcel located on the south side of M-179 from R/A, Rural Agriculture Zoning District to C-3, Commercial Zoning District. Tax parcel number is 08-16-020-013-10. The part of the property to be rezoned to C-3 is the width of the parcel running 680 feet deep from the north property line. All the rest of the parcel remains zoned RA. SECTION II SEVERABILITY The provisions of this Ordinance are severable . All ordinances or parts of ordinances in SECIlQ.Nill conflict herewith are hereby repealed SECTION IV EFFECTIVE DATE, This Ordinance shall take effect eight days after publication after adoption. w PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the full text of the Ordinance has been posted in the Office of the Township Clerk at the address set forth below and that a copy of the Ordinance may be purchased or inspected at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular working days following the date of this publication YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP Michael Cunningham, Clerk 284 N. Briggs Road Middleville. Ml 49333 (269) 795-9091 : Offensively, McKenzie fin­ ished with 18 rushes for 179 yards and he was 5-of-9 pass­ ing for 124 yards and the one TD. Pennington had three receptions for 57 yards. “Our offense moved the ball all night." coach Pennington said. “All day we were moving the ball. We put 42 up and I think we only punted once or twice. The offense was very efficient. They played a little tighter coverage than we expected, but we made some What to know about sustainable investing Yankee Springs Township 284 N. Briggs Road Middleville, Ml 49333 - Caledonia lineman Isaac Clark (60) clears Grand Ledge linebacker Aiden Chamblee (54) from the path of quarterback Mason McKenzie during their MHSAA Division 1 Regional Final at East Kentwood High School Saturday, Nov. 12. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Grand Ledge senior wide receiver Teddy Williams goes up above Caledonia defenders Maddox Greenfield (left) and Theren Sanders to haul in a touchdown pass cutting the Scots’ lead to 21-14 just before the half Saturday, Nov. 12, at East Kentwood High School. The Scots shut out the Comets in the second half en route to a 42-14 victory. 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They got some help from their receivers. Williams had two catches for 39 yards. Both were one-handed grabs against tight coverage. Konieczny had nine receptions for 90 yards and the Scots were tight on him on a couple of those. Williams also led the Comets in tackles with 8. He had 4 tackles for a loss. Coach Pennington said the Scots had to make a few adjust­ ments offensively. For one, the Comets played tighter cover­ age than they had seen on film, and they also decided it was best to just run left away from Williams more often than not. “[Townsend] ran great all day. I thought he was doing a great job of kind of being patient and kind of waiting and then finding seams, coach Pennington said. “They put in some heavy boxes, but we put in a run where we were wrapping our tackle this week. I thought it looked really g(xxl. Wc ran that a ton today. Sometimes you run stuff in practice and it looks really good and then you come out here today and it’s not. You have to kind of pick around and find what is working.” “The Williams kid is a good player.” he added. “They had some good players, no doubt. Our guys were better today. “I just think our kids were the most physical team and won most of the collisions today and played the fastest. I am proud to represent the OK Red and Grand Rapids area football and beat a Lansing area team. Il is really a cool thing for our kids. 'Hiis is their team. This is their win. It is just fun to be around a great group of kids like this. i 1- i & M •9 • • a I(l,n ** (I®8 W rjiiid KChji tam *H tom * !•> & - V % �< The Sun and News, Saturday, November 19, 2022/ Page 9 Skaters donning purple and gold this season 1 ■■ > iw; 0 ,7/hi I I ■ 23 feta, ■ ^5 T xw V it I i tnt ** * I \\ V• kU I A. • a <A > ««r Fl- ^*1 A M’S Senior defenseman Zack Schneider, pictured during last year’s MHSAA Division 1 Regional Final in Kalamazoo, and the Caledonia varsity boys’ hockey team open the 2022-23 season against Byron Center at Southside Ice Arena this afternoon, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. The Fighting Scots will play their home opener at Kentwood Ice Arena Wednesday, Nov. 23, against Forest Hills Central. (File photo) J • to. 1 s. ft bit. 1 I ii •« u-i Ka^ik ■ ffj labite tstarb 'd iilH B »» * I I Kt t'.lM 01 Brett Bremer Sports Editor A new era of hockey is starting for Caledonia today, Nov. 19, at Southside Ice Arena. Jeremy Bultema was named the program’s new varsity head coach in early summer and the Lowell/ Caledonia program is going through a bit of a rebrand. With a majority of the roster from the Caledonia school district, all but two players, the team is now headed by the Caledonia athletic department and will be donning purple and gold as the Caledonia varsity boys' hockey team. The program remains a co-op with Lowell and Thomapple Kellogg High Schools and will compete in Division 1 during the MHSAA postseason tournament. Our district looked at the number of participants on the hockey program and our co-op agreement. We found that over 96 percent of the participants were Caledonia students," Caledonia High School athletic director Fred Townsend said. “So, the obvious thing for us to do was to make sure we were able to continue to grow hockey in Caledonia.” “We want to continue to keep our co-op agreement in place with TK and Lowell as those communities have helped to contribute to the hockey program and its growth. We love the fact that we have worked with TK and Lowell to help give all stu­ dents a chance to showcase their skills and talent to bring il -tel - ll H • ... W9 Ji .1 * <***'' |* ’ Bi I u i rp 4 ■J i if X all three communities togeth­ er to support hockey.” The team was just 2-21 a year ago during the regular season, but but opened season, opened the the state state postseason with postseason with two two more more wins and came up just shy of aa regional regional championship championship in in aa 3-2 loss to the Capital City Capitals in the MHSAA Division 1 Regional Final at Lawson Ice Arena in Kalamazoo. This 2022-23 Hus ZUZZ-Z3 season begins when the Fighting Scots take on Byron Center, The puck is set to drop at 3 p.m. this afternoon, Back from the 2021-22 squad are senior defenders Zach Schneider and Russell Langenburg and senior for­ wards Trevor Vander Molen and Alex Skibinski. They're the only four seniors on the roster this winter. We have a large junior group which is really going to help push us forward and help the growth of the under­ classmen,” coach Bultema said. That group of underclass­ men is headed by junior goalkeeper Finn White, junior forwards Brayden Cramer, Emersen Lippert, Jack VanEss and Griffen Wolverton. White and Wolverton were with the ll varsity team a year ago. Cramer has earned an alternate captain’s “A" with his work this preseason. Lippert and VanEss are also new to the varsity. Coach Bultema said VanEss is a lacrosse player, playing hockey for the first time and he likes the leader­ ship he has seen from his so far too. Bultema played high school hockey at East Kentwood. He was a threeyear letterwinner with the Davenport University ACHA Division II hockey team, serving two years as a cap­ tain, and helped lead DU to its first-ever National Championship at the end of the 2007-08 season. After graduating in 2012, he coached the Davenport pro­ gram for ten years - serving as the head coach of the Dill team for three seasons, His son Rylan Bultema is among the juniors on the Caledonia roster this winter. Coach Bultema has assisted on some of Rylan's youth teams, but said he hasn't been his head coach before. “It’s going good,” coach Bultema said. “We have a pretty open relationship, so we talk abouthockey on and off the ice.” He said they don’t have any trouble transitioning from talking hockey to talking homework once practice is through. He also is pretty familiar with a good chuck of this season's roster. “I had a bunch of kids that were going to play high school on my youth team. So, when I heard the job was open the transition was fairly easy, especially knowing I'd have some of the young kids I've had for the last year and a half.” In his three weeks of offi­ cial practice, coach Bultema said he sees a hard-working group that has a lot of fun together, With our top two lines we’re going to be very com­ petitive on the front end. We have a solid D core. The returning guys, they just make the smart deci­ sions. They don't take runs at guys. They contain very well. Zack Schneider is prob­ ably one of the best offensive defensemen in the area. He can rush it up the ice when he f f ll Your local agent insures your H#me FARM BUREAU INSURANCE J'S"' kwORXAH.4 ^WINTER g W5 ,1 ' *Z *I 269.967.8241 TV ANTENNA & TOWER INSTALLATION www.theantennamen.com TK puts 12 on all-conference teams for 2022 fall season A dozen Thomapple Kellogg High School students were named as OK Gold All-Conference athletes for the fall season, and five more were named as All Conference honorable mention. The group of all-conference athletes includes (front from left) Preslee Hall (swimming and diving), Peyton Pratt (volleyball), Curtis Jackson (soccer), Austin Chivis (soccer), Sophia Marcukaitis (swimming and diving), Noah Rosenberg (football), (back) Abby Dumond (swimming and diving), Ethan Bonnema (football), Tyler Bushman (football), Kameron Nichols (tennis), Ailana Leos (golf) and Ava Crews (cross country). The five honorable mention all-conference award winners were Drake Snyder (football), Zach Gibson (football), Nate Shoemaker (soccer), Lucas Van Meter (cross country) and Grace Zube (volleyball). -ar­ B'SEHOYSUP Caledonia, MI a Your Safety is Important to Us - State of the Art Systems Z Complete Collision Service Z Frame Repairs Z State & I-CAR Certified Technicians Z Direct Repair Facility * Most insurance companies — NFIB (^j) WMBA - [gold class] ICAR Lesonal k Water Bourne System 616.891.0150 ♦M CeU Phone Boosters «• Open Monday thru Friday 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 3 Digital TV Antennas Antenna Men off in the state quarterfinal round by the eventual MHSAA Division 2 State Champions from Hartland. The Fightins Scots will in the OK compete Conference's Fischer Conference’s Division this winter facing off against Reeths-Puffer, Northview, East Kentwood. Hudsonville and Grand Haven in the conference. The Fighting Scots will play their first home game in Kentwood Wednesday, Nov. 23, against Forest Hills Central. Game time is set for 4:20 p.m. The Fischer Division season starts when the Fighting Scots host Reeths-Puffer Friday, Dec. 2. plans work, we actually break down what would happen in a game and see where we're struggling. We did a three-game scrimmage last week and we struggled on the wall a little bit, so we built our practice plan where we had several guys coming on that winger e and he is mak­ ing a quick decision where he’s going with that puck." The Fighting Scots will face a team with a bit more experience right out of the gate. Coach Bultema said Byron Center is a team push­ ing to win a state championme ship this season. The Bulldogs won a regional title a year ago, but were bumped ll •. y X IF .• 1 JF needs to. There is a lot of experience back there." Gaining varsity hockey experience will be key to the success this season, as a whole the team has to get better at decision making on the ice according to it coach. “We have been working on that the past three weeks," Bultema said. “We have been going through some systems to help them out there against some of the e> stronger teams that are prob­ ably a little more set, have a little bit more experience than our team does. Decision making would be the biggest [thing to improve]. “The way our practice Jason Parks 121 E. Main Street Downtown Middleville Ed Pawloski Jr., Owner (269) 795-8827 jparks@fbinsmi.com FarmBureaulnsurance.com 110 Johnson St., Caledonia • www.edsbody.com ■* �Page 10/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 19, 2022 • Gaines Township board discusses proposed outdoor educational center, school museum at Prairie Wolf Park I James Gemmell Contributing Writer Gaines Township board members favored a propos­ al to move the 139-yearold Gannon Schoolhouse over to Prairie Wolf Park so it can serve as a museurn showcasing township history. But whether funding and other hurdles can be cleared remains unknown. The school museum would serve as the new home for the Gaines THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP BOARD 200 E MAIN ST. MIDDLEVILLE, Ml 49333 SYNOPSIS OF MEETING MINUTES Monday, November 14, 2022 Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. Seven members present. Items approved: 1. Printed Agenda approved as presented. 2. Consent Agenda approved as presented. 3. Approved motion to adopt Resolution 14-2022, “Noffke Drive Improvements Special Assessment District.” 4. Approved motion to accept AdHoc Committee’s recommendation as presented. Renew existing plan with a premium share of 14% beginning with renewal date of 12/01/2022. Also, increase monthly stipend for those not taking the township insurance from $350to$500. 5. Approved motion to adopt uniform allowance allocation as presented. Full-time members (upon hiring): 3 pairs of pants, 1 belt, 3 polo shirts, 1 dress shirt, 1 badge,1 job shirt, 1 pair of duty boots. Subsequent years of service a $500 annual allowance to replace items as needed. Part-time members to receive (upon hiring): 1 pair of pants, 1 belt, 1 polo shirt, 1 job shirt with replacement as needed. Paid on call members to receive (upon hiring): 1 pair of pants, 1 belt, 1 dress shirt, 1 badge with replacement as needed. 6. Approved motion to purchase new turn-out gear for an overall cost of $27,244.75 with a monthly rental of turn-out gear at a cost of $335 per month until such time as the order is delivered. 7. Approved motion to appoint Dave Keil to the Thornapple Township Board of Review to replace Craig Stolsonberg for the remainder of his term. 8. Approved motion to accept the following special assessments for the 2022 Winter Tax Roll: increase Hilltop Lighting Assessment from $60 to $76 to reflect current usage, bill Moe Road Assessment ($34.93 each, 67 parcels) to pay the 2021 charges to the Barry County Road Commission, add the delinquent DLSS fees to the 2022 tax roll (6 parcels), add the various drains to the Winter 2022 tax roll, as directed by the Barry County Drain Commissioner, and add Duncan Lake Weed Control Assessment ($78.82 each, 159 parcels.) 9. Approved motion to accept the contractual agreement with Williams & Works for assistance with Planning & Zoning Administration. 10. Approved motion to pay Catherine Getty $50/hour for services as needed. . 11. Approved motion to allow Supervisor Schaefer to move forward with discussions with the Village of Middleville regarding the possibility of sharing of a Planning & Zoning Administrator. 12. Approved motion to permit an Ad-Hoc Committee to explore other options available to the township to fill the Planning & Zoning Administrator position. Meeting adjourned at 8:49 p.m. Prepared by Deputy Clerk Amy Brown. Approved by Township Supervisor, Eric Schaefer. Copies of the meeting minutes are available upon request from the Township Clerk or by visiting our website at https.7/thornapDle-twp. orq/meeting-minutes/ Office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Historical Society and there also would be an out­ door educational center as part of the project. No action was taken at Monday night's board meeting on the matter, other than the board board informally informally agreeing agreeing to get an updated legal opinion from township attorney Clifford Bloom, The legal and financial considerations are compli­ cated. That is because township trustee Kathy Vander Stel owns and lives in the historic home at the southeast corner of Kalamazoo Avenue and 100th Street. And she would be the curator of the museum school, if the house is moved to the park on Kalamazoo Avenue just south of the township hall at 84th Street. Township Parks & Recreation Committee member Brian Diemer spoke at the meeting in favor of the proposal. He was a state track and field . at South champion Christian High School, a collegiate national champ . at the University of Michigan, and won the bronze medal in the 3,000meter steeplechase in the 1984 Summer Olympics. We really want this park to be passive-use, we want this to be educational we want to have kids, espe­ cially, but people of the community to be able to learn things about the (township’s) heritage, about nature,” Diemer said. VanderStel has offered to donate the former Gannon School building 44 5 she lives in to the Gaines Historical Society and also pay for it to be moved to the township-owned Prairie Wolf Park. VanderStel would be the caretaker for the building, the artifacts and the educational center. The house at 10034 Kalamazoo Ave. was used as a public school until 1960. The idea for possibly using the historic house as PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it ille­ gal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or marital status, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custod} of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in viola­ tion of the law. Our readers arc hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451 -2980. The HUD toll-free telephone num­ Township Parks & Rec Committee member Brian Diemer - a former U.S. Olympic medalist - spoke in favor of moving the Gannon Schoolhouse and estab­ lishing an outdoor education facility at Prairie Wolf Park. (Photo by James Gemmell) ber for the hearing impaired is I -800-927-9275. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY llfi a school museum was developed a couple years ago. A September 2020 letter from township attorney Bloom Clifford to Township Supervisor Rob DeWard said it would be a conflict of interest under Michigan law for VanderStel to participate “in any fashion as a township trustee regarding the during So, proposal.” township board meetings she has sat in the audience rather than on the board while discussions about the home have taken place. Another state law says that township money can only be spent for a public purpose. Because the Gannon Schoolhouse would be used as a muse­ um of township artifacts, it would qualify as a public purpose. “Allowing Trustee VanderStel to live in the Gannon Schoolhouse could also be viewed as a private benefit, unless it benefits the township and public when viewed in the overall context of the proposal,” Bloom wrote in his letter two years ago. Clerk Michael Brew said he recently has heard some citizen concerns about the possibility of a single per­ son gaining the brunt of the benefit from the project, even though the public would be able to take tours of the home once it is moved to the park. But Parks and Recreation Committee Chairwoman Dana Lehmann said the township would be spend­ ing no money on the proj­ ect. And there would be no maintenance cost if the committee is successful in establishing a historical society foundation to pay for management and main­ tenance of the education center. All the funds for the project purportedly would be raised by the foundation. So, what the township is putting forth is the property,” Lehmann said. “The township would not be having any incidental costs associated with relocation, They would not pay for the new septic system, private-well installation. And VanderStel would not be a paid employee of the town­ ship (other than her role as a township board trustee). Lehmann has said at least $5 million may need to be raised before a foun­ dation could be created and the school moved. “You've been in this township a long time. Do you think we can raise this kind of money?” Trustee Bob Terpstra asked Diemer. I do,” he replied. “I think this is a very good one-time opportunity to really enhance this property, this township, this end of town. It would give a really nice benchmark, something that would stick out and that we would all be very proud of.” Treasure Laurie Lemke asked who would operate and maintain the outdoor educational center. I think it’s a work in progress," Lehmann said. Hopefully, we get a board of directors that will direct both the outdoor educa­ tional center and the histo­ ry center. The relationship with them and the town­ ship is something that To needs to be crafted Gaines begin, the Historical Society will direct the management of both. RUUD r i I 1 ,rl 44 I 55 I 10061 Ivanrest, Byron Center, Ml EXPIRES 11-30-22 I High Efficiency I Vehicles • Motorcycles • ATV • Power Equipment • Firearms • SportingGoods • Furniture • Tools • Household • MORE I I » 'I | I I | I 1 I Must present this coupon. EXPIRES 11-30-22 I I HEATING & COOLING 210 East Main Street, Caledonia d .TP twill Locally owned business. “The company built by referrals” % y !.jjk .V V J* I 10 ni® '.jjiBS uses liai .hi ft am iih I fa®® • • • The Outstanding Estate of Darin Watkins NEW FURNACE z Ci* 1^ K® BLACK FRIDAY AUCTION 4■ I 6 6* LIVE PUBLIC * -w I A * $ 1 41 I » 'Z 44 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH • 10 A.M. | / 55 I | I k BE WINTER READY! 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The parade group will line encourage consumers to shop at local businesses is up at the village parking lot coming up Nov. 26. The adjacent to Thornapple Downtown Valley Church, 2750 State Middleville Development Authority is Steet. They will head west on State Street to Larkin Street, taking it a step further. Volunteers will distribute turn right onto E. Main punch cards to Middleville- Street, then cross the bridge area businesses that express over the river before dis­ ■n an interest in participating. banding at Grand Rapids /rnHiiiinnri Customers will pick their Street, .mi [ The parade theme is The card up at the first store or > business they visit that day Joy of Giving. The commuand get the card punched at nity will vote on the first, second and third-place wineach place they shop. "They leave it at the last ners in the annual float conplace they’ve got to punch, test. Local citizen Andrew DDA staff has surveyed the winter." and then we’ll go around and Beck will serve as this year's rise about 30 feet in the air ket at the recently opened Another board member, Gathered on Main event potential vendors, and many before disintegrating. Middleville collect them. We'll do a Middleville Honored The Night of Lights begins space at 101 E. Main St. The have expressed interest in an Eric Schaefer, suggested drawing for a beautiful gift Veteran of the Year. He will holding a one-time winter basket or box," DDA ride in a vehicle in front of at 6 p.m. on Main Street. The date and time of the market indoor winter market. I'm interested in the market as a trial to see if it Thomapple Kellogg High has yet to be determined. It Chairwoman Kim Jachim Santa’s sleigh. DDA-organized School choir will sing sever- would be on a weekday idea," DDA board member would draw adequate inter­ The said. Lauren Manzer said. “I think est. The DDA has limited Christmas on the River will al holiday songs, beginning afternoon. "We haven’t ever tried Owner Raegan Davis has once a month would be pleninclude a Who-Ville themed with Welcome Christmas. itself to spending $150 on the promotion, but some tree-lighting ceremony and There will be a Who-Ville offered to give the DDA a ty. I don’t know how much anything like this, so I don't generous donors have come downtown caroling, among theme tree-lighting on the discounted rate of $150 per traffic it would get, but any­ have a barometer for all of forward to make the prize a other festivities. The fun green space next to village market event. The DDA has thing’s better than nothing in you on that," Bussard said. agreed to try it one time on a begins Thursday, Dec. 8 with hall. little sweeter. The annual Christmas test basis to see what the “It will contain hundreds a Holiday Business Open of dollars in cards and inven­ House from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Lights Decorating Contest turnout is. Tables are already set up. tory from stores," DDA • Each participating business will take place after the tree Director Katherine Bussard will hold a special holi- lighting and concerts. A map so the vendors would only said. "There are some very day-themed activity that of all the participating hous­ have to bring their table cov­ night or give gifts to chil­ es will be handed out at the ers and products in. nice things being donated. Excludes sale items. • Sale ends 11-30-22. DDA Director Katherine pavilion downtown. dren. Many more activities are Bussard said several pro­ Santa Claus and live rein­ Christmas on the Time to Sew deer will be available for slated. such as Carveth duce and artisan vendors River Christmas Gifts! The annual Middleville photo opportunities the first Village's The Night Before have expressed interest in & * far Our 'jj* . i X! Lions Club Christmas Parade night of Christmas on the Christmas. That will be cen- participating. The space can 1T will begin at 6 p.m. on River. Rides on the Holley tered around a fireplace in accompany a maximum of QUESTIONS: ASK US *7 15 vendors. Saturday, Dec. 10. It is the Trolley Trolley can can be be reserved reserved the assisted-living facility at "We would have to have final night of the village’s through Barry County 690 W. Main St. 218 E. State St., Hastings • 945-9673 10 vendors every week to V annual three-day Christmas Transit. " I’m looking forward to M OPEN: Monday-Friday 8 am-5:30 pm; 5 r Saturday 9 am-3 pm even," DDA The DDA will be releas- more activity downtown and break on the River event. v Hulst Cleaners Pick-Up Station Information about how to ing Memory Doves adjacent stuff like that. More kids Chairwoman Kim Jachim register to participate in the to the Paul Henry Thomapple downtown," Village Manager said. parade is posted on the Trail during the annual Night Craig Stolsonburg said. 191220 Middleville Lions Club of Lights event on Dec. 9. Indoor winter market Facebook page. All proceeds will go to the CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF GAINES We're asking people to future Serenity Village in the works The DDA board voted 7-0 sign up ahead so we can Hospice Home in Hastings, KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN to hold an indoor winter marplan," Bussard said. The 20-inch-tall doves will SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY 4 <■ X £V *1 r is D@WNTOWN I wf. Jr NOVEMBER 26, 2022 * •* (4 ... Hi’’. • .'tt M u ’ •'«| J? **4 l,l» c 1 14 20 off Fabrics hlt< s atx rai •■tar ItH ataiXH ’hi I * • •• I F I * JW (lift jgj. ik; Afcn r r-: 44 ' N S H ■ 191221 CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF GAINES I ■ ' N $ H J KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN P PUBLIC NOTICE OF POSTING OF ORDINANCE TO APROVE A MAJOR PUD AMENDMENT FOR ARTHURS DREAM PUD AT 9999 SUNRISE RIDGE SE. At a regular meeting of the Township Board of the Charter Township of Gaines, held on Monday, October 10,2022, the Township Board adopted an ordinance approving a major PUD amendment for Arthurs Dream at 9999 Sun Rise Ridge SE, for a reduction in the rear setback distance requirement from 100 feet to 25 feet for the property located at 9999 Sunrise Ridge SE. A true and complete copy of the ordinance to approve a major PUD amendment for Arthurs Dream at 9999 Sun Rise Ridge SE, for a reduction in the rear setback distance requirement from 100 feet to 25 feet for the property located at 9999 Sunrise Ridge SE. can be inspected, or obtained in the office of the Township Clerk at the following location: Charter Township of Gaines 8555 Kalamazoo Avenue, SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-698-6640 J $ fa WM I” mml * Charter Township of Gaines Michael A. Brew, Township Clerk NOTICE OF POSITNG OF AMENDMENT TO THE GAINES CHARTER TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCE AS PROVIDED FOR IN CHAPTER 27 THEREOF BY AMENDING SECTION 1.6 AND THE TOWNSHIP ZONING MAP, AND TO ACCEPT A VOLUNTARY OFFER AS A CONDITION TO REZONING. At a regular meeting of the Township Board of the Charter Township of Gaines, held on Monday, February 14,2022 the Township Board adopted an ordinance to amend the Gaines Charter Township Zoning Ordinance as provided for in Chapter 27 thereof by amending Section 1.6 and the Township Zoning Map and to accept a voluntary offer as a condition to rezoning. THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONAL REZONING FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (RL-14) TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL (C-l) IS COMMONLY DESCRIBED AS PARCEL 31-22-17-300-054 LOCATED AT 8390 EASTERN AVENUE SE. 412217300054 S 264 FT OF W 176 FT OF SW ’A’SEC 17 T5NR11W1.10 A. SPIT/ COMBINED ON 2/01/2021 FROM 41-22-17-300-002. The Township board of the Charter Township of Gaines approved the ordinance to amend the Gaines Charter Township Zoning Ordinance as provided for in Chapter 27 thereof by amending Section 1.6 and the Township Zoning Map and to accept a voluntary offer as a condition to rezone at a Regular Meeting of on Monday February 14, 2022 at 7:00 PM. Meetings of the township Board of the Charter Ave., 8555 Kalamazoo Ave., SE, Caledonia, Ml. A true and complete copy of the approved ordinance as provided for in Chapter T1 thereof by amending section 6 and the Township Zoning Board can obtained at: Charter Township of Gaines 8555 Kalamazoo Ave., SE Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-698-6640 Michael A. Brew, Clerk �I J Page 12/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 19, 2022 I Caledonia Township turns down liquor license application submitted by EB Coffee & Pub Greg Chandler time, Township Supervisor Butcher Block Social BBQ Staff Writer Bryan Harrison said. at 9900 Cherry Valley Ave. A Caledonia Township We would convert the SE and Bosco Properties, business owner’s bid for a brewery license to a brewpub which owns the building that new liquor license so he can license/’ Nichols said. “You once housed the Vault Cafe expand his hours of service can have a brewpub license & Bakery at 203 E. Main St. and his menu offerings was in conjunction with a liquor in the village, who is looking turned down by the township license. It limits the capacity to attract a restaurant to that board Wednesday night. of the beer that we would location. The board gave the A motion to approve brew, but obviously in our two applicants one year to awarding one of the four new current location, we won't meet certain conditions. The liquor licenses allocated to come close to maxing out Michigan Liquor Control the township to EB Coffee & that capacity even with the Commission has the final say Pub at 8980 N. Rodgers Ct. brewpub license. It’d be sim- on the awarding of liquor SE failed to gamer a second, ilar to the Walldorf (Brew licenses. resulting in the motion dying. Pub & Bistro in Hastings).” Board members had a variEB Coffee Pub owner Nichols told the board that ety of concerns about EB Justin Nichols proposed an he has been closing at 2 p.m. Coffee & Pub’s plans. Trustee expansion of the outdoor because of a lack of staffing Greg Zoller had an issue with seating area for his business, and customers, which led a the proposed hours. as well as expanded hours of skeptical Harrison to ask “Not many people go for a service and an expanded how approval of a liquor drink at 7 a.m,” Zoller said, menu, in his application, license would change things “You look at bar-restaurants, Currently, EB Coffee & Pub for the business. they don’t open till noon. I is open Monday through “It will put me in a better know you do coffee ... but Saturday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. position to manage (the busi- being shut down by 8 (p.m.) Nichols proposed extending ness) instead of being hands- is concerning to me.” the closing time for the busi­ on brewing and doing all the “I could be supportive of ness to 8 p.m. in his applica­ counter work,” Nichols said, something bigger than what tion. “Additional revenue creates we’re currently seeing there, Nichols, who has owned additional manpower. If the but we only have four (new EB Coffee Pub for 12 other candidates can do it, licenses) for 10 years. I don’t years, currently brews his there’s no reason that I can’t see that the current product own beer to offer to custom­ do it. They’re going to have mix, hours offered and so on, ers. However, under staffing issues just like I is a good use for a full-ser­ Michigan liquor control will.” vice liquor license,” Harrison laws, he could not have both The Township Board has said. ' a brewer's license and a already granted preliminary Trustee Dale Hermenet liquor license at the same approval to two applicants - expressed support for - 64 I I COFFEE PUB u - ’fl *r > • . —'• *■ u.« 1, v 3 f *• a- « 3 — ---------------- ................................... rA ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ J n EB Coffee & Pub in Caledonia launched an unsuccessful bid for a new liquor license. The long-time Caledonia establishment brews beer while also offering typical coffee house food and beverages. (Courtesy photo) ? • • Nichols’ proposal, and for­ warded the motion that failed to receive a second. “I don’t view it as a lot different than if somebody’s coming in starting (a business) from scratch we’ve got to have a concept and we’ve got to have a vision,” Hermenet said. “That being said, reading this (application) and looking that it's met most of the (requirements), I have a hard time saying no.” But Harrison said the application process only sets forth the minimum qualifications for the license. “This is what you need to qualify to be considered,” he said. “It’s not a first-come, first-served (process). We could have 10 people that meet all these minimum qualifications, we still only have four (licenses).The fact that they meet the qualifica- tions, or at least intend to meet them still doesn’t mean we have to award one.” In related action Wednesday, the board approved a change to its ordinance it adopted in mid-August that set forth procedures and standards for awarding the new liquor licenses. It relaxed a require­ ment that an applicant sub­ mit comprehensive financial information to the township. -** • R f * S. ■ T ■ * 4 •*» t every step We've designed a puts you first-every step of the way. / that I I ® spectrumhealth.org/everystep .•/•Ad Spectrum Health V ► ► I I « I I �11 V, J � https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/25/731/SunandNews_2022-11-26.pdf f29b0c349af3fd9c5da1085659299300 PDF Text Text f 1 -w 1 h •/ J J • 1 I I “*■ I Your Hometown Newspaper Serving Middleville and Caledonia Areas No. 48/ November 26, 2022 144th year Published by J-Ad Graphics, Inc. • 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, Ml 49058 Cal schools enrollment increase results in $250,000 revenue boost On Caledonia! Forward to Ford Field Greg Chandler Staff Writer A better than expected enrollment report means i: s about $250,000 more in reve­ nues for Caledonia Community Schools than had been previously expected in u the 2022-23 budset. --District officials said Monday that between the fall headcount and the number of I students who aren't enrolled in the district but receive some instruction from CCS teachers, the district’s overall & enrollment grew by 31 stu­ dents to 4,887. The district V a had forecast a flat enrollment for the 2022-23 school year. The head count of enrolled students in the district, as recorded on count day Oct. 5, was 4,617 students, up one 1 from last fall's count day total. In addition, Caledonia teachers provided instruction to a full-time equivalent of 270 students who either Busses filled with Fighting Scots depart Caledonia for Detroit Friday afternoon, with a police and fire escort attend private schools or are from the high school through downtown Caledonia, as Main Street is lined with throngs of supporters sporting spirit towels, flags, signs and smiles. The Caledonia varsity football team will face Belleville in the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 Football Final at Ford Field, home of the NFL’s Detroit Lions, today (Nov. 26). Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. See inside for how they got there with a state semifinal shutout of Clarkston last Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) II fl ► U 11* * 3 1 • A ¥ V fc I * J J** * - ■ •J* —- uB it moil I tinqe i rtpiH i .voW) 2>h6lD I » homeschooled, up from 239 the year before. “The majority of our addi­ tional FTE count is due to expansion or changes that we made in our shared-time programming," Superintendent Dr. Dedrick Martin said. “We look at that every year and see what we can do, and what our partner schools need. That increase ends a twoyear trend of enrollment loss­ es, largely tied to the COV1D19 pandemic. The district's full-time equivalent enroll­ ment dropped by 152 stu­ dents in 2020 and 49 in 2021. That enrollment increase means the district will see about $250,000 more in state per pupil funding than had been budgeted when the CCS & school board adopted the 2022-23 budget in June. The district had been projecting a deficit of $2.3 million to $2.4 million for this fiscal year. 59 I J I See REVENUES, page 3 I J 11 I ••I tie st, bbiM 52£tuiM linsal ai I. agdliv 4q nwo einrrnbs no o'/£fl nonieoq orlT bna nn sH in insm iiomjoo io s sd 1223311/ roH orij r orb InoeloiZ sq jsdl IOS bfl£ nsria ad i kfnsm )b nasd ion bsrf vol bn£ Middleville Village staff may hire own planning and zoning administrator, not share one with Thornapple Twp. James Gemmell Contributing Writer Middleville Village Manager Craig Stolsonburg is leaning toward asking the village council to hire its own planning and zoning administrator rather than have one person share the position for both the village and Thomapple Township. He made that announcement at the Nov. 22 village council meeting. It would be a change in what was suggested previously. At the Nov. 1 Committee of the Whole meeting, Stolsonburg had proposed that, perhaps, the planning and zoning position could be shared by both govern­ mental units the way it had been done years ago. He had noted that the village and township have similar zoning and a “similar vision for our communities.” Stolsonburg met with township officials and, on .Nov. 14, the Thornapple Township Board voted unanimously to give Supervisor Eric Schaefer permission to discuss the matter with village staff, Catherine Getty, the long­ time planning and zonin zoning administrator for the town­ ship, recently resigned from that position. And the vil­ lage has been without a permanent planning and zoning administrator since Brian Urquhart left in June to become the city planner in in Grand Grand Haven. Haven. So, the timing seemed good for both village and township staff to discuss the possibility of hiring a joint planning and zoning administrator. But the township board also voted at its November meeting to establish an ad hoc committee to explore other options for filling the position, “I met with Eric Schaefer over at the township and they're moving a little slower than what 1 would like to see them move on this item,” Stolsonburg told the village council. “There are some opportunities out there (with the State of Michigan) that warrant us taking some swifter action on that.” the For example, Economic Michigan Development Corp, has a fellowship program that would provide an intern to work with the village for 12 to 15 months. But the vil­ lage would have to hire a planning and zoning admin­ istrator before the end of the year to meet a deadline to apply for the internship, The planning and zoning administrator would serve as the intern’s direct super­ visor and trainer. “And if we don’t have that (position filled), then we’re going to potentially miss out,’’ Stolsonburg said. The MEDC would cover 90 percent of the cost for the internship and the village would pay 10 percent. Stolsonburg said a heavy workload for village staff in 2023 might also require a planning and zoning admin­ istrator whose only job is working for the village. “We’re going to need somebody full-time, for See ADMINISTRATOR, page 2 I Jbe. 5 Caledonia Community Schools Superintendent Dr. Dedrick Martin addresses the Board of Education on updated enrollment information and its impact on the district budget at Monday’s board meeting, as Finance Director Sara DeVries looks on. (Photo by Greg Chandler) IN 811SSQJ E I r • Yankee Springs to purchase new fire truck TK parents mount effort to erase school lunch debt • Gaines Township lays out timeline for new master plan I I I • Barry County employees to get sizable bonuses Marcukaitis, Treib medal at D1 swim finals f ♦ �Middleville UMC dinner theater to benefit community pantry united Middleville am efit Wdirfi m. km k- Mlddicvdlt an Dec 1'3. rftef * will "Twa* Hr Night BHore a atoryieller vmM ri erf Wenger. Mumc Mm Kellar DeVnes 5’’' J* Welsh, Laandrs Swanson, Dennis Landry. Shawn DeVnes Back row. Vicki MacKeller. Diane Rietman. Becky Wenger. John Bremer (Photo in Kanyn B^jcstwim. Mfirgan if Middleville Village not responsible for hazardous waste clean-up » Janww (remmril Weal Michigan a few Hri/rr In kW September Michigan I KI Hardware Inc. Io k*ce cleanup << hazankw. maim ah that ate uud the Caiihimta Costa Rica 9 l»«t 1«Mr •Uh All Meats. ’995 All Ihrtrh. 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AS issues iherr « ♦ • we jwn happened tn we it in the merger between thr former Keeler BraM ( ompans and Bel with Intcmatiiwial in XXMk Nesacl said (he hazardous sub stances thai evccod allowable stale levels al some of the site* include volatile organ* oom pounds (VCX’fch PF AS and metals She hopes the lawsuit will compel compliance with the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act. ‘*To be frank, it surprised every* me at the village when we saw 39 S St cm tt»r gttrmey gennal’s list of sites that we war dealing The Michigan Department ol licensing A Regulatory Affairs lists Ronald V. AndnwuKf) of Kentwood as the agent for the W Sunc St L1X* property It was incorpo rated in AuguM 2013. Ihe W State St iocalicMi where die contamination was reported should not he confused with the 20 State St. location across the street where the village ha* hern considering bidding out a potential riverfront redevelop nrni project There once w a^ ofltlrninated sod undemcnih an adjacent parking lot there, but that was remediated and ^Holiday \!0<p.en cHouse Saturday, December 3rd ' 9:00S 3:0pfe^ Jrt Come shop ideas for your home or gifts to f'iue # Fresh greens, cedar, cypress, mixed garland and more to fill your porch pots or mantels Add In color and design with winterberry, birch logs, magnolia, dogwood and so much more ❖ Amaryllis, Paper Whites, Christmas cactus and house plants to enjoy all season long Fresh flower arrangements for pick up or to order Register to win a fresh wreath or $25.00 gift card ♦ Free hot cocoa bar and cookies Santa will be here from 1:30 to 3pm Townhome* are pmposrd for development on the four acre parcel of village-*rwned property along the Thomapplc River. ( iinceptuaI design* for 20 Stale St were prepared by (vrand Rapids-based engineer mg firm William* A Work* Because Middleville is ccrti fied as a Redevelopment Ready Community by the Michigan Economic Development Corp., village staff have able to obtain *• Creekside GROWERS 10197 Garbow Rd , Middleville 269-795-7674 or on t w web... www.creeksidegrowflrs com 4 wlc Woekit <ai«1 the Matr autix» nzed pha<c I and 2 environ mental studies to he done and no hazardous KUbmance* were found "We can’t apeak to the fnnge area* of the site, but according to the state and the company (SME Inc ) that did the envinwimrntal*. it is a site •» that is able to move forward, he said. Trustee Kevin Smith said 39 State St has cleaned up •XJbviously. tCfC* MIHM interest in developing in thai partnnlai am IthwAshE ih< remediated muev have and they’ve taken the appro pnatc Meps to make sure there arc no concern* there.*' he said. Cramer appoints committee members 1 uesday was the first meet­ ing for the newly seated vil­ lage council, and President Mike C ramer appointed coun­ cil members to various com mince* after asking them for their preference*. Richard Hamilton was appointed to the planning commission as the new council liaison. Johnny DrMaagd was appMntcd to thr Ixical Development Hnsnce Authont\ Makcnn Peter* will he on the Zoning Board of Appeals, Ann William* will represent thr council on the Thomapplc Area Park* A Recreation Commission board And Kevm Smith will remain on the Wellhead IVotcttion Group board 11m village council voted 7-0 tn appoint Cathy Williamson to the Zoning Board of Appeal# as a rcguiai member and Steven Baldrv* a^ an alternate member, AIcxik Klotz recently submitted hei fCHignation Inim the ZHA. So, Wilham*on will fulfill thr remainder of Klotz’s three year term from Jan. I. 2023, to March I, 2025. Baldly will fill the vacancy of an alternate until Oct. 27. 2023. A* president, Cramer is required by statute to rrpre* sent the council on the Downtown Development Authority board. Longtime councilman Mike Lytle will continue to serve as a DDA board member al-large Cramer named him village president pro-temporc. Former council trustee Fran French had served in that capacity previously. ADMINISTRATOR, continued from page 1 t* .#^lcti I*1 it®”" ** ritltiu®8 ..Ofc as tr iditt irri Mbtirci w ••m a wre. with all the projects we have coming up 1 think it warrant* us kind of going on our own on that” he said. Stolsonburg said he might ask the village’$ Committee of the Whole at iu Dec, 6 meeting to consider hiring the planning and zoning administrator to work for the village only, ’‘Ml ** The newly seated Middleville Village Council met for the first time Nov. 22 at village hall. Left to right: Richard Hamilton, Pro Tempore Mike Lytle, Small Business Saturday Makenzi Peters, Nov 26th~~~ President Mike Cramer, Ann Williams, Kevin Shop small, shop local - come browse Smith, Johnny DeMaagd. a few small businesses while you enjoy Hamilton, Peters, a glass of wine or beer! Williams and DeMaagd Hours: 12pm-gpm Tues -Sal. were elected for the first X 12pm-4pm Sun. Cramer, Lytle time Nov. •1 9175 Cherry Valley Ave SE, and Smith are longtime r Caledonia council members. (Photo 616.710.0796 by James Gemmell) % ■» - Wednesday - Friday Sam • 5pm Saturday 9am - 1pm tnee technical msmMance from the MEDC in helping plot 0 - — — —- — , b Sim i ■S' i, Si* "A s? S �The Sun and News, Saturday, November 26, 2022/ Page 3 ■t - Yankee Springs board approves fire truck purchase Greg Chandler Staff Writer The Yankee Springs board Township has approved the purchase of a new fire truck that will replace a truck that has been in use for the last 19 years. The board voted 4-0 at a special meeting Tuesday morning to approve buying the rescue pumper truck from Spencer Manufacturing of South Haven in the amount of $754,954. The fire depart­ ment is expected to take delivery of the new truck in the spring of 2024. “We feel confident that it will get (the department) through for the next 20 years, at least,” said Dan Miller, deputy fire chief for the Wayland/Yankee Springs department. The new truck will replace the current Engine No. 1 that is housed at the Yankee Springs fire station on South Payne Lake Road. That unit has been in use since 2003, Miller said. TheSpencerManufacturing bid came in more than $125,000 less than a compet­ ing bid from Pierce Manufacturing of Wisconsin. In its recommendation to the township board, a three-member fire truck committee recommended Spencer not only because of the lower bid L Rl, 1 s; Ik» k . T<1 X Uki . •>S- l5 mJ -1 iReasE It r • r 1 ar- fc.Sk; cixti* i®iifil ; • _______ A_ JA IT •A I liSEJ I 4 • I fi 3 fcS# to f* ’J4 T• (gBlWW aJs®14 ir 9 i 1 H*!t< price, but its location and commitment to service. Spencer Manufacturing isis aa local local built, built, local local service service provider, one phone call away away--personal personalcontact, contact,””the the committee committee wrote wrote inin its its recrec­ ommendation. ommendation. ““During During the the building of our (specifications), Spencer made efforts to meet with us and make sure we are building the truck we need.” The committee consisted of Lt. Doug Katsma, Capt. Derek Olsen and firefighter Kyle Ritema. Grant Spencer, president of Spencer Manufacturing, was at Tuesday’s meeting to answer questions from board mem­ bers. Members of the Martin Township Fire Department in Allegan County brought their new fire truck, a recent purchase from Spencer, to the meeting so that Yankee Springs board members could get a glimpse of what the new truck will look like. The township has a little more than $787,000 avail­ able in its fire equipment purchase fund to buy the new truck. It had a balance of $587,101 as of Nov. 1. The board also also voted voted earlier earlier this this board year year to to allocate allocate an an additional additional $150,000 $150,000 of of its its funding funding from from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) toward the it 40 I ’*• *9 A1', 0 i ♦ I I « Dan Miller, deputy fire chief for the Wayland-Yankee Springs Fire Department, shows Martin Township’s fire truck at Tuesday’s special board meeting. Yankee Springs is purchasing a similar truck to Martin’s from the same manufacturer, South Haven-based Spencer Manufacturing. The new truck will replace a 19-yearold unit, (photo by Greg Chandler) I I ♦ I of gallons per minute as well as the purchase of new hoses and an automated external defibrillator, Miller said. The individual equipment purchases must still be approved by the township board. Yankee Springs Township has contracted with Wayland for firefighting services since April 2016. Township Supervisor Rob Heethuis was absent for the vote. I I REVENUES, continued from page 1 district Finance Director Sara DeVries said. “That (increase) will help offset some of our deficit.” DeVries said. While pleased with the increase, there is a larger concern for the district. This year’s incoming kindergar­ ten class has 52 fewer stu­ dents than last spring’s grad­ uating class. “Over time, there’s been a trend of larger outgoing senior classes versus smaller incoming kindergarten class­ es,” Martin said. “That trend has been going on for far longer than just the five years we show (on our chart).” Martin points to declining birth rates as a major factor in the smaller class sizes, and points out that other Kent County districts are facing similar challenges, making it hard to predict enrollment in future years. “In an environment where all districts participate in schools of choice, it’s become exceedingly difficult to have very solid projections on what you’re going to see, because families have freedom of to any district, or choice they can homeschool or they can (send their kids to) pri­ vate school,” Martin said. Board member Tim Morris expressed concern about the loss of students who live in the school district boundaries but are choosing other options for their education. What are we doing to find out why students are leaving the district?” Morris asked. “I know we’ve heard before that it's been hard (to find), and aren’t responding ... It people aren't just feels that we should know that information or be more aggressive in collecting it.” Martin said the district does send out survey infor­ mation to families that with­ draw from the district. “Some families, they will follow up, especially when they get a reminder email, and some families just don’t,” he said. “We have put survey 44 THORnnPPLE information out in the past and will continue to do that, to try and see what is the rea­ son.” “I’m just interested in what we can do better,” Morris responded. “If we’re going to learn hard things about why students left, I think it’s not a bad thing, and we should embrace that, and find out what the real reason they left the district, as well as maintaining the good pro­ grams that keep the district attractive to the community.” PLAYERS - PROUDLY PReseflTS - I jessiCA jones. Nicholas Hope Ano jAmie wooren » THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1 THROUGH SATURDAY. DDCemseR 3.2022 1 TV Christvncis CURTAin AT 7 PM 4 9 inner "Jtiecctev sunMY, McemBeR 4.2022 MAnnee penronniAnce at 1 pm Middleville Area Food Pantry Benefit ADULTS - $10 STUDeirrs add senioRs - $8 ’ December 2 and 3, 2022 1 ■ / Pasta Dinner at 6:15 p.m. DRESS REHEARSAL WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 30 Cost $10 per person Fellowship Hall MIDDLEVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH t1 ... ** CURTAIN AT 7 PM I ALL TICKETS - $7 Dennison peRFopimnc arts cenreR ~ barry communiTY EnmcwnenT ceirreR 231 SOUTH BROADWAY ~ HASTIDGS, Ml 49058 111 Church St. Call 269-795-9266 for reservations or just show up • • • $ truck, and another $50,000 was set aside in the 2022-23 budget for capital purchases. Another $50,000 is expected to allocated for capital purchases in the 2023-24 fiscal year. “We've got the money. No financing (is) needed,” Township Clerk Mike Cunningham said, The township is expected to make an initial payment of $370,000 one year after signing the purchase contract with Spencer, and then pay the balance six months after that. township could The recoup some of the cost of the new fire truck by selling Engine No. 1, which could bring in anywhere from $40,000 to $80,000, Miller said. “That's a separate deci­ sion that we don't have to make now,” Township Trustee Dave VanHouten said. In a separate action, the board approved setting aside up to $45,000 for additional accessory equipment and modifications to the new pumper to make it fully operationally, bringing the total cost commitment for the township to about $800,000. That would go toward the purchase of new nozzles that can handle a greater capacity ♦ I ~ pi«A$e use me doors on cenreR STReer ~ Tracers nuv Be puRouseo xr progrossive graphics, at me door, or ReseRveo by caubig me mORIUPPLe ARTS council AT 069) 945-2002 ■ “Twas the Night Before... .t * f a storyteller CHRISTMAS BELLES is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection version of the birth of Christ will be performed at 7:00 in the church sanctuary J yy 7 J 1?^ 1 Z? J JI a • 11^ - All proceeds will benefit the Middleville Area Food Pantry "JF ■L ■ I I .F Presented by special arrangement with TH OR N AP PL E ARTS ^^TCOUNCIL "**■^01 Barry County Urchrpm . Batty | Community J Foundaunn flDPS Ofimfifll AUy StrwiCR barr Y ■■■■■■■■■■■■■ (---county | ■r 1 4 a c e CT15W AMDccflon a Mmgon J 1* % r » �Bradford White donates $10,000 to fight hunger during the holidays Richard J. Oly Richard L Oly^ age 83. of Middleville, Ml. passed away on Saturday. Nov. 19. 24KEL1 Dick owned auto body repair shops in Caledonia and later in Middleville He enjoyed everything about cars, especially watching car racing. He was preceded in death by his von. Rick; step-daughter. Sue; par­ ents. Jon and Ruth Oly. sister, Joan, and brother. Rand y. Bradford White Corporation, a Middleville-based manu­ facturer of water heaters, boilers and storage tanks. is providing support for the fight against hunger this holiday season with a $10,000 contribution to Mel Trotter Mmirtriet. The donation will help Mel Trotter Ministries meet the needs of strug­ gling families and indmd uals in the Grand Rapids area through its annual Richard will be loving­ ly remembered by his son, Kevin (Shanti) Oly; Briley. grandchildren. Ethan. Hayden. Eabya. step-daughter. Raffy; McCrath. Gayle itep-grandchildren. Noah. Eden; sister, Kay Sieben; brother. Gary Oly: many nieces and nephews; and friend. Sally Stanchff A memorial service will be held in the sum­ mer of 2023. * Thanksgiving Day meal and turkey distribution "Bradford White is committed to helping build stronger communi­ tie* and ensuring on r neighbors have the opportunity to experience a happy holiday season.* said Peter Kattula. senior vice president and general manager at Bradford White. We’re proud to work with Mel Trotter Ministries to serve (amilies in-need in our area The Thomapplc Players are preparing to hong (hnstmas cheer to their audiences this holiday sea­ son with lhe production of “( hristmas Helles.** writwrit ten by Jessie Jones. Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten. Shows will begin at 7 pm. Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 1-3 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4. in the Dennison Performing Aria Center at 231 S, Broadway in Hastings. Tickets for the bhows 4» will cost $1(1 for adults and and $8 $8 for for seniors seniors and and Mustudents. The Players u ill also hold an open todhe public dress rehearsal on on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 7 p m. All seat* will be $7 for this rehearsal. “Christmas Belles’ is a zany comedy portraying ChriMmaMimc in a wmall town in Teaa*. As a series of misfortunes occur, all hope for a successful Christmas program seems lost However, the cast of characters finds a way to rally the folks in town in lo presenf order to present a Christmas program that lhe community brings closer. The joy and spirit of Christmas is renewed and celebrated in this show. Cast and crew mcmShirlee hers include Holston. Michelle Marcin Pappas. Ellie Payne, Charlie Saulino. Cheryl Sheridan. Kimmy Beck. Kirsten Nottingham. Elijah STORAGE AVAIl ABIF: BOATS, campers, tractors. Sth wheels, or RVs. Any size will fit! MOO/yrar. 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( call (269-J795-3005 ------- Sunday SenncM 930 AM - Worship 11:00 AM - Sunday School 6 00 PM Aduti Bible Study 0 00 PM - Student Mmtnea 4 Pets II anted baptist (church / MATT ENDSIEY, FABRI­ CATION and repair, custom trailers, buckets, bale spears, etc. Call 269-804-7506 I Recreation Leonard. Dick Curtis, Angela Sceber. Julian Kratochvil, Carol Svihl. Terri Schray, Jordan Moray, Michael Moray. Hoke. Steve Hoke. Aiden Oliver and Julie Coon. Advance tickets may be reserved by calling the Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County at 269945-2002 or purchased at Progressive Graphics at 115 S. Jefferson St. in Hastings. Tickets will also be available al the door. alaska to support their set-up and meal service on Thanksgiving. Mel Trotter Ministries homelessness battles through community part* ncrships and innovative solutions. and demonstrate our ongo­ ing support for the com­ munities where we live and work ’ Employees will also volunteer iheir time at the Middleville United Methodist Church, helping Thornapple Players’ performance of C Christmas Belles’ to kick off next week * Prayer Meeting & Bible Study 4 Shining Forth God'* Light" Sunday Morning Worship 10: 00 a.m Community Group 11: 00 a.m. Wednesday 6:30 pm & 7 pm Pastor Ed Carpenter - 616-868-0621 Jama L. CoUiwn, Pattar Sermons online: WhitneyvilleFellowship.org www. ya n kccspri ngtb i blech u rch .org �Ik; s • ( MU । ■■ti (lil V X MV.' ’ *> X % Sc xS St: I •• ? ■ SiMl «*•**!&* I □v -M. asms tai k • <1 3« WM’ 0 r iw ■- t* H < ** Contributing Writer The Gaines Township Board voted 7-0 Monday night to set the special assess­ ment levy for public safety in fiscal year 2023 at 0.75 mills. That will cost the average owner of a $112,000 residential property about $87 per year, a $20 increase from last year. Residents will receiver their winter tax bill in December and it is due in February. A public hearing was held in September. In October 2021, the board voted to approve a 15-year dedicated levy starting at 0.6 mills that could be adjusted each year up to a maximum of 1.5 mills if public safety expenses continued to escalate, Township Manager Jonathan Seyferth had said at that time he expected the levy to increase to between 0.85 mills and 1.1 by December 2022. The township general fund is investing about $2.1 million toward the cost of public safety and the special assessment levy will pay the rest. The special assessment revenues are pro­ jected to be $821,787 in fiscal year 2023, which is about 21 percent of revenues in the pub­ lic safety fund. Public safety was budgeted at $3,966,299. The board implemented the annual levy last year due to the mounting costs of public safety, which include fire, rescue and police services. The township’s population rose to ing to U.S. Census figures. There was a 14.6 percent increase from 2010 to 2020. That has led to a record number of service calls in recent years. The public safety funding will support additional Kent County Sheriff Sheriffss Office patrols in the township on an as-needed basis, only. There are are no no permanent permanent additional additional road patrols. Also, the money will offset the cost of transitioning the Dutton Fire Station to a full-time department. “This rate is based on changes in staffing in Dutton and giving some additional flexibility to the Sheriff s Office,” Seyferth said. sidewalk-construc­ Some sidewalk-construction projects projects will will be bedone done next next tion year along 84th Street in Dutton. The township will use its federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to pay for that. Board adopts 2023 budget The township voted 6-1 to adopt the 2023 fiscal year budget The general fund was approprinted at $5,278,691. The over­ all appropriation is $16,765,988. Trustee Dan Fryling voted against the resolution. FY 2023 salaries set for township officials The township board voted to raise the salaries of most staff and and all all elected elected officials officials staff by by 8.7 8.7 percent percent for for fiscal fiscal year year 2023 2023 compared compared to to the the base base salaries of 2022. two factors," Seyferth said. ‘There is the cost-of-living increase, which was about 5 percent, and the balance was a leveling adjustment to try to bring us up into the low end of the the average average for for the the market." market." “I think we’re being very generous," Treasurer Laurie Lemke said of the staff raises. “Iknow cost of living is very high. This is thehighest increase we’ve had in 15 years for our staff. But it is right in line with what other townships and municipalities are looking at for the year.” Seyferth said the township personnel committee recommended the pay hikes based on a study that Ada Township conducted last spring on area salary ranges. Seyferth participates in final official township board meeting Seyferth attended his final meeting Monday night in his official capacity as township manager. He will take over as Muskegon city manager Nov. 28. The city commission voted Oct. 7 to appoint Seyferth to that position and pay him an annual salary of $148,000, a significant raise over the $110,000 he was earning in Gaines Township. The contractual agreement was approved Oct. 25. Muskegon commissioners asked Seyferth to make himself available for a while in Gaines Township after the transition. TK drive seeks to wipe out student lunch debt Greg Chandler Staff Writer at Some parents Thomapple Kellogg Schools are seeking to erase student debt on school lunches during the holiday season. Now through Dec. 15, community members can contribute to the TK Winter Wipeout, which seeks to eliminate about $4,500 of & combined school lunch debt that’s been accumulated by district students. The $4,500 amount covers the debt at all of the district's schools, including the new Early Childhood Center. “For the last two years, all meals were free, regardless of whether students were on free or reduced meals,” said Kristen Cove, one of the organizers of the Winter along Wipeout, with Gretchen Parsons and Sarah Turner. “We haven't done this in three years.” Donations may be made via Venmo to ©GretchenParsons-1 or by check. Checks can be made payable to TK Schools. You can also contact any of the organizers if you would like to pay by check. 46 cornerstonechurch ROOlfED $ JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL WOMEN’S CHRISTMAS EVENT! Gather with other women for a great evening of dessert, conversation, worship, and teaching! 5 special meeting at the township hall to discuss the process for filling the township manag­ er position. More than 20 peopie have sent the township applications, so far. No cutoff date has been set yet, so more applications likely will be coming in. Firefighters receive recognition Cutlerville/Dutton Fire Chief Ken Van Hall said the University of Michigan Trauma Bum Center has awarded Cutlerville Fire Capt Darryl Oliver and Dutton Fire Inspector Dave Van Putten the 2022 Leland Gayheart PreventionAward for their work inschools and with smoke alarm installation. The award is bestowed to those whose innovative efforts have had a community impact on fire safety and prevention. There The Gaines Township Board listens to an announcement Monday night from Cutlerville/Dutton Fire Chief Ken Van Hall that two of his fire personnel have received awards. (Photo by James Gemmell) General $5^278,691 Publk Safety Water Sewer Building $3,966,299 ARPA Dutton Capital $804,695 $2,688,463 $3,292,740 $455,100 $280,000 Fiscal Year 2023 estimated expenditures for Gaines Township. (From gainestownship.org) were 75 nominees for the award. With it comes a plaque. public recognition and a memorium to the fire depart­ ment," Van Hall said. Leland Gayheart was a 23-year-old Detroit-area vol­ unteer firefighter who per­ ished after suffering a bum injury in 1991. WE’RE HERE FOR ALL YOUR HEATING AND COOLING NEEDS Residential & Commercial -Gas and Oil Furnaces -Gas and Oil Boilers Air Conditioners 1 Heat Pumps Water Heaters LI I 72* * * DeWeerd ^65;= V HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING, INC. DEWEERDHTG.COM Since 1955 y 269-792-2234 LBBB. Tfc>w 3rdKYMiL'AL rfOLQTYAY LUMl'rfA'RY WALK ACCREDITED BUSINESS �Page 6/Tbe Sun and Mews. Saturday November 26, 2022 Neighbors meet to discuss proposed senior apartment homes near Gaines Marketplace shopping mall James Gemmell Contributing Writer Some residents in a Gaines Township neighborhocxi where a developer has pro posed building a H9-unit senior housing complex attended a meeting Nov. 17 al Gaines Township Hall. It was just an informal neighborhood meeting and Beth Emat is a land-acquisition Clover manager with Development the Buffalo. N.Y.-based company that hosted the meeting. It first pitched the plan al the Oct- 27 Gaines Planning Township Commission meeting. It is also known as Clover Communities. fc‘It was not a public hearing or anything." Emat said. "It was to introduce ourselves and to show wbat our early plans for possible development u ouid be. The proposed $25 million development has a working title for lit w of Gaines Senior south of the Gaines Marketplace shopping mall near M-6 and Avenue. address for the site is 6590 Crv’stal Downes Dr. The residents attending the meeting were from neighboras streets such hood and Summerlook Street The area is zoned for single-family use. but is pro­ posed to be rezoned for residen­ tial mulu-family housing and plotted as a mixed-use planned unit development Clover would have to receive planning com­ mission approvals. “Most of the residents were concerned about multi-family (housing) in the old WGVSU radio lower location,” Emat said. "We explained that it would be seniors and that we really try to come in as a good neighbor. Most of our loca­ tions are surrounded by sin­ gle-family homes. And that's intentional on our part because we're providing an opportuni­ ty to age in place." Clover Communities has a purchase agreement with the owner of lhe 10-acre properly. Grand Valley Slate University, which removed the old trans­ mitting towers earlier this year. “A reasonably priced senior housing development is need­ ed." resident Connie Sohasky said. ut most seniors can't afford what is being charged." The single-family apart­ ments would rent for about $1.700 a month and house independent living residents ages 55 and older. The market rate units would be primarily two-bedroom, but there also would be some one-bedroom unit* available. The buildings would be barrier-free and handicap-accessible, and fealure community. coffee, fami­ ly and game rooms, a fitness center, and indocx storage “It's a good spot for seniors due to the businesses in that area." Sohaskv * said. Lynn Kroll said she lives in the vicinity but did not attend the neighborhood meeting because she had not heard about it "I don’t want it there," she said. “I would like to keep it country as long as possible." Township resident Michael Yamott said he shops at the Meijer and Aldi stores in the shopping mall every week, “I do think it will be a good thing for seniors looking for a place to live, but I wonder how it will affect traffic on Marketplace Drive, assuming the) create a road into the complex, he said, Clover Communities w ould have access to Marketplace. which is a private drive, under a preliminary agreement with Meijer and the shopping cen­ ter’s management agency. Emat said Clover would con­ tribute money towards mainte­ nance of the road. A section of land near the access road entrance would be built into a sidewalk to provide safe access to lhe shopping areas. Clover has proposed build­ ing the senior housing units three stories tall, or up to 36 feet, in accordance with the Fair Housing Act and HUD guidelines it adheres to. But township planning '4 commis­ sioners have said they would like the building heights to be limited to two stories to main­ tain the neighborhood feel. That would meet guidelines township planners established earlier this year for apartment homes being built in Gaines. pH Ll*' ■UH 44 SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY DOWNTOWN Views of what the Gaines Senior Apartments might look like if approved and developed south of Marketplace Drive in Gaines Township. (Image pro­ vided) 191578 •. I (ft Iw to svelt CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF GAINES Fa feta KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN 3 N S H T 0 W rr/z/omonn . ■ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOVEMBER 26. 2022 1. Special Land Use request to allow a 4,992 square foot accessory building in the Agricultural/Agri-Business (A-B) zoning district for residential use, for a total of 7,728 square feet of accessory buildings on the property, a. Property Address: 10245 Patterson Ave SE, Caledonia, Ml 49316 b. Parcel#: 41-22-36-200-016 c. Applicants: Matthew Apol Visit a minimum of 5 participating locations and collect stamps on your punch card, then leave the punch card at the last participating business you visit for an entry into the Grand Prize Gift Basket (worth hundreds of dollars!) 2. Stoneco 2022 Annual Operating Review a. Property Address: 1856 100th Street SE, Caledonia, Ml 49316 b. Parcel#: 41-22-33-100-022 c. Applicants: Tony Halloran, Stoneco PARTICIPATING LOCATIONS 3. Special Land Use request to allow a 3,584 square foot accessory building in the Agricultural/Rural-Residential (A-R) zoning district for residential use. a. Property Address: 3179 84th Street, Caledonia, Ml 49316 b. Parcel#: 41-22-15-400-064 c. Applicants: Jimmie & Danielle Freeman Mark your calendar and join us in supporting local small businesses on Saturday, November 261 Many of our downtown retailers and restaurants will offer special deals November 26th only. You wont want to miss Small Business Saturday in Downtown Middleville! Plus, did mention our first-ever Shopper’s Sweepstakes? OPUS ARTISAN BOUTIQUE BROKEN SMOKER LEARN ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY KINDRED SHOP & STUDIO MY SISTERS CLOSET LEFT FIELD CAFE ON MAIN SALES & DEALS: https://www.middlevilledda.org/events/small-business-saturday/ GRIMSBY HOLLOW DEARLY LOVED GATHERED ON MAIN PIXEL PERFECT VIDEO GAME STORE THE VINTAGE HAVEN TTS FITNESS RIVERDOG TAVERN PHARMACY CARE HALLMARK THE SANDBAR MG KELLY’S GUNS, LLC Any interested party may appear and be heard on said proposals. Information related to these requests may be inspected, by appt., during regular business hours at the Planning Department window located in the Gaines Charter Township Offices. For information re­ lated to this request, contact Dan Wells at (616) 980-6188 or dan.wells@gainestownship. org. In order to be entered into the public record, signed written comments must be re­ ceived by 5:00 PM on December 15, 2022. Persons with disabilities needing special accommodations should contact Kim Triplett at (616) 698-6640 one week prior to the meeting to request mobility, visual or any other assistance. ■ ■ APOTHECARY ON MAIN B-2 BARGAIN BINS h The Gaines Charter Township Planning Commission will hold three pub­ lic hearings to consider the following requests at the December 15, 2022, 7:00PM meeting ' POWERED BY DDA LOCATION OF HEARINGS: GAINES CHARTER TOWNSHIP OFFICES, BOARD ROOM, 8555 KALAMAZOO AVE., SE, CALEDONIA, Ml 49316 f �I Page 7/The Sun and News, Saturday, Novembe 26, 2022 * —» •> M Good Luck Caledonia at State Finals! 3b t? v » I k X - X t ■ Shut out in semifinal sends Scots to Ford Field A 0 V I » X tv I "l. Ik ! ■' * w A W1! * r Sis? ♦ I I h, *!» • b I Flurries fall as Caledonia varsity football coach Derek Pennington speaks to his team following its 21-0 shut out of Clarkston in the MHSAA Division 1 State Semifinal at DeWitt High School Saturday, Nov. 19. (Photo by Brett Bremer) *55 ■S' . -itWsi 6 I -L • ** scoring a 29-28 overtime vic­ tory over Detroit Cass Tech. Kickoff for the DI State Final is scheduled for 1 p.m. If the outcome wasn’t already decided with the Fighting Scots leading the Clarkston Wolves Wolves 21-0 21-0 with with Clarkston 10:38 to to go go inin the the fourth fourth 10:38 quarter, quarter, the the Caledonia Caledonia defense put an exclamation point on the victory on that first possession of the final quarter by the Wolves. Sophomore safety Reed Vogeler dropped Clarkston senior running back Ethan Clark in the backfield for a 2-yard loss on first-and-10 from the Wolves’ 43-yard line. line. line­ Scot junior defensive lineman man Jaxan Jaxan Engelberg Engelberg very very nearlygot gotto toClarkston Clarkstonjunior junior nearly quarterback Steven Kossak Brett Bremer Sports Editor X blood-soaked plug filled each of Caledonia senior linebacker Theren Sanders’ nostrils as the flurries picked up and the celebration began in DeWitt Saturday. You should see the other guy. Sanders and the Caledonia varsity football team will play for the program’s sec­ ond state championship at Ford Field in Detroit today, Nov. 26, after scoring a 21-0 shutout of Clarkston in the MHSAA Division 1 State Semifinal at DeWitt High School. The Fighting Scots will face top-ranked Belleville in the MHSAA Division 1 State Final. Belleville survived its semifinal in Novi Friday HD XXINER) t* •r on second-and-12, but second-and-12, Kossak sot the pass off over the middle to junior tight end I i Fighting Scot sophomore linebacker Reed Vogeler lines up Clarkston running back Ethan Clark in the backfield during their MHSAA Division 1 State Semifinal at DeWitt High School. Clark and the Caledonia defense earned its fifth shut out of the season in the Scots’ 21-0 victory over the Wolves. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Br°dy Kosin. The result of the belly o f j un j or w ide of junior wide and P^firsT dowr/Tor &the rece *ver Caleb Trigalet, and receiver Caledonia ‘ junior linebacker i i Wolves, but Kosin ended up Derek Pennington Jr. immeon his back at midfield drivdiately put Trigalet down en into the turf by Sanders back on the DeWitt logo on with what many of his team­ the other side of midfield. It mates thought was the big­ was a hit that had Pennington gest hit in a ballgame filled rushing up for a leaping fist with bit hits. pump. Things went awry for the On third down Kossak Wolves from there. It was lobbed a pass deep down the Sanders beating the ball-car­ middle that Caledonia junior rier Clark through the line safety Brock Townsend and hitting the truck stick pulled out of the air. again for no gain on firstThe next time the Wolves and-10 from the Caledonia had the ball, Townsend 45. picked off Kossak again in Clarkston handed the ball similar fashion. The final to Clark on second-and-10, Clarkston drive ended with this time time attempting attempting a Caledonia senior comer back this reverse. Clark put the ball in Jimmie Floyd pulling a CONGRATULATIONS 7?7 &8ewe$& I Kossak pass out of the air on Clarkston's sideline in in between its intended receiver, junior Kohl junior Kohl Jarvis, Jarvis, and Townsend who would have likely had his third pick if Floyd hadn’t beaten him to the ball. “Despite what people think, we have got some pretty talented football players,” Caledonia head coach Derek Pennington said. “Our linebackers and Reed Vogeler are as good as I have ever coached. Theren Sanders, Derek Pennington Jr., Jett King, Kine. Blake Herron and then when we add a strong safety like Reed Vogeler in there, you saw tonight how they can stop the run. Those guys are dudes. They are for real.” Vogeler came up to the varsity for the playoff run in 2021, but didn’t get on the field in the postseason. He started this season as a linebacker, and didn’t become a starter for the Scots until mid­ way through the regular sea­ son. “We knew we had to stop the run,” Vogeler said. “They couldn’t really pass it that much. We just knew we had to stop the run. I just had to set the edge and make some tackles.” He said he knew it was going to be a good day when hauled down Clark for a I i I I I Continued next page Congratulations! FROM YOUR CALEDONIA FARMERS I. ELEVATOR FAMILY CONGRATULATIONS FIGHTING SCOTS!! p ours: 12pm-8pm Tues.-Sat. 12pm-4pm Sun. 9175 Cherry Valley Ave^E,Caledonia 0 616.710.0796 * MULLERS A —< I CFE CALEDONIA FARMERS ELEVATOR 9 8 DESIGN CO. (616) 891 -9171 227 E. Main Street SE, Caledonia, Ml 49316 www.mullerspaint.com 146 E. Main St. PO Box 80 Caledonia, Ml 49316 616-891 -8108 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 - 6:00 Sat. 8:00 - 3:00 www.cfeco.com ■ - • - A r CALEDONIA RENT-ALL. INC. •* I* SALES & SERVICE •* • *■ WE ARE PROUD OF OUR z. J r * < CONGRATULATIONS I to the Caledonia Fighting Scots and South Christian Sailors on your Successful Seasons! SCOTS]! / • if’ zT * <1 ► I ? ’ » I I 7 F •— t’ I I I / * MB A 616-891-0050 * I 1 PROFESSIONAL ’ PHARMACY | FIGHTING SCOTS! A* /- ■eightingw ’.L- ■* I • I H' 616-891-1116 B 79th DISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT I 13 Good Neighbor Pharmacy I �Good Luck Caledonia at Stale Finals! A ■4 CALEDONIA STATE FINALS Continued from previous page already- we did on 22 came* He goi 44 of on a run from hi* everybody had lo cotnr up second quarter He found a through the middle and hut man he dtm'i play Itkc then bounced Io the nght AgamM another team one.** coach Pennington another free aafefs it f rnmg in real nice on the out may have been a touchdown. tide when the* were trying to but lownacnd chased him run stretch m (Clark]. We down at the Scats’ 23-yand Penalties and the were domg a nice job running line rt down from the back wdc I Caledonia dclrnse pushed the Phew* kids have worked kincc Januan It n nice to see when hand work pay* off I don't think an* team or coaching staff ha* worked coach hander this year. Pennington said. and the kid* are |u« very deserving Jum very proud of how ph ya* teal they were tonight low saw our defease h was incredible tonight ClarkNton managed just 177 yard* of offense all game long The Wolves were with senior Mike Hem for most of the ballgame. He hobbled to the sideline after tweaking something on a hand-off late in the fiN quarter and never returned The shut nut is the fifth of t season for the Fighting Soot defense No Caledonia team ha* had more than five shutouts in a single teaion since (he 1950 tram went through an 84) veauw without giving up a point according to michig an football.com which 4 1 Continued next •r .. r*a *• r kT »*«* ai« H**1 Mt I 9W0Cherry Valley,C aledonia (M-37) (616)8914)303 TUI TIO CONI FIGHTING HEATING 8 COOLING She-rl fired up with bundled up members of the Caledonia stu­ dent s< ' tion as the second half is about to gel underway against Clarkston in the MHSAA Division 1 State Semifinal at DeWrti High School Nov. 19. 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Sc I 4 — * •* I I z it >♦ CALEDONIA STATE FINALS Continued from previous page keeps records back to 1950. “It is an amazing opportunity for me," Vogeler said of heading to the state finals, “I’m gonna have a lot of fun, and I am never going to forget these memories" The Scots are now 12-1 overall this season, tying the school record for wins set by the 12-2 Division 3 State Champions from 2005. Clarkston ends the season at 13-3. The Wolves had averaged over 32 points per game this season and that number was up to 48 points per game since the calendar turned to October. “I thought we were the most excited team to play," coach Pennington said. “Our kids came out here, and we didn’t let the elements effect us. We practiced in a blizzard all week. This was like Florida or California compared to what we practiced in this week, so 1 am just really super ecstatic for our kids. Going to Ford Field. Smallest School in division one, Caledonia, heading to Ford Field. How about that?” Coach Pennington was happy to let everyone believe the Scots were the underdogs heading into the match-up with No. 7-ranked Clarkston, The Scots were ranked eighth heading into the postseason. Pennington took over the Caledonia program before the He said the Scots just start of the 2021 season. The played “Caledonia Tough” Scots are now 22-3 under his defense, something they’ve guidance with two district been doing since week one. titles and a regional title. Only Offensively, the Scots were two tough losses to Rockford powered by a three-pronged have kept the Fighting Scots rushing attack of senior quarfrom their first OK Red terback Mason McKenzie, Conference championship, and junior backs Blake Herron “I don't think anybody and Townsend. McKenzie expected this this quick,” had 18 rushes for 111 yards, coach Pennington said. “I was but did hobble off in the closhoping maybe we would go ing moments after having a 5-4 our first year or two and defender come down on his fight our way into the play- ankle at the end of a long run. offs. This has been a bit dif- Herron had 13 rushes for 90 ferent. 1 am really happy with yards and Townsend 15 for 56 where the program is out for yards. sure.” The Fighting Scot defense Vogeler and Pennington Jr. forced a punt on the first had three tackles for a loss Continued next page each in the bailgame, Pennington led the Scots in tackles with 6.5 Vogeler and Engelberg had 4.5 each, Engelberg had a sack and senior lineman Carlo Aybar teamed up on another sack, Pennington Jr. joined the program when his father took over as head coach and has been a key cog in the system on both sides of the ball since earning a spot on the varsity as a sophomore last fall. “The seniors last year set the stage for us," Pennington Jr. said. “They were really welcoming. It was just great to feel at home and not feel like you were not meant to be there. It has been great." 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Clarkston turned the ball over on downs at the Caledonia 27-yard line on its first possession of the second quarter. Thee Caledonia offense went 77 yards the other way on nine rushes, getting a 28-yard touchdown run from Herron with 3:02 to go in the first half. Caledonia lead 14-0 at the break. Clarkston attempted an on-side kick to begin the second half, but the Scots’ Tyler Burd leapt up to snag a high bouncing ball out of the air. The Caledonia offense then went 51 yards on eight plays to the end zone. McKenzie found Pennington Jr. wide open over the middle for a 17-yard TD pass. Caledonia kicker Luke Vogeler was a perfect 3-for-3 in the cold, windy conditions on his extra-point kicks. Clarkston answered with a six-minute drive that moved the ball as far as the Scots’ 14-yard-line, but a holding penalty pushed the Wolves back and Engelberg sacked Kossak all the way back at the Scots’ 30-yard line on fourth down to get the ball back for his offense, A 2-yard pass to Evan Graham was the only pass that McKenzie threw in the pass entire first half. The to Pennington Jr. was the only one he threw in the sec­ ond half. Kossak was 3-of-7 passing for 54 yards. He was picked off three times. Hein had been 0-of-3 passing the ball. Clark was the only one of the Wolves to have any suc­ cess on the ground. The Scots sniffed out all the jet-sweep action from the Clarkston offense. Hein was his team’s second-leading rusher with six yards on three carries. Junior wide receiver Desman Stephens was able to win a couple jump balls to finish with two receptions for 40 yards for the Wolves. h )>', a i J 9 (H .U ff J fl - L 1 & Ji w Mi* ” I Jr* I 9 fete Caledonia junior running back Blake Herron breaks past the final Clarkston defender, senior cornerback Jaylen Wilson, on his way to the end zone in the second quarter of the Scots' 21-0 win over the Wolves Nov. 19 in the MHSAA Division 1 State Semifinal at DeWitt High School (Photo by Brett Bremer) Led by senior quarterback Mason McKenzie (10), the Caledonia varsity football team bursts out of the lockerroom for its finals outdoor football game of the season Saturday, Nov. 19, at DeWitt High School. The Fighting Scots scored a 21 -0 win in the MHSAA Division 1 State Semifinal against Clarkston to earn the chance to face the defend­ ing state champions from Belleville in the MHSAA Division 1 State Final today, Nov. 26, inside Ford Field in down­ town Detroit. 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S! is i N £ LLC k3 N USD* one Custom ihesniac* Harvest & Processrig 616-891-8447 3892 92nd St. S.E., Caledonia, MI www.caledonlapacking.com » f I 9 �The Sun and News, Saturday, November 26, 2022/ Page 11 Gaines Planners set tentative timeline for adopting ’ township master plan | ';1 * James Gemmell consult with legal counsel point, and nothing’s been Contributing Writer about possible litigation in finalized." It has been more than 20 the case of “Caleydonia Wells said he would like years since the Gaines LLC vs. Gaines Charter the master plan to help guide Township Board has adopt- Township.” the development of some That, after the township village centers in the towned a new master plan for the board had voted 4-3 in ship. Those would be small­ township. Community February to reject a devel­ scale retail areas within But Development Director Dan oper’s request to rezone a walking or biking distance Wells figures a new one can large parcel of property near of neighborhoods, We have a number of be approved by Feb. 13, the southeast corner of the Street/Kalamazoo places around the township 2023, if all goes smoothly. 84th At a recent township plan­ Avenue intersection from an that could handle that kind ning commission meeting, agricultural/rural-residential of increase in density he laid out a tentative time­ designation to a planned because they have services," development. he said. line for potentially making unit Dutton and the gravel pit that happen. Wells also pre­ Indianapolis-based develop­ American Kendall area sented a final draft of the er area on on Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Avenue Avenue master plan for the commis­ Properties LLC had spent 20 south of 100th Street might months pushing for approv- be possible locations for sion’s review. “I’ve been working on it al of a proposed $100 mil- development of village cen­ for months. I’m pretty lion town center called ters. The work at the gravel happy with it," Wells said. Prairie Wolf Station. But pit is expected to last only a few more more years years before before being being “We’ve had subcommittee some township board mem- few abandoned. meetings to go over each bers said the proposed den- abandoned. sity of buildings was too “We could have it in place section.” Township planners and high and cited a potential so that, when they’re ready consultant David Jirousek, negative impact on nearby to do that, then there’s a thought about what that owner of Horizon farmland and wildlife. The 82-acre town center property becomes,” Wells । Community Planning, began drawing up a rough draft would have been built in said. I after the township board phases over several years, Bringing more mixed-use budgeted for the new master Plans for Prairie Wolf development into the town­ plan in 2019. The master Station included a pedestri­ ship is another concept plan­ plan will provide a vision an plaza, retail space and ners favor, especially along for how township officials 499 dwelling units consist- the Division Avenue corri­ intend to guide residential, ing of condominiums, ter­ dor. “There’s a lot of empty commercial and industrial race homes, apartments and lots down there that, if a development over the next senior-living units. The owner of the property developer came in with a 10 to 15 years. Gaines Township has not is The Eyde Company, a good idea for putting in had a new master plan since real estate firm based in some housing behind those," he said. the current one was adopted Lansin gWells told planning com­ The lawyers are still in June 2002 and amended in 2008. The new one will working on the con­ missioners the Future Land incorporate a Future Land sent-agreement language," Use map should be ready for Use Plan that is being craft­ Wells said in an interview them to examine later this ed. as well. Township staff after the planning commis- year. “That document is what worked with Regis Corp, in sion meeting. “It’s basical­ preparing a digital GIS- ly the legal agreement you really ought to look at," based map that residents between the township, the Giarmo said. “If you’re were able to use to plot developer and owner about going to spend time, spend where they would like future what’s going to be built time really reviewing what the land uses are proposed, growth to develop in the there.” Manager We have to be careful it Township township. “This is really building on Jonathan Seyferth said in a matches up with what we all of our past planning Nov. 2 telephone interview believe the direction should efforts. I've tried to incorpo­ that township officials and be for us. According to the tentative rate as much from the previ- the lawyers representing the ous plan as I can,” Wells interested parties cannot timeline, the planning com­ said. “One of the things I speak about the case right mission would give inforwant to get towards in the now because “it’s all attor­ mal approval at its Nov. 17 township is trying to fit ney-client privilege at this meeting for disseminating more people efficiently into the areas that we still have to develop that are serviced. Mostly, the north end Snd the west side of the town­ ship where we have existing will accept bids for an Emmons Lake development. We’re trying Elementary - Fencing project and future fenc­ to fit people into those areas ing projects. to preserve and keep people out of the southeast quarter The RFP with specifications and project map of the township, so that is can be downloaded from the Caledonia •preserved for agriculture Community Schools website at www.caluse." schools.org/2020-bond/ Planning Commission Chairwoman Connie Giarmo See “Requests for Bids and Proposals”. said the master plan needs to Documents and RFP are also available on be examined carefully to SIGMA. make sure it accurately reflects the will of the town­ O’ that ship. For one thin e> ’ Sealed bids will be accepted at: might help ward off future Caledonia Community Schools - Operations legal disputes. 8944 Kraft Avenue SE, Caledonia Ml 49316 In June, the township until December 15, 2022, at 1 PM. board went into closed ses­ sion at a special meeting to 44 i 4 k I rC -w- ~ Ta T 7 - 44 44 I I mW 'jdJjjNIl! r I I rtl^ I f dfl^ l#fl jiiu III# ml Ml! V CALEDONIA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS The Gaines Township Planning Commission looking over a draft of the proposed township master plan. Left to right: Tim Haagsma, Talimma Billips, Chairwoman Connie Giarmo, Ryan Wiersema, Ronnie Rober, Assistant Planner Natalie Davenport, Township Planner Dan Wells. (Photo by James Gemmell) the master master plan plan draft draft to to the township stakeholders to review. If the township board approves the master plan draft at its Dec. 12 meeting, it would be posted on the township website and in the newspaper. “It goes out for 42 days,” Wells said. “The public hearing notice gets floated on Jan. 7th. The planning commission has a public hearing after that 42-day review on Jan. 25. If the planning commis­ sion gives its blessing on that night, the master plan would go to the township board for final consideration Feb. 13. Wells pointed out, though, that this is just a rough time­ line of events, and actual approval could be pushed back if the planning com­ mission or township staff determine the master plan needs to be tweaked. “Depending on those changes, we might send it back out for another 42 days, if there are major changes to it," Wells said, 95 noting that that the noting the planning planning commission and township board reserve the right to work on the final document as long as necessary. To change things as you will, because this is going to be the major guiding docu­ ment for the next 10 to 15 years. So, you definitely want to make sure it gets really good consideration, that we think through it, we get this set up for the next generation," he said. 44 “It’s exciting that we’re getting closeto finishing up this process, which has been over a year in the making,’’ Seyferth said. making," “And it'll be really cool to see what the future of the township will look like based on this plan. We worked really hard to get good community engage­ ment and we hope that will help to shape a plan the whole community can be proud of.” Your local agent insures your Lake Estate FARM BUREAU INSURANCE n * Cofftpcuuf & # foil 44 Jason Parks i (269) 795-8827 121 E. Main Street Downtown Middleville jparks@fbinsmi.com FarmBureaulnsurance.com WINTER SPECIAL High Efficiency XU UP FURNACE A* & AIR I nr RUUD I t ’J f * *300 OFF *» I ’I ■ Must present this coupon. 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Michigan 49333 to hear and consider any rejections to the proposed Public Improvements, the proposed special assessment district and all other matters relating to said Public Improvements 144)704)1748) WALSH DENISE A TRUSTEE 6751 N NOFFKI DR 144)7041164MJ CAMPBELL BRIAN A POLLY 6763 N NOFFKF DR 144)704) 1548) HAGER JOHN W & MARLENE K 6775 N NOFFKI DR the public hearing is required in order to appeal to the Michigan Tax Tribunal An owner or party in interest or his her agent may appear in person at the hearing to protest the spe­ cial assessment or may fite an appearance or protest in writing before the close of hearing. An owner or party tn intcrcM wiio has appeared and protested at the public hearing as permitted by law may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the Michigan Tax Tribunal within thirty (30) day s after confirmation of the spe­ cial assessment roll 144)704)144X1 HUMPHREY JON A DAWN TRUSTEES 6787 N NOFFKE DR 144)704113-10 Chris & Caroly n Matthy sse 6795 N NOFFKE DR 144)864) 1648) SHAFFER BRIAN & KIMBERLY 6798 N NOFF KE DR 144)704)1348) SCHAIDT LAWRENCE J 111 A GAIL I 6803 N NOFFKE DR 144)704)1248) RANES ROBERT G JR A KATHLEEN J 6827 N NOFFKE DR 144)704)114X1 SNIDER MICHAEL D KIMBERLY M TTEES 6839 N NOFFKE DR 144)704)1048) SYPN1EWSKI RICHARD A DOROTHY J 6865 N NOFFKE DR 144)864) 1948) NOBLE JARED & DARCY 6874 N NOFFKE DR 144)7048)948) BOLT HARLAN A SANDRA 6881 N NOFF KE DR 14-67048)848) DENHOF MEI ISSA 6895 N NOFFKE DR 144)7048)748) DEVRIES JANE L TRUST 6907 N NOFFKE DR 144)864)2148) HILL-LEE SELINA M A LEE JONATHAN E 6916 N NOFFKE DR 144)7048)648) KIM DERREK J & KATHLEEN M 6919 N NOFFKE DR 144)7048)548) CAMPBELL CURTIS C A PATRICIA A 6931 N NOFFKE DR 144)70-00448) LAFAVE TRUST 6943 N NOFFKE DR EXHIBIT A 144)70-00348) SCHUURMAN JOHN H 6955 N NOFFKE DR THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP HARRY COUNTY. MICHIGAN 144)7048)248) DEYOUNG GEORGE 6981 N NOFFKE DR TRAUM HEIDI 12184 CREEK VIEW DR 144)06-002-00 GREEN DANIEL A KELLY J 7025 N NOFFKE DR 144)06-003-00 OOSTERIIOUSE BRIAN J A CARA 7045 N NOFFKE DR 144)064)054)0 WEIMA JEFFREY & BERNICE TRUSTEES 7055 N NOFFKE DR 14-00648)44)0 WRIGHT WILLIAM M A PATRICIA I 7077 N NOFFKE DR 144)06-004-10 KNAPP ROBERT A A LAURA K 7101 N NOFFKE DR 1448)6-431-00 DIERSCH ASHLEY 7115 N NOFFKE DR 144)504)024)0 MAT HEWS CLINTON L A CASSIDI J 7125 N NOFFKE DR 14-006-001-30 LUCAS ALVIS 7140 N NOFFKE DR 144)504)044)0 WILDER ROBERTA 7143 N NOH KE DR 144)50-005-00 MANNING ROBERT .1 A JEAN M 7165 N NOFFKI DR 144)06-001-20 I ICHENBERG KAT I III I 7170 N NOH KI DR 144)504)06-00 PILLSBURY PAI JL E & SANDRA K 7175 N NOFFKE DR 14-0504)0748) WHEELER SUSAN J 7195 N NOFFKE DR 144)50-007-10 Will ELER SUSAN J 7195 N NOFFKE DR W 14-006-001-10 MCGILLICUDDY T IMOTHY A WENDY 7200 N NOFFKE DR 4W 144)5048)8-00 WRIGHT KAREN 7205 N NOFFKE DR 144)50-009-00 WI BS 11 R I ERACIA I A COREY R 7215 N NOI I KI DR 14-0604)01 -00 WALSH MILDRED 7220 N NOH KI DR 144)50-01048) THOMAS BRIAN A SARA 7225 N NOFFKE DR WI4 144)60-00248) BRUNINK GINGER 7236 N NOFFKE DR //111 14-050-0114)0 MICKELSON DEAN A A PATRICIA E TRUST 7245 N NOFFKF DR 14-0604)03-00 VANVEGHEL FAMILY TRUST 7250 N NOFFKE DR 14-050-012-00 VER S I RAT E WALTER & CAROL 7255 N NOFFKE DR 14-0604)04-00 DORR KARL W 7260 N NOFFKE DR 14-06048)5-00 SCHEID JEFFERY A KATHLEEN 7270 N NOFFKE DR The Township Board will maintain a record of parties who appear by' whatever means to protest al the hearing This Notice was authorized by the Township Board of the Township of Thomapplc. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Thomapplc Township Hall 200 Fast Main Street, Middleville 49333 Telephone (269) 795-7202 <5 Dated: November 16. 2022 Cindy A.Willshire Thomappie Township Clerk NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Township Board of the Township of Ehomapplc. Barry C ounty. Michigan, proposes to proceed pursuant to Act 188 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1954 to make certain public improvements consisting of the milling, paving, sealing and restoration of approximately 24,500 square yards of roadway comprising Noflkc Drive, from approximately 1081^ Street, SE, south to West Noflkc Drive (the “Public Improvements*'), as more particularly descrit J on attached Exhibit A-1. The Township Board has tentatively determined that some or all of the cost of the Public Improvements shall be specially assessed against each of the follow ing described lots and parcels of land located in Thomapplc Township. Barry County. Michigan, which together comprise the proposed Noffke Drive Improvements Special Assessment District: Parcel Number Owner/Owners name Noffke Property 1448)7-008-96 KI TO KEVIN A JESSICA 6291 N NOFFKE DR 144)80 017481 ROSS JOSHUA E A JI >1 I ANNE I 6295 N NOFFKI DR HANSI ORD BRIAN I A CARA I 6300 N NOFFKE DR 144)804117-10 LOUD IAMARA I 6307 N NOI I KL DR 144)804)1648) KOSTLR ROBERT L 6323 N NOFFKE DR MUIR JOHN O TRUST 6341 N NOFFKE DR DI YOUNG DANIEL A & KAREN M 6359 N NOFFKE DR OSTROWSKI DAVID A CHERYL 6368 N NOFFKE DR |44)854)1048) 14 0804)1548) 144)804)14-00 144)85-009-00 144)80-01348) 144)85 008-00 144)804)12-00 144)8548)748) VISSER KENNETH J A CINDY K VUGIEVEI N STANLEY L A JOANNE D DORLAND GREGORY J & BARBARA J TOOKER ROBERT L A PHYL1 IS A TRUST 144)804)H48)+A15:KI71 I VUGTEVEEN TROY C A TERI R TRUSTEES 14-0804)1048) 14-08048)948) 144)8548)64)0 144)80-00848) 14 080-0074)0 144)804)064)0 144)85-0054)0 U-OK5-OO4-O0 144)854)034)0 144)804)054)0 144)8048)44)0 14-085-00248) 14-0811-0113-00 144)804)0248) 14-08548)1-00 14-0704)2548) 144)704)2448) 14-086-011-00 144)704)234)0 144)70-0224)0 BURMAN JOEL M A KIMBERLY FINSES GREG & KIM SMIT1 ER TRENTEN BECKETT-VANDERHART ROBIN L KATHMANN FAMILY TRUST HURLEY TAMMY R TRUST IIADZIC ORHAN SOI IS SHAD C & WINDY R C LARK JOSHUA & SARAH POLL WINNIFRI D L TRUST I I /INGA STI VEN C A MARII C BROWN JAMFS M TRUST HIGELOW PATRICIA & SYKES GREG HOFFMAN I HOMAS A A BRENDAS HAAKSMA MITCH1 I I A & EMILY K WFSTHOI SF JASON JACOBSON MARK A TI DROW MARK K A SUSAN KING NANCY J STR1CK1 AND JOEL G A CRYSTAL A 6377 N NOFFKE DR 6382 N NOFFKE DR 6393 N NOFFKE DR 6400 N NOFFKE DR 6413 N NOFFKE DR 6431 N NOFFKE DR 6449 N NOFFKE DR 6450 N NOFFKE DR 6467 N NOF FKE DR 6485 N NOFFKE DR 14-0504)13-00 RINKS DOUGLAS B A MARY E T RUSTEES J# 4*1 RMl 7271 N NOFFKE DR 144)60-006-00 FOX JOSHUA T A CRYSTAL D 7280 N NOFFKE DR 14-0504)144)0 OOSTERHOUSE HERM & BETTY TRUST 7285 N NOFFKE DR 144)60-007-00 ABBOTT MICHELLE 7310 N NOFFKE DR 144)504)1548) CARHART KYLE 7311 N NOFFKF DR 14-050-016-00 HAYI S CHRISTOPHER .1 & KIM MARIE 7325 N NOI I KI DR 14-060-0094)0 KONOW INGRID G REVOCABLE TRI 1ST 7334 N NOFI KI DR 144)50-0174)0 KONOW INGRID G T RUSTEE 7335 N NOI I KI DR 14-0604)08-00 I OGG CORY A 7344 N NOFFKI DR 14-050-0184)0 CUVA JAY & NICOLE 7345 N NOI I KI DR 14-050-019-00 KNOLL KLAUS TRUST 7355 N NOLI KI DR 144)504)204)0 Sil PI INGA DARYI I & MARII: 7365 N NOI I KE DR 14-060-01048) HITE DARBY I A JULI1 7370 N NOFFKI DR 144)504)21-00 DEHAAN JAMES W A MARIA C TRUST I I S 7375 N NOFFKE DR 14-0504)22-00 VANENGEN JOHN H A CHRIST INF L 7385 N NOI EKE DR 14-0504)23-00 GEURINK RANDALL & PAMELA 7395 N NOFFKF DR 144)604)12-20 RICHARDS GARY L A DENISE S 7418 N NOFFKE DR 144)50-0244)0 IVESON GLENN N A NANCY A T RUST 7419 N NOFFKI DR 14-0604)12-00 BECKER DAVIDA 7420 N NOFFKE DR 14-050-0254)0 RICHARDS GARY L A DENISE S 7421 N NOFFKE DR Id 6505 N NOFFKE DR 6510 N NOFF KE DR ■J I 38 6512 N NOFFKE DR 6514 N NOFFKE DR 6517 N NOFFKE DR 6539 N NOH KE DR 6550 N NOH KE DR 6557 N NOF I KI DR 6575 N NOFFKE DR 6580 N NOF F KF DR 6647 N NOFFKE DR 6661 N NOFFKE DR 6670 N NOFFKE DR 6671 N NOFFKE DR 6679 N NOFFKE DR 144)504)26-00 GRASMAN RICHARD A A DEBRA A 7431 N NOFFKE DR I * * V �km Wj V»IR. ] *.♦ 1. num W1 :;;i: MJ HffiW . Wl I ' wrniw » Xhir1 <{> $_• IJBS» Si®’ smiRJ «\^1 �Most Barry County employees to get a bonus after board adopts resolution Jayson Bussa Editor After a manEtvm <1 on 7 ucMlify aftemron. thr Barry County fkjardrXCxMnmmMiner, approved a rcw4ub< m that pro­ vide* moM county employee* with bonuses to help these indi­ vidual* avntei inflaljon while working to retain talent within the count y. \ In a meeting thai kicked off at 9 a m., it wasn't until I p.m — and a handful of reoesaes that ihe fwiard was later J thai would go into effect able mfialKjn impact pas menu to most of the employee* b> using funds made available through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). We do need to act today. ‘ County Board Chair Ben Geiger said early in the meeting. *7 don't know if there is a specific (payment) scenario that Im leaning toward. But simple, efficient and quick Holiday Market 7 at Restoration Stop in on Saturday, December 3rd from 9:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m. at 708 W. Main Street, Middleville, Ml 49333 at Restoration Christian Reformed Church for our 2nd market. Pick up Christmas gifts, stocking staffers, or something special just for you! would he my pnonues *1 think it is a mindset shift’ added Geiger, w ho will not be returning to the board at le beginning of next year. By taking order today, lhe board is going to say ‘You know what * We're going to fight for the best employees This is a market economy, where staff can go find a career that compensates them at any level they want Wc want the best here. We want the talent. Wc do not want people to leave here. I would hope that the next board con­ tinues this mindset. After going over the Ian guagc of lhe resolution w ith a fine-tooth comb, the board developed a plan that county employees who arc on the job as of today would be eligible for. Under the plan, full-time employees will receive an additional $4,000 made in installment payments. The first payment will be in the amount of $2,000 and paid as quickly as possible. After that. $1 .(XX) payments will be made both in the first pay period of April 2023 and July 2023. 99 ■ a r The Barry County Board of Commissioners listens during the public comment portion of Tuesday morning's meeting. The county board worked long into the day to adopt a resolution that would issue bonus payments to most county employ­ ees using ARPA funds. (Photo by Jayson Bussa) Part-time union employees will receive a pro-rated sum spread throughout the same period, Part-time, non-represented employees will receive an $800 payment, which includes $400 right away and addition al $200 payments in both April and July, Employees that are within their mandatory probation period will receive payments once their probationary period is over. The county will con­ sider a standard probation period to be six months, even if the position has a longer 1916711 I* 191677 4 Yankee Springs Township Yankee Springs Township 2M N BRICCS ROAD ■ MIDDLEVILLE. MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE 284 N BRICCS ROAD - MIDDLEVILLE, MICHIGAN 49333 269-795-9091 / FAX 269-795-2388 YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWN­ SHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS. BARRY COUNTY. MICHIGAN. AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held on Decem­ ber 15, 2022 commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N Briggs Rd., Middleville Ml, within the Township, as required under the provisions of the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and the Zoning Ordinance for the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, in addition to participation during public hearing, members of the public may also provide comments for the Plan­ ning Commission’s consideration by emailing or mailing those comments to the Planning Commission for receipt poor to the meeting, in care of the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson (ethompson @DCimi. GQm) or by leaving a phone message prior to the meeting with the Town­ ship Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson at 616-877-2000. PC 22-12-15 PARCEL ID • 08-16-030-002-00. 2486 8 Patterson. Wayland, Ml 49348. A. 2. A request by property owner Dan and Stephanie Devnes for a Special Exception Use/Site Plan Review pursuant to section 12.7 Outbuildings "Special Exception Uaea". I. The subject site is 204-acre vacant parcel The property is currently zoned Residential Lake Front (RLF) and the applicant is requesting a Special Exception Use/Site Plan Review to allow tor the construction of an accessory build­ ing on an otherwise vacant, nonconforming lot Such other business as may property come before the Planning Commission. The Yankee Spnngs Township Planning Commission and Township Board reserve the right to make changes in the above-mentioned pro­ posed amendment(s) at or following the public hearing. Anyone interested in reviewing the application may do so at the Township Hall. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place, or, if an eleCMonic meeting is held, to partici­ pate via the electronic meeting. Yankee Spnngs Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the heanng upon four (4) days' pnor notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION By: Shana Bush, Chairperson Yankee Springs Township Hall 284 N Bnggs Rd. Middleville, Michigan 49333 (269) 795-9091 • » A. PC 22-12-16 PARCEL ID • 08-16-050-015-00. 1717 Manitou Ln. Middleville, Ml 49333. 4 3. TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS, BARRY COUNTY. MICHIGAN. AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held on December 13, 2022, commencing at 6:00 p.m. at the Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N Bnggs Rd , Middleville Ml, within the Township, as required under the provisions of the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and the Zoning Ordinance for the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE In addition to participation dunng a public heanng, members of the public may also provide comments for the Zoning Board of Appeals' consideration by emailing or mailing those comments to the Zoning Board of Appeals for receipt prior to the meeting, in care of the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson irni.com) or by leaving a phone message prior to the UliMllTV^ meeting with the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson at 616­ 877-2000 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at said public heanng include, in brief, the following: 1. ZBA 22-12-025 PARCEL II) U 08-16-210-009-00. 1166 Lvnn Dr. Middleville. Ml 49333. A request by property owner Zach Denzel for Business Site Plan Review pursuant to section 5.7 "Buf/neaa Site Plan Review". I. The subject she is approximately 925 parcel The property is currently zoned General Com­ mercial (C2) and the applicant is requesting a Business Site Plan Review to allow for the con­ struction of a storage building 2. 3. A request by Randall Burn Builder for property owner. Larry and Carol Ditkof. for relief from lhe set­ backs established by section /2.4 “Required Set­ backs ”. i. The subject site is approximately .216 acres in size. The property is currently zoned Residential l>akc Front (RJLF) and the applicant is requesting relief to allow for the construction of an attached garage with second story that fails to meet the required set­ backs. probationary period (i.e. some thought of.” Geiger said. “But positions s office positionsininthe theSheriff Sheriffs office we have a capable, competent come with a year-long probaproba­ county administrative team and tionary period). a board that cares about our Probationary employees employees. We will adjust.” were a point of contention “Stuffs gonna happen! within discussions amongst Geiger shouted after a moment the board — the county cur- of silence. rently has 16 employees cur­ These approved economic rently serving their probation­ impact payments come after ary period. county employees have been Originally, these employees clamoring for higher wages, would have missed out on the pointing to other counties that first, front-loaded payment. But either pay significantly more the board ironed out the resolufor the same position or have lion to indicate that, when an issued economic impact pay employee finishes his or her ments already. Such a scenario probationary period, they will recently played out in Ottawa receive the full payments. County. Elected officials arc exclud­ The county's judges have ed from these payments, as arc been vocal supporters of eco­ seasonal and temporary work nomic impact payments, voic­ ers. The price tag for the pay ing concerns about a potential ments is roughly $75O,9(X). mass exodus amongst the Commissioner Catherine court's staff. Getty lobbied to boost pay > rry All three judges in ments to $5,000 for full-time County - Chief Judge William employees and $l.(XX) for M. Doherty. Judge Michael L. part-time employees but did Schippcr and Judge Vicky L. not receive support from any Alspaugh - appeared in front fellow commissioners. of the board early in Tuesday’s The commissioners spent meeting to again ask for time hypothetically playin enhanced compensation in out scenarios where employ order to retain employees. ecs could potentially game the We've said time and time system by receiving payments again how much our employ­ and then leaving their position ees mean to us,'1 Alspaugh with the county. said. “The time for words is Look, there will be a situa­ past. They need to see a realis­ tion that will pop up — a con­ tic showing of how much our tingency that wc haven't employees mean to us. A request by. Andrew James Wyman, for variance relief from the setbacks established by section 12.4 “Required Setbacks * L The subject site is approximately .071 acres in size. The property is currently zoned Residential Single Family(RSF) and the applicant is requesting relief to allow the continuing placement of a shed that fails to meet the required setbacks z I1’ I'l* t* I& ■ < a' I if £ ti*' mi'1’* I ll«lt * —L i If M ntiil n'lta । Ita'M | w * At €6 I titifa it® I fci ”0il Mt 1NSUM7y S SPRAY FOAM ’S Closed or Open Cell or Blown-In Fiberglass Roy Mast • 517-652-9119 2501 N. Ionia Rd., Vermontville n [Jj S| LS Such other bu^inw as mav properly come before the Zoning Board of Appeals. The Yankee Springs Township Zoning Board of Appeals and Town­ ship Board reserve the nght to make changes in the above-mentioned proposed amendments) at or following the public hearing. Anyone interested in reviewing the application material may do so at the township hall. All interested persons are invited to be pres­ ent at the aforesaid time and place, or, if an electronic meeting is held, to participate via the electronic meeting. Yankee Springs Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days’ poor notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Town­ ship Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALSBy; Jacob Welch, Chairperson Yankee Springs Township Hall 284 N. Briggs Rd. Middleville, Michigan 49333 (269) 795-9091 4 •* ZBA 22-12-026 PARCEL II) # 08-16-030-039-00. 12748 Russell Dr. Wayland. Ml 49348 A. a s: SOLUTIONS Repairs - Remodels - Restorations Servicing Barry and Kent Counties KEVIN WEZENSKY 269-569-9398 LevisHomeSolutions@qmgil.CQm www.LevisHomeSolutions.com _ u< & Insured ss �I k %> * * > ’V *£** V. * 5J 'S . * .%i * * - I > - ■ .’’wnn (to. r •F I I . ‘ i its . L4 • t wssiii 6 I • - 38 23E J ■ 11 II .tedii • # Ti iWifo V • (■e» rimw II» - • p Mb a -* H.’’V I •** I gjsir-i3> £ placing seventh in the 100yard breaststroke at the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 State Finals. She set a new team record with her time of 1 minute 6.18 seconds in the finals, break­ ing her own record after a time of 1:06.19 in the prelim­ inary races Friday. Marcukaitis, and everyone else in the race, was chasing Livonia Stevenson senior McKenzie Siroky who earned her third consecutive state championship in the event and earned All­ America honors with her time championship of 1:00.27. “It is crazy," Marcukaitis said of the speed in the race, but it isn’t really anything new for her. While she wins most of her high school races she is used to seeing the top talent in the state and beyond during club and USA Swimming competitions. “While competing for club that is what I am always used to. I am not always used to winning and being top of the pyramid. It is kind of normal I guess," Marcukaitis said. “It doesn’t seem that differ­ ent.” “I would say I’m a racer, so I like having someone next to me that will push me," she added. Siroky was even faster in Friday's prelim’s than she was in Saturday’s final, set­ ting a new all-division state finals record with her time of 1:00.07 which broke her all-division state record of 1:00.48 from the 2021 pre­ lim’s. She was ninth in the race at the finals as a fresh­ man before winning in each Delton Kellogg/Thornapple Kellogg/Hastings junior Sophia Marcukaitis looks on from the medal stand after placing seventh in the 10O-yard breaststroke at the MHSAA Division 1 Lower Peninsula Girls’ Swimming and Diving Finals at the Oakland University Aquatic Center. Marcukaitis broke the team record in the race with a time of 1 minute 6.18 seconds to earn her first all-state medal. Caledonia/Lowell/South Christian sophomore Bella Treib smiles from the awards area after earning the eighth-place medal in the 50-yard freestyle at the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 2 Girls’ Swimming and Diving Finals at at the Oakland University Aquatic Center Saturday, Nov. 19. with 13 points, two points better than the Caledonia/ Lowell/South Christian team that got 11 points and placed 30th thanks to an eighth­ place finish in the 50-yard freestyle by sophomore Isabella Treib. Treib raced to a time of 24.29 in the pre­ lim’s and then placed eighth in Saturday’s final with a time of 24.45. of the three following sea- leader. leader. When When she she isis in in some some finals at the end of the 2020 sons. of of the the bigger bigger meets, meets, like like season. Abby is now competMarcukaitis placed 23rd in some some of of the the invitationals invitationals and and ing as a freshman on the the prelim’s for the 100-yard so forth, then we see people Purdue University Women's breaststroke at the state finals that help her out. Obviously, team. See SWIM, page 16 DK/TK/HHS was 29th last year as a sophomore, and at the state meet there are also competed on a pair of bunches of people and I think relay teams at the finals last as competitive as she is that 191468 really helped her." season. Phone: 616.891.0070 8196 Broadmoor Ave. SE Fax: 616.891.0430 Caledonia, MI 49316 Caledonia Marcukaitis also swam in I think that helps a lot," TOWNSHIP , DK/TK/HHS head coach the 50-yard freestyle race Carl Schoessel said of hav­ Saturday. She was 16th over­ CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CALEDONIA ing tough competition. all with a time of 25.06 sec­ KENT COUNTY, MICHIGAN “Sophia is very, very com­ onds in the consolation final petitive. A little bit of our after earning a time of 24.59 PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning in the prelim ’ s. That prelimi ­ problem was there weren't Commission of the Charter Township of Caledonia will hold a public hearing for that many girls in our confer- nary time is just off her big a rezoning from AG to R2 on December 19, 2022, at 7:00 p.m at the Caledonia ence who really were going sister Abby Marcukaitis’ to be out ahead of her that program record time of 24.52 Township Hall, located at 8196 Broadmoor SE, Caledonia, Michigan 49316. she could chase. She was the seconds which she set at the 44 o(j Parcels are legally described as follows and located at 8558 Patterson Avenue, Parcel number: 41-23-19-100-009. Kent County Web Map N9v«<nO«« ^5. 2022 Antenna Men" ::::: frail Digital TV Antennas ^WORK All Cell Phone Boosters £? WE & WINTERr �—’1 Page 16/The Sun and News, Saturday, November 26, 2022 Scots slow down Rangers in third period of home opener » - game’s first goal eight minBrett Bremer Sports Editor utes into the contest. Caledonia answered that In a five and a half minute span, the Forest Hills in the goal with an unassisted middle of the second period goal by Drew Farstvedt the Rangers turned a 5-2 lead less than two minutes later into a 9-2 lead at Kentwood as the two teams were back and forth up and down the Ice Arena. The Fighting Scots man­ ice early on. Mielock scored a pair of aged to fight their way to the finish. That would end up as goals 11 seconds apart with the final score in the home about four minutes to play in opener for the Caledonia var- that that opening opening period period to toput putthe the sity hockey team Wednesday Rangers in control. A goal by Nolan Timmer Timmer out put the the evening in Kentwood. Nolan Senior forward Sammy Rangers up 4-1 with 2:32 to Mielock had 3 goals and 3 play in the first period and assists for the Rangers, fin­ that is where the period ishing off his hat trick by would end. A quick goal by Owen firing the puck past Fightin; Scot goalkeeper Finn White Barber pushed the Ranger from the left circle with lead lead toto 5-1 5-1 aa minute minute into into the the 6:39 to go in the second second period. period. This time the Scots Scots Mielock also scored the answered answered aa minute minute later laterwith with a power play goal by Logan Himes. Himes was assisted by Alex Skibinski and Zach Schneider. White took over in goal for the Scots, replacing starter Sam Hoag, late in the first period. and Barber Michael Hazard both finished the game with two goals for the Rangers. Timmer and Rocco had one each. had Rocco Gonzalez and Gibby Grendel had two assists each for The Scots will get another shot at the Rangers soon, vis­ iting FHC at Patterson Sunday, Dec. 4. It’s a busy weekend ahead for Caledonia, The Scots will host ReethsPuffer Friday, Dec. 2, and then go on the road to face Northview Dec. 3. Caledonia senior Alex Skibinski pushes towards the net with the puck as Forest Hills Central’s Hayden Tanner gives chase during their contest at Kentwood Ice Arena Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) f I SWIM, continued from page 15 Treib got to swim four 50’s at the state finals. She also participated with senior Emmory VanHofwegen, sophomore Isabella Leason and senior Rebecca Darter in the 200-yard freestyle relay. That Caledonia foursome earned a time of 1:41.25 in the prelim’s, tying the time of the Grand Blanc foursome of Ellie Berry, Emersyn Joslin, Abrianna Quitos and Estella Grasso. Those two teams had to 4 I compete in a swim-off Friday to decide which would get the last spot in the consolation finals and the Grand Blanc team just beat out the CLS girls by four hundredths of a second 1:39.69 to 1:39.73. Treib, VanHofwegen, Leason and Darter did set a new CLS record in the race which left them 17th overall. Marcukaitis was one of two DK/TK/HHS athletes Oakland competing at r| THANK YOU! i I am honored to have received a fantastic amount of support which resulted in a large margin of victory for I my race. Unfortunately, a lot was lost with the house and senate majority going towards the democrats. I V I - j Also, the Governor, Attorney General, and will remain under democratic control. I * I' University over the weekend, man Lola Beer who had a Sophomore diver Abby score of 229.45 through her Dumond Dumond made made itit through through the the first first eight eight dives dives -- meaning meaning prelim’s into the semifinals Dumond was a little less than prelim's before bowing out of the div­ 20 points from qualifying for finals at the Finals. In the ing competition with a i_the _________________________ 19th-place point total of end, Saline senior Alice 209.70 through eight dives. English took the diving with an She had a score of 149.40 in championship 11-dive score of 419.90. the five-dive prelim’s, which Marcukaitis said it was a had her 19th among the 20 little odd to not have swim­ qualifiers for the semifinals. The last of the 16 qualifi- ming teammates there to ers for the final three rounds spend time with during the of diving was Milford fresh- Finals’ weekend, but she got to spend some quality time with her dad between races. She was happy to get to see Dumond compete as a soph­ omore getting a first taste of the state meet like she did last year. Sophia really came into this high school season focused on the breaststroke and the freestyle sprints. “I have been racing breast­ k. stroke probably since I was ten,” she said. “Just recently I started to drop time and get better at it. At club I have ■ been practicing mostly breaststroke and free. “My coach from [club I team Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics] has really worked one on one with me and we just have been working on Secretary of State underwaters and my catch, I was chosen to represent the district because I am not a politician but a proven fighter who will continue to fight for my constituents while preserving our rights and liberties. Before my official term in office started, I actively supported com­ mon-sense conservative principles in the new 79th district. I am happy to announce that my campaign changed the direc­ tion of two of the three school board districts, Byron Center Public Schools and Caledonia Community Schools to more family-friendly and liberty-minded boards. I will commit today and hereafter that I will always honor, uphold and defend the Constitution of Michigan and the United States of America. Again, thank you for the outpouring of support, and God save Michigan. • ( I * - Angela Rigas, Representative-Elect District 79 Paid for by Committee to Elect Angela Rigas, PO BOX 365 CALEDONIA, Ml 49316 * 1 and really really getting getting ‘‘downhill* downhill' and he calls it when swimming. Getting Getting my my technique technique better better and perfecting it kindJ of. *r” Sophia remembers starting to swim in a club in Byron Center at about six. She moved to the East Grand Rapids swim club after that, and then joined MLA about a year and a half ago. Having competed in clubs for so long, she wasn't quite alone at the finals. “I have a lot of friends that swim club with me, from MLA, that were there from other teams. It was fun see­ ing them and catching up,” Sophia said, Ann Arbor Pioneer sopho­ mores Reese Heidenreich and Ursula Ott placed second and third in the 100-yard breaststroke behind Siroky Saturday. Heidenreich was the runner-up in 1:04.92 and Ott third in 1:04.88, contributing to their team’s landslide victory. The Ann Arbor Pioneer girls won their third consecutive state championship with 322 points. Northville was a distant second with 218, ahead of Saline 174, Grand Haven 167. and Farmington hills Mercy 167 in the top five. Pioneer swimmers won Breakfast Buffet Fundraiser Help us support veterans and community functions. Saturday, December 3rd and the First Saturday of each month Serving 8 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. E00S, bacon, sausage links or patties, potatoes, biscuits and sausage gravy, pancakes, milk, OJ, coffee. • Menu subject to change Adults $12.00 • Children 10 & under $5.00 Coffee Fur more information call the Post at 616-891-1882 Donated 6g COFFEE Caledonia Memorial Legion Post 305 9548 Cherry Valley, Caledonia, Ml LUNCH M-TH 11 AM-8 PM: FRI 11 AM-2PM • FRI BUILD A BURGER 4-8 PM eight of the 12 events Saturday. Ursula also teamed with junior Stella Chapman, senior Sophia Guo and freshman Kate Van Ryn to win the 200-yard medley relay in 1: 43.19 - another All­ 1:43.19 America qualifying time from the meet. Siroky was second in that race along with Livonia Stevenson teammates Kaari Peecher, Faith Robertson and Allie Allen. They had an All­ America time of 1:43.61. Chapman also won the 200yard individual medley in 2: 01.91 and the 100-yard backstroke in an All-America time of 54.07 seconds which is a new DI Finals record. Senior teammate Lucy Mehraban won the 50-yard freestyle in an All-America time of 23.07 seconds. Guo and Mehraban met the All-America time in placing 1-2 in the 100-yard freestyle. Guo won in 49.89 seconds and Mehraban touched the wall in 49.93. The Pioneer team of Mehraban. Ott, sophomore Meg Pinkerton and Van Ryn was second in the 200-yard freestyle relay with an All­ America time of 1:34.81. 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B W|MV a 4 7<a* >>i I Iw J • V* ■H I 4 a A \ A a 1 ft1 ,fl ■ V ♦ b •% । < ' ;A . K > y J.’; r» r ’4vi I f 9 » i 4 4 4 k \ B .A IV? 4 <c y I ?r 1 1 bt 7• 4 a j ► > K I \ I 1 I I 1 f \ j V • \ 7a . • :? v X v < I r< V I I i I / 4 •A, f I N A � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sun And News Description An account of the resource <strong>The Hastings Public Library wishes to thank Smith Imaging of Rockford, MI for their work digitizing the Sun &amp; News.</strong><br /><br />The Sun &amp; News is one of the older newspapers in Barry County, MI. All copies held by the Hastings Public Library have been scanned to PDF for easy public access. <br /><br />Available years cover 1981 - 2022.<br /><br />Note some years are incomplete while others are missing. Some missing issues during the COVID-19 pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 may be found in harcopies of The Reminder. The Library has these available upon request.<br /><br /><strong>See <a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/676/How_To_Use_Online_Newspapers_8x11.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">How to Use Online Newspapers</a> for more information about using and searching online newspapers.</strong> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sun and News Published 2022 Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper.SunandNews Description An account of the resource Sun and News Published 2022. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Type The nature or genre of the resource PDF Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource varies within year published Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Hastings Public Library Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available J-Ad Graphics, Inc. Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). unknown