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Former MLB player dies of carbon monoxide poisoning

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Before last Friday evening, Oc-

tober 24, the Cedar Springs Red Hawks Varsity Football team had only played the East Grand Rapids

Pioneers a handful of times—four times to be exact, and none were wins for the Red Hawks. Two of

those games were play off games. As a matter of fact, the last time Cedar Springs faced them was 10 years ago, in 2007. It was also a pre-district game at East Grand Rapids, and the Pioneers went on to win the state championship. But the Red Hawks turned up the heat Friday night, and gave the Pioneers (who were undefeated) a run for their money with a 41-40 win. And now the Red Hawks will face DeWitt in the district final on Friday, November 3, at 7 p.m. at DeWitt. Read more on page 9.

There is even more to celebrate than the Varsity football team, and Cedar Springs High School invites everyone to come out for a com-munity pep rally tonight (Thurs-day, November 2) at 8 p.m. at Red Hawk Stadium. They will cele-brate band and cross country go-ing to state, and other great things going on. The event is free. Come on out and show your spirit!

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Halloween was Spooktacular

Kids lined up outside of the Post to get a spooktacular treat. Post photo by J. Reed.

The Cedar Springs Area Chamber of Commerce’s Halloween Spook-tacular was a big hit as hordes of little and not so little ghouls and goblins, zombies and zany charac-ters visited homes and businesses in

Cedar Springs Tuesday evening for annual trick or treating fun.

Businesses along Main Street, the old schoolhouse at the C.S. Muse-um, the fire station, the library, and The Springs Church all gave out

treats and held their own form of Halloween fun.

Downtown trick or treating was from 5-6:30 p.m., while residential trick or treating lasted until 8 p.m.

superheroes, princesses, and evil villains all helped themselves to candy at The Post. Post photo by J. Reed.

Sparta man killed in crash on M-57

A Sparta man died early Wednes-day morning after rolling his vehicle on M-57 in Courtland Township.

According to the Michigan State Police Rockford Post, the crash oc-curred on M-57 (14 Mile Rd) shortly after 6 a.m., November 1. The inves-tigation showed that a 2004 Chevro-let Impala, driven by Vincent John Cooper, 20, of Sparta, was travelling eastbound on M-57 near Berrigan Ave. and attempted to overtake a semi-truck, also eastbound on M-57. The Impala drove off onto the left shoulder of the roadway, lost con-trol, then spun back across the road-way before striking a curb on the right shoulder of the roadway, going into the ditch, and rolling multiple times.

Cooper was ejected from the ve-hicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Police said he was not wear-ing his seatbelt and speed is believed to be a factor in the crash.

The Michigan State Police were assisted at the scene by the Court-land Twp. Fire Department, Rock-ford Ambulance, and Kent County Road Commission. ross Powell (above) and his father, Lyle, were found dead in a commer-

cial lawn care van last week. Photo from Ross Powell’s facebook page.

ross Powell was drafted by the Cincinnati reds in 1989. Photo courtesy of Mark Schumann.

Ross John Powell, 49, a Cedar Springs High School graduate and for-mer Major League baseball pitcher, died last week in Texas, after his lawn care van was overcome with carbon monoxide fumes.

His father, Lyle John Powell, 72, was also found dead in the van.

The Collin County Sheriff Depart-ment told media that it appeared the van rolled to a stop in a cul-de-sac of Thunder Bay Drive and Enchanted Way, in Lucas, Texas.

Powell, who played for three differ-ent MLB teams, and served as a youth baseball coach, had recently opened

Red Hawks beat undefeated PioneersCommunity pep rally Thursday evening

red Hawk ryan ringler leaps over sev-eral Pioneers as he scores a touchdown. photo by K&r LaLone photography.

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The Post travels to Canada

Art smith with the Cedar springs Post.

Art Smith, Noah Smith and Brian Braun traveled to High Level, Alberta, Canada, for a seven-day moose hunt and took along the Cedar Springs Post to read in camp. The group of three hunters took home two large Ca-nadian moose.

Thank you so much for taking us with you!

Are you going on vacation? Take the Post with you and snap some photos. Then send them to us with some info to [email protected] or mail them to Post travels, PO Box 370, Cedar Springs, MI 49319. We will be looking for yours!

Fall beauty

Kay Bultema sent us this beautiful photo of a tree chang-ing color. She said it was taken last week at her home, in Solon Township.

Do you have any fall photos you’d like to share with us? Please email them to [email protected].

Do you know who hit and killed Ryan Tsatsos?Family of CMU student killed in hit-and-run makes desperate plea on 2nd anniversary, $10,000 reward offered

Two years after their son was killed in a Hit-and-Run accident, the Tsatsos family is making an-other plea for someone to come forward with information to help solve their case.

Crime Stoppers is offering up to $2,500 cash reward and the Tsatsos family raised the amount by $7,500 for a total of $10,000 for information leading to an arrest in the hit-and-run death of Ryan Tsatsos.

Just after midnight on Sunday morning, November 1, 2015, freshman Ryan Tsatsos, of Macomb, was hit by a vehicle while walking to his Central Michigan University residence hall in Mount Pleasant, Mich.

The incident occurred on Crawford Road between Bill-abrail Street and Concourse Drive, south of the main cam-pus.

Police believe the vehicle is a dark metallic blue color. The vehicle could likely have front passenger side damage and potentially fender, windshield and hood damage.

If you have any info, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-422-JAIL (5245) or visit www.crimestoppersofflint.com and submit a tip. You can also download their mobile app.

Pastors square off again for neighbors in need

The popular game show fundraiser, Celebrity squares, raised more than $55,000 for North Kent Connect.

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Local pastors delight-ed an audience of 500 community members at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park last week to raise funds for North Kent Connect, a 43-year-old nonprofit organization that connects people to re-sources they need to thrive.

The fourth annual fundraiser event featured 11 hilarious pastors from Rockford, Sparta, and Cedar Springs for an en-core round of “Celebrity Squares.” The raucous competition netted more than $55,000 to benefit the food and empowerment programs of North Kent Con-nect (NKC, formerly North Kent Community Services).

“Outstanding local pastors give their time and talent each year to raise money for northern Kent County,” said Claire Guisfredi, executive director at NKC. “Because of our generous communi-ty and business sponsors, North Kent Connect is able to improve the lives of many people and help them reach economic indepen-dence. We are truly blessed to have such support.”

The performing pastors were: Jeff Amlotte, Mamrelund Lutheran; Jeff DeRyke, Bridgeway Community; Fr. Stephen Durkee, Our Lady of Consolation;

Karen Fitz LaBarge, North Kent PresbyterianBen Taylor, Sparta Baptist; Fr. Tony Pelak, Assumption of the

Blessed Virgin Mary; Laurie TenHave-Chapman, First Congre-gational; Jason Peterson, St. Peter’s Lutheran; Justin Rowland, Rockford Baptist Church; Fr. Mark Peacock, St. Patrick Parnell; Inge Whittemore, East Nelson United Methodist.

Founded in 1973, North Kent Connect is committed to improv-ing the lives of all people in northern Kent County by providing access to basic needs and promoting economic independence through its educational classes. NKC hosts several partner agen-cies including West Michigan Works!, Arbor Circle, and Mel Trotter Ministries. Visit www.nkconnect.org for more informa-tion.


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Nature Center fundraiserBy Tom Noreen

The Howard Christensen Nature Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that runs operates on donations and fees for events. It is staffed mainly by volunteers and at times has difficulty making ends meet to cover the more than $3,500 monthly required to keep the doors and gates open. Trails, driveways, docks and boardwalks re-quire maintenance, and an often overlooked expense is the insurance they must car-ry to even let the public on the property. Even for those who “only walk the trails,” without funding, closure of HCNC would also mean closure of the gates and property as a whole.

Now is one of those times donations are needed. Stu-

dent board member Carlin Bolt has set up a fundrais-ing site on Patronicity to offer folks a chance to help keep the center operating. You can donate by going to patronicity.com, then type “Howard Christensen Na-

ture Center” in the search box in the upper right cor-ner. When it pops up, click on it and it goes to the proj-ect details. But hurry, there are only 8 days left. At press time Wednesday evening, they had raised $615 of

$15,000 requested. You can also donate by sending your donation directly to PO Box 42, Kent City, MI 49330. You can call 616-675-3158 for more information.

Three children killed in horse and buggy crash

Three children died and six other family members were sent to the hospital after a pickup truck ran into the horse-drawn car-riage they were riding in last Sunday, Oc-tober 29.

According to the Michigan State Police Lakeview Post, the crash occurred on E. Condensary Rd. near Wood Rd. on Sunday, October 29th at approximately 8:34 a.m. in Evergreen Township in Montcalm County.

Preliminary investigation revealed a Dodge truck was driving eastbound on E. Condensary Rd. when it collided with a buggy also traveling eastbound. The pick-up truck struck the buggy, which caused extensive damage to both the pickup truck and the buggy.

The buggy was occupied by the Martin family of Sheridan. The Mennonite family was reportedly on their way to a Sunday worship service when the crash occurred.

As of Monday, October 30, the father, Paul R. Martin, 40, was in stable condition at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, then moved to Butterworth. The mother, Judith M. Martin (Imhoff), 34, was in critical con-dition at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. Three of their sons—an 8-year-old, 3-1/2-year-old, and a 2-year-old—were in stable condition at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. An 18-month-old daughter was treated and released from Carson City Hos-pital.

Their other three children in the bug-gy—a son and two daughters--suffered fa-tal injuries. According to an obituary from Lux and Schnepp Funeral Home of Carson City, one was their son, Cameron Seth Martin, 11; their daughter, Kayla Beth Martin, 9, and another daughter, Kendra Jane Martin, 7.

The lone occupant in the Dodge truck, Brandon King, 29, of Sheridan, was not in-jured. He appeared to have been wearing a seatbelt.

Restraint use in the buggy is unknown.

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Don’t forget to vote Tuesday

It should be a pretty quiet Tuesday as far as elections go. There is not much on the ballot in Kent County—and the only thing in northern Kent County is the City of Ce-dar Springs has two people running for two seats. Gerald Hall, who is currently serving as Mayor, is run-ning for his seat; and Lisa Atchin-son, who currently serves on the planning commission, is running for the seat vacated by Dan Clark, who decided not to run again.

Other cities in Kent County hav-ing elections include East Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Grandville, Kentwood, Lowell, and Walker. There are a few ballot proposals for those cities as well.

The only other issue that might affect some people in Kent County is that Greenville Public Schools is also having residents vote on a bond proposal. They are asking to bor-row the sum of not to exceed For-ty-Six Million Four Hundred Forty

Thousand Dollars ($46,440,000) and issue its gener-al obligation un-

limited tax bonds therefore, in one

or more series, for the purpose of: erecting, furnishing and equipping additions to school buildings; remodeling, equipping and re-equipping and furnishing and refurnishing school buildings; acquiring, installing and equipping or re-equipping school buildings for instructional technology; and pre-paring, developing, improving and equipping playgrounds and sites.

The estimated millage that will be levied for the proposed bonds in 2018 is 2.26 mills ($2.26 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for a 1.20 mills net increase over the pri-or year’s levy.

For a complete listing of propos-als go to accesskent.com and click on elections, then current election cycle.

The Kent County Sheriff Depart-ment Cedar Springs Unit would like to remind the residents of the City of Cedar Springs that winter park-ing is now in effect.

Under Ordinance No. 180 Section 36-86, no parking is allowed from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m. from November 1 to April 1 on streets and areas that have a curb, such as Main Street and connecting side streets, and no parking within a distance of 20 feet of the center of a street for all other areas. The ordinance was created to help with snow removal.

There are public lots available to

park in overnight, but cars must be moved daily. Lots can be found at the NE corner of Ash and Second; the SE corner of Elm and Second; the SW corner of Ash and First; and the NW corner of Cherry and First.

“Compliance with the ordinance is key in keeping the city roads clear during the winter months,” said Sgt. Jason Kelley, supervisor of the Ce-dar Springs Unit. “Your attention to and assistance with this matter is greatly appreciated.”

A violation of the ordinance is a civil infraction.

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TROY DUANE PETERSENTroy Duane Petersen, age 50 of Cedar Springs, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 25, 2017. Preceding Troy in death are his grandparents, Irving & Myrtie Petersen and Frank & Ada Castle and a nephew, Anthony Petersen. Troy is survived by his parents, Duane & Connie Petersen of Cedar Springs; son, Shawn Petersen of Berkley; sister, Kim Rockinger of Cedar Springs; brothers, Jeremy (Kelly) Petersen of Alto, Aric (Amber) Petersen of Cedar Springs; nieces, Sailor Rockinger, Nautica Rockinger, Bianca Petersen, Avery Petersen all of Cedar Springs, Ada Petersen of Alto; nephews, Brayden Petersen and Owen Petersen, both of Alto and many aunts, uncles, and cousins along with lots of special friends. Troy loved to be outdoors. It didn’t matter if he was hunting, fishing, watching a sporting event or at the mud bogs, if he was outside and in the sun, he was having fun. Troy enjoyed watching sports, especially football and NASCAR, going downhill skiing and riding his snowmobile. However, Troy’s favorite thing was spending time with his friends and family, especially his nieces and nephews. Visitation with Troy’s family was held on Monday, October 30, 2017 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. at Faith Lutheran Church in Sidney. Memorial services for Troy were held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday at Faith Lutheran with Pastor John Autio and Pastor Greg Cooper officiating.

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PILGRIM BIBLE CHURCH & ACADEMYWest Pine Street • 696-1021• Rev. Mike Shiery

Sunday School 9:45WoRShIP 10:45 aM and 6:00 P.M.

MIdWeek SeRvIce • WedneSday 7:00 P.M.

Services at Cedarfield Community Center3592 17 Mile Rd. NE (Next to Meijer)

Phone: 696-9120 Web: www.pioneercrc.org

Sunday Services: 10AM, 6PM

Pioneer Christian Reformed Church

Rockford Springs Community Church5815 14-Mile Rd. (3 miles east of 131) • 696-3656

Sunday WorShip 9:30am • 5:00pm

Pastor David Vander Meer

w w w . r o c k f o r d s p r i n g s . o r g

Sunday Worship 9:45 AMChristian Education Hour 11:15 AM

Family Bible Hour 6:00 PM

Word of Life Clubs: Wed. 6:30 PM

Adult Bible Study and PrayerWednesdays 6:30 PM

12786 Algoma AveCedar Springswww.MBC-Cedar.com 696-3560

Mary Queen of Apostles ChurchRoman Catholic Faith CommunityOne W. Maple, Sand Lake | 636-5671

Mass Times: Saturdays at 5:30 pm • Sundays at 7:30 am & 9:30 am Sacrament of Reconciliation: Mondays at 6:00 pm

Father Lam T. Le | [email protected]

H I L L C R E S T Community Church of GodTO KNOW CHRIST AND MAKE HIM KNOWN

5994 18 Mile Rd, Cedar Springs, MI 49319 616-696-9333 Senior Pastor Kristi J. Rhodes

Worship: Sunday 10:00 am Nursery & Children’s Church during message*Youth - Sunday 11:30 am-12:30 pm *Tuesday - Celebrate Recovery 6:30-8:30 pm*Wednesday - Kidzone & Grief Share 6-7:30 pm *Thursday - Open Prayer 6-7:30 pm

St. John Paul II ParishA Welcoming Catholic Church

3110 17 Mile Road | Cedar Springs, MI | 696-3904Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00pm • Sunday Mass: 8:30am, 10:30am & 5:00pmSacrament of Reconciliation Saturdays at 3:00 pm & Sundays at 4:00 pmjp2-mqa.org | Father Lam T. Le | [email protected]

Service Time: 10 am Solon CenterWesleyan Churchsoloncenterwesleyanchurch.org

Pastor Doug DiBellPastor Tom Holloway, Music/Youth15671 Algoma Ave., Cedar Springs Just N. of 19 Mile Rd. 616-696-3229

Worship 11 a.m.22 Mile Road

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Solon Center Wesleyan Church

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Summer Worship - 10AMJune-AugustSenior Pastor Tom Holloway

Senior Pastor, Rev. Chadrick BrownSolon Center Wesleyan Church

15671 Algoma Ave., Cedar Springs Just N. of 19 Mile Rd.

www.scwchurch.org 616-696-3229

SAND LAKEUNITED METHODIST CHURCH

65 W. Maple St. • Sand Lake • 616-636-5673Rev. Darryl Miller • Worship Service 9:30 am HaLL RentaL $75.00 (no alcohol) ~

Call Barb Gould 616-636-5615

Bliss-Witters & PikeBliss-Witters & Pike Funeral Home is family owned and operated by Kevin and Janet Pike. Our barrier free chapel is located one-half mile south of downtown on Northland Drive. We are available to serve you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

13603 Northland DriveCedar Springs, MI 49319(616) 696-1410

Kevin Pike - Manager, Janet Pike Assistant

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Meeting at the corner of Park & Elm St., Cedar SpringsSunday Worship: 11amSunday Bible Class: 12:30pmWednesday Bible Study: 7pm

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Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship 10:45am Sunday Evening Worship 6pmAwana Wednesdays 6:30pm

(Sept. - March)Adult Bible Study Wednesdays 7:00pm

233 S. Main Street • 616-696-1630 • www.csfbc.com

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Do you know that Saturday is the Sabbath?To learn more about the Sabbath and the truth of the bible visit

The Church of GodFellowship Group of Michigan

Pastor Bruce Chapman616.636.9209 www.cogfgomi.org

www.cedarspringschristianchurch.org

Cedar Springs Christian ChurchSundayS: 10:30 a.M.MondayS:

open prayer 7-8 pM

pastor ryan Black: SerMonS onlinenon-denominational

340 W. pine St.on CTA property*

Cedar Springs616.696.1180*NOT affiliated with

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Cedar Springs United Methodist Church

140 S. Main St., PO Box K, Cedar Springs616-696-1140 • www.cedarspringsumc.org

Email: [email protected]. Karen Sorden

Sunday Worship Service: 10:15 a.m. • Coffee Fellowship: 11:15 a.m.Supervised Nursery Care Provided

Wednesdays: Food & Faith: 6:00pm dinner, 6:20-7:00pm Christian Education

Cedar Springs United Methodist Church 140 S. Main St., PO Box K , Cedar Springs

616-696-1140 www.cedarspringsumc.org Email: [email protected]

Pastor Jane Duffey

Sunday Worship Service: 10:15 a.m. Coffee Fellowship: 11:15 a.m. Supervised Nursery Care Provided

Wednesdays: Food & Faith: 6:00pm dinner, 6:20-7:00pm Christian Education

ChurCh of the fuLL GospeL(since 1946) Non-Denominational • pentecostal Grace

180 E. Lake St. Sand Lake (1 block E. of Traffic Light)Sunday School .....10am / Sunday Morning .....11am

Sunday Night ..... 6pm pastor Gary Giddings (616) 799-0331

Courtland-oakfield united Methodist ChurCh 10295 Myers Lake Ave.-1.5 Miles South of 14 Mile Rd.

sunday Worship: 11 aMenhanced fitness: 10 a.m. M/W/f

866-4298 coumc.weebly.com

Pastor: Rev. Kim DeLong


THEODORE JOHN LANINGATheodore John Laninga, “Ted”, passed away Monday, October 30, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. Ted was preceded in death by his sister, Wanda and his mother, Marilyn Laninga. Surviving are 5 daughters, Skye, Veronica, Beth, Rosie and Kathy; six grandchildren, Jacob, Theodore, Lisanna, Raven, Dylan and Lilly; brothers, Bob and Jim; sister, Verna; and multiple extended family members. Ted was honest, hard-working, self-sacrificing and a die-hard Star Trek fan. There will never be another person who could fill his shoes. As he would say “Hugs and Kisses, Bye”. An informal luncheon to say “Goodbye” was held on Wednesday, November 1st from 12:00-3:00 p.m. at his home in Sand Lake. Those wishing to make a donation in Ted’s memory may do so to Skye Woodcock or Rosie Laninga; all donations will be used to provide his headstone.

Arrangements by Hessel Cheslek Funeral Home, Sparta

Thomas M. Doherty, SuperintendentNORTH MIcHIGAN cONfERENcE fREE METHODIST cHURcH, USA

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LOOkING INTO MIRRORS Maybe you have been at a carnival or watched a program on

TV where people enter a room full of mirrors. Some of the mir-rors reflect an image that is wider, or taller, or even varied in shape related to the person who is looking into the mirror.

In life we have mirrors, of a sort, that reflect truth to us. The Law of the Old Testament has been described as an instructor that shows us where we do not measure up. The New Testament shows us how we can, in Christ, fulfill the Law of God and live at peace with God.

Without the mirror of the Law we would never know things were out of order in our lives. The whole of scripture acts as a mirror to show us how we can reflect the image of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit too plays the role of a mirror. John 16:8 tells us that the Holy Spirit will be sent from heaven to convict the world of sin.

The key with all mirrors is to believe what they reflect, unless they are the funhouse mirrors of the carnival. I have been trou-bled that the world doesn’t seem to know that their lives don’t measure up to the law and they don’t seem to feel the conviction

of the Holy Spirit. More troubling to me is that one of the key reasons for this is the church is not believing and acting on what the mirrors of the scripture and the Holy Spirit are showing us.

We look into the mirror of the truth of the Word of God and rationalize that we aren’t too heavy, or our hair doesn’t look that bad. I know in my mind’s eye I see myself as that 28-year-old with dark hair and a red beard; and when I look into the mirror I see that 50-plus-year-old guy with short hair (to reduce the white on my head and a white beard). If I didn’t see that and saw the 28-year-old man there would be something wrong with me.

The church almost does the opposite. The Word of God describes a strong, growing healthy body of Christ and we, through rationalizations and compromise, look into the mirror and see a broken down, wore out church just trying to survive.

There is something wrong with our sight and I want to sug-gest two elements that will help us see truth as God presents it. First, we need to honestly examine ourselves to see if our lives reflect a true, full, uncompromising love for Christ. We would all profess our love for Jesus, but what does the evidence of our lives say.

First, do we have an ever-deepening sense of love in our hearts for Christ and the things that are important to him? What dominates our focus? Please don’t rationalize. What do we spend our time thinking about? What do we spend our time do-ing? How do we spend our resources? What breaks our hearts? Is Jesus truly our first love? Do we love Him more than any-thing or anyone; so much so that in comparison we hate these other things and people?

Second, do we believe? Or do we rationalize? Not an intel-lectual belief, but I’ll risk my life on it, type of belief. The bible teaches us that confessing Jesus Christ as Lord and believing

ROY ELIJAH BILLSRoy Elijah Bills, 81, of Howard City, Michigan, went to be with the Lord October, 24, 2017 after a long, courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. An artist, a home builder, and all-around people lover, Roy left behind many friends and family members who remember him with love. He was a story teller who loved to tell jokes. Each year, he gave away hundreds of jars of pickles, tomatoes and freezer jam to everyone in town, family members, and anyone who dropped by for a visit. Roy was a great and respected man, husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather and great-grandfather. Roy is survived by first wife of 25 years, Ann E. (Wright), mother of his children: daughter Rachel A. Bills (Ed Tusing), son Leroy (Yog) and wife (Kathy) and daughter Melody Mazurek. He married Arlene (Force), his wife and partner for 38 years. Arlene brought four sons into the marriage whom Roy loved. They are: Dennis (Cheryl) Force, Don (Cindy) Force, Dave (Lisa) Force, Scott (Toni) Force. Roy has 14 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Surviving also are three of Roy’s siblings: Louise Culver, Luella Ludlow and Lorraine Moore (Phil). Preceded in death are siblings: Robert, Wayne, Raymond, Ray, Loretta Scram and Roger. Roy wanted everyone to know that his life-long best buddy, Bill Spence, was by his side through his illness and the last days of his life. For more information and stories about Roy, visit the Heckman Funeral Home web site. Family received visitors at Heckman Funeral Home, 225 E. Edgerton St., Howard City, MI, on Friday, Oct. 27 from 6-9 p.m. A funeral service was held at the VFW hall in Howard City, 1001 Ensley St. at 11:00 a.m. Interment to follow at Reynolds Township Cemetery, W. Almy Rd. in Howard City. A meal was served afterward at the VFW hall. In lieu of flowers, family requests donations be given to the VFW or Faith Hospice.

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GREGG f. GUNNELLGregg F. Gunnell, 63 of Durham, North Carolina passed away Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at Duke University Hospital. Gregg was born July 19, 1954 in Grand Rapids, Michigan the son of V. Fred and Carollee (Crane) Gunnell. He graduated from Houghton High School in 1972 and the University of Michigan with a PhD in Biological Anthropology and Geology. He was the director of the Division of Fossil Primates at Duke University Lemur Center, Durham, North Carolina. Gregg spent more than 40 years studying fossils hidden in layers of rock for clues to what kinds of animals lived there, what they looked like and how they changed over time. He first fell in love with fossils as a teenager, when his uncle took him to a quarry to look for trilobites. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in anthropology in 1976 and 1979, and completed a doctorate in anthropology and geology in 1986, all at the University of Michigan. After finishing his Ph.D., he worked for more than two decades alongside his graduate advisor Philip Gingerich as coordinator of the vertebrate fossil collections in Michigan’s Museum of Paleontology. While an undergraduate at Michigan, he went on his first expedition to Bighorn Basin in northwest Wyoming to dig for mammal bones in the approximately 50-million-year-old rocks. Over the next four decades he would spend several months a year looking for fossils in far-flung places including Wyoming, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sumatra and other locales. Armed with screens and chisels and often crawling on all fours, he was able to recognize the knobby shape or textured surface of a single worn tooth or bit of jawbone in seemingly barren rock. At night, Gunnell and his colleagues would sit in the camp cook tent identifying and cataloging the day’s fossil discoveries. “Gregg was astonishing in this respect,” said paleontologist Jonathan Bloch of the Florida Museum of Natural History, who got his start collecting fossils in Wyoming with Gunnell in the early 1990s. “He could identify mammal species based on partial teeth with only one or two cusps remaining.” It was grubby, trying work. Those who accompanied him in the field recall waiting in international hotels for days for collecting permits, enduring long, bumpy drives through the backcountry and watching dust storms obliterate their makeshift camps. Known for his warmth and dry sense of humor, “Gregg could lighten the mood on the hottest, dustiest, most awful fossil-less days in the

field,” said Northeastern Illinois University professor Lesa Davis, who worked alongside Gunnell for eight summers in Wyoming in the 1980s and 1990s. He was often the breakfast cook, “a particularly thankless job of getting up before everyone else in the morning to cook for 12 or so cranky people,” Davis said. “When he wasn’t in the field he was globe-trotting to museums in Europe or Africa, discovering fossils in drawers passed over again and again by others who hadn’t recognized their significance,” said Gunnell’s former student Doug Boyer, now a faculty member at Duke. His frequent travels to museums and dig sites took him to every state but Rhode Island and more than 30 countries. Much of Gunnell’s early career was focused on primates, but his work took a turn in 2000, when he traveled to Tanzania as part of an international team of scientists invited to excavate an ancient lake bed. There they found the fossil skeleton of a tiny thumb-sized animal that turned out to be a bat, dubbed Tanzanycteris. Thus began Gunnell’s research on the origin of bats, delicate-boned animals he was attracted to, he said, because their rarely preserved fossils “interest nobody.” He became accustomed to dispelling myths about these misunderstood creatures. “Bats are not blind,” Gunnell told an audience at Canada’s Royal Tyrrell Museum in 2016. “And the last place they would ever want to be is in your hair. Trust me.” Gunnell joined Duke in 2011 to take the helm of the Duke Lemur Center’s Division of Fossil Primates, a collection that today contains roughly 32,000 fossil specimens from Egypt, Madagascar, Colombia and Wyoming, ranging from 55 million to 500 years old. Some specimens are represented by a single tooth, a bit of jaw or a partial skull, others by complete skeletons. Housed in an unassuming brick building at 1013 Broad St., two

miles from the heart of campus, the collection is widely considered one of America’s most important resources for the study of primate evolution. Colleagues describe Gunnell as pivotal to enabling more students and scholars to use the collection, the life’s work of the late paleontologist Elwyn Simons. Under Gunnell’s leadership, use of the collection increased more than five-fold. He would even invite researchers to stay at his house to save money on lodging while visiting the fossils from abroad. He also won multiple grants, including one from the National Science Foundation to make 3-D scans of the fossils and put them online, thus making them available free of charge to anyone with internet access, without having to travel to Durham. Gunnell edited three books and published more than 120 scholarly papers, not only on bats and early primates but also on ungulates, pangolins, carnivores, snakes, lizards, fish, and geology and stratigraphy. “Gregg had no care about awards, personal gain or fame,” said University of Michigan paleontologist Bill Sanders, Gunnell’s friend and collaborator for over 30 years.

“He did science for the right reasons -- for the thrill of discovery and the desire to find things out, to learn about the natural world.” Along the way he supported and encouraged a generation of students. His colleague Erik Seiffert of the University of Southern California noted, “the field of vertebrate paleontology would literally be smaller if it had not been for Gregg taking so many students under his wing and giving them the opportunities and encouragement that they needed to move forward and be successful.” “Gregg took a bunch of us into some of the toughest collecting anywhere and taught us how to find fossils where they were few and far between,” said Gunnell’s longtime friend John-Paul Zonneveld, now a paleontologist at the University of Alberta. “I’m honored to have been part of that group.” Surviving are his parents, Fred and Carollee Gunnell; sister, Katie (Daniel) Webber; nephews, Corey (Maureen) Webber and daughter Casssandra; and Coleton Webber. A memorial service will be held Saturday, November 11 at 11:00 a.m. at the United Methodist Church, Cedar Springs. The family will greet friends at 10:00 a.m. Pastor Karen Sorden officiating. A luncheon will follow in the fellowship hall. Private interment Solon Township Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Duke University Division of Fossil Primates online at http://lemur.duke.edu/discover/division-of-fossil-primates/ or mail to Duke Lemur Center, 3705 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27705. Make check to Duke University and place, “in memory of Gregg Gunnell” in the memo line.

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Sand Lake Lions Club Variety SaleNov. 4: The Sand Lake Lions Club will host a Variety Sale on Saturday, November 4th from 9 am – 3 pm at the Sand Lake United Methodist Church ED building. Located on the corner of 6th and Maple Streets. Antiques/Vintage collectibles and crafts, quality used clothing, miscellaneous items. #44

Dinner at the LegionNov. 6: American Legion, 80 S. Main St. Cedar Springs, is hosting a Pork Chop dinner on Monday, November 6th, from 5 – 7 pm. Included will be mashed potatoes & gravy, veggies, stuffing, salad, roll, dessert and drink. The cost is $9 for adults, children (15 and younger) $4.00. Come and enjoy home cooking. Take out is available. 616-696-9160. #44p

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God’s Kitchen in Cedar SpringsNov. 7,14,21,28: Join us for dinner every Tuesday. God’s Kitchen – Cedar Springs welcomes families from Northern Kent County and the surrounding area to a Tuesday Evening Meal. No charge – no registration required! Served from 5:30 – 6:30 pm at the St. John Paul II Parish, 3110 – 17 Mile Rd., Cedar Springs. For more information, call the Church office at 616-696-3904. #44

Help Promote LiteracyNov. 8,17,21: The need is urgent at this time! The Literacy Center of West Michigan has scheduled information sessions for prospective volunteer tutors. These sessions last one hour. It allows persons interested in becoming volunteer tutors to find out more about the Literacy Center and its programs. At the end of the session there

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Voters Not Politicians Educational Town HallNov. 9: Voters Not Politicians Town Hall with an educational presentation to explain what is gerrymandering and the Voters Not Politicians proposal to end it plus an opportunity for registered voters to sign the petition to get the proposal on the ballot. The event will be held on November 9th from 6 to 7 pm at the Cedar Springs Public Library, 107 Main St., Cedar Springs. Hosted by Voters Not Politicians, a non-partisan ballot committee seeking to put before voters a proposal to end gerrymandering in Michigan. The proposal would ask voters to amend the Michigan State Constitution to deny partisan politicians the ability to manipulate voting district boundaries to secure their own hold on power. It would instead give the authority for drawing those boundaries to an Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission. This event will help educate and gather signatures to support the petition drive to gather nearly 316,000 valid signatures needed to put the anti-gerrymander proposal on the 2018 ballot. #44

Library Book SaleNov. 9-11: The Friends of the Nelson Twp./Sand Lake Library is hosting a book sale on Thursday, November 9 and Friday, November 10th from 10 to 6 pm and on Saturday, November 11th from 10 am to 2 pm at the Resurrection Lutheran Church, 180 Northland Drive in Sand Lake. #44,45p

Solon Center Wesleyan Church Holiday BazaarNov. 11:Do your Christmas shopping! Saturday, November 11th from 9 am–2 pm, delicious fresh baked goods, 100’s of hand crafted items, jewelry, and many other vendors. There’s definitely something for everyone! Rolls & coffee and a lunch counter are also available. The church is located @ 15671 Algoma Avenue, just north of 19 Mile Road. Come early, stay late! #43,44p

Cookie Walk at Holy Spirit EpiscopalNov. 11: Holy Spirit Episcopal Church is holding its annual Cookie Walk and Christmas Delites sale on Saturday, November 11th from 9 am to 3 pm. The church is located at 1200 Post Drive NE in Belmont (corner of Post and Pine Island drives, just off Exit 95 of US 131). Featuring our “world-famous” Cookie Walk – Come early for the best selection. There will also be baked goods, crafts, Santa’s Attic and a silent auction. The Christmas Delites sale is sponsored by the Holy Spirit’s Episcopal Women group and funds their support for various church activities, such as kitchen supplies, funeral refreshments, the Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry, the Explore & Soar Reading Club, and more. More information can be found on the church’s website: www.holyspiritbelmont.org. #44

Free Veterans Event in SpartaNov. 11: Join in the Sparta Community Celebration to Honor our Veterans! On November 11th at the Sparta High School Auditorium, there will be a documentary film “The Unknowns” about the unique perspective to the rigorous and intricate training of the Sentinel Training Program soldiers must endure to be assigned duty at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Sparta’s Specialist 3rd Class Don Bradford will narrate and share his story as Sparta’s only guard to have served at the Tomb. The event is at 2 to 4:30 pm (doors open at 1pm). The event is free. Present will also be Sparta’s Robert Shangle, LiveStatue. A color guard of the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corp recruiters will present the colors. There will be displays inside and out including about the Sparta POW camp in 1944 For more information please see our website at: www.spartahistory.org. The Sparta Township Historical Commission. Following the event these Sparta restaurants are serving a Free dinner to all Veterans after 5 pm! - Cellar Brewery – Downtown Trini’s – Garden Patch – Big Joe’s. #44p

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Community pep rally – TONIGHTThursday, November 2, 8 p.m.FromJohnNorton,AthleticDirector,CedarSpringsHighSchool

Come out this Thursday to Red Hawk sta-dium for a Community Pep Rally at 8:00 p.m. This is a completely free event where the school plans to celebrate the accom-plishments of various sports teams and ac-tivities from this past fall. It will be a time to rally as a community and show support

for those individuals that are representing our school and community at state level competitions this weekend. Music, intro-ductions, giveaways and maybe a surprise or two. We hope to see everyone there! Go Red Hawks!

Montcalm Community College student Bethani Christie, of Edmore, on right, goes fishing and finds a magic talking fish played by MCC student Brendan Doolittle, of Sheridan, in “The Fisherman and His Wife,” adapted by Claudia Haas. Courtesy photo.

SIDNEY–Find out what happens when a couple strikes it rich after they find a magic talking fish and the wife’s greed brings conse-quences into their fairytale life.

Montcalm Communi-ty College’s drama class presents “The Fisherman and His Wife,” adapted by Claudia Haas, Nov. 4 and 5 at 2 p.m. in the Barn The-ater on the college’s Sidney campus. Admission is free.

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Cast members include Brendan Doolittle, of Sher-idan, as Scatman L’Adore; Bethani Christie, of Ed-more, as Jonner, the fisher-man; and Jessie Tribbette,

of Saranac, as Maura, the fisherman’s wife. MCC Drama Class Instructor Carolyn Johnson is the di-rector and Katelynne Bills, of Howard City, is the light and sound technician.

“The Fisherman and His Wife” is originally a fairy-tale by Brothers Grimm. Haas’s adaptation is inter-active fun for the whole family and is appropriate for young audiences.

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was next for the team with a season best time of 20:44. Lauren Lett (freshman) fol-lowed with a personal best time of 21:27; Alexis Wood ( f r e s h m a n ) with a personal best of 22:19; Madison Mor-ris (sopho-more) with a personal best of 22:44; Ton-ya Tepin (sophomore) with a personal best of 22:47; and Rachel Bowers (senior) also with a personal best of 23:00.

“This girl’s team is one of the largest in CSHS history, which is exciting,” said Coach Marie Covey. “We have many run-ners experiencing high school cross coun-try for the first time. They have improved so much over the season. I’m very proud

of their accomplishments. I’m especially proud of Carolanne Merlington’s success and look forward to coaching her through state finals.”

Congratulations to the lady Red Hawks on a great season and best of luck to Ca-rolanne Merlington who will be traveling to Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn to compete in the state meet on November 4.

The red Hawk boys cross country team is headed to state. Pictured (L to r): Jaydon Moleski, Gavin Braciak, daniel Vermulm, Corey Bowers, dallas Mora, dilan sargent, Coach Garrett Lacy (Austin Mann not pictured).

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Boys cross country team wins regionals, heads to state

Girls cross country team finishes strong Merlington qualifies for State

It may have been an overcast, chilly day but that did not stop the Cedar Springs Boys Cross Country team from winning the Division II Regional Championship and upsetting the number three state ranked team of Fre-mont.

The boys competed in the Division II MHSAA Re-gional competition at Michaywe Pines Golf Course in Gaylord on October 28 and clinched the championship, edging out Fremont with a score of 47 to 50.

“Our key in the race was our top 5 runners racing as a pack,” explained Coach Garrett Lacey. “Top runner was 16:28, 5th runner was 16:49. Very tight 21-second gap for our 1-5 runners. We could not have beaten a team like Fremont, who has phenomenal front runners, with-out packing it up like that.”

Each of the seven team members had impressive per-sonal best times. Freshman Corey Bowers had a time of 16:28 (5th overall); senior Dallas Mora 16:29 (6th over-

all); sophomore Jaydon Moleski 16:44 (10th overall); sophomore Dilan Sargent 16:49.49 (12th overall); soph-omore Gavin Braciak 16:49.71 (14th overall); sophomore Daniel Vermulm 17:31 (42nd overall); and freshman Aus-tin Mann 18:28 (69th overall). It was a true team effort that paid off for the Red Hawks. Bowers, Mora, Moleski, Sargent, and Braciak each took home all-regional medals after placing in the top 15.

The Red Hawks have had an exciting season. They brought home trophies from the Sparta Invitational (first); Red Hawk Invite (first); Carson City Invitation-al (second); and the Kent/Ottawa County Championship (first). Highlights also include the team winning the last OK White conference meet by outrunning Forest Hills Northern with a score of 43 to 47. Bowers, Mora, and Moleski each earned first team all-conference honors with Sargent also earning honorable mention all-confer-ence honors.

The Lady Red Hawks cross country team finished 10th at regionals. L to r): Coach Marie Covey, Alexis Wood, Lauren Lett, rachel Bowers, Madison Morris, Carolanne Merlington, Jill detweiler, Tonya Tepin. Courtesy photo.

Cedar springs junior Carolanne Merlington (right) is headed to the state meet. she is shown here with Coach Marie Covey. Courtesy photo.

The Cedar Springs girls cross country team finished their season strong at regionals in Gaylord at the Michaywe Pines Golf Course on Saturday, October 28. The girls placed 10th overall but each of the seven members of the team had a personal or a season best record.

Junior Carolanne Merlington led the Red Hawks with an outstanding personal best time of 19:55, placing 14th overall, and qualify-ing for the state meet. Jill Detweiler (junior)

Middle school cross country winds up season

The 2017 middle school cross country team had a suc-cessful season this year. A record-breaking 52 runners, grades 6-8, came out this year.

The boy’s team placed in the top two at their jamborees and invitationals this season. Led by a tight group of runners

together, the boys placed 2nd at the conference meet, losing only by 5 points. Every boy improved his time throughout the season.

The girl’s team also had a great season, finishing in the top 4 at every jamboree. At the conference meet, they fin-

ished 5th, however only 12 points separated 2nd through 5th place. Every girl improved her time throughout the season as well.

The future is bright for our Red Hawk Runners!

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The Lady red Hawk volleyball won the silver bracket championship at Central Montcalm last weekend. Courtesy photo.

The Lady Red Hawks competed in their season’s last tournament, the Central Montcalm Hornet Classic on Sat-urday, Oct 28, and brought home the Silver Bracket Cham-pionship trophy.

During Pool play, the Red Hawks started the day with a loss to Tri County 13-25 and 18-25. The next pool match resulted in a tie with ranked Cadillac 26-24 and 16-25. The Lady Red Hawks took control the rest of the day with a vic-tory in the final pool match against Chippewa Hills, putting them in 5th place of 12 teams. The victorious semi-final match against Morley Stanwood (25-20, 18-25 and 15-12) sent the team to the Championship Silver Bracket match, where they won the Championship title against Ionia 25-27, 25-20 and 15-7.

Leaders on the day were middle hitter Grace Pavel-ka, who owned the service line with 37 service points and 15 aces, while also contributing 25 kills, and a team lead-ing 13 blocks; senior Sydney Plummer tallied an amazing team high 61 kills while adding 6 blocks, 25 digs and 13 service points; outside hitter Kyla Andres had a solid day with 17 kills, 28 service points, 8 aces, 7 blocks and 28 digs; while libero Brighton Miller played tough defensive-ly, contributing the leading 36 digs and 83 serve receives. Setter Maddie Outwin ran the offense with an amazing 282 sets and 89 assists, along with 27 service points, 4 aces and 3 blocks. Freshman middle blocker Arianna Rau put down 10 kills and 10 blocks, while Lauren Kostus rallied 13 service points,19 digs and 30 serve receives. Ashley Wise added 3 blocks and 2 kills while Nikki Vanderhoef tallied 8 serve receives and 3 digs.

“Wow is all I can say! These girls battled long breaks and pushed through bracket play to come out on top,” remarked Coach Ashley Reynolds. “All the hard work, frustrations, and lessons learned throughout the season prepared us for that moment. We persevered and pulled together as a team to win this tournament. I could not be more proud of each and every one of the girls, as they each played a significant role in our success on Saturday.”

The Varsity Volleyball team closed out conference com-petition with a 0-3 loss at Northview on Thursday, Oct 26.

The team heads into the District Championship at Rock-ford on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 5:30pm to take on the winner of the East Grand Rapids/Forest Hills Northern quarterfinal match, with a season record 8-25-6 overall and 2-10 in the conference.

Band heads to state

Pictured is the band-spelling out Picasso during last saturday’s competition. Photo by Kelli Hamilton.

The Cedar Springs Marching Band com-peted Saturday, October 28, in Rockford, for the Reeths-Puffer Invitational. They placed fourth in their flight with a score of 87.05. They head to state competi-tionon Friday, November 4, at Ford Field.

Red Hawks beat East Grand RapidsBy Kayleigh Boomgaard

The Red Hawks scored more points on the Pioneers in the first quarter (27) than the Pioneers allowed in each game all year. Photo by K&R LaLone.

Under the Friday night lights on October 27, the varsity Red Hawks of Cedar Springs faced off against the Pioneers of East Grand Rapids in the first round of playoffs. The Red Hawks defeated the previous-ly undefeated Pioneers with a final score of Cedar Springs 41, East Grand Rapids 40.

Throughout the entirety of this in-tense match up, the two teams were neck in neck on the scoreboard. The Red Hawks finished with a one point lead due to a kick in the first quarter by Moritz Lerch.

The Red Hawks were the first to make it on the scoreboard, with a touchdown run in by Ryan Ringler at 10:07 left to play in the first quar-ter. This touchdown was followed by a PAT (point after touchdown) also scored by Ringler. Additional Cedar Springs touchdowns in the first quarter were run in by Darius Barnett and Ringler, followed by in-complete attempts at PATs.

In the second quarter, running back John Jacob Todd scored an ad-ditional touchdown shortly after a Pioneer run made by Max Lundeen, who received a key pass from team-mate Michael Malewitz. Malewitz also made passes to Connor Davis for a run into the end zone, and to Pioneers Ben Forestner and Nick Milanowski for two completed two-point conversions.

Coming back from halftime with a standing score of Cedar Springs 33, East Grand Rapids 28, the close game continued. Pioneer player Connor Davis ran up the middle for a total of 8 yards, scoring a touch-

The red Hawks celebrate their win over EGr. Photo by K&R LaLone.

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A new dNr camping reservation policy that will help make it easier for more people to secure campsites in Michigan state parks further in advance, takes effect Nov. 1. Camping reservations can be booked up to six months ahead of time at www.midnrreservations.com.

In an effort to make it easier for more people to have a chance at securing campsites at many of the state’s most-visited parks, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has put in place a new policy that encourages people to firm up their reservations further in advance of their planned camping dates. The new sliding modification and cancellation structure takes effect Nov. 1.

Campers still can make reservations up to six months in advance. Un-der the current policy, the cost to cancel or modify a camping reservation is $10.

The new structure still will include the $10 modifica-tion and cancellation fee, but also will include an additional incremental fee based on the length of time between the date the initial reservation was made and

the planned arrival date. That incremental fee will be determined by the length of time a reservation is held:

*Reservations held for up to two months: 10 percent of the nightly rate for each

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modified/canceled camp night.*Reservations held for between two to three months: 15

percent of the nightly rate for each modified/canceled camp night.

*Reservations held for between three and four months: 20 percent of the nightly rate for each modified/canceled camp night.

*Reservations held for between four and five months: 30 percent of the nightly rate for each modified/canceled camp night.

*Reservations held longer than five months: 40 percent of the nightly rate for each modified/canceled camp night.

Note: There will not be a fee to modify a reservation that adds camp nights.

Rather than holding onto several blocks of campsites at a campground – or in some cases, multiple campgrounds – the new policy incentivizes campers to finalize their plans as soon as possible.

“We are updating the current policy to encourage camp-ers with reservations to make any necessary changes to their travel plans much earlier in the process, which opens up more sites for others who currently may experience dif-ficulty finding space at our more popular campgrounds,” said Ron Olson, DNR Parks and Recreation Division chief. “Rather than waiting for cancellations that may or may not happen close to their own desired travel dates, more camp-ers will find that the new reservation policy will give them access to a variety of sites much earlier.”

For more information on camping opportunities and pric-ing, visit www.michigan.gov/camping. Camping reserva-tions can be booked up to six months in advance at Mich-igan state parks. Campers are encouraged to visit www.midnrreservations.com or call 1-800-44PARKS (1-800-447-2757) to check on availability. Remaining camping spots are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information, contact Jason Fleming, chief of the Resource Management Section in the DNR Parks and Rec-reation Division, at 517-284-6098 or [email protected].

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“The boys started this journey back in June, and worked very hard during the off season this summer, and continued that into the regular season this fall,” said Coach Lacey. “All the work they have put in came to fruition last Sat-urday with an upset of the #3 ranked team in the state—Fremont—and a regional championship. The team is filled with confidence going into the state meet this weekend and seeking a top 5 finish.”

The boys travel to Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn on Saturday, November 4, for state finals. Good luck to them! #LetsGoRedHawks.

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Presidents, like other elected people, tend to represent a limited number of people instead of representing all Ameri-cans through compromise. Presidential actions are balanced by Congress and Judicial branches representing you. When Congress struggles to protect your inalienable rights, it re-quires compromise to meet the desires of the real govern-ment that I refer to as you and your neighbors. Our current president stated Congress and Judicial branches prevent him from accomplishing work he wants done and he wants authority to make decisions without their approval. That would move us towards dictatorial leadership.

Aldo Leopold who was an avid hunter and advocate for protecting wilderness stated: “Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away them.” Now, we face the question whether a still higher standard of living is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free. For us in the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television, and the chance to find a pasque-flower is a right as inalienable as free speech.

Elected officials should represent all of us and appoint agency heads that focus on agency missions. They should be staffed with skilled people that make decisions based on the agency mission for present and future generations. My program will help provide understanding on why Roosevelt and Leopold advocated for protecting parks and wilderness. Hopefully, you will agree with them. Not only is Utah’s Grand Staircase threatened with elimination but parks across America might lose protected status. National Parks have been said to be America’s best idea.

Natural history questions or topic suggestions can be di-rected to Ranger Steve (Mueller) at [email protected] - Ody Brook Nature Sanctuary, 13010 Northland Dr. Cedar Springs, MI 49319 or call 616-696-1753.

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down with 7:39 left to play in the third quarter. Cedar Springs senior Nicholas Campione finished off the third quarter with a Red Hawk touchdown, then passed to team-mate Ryan Ringler for a PAT.

The Hawk’s defeat of the Pioneers was a triumphant win, and the Cedar Springs varsity football team greatly looks forward to next week’s game against DeWitt at DeWitt high school. The Cedar Springs High School will be hosting a spirit bus for students to travel to the home of the Panthers and show their Red Hawk pride. The game will take place on Friday, November 3rd at 7pm.

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Alcohol does not appear to be a factor in this traffic crash, but other possible contributing factors are still under inves-tigation.

Assisting with the crash scene and investigation were Montcalm County Rescue 21, Rescue 30, Alpha 2, Alpha 3, Life EMS, Life Net, Sheridan Fire Department, Lakeview Police Department, Greenville DPS, and Montcalm County Central Dispatch.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

TOWNSHIP OF SOLON COUNTY OF KENT, MICHIGAN

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the Township of Solon will hold public hearings on Tuesday, November 21, 2017, at 7:00 p.m., at the Solon Township Hall, 15185 Algoma Ave., NE, Cedar Springs, Michigan, to hear and consider com-ments regarding the following proposed amend-ments to the Township Zoning Ordinance:

Medical Marihuana Facilities. The Plan-ning Commission is reviewing a regulatory or-dinance and a zoning ordinance that would per-mit various types of medical marihuana facilities to be licensed to operate within the Township, including provisioning centers, secure trans-porters, safety compliance facilities, processors and growers. The ordinance would repeal prior Township Ordinance No. 11-2-Z, which provided medical marihuana business regulations, and replace that ordinance with regulations govern-ing medical marihuana facilities, including regu-lations as to the number of such facilities to be permitted, their location and other matters.

New AR-2 District; Minimum Lot Size in AR-2 District. This proposed amendment would revise the definitions of “Lot” and “Lot of Record” and would then divide the existing Ag-ricultural Residential District into two separate districts, consisting of the AR-1 Agricultural Res-idential District and the AR-2 Prime Agricultural Residential District. The regulations for the AR-1 District will be substantially the same as the pri-or AR District, but the new AR-2 District would be revised to include, among other provisions, a minimum lot size of two acres for parcels within the AR-2 District. Associated provisions dealing with non-conforming lots, references to the for-mer AR District (rather than the AR-1 and AR-2 Districts) and other issues are addressed in the proposed ordinance.

The lands proposed for rezoning to the AR-2 District are those parcels which are currently lo-cated in the AR District, and which are also lo-cated within the following-described areas:

Solon Township, Kent County, Michigan, Township 10 North, Range 11 West

Sections 1 through 8; the West 1/2 and the Northeast 1/4 of Section 9; Sections 10 through 13; the North 1/2 and the North 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 14; Section 15, except the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 thereof; the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 16; Sec-tions 17 through 20; the West 1/2 of Sec-tion 21; the Southeast 1/4 of Section 23; Sections 24 through 26; the South 1/2 of Section 27; Sections 28 through 30; Sec-tions 33 through 35.

All current AR District parcels, except those lying in the foregoing areas, shall be included in the AR-1 District. The lands to be rezoned to the AR-1 or AR-2 District by this ordinance are only those lands currently located in the AR District.

The proposed ordinance amendments are available for review at the Township offices at the above-stated address. All interested persons may attend the public hearings and comment on the proposed amendments. Written comments may be submitted to the Township offices, at the above stated address, up to and including the time of the public hearings.

Dated: November 2, 2017 PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE

TOWNSHIP OF SOLON

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TOWNSHIP OF NELSONCOUNTY OF KENT, MICHIGAN

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND FILING OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL

PINE LAKE WEED CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICTNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Township Board of the Township of Nelson, Kent County, Mich-

igan, having resolved its intention to make certain public improvements consisting of the application of herbicide treatments for the eradication and control of aquatic weeds and plants in Pine Lake (the “Im-provements”) in the Township, has made its final determination of a special assessment district which consists of the following described lots and parcels of land which are benefited by the Improvements and against which all or a portion of the cost of the Improvements shall be specially assessed:

PINE LAKE WEED CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT

Lots and Parcels Numbered:41-03-26-351-00441-03-26-351-01241-03-26-351-01741-03-26-351-01841-03-26-351-02941-03-26-351-03241-03-26-351-03341-03-26-351-03441-03-26-351-03541-03-26-351-03641-03-26-351-03741-03-26-351-03841-03-26-352-00141-03-26-352-00841-03-26-352-00941-03-26-400-00241-03-35-102-00941-03-35-102-016

41-03-35-102-01841-03-35-103-01241-03-35-103-01341-03-35-103-01541-03-35-103-01741-03-35-103-01841-03-35-104-01141-03-35-104-01241-03-35-104-02041-03-35-104-02441-03-35-105-00741-03-35-126-00141-03-35-126-00241-03-35-126-00341-03-35-126-00441-03-35-126-00541-03-35-126-00641-03-35-126-007

41-03-35-126-00841-03-35-126-00941-03-35-126-01341-03-35-126-01441-03-35-126-01541-03-35-126-01941-03-35-126-02041-03-35-126-02141-03-35-126-02241-03-35-126-02341-03-35-126-02441-03-35-126-02541-03-35-126-02741-03-35-126-02841-03-35-152-00841-03-35-152-02141-03-35-152-02241-03-35-152-023

41-03-35-152-02441-03-35-152-02541-03-35-152-02641-03-35-152-02741-03-35-152-02841-03-35-152-02941-03-35-152-03041-03-35-152-03141-03-35-152-03241-03-35-152-03341-03-35-152-03441-03-35-152-03741-03-35-152-03841-03-35-152-04941-03-35-152-05341-03-35-152-05441-03-35-152-05541-03-35-152-056

Map of Special Assessment District(Includes only those parcels of land having frontage on Pine Lake or deeded or dedicated access thereto)

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT the Town-ship Supervisor of the Township of Nelson has made and certified a special assessment roll for the special assessment district, which roll sets forth the relative portion of the cost of said Im-provements which is to be levied in the form of a special assessment against each benefited lot and parcel of land in the special assessment district.

TAKE NOTICE that the Township Board of the Township of Nelson will hold a public hearing on No-vember 14, 2017, at 7:00 p.m., or shortly thereafter, at the Nelson Township Hall, 2 Maple Street, Sand Lake, Michigan, to review the special assessment roll and to hear and consider any objections thereto.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the special as-sessment roll as prepared has been reported to the Township Board and is on file with the Township Clerk at the Township Hall for public examination.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT AN OWNER

OR A PARTY IN INTEREST IN A LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SUBJECT TO A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT MAY FILE A WRITTEN APPEAL OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT WITH THE MICHIGAN TAX TRIBU-NAL WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF CONFIRMATION OF THE SPECIAL ASSESS-MENT ROLL, BUT ONLY IF SAID OWNER OR PAR-TY IN INTEREST APPEARS AND PROTESTS THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AT THIS HEARING.

An appearance may be made by an owner or party in interest, or his or her agent, in person or, in the alternative, an appearance or protest can be filed with the Township by letter prior to the hear-ing, in which case a personal appearance at the hearing is not required.

This Notice was authorized by the Township Board of the Township of Nelson.

Dated: October 10, 2017 Laura Hoffman, Township Clerk


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that God the Father raised Him from the dead is the only path-way to salvation. Our life does depend on believing this truth.

The bible says that the harvest is plentiful and the labors are few; therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest that He would send out labors into the harvest. And then he sends those who pray to the Lord of the harvest. Do we believe that there are people who Christ died for, who are waiting to hear the gospel message?

I believe that if the church would love Jesus in real, practical ways, and believe that the Word of God is true, the World would see both the truth of how their lives are lacking and the trans-forming power of Christ in lives surrendered to Jesus.

These are core principles for church planting and revital-ization. If we love Jesus enough we will love the people and things that are important to Him and be willing to step out of our boats into the water. We will be willing to bring the life-chang-ing message of Jesus to people and circumstance that are in the midst of the stormy seas of life.

We will also be willing to be changed by the people we are reaching out to. Not changed in our principles but changed by new perspective and focus; reevaluating how, where, who and why we deliver the message of peace.

I believe that God is calling us as a church to really listen to those we are trying to minister to. I have been listening, and it is reinvigorating me as a Christian. Listening to those of the har-vest, combined with looking into the mirror of the Word and His Spirit, will necessarily change us. ,This change should impact our churches and will impact the development of new churches. New wine skins for a new generation.

God’s call seems clear to me and God is looking for partners, people who hear His call, to work with and be a part of this next great move of God.

May we all be caught up in the next great move of God’s Spirit and help with the plentiful harvest of souls.


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Two Towns Of ChristmasNovember 11: Cedar Springs Pre-Holiday Open House: 10:00am - 7:00pm

November 17: Rockford Holiday Open House: 5:00pm - 9:00pm

November 18: Rockford Holiday Open House : 10:00am - 7:00pm

November 25: Cedar Springs Small Business Saturday: 10:00am - 7:00pm

December 1: Rockford Holiday Lighting Ceremony: 5:30pm - 7:00pm

December 1: Rockford Free Carriage Rides: 5:30pm - 7:30pm

December 2: Cedar Springs Parade & Mingle With Kris Kringle: 9:00am - 8:00pm

December 2: Rockford Santa Parade: 10:45am - 12:00pm

December 2: Rockford Santa in the Pavilion & Free Carriage Rides: 12:00pm - 2:00pm

December 6: Rockford Rotary Pavilion Santa Visits: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

December 7-8: Rockford Free Carriage Rides: 5:30 - 8:30pm

December 9: Cedar Springs Kent Theatre Christmas Concert: 3:00pm - 5:00pm

December 10: Cedar Springs Kent Theatre Dance Extravaganza: 3:00pm - 5:00pm

December 13: Rockford Pavilion Santa & Live Reindeer: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

December 14-15: Rockford Free Carriage Rides: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

December 15: Rockford Live Nativity Scene: 7:00pm - 9:00pm

December 15: Santa Visits at Rockford Footwear Depot: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

The Cedar Springs & Rockford Chambers have come together to create a fun filled holiday season!

For more event info: Like the Two Towns of Christmas facebook page

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