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STATE OF MICHIGAN
37TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
FAMILY DIVISION
CALHOUN COUNTY
PUBLICATION OF NOTICE
OF HEARING REGARDING
PETITION FOR NAME
CHANGE
CASE NO. and JUDGE
2024-1632-NC
HON. TINA YOST JOHNSON
Court Address: 161 E.
Michigan Ave., Battle Creek,
MI 49014
Court Telephone No: (269)
969-6518TO ALL PERSONS, includ-
ing: whose address is
unknown and whose interest
in the matter may be barred or
affected by the following:
TAKE NOTICE: Julie Kaye
Neumann has filed a petition
for name change. A name
change hearing will be held on
9/6/24 at 9:00 a.m. at Calhoun
County Justice Center, 161 E.
Michigan Ave., Battle Creek,
MI 49014, Courtroom #249 or
via zoom before Judge Tina
Yost Johnson to change the
name of: Julie Kaye Neumann
to Julie Kaye Stringer.NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Trust EstateTO ALL CREDITORS:
The Settlor, Lewis W.
Reed II (date of birth) 1-22-
1944, who lived at 138
Murray Ave., Battle Creek,
Michigan, died 6-13-24.
There is no personal
representative of the
settlor's estate to whom
Letters of Administration
have been issued.
Creditors of the
decedent are notified that
all claims against the
Lewis W. Reed II
Revocable Living Trust
dated 9-12-2018 as
amended, will be forever
banned unless presented
to Laura Van Orsdal,
Successor Trustee, within
four months after the date
of publication.
Notice is further given
that the Trust will thereafter
be assigned and distributed
to the persons entitled to it.Date: 7-11-2024
Laura L. VanOrsdal
135 Murray Ave.
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-788-7894STATE OF MICHIGAN
PROBATE COURT
CALHOUN COUNTY
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Decedent's Estate
CASE NO. and JUDGE
2024-0000000523-DE
Court Address:
161 East Michigan Avenue
Battle Creek, MI 49014
Court Telephone No:
(269) 969-6795Estate of James Joseph
Steigner. Date of birth:
01/01/1936.
TO ALL CREDITORS:
NOTICE TO CREDITORS:
The decedent, James Joseph
Steigner, died 04/26/2024.
Creditors of the decedent
are notified that all claims
against the estate will be forev-
er barred unless presented to
Robin Suzette Smith, personal
representative, or to both the
probate court at 161 East
Michigan Avenue, Battle Creek,
MI 49014 and the personal
representative within 4 months
after the date of publication of
this notice.
Date: 07/16/2024Patrick S. Hirzel P23884
835 Golden Avenue
Battle Creek, MI 49014
269-963-8484Robin Suzette Smith
120 Ardmore Drive
Battle Creek, MI 49037
269-419-2357STATE OF MICHIGAN
PROBATE COURT
CALHOUN COUNTY
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Decedent's Estate
CASE NO. and JUDGE
2024-311-DE
Hon. Michael L. Jaconette
Court Address:
161 East Michigan Avenue
Battle Creek, MI 49014
Court Telephone No:
(269) 969-6795
Estate of Cheryll Lynn
Hough, deceased. Date of
birth: 5/24/1954.
TO ALL CREDITORS:
NOTICE TO CREDITORS:
The decedent, Cheryll Lynn
Hough, died 2/20/2024.
Creditors of the decedent
are notified that all claims
against the estate will be forev-
er barred unless presented to
Tricia Wilkey, personal repre-
sentative, or to both the pro-
bate court at 161 East Michigan
Avenue, Battle Creek, MI
49014 and the personal repre-
sentative within 4 months after
the date of publication of this
notice.Nelson Karre P27639
70 West Michigan Avenue,
Suite 450
Battle Creek, Michigan 49017
269-965-7000Tricia Wilkey
10337 4 Mile Road
East Leroy, Michigan 49051
269-419-5396now, we’re asking people – military
and non-military – to reach out and
help veterans who may be dealing
with hard problems in their lives,
who may be contemplating suicide,”
she said.
“I mean, our members here, and
Legion and non-Legion people
everywhere, can be the ones who can
offer help to veterans in need. And
that’s a fantastic thing. And to have
Lisa here today to talk more about
the national program about suicide
prevention for vets, that’s super.
We’ve never had a national auxiliary
president here at this post before,
and it’s quite helpful and quite an
honor.”
Before visiting Post 257 in
the Cereal City last Tuesday,
Williamson, a resident of Alaska,
was at, among other places in the
state, the Fisher House in Ann
Arbor – the equivalent to a Ronald
McDonald House that welcomes
families to stay for free while the
military vet in their family is receiv-
ing necessary mental health treat-
ment.
After her Battle Creek visit,
Williamson said she was headed to
Illinois to attend its state Legion con-
vention.
“Right now, this year and last are
the first years ever that all parts of
the Legion – the regular member-
ships, the Auxiliary, the Sons of the
American Legion and the Legion
Riders – all have the same initiative,
to ‘Be The One,’ ” said Williamson,
who was elected to her national
auxiliary post at the Legion’s 102nd
National Convention in North
Carolina last August.
“And that initiative, for me, really
hits home.”
Williamson explained that every
year, the overall national Legion
president has the opportunity to pick
a focus, “and four years ago, long
before I became national auxiliary
president, I had a friend who we
vacationed with every year. But then
about two weeks before we were
supposed to vacation together, she
called me to say that she wouldn’t be
able to make it this year.“And I said ‘what’s up?’ ”
Williamson said, “and she said that
her son, a veteran, had died by sui-
cide. So, Legion-wise, right then and
there I knew that what has become
‘Be The One’ was something that
needed national Legion attention.
The de-stigmatizing of suicide pre-
vention needed attention.
“So now, it’s a common thing to
want to ‘Be The One.’ Veterans need
to know that suicide is not OK, and
that it is OK to ask for mental health
help if one needs it. And now, with
that national initiative in mind, if we
just save one veteran from suicide
in a day or a week or a month – just
one – we know we’re focused in the
right direction.”
Williamson said that there are
about 550,000 Legion Auxiliary
members nationally, “and having
not only Auxiliary Legion members
but all members working toward the
same goal, suicide prevention, is a
great thing to be doing.”
Williamson also said that there’s a
simple way to help national authori-
ties know that there’s a vet in trouble
and in need of help.
“Just dial 988,” she said, “and with
the VA Safe Training, that is avail-
able, we’re going to do whatever is
necessary to make sure a vet in need
receives help.
“And to get to that 988 point, fam-
ily members and others just need
to think ALR: Ask a vet questions,
Listen to what they’re saying, and
Reach out for help if you see they’re
in crisis.”
More On Mohlman’s
State Commander Term,
And Other Legion Doings- Said Post 257 commander Brian
Mohlman about his one-year term as
state American Legion commander:
“It was just an unbelievable expe-
rience. Just so humbling, to drive
around the state to meet with so,
so many people at so many posts
across the state, sharing with those
posts information about what we do
here at Post 257 and learning what
other posts in the state are doing –
information I’ve brought back to our
post to see if some of those things
fit into what we’re trying to do here,
and maybe utilize those ideas in the
future,” Mohlman said.
“It was all about service, and now
I’ll continue my service here as com-
mander as well as outside the post
when I’m needed. And I can’t thank
our membership here enough for
stepping up and carrying the weight
while I was on the road so much as
state commander. Being state com-
mander was a great privilege, and
I couldn’t have done it without the
great people here at Post 257.”
Mohlman said he may “some day
look into serving the Legion at the
national level” following his stint as
state commander.
“That’s something I might be inter-
ested in,” Mohlman said. “But for
now, I’m happy to be back working
for our post members here.”- Mohlman said that the local band
Lucid Vibe raised $1,005 in funds
for Post 257 via a benefit perfor-
mance by the band at Horrock’s on
Beckley Road in Battle Creek on
July 4. - And, Mohlman noted that the
American Legion Department of
Michigan’s Fall Conference 2025
will be at DoubleTree by Hilton on
Sept. 25-28 of next year; and that
the American Legion Department
of Michigan’s annual Summer
Convention 2026 will be held at the
same DoubleTree by Hilton site in
June of that year.
Mohlman said both conferences
were awarded to B.C. through the
Southern Michigan Convention
Corp.
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