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http://www.thebattlecreekshopper.com BATTLE CREEK SHOPPER NEWS Thursday, August 8, 2024 39

In new business, the

Calhoun County Board

of Commissioners

on July 18 approved

the 2025 Fiscal Year

County Veteran

Service Fund Grant

Application from the

Michigan Veterans

Affairs Agency, and

policy revisions to

Policy #341 (Employee

Assistance Program).

On the consent

agenda, commissioners

approved the follow-

ing:

• Resolutions authorizing main-
  tenance expenditures – Duck
  Lake and Lyon Lake.


• MERS service credit purchase


• Suleiman Sumbal.


• Lease renewal – Alternative
  Choices LLC.
  •Battle Creek Local
  Development Finance Authority
  (LDFA) Board appointment.


• Marshall South and Northeast
  Neighborhood Improvement
  Authorities appointment.


• Lease renewal – Calhoun
  County Public Health
  Department.


• Calhoun County Planning
  Commission appointment.


• CCRD Additional 2024 Local
  Road Improvement Agreements.
  To view the agenda or meeting
  recording, go to calhouncoun-
  tymi.gov/departments/boardof
  commissioners/agendas.php.
  On the July 18 agenda, the
  Board of Commissioners
  approved four supplemental 2024
  local road improvement agree-
  ments for Clarendon, Convis,
  Emmett and Sheridan townships,
  adding 5 miles and $720,000 to
  the $3 million approved earlier
  this year, for another year of his-
  torically unprecedented amounts
  of $3.7 million total, and $1.9
  million in County Match, pro-
  vided this year toward local road
  improvements.
  These additional projects were
  made possible following the 2023
  fiscal year close-out that resulted
  in increased available budget dol-

lars for this year.

The Road

Department, following

a board policy-based,

data-driven selection

process, recommended

the four projects repre-

senting the next high-

est scoring projects

from the originally

submitted list.

Because of this

expected mid-year

budget adjustment,

the County Road

Department also has

added to the summer schedule 22

miles and $882,000 of improve-

ments on primary roads in 12 dif-

ferent townships.

This primary road work was

not initially included in the 2024

budget, and so it’s great news

that mild winter conditions and

other operational efficiencies will

now allow for this much needed

investment.

I’m proud of the leadership

within our Road Department

and our Finance Department to

responsibly manage the short-

term and long-term budgets and

build in contingencies, so that we

can continue to do the best we

can with limited resources and in

partnership with our townships

toward enhancing the quality and

safety of our roads.

The collaboration with our

townships and prudent financial

management have enabled us to

extend the benefits of our road

improvement program further

than initially planned.

The Calhoun County Planning

Commission held its monthly

meeting on June 24.

The commission approved the

recommendation for appoint-

ment of Ryan Reincke as the

Recreation/Tourism representa-

tive for the term set to expire

on Dec. 31, 2026; a zoning text

amendment regarding variances

for Emmett Charter Township;

and the PA 116 Application for

Blight for Shady Lane Farms in

Albion Township.

The quarterly Calhoun County

Broadband Task Force meeting

was held July 9.

Updates included the Michigan

High-speed Internet Office’s map

challenge and the next steps in

the Broadband, Equity, Access,

and Deployment (BEAD) grant

process, which provides federal

funding for broadband planning,

deployment, mapping, equity,

and adoption projects.

Additionally, the Digital Equity

Subcommittee’s goals and an

upcoming grant opportunity were

discussed.

A monthly Calhoun County

Veterans Affairs Committee

meeting was held July 10.

The committee approved six of

eight Veteran Relief Applications

totaling $9,172.46.

In his department update,

Director Aaron Edlefson shared

the year-to-date budget through

June 30 and the status of

Veterans Affair’s office space

renovation.

The Senior Millage Allocation

Committee met July 12 at the

Marshall County Building.

Senior Services Manager Rod

Auton provided updates on

the Calhoun County Support

for Unsheltered Older Adults

Workgroup, Kool Center Senior

Center Programing Workgroup,

and the Senior Millage

Contractual Spending request for

proposals timeline.

Mini-grants approved

include the Albion Community

Gardens – $5,000; Eckford

Township/Eckford and Marengo

Community Center lunches and

coffee hours – $3,900; Walk

the Beat Albion – $5,000: and

Athens Area Historical Society/

Lunch & Senior Activities and

Socialization in Athens – $4,500.

STATE OF MICHIGAN

10TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

FORFEITURE NOTICE

Land Contract

Court Address: 161 E. Michigan

Avenue, Battle Creek, 49014

Court Telephone No. (269) 969-

6666

Mackenzie Lorne Cook

861 East Michigan Avenue

Marshall, MI 49068

1. You are notified that a
   certain land contract, dated
   January 8, 2014, between
   Joseph M. Hagenbarth and Ellen
   L. Hagenbarth as seller(s), and
   Mackenzie Lorne Cook and
   Gwendolyn Kay Cook (formerly
   Zuck) as purchaser(s),
   concerning the property at 720
   E. Green Street, Marshall, MI
   49068 is in default because of
   nonpayment of installments of
   principal and/or interest, and
   also because of unpaid taxes
   and other maintenance costs
   related to the commission of
   waste at the property.


2. You have forfeited your
   rights under the land contract,
   and payment is demanded by
   Joseph M. Hagenbarth and Ellen
   L. Hagenbarth who hold the land
   contract as seller.


3. The sum of $12,021.91 is
   now past due in principal and
   interest under the land contract,
   plus the sums of included for
   taxes, and other maintenance
   repairs for waste. The dates
   upon which payments were due
   are each monthly payment since
   8/18/2023, late fees, 2022
   taxes, and 2023 taxes.


4. The total amount due, or
   the material breach(es) of
   contract, must be cured or paid
   within 15 days from the date of
   the service of notice upon you.


5. If the total amount due is
   not paid in full within the time
   stated, or if the material
   breach(es) is/are not cured
   within the time stated, the land
   contract will be forfeited, as
   provided in the contract, and
   you will be required to move out
   and give up the described
   property without further notice
   to you. IF YOU DO NOT MOVE
   OR PAY VOLUNTARILY, THE
   CONTRACT HOLDER MAY TAKE
   YOU TO COURT TO EVICT YOU.

Date: 7/25/2024

Attorney for Sellers

Jason S. H. ter Avest (P77841)

One West Michigan Avenue

Battle Creek, MI 49017

(269) 966-3000

STATE OF MICHIGAN

PROBATE COURT

CALHOUN COUNTY

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Decedent's Estate

CASE NO. and JUDGE

2024-631-DE

Michael L. Jaconette

Court Address:

161 East Michigan Avenue

Battle Creek, MI 49014

Court Telephone No:

(269) 969-6794

Estate of Jerry Arthur

Mayfield. Date of birth:

06/09/1936.

TO ALL CREDITORS:

NOTICE TO CREDITORS:

The decedent, Jerry Arthur

Mayfield, died 05/13/2024.

Creditors of the decedent

are notified that all claims

against the estate will be forev-

er barred unless presented to

Audrey Lynn Mayfield Reust,

personal representative, or to

both the probate court at 161

E. Michigan Avenue, Battle

Creek, Michigan 49014 and the

personal representative within

4 months after the date of pub-

lication of this notice.

Date: 8/1/2024

Cindy L. Thomas P62502

395 South Shore Drive,

Suite 204

Battle Creek, Michigan 49014

269-964-5080

Audrey Lynn Mayfield Reust

603 Wealthy Street

Kalamazoo, Mi 49006

847-863-7310

STATE OF MICHIGAN

37TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

FAMILY DIVISION

CALHOUN COUNTY

PUBLICATION OF NOTICE

OF HEARING REGARDING

PETITION FOR NAME

CHANGE

CASE NO. and JUDGE

2024-1445-NC

HON. TINA YOST JOHNSON

Court Address: 161 E.

Michigan Ave., Battle Creek,

MI 49014

Court Telephone No: (269)

969-6518

TO ALL PERSONS, includ-

ing: whose address is

unknown and whose interest

in the matter may be barred or

affected by the following:

TAKE NOTICE: Thawm

Thang 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: Thawm Thang to

John Thawm Thang Mang.

Updates from Calhoun

Co. boards, committees

County update

County Update

with Kelli Scott,

Calhoun County Administrator

County Update

with Kelli Scott,

Calhoun County

Administrator

County Update

with Kelli Scott,

Calhoun County Administrator

With Kelli Scott,

Calhoun County

Administrator

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