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Trojans beat Catholic Central in Ada for first OK Gold victories

Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Thornapple Kellogg
varsity boys’ and girls’ track
and field teams each went
1-1 in their OK Gold
Conference tri hosted by
Forest Hills Eastern Tuesday.
The TK ladies moved their
conference record to 1-
with a 109-27 win over the
Grand Rapids Catholic
Central girls and an 84-
loss to the host Hawks.
The TK boys bested
Catholic Central 98.33-
38.66, but were edged 75-
by the Forest Hills Eastern
boys.
There were many compet-
itive events, but the FHE
boys really dominated the
distance races to take the
wins over the Trojans and
Cougars. Forest Hills
Eastern’s Kyle McKee, Ben
Clason and Aiden Sullivan
went 1-2-3 in the 800-meter
run and the 1600-meter run,
and Clason won the 3200
with Sullivan second and
teammate Caleb Peterson
third. Those four guys also
won the 3200-meter relay for

the Hawks in 8:58.18.

Trojan senior Cameron

Gavette had a great day in

the hurdles. He set a personal

record in winning the 110-

meter high hurdles in 17.

seconds and took the 300-

meter intermediate hurdles in

44.81 seconds.

TK inched closer at the

end of the meet with the team

of Brennan Lutz, Jaxon Sias,

Gabe LaJoye and Gavette

winning the 1600-meter

relay in 3 minutes 45.25 sec-

onds.

It wasn’t just distance run-

ners that did it for FHE. The

Hawks also ah the three fast-

est times in the boys’ 100-

meter dash, led by Nasier

Harris’ time of 11.89.

Catholic Central sopho-

more Joseph Mullett won the

boys’ 200-meter dash in

23.38 seconds, but TK had

the next two finishers with

senior Wyatt Helzer second

in 23.51 and Sias third in

24.44. Those were new per-

sonal record times for the

two TK guys.

LaJoye, a sophomore, won

the 400-meter dash for TK in

a personal record time of

56.73 seconds.

In the field, TK had senior

Austin VanElst win the high

jump at 5 feet 10 inches and

place second in the long

jump at 17-8. Helzer took the

long jump at 18-1.

The hurdles and relays

were some of the best events

for the TK ladies. Freshman

hurdler Kristen Offringa ran

her fastest 100-hurdle time

yet, 17.61, to win that event.

Junior Trysta Hilton took the

300-meter low hurdles in a

personal record time of

51.24.

Offringa also teamed with

Anna Benedict, Paige

Zellmer and Addison

Satterfield to win the 400-

meter relay in 57.96.

Offringa, Benedict, Zellmer

and Hilton won the 800-

meter relay in 1:59.46.

Zellmer added a win for

TK in the pole vault by clear-

ing 7-6, and had two team-

mates set new personal

records in the event. Junior

Leah Luyk was third at 6-

and freshman Sydeny

Robertson fourth at 6-0. FHE

senior Eva Korte took the

runner-up spot with a person-

al record leap of 7-0.

Freshman Addison

Washler won the sprints for

the Hawks, taking the 100-

meter dash in 13.22 and the

200 in 28.57. TK sophomore

Lindsey Velting was the run-

ner-up in the 100 and

Offringa placed second in the

200.

Catholic Central freshman

Emily Tomes won the 400-

meter run in 1:07.01 and the

1600 in 5:49.77, while add-

ing a runner-up finish in the

800 behind FHE’s Kate

Laidlaw.

FHE junior Sophie Parker

won the girls’ discus and shot

put, with TK sophomore

Alana Compton second in

both events. Compton upped

her PR in the discus to 94-

and put the shot 28-10.

The TK ladies went into

the meet fresh off a win at

the Wayland Invitational last

Friday where they finished

tied in the final standings of

the seven-team meet with

Jenison. Both teams closed

the day with 698 points.

“The support and team

work is just amazing on this

team,” TK head coach

Maggie Wilkinson said. “We

are so young and the upper-

classman are really showing

a lot of leadership and love

for one another.”

The TK ladies only won

two events. Zellmer took the

pole vault at 9-0 and the team

of Hilton, Velting, Benedict

and Smith won the 800-

meter relay in 1:56.11.

Lucy VanDemark,

Madison Nagel, Aubrey

Martin and Jessica Durkee

added a runner-up finish in

the 3200-meter relay for the

TK girls.

Senior Dalace Jousma was

the runner-up in the discus at

85-11.5 and placed third in

the shot put with a personal

record mark of 31-7. Hilton

and Kenady Smith were sec-

ond and third in the high

jump with Hilton clearing

4-6 and Smith 4-4. Benedict

led TK in the long jump with

a mark of 14-.5 that put her

in fourth place, a quarter of

an inch ahead of her team-

mate Kylie Smith who was

fifth.

The top individual finish

on the track for TK came in

the 100-meter dash where

Velting was second with a

personal record time of

13.84.

The TK boys were seventh

on the day. Helzer had the

team’s top individual finish

on the track with a sec-

ond-place time of 23.79 in

the 200. The TK team of

Gilberto Tejada III, Helzer,

VanElst and Sias won the

800-meter relay in 1:37.15.

TK senior Blake Monroe

won the discus with a per-

sonal record throw of 188-

.25 and placed fourth in the

shot put with a new PR of

36-9. VanElst won the high

jump clearing 5-10 with Sias

fourth in that event at 5-8.

Helzer added a runner-up

mark of 19-7 in the long

jump and Matthew Smith led

TK in the pole vault with a

personal record leap of 10-

that put him in fourth place.

Caledonia Township planning Independence Day celebration

Greg Chandler

Staff Writer

Caledonia Township is

planning an Independence

Day weekend celebration,

even in continued uncertain-

ty from the COVID-19 pan-

demic.

The township board

Wednesday voted unani-

mously to move ahead with

plans for a parade and fire-

works display Saturday, July

3. The township historically
   holds its Independence Day
   celebration the Saturday of
   or before the Fourth of July.
   The township had a simi-
   lar parade and fireworks last
   year, with a parade route
   through the village that
   encouraged social distanc-
   ing.
   The board also voted to
   set a budget of $20,000 for
   the celebration, $5,000 more
   than had been recommended
   by Township Supervisor
   Bryan Harrison. The $20,
   will come out of the commu-
   nity promotions line item in
   the township budget,
   Township Treasurer/
   Administrator Richard
   Robertson said.
   “I anticipate between
   $10-13 [thousand] of that
   coming in for fireworks, and
   the rest for bathroom rentals,
   other needed equipment,
   things like that,” Harrison

said.

The township spent about

$12,000 on fireworks last

year, Robertson said.

Harrison said he has

already been contacted by

the contractor who supplied

fireworks last year to express

interest in this year’s show.

“We’ve reserved the date.

We just haven’t given him a

budget on how much to

order,” Harrison said.

Trustee Greg Zoller made

the motion to bump up the

budget for the celebration to

$20,000, “just in case there’s

overages in costs of fire-

works and maybe adding in a

band or something at the

Community Green.”

The board also convened

a five-member committee to

organize the celebration.

Serving on the committee

will be Harrison, Zoller,

Trustee Richard Snoeyink,

Caledonia Village President

Jennifer Lindsey and village

administrative assistant Lisa

Segard.

“That has been the core

of the committee in the past,”

Harrison said.

IRVING TOWNSHIP

BOARD MEETING SYNOPSIS

APRIL 20, 2021 6:30 PM

The meeting was called to

order with the pledge of allegiance at

6:30 pm.

Present were 5 members of the

board and 5 from the public. No call for

phone conference were received.

*Motion for Approval of agenda

PASSED

Commissioner Smelker: The Board

of Commissioner’s Settled with 3 out

of 5 unions 5-year contract. Boat pur-

chased-marine patrol on Gun Lake.

Starting Renovation/demolition on

county building. 911 is moving along on

building. Jon spoke with Cathryn Getty

on the County Broad Band Committee

on getting the fiberoptic line approved

to go through Yankee Springs.

Fire Department and Cemetery Re-

ports presented

*Motion to approve Minutes for

March 10, 2021 PASSED

Treasurer Report-Cross. Recom-

mendation of Michigan Township As-

sociation and the Auditors for separate

drop box for tax payments to ensure

that only the treasurer and the deputy

treasurer are handling tax payments.

*Motion to pay bills of $6901.14. Roll

call vote. PASSED

Board Member Comments:

Discussion about where to place a

new drop box. Bass said people will still

put payments in the wrong box. Cross

stated if people put the payment in the

wrong box, it will not be the township’s

liability for any interest payments in-

curred on payments placed in the wrong

box.

Olson discussed the delay on Broad

Band due to permits for DNR land ac-

cess held up at State and Federal level.

Discussion on the Rescue America

funds.

Barry County Road Commission pro-

posed gravel work for 2021.

*Motion to approve the proposal of

the Barry County Road Commission

Gravel work in 2021 for $75,000.

was offered by knight and seconded by

Cross. All “yes” Roll call vote.

Public Comment by Lorraine Bush

on Grant for Broad Band Providers.

Next meeting May 18, 2021; 6:30 PM

*Motion to adjourn at 7:09PM

PASSED

Full minutes available @ http://www.irving-

township.org

Submitted by Sharon Olson-Clerk

Attested to by Jamie Knight-Supervisor

159203

159204

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AND

PUBLIC HEARINGS

OF THE CALEDONIA VILLAGE COUNCIL

ACTING AS THE

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Village Council

of the Village of Caledonia, acting as the Village Zoning Board of

Appeals, will hold a special meeting to conduct two separate public

hearings on May 13, 2021 at 7:00 p.m., at the Caledonia Village Hall, 250

S. Maple Street, Caledonia, Michigan.

404 East Main Street. The Zoning Board of Appeals will hear

and consider the application of Jacob Thomas, S & T Property Solutions,

LLC, for a variance from Sections 3.3, 7.5, and 17.4 and other applicable

provisions of the Village zoning ordinance to divide an existing

conforming lot into two lots which do not meet the minimum lot width or

area requirements of the ordinance. A variance is also being requested

from Sections 7.5 and 7.6 and other applicable provisions of the ordinance

to convert an outbuilding on the property to a dwelling which does not

have the minimum required floor area or required setback. The property

for which the variance is being requested is located at 404 East Main

Street, on the southeast corner of East Main and Maple Streets.

9809 Cherry Valley Avenue. The Zoning Board of Appeals will

also hear and consider the application of Caledonia Leasing, LLC, for a

variance from Section 15.6 and other applicable provisions of the Village

zoning ordinance to have a wall sign greater than 30 square feet in area

on the property located at 9809 Cherry Valley Avenue, S.E., which is

located on the west side of Cherry Valley Avenue about 1,000 feet south

of Main Street.

All interested persons may attend these public hearings and

comment on the requested variance applications. Written comments

concerning the proposed applications may be submitted to the Village

Office, at the above-stated address, up to the time of the public hearing.

Dated: April 24, 2021 VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE

VILLAGE OF CALEDONIA

IRVING

TOWNSHIP

EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR WANTED

Middleville Housing Commission (Lincoln

Meadow Senior Apartments) is seeking

a highly motivated individual to serve as

the director of a 50 unit HUD housing

building.

HUD experience is preferred. Applicant should

have a minimum of an Associate in Business,

experience in accounting, & budgeting. Must

be able to get along with people & a problem

solver. Willing to work flexible hours, 25-30,

a Deputy Director, 15-20 hours & available to

be on call. Starting salary is dependent upon

qualifications. Position is open until filled.

Must be able to pass physical, drug screen &

background check.

Resumes may be sent to:

Middleville Housing Commission,

500 Lincoln St, Middleville, MI 49333

or emailed to:

[email protected]

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