The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 7, 2021 — Page 9Sleeping time away
Dr. Universe:
Why does sleep feel so short?
Brooklyn, 12Dear Brooklyn,
That’s a great observation. When my friend
Ashley Ingiosi was a kid, she remembers how
napping in the car during a four-hour drive to
her grandparents’ house seemed to make the
time fly by. Maybe you’ve had a similar
experience.
As a researcher at Washington State
University, Ingiosi is really curious about what
goes on within the human brain during sleep.
She was happy to help with your question.
“Sometimes sleep feels so short because
we become less aware of our surroundings,”
she said.
As you go about your day, you rely on cer-
tain signals from your senses – or stimuli – to
know if you are awake and aware. This aware-
ness is what sleep scientists call consciousness.
But when you are sleeping, you don’t really
sense the world in the same way. You can’t use
your sense of touch to feel your bedsheets. You
often can’t use your sense of hearing to pick up
on the sounds around you. You might not feel
it, but during certain stages of sleep, your eyes
are darting around under your eyelids.
Even though you have a lower level of
awareness, your brain and body are still very
active.
“Brains are still very busy during sleep
and doing a lot of different things,” Ingiosi
said. “But the reason why we can stay asleep
is that we are less aware of what’s going on
around us.”
When you are awake and aware, you can use
clues from your environment to sense all kinds
of things, including how time is passing. But
when you sleep, it makes it harder to track all
those seconds, minutes and hours ticking by.
“If we were aware of things in the way that
we are when we are awake, we’d have a real-
ly hard time staying asleep,” Ingiosi said.
The amount of time humans spend sleep-
ing also is important, she said. As children
and teenagers grow up, they need to sleep
even longer than adults need to sleep.
According to our friends at the National
Institutes of Health, school-age children and
teenagers need about 9 hours of sleep each
day. After the teenage years, you can do with
a little less sleep. Most adults need about 7 to
8 hours of sleep each day.
While scientists are still unraveling many
of the mysteries around how and why
humans sleep, we do know sleep gives the
body and mind a chance to recharge. It helps
you stay healthy.
Sleep also can help strengthen the memo-
ries you form throughout the day. It helps
keep your brain working well, so you can do
everything from finishing your homework to
playing sports to asking big questions about
our world.
Who knows, maybe one day you’ll be a
scientist who helps us understand more about
the fascinating experience of sleep. As for
me, after investigating this great science
question, I think it’s prime time for a cat nap.
Dr. Universe
Do you have a question? Ask Dr. Universe.
Send an email to Washington State
University’s resident scientist and writer at
[email protected] or visit her website,
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Vonda VanTil
Public Affairs Specialist
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for West Michigan. You may write her c/o
Social Security Administration, 3045 Knapp
NE, Grand Rapids MI 49525, or via email to
[email protected].
CITY OF HASTINGS
REQUEST FOR BIDS
2021 Street Tree Planting
The City of Hastings is soliciting bids for the
provision of trees to be planted in the City
owned street right-of-ways throughout the City.
The RFP and specifications are available from
Hastings City Hall.
The City of Hastings reserves the right to reject
any and all bids, to waive any irregularities in the
bid proposals, and to award the bid as deemed
to be in the City’s best interest, price and other
factors considered.Bids will be received at Hastings City Hall, 201
East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058
until 9:00 AM, on Monday, October 18, 2021
at which time they will be opened and publicly
read aloud. Bids will be clearly marked on the
outside of the submittal package – “SEALED
BID 2021 STREET TREES”.
Travis J. Tate, P.E.(^169110) Director of Public Services
BARRY TOWNSHIP
BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN
RE-NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PUBLIC HEARING
FAIR LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT 2021-
TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF BARRY TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Barry Township Board, upon having received petitions to make certain public improvements as authorized by PA 188 of
1954, as amended, proposes to undertake an aquatic plant control project (with associated activities) on Fair Lake in Barry Township, as more particularly described
below and to create a special assessment district for the recovery of the costs thereof by special assessment against the properties benefited. The Special Assessment
District shall be known as the FAIR LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO 2021-
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the land and premises in the special assessment district within which the foregoing improvements are proposed
to be made and within which the costs thereof are to be specially assessed are all parcels with frontage on and/or connection to channels and/or waterways
connected to Fair Lake in Barry Township, which include the following parcel numbers:
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board has received plans showing the proposed aquatic plant control project, associated
activities, any proposed improvements and locations thereof, together with an estimate of the cost of the project in the amount of $45,235. The total project cost,
including administrative costs, is proposed to be raised by special assessment. The Barry Township Board has passed a resolution tentatively declaring its intention
to undertake such project and to create the afore-described special assessment district.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board has placed the project plans and cost estimates on file with the Township Clerk and said
plans, cost estimates and special assessment district may be examined at the Clerk’s office from the date of this Notice to the date of the public hearing and may
further be examined at such public hearing. The Barry Township Offices are located at 11300 S M-43 Highway in Delton.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board proposes to make a per-parcel special assessment each year for a period of two years (
through 2022 inclusive) of an annual assessment proposed to be $190.06 per year per lot. If the amount to be specially assessed increases by more than 10% in
any one year, additional notice will be provided as required by law.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a public hearing on the plans, district and cost estimates will be held at the Barry Township Hall, 155 E. Orchard
Street, Delton commencing at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 11, 2021. At the hearing, the Board will consider any written objections and comments to any of the
foregoing matters which are filed with the clerk at or before the hearing, and any objections or comments raised at the hearing; and at the hearing (or any
adjournment of the hearing which may be made without further notice), the township board may revise, correct, amend or change the plans, cost estimates or
special assessment district.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if written objections to the project are filed with the Township Board at or before the hearing, signed by the
record owners of land constituting more than 20% of the area within the proposed special assessment district, then the township board may not proceed unless
petitions in support of the project, signed by record owners of more than 50% of the area to be made into a special assessment district, are filed with the township.
Written comments or objections may be filed with the clerk at the address set out below.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that appearance and protest at the public hearing is required in order to appeal the special assessment to the State
Tax Tribunal within 30 days after the special assessment roll is confirmed.
An owner or party in interest, or his or her agent, may appear in person at the hearing to protest the special assessment, or shall be permitted to file at or before
the hearing his/her appearance or protest by letter and his/her personal appearance shall not be required. All interested persons are invited to be present in person
or by representative and to submit comments concerning the establishment of the special assessment district, the plans and/or the cost estimates.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if the Township Board determines to proceed with the special assessments, the board will cause a special
assessment roll to be prepared and another hearing will be held, after notice to record owners of property proposed to be specially assessed, to hear public
comments concerning the proposed special assessments.
Barry Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material
being considered at the hearing, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon seven (7) days’ notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities
requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk.
Debra Knight, Barry Township Clerk
P.O. Box 705
Delton MI 49046
(269) 623-
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CITY OF HASTINGS
REQUEST FOR BIDS
2021 Street Line Painting
The City of Hastings Department of Public
Services is requesting sealed bids for its 2021
street line painting program.
Bid proposal forms and specifications are
available at the address listed below. The City
of Hastings reserves the right to reject any and
all bids, to waive any irregularities in the bid
proposals, and to award the bid as deemed to
be in the City’s best interest, price and other
factors considered.
Sealed bids shall be received at the Office of
the City Clerk/Treasurer, 201 East State Street,
Hastings, Michigan 49058 until 10:00 a.m. on
Monday, October 18, 2021 at which time they
shall be opened and publicly read aloud. All
bids shall be clearly marked on the outside of
the submittal package “Sealed Bid – 2021
Street Line Painting”.
Travis J. Tate, P.E.
Director of Public Services
169311