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Frequently Asked Questions
May 3rd, 2022 Hastings Bond Proposal
A 4 page FAQ handout with 49 questions and answers is being handed out by the Bond
Committee.Question #
What are the lengths of the bonds? Since this is similar to our house mortgage, for how
many years will it be?Series One (2021) will be paid off in 18 years, 6 months
Series Two (2023) will be paid off in 16 years, 6 months
Total 35 yearsQuestion #
When will this bond proposal be paid off?We have been very intentional with paying this particular bond off. This bond will be paid
off in 14 years, 6 months. Most bond proposals carry a debt of 25 to 30 years, but
shortening the life of the debt will assist our taxpayers.Question #
Will this bond take care of our needs?NO. The $23.9 million will NOT take care of our needsIf you are confused by these questions and conflicting answers, please call Hastings Area
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ONLINEThey all looked comfortable Tuesday as
the Vikings begin the chase for a conference
championship. Leslie took the 2021 title
with a team of mostly underclassmen – a
group which included pitcher Ava Bradford
who was all-state as a freshman. Coach Hil-
ley noted that Stockbridge returns an all-con-
ference pitcher as well, which should make
the Panthers tough.
“Most of the girls we play against play
travel ball. Not one of my girls plays travel
ball,” Maple Valley head coach Mary Lesage
said. “It is hard. I am very pleased with ourability on the infield, and our ability in the
outfield, which is better than what I had last
year, we just need pitching.”
Emma Pierce spent most of the time in the
circle for the Lions Tuesday.
“It was a couple innings of struggle, then
she started to find that spot, but then she was
like, ‘I am tired,’ and then she lost the spot,”
Lesage said.
Elaina Cantuna and Ali Mater both took
turns in the circle in relief of Pierce.
“They had just three weeks of instruc-
tions,” Lesage said. “I feel like we’re solid,except for the pitching.”
She said it’s like a football team without a
quarterback.
Giffin meanwhile struck out 12 in the two
games, throwing a total of six innings.
Lily Federau, Audrey Hillard, McKenzie
Richards, Kendyl Steward, Ally Slater and
Maryssa Goble all had singles for the Vikings.
The Lions and Vikings are set to play one
more ballgame in Nashville this afternoon,
April 14. Lakewood will be at the Barry
County Invitational in Hastings Saturday,
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Raffler sets his pole vault PR as Lakewood boys win first contest
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
Lakewood senior Tyson Raffler got his
hands on a new pole Monday afternoon and
Tuesday afternoon used it to go higher in the
pole vault than he ever has before.
Raffler set a new personal record at 11 feet
6 inches in the pole vault during the Viking
varsity boys’ track and field team’s 105-
victory over visiting Stockbridge in a Greater
Lansing Activities Conference dual to start
the season at Unity Field.
Raffler cleared the bar at 9-6 as a freshman
then had his sophomore varsity vaulting sea-
son canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
He returned last spring to up his personal
record to 11-3 as a junior, but that mark came
early in the season. A 10-6 height was his best
in the final few meets of his junior campaign.
“I got a new pole. It is really bendy and that
helped me out. It is a great start, so that is awe-
some,” Raffler said. “It was a really good day
out, super nice and sunny and not too much
wind. It’s a pretty nice start for the first meet.”He said the pole he’d been using the first
couple weeks of practice was too stiff. He
practiced with the new one Monday. He got a
couple run throughs to get the feel of it. He
was hoping to clear at least 10 feet Tuesday.
Raffler also won the 110-meter hurdles in
18.11 seconds and the 300-meter intermedi-
ate hurdles in 44.16 Tuesday.
“I think things are looking really good for
the guys’ team,” Raffler said, “especially
with Denny [Sauers] and Ethan [Weller] out
there. In the long jump Ethan got 19 feet.
That’s really good – almost qualifying for
state. I think that’ll really help our team. I
wish I would have seen it.”
Weller is a junior who is new to track and
field. Sauers, now a senior, ran track as a
freshman and played baseball last spring as a
junior. Well flew 19-5 to win the long jump.
The Lakewood boys swept the field events.
Senior Connor Feighan took the shot put with
a personal record mark of 40-7.5 and won the
discus at 108-9. Senior Jacob Merryfield took
the high jump for the Lakewood boys by
clearing the bar at 5-10.
The Viking boys won the three sprint
relays. Weller teamed with Alexander Rus-
sell, Justin Warner and Benjamin Scobey to
win the 4x100-meter relay in 47.14. Ethan
Goodemoot, Colt Endsley, Elijah Jablonski
and Jackson MacKenzie won the 4x200-me-
ter relay in 1:46.71. It was Jablonski, Good-
emoot, Lydon Rogers and Russell winning
the 4x400-meter relay in 4:10.00.
Feighan added a 400-meter dash win with
a personal record time of 52.54. Viking fresh-
man Donald Wells was right behind him in
second place with a time of 54.16.
Russell, a junior, won the 100-meter dash
in 12.48 seconds and the 200-meter dash in
25.50. Weller was second in both of those
races and Sauers third in the 200.
Freshman Kade Boucher won the 800-
meter run for the Vikings in 2:46.83.Stockbridge junior Micah Bolton took the
two distance races. He won the 1600-meter run
in 5:19.00 and the 3200-meter run in 11:28.04.
Stockbridge took the girls’ meet by the
score of 79-53.
“I only have four girls that have ever run
high school track before, so they’re learning,”
Lakewood head coach Jim Hassett said.
The Vikings had their top finishes in the
sprints. Senior Hokulani Ka’alakea won the
100-meter dash in 13.94 seconds and fresh-
man Taylor Russell was the 200-meter dash
champion in 28.78. Ka’alakea also wont he
100-meter hurdles in 17.75.
Ka’alakea, Hayley Merryfield, Kora
Boucher and Taylor Russell took the4x100-meter relay for the Lakewood girls in
54.59 seconds.
Lakewood got three wins in the field. Soph-
omore Annabelle Stank won the discus with a
mark of 92-5 while also placing second in the
shot put at 27-1.5. Junior Reagan Lab took the
high jump for the Vikings at 4-2 and junior
Madison Bierens won the pole vault at 7-0.
Senior Rylee Tolson led the Stockbrige
girls to the win with a personal record time of
1:02.61 in the 400-meter dash among her four
wins. She took the 800-meter run in 2:28.
and the 3200-meter run in 12:33.15. Tolson
also teamed with Eliana Johnson, Kaitelyn
Walker and Anna Ransom to win the
4x400-meter relay in 4:51.84.Talented Viking golf team starts spring with win over Charlotte
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Lakewood varsity boys’ golf team had
no trouble outscoring Charlotte on the first
afternoon of the varsity boys’ golf season.
The Lakewood boys outscored the Orioles
157-185 at Morrison Lake Country Club Tues-
day.
The senior trio of Trevor Simon, Liam
Cavanaugh and Brody Jackson led the way for
the Vikings. Simon shot a 37, Vacanaugh a 39
and Jackson a 40.
Lakewood also got a pair of 41s from junior
Drew Marquoit and senior Logan Kenyon.Charlotte’s leader was freshman Reid Bla-
sius with a 44. The orioles also got a 45 from
junior Aiden Cheyne, a 46 from senior Carson
Kohler and a 50 from junior Justin Beck.
Lakewood is scheduled to be a part of
today’s, April 14, Coach Enyart Invitational
hosted by Delton Kellogg at Mullenhurst Golf
Course and then swing at the Ionia County
Shoot Out Saturday. The Vikings host Thor-
napple Kellogg for a non-conference dual
April 18 at Centennial Acres.
The Vikings’ sights are set on repeating the
success of the 2021 season in 2022 with a
group of guys back nearly intact from the teamthat won Greater Lansing Activities Confer-
ence and Division 3 Regional championships
last spring.
Lakewood set its record for a low nine-hole
score a year ago and qualified for the MHSAA
Division 3 Lower Peninsula Boys’ Golf Finals
with their regional championship. The team
went on to place 13th at the Finals.
Simon won an individual regional champi-
onship last spring as a junior and his back for
his senior season along with three other guys
from the team’s state finals line-up in Mar-
quoit, Cavanaugh and junior Owen Rich-
mond.Rams take two from DK in first SAC Valley doubleheader of year
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
Galesburg-Augusta took two from the visiting
Delton Kellogg varsity baseball team to open the
2022 Southwestern Athletic Conference Valley
Division season Tuesday.
The Panthers got their lone runs of the after-
noon/evening in their final at-bat, bringing home
two in the top of the sixth inning of an 8-2 loss
in game two of the doubleheader.
DK outhit the Rams 6-1 in that second game,
but the Rams took advantage of eight walks.
Galesburg-Augusta boosted a 1-0 lead with fourruns in the bottom of the fourth inning and three
in the bottom of the fifth.
Tristin Boze walked with one out in the top of
the sixth and then came home on a two-out dou-
ble by Mason Nabozny. Adrian Deboer followed
Nabozny’s double with an RBI double of his
own, and Delton had two on with two out after a
single by Cole Lane that moved Deboer to third.
The Rams ended the ballgame with their
pitchers’ 11th strikeout though.
The only other hits in the game two loss for
DK were singles by Seth Lebeck and Wyatt
Colwell.The Rams scored two runs in the first and
second innings of game one, then put six on the
scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth in what
turned into a 10-0, five-inning win.
Singles by Nabozny and Philip Halcomb were
the two DK hits in game one.
Galesburg-Augusta had five hits in game one,
including four off of Lebeck who started and
went three innings for DK.
Delton Kellogg is scheduled to host Gales-
burg-Augusta for a ballgame Thursday, April 14,
and then be in Hastings Saturday for the annual
Barry County Invitational.Lakewood freshman Kora Boucher puts the baton in the hand of freshman team-
mate Taylor Russell for the final leg of the 4x100-meter relay Tuesday during their
team's GLAC dual with visiting Stockbridge at Unity Field. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
Lakewood's Tyson Raffler gets started on his way to a victory in the 300-meter
intermediate hurdles during his team's victory over visiting Stockbridge at Unity Field
to start the season Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS^178789
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICETO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PRAIRIEVILLE, BARRY
COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS:PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held on May 4, 2022 commencing
at 7:00 p.m. at the Prairieville Township Hall, 10115 S. Norris Rd., Delton MI, 49046 within the
Township, as required under the provisions of the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and the Zoning
Ordinance for the Township.PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, In addition to participation during an public hearing, mem-
bers of the public may also provide comments for the Zoning Board of Appeal’s consideration
by emailing or mailing those comments to the Zoning Board of Appeal’s for receipt prior to the
meeting, in care of the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric Thompson ([email protected])
or by leaving a phone message prior to the meeting with the Township Zoning Administrator, Eric
Thompson at 269-948-4088.PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at said public hearing
include, in brief, the following:- A request from contractor Leading Construction for property owner Melissa and Shawn
Holtz, 11058 Horton Ct, Delton, MI 49046 for a variance to allow for the construction of
a roof over existing deck that fails to meet the waterside setback, pursuant to section
4.24 “Waterfront Lots” of the Prairieville Township Zoning Ordinance. The subject
site is located at 11058 Horton Ct, Delton, MI 49046. Parcel #08-12-250-004-00 and is
currently zoned R2-Single and Two Family, Medium Residential. - A request from property owner Marvin Shook, 1024 107th Ave, Plainwell, MI 49080
for a variance to allow for creation of a parcel that will be nonconforming, pursuant to
section 4.41 “Schedule of Lot Yard and Area Requirements” of the Prairieville Township
Zoning Ordinance. The subject site is located on Lakeshore Dr, Plainwell, MI 49080.
Parcel #08-12-320-033-00 and is currently zoned R2-Single and Two Family, Medium
Residential. - A request from property owner Marvin Shook, 1024 107th Ave, Plainwell, MI 49080
for a variance to allow for creation of a parcel that will be nonconforming, pursuant to
section 4.41 “Schedule of Lot Yard and Area Requirements” of the Prairieville Township
Zoning Ordinance. The subject site is located on Lakeshore Dr, Plainwell, MI 49080.
Parcel #08-12-320-033-00 and is currently zoned R2-Single and Two Family, Medium
Residential. - A request from contractor Dylan Steele for property owner Andrew and Jamie Hart,
10928 South Dr, Plainwell, MI 49080 for a variance to allow for the construction of a
dwelling addition to existing accessory structure that fails to meet the setback require-
ments, pursuant to sections 4.24 “Waterfront Lots” and 4.41”Schedule of Lot, Yard
and Area Requirements” of the Prairieville Township Zoning Ordinance. The subject
site is located at 10928 South Dr, Plainwell, MI 49080. Parcel #08-12-180-002-00 and is
currently zoned R2-Single and Two Family, Medium Residential. - Such other business as may properly come before the Zoning Board of Appeals.
All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place, or, if an
electronic meeting is held, to participate via the electronic meeting. Prairieville Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to
individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days’ prior notice to the Township Clerk.
Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk
at the address or telephone number listed below.
PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
By: Dale Grimes, Chairperson
Prairieville Township Hall
11015 S. Norris Rd.
Delton, Michigan 49046
(269) 623-