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Area Obituaries
Getting a new Social Security card is easier than ever
Hillary Hatch
Public Affairs Specialist
If you need a new or replacement Social
Security card, we’ve got great news! You
may be able to complete, or at least start, your
application on our website – and, if neces-
sary, use our online scheduling tool to book
an appointment at a local office.
START YOUR APPLICATION
Do you need to apply for a Social Security
number (SSN) and card? You can visit ssa.
gov/number-card to begin the process. You’ll
answer a series of questions to determine
whether you can:- Complete the application process online.
- Start the application process online, then
bring any required documents to your local
Social Security office to complete the appli-
cation, typically in less time. - Complete the application process at your
local office.
If you can’t complete the application
online, you must visit a Social Security
office. To learn more, please review our pub-
lication, “Your Social Security Number and
Card,” at ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10002.pdf.
REPLACE YOUR SOCIAL SECURI-
TY CARD
Want to replace your card? The Card
Replacement Screener on our Replace Social
Security card webpage at ssa.gov/num-
ber-card/replace-card helps you determine
the best way to do so.
Depending on your situation, you may be
able to request a replacement card without
visiting a local office. Choose “Answer a few
questions” on the Replacement Card web-
page at ssa.gov/number-card/replace-card to
get started. Even if you can’t complete the
process online and must visit an office, you
can still save yourself time by starting the
application online.WERE YOU ASKED TO COME INTO
AN OFFICE? WHAT TO KNOW
If you start the application online and we
determine you need to come into an office,
you can use our new Online Self-Scheduling
option. This option allows you to:- Select your language preference.
- Select the most convenient office to
receive service. - Choose to receive communications and
appointment reminders through email or text. - Use your mobile device to check-in for
your appointment.
You can also reschedule, modify or cancel
your appointment online without having to
call or visit the office.
Hillary Hatch is the Public Affairs Special-
ist for West Michigan. You can write her c/o
Social Security Administration, 3045 Knapp
NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525, or via email at
[email protected].
Thomas (Tom) Lynden Johncock, age 68,
of Wyoming, MI passed away on February 2,
2024 at his residence.
Tom was born on June 23, 1955 in Hast-
ings, MI, the son of Jerry and Dorlene
(Ramey) Johncock. Tom was a man of
faith who enjoyed playing the piano and
reading.
Tom is survived by his sons, Lynden III
(Meghann) Johncock and Carlos Johncock;
three granddaughters; brothers, Jim (Toni)
Johncock, Phillip Johncock, William (Carol)
Johncock and Mark (Rhonda) Johncock.
An online memorial will be held, with a
burial at Prairieville Cemetery.
Please visit http://www.williamsgoresfuneral.
com to share a memory or leave a condolence
message for Tom’s familyThomas L. JohncockSOCIAL SECURITY MATTERS
1699 W. M43 Highway,
Hastings, MI 49058.945-1351 North M-43 Hwy.
Hastings
945-1301 W. Green St.
Hastings
945-This information on worship services is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churchesand these local businesses:HASTINGS FREE
METHODIST CHURCH
"We Exist To Be An Expression
Of Who Jesus Is To The World
Around Us". 2635 N. M-
Hwy., P.O. Box 8, Hastings.
Telephone 269-945-9121. Email
[email protected]. Website:
http://www.hastingsfreemethodist.
com. Pastor Brian Teed, Assistant
Pastor Emma Miller, Worship
Director, Martha Stoetzel.
Sunday Morning Worship:
9:45 a.m. with Kids Church and
Nursery. Aftermath Student
Ministries: Sundays 6 p.m.LIFEGATE
COMMUNITY CHURCH
301 E. State Rd., P.O. Box 273,
Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Scott
Price. Phone: 269-948-0900.
Website: http://www.lifegatecc.com.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m.
Wednesday Life Group 6:
p.m.COMMUNITY BAPTIST
CHURCH
502 E. Grand St., Hastings.
Pastor Tod Shook
Wednesdays - Bible Study - 6 to
7 p.m.; Sunday School - 9:30 to
10:30 a.m.; Sunday Service - 11
a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
http://www.cbchastings.org.SOLID ROCK BIBLE
CHURCH OF DELTON
7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 765,
(corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-
43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor
Roger Claypool, (517) 204-- Sunday Worship Service
10:30 to 11:30am, Nursery and
Children’s Ministry.
Wednesday night Bible study
and prayer time 6:30 to 7:
pm.
CHRIST THE KING
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH (PCA)
328 N. Jefferson Street.
Worship 10 a.m. Nursery
provided. Pastor Peter Adams,
contact 616-690-8609.ST. ROSE OF LIMA
CATHOLIC CHURCH
805 S. Jefferson. 269-945-
4246 Pastor Father Jeff
Hanley. Mass 4:30 p.m.
Saturday. Mass 8 and 11 a.m.
Sunday.PLEASANTVIEW
FAMILY CHURCH
2601 Lacey Road, Dowling,
MI 49050. Pastor, Steve
Olmstead. (269) 758-
church phone. Sunday Service:
10 a.m.WOODLAND UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
203 N. Main. Pastor: Kathy
Smith. Sunday School 9:
a.m.; Worship 10:15 a.m.HASTINGS
BAPTIST CHURCH
309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings.
Matt Moser, Lead Pastor.
Sunday Services: 9:15 a.m.
Sunday School for all ages;
10:30 a.m. Worship Service;
Senior High Youth Group 6-
p.m.; Young Adults 6-9 p.m.
Wednesday, Family Night
6:30-8 p.m., Kids 4 Truth
(Children Kindergarten-5th
Grade), 6:30-8 p.m. Middle
School Youth Group; 6:
p.m. Bible Study and Prayer.
Call Church Office 948-
for information.WOODGROVE
BRETHREN
CHRISTIAN PARISH
4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor
Randall Bertrand. Wheel-chair
accessible and elevator.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Worship Time 10:30 a.m.
Youth activities: call for
information.Worship
Together
. ..at the church of your choice ~
Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for
your convenience...
Fiberglass
ProductsHastings High School releases honor roll
Hastings High School has announced its
honor roll for the first semester of the 2023-
24 academic year.
The following honor roll is calculated
based on a cumulative grade point average,
starting with a student’s first semester of high
school through the end of first semester this
school year. An asterisk for students in ninth,
10 th and 11th grades indicates a 4.0 GPA.
12th grade
Top honors (4.0 and above)
Lucy Barnard, Abigail Beemer, Alexandria
Herder, Adeline Nickels, Abigail Peake,
Olivia White.
Highest honors (3.75-3.99)
Abigail Byykkonen, Diego Coipel, Toby
Comensoli, Logan Graham, Allison Kerby,
Olivia Meeker, Natalie Minch, Riley Shults,
Reuben Solmes, Jaeden Stevens, Cecilia
Thunder, Gavin Tinkler, Adrianne VanDen-
burg, Audrey Vertalka.
High honors (3.25-3.74)
Sergynho Arias, Mason Bailey, Blake Bar-
num, Dekota Blough, Kaylie Carl, Owen Car-
roll, Trey Casey, Peightyn Cronk, Alydar Dico,
Jordyn Downs, Paige Elliott, Lucas Gray,
Damien Green, Heath Hays, Demensia John-
son, Madysen Kuestner, Camilla Loss, Raegen
Morrison, Hannah Neal, Charles Nickels, Ellen
Payne, Raedyn Rathbun, Alexie Roberts, Madi-
son Roberts, Crystal Schnerre, William Smalley,
Ellie Smith, Sophia Sunior, Howard Teed.
Honor roll (3.0-3.24)
Brayden Bies, Denver Brill, Zacharia Byle,
Kacey Campbell, Kimber Fenstemaker, Sky-
lar Fenstemaker, Carly Frazer, Lydia Griffith,
A. Lang Haines, David Jiles, Mia Maya San-
tos, Kaitlyn Moore, Evan Porter, Lila Rea,
Isabelle Roosien, Aubree Rowse, Aiden Sain-
tAmour, Brennan Sensiba, Lars Sorensen,
Landon Steward, Ryan VanDorp.
11th grade
Highest honors (3.75 and above)
*Isabel Gee, Ondreya Griswold, Rachael
Hewitt, Micah Johnson, Donald Kuck, Ken-
nedy Lewis, Jordan Milanowski, *Alyson
Miller, Seth Pirtle, Brennan Reser, Brandon
Simmons, *Lilyah Solmes, Victoria Tack.High honors (3.25-3.74)
Tanner Allerding, Tanner Armstrong, Elis-
sa Bafaro, Jett Barnum, Mason Benton, Riley
Bondurant, Anika Bourassa, Carter Favreau,
Ella Ferguson, Alexander Galaviz, JoDee
Gaskill, Naomi Grummet, Baylie Guernsey,
Jordan Humphrey, Logan Kerby, Kalli Kon-
ing, Alan Li, Miles Lipsey, Preston Meece,
Hayley Miller, MaeLynn Miller, Mia Miller,
Jayse Peterson, Amelia Price, Elijah Randall,
Hayley Rasey, Ronaldo Rios Santana, Heav-
en Simmet, Nicklas Stehr, Jennifer Stoline,
Brooklyn Strickland, Melany Vargas, Zoe
Watson, Memphis White.
Honor roll (3.00-3.24)
Justine Bayabay, Garrett Dunn, Alora Fish,
Christian Haire, Isabella Harvath, Makaila
Hawkins, Brett Johnson, Isabella Kensington,
Rachel King, Dawson Lewis, Kyle Morgan,
Heather Shakespeare, Anna Shaver, Jordyn
Winters.
10th grade
Highest honors (3.75 and above)
Annemarie Allerding, Ashlyn Bailey,Reese Bernstein, Olivia Bucher, Matthew
Domenico, *Charlotte Drake, Lauren Gee,
Riley Gurtowsky, *Riley Herron, *Ethan
Holman, Daniel Jensen, Carter Krzysik,
Adriana Meyers, Jadalie Miller, Ava Note-
boom, Josalyn Russell, Bayley Smith,
Brayden Thielen, Collin Tossava, Mazie
Waterman.
High honors (3.50-3.74)
Aden Armstrong, Aiden Byle, Ellie Cous-
ins, Bronson Elliott, Anderson Forell, Olivia
Friddle, Alexander Kohmescher, Maylee
Olin, Carisa Rosenberger, Matthew Shults,
Natalie Snyder, Gracie Wilson.
Honor roll (3.25-3.49)
Carter Bell, Kyla Brown, Nella Coipel,
Shiloh Crandall, Spencer Crozier, Colten
Denton, Kyle Echtinaw, Olivia Goodrich,
Reese Hammond, Jacqueline Herrera Nuno,
Tanner Hill, Jacquelynn Johnston, Dezarae
Mathis, Megan Ramey, Tyce Richardson,
Kendell Shinault, Isabelle Stanton, Nathan
Traver, Dixie Verbeek, Angelina Waterman,
Mason Wright.Ninth grade
Highest honors (3.75 and above)
*Meredith Ansorge, Jaxon Blake, Ashton
Brubaker, *Alexa DeCamp, Henry Elzinga,
Petra Foster, Sadie Hanford, Ethan Haw-
thorne, *Sophia Haywood, Gabryella Juske-
wicz, Zachary Patterson, Caroline Randall,
*William Renner IV, *Mallory Rohe, Lucy
Shafer, *Annika Solmes, Spencer Wilkins.
High honors (3.50-3.74)
Olivia Allen, Morgan Cross, Quintin Eber-
ly, Bella Friddle, Lola Grego, Mallory Harris,
Brissa Hernandez-Hernandez, Colt Jousma,
Madison Killian, Logan Kimmel, Caleb
Kramer, Tori Morgan, Ava Patterson, Chloe
Pirtle, Madison Stora, Hayden Van Zanten,
Zikarra Warner, Raegan Wattles.
Honor roll (3.25-3.49)
Audrey Aicken, Jordyn Birdsall, Kyra Bish-
op, Lily Bishop, Jackson Busson, Milo Clore,
Arika Harris, Ava Herbert, Cordelia Kniaz, Yves
LaPonsie, Aubree Milcher, Aaron Minogue,
Maverik Peake, Cassie Rosenberg, Allison Tefft,
Ember Twiss, Emma Warner, Marlayna Young.Daniel Wayne Asher, Hastings and
Marriage Licenses Lacey Kay Holtrust, HastingsVillage of Nashville plans for
new community garden
Leila Wood
Contributing Writer
With spring approaching, preparations are
underway for a new community garden in
Nashville.
Barry County Commissioner Mike Call-
ton, who is a resident and business owner in
Nashville, serves as one of the few people
heading up the project, which was announced
late last year.
Organizers recently purchased a 10-by-14-
foot shed from Michigan Dutch Barns for
about $4,200 and it will be delivered once the
spring flooding has receded at the site, which
is next to Riverside Park, near the Thornapple
River.
The shed will be placed on an existing
cement pad, next to the main part of the gar-
den.
“Once the shed arrives, we can pick up
fencing, hoses, wheelbarrows, hoes and
secure them in the barn,” Callton said in an
e-mail.
The group began preparing the garden beds
last fall, by staking out the area, mowing thegrass, and covering it with cardboard, leaves
and tarps, which should kill the grass and
weeds without the need for herbicides.
Callton said the Barry County Farm Bureau
has offered to donate $600 worth of soil,
which they will likely put down in March,
and then they expect to begin planting most
of their crops around the end of May.
LilyRose Arriaga, who works as District 7
4-H Program Coordinator for MSU Exten-
sion and has been instrumental in the process
of preparing for the Nashville Community
Garden, used a garden planning software
program to create the layout for the garden,
taking into account the types of plants mem-
bers of the group wanted to grow.
Callton showed the layout to the Nashville
Village Council during its meeting earlier this
month, and he said that the program calcu-
lates how much space each plant will need, so
they have been able to plan the garden pre-
cisely, right down to the exact number of each
type of plant and how far to space them out.
The proposed budget for the garden is
$7,000, and they are receiving fundingthrough a grant from the Barry Community
Foundation.
The Nashville Community Garden Com-
mittee, which has been meeting monthly
since October, now has 13 members.
“I am very impressed with the committee’s
work to date,” said Catherine Getty, who is
the Executive Director of Blue Zones Acti-
vate Barry County, as well as a member of the
Barry County Commission and an important
part of the Nashville Community Garden
team.
“They are working collaboratively to make
the first season a success,” she continued.
“They are a great group with a mix of experi-
enced gardeners and those new to growing
their own fruits and vegetables. I am looking
forward to what they can accomplish in their
first season.”
Their next monthly meeting will take place
at 6 p.m., Feb. 19, at Nashville Chiropractic
Center.
Meetings are generally on the first Wednes-
day of the month, but the February meeting
was moved due to a scheduling conflict.The shed that has been selected by the Nashville Community Garden Committee. It will be delivered once the spring flooding
has receded. (Photo provided)