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TOWNSHIP OF BALTIMORE2024 NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Review will meet at the Township Hall, 3100
E. Dowling Rd. Hastings, MI 49058, to examine and review the 2024 Assessment
roll. The board will convene on the following dates for the hearing of appeals of
assessments or taxable values, poverty exemptions, parcel classification appeals and/
or current year qualified agricultural denials:Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 1:00 pm Organizational Meeting
Hearings will be the week of March 10, 2024
Monday, March 11, 2024, 9:00 am to 12 noon and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 1 pm to 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm to 9:00 pmAnd on such additional days as required to hear all persons who have given notice of the
desire to be heard until assessment rolls have been revised, corrected and approved.Letter appeals will be accepted and must be received no later than 9:00 pm March 13th,
2024.Tentative ratios and estimated multipliers for 2024 are as follows:
Agricultural 42.91% 1.
Commercial 44.72% 1.
Industrial 47.69% 1.
Residential 40.98% 1.
Personal Property 50.00% 1.Tentative equalization factor of 1.0000 for all classes is expected
after completion of Board of Review.
Chad VanSyckle, Supervisor Baltimore Township
Scott Anderson, Assessor Baltimore TownshipBaltimore Township Board Meetings are open to all without regard to race, color, national
origin, sex or disability.American with Disabilities (ADA) Notice
The township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to
individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon seven (7) days notice to
Baltimore Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services
should contact Baltimore Township by writing or calling.
Baltimore Township Clerk
Jana Harding Bishop
3100 E Dowling Rd
Hastings, MI 49058
269.378-BARRY TOWNSHIP
BOARD OF REVIEW
The Barry Township Board of Review will meet on Wednesday,
March 6 at 9:00 am to receive and review the assessment roll. Meetings
to hear assessment appeals will be held Tuesday, March 12, from 9am to
noon & 1pm to 4pm and Thursday March 14, from 2pm to 5pm & 6pm to
9pm. Written appeals must be received before March 11, 2024 and must
include a completed Michigan form L-4035, “Petition to Board of Review”.The tentative ratios and multipliers for each class of real property
for 2024 are as follows:
CLASS RATIO MULTIPLIER
Agricultural 46.44% 1.
Commercial 51.54% 0.
Industrial 44.43% 1.
Residential 44.53% 1.Please contact Barry Township with any questions by writing the Barry
Township, P.O. Box 705, Delton, MI 49046 or phone 269-623-5171.212530picked off a Viking pass and went the other
way to earn a trip to the free throw line where
he knocked down a pair that cut the Hopkins’
lead to 35-14. He nearly stole the Vikings’
inbounds pass after the free throws, but an
official blew his whistle to say that he thought
Nickels’ toe hit the sideline before he could
save the ball back to junior teammate Jett
Barnum. Five seconds later he knocked away
another Viking pass out of bounds.
“It was like that kid had a magnet on his
hands,” Hastings head coach Jess Webb said
of Nickels. “He was just an athlete that
moved. He didn’t foul. He was able to just hit
the ball and make plays. I think him, Dre’s
movement around and deflections and stuff
like that. Obviously Owen, I think he had he
just went unconscious which we had to have
the combinations of that and the crowd and
the momentum swings. You could tell we had
Hopkins on their heels in that third quarter.”
With four minutes to go in the third quarter
the Hopkins lead was down to 35-19.
Nickels got another steal with three and a
half minutes to go, and was pushed in the
back by the guy he swiped the pass from in
front of. The frustrated Viking drew a techni-
cal foul for his complaints as the Hastings’
fans continued to erupt.
The Saxons hit two of their four free
throws following that incident, and on the
extra possession Carroll banked in a
three-pointer that had the Viking lead in sin-
gle digits for the first time in the second half.
Carroll, Hastings’ senior point guard, fin-
ished with a game-high 32 points.
As the clock neared three minutes to go in
the third, Saxon senior guard David Jiles
missed a three-pointer. Teammate Owen Car-
roll chased down the offensive rebound and
then missed a three of his own. Senior team-
mate Landon Steward snagged the offensive
board after that miss and went back up for two
points that had Hastings within 37-29. Stew-
ard immediately took the ball away from the
Vikings near half-court, drove towards the
hoop and then found Carroll for a three-point-
er that cut their deficit to five points.
Barnum attacked the basket for two points
to get the Saxons within 37-34 with two min-
utes to go in the third quarter.A floater in the lane by Carroll made it a
38-36 game and he cut a four-point Viking
lead to two again, at 40-38, with 53.5 seconds
to go in the third with a pair of free throws.
After Nickels’ game-tying lay-up, Hopkins
got the lead back in the opening minute of the
fourth quarter on a three-pointer by Jayden
Reed. The teams were back and forth for the
first half of the fourth quarter. Jiles attacked
the basket for two points with 3:52 to play in
the fourth to put Hastings in front 52-50 and
the Saxons led the rest of the night.
Carroll had a 5-of-5 stretch at the free-
throw-line to move the Saxons in front 57-
and they were hitting big time shots too in
that first half. Jiles was 4-for-4 at the line in
the final 37 seconds to seal the win.
Carroll scored 29 of his 32 pointS in the
second half. He hit six three-pointers and was
8-of-9 at the free-throw-line. That after a first
half in which he was 1-of-10 from the floor
overall and 1-of-9 from behind the three-
point line. The Saxon team as a whole was
just 2-of-22 shooting the basketball in the
first half.
Jiles finished with 11 points. He was 5-of-
at the line for the night. Steward added five
points and junior guard Dre Mathis, Nickels,
junior center Eli Randall and Barnum had
four points apiece for Hastings.
The Hopkins’ attack was a bit more bal-
anced. Reed led the way with 11 points. Micah
Estelle had ten, Nick Schultz nine, Trent
Smith eight, Zapolnik seven and Cruz Hitzler
and Connor Ainsworth had six points apiece.
Hopkins closes its season with a 7-
mark.
The Vikings scored the game’s first ten
points, had a 15-5 lead at the end of the first
quarter, and they went on a 14-0 run to close
the first half.
While the shots weren’t falling in that first
half for the Saxons, Webb said part of the issue
on the offensive end was how they were mov-
ing the basketball against the Hopkins zone.
“We weren’t getting the ball in the paint
like we wanted to in their zone,” Webb said.
“We weren’t attacking the gaps. In that 3-
zone they play, we really need to attack gaps,
get into the paint and hit the low post through
either penetration or ball movement.”DISTRICT, continued from page 9 –––––––––––––––––––
DK wins regular season finale
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
Delton Kellogg earned a spot in the top
half of the final Southwestern Athletic Con-
ference Central Division standings by out-
scoring Martin 59-37 in the regular season
finale at Martin High School Friday.
The Panthers finished the conference sea-
son with a 5-5 record behind the 9-1 Sau-
gatuck and Galesburg-Augusta teams that
tied atop the conference standings.
Delton Kellogg closed the regular season
with a 10-11 overall score.
Bloomingdale was set to host the Delton
Kellogg and Holland Black River teams for
an MHSAA Division 3 District Semifinal
Wednesday evening. Panthers and River Rats
split their two SAC Central meetings this
winter. The winner of that ballgame will face
either Fennville or Saugatuck in the District
Final Friday at 7 p.m. back at Bloomingdale
High School.
While the Panthers were well in control
in the end against the Clippers, who fin-
ished 0-10 in the SAC Central, things didn’t
start so smooth. Martin held a 10-8 lead
over the Panthers heading into the second
quarter.
Senior Chad Stopher knocked down an
early jumper in the second quarter to start a
15-3 run that put the Delton Kellogg team in
control. Exchange-student Hugo Martino had
a bucket and a nice assist to Stopher early in
that stretch, and a three by freshman guard
Grady Matteson was big too.
Delton Kellogg led 23-16 at the half, and
back-to-back buckets by Matteson late in the
third quarter pushed the Panther lead over 20
points for the first time.
“Really satisfying way to end the regular
season to be able to get everyone in the game
and have some good moments of offensive
execution,” Delton Kellogg head coach Jim
Hogoboom said. “I was pleased with the way
we played at both ends in the third quarter. I
thought our freshman, Grady Matteson, was
outstanding with his defensive movement
and created some steals that we were able to
run out and get some easy baskets. His three
three-pointers came at times we needed a
spark.”
Matteson had 17 points in the ballgame.
Stopher led the way with 18. The Panthers
also got eight points from Martino and Tyler
Howland.“Chad Stopher delivered again, getting the
ball in the basket with a variety of moves –
both facing from the perimeter and with his
back to the basket,” Hogoboom said. “Kid
plays bigger than he is and has great foot-
work. Keegan Hill also had some tremendous
plays with his penetration and feeds for easy
buckets a handful of times.”
Hill and Matteson could be especially key
in the state tournament. Senior guard Torren
Mapes remained sidelined with an injury in
the regular season finale and Howland was
headed for X-rays on a shoulder after a colli-
sion in the second half.
“He is so critical to everything we do and a
main reason we have been playing much bet-
ter as we prep for districts,” Hogoboom said
of Howland Friday. “All of our hearts and
minds are focused that direction as we wait
for results.”
Senior guard Logan Kent led Martin with
16 points.Saxons start state tourney Monday
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Hastings varsity girls’ basketball team
closes the 2023-24 season at home against
Grand Rapids Wellspring Prep tonight.
The Saxons will be looking to build a little
momentum heading into the MHSAA Divi-
sion 2 District Tournament in Portland next
week. Hastings opens the postseason taking
on Lakewood Monday at 7 p.m.
Hastings is 3-17 overall this season head-
ing into the match-up with Wellspring Prep
after a 46-35 loss to visiting Holland in a
non-conference ballgame Tuesday.
Saxon head coach Chase Youngs said the
Holland girls proved more adept at outside
shooting Tuesday evening than he had seen
on tape. The Dutch got three three-pointers
from Olivia Weiss in the opening quarter and
three more from Hadleigh Hilgert in the sec-
ond half.
Hilgert closed the night with a team-high
18 points. Weiss finished with 11 points.
Rachael Hewitt had 16 points for the Sax-
ons. Madilynn Peake hit a pair of first half
threes to finish with six points and Kalli Kon-
ing had five points for Hastings.
Hilgert had 13 points in the third quarter as
the Dutch pushed an 18-17 lead to 37-26 with
19 points in the third quarter. The Saxons
were held to single digits in points in each of
the four quarters.
Youngs knows things are becoming frus-
trating for his girls who continue to work
hard to not have those efforts turning into
points and victories.
The attack was limited a bit for the Saxons
by an injury suffered by sophomore Olivia
Friddle in an Interstate-8 Athletic Conference
loss to Marshall last Friday.
The Marshall girls dropped the Saxons to
1-11 in the I-8 with a 47-37 win. The Red-
Hawks close the conference season with a
7-5 mark.
Youngs said he thought his girls played
well. Marshall’s DeLaney Lampkin banked
in a three-point shot in the closing second sof the first half to push a lead from two
points to five.
Emily Dingee led Marshall with 16 points.
Youngs was really pleased with the defense
Myah Vincent played on Marshall leader
Addie Waito, holding her to a single field
goal. Waito had two points in the opening
quarter and finished with just seven points
total. She was 5-of-8 at the free throw line in
the second half.
“Myah played really well against Waito,”
Youngs said. “She was huge. [Waito] is as
good of a guard as we have in our league and
Myah held her to three. She has had a really
strong last half of her senior year defensive-
ly for us.”
Hewitt led the Hastings attack with 18
points. Fenstemaker had five points and Kon-
ing and Vincent both had four for Hastings.Delton Kellogg's Hugo Martino rejects a shot by Martin junior forward Nick Jager
during their Southwestern Athletic Conference Central Division ballgame at Martin
High School Friday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)Delton Kellogg's Victor Gonzalez goes
up with a shot over Martin's Abe Dijkstra
in the paint during the Panthers' win over
the host Clippers Friday night. (Photo by
Brett Bremer)
Hastings junior guard Kalli Koning performs a killer crossover to go around
Marshall's Addison Waito during the fourth quarter of the Friday night matchup. (Photo
by Perry Hardin)The Saxons' Madilynn Peake launches
a shot from the three-point-line during the
second quarter against Marshall Friday.
(Photo by Perry Hardin)