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TRUST ESTATE

Trust Estate of Living

Trust of Kenneth R. Gillett

and Wilma M. Gillett, dated

06/27/2008.

TO ALL CREDITORS:

The surviving Grantor and

of said Trust, Wilma M.

Gillett, born on 10/22/1933

who lived at 13661 6 1/2

Mile Road, Battle Creek, MI

49014, died on 06/10/2014.

Creditors of the dece-

dent are notified that all

claims against the dece-

dent, the above trust and

trustee will be forever

barred unless presented to

Daniel J. Gillett, Successor

Trustee of the Trust at 43

20th Street, Otsego, MI

49078, within four months

of the date of publication of

this notice.

Date: June 29, 2024

Patrick S. Hirzel P23884

Attorney-at-law

835 Golden Avenue

Battle Creek, MI 49014

269-963-8484

Trustee: Daniel J. Gillett

43 20th Street

Otsego, MI 49078

269-366-5452

Pennfield Gardens

19595 Capital Ave., NE • (269) 719-2719

Corner of Morgan Road, beside the Learning Center)

Sun. 10am-4pm; Mon., Tues., Wed., Sat. 9am-6pm; Thurs. & Fri. 9am-7pm

Michigan Produce Is Now In

Peaches & CreamPeaches & Cream

Sweet CornSweet Corn

• Michigan Blueberries


• Zucchini


• Summer Squash


• Pickles & Cucumbers

Annuals

50% Off

Garden Decor, Shrubs

& Trees 20% Off

Nice selection of Perennials

gun sporting team and Follies.

The Hansons have also regu-

larly supported the Athens Fire

Department, the annual Easter egg

hunt, the Community Association

and Homecoming.

Their support extends to neighbor-

ing communities, as well, by annu-

ally sponsoring yearbook ads at both

Union City and Tekonsha schools.

Jeff and Sherry have two children,

Lance and Logan, and they have had

a hand in raising many bonus kids

and grandkids over the years.

“Their house, arms and dinner table

have always been open to anyone

who needed them,” said Brunner.

While their kids were in school,

Sherry could often be found shuttling

kids around on trips with the Chess

Club or the marching band, or chap-

eroning nearly every field trip.

Jeff could be found making and

delivering biscuits and gravy for the

high school students during SAT

testing days, or feeding an entire

sports team the morning after a big

win.

They often opened the restaurant

early or closed late to accommodate

the needs of those in the community.

In addition to feeding everyone

who comes into the restaurant, the

Hansons also operate a catering busi-

ness.

In the early 2000s, they also

started Hanson’s Custom Deer

Processing as a side business, where

they now serve up to 900 people

every hunting season.

Both of their businesses have led to

lasting relationships with hundreds of

community members, said Brunner.

“Many people have walked into the

Copper Kettle as strangers, just look-

ing for a bite to eat, and have walked

out with not only a full belly but a

full heart, as customers regularly

become like family to the staff,” she

noted.

Jeff and Sherry would like to thank

the Athens community for always

supporting them.

ATHENS

Continued from Page 24

WILL KOWALSKI
Sports Editor/Asst. Editor

For the 13th straight summer,

Kim and Rusty Carroll of the local

Surf’s Up business headed the annual

Goguac Lake Fourth of July Boat

Parade during the early evening hours

of July 4.

Approximately 30 boats took part

in this year’s event, with most of the

water vehicles decked out in patriot-

ic-themed fashion.

The start and finish line along the

Goguac Lake shoreline was again the

area located in front of the former

Pasche’s Lakeside restaurant (off

Columbia Avenue in B.C.).

The parade of boats is always led

around the lake’s complete shoreline

by a member of the Calhoun County

Sheriff’s Department, and this year

that duty went to Deputy Matthew

Schimmel.

According to Kim Carroll, the fol-

lowing boats were rewarded with

prizes following the 2024 event:

• Best Party Boat: “Mel’s Bake
  Shop” – Mike and Melanie LeBarre.


• Most Patriotic Boat: “Branches of
  the Military (POW)” – KT Smith.


• People’s Choice Award (award
  for “Best Overall Boat”): “Top Gun”


• Lisa & Ernie Smith, Brittany &
  Adam Rider, Sarah Walker, Becky
  McCormick, Jacob Smith.


• Most Creative Boat Co-Winner:
  “Olympics” – Kathryn Simpson.


• Most Creative Boat Co-Winner:
  “Pickleball” – Joyce Sickle.
  Said Kim Carroll: “It was another
  great event featuring many, many
  great decorated boats and wonderful
  people. Plus, we hosted the (Field of
  Flight’s) air show military squadrons
  personnel (on Friday, July 5), so it
  was another busy and fun holiday
  week out on Goguac Lake again this
  year.”

Annual Goguac Lake Boat Parade

makes another Fourth of July splash

The “Olympics” boat received a Co-Most Creative Boat Award at the annual

Goguac Lake Fourth of July Boat Parade on Thursday, July 4. (Shopper News

photo by Will Kowalski)