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979-Community leader and Battle Creek
native Shanay A. Settles has been honored
as the inaugural recipient of the Peter
J. Christ Leaders Fellowship for Battle
Creek.
“This prestigious fellowship recognizes
and supports emerging leaders within the
community, providing opportunities for
professional development and growth,”
according to a press release from the
Battle Creek Community Foundation
(BCCF).
Christ is a former president and CEO of
the BCCF.
“This fellowship means everything,”
Settles said of receiving the fellowship. “It
adds an extension to what I believe in, and
I believe in Battle Creek.”
The fellowship, created in honor of
Christ, aims to provide professional devel-
opment and learning opportunities for
Battle Creek’s emerging leaders through
customized mentoring, stipend support
and tools like The Leadership Challenge
LPI Self-Assessment.
Settles has a long history with the
BCCF, and as a community leader.
“Not only does she serve her community
as a Registered Environmental Health
Specialist who works for the Calhoun
County Public Health Department, but
Settles is the second generation of her
family to be involved with BCCF,” the
press release stated.
She followed her grandmother Elizabeth
Settles’ long tradition of volunteerism
with the foundation with an impressive
resume of her own.
To date, Shanay Settles has served on
several BCCF committees, as well as
stints with the Calhoun County Land
Bank Authority’s Washington Heights
Neighborhood Advisory Committee,
Washington Heights United MethodistChurch and Community “Hub of Hope,”
Substance Abuse Prevention Services
(Albion), and the Calhoun County
Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Committee, among others.
Settles said the fellowship is even more
special because of the person it honors.
Settles said she wants to honor Christ
with how she chooses to make use of the
fellowship.
She also noted he was instrumental
in getting her grandmother involved in
BCCF.
Settles said she is ready to step further
into a leadership role within the commu-
nity and that the fellowship will further
that goal.
“As I enter my next phase of my career,
I want to build my leadership,” she said.
Candidates can be nominated annually
for the fellowship.
Applicants are nominated based on their
leadership potential and the value profes-
sional development can add to that poten-
tial.
They are then invited to complete a
short application confirming their interest
in the fellowship.
A selection committee then reviews the
nominees and selects that year’s recipient.Shanay Settles earns first Peter J. Christ Leaders Fellowship
Shanay A. Settles, the 2024-25 recipient
of the Peter J. Christ Fellowship, is shown
with Christ, former president and CEO of
the Battle Creek Community Foundation.The Michigan Green
Communities program awarded Battle
Creek the gold seal of achievement for
sustainability efforts and environmen-
tal leadership in 2023, says spokesper-
son Eric McClure.
The city was among 63 local
governments that participated in the
annual Michigan Green Communities
(MGC) Challenge, which recognizes
community achievements in such areas
as energy efficiency, climate adapta-
tion and resilience, recycling and envi-
ronmental justice.
Battle Creek was among 36 commu-
nities to achieve gold status.
“The city was recognized for exem-
plary action in multiple categories,
including planning, economic devel-
opment, land use, energy efficiency,materials management — recycling,
composting, waste diversion — water
conservation and protection, clean
mobility and community engagement,”
said McClure.
The city is currently conducting its
first community-wide greenhouse gas
inventory, which will serve as a baseline
for measuring future progress in energy
efficiency efforts.B.C. earns gold seal from Mich. Green Communities
STATE OF MICHIGAN
10TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
FORFEITURE NOTICE
Land Contract
Court Address: 161 E. Michigan
Avenue, Battle Creek, 49014
Court Telephone No. (269) 969-
6666
Mackenzie Lorne Cook
861 East Michigan Avenue
Marshall, MI 49068- You are notified that a
certain land contract, dated
January 8, 2014, between
Joseph M. Hagenbarth and Ellen
L. Hagenbarth as seller(s), and
Mackenzie Lorne Cook and
Gwendolyn Kay Cook (formerly
Zuck) as purchaser(s),
concerning the property at 720
E. Green Street, Marshall, MI
49068 is in default because of
nonpayment of installments of
principal and/or interest, and
also because of unpaid taxes
and other maintenance costs
related to the commission of
waste at the property. - You have forfeited your
rights under the land contract,
and payment is demanded by
Joseph M. Hagenbarth and Ellen
L. Hagenbarth who hold the land
contract as seller. - The sum of $12,021.91 is
now past due in principal and
interest under the land contract,
plus the sums of included for
taxes, and other maintenance
repairs for waste. The dates
upon which payments were due
are each monthly payment since
8/18/2023, late fees, 2022
taxes, and 2023 taxes. - The total amount due, or
the material breach(es) of
contract, must be cured or paid
within 15 days from the date of
the service of notice upon you. - If the total amount due is
not paid in full within the time
stated, or if the material
breach(es) is/are not cured
within the time stated, the land
contract will be forfeited, as
provided in the contract, and
you will be required to move out
and give up the described
property without further notice
to you. IF YOU DO NOT MOVE
OR PAY VOLUNTARILY, THE
CONTRACT HOLDER MAY TAKE
YOU TO COURT TO EVICT YOU.
Date: 7/25/Attorney for Sellers
Jason S. H. ter Avest (P77841)
One West Michigan Avenue
Battle Creek, MI 49017
(269) 966-READ US ONLINE
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