46 Thursday, August 29, 2024 BATTLE CREEK SHOPPER NEWS http://www.thebattlecreekshopper.com
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP
SUMMARY OF ACTIONS TAKEN BY TOWNSHIP BOARD
8-19-24This is a summary of actions taken by the Marshall Township Board of Trustees at its
regular meeting held on August 19, 2024, at 6 p.m. at the Marshall Township Hall, 13551 Myron
Avery Drive, Marshall, MI. Members present: David Bosserd, Supervisor; Jeffrey Albaugh,
Clerk; David VanArman, Treasurer; Robert Lyng and Dan Walsh, Trustees. Absent: None.
• The Supervisor called the meeting to order at 6 p.m.
• The proposed agenda was approved.
• Received reports: Permits issued; Fire Chief; Treasurer; Station 1 Project.
• Approved: Minutes of 7-15-24 Board meeting; bill list total of $543,028.31;2024-25
Budget and General Appropriations Act Amendment #1 RE: Sources of funding
realignment; re-appointment of David VanArman to Fire Board for term ending 6-30-
30; accepting resignation of Zoning Administrator Paul Anderson effective 8-31-24;
authorizing Clerk to place ad in Ad-Visor and Shopper inviting letters of interest to
fill the vacant Zoning Administrator position; extending reporting date for Planning
Commission on Marijuana regulation referral by Board to 3-31-25; setting Monday,
September 30, 2024, at 7 p.m. for a joint workshop with Planning Commission on
Marijuana regulation and other Zoning matters of interest; authorizing a letter from
the Township Board requesting an update from the Calhoun County Road Depart-
ment and NextEra for the corrective actions for the water issue on H Drive North
between 13 and 14 Mile Roads for the 9-3-24 Planning Commission (requested by
the Planning Commission); changing Township Representative under the Develop-
ment Agreement with MAEDA for Fire Station 1 from Treasurer David VanArman
to Supervisor David Bosserd with Clerk Jeff Albaugh as alternate representative;
changing the December regular meeting to Monday, December 9, 2024, at 7 p.m..
• Next regular meeting is September 16, 2024, at 7 p.m.A complete copy of the public minutes of Marshall Township Board meetings and all non-exempt
documents referred to in the above summary will be available on the township website: http://www.
marshalltownship.org or can be obtained by contacting the township office at the address and
telephone number below.MARSHALL TOWNSHIP APPROVED:
Jeffrey S. Albaugh, Clerk David Bosserd, Supervisor
13551 Myron Avery Drive
Marshall, MI 49068
269-781-7976 [email protected]WILL KOWALSKI
Sports Editor/Asst. Editor
The Michigan High School
Athletics Association’s Fall 2024
campaign for local and state-wide
affiliated schools got underway Aug.
12 with first practices being allowed,
and regular-season events in some
sports began Aug. 15.
Following are the varsity prep
sports schedules for local teams for
the next couple of weeks.
Proudly, the Shopper News is the
only local media outlet that makes
this schedule available all school-
year long in a comprehensive form
involving all city high school varsity
teams under the MHSAA umbrella,
along with the schedules of four other
nearby schools that are part of the
SN’s sports coverage area: Athens,
Galesburg-Augusta, Climax-Scotts
and Gull Lake.
- Note 1: Any local school, busi-
ness or individual(s) interested in
sponsoring a Prep Schedule header
advertisement for thiese weekly lists
of upcoming local high school varsity
sports events can call the Shopper
News at (269) 965-3955 for more
information.
The Prep Schedule for the 2024-25
MHSAA school year (Fall, Winter,
Spring) will run through early June
next year. The Prep Schedule header
ad for one’s local business, group,
organization or individual(s) – which
would share with the community
one’s support of local prep athletics –
can be for one week, multiple weeks,
months or for the entire 2024-25
MHSAA school year.- Note 2: A note to all local
coaches – to those coaching varsity
sports at Battle Creek Central, Battle
Creek Academy, Calhoun Christian,
Harper Creek, Lakeview, Pennfield,
St. Philip, Athens, Climax-Scotts,
Galesburg-Augusta and Gull Lake:
After every game, match or meet
this season, please email your team’s
final score(s) and student-athlete sta-
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
tistical highlights to Shopper News
Sports Editor/Assistant Editor Will
Kowalski at [email protected].
That way, the names and accom-
plishments of local student-athletes
can get printed in the Shopper News.
PREP SCHEDULE
FALL 2024
Wednesday, Aug. 28- Boys’ Soccer: Battle Creek
Central at Lakeview, 6:30 p.m.;
Delton Kellogg at Harper Creek,
6:30 p.m.; Pennfield at Parchment, 6
p.m.; Gull Lake at Portage Northern,
6:30 p.m. - Boys’ Tennis: Battle Creek
Central Co-Op (with STP) at
Stevensville-Lakeshore, 4 p.m.;
Lakeview at St. Joseph, 4 p.m.; Gull
Lake at P-Northern, 4 p.m. - Cross Country: Harper Creek
at Kalamazoo Central, time TBA;
Lakeview at Southwest Michigan
Rustbuster Invitational, time TBA,
at Warner amp at Grand Junction;
Athens at Concord, 5 p.m. - Girls’ Golf: Lakeview, Gull Lake
at Full SMAC Meet No. 1, 9 a.m., at
Bedford Valley GC - Girls’ Swimming & Diving:
Harper Creek at SCC Relays, time
TBA - Girls’ Volleyball: Pennfield at
Williamston Quad, 5 p.m.; Gull Lake
at Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 29 - Boys’ Soccer: Jackson Christian
at Calhoun Christian Co-Op (with
STP and C-S), 5 p.m.; Howardsville
Christian at B.C. Academy, 5:30
p.m. - Boys’ Tennis: Chelsea at Harper
Creek, 4:30 p.m. - Football: Byron Center at Battle
Creek Central, 7 p.m. (rescheduled
from Aug. 30), Harper Creek at
Lakeview, 7 p.m.; Lakewood-Lake
Odessa at Pennfield, 7 p.m. (Rocket
Football Night); Burr Oak at Athens,
7 p.m.; GR NorthPointe Christian at
Climax-Scotts, 7; Galesburg-Augusta
at Decatur, 7 p.m.; Gull Lake at
Marshall, 7 p.m. - Girls’ Volleyball: Hillsdale
Will Carlton Academy at Calhoun
Christian, 5 p.m.; Athens at Union
City, 5 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 30 - Football: St. Philip Co-Op (co-op
with Calhoun Christian) at Bangor,
7 p.m.
Aug. 31-Sept. 2 - No local varsity prep sports
scheduled, Labor Day Weekend
Tuesday, Sept. 3- Boys’ Soccer: Battle Creek
Academy at Wyoming Tri-Unity
Christian, 5:30 p.m.; Portage Central
at Battle Creek Central, 6:30 p.m.;
Hillsdale Will Carleton Academy at
Calhoun Christian Co-Op, 5 p.m.;
Kalamazoo Hackett at Harper Creek,
6 p.m.; Lakeview at Kalamazoo Loy
Norrix, 6:30 p.m.; Mattawan at Gull
Lake, 6:30 p.m. - Boys’ Tennis: Battle Creek
Central at Gull Lake, 4 p.m.;
Coldwater at Harper Creek, 4 p.m.;
Lakeview at Kalamazoo Central, 4
p.m.; Pennfield at Plainwell, 4 p.m. - Cross Country: Harper Creek at
Berrien Springs, 4 p.m. - Girls’ Swimming-Diving: Portage
Northern at Battle Creek Central, 6
p.m.; St. Joseph at Lakeview, 6 p.m. - Girls’ Volleyball: Olivet at Battle
Creek Central, 6:30 p.m.; Climax-
Scotts at Burr Oak, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 4 - Cross Country: Athens at
Springport, 3:45 p.m. - Girls’ Golf: Harper Creek,
Pennfield at Interstate Eight
Jamboree, at Harper Creek, 11:30
a.m. (at Binder Park GC) - Girls’ Volleyball: Battle Creek
Central at Tecumseh, 5 p.m.;
Marshall at Lakeview, 6:30 p.m.;
Charlotte at Pennfield, 6:30 p.m.;
Gull Lake at Vicksburg Mini
Invitational, 4 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 5 - Boys’ Soccer: Hillsdale Will
Carleton Academy at Battle Creek
Academy, 5:30 p.m.; Gull Lake at
Battle Creek Central, 6:30 p.m.;
Kalamazoo Cougars at Calhoun
Christian Co-Op, 5 p.m.; Three
Rivers at Harper Creek, 5:30
p.m.; Lakeview at Kalamazoo
Central, 6:30 p.m.; Maple Valley at
Pennfield, 6 p.m. - Boys’ Tennis: Kalamazoo Loy
Norrix at Battle Creek Central, 2
p.m. and Portage Central at Battle
Creek Central, 4:30 p.m.; Harper
Creek at Pennfield, 4 p.m.; Portage
Central at Lakeview, 2 p.m. and
Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Lakeview,
4:30 p.m.; Gull Lake at Kalamazoo
Central, 4 p.m. - Cross Country: Galesburg-
Augusta at Delton Kellogg
Invitational, 5 p.m., at Gilmore Car
Museum
See PREP on 4h7