HB 6.10.2021

Page 10 — Thursday, June 10, 2021 — The Hastings Banner

Delton Kellogg seniors recognized for academics and more

Like other local graduating seniors, the
final two years for Delton Kellogg High
School’s outgoing class were unusual and
challenging.
The senior tribute, the school’s annual
awards recognition, was one last unusual
event before the students became Panther
alumni. Instead of an in-person gathering,
seniors received a printed copy of comments
from school officials along with honors,
awards and scholarships.
Collectively, the class was offered more
than $2.5 million in scholarships, ranging in
size and provider, from small local
organizations to major universities.
“Your high school career was riddled with
COVID, EEE, and many starts and stops,”
Principal Lucas Trierweiler wrote to the
graduating seniors, “and yet you still have
accomplished many great things. I am so
proud of all of you and your accomplishments
over the last four years of high school.”
He shared his confidence in the abilities of
these seniors, whether they are heading to
further education, the work force or the
military.
“This class has been a class filled with
school spirit, teamwork, compassion,
competitiveness, drive, focus and outstanding
achievement,” Trierweiler wrote. “Your
legacy and the relationships you have built
throughout your careers will live on forever in
the Delton community. Good luck in all that
you do.”
Class sponsors and teachers Laura Hufford
and Mary McFanin pointed out that, along
with playing sports, working, volunteering or
other activities outside of school, many of the
students also spent time helping younger
siblings with remote learning over the past
few semesters.
“You have persevered,” they wrote, adding
their reassurances to seniors, if uncertainty
lies ahead.
“It’s OK if you don’t have any idea what
comes next,” they advised. “It’s OK if you
change your mind. It’s OK to not be OK right
now, but ask for help, take the risk, carry on!”
Counselor Jim Hogoboom offered
encouragement – and bit of financial advice
for the students.
“Although you’ve had to experience a
weird, and challenging, finish to your school
career, I don’t want that to overshadow all the
reasons you have to celebrate,” he wrote.
“Each of you has played a significant part in
who you are as the class of 2021 and how you
have impacted our school and community.
Regardless of your plans moving forward,
I’m confident you have what it takes to be
successful. Find a path that uses your gifts and
fills you with joy. Just make sure it pays!”
Awards, scholarships and honors given to
the graduating seniors included:
Academic recognition
Senior Scholarship awards – Valedictorian
Bradley Bunch and Salutatorian Lexi Morris.
Michigan Competitive Scholarship
Acknowledgement of Outstanding Academic
Achievement – Bradley Bunch, Lexi Morris,
Caitlin O’Meara, Jacob Shorey and Evelyn
Zettelmaier.
Bronze honors – 3.00-3.49 GPA
Logan Anderson, Alexandria Carter, Kitara
Chase, Elizabeth Fichtner, Jazzmine Harmon,
Toni Higgins, Hannah Maple, Hunter
Marshall, Cole McCord-Lake, Kaitlyn
McRae, Kiersten Moore, Cole Pape, Brett
Seagle and Shawna Stoneburner.

Silver high honors – 3.50-3. Ethan Campbell, Adam Froncheck, Gavin Houtkooper, Mackenzie Hull, Natalie Ritchie, Jacob Shorey and Evelyn Zettelmaier.

Gold Highest Honors – 3.85-4.00-plus G PA Bradley Bunch, Garrett Elliott, Lexi Morris and Caitlin O’Meara. Service and leadership recognition National Honor Society seniors – Bradley Bunch, Adam Froncheck, Gavin Houtkooper, Mackenzie Hull, Lexi Morris, Caitlin O’Meara, Natalie Ritchie, Jacob Shorey and Evelyn Zettelmaier. Leadership awards – Bradley Bunch, Mackenzie Hull, Cole Pape, Adam Froncheck, Hunter Marshall, Brett Seagle, Toni Higgins, Caitlin O’Meara, Blake Thomas, Gavin Houtkooper, Micah Ordway and Evelyn Zettelmaier. Citizenship awards – Logan Anderson, Bradley Bunch, Ethan Campbell, Alexandria Carter, Hattie Cleary, Logan Cross, Matthew Fales, Elizabeth Fichtner, Adam Froncheck, Chloe Harden, Toni Higgins, Gavin Houtkooper, Mackenzie Hull, Nicholas Johnson, Austyn Mann, Hannah Maple, Hunter Marshall, Kiersten Moore, Lexi Morris, Caitlin O’Meara, Micah Ordway, Trumen Prell, Brett Seagle, Jacob Shorey, Shawna Stoneburner, Blake Thomas, Amy Wilderotter and Evelyn Zettelmaier. Service awards – Jaden Boniface, Bradley Bunch, Kitara Chase, Garrett Elliott, Adam Froncheck, Gavin Houtkooper, Mackenzie Hull, Lexi Morris, Caitlin O’Meara, Micah Ordway, Natalie Ritchie, Brett Seagle, Jacob Shorey, Amy Wilderotter and Evelyn Zettelmaier. Local scholarships DKHS Staff Scholarship – Hattie Cleary Woody Wyngarden Memorial Scholarship

Kitara Chase
Delton Area Rotary College/University
$1,000 scholarships – Bradley Bunch, Lexi
Morris and Evelyn Zettelmaier.
Chamberlin Skilled Trades $
Scholarship – Garrett Elliott
John and Lillian Arnold $1,500 Scholarship

Natalie Ritchie
Donald Humphreys Memorial $
Scholarship – Logan Anderson
Gun Lake Women’s Club Skilled Trades
$500 Scholarship – Natalie Ritchie
Gun Lake Women’s Club $2,
Scholarship – Lexi Morris
Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship
$40,000 – Bradley Bunch
Mark Jeska Memorial $1,250 scholarships

Garrett Elliott and Evelyn Zettelmaier.
George and Doris Leonard $1,
scholarships – Garrett Elliott, Mackenzie
Hull, Lexi Morris, Caitlin O’Meara, Natalie
Ritchie and Evelyn Zettelmaier.
Kate Kwasny Memorial $1,000 Scholarship

Kitara Chase
Barry County Humane Society $1,
Scholarship – Lexi Morris
Wyatt M. Cook Memorial $1,
Scholarship – Garrett Elliott
Gladys Carol Williams $500 Scholarships
for Academic Excellence – Bradley Bunch,
Garrett Elliott, Caitlin O’Meara and Evelyn
Zettelmaier.
Barbara Colleen Hooten Memorial $1,
Scholarship – Kitara Chase
Delton Kellogg Trades/Vocational/
Community College $500 scholarships –

Natalie Ritchie and Kaitlynn Roach. Battle Creek Community Foundation Multiple Sclerosis Scholarship $500 – Lexi Morris DKEF $1,000 scholarships – Logan Anderson, Bradley Bunch, Ethan Campbell, Alexandria Carter, Kitara Chase, Garrett Elliott, Matthew Fales, Elizabeth Fichtner, Adam Froncheck, Gavin Houtkooper, Hannah Maple, Kaitlyn McRae, Lexi Morris, Caitlin O’Meara, Cole Pape, Natalie Ritchie, Kaitlynn Roach, Brett Seagle, Jacob Shorey and Evelyn Zettelmaier. Kellogg Community College Richard S. “Clair” Poole Memorial scholarships $1,

Kiersten Moore and Natalie Ritchie.
Pierce Cedar Creek Institute $
Scholarship – Shawna Stoneburner
College and university scholarships
Kalamazoo College Lux Esto Scholarship
$120,000 and Kalamazoo College Mandelle
Award $26,000 – Gavin Houtkooper
Calvin University Faculty Scholarship
$40,000 – Shawna Stoneburner
Ferris State University Crimson Scholarship
$6,000 – Kaitlyn McRae
College Board SAT Practice Scholarship
$1,000 – Kitara Chase
Michigan State University Michigan
Resident Scholarship $6,000 – Lexi Morris
Olivet College Presidential Scholarship
$56,000 and Olivet Be More Grant $31,

Elizabeth Fichtner
Lawrence Tech Presidential Scholarship
$64,000 – Caitlin O’Meara
University of Nebraska Ruth Leverton
Scholarship for $52,000 and $6,000 Housing
Credit – Adam Froncheck
Western Michigan University Scholarship
$48,000 – Chloe Colwell
MIT Scholarship $256,000, National
Horatio Alger Scholarship $20,000 and Elk
Scholar MVP $4,000 – Bradley Bunch
Club and extracurricular honors
Student council – senior class officers:
Jaden Boniface, Micah Ordway and Natalie
Ritchie.

Executive board: President Bradley Bunch, Secretary Brett Seagle and Treasurer Garrett Elliott. Versiti Leader for Life Certificate of Achievement – Jaden Boniface Interact seniors – Bradley Bunch, Kitara Chase, Elizabeth Fichtner, Natalie Ritchie Quiz Bowl seniors – Jacob Shorey and Evelyn Zettelmaier. Powerlifting seniors – Bradley Bunch, Elizabeth Fichtner, Hunter Marshall and Micah Ordway. Green Team seniors – Evelyn Zettelmaier Robotics Team seniors – Logan Anderson and Evelyn Zettelmaier. Delton Kellogg Theater Arts Company seniors – Peyton Beckwith, Jaden Boniface, Alexandria Carter, Jazzmine Harmon, Ashton LaTour, Hannah Maple, Emily Martin, Kaitlyn McRae, Jacob Shorey and Lauren Stoetzel. Senior band awards – Logan Anderson, Peyton Beckwith, Ethan Campbell, Alexandria Carter, Garrett Elliott, Alexis Gates, Ashton

LaTour, Kaitlyn McRae, Shawna Stoneburner and Evelyn Zettelmaier. Delton Kellogg Kick Line captain – Lexi Morris Department awards Band: John Philip Sousa Award – Logan Anderson English – Caitlin O’Meara French – Jacob Shorey General studies – Hattie Cleary Industrial arts – Nicholas Johnson Math – Bradley Bunch and Evelyn Zettelmaier Physical education – Gavin Houtkooper Science – Lexi Morris Social studies – Bradley Bunch and Gavin Houtkooper Spanish – Lexi Morris Technology – Brett Seagle Visual arts – Peyton Beckwith and Hannah Maple Weight training – Hunter Belew and Elizabeth Fichtner Yearbook editor award – Peyton Beckwith

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ON PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT

Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on June 28, 2021 at 7:00 PM

at the Leason Sharpe Hall, Barry Community Enrichment Center, 231 South Broadway, Hastings, Michigan 49058.

The subject of the public hearing will be the consideration of the following amendment to the Barry County Zoning Ordinance of 2008, as amended:

MAP CHANGE A-2-

Request to rezone a portion of land in Section 8 of Orangeville Township, also known as 5075 Oarie Drive and 5050 Marsh Road. (See attached map.)

FROM RR (Rural Residential) TO MU (Mixed Use)

All of the above mentioned property is located in Barry County, Michigan.

Legal Description of Parcels:

Commence at the N 1/4 post of Section 8, T2N, R10W; THN N 88 DEG 09’15” W 384 ft; THN S 335 ft ; THN S 88 DEG 09’15” E 384 ft; THN N 335 ft to the P.O.B.

Interested persons desiring to present their views upon the proposed amendment, either verbally or in writing, will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned place and time. Any written response may be mailed to Planning & Zoning, 220 West State Street, Hastings Michigan 49058, faxed to (269) 948-4820, or emailed to Barry County Planning Director James McManus at jmcmanus@barrycounty. org. The proposed amendment of the Barry County Zoning Ordinance is available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning & Zoning Department, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday – Friday. Please call the Barry County Planning & Zoning Department at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or call the following: Michael Brown, County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, (269) 945-1284, [email protected].

This notice is given pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Open Meetings Act (Public Act 267 of 1976) as amended.

Pamela A. Palmer, Barry County Clerk

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Bananas, cucumbers and other ‘berries’

Dr. Universe: Why are some berries poisonous? Where does the poison come from and how does it get in the berries? Bianca, 4 1/2, California

Dear Bianca, A lot of living things on our planet have defenses they use in the wild to help them survive. For some plants, being poisonous may help keep them from becoming some- one’s dinner. That’s what I found out from my friend Wendy Hoashi-Erhardt, a scientist who directs the Small Fruit Plant Breeding program at Washington State University. Berries such as deadly nightshade, holly, and snowberries – just to name a few – are not safe for humans to eat. These kinds of plants naturally produce poisonous compounds in their berries. You may remember that everything in our universe, including berries, is made up of atoms. When the atoms come together, they form compounds. Those compounds can sometimes form in a way that interferes with the work your body’s cells are doing to try and keep you healthy. In fact, the poison from some berries may make insects, birds, animals and even humans really sick. That sends a kind of message or reminder to those creatures to avoid the plant and its berries in the future

or else they’ll likely get sick again.
Humans even have discovered different
types of compounds in different berries that
can make us sick. For instance, snowber-
ries and holly berries contain toxic com-
pounds called saponins. Meanwhile, dead-
ly nightshade contains compounds named
trophine, scopolamine and hyoscyamine.
Throughout history, humans have actual-
ly learned quite a lot about which plants are
dangerous to eat versus which ones are
good to eat.
For the nutritious and delicious plants,

humans have been able to take those plants and make them even more useful through a process called plant breeding, Hoashi- Erhardt said. For example, we can take a raspberry and blackberry and cross them to create an entirely new berry called a tayberry. Hoashi-Erhardt does a lot of work helping to breed raspberries and said scientists have different categories for what we call “berries.” Part of what makes a berry a true berry has to do with an organ in the plant called an ovary. A raspberry, for instance, grows from a single raspberry flower. But that flower has many ovaries and they become all the little segments, which are called drupelets, that make up a raspberry. It turns out a raspberry is not a true berry even though we call it a berry. Meanwhile, a blueberry comes from a single flower with just one ovary. Scientists call these berries that come from just one plant ovary “botanical berries.” True berries grow from a single flower with just one ovary. I was surprised that means bananas and cucumbers are technically true berries, too. It’s great to hear you are curious about berries, Bianca. They are truly an interest- ing part of the plant to observe. It’s also important to learn which types of berries are safe to eat and which are not. You can’t tell just by sight; becoming familiar with edible species of berry plants happens by talking to a botanist or carefully studying a field guide to wild edible plants.

Dr. Universe

Do you have a question? Ask Dr. Universe. Send an email to Washington State University’s resident scientist and writer at [email protected] or visit her website, askdruniverse.com.

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annual soccer

tryouts Monday Tryouts for the Hastings FC, youth soccer program, will be held Monday, June 14, at the club’s fields at the Barry County Expo Center. Boys with born between the years of 2007 and 2015 are eligible to participate in the youth travel club, and girls born between 2003 and 2015. Boys’ will begin check-in at 5:30 p.m., with tryouts held from 6 p.m. until 7:15 p.m. girls will begin check-in at 6:30 p.m., with tryouts held from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Pre-registration can b done at http://www.hastingsfc.com. Send email questions to info@ hastingsfc.com. While the league the Hastings FC partici- pates in requires the club to hold a tryout to insure that each player has an equal opportunity to demonstrate his/her skills and have a chance at making a team, Hastings FC would like players to know that its club is small and in almost every case is looking to add players to fill out age groups by combining ages. Club teams typically have eight game sin the fall and eight in the spring, with four home games and four away games each session. Hastings is the furthest south of any team in the league with Cadillac the furthest north. Most of the league’s teams are based in the Grand Rapids area. Teams typically practice twice a week at the expo center, with practices starting in mid August and games beginning the week after Labor Day and running through the end of October during the fall season. Much more information is available at the club website.

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