The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 14, 2021 — Page 15Hammerheads
prepping for winter
swim club season
Sign-up is going on now for the
Hammerheads Swim Club winter
season.
The club is open to anyone
between the ages of eight and 18 who
can swim 25 yards of both the free-
style and backstroke efficiently.
The season runs from Nov. 15
until Feb. 11, with practices held on
Mondays and Wednesday at the
Community Education and
Recreation Center pool in Hastings.
The deadline to sign up is Nov. 1 to
receive time slot placement based on
age and performance, email hsc-
[email protected] with swimmers’
name, age, birth date and number of
years of club swimming by then.
Time slots for practice will be
announced by Nov. 5.
The cost to participate is $100,
with a fee of $95 for a second swim-
mer from a family and $90 for a third
swimmer from a family. Checks
should be made payable to Hastings
Swim Club.
A printed registration sheet and
payment will be required the first day
of practice. Team administrator Jodi
Hawks will be on deck collecting
registrations. Registration sheets can
be found on the team’s website and
by the team bulletin board in the
CERC lobby.
The team website is http://www.ham-
merheadswimclub.weebly.com.
Mike Schipper is the Hammerheads
head coach.169602
BARRY TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGANNOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PUBLIC HEARING
ON THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL
FAIR LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROLSPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT 2021-
TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF
BARRY, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED
PERSONS:PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Township Supervisor and Assessor have pre-
pared and filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination a special
assessment roll covering all properties within the Fair Lake Aquatic Plant Control
Special Assessment District No. 2021-1 benefited by the proposed aquatic plant con-
trol project. The roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing the costs of the
project within the aforesaid special assessment district, which district is more partic-
ularly shown on the plans on file with the Township Clerk. The costs of the project are
as shown on the estimate of costs on file with the Township Clerk at the Township
Hall, 11300 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, Michigan. The project cost (including adminis-
trative costs) is $45,235, which is the amount of the assessment roll. The assessment
amounts assessed against each property in the district will be $190.06 per year per
parcel. The term of the special assessment will be two years, 2021 through 2022
inclusive.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Supervisor and Assessor have further
reported to the Township Board that the assessment against each parcel of land
within said district is such relative portion of the whole sum levied against all parcels
of land in said district as the benefit to such parcels bears to the total benefit to all
parcels of land in said District.PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board will meet at the Barry
Township Hall, 155 E. Orchard Street, Delton, Michigan on Monday, October 25, 2021
at 7:00 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing the special assessment roll, hearing any
objections thereto and confirming the roll as submitted or revised or amended. The
roll may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business days
of regular business days until the time of the hearing and may further be examined at
the hearing. Any person objecting to the assessment roll shall file his objections there-
to in writing with the Township Clerk before the close of the hearing or within such
other time as the Township Board may grant.PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that an owner or party in interest, or his/ her
agent, may appear in person at the hearing to protest the special assessment or may
file his/her appearance and protest by letter before the hearing, and in that event,
personal appearance shall not be required. Any person objecting to the assessment
roll shall file his/her objection thereto in writing with the Township Clerk before the
close of the hearing or within such other time as the Township Board may grant. The
owners or any person having an interest in real property who protests in writing at or
before the hearing may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the State
Tax Tribunal within 30 days after confirmation of the special assessment roll.Barry Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services
such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being
considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon seven
(7) days’ notice to the Barry Township Clerk.Debra Knight, Barry Township Clerk
P.O. Box 705
Delton MI 49046
(269) 623-City of Hastings
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
REGARDING COMMERCIAL
FACILITIES EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE
APPLICATION FROM HASTINGS
MICHIGAN AVENUE, LLC AT 128
NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE,
HASTINGS, MI 49058 AS PROVIDED
BY SECTION 6 (2) P.A. 255 OF PUBLIC
ACTS 1978Notice is hereby given that the Hastings City
Council will hold a public hearing on Monday
October 25, 2021 at 7:00 pm in the Council
Chambers second floor of City Hall located at
201 E. State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058.The purpose of the Public Hearing is for
City Council to hear comments and make a
determination on the Commercial Facilities
Exemption Certificate Application from
Hastings Michigan Avenue, LLC for property
located at 128 North Michigan Avenue,
Hastings, MI 49058 otherwise known as:Parcel # 08-55-201-051-The City will provide necessary reasonable
aid and services to disabled persons wishing
to attend these hearings upon seven days
notice to the Clerk of the City of Hastings, 201
East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058.
Telephone 269/945-2468 or TDD call relay
services 800/649-3777.Jane M. SaurmanCity Clerk169646BCCS hosts day of GL6 soccer
and volleyball tournaments
With eight volleyball teams and six soccer
teams competing for Great Lakes 6
Conference Championships, Barry County
Christian Schools’ athletic director Angie
Thompson called it a great day of competi-
tion Saturday.
Heritage Christian Academy took the
championship in both the varsity volleyball
and varsity boys’ soccer tournaments.
The boys’ soccer tournament included the
host Eagles, the champions from Heritage
Christian as well as Libertas Christian,
Creative Technologies Academy, Algoma
Christian and West Michigan Academy of
Environmental Science teams.
The BCCS boys won their opener 6-
over the Environmental Science team, but
lost out in the next round of the tournament
6-2 against Heritage Christian. Heritage
Christian then went on to defeat Algoma for
the championship.
Those six teams along with Carson City
Fellowship Baptist Academy and Sacred
Heart Academy from Grand Rapids compet-
ed in the eight-team GL6 volleyball tourna-
ment.
There were a number of close matches
throughout the day including a tough loss for
the Barry County Christian School girls
going up against Fellowship Baptist.
The teams played best of three set match-
es, until Heritage and Algoma squared off in
the best of five set championship, which
Heritage Christian won in five.Tri-River foes 231-28 on the season,
meaning the 30 points they scored in
the opening quarter against the Lions
were more than all their conference
opponents scored against them all
season long.
Nico Johnson rushed ten times for
141 yards and four touchdowns for
the Patriots, and threw a pair of
touchdown passes. A 65-yard TD
pass from Johnson to teammate
Mason Mueller had the Patriots up
30-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Johnson also connected with team-
mate Noah McRobert for a 40-yard
score. Mueller finished the day with
four receptions for 147 yards and
teammate Logan Shiels had two
catches for 58 yards for the Patriots.
Britton-Deerfield amassed 498
yards of offense to the Lions’ 139.
Johnson was also 8-of-13 passing for
254 yards.
Andrew Shepard had a team-high
15 rushes for 84 yards to lead the
Lion attack. Callan Hoefler scored
the Lions’ lone touchdown on a
15-yard run with 11:11 to play in the
ballgame, and Ayden Wilkes tossed
the two-point conversion attempt to
Reece Proctor-Burhans.
Proctor-Burhans finished the day
with eight tackles on defense. Jesse
Deppe led the Lions with nine tackles.
Wilkes was 4-of-13 passing for 41
yards. He was intercepted once. Cam
Carpenter had three receptions for
33 yards.Madison Nino from the Junior team runs the ball as Bri Barnes from the Senior team
reaches for her flag during the Hastings High School homecoming week Powder Puff
football game Wednesday inside Baum Stadium at Johnson Field. The Senior team
defeated the Junior team 7-0 in the ballgame. (Photo by Valerie Slaughter)
Saxon defender Layton Eastman rises high in the air to thwart a Jackson Northwest
pass near the goal-line during the homecoming game at Hastings High School Friday.
(Photo by Jason Slaughter)
FOOTBALL, continued
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The Barry County Christian School's varsity boys' soccer team talks things over during its run at the Great Lakes 6 Tournament
which it hosted Saturday in Hastings.The Barry County Christian School's varsity volleyball team takes a moment during the
Great Lakes 6 Tournament for a prayer Saturday at Barry County Christian High School.