The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 4, 2021 — Page 13170769
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENTNotice is hereby given that the Barry County Planning Commission will conduct a public
hearing on
November 22, 2021 at 7:00 PMin the Community Room of the Tyden Center, located at 121 South Church Street,
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-3-Request to rezone a property at 5882 Lawrence Road, Nashville, in Section 18 of Maple
Grove Township. (See attached map.)FROM A (Agriculture) TO RR (Rural Residential)All of the above mentioned property is located in Barry
County, Michigan.Legal Description of Parcel:The North 660 feet of the East 660 feet of the Northeast
1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 18, Town 2 North,
Range 7 West, Maple Grove Township, Barry County,
Michigan.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 business hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday- Friday (excluding holidays.) 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 ClerkI-94 to Exit 104 | 11177 Michigan Avenue | Battle Creek, MI 49014
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Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
It is postseason time for the Delton
Kellogg/Thornapple Kellogg/Hastings varsi-
ty girls’ swimming and diving team.
The DK/TK/HHS girls will host the annual
OK Rainbow Conference Tier II
Championship at the Community Education
and Recreation Center Nov. 5-6, with prelim-
inary races Friday and the finals on Saturday.
DK/TK/HHS closed out the 2021 regular
season with an 81-74 non-conference victory
over visiting Charlotte in Hastings Thursday
evening.
Sophia Marcukaitis and Cadence VanOoy
won two individual events each for the DK/
TK/HHS girls. VanOoy won the 200-yard
freestyle in 2 minutes 19.01 seconds and later
captured the 100-yard backstroke title in
1:11.07. Marcukaitis won the 100-yard
breaststroke in 1:11.35 and the 200-yard indi-
vidual medley in 2:24.21.
DK/TK/HHS had the top two scoring per-
formances in the 200 IM, with Preslee Hall
second in 2:37.91. Hall added a victory in the
100-yard butterfly later in the meet with a
time of 1:08.32.
Abby Marcukaitis, Sophia Marcukaitis,
Hall and Holly Carpenter teamed up to win
the 200-yard medley relay at the start of the
night in 2:00.56.
Abby Marcukaitis added a winning time of
26.15 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle for her
team. The DK/TK/HHS girls swam a number
of exhibition races on the night. Marcukaitis’
senior teammate Ellen Shults had the second
best time in the 50 freestyle at 30.49 seconds.
Lizzie Middleton had the second-best time
for DK/TK/HHS in the 200-yard freestyle at
2:21.57.
The top three divers all scored placing
1-2-3 for DK/TK/HHS. Freshman AbigailDumond won it with a score of 210.05 points.
Junior Eve Bishop was second with 198.
points and sophomore TJ Myers third with a
score of 168.40.
DK/TK/HHS also had the senior foursome
of Shults, Lily Foy, Paige Robins and Abby
Marcukaitis win the 200-yard freestyle relay
in 2:05.30. The exhibition team of freshman
Malia Hamby, Sophia Marcukaitis, Erin
Daniels and Ainsley Parsons had a strong
time in that event as well, finishing in 2:02.71.
The team of Middleton, VanOoy, Daniels
and Shults put together a time of 4:33.17 in
an exhibition run of the 400-yard freestyle
relay, which was the best time of the night.
Middleton won the 500-yard freestyle in
6:25.11, beating out the Orioles’ Carly Culver
by just over two seconds. Carpenter had an
exhibition time of 6:11.36 in the race.
Foy had the 100-yard freestyle win for DK/
TK/HHS, finishing in 1:06.69.Young Saxons see room
for growth at D2 regional
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
As typically happens over a guy’s varsity
cross country years, speed comes with time.
The first three finishers and seven of the 15
medalists at the MHSAA Division 2 Regional
at Portage West Middle School Saturday
were seniors. Only two freshmen and two
sophomores were among the top 15 who
qualified for the Division 2 Lower Peninsula
Cross Country Finals with their medal-win-
ning performances.
The Saxons are planning on another year
or two of growth and improvements giving
them the chance to chase spots in future state
finals competitions at Michigan International
Speedway in Brooklyn.
Saxon sophomore Riley Shults wasn’t too
far off the state qualifying pace Saturday. He
led his team with a 22nd-place time of 17
minutes 17.63 seconds.
The top three teams and top 15 runners
Saturday qualified for the D2 state finals,
which will be held Nov. 6 at MIS.
Shults was only about ten seconds behind
the last of the 15 medalists Saturday, Marshall
sophomore Aidan McPartlin who was 15th
with a time of 17:07.32.
Parchment senior Garrett Winter was the
individual champion in the boys’ race in
Portage with a time fo 15:52.20. Harper
Creek senior Owen Gilbert was second in
16:16.63 and Coldwater senior John Aerts
was third in 16:20.75.
Mason had two medalists, senior Landon
Buskirk who was sixth in 16:41.86 and fresh-
man Alex Doneth who was seventh in
16:43.62 and took the team regional title with
91 points. The Bulldogs were just four points
better than the Harper Creek Beavers who
finished with 95 points. South Christian
edged out Coldwater and Wayland for the
final state qualifying spot. The Sailors fin-
ished with 147 points, ahead of the Cardinals’
151 and Wildcats’ 152.
The Hastings boys were 12th in a field of
16 full teams.
The Saxon team had a solid pack behindShults. Sophomore Reuben Solmes was 45th
in 18:16.58, freshman Brandon Simmons
49 th in 18:28.58 and sophomore Jonah Teed
56 th in 18:34.85.
Solmes, Teed and teammates Micah
Johnson, Cole Greenfield and Alexander
Steward all ran the fastest times they’d ever
run on the course at Portage West Middle
School.
Johnson, a freshman, placed 89th overall in
19:32.50. The sophomore Greenfield was
94 th in 19:54.63. The junior Steward placed
110 th in 21:29.38.
Behind the top five teams, Vicksburg fin-
ished with 185 points, ahead of Eaton Rapids
205, Gull Lake 205, Olivet 214, Marshall
220, Parchment 258, Hastings 260, Parma
Western 273, Charlotte 355, Thornapple
Kellogg 358 and Pennfield 495.
The Hastings girls’ team had two runners
set new personal record times at the regional.
Junior Victoria Jerzyk was 104th in 29:44.
and freshman Anika Bourassa 110th in
35:46.02. Jerzyk shaved more than two min-
utes and 16 seconds off her time from the
same course three weeks prior.
The Saxon girls’ leader Saturday, senior
Carissa Strouse, cut half a minute from her
Portage Invitational time at the regional. She
placed 53rd in 22:30.37. Fellow Saxon senior
Allison Teed placed 68th in 23:14.76.
Hastings also had sophomore Lily
Comensoli 93rd in 25:31.81 and senior
Hannah Crozier 98th in 26:05.56.
Youngsters led the girls’ race. Mason soph-
omore Meghan Ford was the individual
champion in 18:42.74. Marshall sophomore
Camille DeCola was second in 19:30.41 and
Thornapple Kellogg freshman Ava Crews
third in 19:42.72.
DeCola led Marshall to the regional cham-
pionship with 56 points, ahead of Mason 63,
South Christian 75, Thornapple Kellogg 117,
Vicksburg 134, Eaton Rapids 154, Parma
Western 94, Wayland 249, Harper Creek 268,
Gull Lake 299, Coldwater 311, Charlotte 313,
Parchment 352, Jackson Northwest 389,
Hastings 416, Olivet 426 and Pennfield 491.Saxon freshman Brandon Simmons (right) fights to get by Eaton Rapids' Gabe Chapates before the finish line at the MHSAA
Division 2 Regional hosted by Portage West Middle School Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
Hastings senior Carissa Strouse makes her way along the
course at Portage West Middle School Saturday during the
Division 2 Regional race. Strouse led the Saxons with a
53rd-place finish at the meet. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
Hastings junior Victoria Jerzyk runs to a new personal record
time at the MHSAA Division 2 Regional race at Portage West
Middle School Saturday. Jerzyk placed 104th in the race with
a time of 29 minutes 44.77 seconds. (Photo by Brett Bremer)