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(Proverbs 24:10)Frank Snyder is Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, located on US 12 between
Coldwater and Quincy, 517-639-4239, http://www.cbcquincy.com.At first glance the verse above seems almost like a criticism. As if God is saying “Aren’t you a
weakling in the face of opposition! You wimp!” But that is not what it is saying.
First, the passage acknowledges the prevalence of adversity. We may call it different names:
difficulties or problems. We may encounter it in different ways: illness, conflicts, grief, frustrations,
etc. Life has lots of adversity.
The verse also acknowledges the pressure of adversity. The word adversity in Hebrew means
“tightness”. It denotes pressure. Sometimes people describe themselves as being “between a
rock and a hard place” or “between the anvil and the hammer.” You have probably been there!
The verse above also acknowledges what adversity reveals. To faint in the face of pressure
reveals a lack of strength. That means that adversity does not cause weakness. It only reveals it.
In many ways adversity is diagnostic of an area of need.
When I am not coping well, tempted to quit or to curl up into a fetal position, it is usually an
indicator that I have neglected the Word of God or have grown distant with God. My “weak”
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All real estate advertising in this
newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing
Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act
which collectively make it illegal to
advertise “any preference, limitation or
discrimination based on race, color,
religion, sex, handicap, familial status,
national origin, age or martial status, or
an intention, to make any such
preference, limitation or discrimination.”
Familial status includes children under
the age of 18 living with parents or legal
custodians, pregnant women and people
securing custody of children under 18.
This newspaper will not knowingly
accept any advertising for real estate
which is in violation of the law. Our
readers are hereby informed that all
dwellings advertised in this newspaper
are available on an equal opportunity
basis. To report discrimination call the
Fair Housing Center at 269-968-
ext. 34 or 1-866-637-0733.Kellogg Community
College will showcase
large-scale photographs
taken by Western Michigan
University Frostic School
of Art professor Patricia
Villalobos Echeverría in an
exhibit beginning Jan. 20 in
Battle Creek.
The exhibit, titled
“Marea,” will run through
Feb. 17 in the Eleanor R.
and Robert A. DeVries
Gallery of the Davidson
Visual and Performing Arts
Center, on campus at 450
North Ave. The exhibit is
free and open to the public
for viewing from 8:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Mondays through
Fridays.
An opening reception
for the exhibit, also free and
open to the public, will be
held with the artist from 4 to
6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26,
in the gallery. Facemasks
will be required for opening
reception attendees.
WMU art professor to
exhibit “Marea” photo series
The exhibit consists of
six images from Villalobos
Echeverría’s “Marea
Series.” According to the
artist, the series “speaks
about migration, exile and
the tenuous relationship of
the contemporary body to
locale. Its title functions
as a double entendre – in
Spanish, it’s the noun for
tide, as well as the verb for
being dizzy or seasick.”
In a statement on her
website patriciavillalobos.
com. Villalobos Echeverría
says as an artist she is
interested “in engaging
various publics and contexts
with works that encompass
the perceptual, the sensorial
and the experiential.”
“My intention is to
reveal what might live in our
memories and imaginaries,”
Villalobos Echeverría
says, “and how it might
become evident, shared and
layered inviting participantsto be transported to a
space of coexistence –
simultaneously historic,
remembered, retold
and imagined, and
interwoven within our own
contemporaneity.”
An art professor at
WMU’s Frostic School
of Art since 2010,
Villalobos Echeverría is an
internationally exhibited
and award-winning artist
who was born in Memphis,
Tennessee, and grew up in
Nicaragua. She graduated
from Louisiana State
University with a Bachelor
of Fine Arts in 1988 and
earned a Master of Fine
Arts from West Virginia
University in 1990.
For more information
about the exhibit or
other KCC arts events,
contact KCC’s Arts and
Communication offices at
269-965-4126.Sen. John Bizon, M.D.
voiced his support for five
development projects and
one acquisition recently
recommended by the
Michigan Natural Resources
Trust Fund (MNRTF) board
for Barry and Ionia counties.
“As a member of the
Senate Appropriations
Committee, I will work to
ensure these needed site
upgrades, as well as the
recommended property
expansion for the Portland
State Game Area, are
properly funded,” said
Bizon, R-Battle Creek.
“Our recreational areas
are important to maintaining
and enhancing the quality
of life for many residents
and families across the
19th Senate District and our
entire state. I am grateful for
the work of the trust fund
to identify these projects
and will do all I can to
make sure they are funded
to benefit Michiganders for
generations to come.”
The MNRTF’s most
recent annual report
Bizon pledges
support for MNRTF
identified two projects at
Barry County’s Yankee
Springs Recreational Area
— $120,000 to replace the
park’s aged popular fishing
pier and improve shoreline
fishing access, as well as
$50,000 to replace the
stone beach wall to improve
access to the beach and
protect the park’s pavilion
from high water and wave
action on busy Gun Lake.
In Ionia County,
the trust fund board
recommended $300,
to expand amenities at the
15.6-acre Scheid Park along
the Fred Meijer Grand
River Trail in the villageof Saranac. The proposed
project would construct
a restroom-concession
building, provide additional
barrier-free parking and
accessible walkways to
existing ball fields.
Additionally, the
MNRTF proposed $300,
to reconstruct 3.2 miles
of the Fred Thwaites
Grand River Trail in the
city of Ionia, $300,
for development to the
Lightning Bend Preserve
trailhead and pathways in
the city of Belding, and
$350,000 for a 66-acre land
acquisition to expand the
Portland State Game Area.Olivet Lions Club
offers scholarship
The Olivet Lions Club Scholarship is available to Olivet
High School graduating seniors planning to continue their
education at an accredited two-year or four-year college or
vocational institution.
Applicants should demonstrate academic excellence
and leadership skills as well as volunteer their time for
community service projects.
Recipients chosen will best represent the mission
and goals of the Lions Club. Our International Mission
Statement reads: “We empower volunteers to serve their
communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace
and promote international understanding.”
Applications are available through the high school
counselor’s office. Deadline to apply is April 30.Students at 38 Michigan
high schools will have the
opportunity to become
better, safer drivers by
participating in the “Strive
for a Safer Drive” (S4SD)
program. S4SD, a peer-led
traffic safety campaign, aims
to reduce the leading cause
of death for teens — traffic
crashes.
In 2020, there were
473,443 licensed drivers
aged 15 to 20, which
represented 6.7 percent of all
Michigan drivers. However,
they accounted for 7.Schools participating in
teen safe-driving program
percent of all traffic deaths in
Michigan, with 51.9 percent
of those deaths being the
driver. Inexperience and
risk-taking behavior are the
primary factors contributing
to teen-driver fatalities.
In its 11th year, S4SD is
a public-private partnership
between Ford Motor
Company Fund’s Driving
Skills for Life program
and the Michigan Office of
Highway Safety Planning
(OHSP). The program
encourages teens to talk
with their peers and theircommunities about making
safe-driving choices.
The participating S4SD
high schools for the 2021-
22 school year in Calhoun
County are: Athens Jr/Sr
High School and Harper
Creek High School. In
Branch County, Coldwater
High School is participating.
As part of the S4SD
program, each school
receives $1,000, which
students use to create a
teen-led campaign that will
educate their classmates
and community about
various traffic safety topics,
including speeding; seat
belts; pedestrian, bicyclist
and passenger safety;
and impaired, distracted,
nighttime and winter driving.
Schools will submit videos
or PowerPoint presentations
outlining their campaigns.
The top-five schools judged
to have winning campaigns
will receive cash prizes
ranging from $500 to $1,500.
Since the 2011 creation
of S4SD, 176 different
Michigan high schools have
participated in the program.STATE OF MICHIGAN
PROBATE COURT
CALHOUN COUNTY
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
DECEDENT’S ESTATE
CASE NO. and JUDGE
2021-001122-DE
Hon. Michael L. Jaconette
Court Address:
161 E. Michigan Avenue
Battle Creek, Michigan 49014
Court Telephone 269-969-
Estate of Christine Paulette
Bush. Date of birth: 11/22/1964.
TO ALL CREDITORS:
NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The
decedent, Christine Paulette Bush,
died October 19, 2020.
Creditors of the decedent are
notified that all claims against the
estate will be forever barred unless
presented to Jessica Anne Bush,
personal representative, or to both
the probate court at c/o Eldon J.
Vincent, Attorney at Law, PLC 161
East Michigan Avenue, Battle
Creek, MI 49014 and the personal
representative within 4 months after
the date of publication of this notice.
Date: 01/12/
Eldon J. Vincent P
P.O. Box 469
Marshall, MI 49068
269-789-
Jessica Anne Bush
c/o Eldon J. Vincent Attorney
P.O. Box 469, Marshall, MI 49068
269-789-Public Notice
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