I think the hardest part was the shut down (from mid-November into early January), because I asked them, 'hey don't go anywhere during this because who knows what this is going to look like and when we come back we can't have a chance of getting contact traced or whatever. The federal government agreed to lease the building to the city for $1 a year. It doesn't incorporate any hardwood forest. Arias was the only family who paid for his care out of the insurance coverage. Then she would divvy up $19 to $20 an hour to pay her caregivers and cover the overhead, which includes her own insurance and other liability costs. Highlighting current stories, obituaries, and more. He yanks out tree branches, moss, mud, leaves and more branches. The library and bank were directly across from each other at the time. This year in the locker room we were super excited to play and ready to play, and we weren't nervous at all. Grand Rapids Christian senior Addie VanderWeide, one of the leading vote getters in the state's Miss Volleyball poll this season, was a near unstoppable force attacking at the net and from the back row and rarely misplayed a pass. Trapping is their best option. We knew we were going to have to stay home all year, and on some days they had to avoid getting contact tracing at school. But being good at trapping comes with a price: The beavers are killed. They pretty much told us that, many times, but our message today in the locker room was just love each other above all else. In their absence, you know, none of that would exist. The beavers arent building the dams to be a nuisance or flood roads. A beaver's in the backyard, they would say. Richard "Digger" Grant Spriggs, age 86, of Hastings, Michigan, passed away on January 31, 2023. That's prime farmland. As drain commissioner, he has to clear every dam that clogs a county drain in a county with nearly 330 lakes, he says. He joined Facebook groups with beaver trappers. I loved that book, and I would check it out bring it home, and then Id take it back later. The library was moved to the lower level when the west addition, including a new gym, was added in 1955. Elisabeth Alexander of Hastings died peacefully on 23rd April 2022. There is no second-guessing of herself. She and many others benefit from the larger facility and its ever-expanding offerings. She is just so confident in her abilities and she will bounce back from every single point. Maradith also pounded the first four kills of the evening to get the Vikings rolling to 25-15, 25-13 wins in the two opening sets. Joyce Claire McQueen Joyce Claire McQuern, age 86, of Hastings, passed away on May 3, 2020. Add a photo free. He made friends across the country, in Vermont, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Marjorie L. Hallifax passed away March 29, 2023, peacefully at home in the hands of her daughter Leigh Ann and granddaughter Michelle. (The barn is currently under construction in hopes it will be finished before the 2021-22 school year.) At about 14 or 15, he started visiting his aunt and uncle at the Delton farm they had bought in the 1960s. They have three state runner-up trophies to show for it including ones from state tournament runs in 2017 and 2019 that included members of the currently varsity roster senior Aubrey O'Gorman and Sophie Duits. Every week we will provide you with a complete listing of deaths from the. Your source for local news! It had clogged up the drain and the road was flooded. $55 per 1,000 (1,000-5,000 qty) $40 per 1,000 (5,001 + qty) circulation@j-adgraphics.com. In the driveway, Gilmore told her he was thinking about donating the farm to Michigan State University. The problem is, Henney-Planck can no longer afford to continue caring for him. Contact (269) 945-9554. He's talking about beavers. Despite the close proximity, elementary students at that time didnt visit the library as a group; it wasnt big enough, she said. The reforms have addressed fraud and waste abuse in the auto insurance industry, she said, one of her main concerns. It'll never go back to small farms. Gilmore knows theres nothing he can do to stop that trend but at least he can try. We thought that percentage was sustainable for long-term care providers, otherwise we wouldn't have passed it, Calley said. As a result of the reforms, Fox said rates have gone down across the state and at least 50,000 previously uninsured drivers have obtained auto insurance. Sometimes she sits in bed at 2 a.m. and just stares at the ceiling. My brain just doesnt shut down. The life Jesus Arias lives Jesus Arias, 68, is wearing a blue, green and yellow patterned bib as he sits at a wooden dining room table. If you put a book away wrong, its lost until somebody finds it, she said simply. He stood up in his standing frame for 30 minutes the most he has accomplished since his injury 30 years ago. It was hard to hit around them. Between July 2 and Aug. 18, Henney-Plancks requests for reimbursements, even at the reduced rate, were flat-out denied by the insurance company, meaning she had no money coming in from the insurance companies to cover Arias care. He has improved with full-time home care, although not enough to live on his own. Then he turned his head and looked me straight in the eye. Its a cause for celebration and good thing the first activity after lunch is Jesses Time. Arias lives a regimented lifestyle with his daily schedule marked down to the hour. That $15,000 donation toward a library was invested in bonds, and according to a Dec. 23, 1954, Banner . Highlighting current stories, obituaries, and more. Lakewood went from there to a 25-22 victory in that final set. She eventually returned to the Hastings library after Barbara Schondelmayer was hired as head librarian, who provided better organization and started the campaign to build a new library. Arthur C Towner Ltd is a family run Funeral Director covering the Hastings and Rother area, with branches in St Leonards, Bexhill-on-Sea and Battle. If they dont trap them, Dull says, the beavers will come back the next day and the next day and the next day. Were willing to do that; we just need to make sure that we're doing it the right way. Calley did, however, maintain that parts of the new law have worked. If you wish to place an obituary for a friend . Hes out looking at drains, answering calls on his flip phone, driving through the county with paper maps and dealing with the beavers. It was basically one-room library, she said, the size of a large classroom, with children's books on one side and the adult books on the other. [The barn] doesn't incorporate any cropland, Domke said. For many years, Hastings FFA members made do with what they had. Elisabeth Alexander of Hastings died peacefully on 23rd April 2022. Robert was the son of Carl and Myrtle (Coleman) Bryans. Gilmore, 60, is retired. Everything they did to get here and I think sometimes when you have a performance that is a little bit off I think people lose sight of that. We knew we were giving up six inches to a couple of gals, at least six inches maybe more, she added. This is it. He built a house on Cloverdale Road, just minutes away from his aunt and uncle, and lived there for 27 years. preceding week from throughout greater Springfield. The Eagles were the fourth private school to capture a volleyball state title Saturday, closing out the day after Bloomfield Hills Marian bested Lowell in three sets to win the Division 1 State Championship. The more exposure we get, the more people will know what we're doing, Dull says. To leave an online condolence visit www.girrbachfuneralhome.net. And really, even for years before that. Mike was born on June 27th, 1948,. Lauren [Peal], their libero, showed a leadership factor that I did not know of. As for the future of the library, Kensington said she sees it keeping up with technology. Shes frustrated, confused and sleep-deprived. That means flooded roads, yards, houses and drains. Donating his land is his defense of choice. I turned to (assistant coach) Hannah (O'Mara), and I said, 'well, okay,' Rowland said in the same way that the spike was a definitive statement. Mayack would bring in cattle to the parking lots. Calley said they will use the $25 million to collect data. Once that $25 million is given out, the Legislature will receive a report with the data from DIFS to inform the next steps. Those were 12 busy years with interest. Bianca Giglio and Grace Wenaas had four kills each. article, at the end of 12 years, will be worth $21,025. The feds get involved It took about 12 years before the library would move from the high school to the corner of Church and Court streets. Even then, the beavers might come back and start all over again. Over the years, the library has been situated near one corner or another, but this, ultimately, was not one of its home corners. We're going to face some adverse moments, but we're going to love each other through it. The most adverse moments for the Eagles on the court came in the opening set as the Vikings came out strong. He envisioned agriculture students growing their own plants, taking care of their own cattle and maybe even making their own maple syrup. Fox said DIFS is like a facilitator, working between the service providers and the insurance companies. A good dam, one made by the mother and father, could take 30 minutes of ripping and pulling and tearing to break apart. Holiday Gift Guides 2022. She never made a lot, but she stuck with it and had plans to request more money. Now, people have the option to choose their coverage and Calley said she has received mostly positive feedback from her constituents. And without her support, its unclear what will happen to Arias. It grew and expanded with age, moving twice within the high school before cutting ties at 70 and setting out on its own as a public library in a former post office. I think that we have had a lot of, I wouldn't say anger, but the thought of losing again it just breaks our heart, Duits said. Like the Viking seniors, her program has been to the final four in Kellogg Arena in each of her four varsity seasons too. Her business was reimbursed at a rate of $24 an hour to provide the care. Published by J-Ad Graphics, this website consists of local news and information around West Michigan. She made countless phone calls to her insurance company, the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association and the Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS), but it took more than a month to begin receiving payments again. Robert Eugene Bryans, age 90, of Hastings, passed away on January 21, 2021. To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Richard (Richie) Allen Marsh, Jr, please . Now its time to trap. Obituaries prior to June 27, 2018 are available to view on Lauer Family Funeral Homes Concord. She contacted Calley's office and they connected her with someone from DIFS to walk her through the application. But yet, I'm supposed to take a 45-percent pay cut? If Henney-Planck can no longer afford to treat Arias, that means his daughter, Arias-Pease, would have to take care of her father 24/7. His mother stayed at home and watched over their seven kids. She has started receiving checks from AAA, even though they have come in at the reduced rate. A district library was proposed, but that failed. Relocation of the beavers is not a good idea, Dull says. Maradith O'Gorman went up after a set from Bump on the left end of the net and slammed a kill down more vertically than horizontally to snap a 20-20 tie. Contact us about advertising, articles, printing, or any other question you may have and we would love to assist you. But for non-Medicare payable services, such as in-home services and residential care, reimbursement rates were cut by 45 percent. Stewart added nine and Breems four for the Eagles. Im just tickled to death to be here, he said. Richard was born on August 6, 1936, the son of View full obituary William Wesley Rodriguez, Sr. Everything is entangled, intertwined and wedged together, strong enough to hold back a stream and flood a local residents yard. When the library was moved to the former post office, that space was converted into administrative offices for the school district. We were definitely shocked that someone was willing to do that, Hastings FFA Alumni Secretary DeAnna Stanton said of her first reaction. She was an eighth grader and I can't coach here there. That cumulative loss of $10.31 an hour is taking a toll in more ways than one. Hastings Obituaries Sort By: Funeral Homes Local obituaries for Hastings, Michigan 209 Obituaries Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Add Photos Add a Memory Keith Ward Lawrence Keith Ward Lawrence,. Over the years, Joyce worked as a dental assistant, cook, custodian, waitress and homemaker. Now, with smartphones, people can walk around any corner within the library and check out materials on their phones. He watched YouTube videos. When they do apply, the review process takes 21 days and another seven days after approval for payment pushing up against the deadline Henney-Planck and Arias-Pease have set for themselves. A season like no other ended the way five other Lakewood varsity volleyball seasons have in the past decade. The time they have is running out. Hes just happy to have his farm safe for the future. They're good ballplayers. (See related story.) Money dont mean s--- to me, he said. Although some books would be transferred from the high school, Hastings Public Library was still just an idea and had little in the way of possessions. Lakewood dug out of a 3-0 hole to take a 6-5 advantage, and then fell behind again but kept pace. He said he owned a farm. It was a long but successful morning of physical therapy for Jesse, as they affectionally call him. Jennifer was born on September 28, 1975, in Battle Creek, Michigan, the daughter of Jeffery Van Aman and Melinda (Schultz) Shepler. Hastings FFA Alumni had never owned a farm before. He looks out of the window where the trees line the backyard of his home in Hastings Charter Township. So I have done what I could do and made the adjustments that I needed to stay there for a short time before what I have is gone. Since the changes in the no-fault auto insurance law, Henney-Plancks company gets reimbursed at a rate of $13.69 an hour for each worker she sends to help Arias. He's what they call a silent aspirator. Jennifer was a 1994 graduate of Hastings High School and received her Associates in Applied Science in . But he had never trapped one before, even as kid in Nashville. We try our damnedest to try, he says. Reforms did lower car insurance rates for most people, but they also cut deeply into the profit margins for caregiving companies, like Henney-Planck. That property must remain in one piece. But under the care of A Moment in Time, he started to hold short conversations. Craven laughs when he thinks about his first assignment. If they have beaver dams, they'll know enough to call us. Theyre not trapping beavers for fun, Dull emphasizes. East Longmeadow Community Guide. *** Three years after Domke toured Gilmores farm, I turned on to Lammers Road in Delton and drove down a gravel road. Community Classifieds. Even if its not a county drain, if someone calls and needs help clearing a dam, the drain commissioner will go out and clear the dam. Its part of the reason Craven says he hesitated about doing the interview in the first place. Judy Kensington had been a library patron since she was 5, when her mother would take her to pick out books once a week. Again, it may not be exactly what the family wanted. In recent weeks, Henney-Planck's financial situation has improved slightly. They call about tractor restoration projects. Theyre trying to figure out how and when to have students at the farm. Obituaries. The unfortunate truth of the matter is that such libraries became, over a period of time, more and more devoted to the needs of the school. But there was nothing fast about the process. However, they soon realized that neither liked to read a book more than once, and theyd spent $200 or $300 on books they wouldnt read again. US data shows lawyers are twice as likely as other adults to contemplate suicide, according to a study based on a survey of nearly 2,000 lawyers. I couldn't wait for the next chance to do it, he remembers. No breaking apart. Restlessness and parting of ways Miss Jean Barnes, a native of Hastings who held degrees from both the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan, was the first librarian, hired in 1921. Lunch at noon and then Jesse's Time after, which could include picking a Western movie from his shelf full of CDs, playing poker or watching horses. But there 's only so much that can be done with limited resources. A mainly sunny sky. When Dull clears the dams, it lures back the beavers, who want to rebuild their creation. Address. Fourteen hours from home, the car hit a patch of black ice on a bridge in Oklahoma City. 06/05/2022. He lives alone and still wakes up at 5 a.m. to drink coffee and watch the news. East Sussex. The insurance companies have a lot of tools in their tool belt to deny and delay claims, he said. His truck is littered with equipment he might need on the road scissors, bug spray, jackets, a deflated fitness ball, camouflage boots, black boots, a lunch cooler, rope and a discarded chocolate chip granola bar wrapper. Lakewood closes out the season with a 42-3 record. Before the law went into effect, her insurance company, AAA, paid for her to treat Arias. Last year, we kind of walked in and we were nervous to play and didn't know how we would play. The Vikings weren't going to leave it behind, head coach Cameron Rowland had assistant coach Hannah O'Mara see to that, but as classes enter the Lakewood High School and then roll on towards graduation they continue to leave behind a legacy nearly unmatched. By the time the Kensingtons moved to Hastings around Thanksgiving 1983, Mount Clemens had a state-of-the-art brand-new city library, she said. It's starting to change, slowly. Where a coal cellar and fallout shelter had once had a place and purpose, micro-computers and the World Wide Web were moving in like young, uninvited guests. When his aunt died, Gilmore sold his own house and moved to their farm. Look at all those houses out there now. I have to wait a whole other year to coach you. At Hastings High School, agriculture teacher and FFA Advisor Andria Mayack would bring horses, hogs and trailers to the parking lot behind the high school where the students would work with them. It was unclear whether he would live or die. Its a small trap, the size of a bowl, with a pedal-looking feature in the middle. You know if Carley makes a mistake she will get mad at herself and she will make sure she gets that next ball. The U.S. government moved the Hastings Post Office from Church to West Mill Street in 1963. She recalled a couple who were guest speakers a few years ago for Calvin Universitys January Series, which is livestreamed at the Hastings library. Or January, she corrected herself, and I am just so incredibly honored to have been a part of that in the past four years. While the Vikings have a string of five consecutive final four seasons, Grand Rapids Christian now has a string of three consecutive Division 2 State Championships. Arias-Pease and Henney-Planck said they had trouble finding the form to become eligible for the additional support. Before this summer, Michigans no-fault auto insurance law allowed people who suffered serious injuries in vehicle accidents to receive 100-percent reimbursement for their medical costs. And then the trees disappeared. And it was vacant. Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home. Lots of research can be done down there if people are interested in history and so forth. Instead, Parr says, theyre creating wetlands where there were no wetlands previously. The beavers literally fly underwater, carrying logs the size of their body weight in their mouths, breathing through a second lip. They will fill all of the holes in the dam with wood before using mud to plaster the structure, Parr says. They already have the latest things available, she said of the Hastings library, adding that shes looking forward to seeing the advances. Funeral Homes Local obituaries for Middleville, Michigan 101 Obituaries Thursday, April 27, 2023 Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Tuesday, April 18, 2023 Saturday, April 15,. The practice of uniting the facilities of public and school libraries was a popular one a number of years ago, the report read. Lakewood is in the midst of its fifth consecutive final four adventure at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek. The money was saved, but the experience in all cases proved unsatisfactory. This is an awesome opportunity, he said. Prev Next. She was well-qualified, the obvious choice, and would serve in that role for 31 years, retiring in 1952. Either way, the phone calls dont bother him. Now, a family farm needs 200 cows. Hastings, NE (68901) Today. Much respect to them; I try to use anything I can off of it. But theres not much more the drain commission can do as far as dealing with beavers, Craven and Dull say. Without this financial support, his life is on the line. I know a lot of people that don't work at all. After years as an excavator, homebuilder and county commissioner of District 7 in southeastern Barry County, Dull took over as drain commissioner in 2016. They held a lead of as many as five points (9-4) before the Vikings worked their way back in front at 14-13. But Gilmore didnt want the daily grind of farming his own 276 acres. Physically, Arias-Pease compares him to a toddler. I do remember you could not talk. Tel: 01424 436 386. When his daughter left without saying goodbye, for example, Arias turned his head and tried to speak. They prefer the same regions that humans do," she says. All three teams that bested the Vikings played in state finals matches Saturday (Christian, Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central, and Lowell). While the barn will provide a learning space right in the students' backyard, the farm presents a different world of opportunities. So it continues to be the intent that those who are grandfathered in will be taken care of. When Dull finishes clearing the dam, he walks out of the chilly October water in boot-foot waders with a smile on his face. He wont share all of his tricks. The coal heating system was converted to gas. I don't get a call from the road commission because some guys got a beaver eating his tree, he says. I think a lot of our young attackers are going to be able to do big things for us. Grand Rapids Christian closes the year at 31-4. Still, she sometimes encounters people who havent visited the new, now 14-year-old, library. If they build that dam and you go tear it out, they will build it again tonight, Craven says. He forces himself to spend 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the office every day and then hes out. He wanted the farm to remain in agricultural use, and that might not have been the case if he had sold it. 2-4 Norman Road. But from the instant he starts to rake, the dam comes apart and the water starts to flow. A kill by Aubrey in the middle had the Vikings within 21-20, but the Eagles closed out the set's final four points. Michigan Brain Injury Provider Council Board President Tom Judd called it the best system of care in the country for auto accident victims. The costs of keeping Arias alive havent gone away. He was septic and developed pneumonia. A staff of full-time nurses took care of him around the clock. Onilee Hope Davie Onilee "Lee" Hope Davie, 85, of Battle Creek passed away on May 3, 2020 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law surrounded by her family. I don't care for trapping because I don't like to kill things, he says. The couple had traveled the country and written a book about small towns. I enjoy the trapping, the cat-and-mouse. The roof was replaced. But the one thing she doesnt do much is sleep. The process to finalize the agreement required a multi-year roller coaster of legal discussions. Arias signals he is ready to watch one of his favorite TV shows, Two and a Half Men, by picking up his favorite hat the one with the emblem of Mexico on the front -- from the dining room table.