HELP WANTED

DON YOUNG INS…Agency in Watervliet is seeking a highly motivated individual to work as a bookkeeper and customer service representative. Experience preferred but not required. Application and Resume required.

(3-9-17-TFN)

FOR SALE

MODERN MINI…Storage will have Lien Sale on the March 29, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. Items considered to be general household items. Modern Mini Storage reserves the right to bid.

Unit #14 Betty Sanchez

Unit #119 Judy Raymond

Unit #134 Charles Wilde

(03-16-17 TCR)

WOODLAND TERRACE OPENINGS

ALL 3…Woodland Terrace facilities now have limited opening for Independent, Assisted & Memory Care Living. Please stop by at any of the 3 locations, Bridgman, Coloma and Niles for more information or call:

Bridgman; 269-465-7600

Coloma; 269-468-5800

Niles: 269-683-7900

(03-16-17 TCR)

NOW HIRING

PROPERTY MANAGER… for Housing Complex in Hartford. Please send Resume to jquiter@wodagroup.com

(03-16, 3-23-17 TCR)

LIEN SALE

THE FOLLOWING UNITS – have been taken under possession by Sparkle U-Stor-It for lack of payment. These units will be auctioned on April 4, 2017 if the Tenant fails to claim unit.

THE AUCTION WILL BE HELD ON-LINE AT WWW.STORAGEBATTLES.COM

Trenton Bowens, Benton Harbor, MI Unit 79

Henry Green, New Orleans, LA Unit 166

Tonia Johnston, Albion, MI Unit 308

Larry A. Jones, Benton Harbor, MI Units 110&211

Sharon Spencer, Benton Harbor, MI Unit 17

(03-16-17 TCR)

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE BY ADVERTISEMENT

THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.

Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by Susan G. Niven Revocable Trust located at P.O. Box 39, Lockport, Illinois 60441 (the “Mortgagor) in favor of Michael P. Balking (the “Original Mortgagee”) dated October 19, 2015, and recorded on October 20, 2015 at Liber 3118, Pages 0801-0804 of Berrien County Records (the “Mortgage”).

The amount claimed to be due on said Mortgage and unpaid as of the date of this Notice is One Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand  Nine Hundred Sixty-six dollars and 67/1000 ($134,966.67), including interest on the applicable indebtedness at the default rate of 9.00% per annum. This sum will increase as additional interest, costs, expenses, and attorney fees accrue under the Mortgage and its related note as permitted by Michigan law after the date of this Notice. No legal or equitable proceedings have been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage and the power of sale in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of default.

Notice is now given that on Thursday, April 6, 2017, at 11:00 A.M. at the Berrien County Courthouse, located at 811 Port Street, St. Joseph, MI 49085, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court for the County of Berrien. The Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the property herein described, or some part of thereof, at public auction, to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amount due and unpaid on the Mortgage, along with interest due, the legal costs, and charges of the sale as allowed by statute and/or the Mortgage, and any taxes and insurance that the Mortgagee pays on, or prior to, the date of said sale. The property mentioned and described in the Mortgage is located in the Township of Watervliet, Berrien County, State of Michigan, more specifically described as:

Unit 20 of CHALET DU PAW PAW CONDOMINIUM, a Condominium according to the Master Deed thereof recorded in Liber 10 of Condominiums, page 1 of Berrien County Records, and designated as Berrien County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 10, and any amendments thereto, together with an undivided interest in the common elements of said condominium as set forth in said Master Dee, and any amendments thereto, as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of MI of 1978, as amended;subject to the rights of the public and any governmental unit in any part thereof taken, used or deeded for street, road, or highway purposes;Parcel ID: 11-21-1201-0020-00-5;Commonly Known As: 5623 North Watervliet, Watervliet, Michigan;

together with all existing or subsequently erected or affixed buildings, improvements, and fixtures: all easements, rights of way, streets, roads, alleys, and public places, privileges, and appurtenances, public or private, now or later used in connection with the property; and all rights to make divisions of the land that are exempt from the platting requirements of all applicable land division or platting acts, as amended from time to time.

Attention Purchasers: the Foreclosing Mortgagee reserves the right to cancel the sale prior to sale or to rescind the sale at any time. In the event of cancellation or rescission, your damages, if any, will be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest.

If the mortgaged property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period.

The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period will be thirty (30) days from the date of the sale, or as otherwise provided by statute.

Dated: March 1, 2017

BRETT A. CUMMINGS (P75197)

WILLIS LAW

ATTORNEYS FOR STEVEN PRATL

491 W. South Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49007

(269) 492-1040

(3-16, 3-23, 3-30-2017 TCR)

CITY OF HARTFORD

COUNTY OF VAN BUREN

CITY OF HARTFORD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FOR

THE MARIONAVENUE&PROSPECT STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

The City of Hartford will conduct a public Hearing on March 27, 2017 at 7:30p.m., at the City Hall, 19 West Main Street, Hartford, MI for the purpose of affording citizens an opportunity to examine and submit comments on the proposed application for a CDBG grant.

The City of Hartford proposes to request $1,214,100.00 in CDBG funds to improve Marion Avenue & Prospect Street, along with other local and private activities and funding, including $134,900.00 to benefit LMI persons and benefit at least 51% low to moderate income persons. No person will be displaced as a result of the proposed activities.

Further information, including a copy of Hartford’s Community Development Plan and CDBG application is available for review. To inspect the documents, please contact Yemi Akinwale at 269-621-2477 or to review at City Hall. Comments may be submitted in writing through March 28, 2017 or made in person at the public hearing.

Citizen views and comments on the proposed application are welcome.

RoxAnn Rodney-Isbrecht, Clerk

City of Hartford

19 West Main Street

Hartford MI 49057

269-621-2477

269-621-2054 fax

WATERVLIET CHARTER TOWNSHIP

PUBLIC NOTICE

A Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 budget will be held on Wednesday, March 29 at 10:00A.M. at the Watervliet Charter Township Hall, 4959 M-140, Watervliet, MI. The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing.It is the intent of the Township to levy the maximum allowable millage for the 2017 tax year after all appropriate rollbacks have been applied.Reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired, or other aids and services for individuals with disabilities are available by contacting the Township Clerk at least five days before the meeting.

Patricia Bambrick,

Township Clerk

SYNOPSIS

COLOMA CHARTER TOWNSHIP

REGULAR MEETING

March 8, 2017at7:00pm

Present:Parrigin, Kraemer,Duffield, Willmeng, Fulton, Moser, Harper.

Approved Consent agenda andFebruaryBoard minutes.

Approved February Expenses $203,225.74

ApprovedHagar Township support letter for grant.

Approved Cemetery to purchase new lawn mower.

Approved Jerry Willmeng to Finance Committee and Matt Moser to Sewer Board.

Approved 5-year agreement with Coloma Emergency Ambulance dba Pride Care

Approved Resolution for Nuisance Geese

Approved 2017/18 regular meeting dates for Township Board

Approved Supervisor Parrigin to pursue 10-year agreement with FOP for fields at FOP Park

Adjourned at8:01pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Sandy Kraemer

Coloma Charter Township Clerk

COLOMA CHARTER TOWNSHIP

NOTICE OF BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING

The Coloma Charter Township Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed township budget for fiscal year 2017/2018 at Coloma Township Hall, 4919 Paw Paw Lake Rd., on March 29, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.  “The property tax mileage rateproposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of thishearing”.A copy of the proposed budget is available for public inspection at Coloma Township Hall, 4919 Paw Paw Lake Road, Coloma, MI  49038.

Reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired, or other aids and services for individuals with disabilities are available by contacting the Coloma Charter Township Clerk at least five days before the meeting in writing or at the Coloma Township Clerk’s Office at 4919 Paw Paw Lake Road, Coloma, MI 49038 or by Telephone at (269)468-7212.

Sandra Kraemer

Coloma Charter Township Clerk