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depend on whether you’re counting only money or whether you’re also looking at who’s eligible to participate and how many do, as well as how often the prize is awarded.

Since it launched in 2009, ArtPrize — underwritten by the Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation — has been open to any artist working in any medium, of any nationality, living in any country, who’s willing to bring work to Grand Rapids and who finds a place to show it.

This year, 1,742 artists from 42 U.S. states and 48 countries, collaborating on 1,550 entries, are a part of ArtPrize 2015, competing for 10 cash prizes. That doesn’t count awards from other organizations, such as the $5,000 Paul Collins Diversity in Art award and

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The invitation to the announcement promised “a major initiative that will affect Grand Rapids for years to come.”

Indeed. After about 90 cash awards worth $3 million, ArtPrize Seven soon will award another $500,000 in prizes to as many as 10 works. Half of the purse is determined by popular vote, half decided by a panel of art experts.

And ArtPrize Seven still enjoys bragging rights as the world’s largest art prize.

“We’re not aware of any larger prizes, certainly not annually awarded,” said Todd Herring, communications director for ArtPrize.

“But we’ve moved away from that specific statement to give room for the ‘world’s largest art competition’ superlative that we’re honestly more proud of.”

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CARNEGIE ART AWARD

The best-known, bestpaying art prizes worldwide include Sweden’s Carnegie Art Award, which awards 2.1 million Swedish kronor every other year.

One U.S. dollar, however, buys you 8.4 kronor. So the total purse comes to about $250,000, and the top prize is worth about $116,000.

And there’s an important catch: The contest, inaugurated in 1998, is open only to artists born in or living in one of the Nordic countries.

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Elsewhere in the United States, the Hugo Boss Prize, administered by the Solomon Guggenheim Foundation and backed by corporate sponsor Hugo Boss, is open to any artist or group of artists, working in any medium, from anywhere in the world.

The prize includes a solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, which can’t be topped. Still, its cash prize is $100,000, and it is awarded every other year.

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The Turner Prize, named after the painter J.M.W. Turner, organized by the Tate in London, also is held every year.

The total prize money is 40,000 British pounds — or about $61,000 — with 25,000 pounds — or about $38,000 — going to the winner.

Each short-listed finalist gets something, usually 5,000 pounds, or $7,600.

But only three to seven artists have been nominated for each prize since its debut in 1984.

The Turner Prize has cachet, but you have to be younger than 50 and living, working or born in the United Kingdom. If you are, brilliant. If not, oh bollocks.

KANDINSKY PRIZE

The Kandinsky Prize, named for Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, is only two years older than ArtPrize. Although Deutsche Bank AG is the sponsor, the contest promotes new Russian art.

Its package is worth 55,000 euros for four awards, including one exclusively for an artist younger than 30. But its top prize, like the Turner Prize, is 40,000 euros or about $44,500.

MARCEL DUCHAMP PRIZE

The Marcel Duchamp Prize, named for the eminent French artist, carries a cash prize of 35,000 euros, plus as much as 30,000 euros to produce a new work to be shown

at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

Considering that artists often put prize money back into their work, that makes the prize worth more in the long run. But even 65,000 euros doesn’t compare with ArtPrize’s package.

As you might have guessed, the Prix Marcel Duchamp, launched in 2001, is for artists born or living in France, and just three to six are nominated for each prize.

BUCKSBAUM AWARD

Some prizes are munificent but exclusive.

The Bucksbaum Award, awarded by the Whitney Museum of American Art, is worth $100,000.

But it’s only offered to an artist participating in the Whitney Biennial.

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Reorganization blamed for ouster of veterans’ home administrators

FUTURE GENERATION ART PRIZE

The Future Generation Art Prize, founded in 2009, same as ArtPrize, gives $100,000 — $60,000 in cash, $40,000 toward the creation of new work — to one international artist, supported by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation. But as its name implies, its one main prize winner and six general winners all must be younger than 35.

ARTPRIZE DALLAS

That brings us to ArtPrize Dallas.

Last year, ArtPrize announced plans to collaborate with a new, nonprofit organization in Texas to launch a similar spinoff event next April.

The inaugural ArtPrize Dallas could be a bigger event in terms of artists and venues participating in the first ArtPrize event held outside Grand Rapids.

Dallas, after all, is a city of 1.3 million, a metropolitan area of 7 million.

Based on Grand Rapids’ experience, organizers of ArtPrize Dallas are projecting 750,000 visits, well above the approximately 440,000 Grand Rapids saw at ArtPrize last year.

ArtPrize, however, has promised the cash prize will be no larger in Dallas next year than it is in Grand Rapids this year.

If money is all that matters, ArtPrize still is at the top.

And if you consider the sum total of artists and art entries in a competition open to most any artist from most anywhere, for now, there’s no contest.

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Each home also will The administrator and have a chief operations the director of operations officer to manage daily at the Grand Rapids Home business. for Veterans are no longer “This has to do with the in charge. direction we’re going in Sara Dunne and Eric modernizing the system,” Alderman were dismissed Thelen said. “That is an Thursday as part of a effort for us to centralize restructuring that will some of our practices and appoint a single chief policies, standardize operexecutive to oversee the ating procedures.” facility at 3000 Monroe Catherine Buckley, Ave. NE, as well as the a veterans advocate D.J. Jacobetti Home for and commander of the Veterans in Marquette, American Legion 5th a spokeswoman for the District, which covers Michigan Veterans Affairs Kent and Ottawa counties, Agency said. didn’t mince words when The elimination of assessing the changes. the local administrators “It’s been a long time “has nothing to do with coming,” said Buckley, a their performance,” said frequent critic of care at Suzanne Thelen, spokesthe Grand Rapids home. woman for the agency.

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MORE INSIDE Artist helps children create own works of art, A12 Teen’s entry inspired by organ donation, A13 Venue review: Kendall College of Art and Design, A14 Venue review: Grand Rapids Art Museum, A15

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Her duties are similar to a store manager. “We feel like it is a great fit because there are so many foodies in Grand Rapids.”

introduced by state Rep. Tom Hooker, R-Byron Township.

Hooker also wants to prevent schools from letting students practice using condoms.

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City rule favors bicycles New local bicycle rules won approval Tuesday, prompting a city official to forecast motorvehicle backups in some cases.

Among the new rules, a “safe passing” law requires motorists to keep at least five feet between the right side of their vehicle and a bicycle they are passing.

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Most cities this month have had at least 6 days of 0.01 inch or less.

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TORNADO ALLEYS

Here are the paths of Michigan tornadoes since 1950, with a list of most powerful and deadly. For details on all the twisters, see MLive’s interactive map at bit.ly/TornadoPaths.

1. June 8, 1953, Beecher 116 killed, 844 injured F5 2. April 11, 1965, Lenawee County 21 killed, 293 injured F4 3. April 3, 1956, Hudsonville-Standale 17 killed, 292 injured F5 4. May 8, 1964, New Baltimore 11 killed, 224 injured F4 5. April 11, 1965, Comstock Park 5 killed, 142 injured F4 6. June 8, 1953, Lambertville 4 killed, 18 injured F4 7. May 12, 1956, Flint 3 killed, 116 injured F4 8. May 21, 1956, Port Huron 2 killed, 68 injured F4

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1. Let’s get this out of the way right now: My middle name is Antenucci.

2. I’m the kind of guy who wears a lot of different hats: I do a little curating, a little teaching, a little organizing, a little advising, a little authoring.

3. In 2004, I was knighted by the Republic of Italy, so there’s that.

4. I’m often behind the scenes, but ArtPrize gets me out — even on the front page.

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False: Mayor Larry Gunderson said the project, however honorable, must conform to local and state regulations.

Craycraft needs to get permission from the state to encroach on the Fred Meijer River Valley Rail Trail’s right-ofway that runs past the proposed monument. Craycraft also has to get the Belding Planning Commission to sign off on the design that has changed since it first was approved.

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City could see budget boon

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WHO I AM

Middle name is not ‘Art’

Grand Rapids city income tax receipts appear to be up $1 million from a year ago.

The complete story can be found on Page A7, but here’s what online readers think about the windfall:

Answer to “Who Am I?” from A3.

But it might as well be.

Joseph Antenucci Becherer is the chief curator and vice president of sculpture, horticulture, collections and exhibitions at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park.

He also is the Lena Meijer Professor in the History of Art at Aquinas College, where he teaches courses in Renaissance, Baroque, modern and contemporary art.

He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Ohio university and a doctorate from Indiana University.

He led the committee to commission a sculpture of former President Gerald R. Ford, dedicated in 2011, for the U.S. Capitol, and in 2004, Italy gave him the honor of “Cavaliere Nell’Ordine al Merito” for service to the arts and culture.

If all that wasn’t enough, he also offers his expertise through columns for The Press during ArtPrize. To read his take on ArtPrize 2015, go to bit.ly/ becherer.

“Replenishing reserve funds seems like a prudent decision.”

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“I suggest we use all of this money to build a winter sports complex.

We should call this complex Ice Town too.

Tourist hit? I think so.”

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“When government receives a giant surplus in taxes, it should lead to one thing (in a sane world): a giant tax cut!”

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“Putting the surplus in reserve funds is fine.

Just don’t squander it on something stupid and then come back whining that the city is broke again and needs to raise taxes.”

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We are the champions

West Michigan Whitecaps players charge the mound after the final out of Monday’s 3-2 Game 5 win over Cedar Rapids in the Midwest League finals in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Submitted by Emily Jones/Whitecaps)

NEWS HAIKUS As Elvis Presley might have said, “Haiku.

Haiku very much.”

Every week, we gather in the Haiku Central conference room and marvel that you, dear readers, have latched onto this little feature and made it your own.

Without further ado, here is the batch of verses we’ve gathered from you for this week’s presentation.

Lois Waivio, of Grand Rapids, captured the essence of curbside recycling with this little number:

Recycling is great 1-2-3-4-5 or 6 Need spyglass to find.

Flint River water problems:

Polluted waters Solutions needed quickly So get the lead out!

More on lead in river water can be found at bit.ly/Flintlead.

And Margaret Friar, of Grand Rapids, shares this verse about our favorite Michigan political scandal:

Courser and Gamrat remind me of whack-a-moles.

They keep popping up.

Read more about the Grand Rapids recycling issue at bit.ly/GRrecycle.

Over on the east side of the state, Paula Ammons, of Burton, has something to say about

Haiku is a poetic form of three lines with five, seven and five syllables.

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Local “There so many unforeseen factors, like Mother Nature, that you just can’t predict.”

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GRAND RAPIDS

Smaller labor force means jobless rate fell

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An Enbridge pipeline maintenance supervisor points out oil containment areas Thursday during an oil spill drill in the Straits of Mackinac. The drill simulated a spill of light crude material from Enbridge Line 5 which was built in 1953 and runs under the water west of the Mackinac Bridge. (Neil Blake/MLive.com)

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West Michigan’s unemployment rate fell in August, thanks mainly to fewer people seeking work at the end of the summer, according to figures released by the Bureau of Labor Market Information & Strategic Initiatives on Thursday.

The fall to a 3.4 percent jobless was caused mainly because the labor force in Kent, Ottawa, Montcalm and Barry counties fell by 3,700 workers, or 0.7 percent, from 563,700 to 560,000. Total employment rose by 0.2 percent, from 540,000 jobs to 541,000 jobs, according to the state figures.

West Michigan’s jobless rate remained the lowest of all the state’s 17 labor markets. Ottawa County reported the state’s second lowest jobless rate after Mackinac County at 3.2 percent.

Kent County followed in third place with a jobless rate of 3.4 percent.

Manufacturing employment fell by 500 jobs in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming labor market — the first drop in 10 straight months. State officials said the region’s manufacturing jobs are still at the second highest level since 2004.

The region showed a gain of 1,000 jobs in the leisure and hospitality category along with modest increases in healthcare, financial activities and trade, transportation and utilities.

In Muskegon County, the jobless rate fell to 5.2 percent from 6.3 percent in July. The drop was attributable mainly to 1 percent decline in the county’s labor force.

Statewide, the jobless rate fell to 5.2 percent, down from 6.1 percent in July and down from 7.3 percent one year earlier.

“Jobless rates around the state typically fall in August and this year was no exception,” said Jason Palmer, director of the Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives.

“Employment increased in August in a number of Michigan regions; however, workforce levels fell in all areas from the June and July summer peak.”

By Garret Ellison

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Practice makes perfect.

That mantra was drummed into everyone during a big oil spill simulation conducted by the U.S. Coast Guard, Enbridge Inc. and a gaggle of other federal, state and local agencies in the Straits of Mackinac this week, where a hotly-debated pipeline built in 1953 lurks unseen.

Supervisors in hard hats stressed practice and planning at the various spill response staging areas between which two busloads of reporters and photographers were driven around through most of Thursday.

Contractors practiced slurping up nonexistent oil slicks with 50-foot booms towed behind a “vessel of opportunity” barge in the Mackinac Island harbor and southwest of Round Island under the watchful eye of the Duluth, Minnesota-based Coast Guard cutter Alder.

Around Point La Barbe and Green Island — where Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline splits in two for the 4.5-mile crossing — crews practiced deploying floating booms around coastal wetlands. Elsewhere, men in yellow jackets and orange vests practiced wildlife rehabilitation and shoreline oil cleanup.

But there was no oil. It’s still in the pipeline — which did not break, rupture, split, or otherwise do anything out of the ordinary. It was all for show.

And practice. As reporters talked with Enbridge supervisors near Point La Barbe, a helicopter flew by.

“In real life, (the pilot) would be monitoring the flow of oil and transmitting that information to our Incident Command Post,” said John Shorten, with Enbridge’s Canadian emergency security team. “Right now, he’s flying VIPs around.”

So, there you have it.

‘WORKING THE PLAN’

With a drill, “it’s not necessarily about the cleanup,” said Terri Larson, a communications director at Enbridge.

“It’s about working the plan.”

That plan involved a lot of people.

According to incident commanders, somewhere around 750 total people were involved somehow in the spill drill. That number included numerous Enbridge staff from around the U.S. and Canada, liaisons, government employees, and contractors who would do most of the actual cleanup if a real spill was to occur.

Charles Usher, president of Marine Pollution Control of Detroit, was the primary response contractor on site.

During a ferry ride into the straits, Usher said common practice is to stash equipment in strategic locations near possible spill sites.

Arthur Jabury, left, an 87-year-old Army veteran who worked for General Motors, left $3 million to the Van Andel Institute. (Submitted photo) Above, people work in the Incident Command Post Thursday during an oil spill drill in the Straits of Mackinac.

Left, Enbridge personnel and contractors work to deploy oil containment booms (Neil Blake/ MLive.com)

His company partners with Mackinac Environmental Technology in the straits. In the area, they keep 1,500 feet of containment booms — floating barriers that encircle and trap an oil slick — and skimmers that suck oil or gas from the water.

In a real event, most manpower and equipment would arrive in 12 to 24 hours.

Were Line 5 to leak — a big fear among the public and environmental groups applying pressure on officials to strengthen pipeline regulations or just shut the pipeline down entirely — Usher said it would release light crude or natural gas liquid, which would most likely float on the water surface.

But, that’s no guarantee. Much depends on “how much was spilled, what the sea state is, what the weather is like, what the prevailing currents and winds are like,” Usher said. “You basically have to gauge them hour by hour.”

PUSHING, FUNNELING THE OIL

The goal is to push or funnel oil toward booms and skimmers near shore. Usher said that spill modeling shows the dynamic currents in the straits would push oil along the Lower Peninsula coastline — east and west at the same time, potentially.

The Line 5 drill simulated a threeminute break that released about

4,500 barrels, according to Enbridge spokespeople. After three minutes, the automatic response valves on either end were to have triggered. Local emergency planners said a simulated 911 call came in reporting oil in the water on Wednesday night.

Usher said the traditional rule of thumb in oil spill recovery is that “if you’re able to recover about 30 percent, a third of the oil, that’s a pretty good number.”

That means despite all the manpower and equipment in the water, about 1,350 barrels, or 56,700 gallons of oil, would likely not be recovered.

“A lot of it gets dispersed throughout the water column,” Usher said.

While there are government guidelines that stipulate response times, there are no mandated amounts of oil recovery for spills in the U.S. “You can’t put a hard and fast number on how much you’re going to be able to recover no matter how much equipment you have,” he said.

“There so many unforeseen factors, like Mother Nature, that you just can’t predict.”

At the command post, set up in the Little Bear East Arena in St. Ignace, scores of people rushed hither and yon; talking on cellphones and land lines, working on laptops, checking data and coordinating amongst themselves and crews in the field.

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VAI surprised by gift from man with no connection

By Sue Thoms

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Van Andel Institute officials were taken by surprise when they received a $3 million donation from a Grand Rapids man who had no connection to the institute.

Arthur Jabury, an 87-year-old Army veteran who worked in accounting for General Motors, left nearly half his fortune to VAI upon his death in October 2014, officials said. He was described as a successful stock market investor.

“Arthur researched everything he went into and became very interested in the Medical Mile, and what Van Andel Institute had done to make that happen,” said Jarbury’s longtime companion, Dorothy Broekstra. “He believed in the education and research happening at the Institute, especially since he was himself (was) faced with heart and lung disease.”

The gift will be used to expand the Van Andel Education Institute Science Academy, which includes student programs and professional development for science teachers.

FROM SHOESHINE BOY TO MILLIONARE

Jabury grew up in Southwest Grand Rapids and worked as a shoeshine boy and peddled newspapers, according to VAI. He graduated from Union High School, served in the Army and earned a business administration degree from the University of Michigan in 1949.

He worked in accounting and personnel at the General Motors Fisher Body plant on Alpine Avenue NW. According to his obituary, he died peacefully at home in October 2014.

Love Collins III, VAI vice president of development, said the institute was grateful — and surprised — by the generous gift.

“With a gift of this magnitude, we usually have a pre-existing relationship with the individual or organization,” Collins said. “What a wonderful way to discover that the Institute has made a strong positive impression on someone’s life.”

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Priest celebrates 40 years as clergyman, historian and more Hall Street and Grandville Avenue. Morrow’s father was a firefighter from 1947 Inside the Rev. Dennis until his retirement as a Morrow’s rectory office, lieutenant in 1979. large piles of papers and “(Morrow) is a good man. envelopes are stacked hapIf somebody was sick or hazardly across the room. hurt, he’d An outsider might call it be there a bit of a mess. to help,” Those who understand Rohlof Morrow know differently. said. “He’s “To me, everything highly has a purpose,” he said, intelligent. nodding toward the orgaAnd it nized clutter. seems like Morrow, celebrating Morrow he knows 40 years as an ordained Catholic priest, is a man of who’s living in every other house in the community.” many facets — priest, hisMorrow’s fascination torian, expert in canon law, with history, particularly police and fire chaplain.

Grand Rapids history, He has worn those took root early in his life. cloaks for decades. His track record is a dedication He grew up in a house near Eighth Street and to community service.

Parishioners with Saints Front Avenue.

“The people I was Peter and Paul on Myrtle with — my grandfather Street NW are gathering and my parents — they all today at the church school had fantastic memories,” to celebrate the parish’s Morrow said. “They knew annual festival and his history, the neighborhood, 40th anniversary.

The public is welcome at the country.”

He recalls memorizing the event, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. city streets while riding in Morrow was ordained a car with his father.

Aug. 24, 1975, and then As an adult, he has combecame a Grand Rapids piled and organized historpolice and fire chaplain a year later upon the recom- ical collections about local theaters, railroads, the mendation of then-Police stories behind local street Chief Bill Johnson. names and structures that For him, it always have been demolished over has been about making the years. He also helped a connection with people. gather information about Morrow is known for his every firefighter ever to sense of humor, as well as serve in Grand Rapids his compassion. for a book published Roger Rohlof, a retired Grand Rapids fire battalion more than a decade ago.

Morrow served on the chief, has known Morrow Grand Rapids Historical since the 1960s.

Commission for six years, He can remember Morrow, as a kid, riding his beginning in 1981. In 2000, he received the organizabike to visit his firefighter tion’s Albert Baxter Award, father at the station at

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honoring those who have made significant contributions to preserving and interpreting local history.

Morrow always is looking to save records, particularly photos, that otherwise might be thrown out.

He recalls discovering a box of old arson investigations, full of photos, from the fire department’s LaGrave station in 1987. It was on its way to the dump before he stepped in.

Another time, he was too late to save records from a closed Catholic school. He learned a janitor had tossed them not long before he discovered they existed.

“It broke my heart when I found out what has been thrown away at places,” he said.

Morrow became the Grand Rapids Catholic Diocese archivist in the mid-1970s, about the same time he signed on as police and fire chaplain.

He has been to umpteen of the city’s tragedies over the years, including fires and crimes that have taken incredible tolls. Morrow performed services in 2003 for seven members of the same family killed in a fire on McDonald Street NW. He conducted graveside services for slain Grand Rapids Police Officer Robert Kozminski in 2007.

After becoming a priest, he spent two years in Washington, D.C., to earn a degree for canon law. He serves on the diocesan tribunal as a judicial vicar in a duty that mostly involves marriage annulment cases.

Today, at 67, Morrow still is going strong but is

limited by a medical condition that has affected his ability to speak.

The condition, involving the collapse of muscles in his larynx, started gradually getting worse after a case or laryngitis in 2011.

Sometimes, if he speaks with a different inflection, he can enunciate words more clearly. He jokes that it’s his “mister moose” voice.

“I used to love doing impersonations and imitations,” he said. “And I always loved to tell jokes.”

His congregation has made adjustments. They read his homily each week instead of him speaking it.

“I loved preaching.

I never used notes,” Morrow said.

“I guess I’ll have to preach with subtitles,” he said, flashing a grin.

“This is the voice I always use to make fun of seminary students,” he said, trying the inflection for a few seconds.

The problem, he said, is he cannot keep the “moose” voice going for long and realizes it would distract listeners anyway.

Morrow, who likes to share his humor, said the condition has been a disappointment.

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By Matt Vande Bunte mvandebu@mlive.com

When union members again asked city leaders to support them in contract negotiations with The Rapid, Mayor George Heartwell chastised them for “counterproductive” bargaining tactics.

He said union claims that The Rapid wants to get rid of worker pensions are “nonsense.”

Heartwell said the union has been counterproductive with bargaining tactics that allegedly have included demonstrating outside the homes and workplaces of Rapid board members.

“It’s not collaborative.

It’s not respectful,” he said. “By spending your time and energy on these diversionary tactics, I’d say you’ve done yourself a grave disservice.”

Heartwell criticized union members for publicizing misrepresentations of contract talks. The union has not submitted any proposals to the bargaining process and is forcing The Rapid to consider terminating the pension system, he said.

Union members, led by president RiChard Jackson and driver Truly Schutt, countered, saying Heartwell mischaracterized negotiations, during which they have made multiple proposals The Rapid has rejected.

Jackson said the union offered to contribute 15 cents per hour into the pension fund.

“Let us keep our pension. Allow us to contribute to it,” said Jackson, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 836.

“We have our defined benefit plan. We want to keep it.

“We are looking to add to that (contribution) and bring it up to 100 percent (funded), if need be.”

The retirement plan at the center of stalled contract negotiations between the public transit agency and its union of bus drivers and mechanics has an unfunded liability of about $2.7 million, meaning contributions to the plan are projected to fall that much short of estimated payouts.

To bridge that gap over the next 10 years, the pension system needs an extra 35 cents per hour worked by employees, according to an actuarial projection.

An extra 14 cents per hour would make up the shortfall in 25 years, assuming a 7.5 percent annual rate of investment return.

The Rapid is willing to put more money into the retirement fund — but not the current defined-benefit pension system that puts the multigovernmental agency on the hook if investment returns fall short of assumptions.

On the other hand, the union wants to keep the pension system instead of switching to a 401(k)-style defined contribution system and says it’s willing to start putting money into it.

“If we were to retain the plan, they would have to make their own significant contributions to the plan to make that work,” said Peter Varga, executive director of The Rapid.

“It’s not collaborative.

It’s not respectful. By spending your time and energy on these diversionary tactics ... you’ve done yourself a grave disservice.”

MAYOR GEORGE HEARTWELL

“It can’t be just on us.

“We’re looking at a liability that keeps increasing. That Heartwell causes concern for us. We don’t want the plan to terminate.

We don’t want to end the plan. We want to freeze the plan. The union feels like, with the current plan, they know what they’re going to get.”

The Rapid and the union have not come to terms on a new deal, and their previous contract expired last month.

Rapid employees currently do not contribute anything to the pension fund. The Rapid contributes $1 per hour worked by an employee, or about $550,000 per year.

A $741,000 annual contribution could eliminate the pension’s unfunded liability in 10 years, according to projections.

Switching employees to a 401(k)-style definedcontribution plan will “assure fiscal certainty for” The Rapid in the face of stock market volatility and could yield a larger retirement fund for workers, Heartwell said.

The Rapid is willing to contribute an extra $100,000-plus annually to a defined-contribution retirement fund.

Currently, the pension benefit is $34 per month for every year of service.

The projected monthly pension benefit for Rapid workers is $827 on average.

Switching to a definedcontribution plan would cost The Rapid more initially but pose less future risk. On the other hand, a 401(k) style plan poses greater risk to employees — but also the potential for a bigger payout in retirement.

“What we’re trying to do for the employees will give all of them a better retirement,” Heartwell said.

Under a defined-contribution plan, Rapid employees could have a richer retirement if future investment returns trend higher.

However, they also would shoulder the risk of lower returns that could sap their savings.

The Rapid is a partnership between East Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Grandville, Kentwood, Walker and Wyoming.

The transit system’s general operating budget is about $41 million, funded largely by state monies, a 1.47-mill property tax and rider fees. The bus system will raise rates Thursday.

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By Matt Vande Bunte

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Less than three months into the 2016 fiscal year, Grand Rapids city income tax receipts are up $1 million from the same time a year ago, when 5.7 percent growth generated about $3.1 million more in revenue than budgeted.

Receipts through midSeptember are 17 percent ahead of last year’s pace.

Although trends fluctuate wildly this early in the fiscal year, Grand Rapids again could take in a few million dollars more than budgeted.

“Do I think we’ll be in at about 5 or 5.5 percent (growth)? Yeah, probably, but it’s very difficult to project,” said John Schaut, the city’s income tax administrator.

Grand Rapids for the fiscal year that runs through June 2016 budgeted 3 percent growth in income tax, estimating revenue of $84.5 million.

If growth matches last year’s 5.7 percent, the city will have more than $2 million extra to play with. The Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce has called on the city to spend surplus revenue on roads.

But city administrators say there’s little staff capacity for more road work, given tens of millions of dollars already being spent from a voterapproved streets tax.

They recommend putting the extra cash into reserve funds that were drawn down during budget shortfalls in past years.

“Reserves are the financial resiliency that the city will require when the next economic downturn is upon us,” wrote chief financial officer Scott Buhrer and deputy city manager Eric DeLong in a memo to the City Commission.

Most of the surplus rev-

A pothole is shown in Grand Rapids earlier this year. The Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce has called on the city to spend surplus revenue on roads. (MLive.com files)

enue from surging income tax receipts goes into the city’s general operating fund. Portions of income tax also get deposited into the city’s Vital Streets, capital reserve and Transformation Funds.

Grand Rapids income tax in the fiscal year that ended 15 months ago in June 2014 brought it about $77.5 million. That number could approach $87 million this year.

City voters in May 2010 agreed to a five-year

increase in income tax rates, from 1.3 percent for Grand Rapids residents and 0.65 percent for non-residents to 1.5 percent and 0.75 percent, respectively.

Voters in May 2014 agreed to continue those higher rates for another 15 years, through 2030.

Grand Rapids voters in August 2013 also approved a 0.98-mill property tax for parks that is generating more than $4 million per year.

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The partnership with the with no one to care for them. This could have county came about after led to tragic outcomes,” the Michigan Department said Daryl Delabbio, Kent of Health and Human County administrator.

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The first charged, but his opponent reacted with a hard swing, nailing the first man’s steel helmet with a loud whack.

Both men, Jeff Meyers, of Ionia, and Ed Roehre, of Grand Rapids, belong to the Canton of Rimshot, the local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism.

The group recreates liveaction fighting and other aspects of the culture of the Middle Ages.

Medieval combat is one of the more visible and popular aspects of the SCA, but group members also work with metals, pottery, jewelry and food preperation.

The Grand Rapids group meets during the week to suit up and practice fighting skills. Their weekends often are spent traveling to events where they participate in duels and battles with others from around the Midwest.

One of the larger events is the Pennsic War in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. There, as many as 10,000 people gather, and hundreds of fighters form small armies and battle it out, delivering very real blows.

“We actually don’t want to hurt each other,” said Martha Sieting, of Grand Rapids.

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Left, Patrick Meyers, of Kalamazoo, battles with a rapier and dagger. Above, Kayleigh Cull, of Grand Rapids, prepares to fight in full armor. (Neil Blake/MLive.com)

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For more information on the SCA, visit sca.org or the local chapter page at midrealm.org/rimsholt.

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The agency has two food pantries and the Holland Community Kitchen.

Food stocks for the pantry could run out within the next six weeks, officials said. But demand is as high as ever — the Holland Community Kitchen serves more than 7,000 meals a month.

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By John Serba

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Detroit’s Atwater Brewery has announced plans to open a beer garden and tap house downtown at The Rowe.

The 6,000-square-foot space will feature 40 taps, indoor and outdoor seating, a full kitchen and a 500-barrel production facility brewing beers specific to the location. It will occupy ground-floor retail space at CWD Real Estate’s hotel-turnedhousing project at the corner of Michigan Street and Monroe Avenue NW. Although the complete budget has yet to be finalized, Atwater president Mark Rieth called it “a significant project, north of a million” dollars.

The brewery will employ more than 40 workers

and is slated to open in the spring when the $24 million Rowe project is completed.

A road rally from Detroit to Grand Rapids is being planned to celebrate the opening and to raise money for charity, according to Rieth.

Talks on the project began six months ago, and the architectural design already is underway, Rieth said.

The “biergarten” concept being used is modeled after the Atwater in the Park satellite location that recently opened in Grosse Pointe, outside Detroit.

Rieth said the brewery plans to open similar spots across the country in coming years.

“We took that successful project, and said, ‘Let’s do a few more of these,’”

he said. “So where do you go? We wanted to keep it in Michigan, to start. So why not Grand Rapids, the second largest city in Michigan?”

In addition to the exclusive brews, the Grand Rapids location will feature Atwater staples such as Detroit Pale Ale, Dirty Blonde and Vanilla Java Porter, as well as its Atwater-brewed ciders and spirits.

Atwater is one of the five biggest breweries, production-wise, in Michigan. It produced 40,000 barrels of beer in 2014 and is on pace to make 55,000 in 2015. Atwater currently is building a brewing facility in Austin, Texas, to aid in West Coast distribution, and is planning another production project in the southeast U.S.

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ArtPrize artist helps children create animal, ‘Fanciful Creatures’ collages aware of Crouter’s 2013 win.

Crouter, a wildlife artist Students scurried who resides in Flint, told about the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum grab- the children she spent a BOSTON SCIENTIFIC PATIENT EDUCATION SEMINAR year painting this year’s bing animal pictures, pipe You are cordially invited to attend a presentation entry. cleaners, feathers, markAlter Your Course in Parkinson’s She said her main ers and other materials New Medical and Surgical Treatment Options goal with the “Fanciful to create their collages of Hosted by: Creatures” program is for “Fanciful Creatures” on Leo Verhagen MD, PhD Jessica Karl, PA-C the children to have fun the first day of ArtPrize Rush University Medical Center, • Chicago, IL creating with different Education Days. types of materials.

ArtPrize artist Anni Tuesday, September 29, 2015 She fielded questions Crouter, who won second 4:30pm - 6:00pm about her latest piece, prize in the 2013 competiKids make animal collages Wednesday with ArtPrize artist Courtyard Marriott Grand Rapids - Downtown tion for her acrylic painting advice on their individual 11 Monroe Avenue NW • Grand Rapids, MI work and some even ques- Anni Crouter at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum. series, “Polar Expressed,” (Refreshments Provided) Top right, Crouter helps Bransen Widdis, 9, and his sister, tioned her about her 2016 instructed the youngSeating is limited Alyssa, 8. (Cory Morse/MLive.com) Please RSVP no later than Friday, September 24, 2015 ArtPrize entry. sters. The lesson began RSVP to: RushPatientEvent@gmail.com Wednesday by viewing Crouter’s 2015 ArtPrize piece, “Triple Play,” of three acrylic Siberian tigers paintings.

Motivated by her work, the 25 students from St. Mary’s Visitation Parish School in Byron Center and homeschoolers from Jenison and Grandville marched back to the Michigan Room to create their own works of art.

“I like that we got to use our creativity and imagination and a variety of colors,” said St. Mary’s Michael Ashby, 10, who used a tiger’s head for his piece inspired by the video game Minecraft.

Ashby’s classmate, Matthew Fein, also was drawn to the tiger, while others used photos of other animals, such as poodles or a giraffe. Fein, 10, took a page from Crouter’s title piece and put his tiger in a Detroit Tigers uniform, complete with the old English D and a brown pipe cleaner for a bat.

“ArtPrize is a really good experience for them to see the creativity and diversity in art,” said Fein’s mother, Amy Fein, about what the event and the education programming offers her twins and other students.

More than 13,000 students and educators from around the state are expected to visit downtown Grand Rapids for ArtPrize Education Days programming, sponsored by PNC Bank. The event is done in conjunction with the 19-day international art competition that runs through Oct. 11. There are 1,550 entries on display in 162 venues this year.

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When Levi Faber was 2, he received a new kidney from his father. Now 18, the NorthPointe Christian high school senior has lived a healthy life, and wants to share the importance of organ donations through this ArtPrize entry, “Donating Life.”

“Every organ donation makes a big difference in someone’s life,” Faber said while adding the finishing touches to his entry inside the Fifth Third Bank lobby Tuesday. “I wouldn’t be here today if it I didn’t have an organ transplant from my dad. I’m really blessed and thankful for that.”

While at a 20-week ultrasound checkup, Faber’s parents, Karen and Peter Faber, discovered that their then-in-utero son had posterior urethral valve obstruction. The condition causes fluid to back up into the bladder and in the kidneys, damaging the latter organs.

During the rest of her pregnancy, Karen Faber underwent weekly ultrasounds to make sure her baby would be OK. Levi was born eight weeks early on April 2, 1997.

The newborn’s heart and lungs functioned well at birth. However, Levi spent the first three months of his life in the NICU as both his kidneys were equally damaged, his mother said.

“There were a lot of ups and downs in those three months,” Karen Faber said.

“God is very good to us and

has been very gracious to Levi. Not many kids are as fortunate as Levi is.”

The Fabers knew their son would someday need a kidney transplant when they brought him home from the hospital on Father’s Day that year.

“It was a question about how long he could make it before he needed the transplant,” Karen Faber said.

When Levi was 21/2 years old, his father gave his son one of his own kidneys.

“It’s your son and you want to do anything you can to help. So you really don’t even think about it,” Peter Faber said.

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For ArtPrize, Levi Faber mounted cutouts of people and kidneys to symbolize those who are waiting for an organ donation. He sought help from a woodworker who cut out nearly 350 silhouettes of people with kidney-shaped holes, as well as small kidneyshaped pieces to place inside the corresponding spaces. The teen then sanded and painted the shapes with help from his three younger siblings and his parents.

“My little brothers enjoyed sanding the people and kidneys and would hand me kidneys to sand,” Levi Faber said. “They were fun to work with.”

“It certainly brought us closer as a family,” Levi’s father said.

The Faber family has partnered with the Gift of Life Michigan, a nonprofit

organization based in Ann Arbor, to register people as organ donors at their ArtPrize site inside the Fifth Third Bank lobby, 111 Lyon St. NW, in downtown Grand Rapids.

As ArtPrize attendees view “Donating Life” and register as an organ donor, they also may sign their name on a kidney and place it inside one of the cutouts mounted on the wall and ceiling.

According to the Gift of Life Michigan, there are about 3,500 residents in Michigan waiting for an organ, and about 124,000 people nationwide. In Michigan, about 17 residents receive organ transplants each week, and more than 9,000 Michigan patients have received a life-saving organ transplant in the past 10 years.

“These organs are out there, it’s just that people aren’t registered to donate.

So we just want to propel that forward,” Peter Faber said. “We just want to show how important it is to have a donation like this — it changes somebody’s life.”

Fifty-two percent of Michigan adults are registered organ donors, according to Kim Zasa, Gift of Life Michigan volunteer coordinator and Secretary of State liaison. Each organ donor can save up to eight lives, while each tissue donor can improve the lives of up to 50 people.

“That means there are 48 percent of Michigan adults who can make a lifesaving choice,” Zasa said. “I

think it’s incredibly generous and an impactful thing that (Levi) is doing. I commend him for his desire to make a difference and be able to help save a life.”

Sixteen years posttransplant, Levi Faber continues to lead a healthy life — playing tennis for NorthPointe Christian, swimming, boating, snowboarding and spending time with his family.

“It’s really a life-changing gift and I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for my dad. I’m really thankful and happy for that,” Levi Faber said. “If this project saves one person’s life, then all this hard work was worth it.”

Levi Faber mounts a kidney on his ArtPrize entry, “Donating Life,” on Tuesday inside the Fifth Third Bank lobby, 111 Lyon NW. His piece honors his dad, left, who donated a kidney to him.

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Need a boost of energy during ArtPrize? There are two new opportunities to grab a cup of coffee during the competition: a pop-up shop and a cold-brewed keg on wheels.

Ferris Coffee & Nut Company is featuring a pop-up cafe that will become the home of a concept coffee shop next year. Meanwhile, Direct Trade Coffee Club will serve a cold brew coffee called Nitro from kegs on custom-made bikes traveling through downtown.

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A variety of brewed coffees and espresso beverages will be available including “farm to table” coffee sourced directly from Central America and other high-quality, highly traceable farms and microlots worldwide. Other seasonal, coffee-based nonalcoholic cocktails also will be served.

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travel to find caffeine when Direct Trade Coffee Club’s four trikes with kegerators pedal the product around downtown Grand Rapids.

Nitro is a nitrogeninfused cold brew. Each keg is individually brewed at room temperature for 16 to 22 hours with vanilla and cascara added after filtration. When poured, the brew looks similar to a Guinness beer.

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Kendall College has powerful, meaningful exhibition been a part of human creativity, although most of us experience it and relegate it to strictly functional objects. This exhibition pursues the creative and formal possibilities of artists working in fiber today.

Considering the success of the KCAD exhibition and the related venue on Monroe, the Curatorial Fellows program at ArtPrize Seven is a meaningful addition to the events portfolio.

With an ever-watchful eye toward an increasingly professional experience, the staff and board of ArtPrize have been successful in the creation of a program that has educational and experiential meaning. A well-curated exhibition is articulate and clear in message and the selection of objects. The curator is in a challenging position to be both inventive and judicious in this pairing. Now, more and more people are learning what privilege and challenge this vocation, and it is a vocation, offers.

— Joseph Becherer is Chief Curator and Vice president for collections and exhibitions at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park and the Lena Meijer Professor in the History of Art at Aquinas College.

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However, rather than advertising or celebrating an event or team, the work professes an existentialist thought that in its honesty and directness gives us pause to stop and consider.

Text-based imagery has been an important aspect of art since the 1980s.

Coley is one of a handful of thoughtful engaging artists committed to that tradition.

The impact of the KCAD experience is felt in the efforts of curatorial fellow Elizabeth Hertl, who was responsible for the exhibition at 250 Monroe Ave. NW. Hertl is not new to ArtPrize, as she has been intimately involved with the Cathedral Square venue during the past few years.

“Processing Fiber” is the title of the exhibition, which features 18 artists.

Although the space is more raw and expressive than a tradition gallery environment, the thematic focus and breadth of work thrives.

Fiber work has long

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The Plan contains information regarding the development district, the Authority’s plans for improvement, the procedure and estimated cost of planned improvements as well as intended methods of finance.

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endall College of Art and Design is one of the cornerstones of the art community in West Michigan and a beacon for connection to the larger world of contemporary art.

For ArtPrize Seven, this esteemed academic institution has mounted a meaningful and powerful exhibition.

In addition, KCAD was one of the of the flagship art institutions in Grand Rapids to immerse itself in the Curatorial Fellows program new to ArtPrize this year.

As has been its tradition, the college utilized the galleries in the Federal Building. The exhibition mounted there shows astute curatorial and installation strength in both the selection and display of eight artists’ works.

One of the most moving works is a massive installation in the main gallery by Julie Green, of Oregon. The rear wall is filled with dozens and dozens of domestic scale plates that reads as a kind of mosaic from a distance.

What is captivating even from afar is the blue and white palette, blue images on a white background, that are highly reminiscent of historic Dutch delftware and many forms of decorative pottery often found in the kitchens and dining rooms of American middle class homes.

Walking closer, you see a myriad of hand-painted images representing a variety of meals, from fast food to seemingly home-cooked dinners. Names of states are also mentioned.

The work is titled “The Last Supper” in that it refers to the last meal selected by death row inmates from across the United States. The work is alluring and intelligent — a not-to-be-missed experience.

Neighboring is another huge installation called “Phoenix,” by Alison Stigora, of Philadelphia.

The entire main hall of the gallery space is filled by undulating waves of charred wood that the artist has masterfully woven together.

The work is highly visceral and works in contrast to the architectural framework offered by the standard white gallery walls. Whereas the sculpture itself feels raw — even primordial, like an early human dwelling — it also successfully pulls the viewer through the gallery.

The use of materials and space is masterful, even boldly elegant, and a fitting central corridor to the exhibition.

Another large-scale work is the stainless steel mesh installation “Maya 7624” by Seungmo Park.

From afar, the graphite palette reads as a largescale drawing. However, on closer inspection, the image breaks down and the nature of the mesh comes into focus.

Owing to this and the movement of the mesh, the imagery reads as a kind of vision. Working in a representational or realistic style is always a challenge in terms of finding an original voice, but it is clear here.

The Kendall exhibition continues outdoors just at the building entrance.

Nathan Coley, of Glasgow, has created a large-scale text-based image, “You Imagine What You Desire.”

The image is realized like marquee signage from theaters and ballparks of an earlier place and time.

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You may inspect the roll, which will be available in the City Assessor’s Office in City Hall for ten business days, beginning on October 12, 2015.

Property owners affected by the special assessment nuisance roll may file a written appeal at any time up to the adjournment of the City Commission meeting. Appeal forms are available in the City Assessor’s Office and may be delivered to the City Assessor’s Office or brought to the Commission meeting. This hearing is to consider the amount of the proposed assessment only. The question of the necessity for the roll was the subject of a prior hearing and will not be reconsidered.

Scott A. Engerson City Assessor City of Grand Rapids 300 Monroe Avenue NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 41-13-12-476-002 41-13-13-153-013 41-13-13-177-041 41-13-13-278-020 41-13-13-278-023 41-13-13-301-005 41-13-13-302-007 41-13-13-302-022 41-13-13-303-001 41-13-13-327-007 41-13-13-327-025 41-13-13-332-008 41-13-13-332-011 41-13-13-332-025 41-13-13-351-004 41-13-13-351-005 41-13-13-354-010 41-13-13-354-011 41-13-13-357-003 41-13-13-377-022 41-13-13-378-018 41-13-13-378-020 41-13-13-379-011 41-13-13-379-016 41-13-13-382-009 41-13-13-383-023 41-13-13-383-028 41-13-13-384-017 41-13-13-384-018 41-13-13-384-025 41-13-13-401-006 41-13-13-402-006 41-13-13-453-003 41-13-13-453-005 41-13-14-151-012 41-13-14-152-057 41-13-14-230-020 41-13-14-277-002 41-13-14-280-038 41-13-14-280-047 41-13-14-326-010 41-13-14-330-002 41-13-14-376-027 41-13-14-377-021 41-13-14-377-022 41-13-14-382-022 41-13-14-383-005 41-13-14-406-010 41-13-14-426-003 41-13-14-427-025 41-13-14-427-029 41-13-14-452-023 41-13-14-455-016 41-13-14-455-019 41-13-14-455-037 41-13-14-457-008 41-13-14-477-027 41-13-14-478-008 41-13-14-481-007 41-13-15-453-013 41-13-15-479-015 41-13-16-303-007 41-13-16-354-022 41-13-20-427-002 41-13-21-401-015 41-13-21-477-031 41-13-22-127-016 41-13-22-227-023 41-13-22-276-036 41-13-22-384-001 41-13-23-102-004 41-13-23-104-018 41-13-23-104-025 41-13-23-126-014 41-13-23-129-015 41-13-23-177-020 41-13-23-179-003 41-13-23-183-025 41-13-23-205-027 41-13-23-206-008 41-13-23-206-009 41-13-23-207-016 41-13-23-207-018 41-13-23-207-020 41-13-23-207-028 41-13-23-208-022 41-13-23-226-005 41-13-23-227-015 41-13-23-228-022 41-13-23-254-016 41-13-23-259-005 41-13-23-260-006 41-13-23-262-004 41-13-23-276-008 41-13-23-278-011 41-13-23-281-020 41-13-23-286-003 41-13-23-286-007 41-13-23-286-009 41-13-23-304-001 41-13-23-306-028 41-13-23-306-065 41-13-23-379-004 41-13-23-380-003 41-13-23-385-001 41-13-23-428-007 41-13-23-428-019 41-13-23-428-026 41-13-23-428-028 41-13-23-431-002 41-13-23-433-019 41-13-23-438-006 41-13-23-439-006 41-13-23-439-008 41-13-23-452-026 41-13-23-458-030 41-13-23-458-035 41-13-23-459-014 41-13-23-480-018 41-13-23-481-001 41-13-24-101-026 41-13-24-102-007 41-13-24-103-008 41-13-24-103-018 41-13-24-103-020 41-13-24-104-012 41-13-24-105-002 41-13-24-106-009 41-13-24-107-007 41-13-24-128-017 41-13-24-128-025 41-13-24-128-026 41-13-24-128-028 41-13-24-128-055 41-13-24-128-062 41-13-24-129-040 41-13-24-129-041 41-13-24-130-009 41-13-24-130-020 41-13-24-130-021 41-13-24-130-045 41-13-24-130-059 41-13-24-151-011 41-13-24-151-019 41-13-24-151-022 41-13-24-151-023 41-13-24-151-024 41-13-24-152-011 41-13-24-152-017 41-13-24-153-032 41-13-24-155-011 41-13-24-155-020 41-13-24-156-014 41-13-24-156-019 41-13-24-156-023 41-13-24-179-018 41-13-24-179-023 41-13-24-179-027 41-13-24-202-002 41-13-24-302-011 41-13-24-305-005 41-13-24-306-003 41-13-24-306-004 41-13-24-309-003 41-13-24-309-016 41-13-24-314-008 41-13-24-315-020 41-13-24-327-013 41-13-24-379-018 41-13-25-101-004 41-13-25-101-017 41-13-25-105-007 41-13-25-106-016 41-13-25-108-007 41-13-25-109-019 41-13-25-111-015 41-13-25-114-001 41-13-25-114-012 41-13-25-155-001 41-13-25-155-010 41-13-25-157-006 41-13-25-160-003

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Museum makes significant contribution to ArtPrize

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he exhibition “Nature/ Nurture” is an intelligent and timely display at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

In proving once again the centrality of this organization to cultural life within the community and connecting the community to larger national and international conversations, GRAM makes another significant contribution to ArtPrize and should not be missed.

The museum also has participated in ArtPrize’s new Curatorial Fellows program, sharing its wisdom and experience with new generations of would-be curators and art organizers.

In any high-quality curatorial endeavor, a question often is posed and explored. In this instance, “Nature/Nuture” asks about identity, personality and impulses, questions whether these defining issues result from our environment and consequently represent learned behavior, or whether these are inherent traits that emerge from our genes and DNA. Ideas about race, nationality, gender and sexual identity are among the topics presented and explored.

The experience is terribly current, with national dialogues and international events that we usually experience through local and national news.

“Wish You Weren’t Here” by Parisa Ghaderi is a moving installation by an Iranian woman living in the United States for less than a decade. It questions identity through nation-

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ality in the face of the physical loss of a culture and place. Originally from Tehran, the artist uses mundane black and white photographs of ordinary men and women as fragments of a civilization, a modern culture, which has seemingly vanished before our very eyes in less than a generation.

The images are framed individually but connected like a puzzle across a large wall. Although each is moving and mournful in its own right, the power of the assemblage reminds us of real lives, ordinary lives, broken and lost, and visualizes a civilization, lost and destroyed.

Closer to home, “A Fearless Brother Project Presents: Realistic Neglects — A Graphic Series” is a provocative series of photographs around race, violence and discrimination in the African-American community in Grand Rapids.

The images are more cinematic than journalistic, but the power of their content is not in question.

According to the artist known as Akibang (Monroe O’Bryant), the imagery is based on real events in the community.

Because the series is a created effort rather than a journalistic recording of events, powerful but not overly graphic, it tends to hold the viewer’s attention

Ron Platt, chief curator of the Grand Rapids Art Museum, observes the crowds during the first day of ArtPrize Seven on Wednesday. Pieces displayed at the museum during ArtPrize explore themes of nature and nurture. (Emily Rose Bennett/MLive.com)

longer offering time to consider the imagery, its meaning and context.

One of the most rewarding and intelligent aspects of the museum’s exhibition at large was the decision to show multiple examples of work by many of the artists included.

Granted, some of the works are defined by multiple objects, but the opportunity to consider several works by the same artist lends itself to a more in-depth consideration of a given artist answering interesting questions about an artist’s extended vision and technical abilities.

Often, when viewing an exhibition of single objects by artists, it is understandable that one would want to know more about their larger repertoire; the Grand Rapids Art Museum

ArtPrize 2015 entry “The Last Supper,” by Julie Green, hangs at the old Federal Building at Kendall College of Art and Design. (Neil Blake/MLive.com)

embraced this opportunity and audiences should feel fully engaged.

There are several notable examples. “Blue Ribbon” by Scott Hoyle, of Oregon, is a striking set of photographs of prizewinning 4-H animals. The

stunningly defined images imbue each animal subject with a visual intensity that causes you to question levels of reality as defined by breeding and pedigree on one hand and imagery manipulation on the other.

“Transcendence” by Jess

Dugan, of St. Louis, is a quiet but moving series of images exploring transgender and gender variance.

The subjects portrayed are open to the viewer but seemingly vulnerable in exploration and presentation of self.

A final series not to be missed is “Blue Go-Go” by Anne Lemanski, of North Carolina. The images are eclectic and bold compilations that explore the relationships between humans and nature; however, they could also be seen as individual biographies or narratives.

The precision of curatorial vision, posing a question and offering numerous potential answers, makes this exhibition. But it also must have been a rewarding opportunity for Hunter Bridwell, who served as GRAM’s Curatorial Fellow.

In turn, Bridwell is responsible for the curation of the Gillett Bridge, the broad pedestrian bridge that spans the Grand River between DeVos Place and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.

Four works have been selected both for and beneath the structure.

Public art and curating for an exterior space is a unique challenge that will certainly benefit from the experience and expertise the museum can offer.

— Joseph Becherer is chief curator and vice president for collections and exhibitions at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park and the Lena Meijer Professor in the History of Art at Aquinas College.

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Local IN THE MILITARY

West Michigan service members gain achievements Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Seth Daniel Larson, a 2004 Sparta High graduate, recently completed an assignment at Naval Support Facility Deveselu, Larson Romania.

Larson served as part of the security force for the new installation, which was established in October 2014. He has served in the Navy for nine years, and his home duty station is Naval Station in Everett, Washington.

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy Ryan, a 1999 East Grand Rapids High graduate, was recently named Junior Sailor of the Quarter at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, where he has been stationed since 2014. Ryan has been in the U.S. Navy since 2008, and prior to being assigned to his current duty, he had been twice deployed to Afghanistan and also to the Republic of Georgia.

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Corps (ROTC) cadet at the University of Hawaii and a 2004 Holland High graduate, recently graduated from the U.S. Army Air Assault School and earned the honor of wearing the Air Assault Badge.

Peter LaPonsie, a 2014 graduate of Grand Rapids Innovation Central High, recently received a rare perfect score on his Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) which is administered by the U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command that is used to determine qualification for enlistment in the U.S. Armed Forces.

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Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Dean Robert Orvis Jr., a 2002 Fredonia Academy graduate, recently completed basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland in San Antonio, Texas.

Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Alexander M. Talcott, a 2010 Saranac High graduate, recently completed basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland in San Antonio, Texas.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Benjamin M. Deeren, a 2010 Traverse City West High graduate, recently completed basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Army Spc. Timothy J. Duyst, a 2007 Jackson High Antonio, Texas. graduate, recently completAir Force Airman 1st ed basic combat training at Class Joshua M. Luckey, a Fort Jackson in Columbia, 2011 Providence Christian South Carolina.

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Air Force Airman Branden J. Olson, a 2010 Big Rapids High graduate, recently completed basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland in San Antonio, Texas.

Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Bret M. Rainke, a 2013 Northview High graduate, recently completed basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas.

Air Force Airman Charles S. Draeger, a 2014 Benzie Central High graduate, recently completed basic military training at

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Air Force Airman Austin L. Campbell, of Ionia, recently completed basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland in San Antonio, Texas.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Leante J. Franklin, a 2009 graduate of Olive Branch High in Mississippi, recently completed basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas.

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Spc. John A. Phinezy, a 2003 graduate of Monroe’s Jefferson High, recently completed basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina.

Army Pfc. Joseph E. Sheets Jr., a 2011 Kingsley High graduate, recently completed basic combat training at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Brandon R. Buckner, a 2014 Battle Ground High (Washington) graduate, recently completed basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland in San Antonio, Texas.

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Waterspouts: How and why they form

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old air aloft, spinning air from a storm system and warm Great Lakes water yield the perfect situation for waterspouts.

The cold pocket comes in the center of an upper level storm system, which produces the showers and thunderstorms that eventually spawn the waterspouts.

Waterspouts can be elusive to predict, but tend to form where the coldest air aloft is over the warmest water.

Obviously you want to be off the water when waterspouts are forming, for two reasons.

Waterspouts form in thunderstorms, making lightning a threat along with the winds from a waterspout.

Waterspouts disIronwood sipate as they 75/56 hit shore, so admiring them from a little ways onshore is fairly safe. But also remember that you shouldn’t be out taking pictures on a beach when lightning is visible and thunder is heard. Take the pictures and videos while in your vehicle.

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Copper Harbor 76/58

Lake Superior at Marquette: Waves: 1-3 ft.

Winds: S 8-16 kts. Water temp: 61°

Marquette 73/60

L’Anse 78/61

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Veteran-owned company wins $16M federal contract

By Shandra Martinez smartinez@mlive.com

Alliant Healthcare Products has landed a $16 million contract with the federal government.

The medical device maker won the five-year contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs that comes with an immediate $10.9 million order for high-tech endoscopes used in surgical procedures for veterans.

The company specializes in selling and distributing to the U.S. federal market, primarily to Veterans Administration hospitals and Department of Defense military treatment facilities.

Alliant will supply the medical technology for nine Veteran Administration hospitals in the Midwest.

The equipment lets hospitals integrate endoscopes used for high definition video, ultrasonic imaging, and 3-D surgical images on a single system throughout the entire hospital.

The order is being rushed because the equipment needs to be up and running by Oct. 1; the government isn’t extending a contract for current leased equipment.

“These are the most advanced diagnostic tools available for veteran care,” said Eric Albery, the firm’s director of marketing.

It’s the biggest federal contract the 13-year-old Grand Rapids firm has won and is seen as a validation of its two-prong business model. Alliant

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relocated to the 11th floor of Bridgewater Place in downtown Grand Rapids last year from the Kalamazoo area in an effort to attract the talent needed for its workforce.

About 25 percent of the firm’s workforce — which fluctuates between 15 to 30 employees — are veterans, including Bob Taylor, Alliant’s founder and chief executive officer. He is a former major in the U.S. Air Force.

Taylor credits the contract to the firm’s newly introduced Patriot Promise program, which is designed to provide VA hospitals with the same state-of-theart technology found in civilian hospitals.

“The key focus of the Patriot Promise is to make sure our war fighters get the best treatment possible, whether it’s with state-ofthe-art diagnostic tools or the most advanced mental care for Post Traumatic Stress,” Taylor said.

Alliant Healthcare is registered as a ServiceDisabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and provides a single point of contact for government buyers who currently purchase health care products from a multitude of sources.

The federal government is required to purchase a portion of services and products from veteran-owned businesses.

Alliant Healthcare, which only sells medical products for federal agencies, serves as a distributor for numerous high tech-medical companies with products ranging from state-of-theart diagnostic imaging to robotic cardiology devices and amniotic tissues for treating diabetic foot ulcers.

Albery said the firm provides a service to government agencies with its expertise on integrating technology and to partner firms by helping them navigate a complex federal procurement process.

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ormer state Reps. Cindy Gamrat and Todd Courser, who decided to run for reelection just days after their expulsion and resignation, have highlighted a “hole” in Michigan election law that should be filled, according to one high-ranking legislator.

State Rep. Lisa Lyons, chairwoman of the House Elections Committee, is drafting a bill to preclude a would-be candidate from running in a special election immediately after they were expelled or resigned from the same position.

The bill would not apply to Gamrat or Courser this time around — “I hope the voters will do the right thing,” Lyons said of the former lawmakers, who were accused of misusing state resources to hide their affair — but would seek to prevent similar re-election bids.

“We’re faced with the situation of taxpayers funding a special election. Who the individuals are aside, I’ve look at the issue and thought it just doesn’t make any sense,” said Lyons, R-Alto.

ASSIGNMENTS

House Speaker Kevin Cotter last week announced new committee assignments to fill vacant seats previously held by Gamrat and Courser.

“Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat have done enough damage to the House and to the legislative process,” Cotter, R-Mt. Pleasant, said in announcing the changes. “We cannot allow their absence to get in the way of the important work these committees are doing to reform state government and improve the lives of Michigan’s residents.”

Cotter also announced committee replacements for former Rep. Brandon Dillon, of Grand Rapids, who resigned in July after he was elected chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party.

STRAW POLL

Gamrat, R-Plainwell, last week issued a news release celebrating her apparent victory in an 80th District candidate straw poll hosted by the Allegan County Tea Party, but you shouldn’t read too much into the win.

For starters, straw polls are reliably unreliable and easy to stack with supporters. Gamrat reportedly received just 10 votes, according to MIRS subscription news, besting runnerup Bill Sage by a single vote.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

About five weeks out from the primary election, Courser sent an email last week asking 82nd District voters to focus on his “important accomplishments” in the House.

“I took the cause of liberty on my own shoulders and felt it was my job to hold back the tide of ever growing government, that in some way I could stop the growth in taxes and spending,” wrote Courser, R-Lapeer. “I did it as a personal crusade and it came at a tremendous personal cost to my family and me personally.”

None of the bills Courser sponsored reached the House floor, but he shared a document listing his votes on other measures. The document had been made on state time, according to a former staffer, who was surprised to see Courser using it for a political campaign.

Marie Foster, left, and Evelyn Lowery place a wreath in March 1995 at the site where Detroit civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo was killed by Ku Klux Klansmen, on Highway 80 near Lowndesboro, Alabama. (AP files)

Viola Liuzzo remembered as Detroit civil rights martyr

By Joanne Giannino Michigan History

DETROIT — Raised in the Jim Crow South, Viola Liuzzo was keenly aware of the injustices suffered by blacks. As a member of the Detroit chapter of the NAACP, she joined in marches for civil rights and supported the efforts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His call to action, coupled with Liuzzo TV coverage of the March 1965 events of “Bloody Sunday,” prompted Liuzzo to leave her family to travel to Selma, Alabama, to offer what assistance she could.

There, she marched again ... to her tragic fate.

Viola was born on April 11, 1925, in California, Pennsylvania. Her father, Heber Ernest Gregg, was once a mineworker, but lost his job when he lost his hand in an accident. Her mother, Eva Wilson Gregg, was a teacher. The family, moving several times, lived in Tennessee and Georgia and perhaps other parts of the South. Viola grew up in poverty and in the midst of racial segregation, discrimination and hatred.

KINDRED SPIRITS

During the early months of World War II, Heber Gregg moved his family to Ypsilanti so he could work at the nearby B-24 bomber factory. Shortly afterward, inspired by posters depicting Rosie the Riveter, Viola moved to Detroit to look for war work. She got a job at a cafeteria and met George Argyris, whom she married in early 1943. She met Sarah Evans, a black woman, who became her closest friend. The two had much in common, including childhood in the South.

Viola gave birth to Penny and Evangeline Mary, in 1946 and 1947. Evans cared for the girls while Viola worked as a waitress.

In 1949, George and Viola divorced. Two years later, she married Anthony James “Jim” Liuzzo, a union business agent for the Teamsters. They had three children: Tommy, born in 1951, Anthony Jr. in 1955, and Sally in 1958. Jim adopted Penny

Deep tire tracks show the course of the car driven by Viola Gregg Liuzzo, of Detroit, who was shot to death on Highway 80 between Selma and Montgomery, Alabama. (AP files)

and Mary in 1956.

In 1964, Liuzzo began attending the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Detroit, and, through Evans, became active in the Detroit chapter of the NAACP. PROTESTS IN THE SOUTH

In late February 1965, Jimmy Lee Jackson, a young black man, was fatally wounded by police following a voter rights demonstration in Marion, Alabama.

In response, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. organized a march of protest from Selma to the state capitol in Montgomery.

On March 7, “Bloody Sunday,” 500 peaceful marchers were attacked and dispersed by Alabama state troopers with billy clubs and gas grenades.

King then called for any and all persons to come to Selma. His telegram to clergy all across the United States, and subsequent events, brought 100 Unitarian Universalist ministers to Selma.

Among the earliest to arrive was the Rev. James Reeb, who was attacked on the street by a group of whites March 9 and died two days later.

Liuzzo, with millions of other Americans, had seen on television the horror happening in the South. On March 8, she decided to go to Selma.

On March 21, she joined 3,000 others in Selma as they marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the site of Bloody Sunday, and began the trek toward Montgomery.

When the march was over, Liuzzo met civil rights worker Leroy Moton, who had been using her car all day as an airport shuttle. They drove five passengers back to Selma. When they were dropped off, Viola volunteered to return Moton to Montgomery.

THE RIDE TO SELMA

Viola’s biographer, Mary Stanton, describes the ride on Highway 80 to Selma: “Between the airport and Selma, a car full of whites drove up behind them and banged into the bumper of the Oldsmobile several times before passing. ... Further along, the driver of another car turned on his high beams and left them shining into Vi’s rearview mirror. ‘Two can play at that game,’ she said and slowed, making the offending car pass her. Finally, when another car pulled up alongside the Oldsmobile while one in front slowed down, Vi had to jam on her brakes. They were boxed in, one of the passengers remembers, but Mrs. Liuzzo seemed to be more annoyed than afraid.

Gary Thomas Rowe was a Federal Bureau of Investigation informant and a member of the Ku Klux Klan. According to his court testimony, events transpired as follows. After the passengers were delivered, he and three other members of a KKK “missionary squad” — William Orville Eaton, Eugene Thomas, and Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr. — spotted Liuzzo and Moton stopped at a traffic light in Selma. They followed her car for 20 miles. About halfway between Selma and Montgomery, the four men pulled their car up next to hers and shot at her. Liuzzo was killed instantly. Moton escaped injury.

Not one of the four KKK members was convicted of murder. Rowe testified for the prosecution and thus received immunity. The other three were each eventually given 10-year sentences, under federal law, for violation of Liuzzo’s civil rights.

From 1979 to 1983, the Liuzzo children tried through legal action, unsuccessfully, to get the FBI to acknowledge complicity in the death of their mother.

— Joanne Giannino is a Unitarian Universalist minister in Flagstaff, Arizona. Her article about Viola Liuzzo is excerpted from the “Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography,” an online resource of the Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage Society.

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Drinking water delivery imperiled by failing infrastructure

Systems running downhill in U.S.

By Ryan J. Foley

The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — Deep inside a complex of huge tanks, drinking water for Iowa’s capital city is constantly cleansed of the harmful nitrates that come from the state’s rich farmland.

Without Des Moines Water Works, the region of 500,000 people that it serves wouldn’t have a thriving economy. But after decades of ceaseless service, the utility is confronting an array of problems.

Water mains are cracking open hundreds of times every year. Rivers that provide water are more polluted than ever. And the city doesn’t know how it will afford a $150 million treatment plant at a time when revenues are down and maintenance costs are rising.

“We’re reaching the end of the life cycle of some of the most critical assets we’ve got,” said Bill Stowe, CEO and general manager of the utility, which has a downtown treatment plant that was built in the 1940s.

The challenge is deepened by drought conditions in some regions and government mandates to remove more contaminants.

At stake is the continued availability of clean, cheap drinking water — a public health achievement that has fueled the nation’s growth for generations and that most Americans take for granted.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency projects that it will cost $384 billion over 20 years to maintain the nation’s existing drinking water systems, which will require tens of thousands of miles of replacement pipe and thousands of new or renovated plants.

The American Water Works Association, an industry-backed group, puts the price even higher — $1 trillion to replace all outdated pipes over the next quarter-century.

“The future is getting a little dark for something as basic and fundamental as water,” said Adam Krantz of the Water Infrastructure Network, a lobbying group that is fighting cuts to key federal water programs.

THE IMPORTANCE OF PIPES

More than a million miles of underground pipes distribute water to American homes, and maintaining that network remains the largest and costliest long-term concern.

Some pipes date back to the 1800s. As they get older, they fail in different ways. Some split and rupture, with an estimated 700 main breaks occurring around the U.S. every day.

Replacing a single mile of water main can cost from $500,000 to more than $1 million, but doing so is far more disruptive to customers if

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20-year cost to maintain the nation’s existing drinking water systems it fails first.

New Orleans once boasted about not raising water rates for two decades. But in 2012, the city approved 10 percent increases on water bills for eight straight years as part of a plan to fix a crumbling system.

The massive main break that flooded the UCLA campus in Los Angeles in 2014 — ruining its basketball court and inundating buildings and fields with millions of gallons of water — was seen as a wakeup call for failing infrastructure.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is moving from a 300-year replacement cycle to a 250-year cycle for its 7,200-mile water distribution system, still far slower than the 100-year cycle many experts recommend.

AGING TREATMENT PLANTS

Pipes aren’t the only components in need of big investments. Many water-treatment plants are 70 to 100 years old and need to be replaced or rebuilt with new systems at a cost of tens of millions of dollars even in small cities.

To make matters worse, the need for new investment comes as revenue is falling, in large part because Americans are using less water and installing more efficient toilets and showerheads.

Many households affected by drought have cut their usage, either voluntarily or because of mandatory orders. Even after the drought ends, their old habits often never return. That is good for conservation but means less money for water systems, which charge customers based on the amount used.

Costs also are rising to accommodate federal regulations that require removal of more potentially harmful contaminants, including arsenic and disinfectant byproducts.

Add it up, and customers’ water bills will need to climb rapidly across the country to keep the current level of service. Experts said the trend, which will disproportionately hurt the low-income, is likely to continue in coming decades.

“Infrastructure is the new frontier. Everybody knows there are issues, but it’s like, ‘What are we going to do?”’ said Ed Moreno, water superintendent in Iowa City.

Many of these pressures are on stark display in Des Moines, where

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— The Associated Press the decaying infrastructure is contributing to a planned rate hike for customers of about 10 percent next year.

CLEANING PROCESS

Cleaning the water is expensive because nitrates are not addressed in the normal treatment process.

Instead, the utility has to operate a separate nitrate-removal system, which recently ran a record 148 straight days this year at a cost of $1.5 million because of continued high levels in the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers.

If the problems persist, the plant’s general manager said it will have to spend $150 million to build a nitrateremoval plant to replace the aging tanks and outdated technology currently in use.

Officials worry that on a hot summer day during peak demand, the utility will be unable to treat enough water, forcing a temporary shutdown that would require customers to use bottled water. The existing nitrate-removal system can treat only about 10 million gallons a day, a fraction of what the region needs.

The treatment costs also leave less money to replace Des Moines’ aging pipes.

The utility budgeted this year for 345 main breaks, up from 285 last year. It spends about $6 million per year on maintenance.

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BORST, NICHOLAS B. JR. Age 86, of Grandville, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior surrounded by his family on Tuesday, September 22, 2015. He was preceded in death by his son, Jim and sonin-law, Jerry Penninga. Nicholas and his wife were members of Olivet Reformed Church for over 60 years and most recently members of Fellowship Reformed Church. He worked in the construction industry for many years, retiring from the Grand Rapids Board of Education. Nicholas enjoyed the outdoors, especially at the lake boating and fishing; many memories were made there with his family and friends. He proudly served his country in the US Navy. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Ruth (Dik); children, Sandy and Steve Fleming, Diane (Jim, deceased) Borst, Nancy and Bern Westhouse; grandchildren, Matthew and Krista Penninga, Jeremy and Lisa Penninga, Lisa and John Miller, Dawn and CJ Barber, Jessica and Mike Schwandner, Sarah and Ryan Preisner, Jason, Melissa, Kelsey Westhouse; 16 great grandchildren; brothers and sister, Herb (Marilyn, deceased) Borst, Gerard and Trudy Borst, Marge (Roger VerStrate, deceased) and Art Vander Weide; sisters-inlaw, Carolyn Dik, Donna Dik; many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Monday 11 am at Harbor Life Church (formerly Olivet Reformed Church), 3085 Wallace Ave. SW, Grandville, with Pastor John Nauta officiating.

Interment Grandville Cemetery. Relatives and friends may meet the family Sunday from 2-4 pm at MatthysseKuiper-DeGraaf Funeral Home (Grandville) 4145 Chicago Dr. SW and Monday from 1011 am prior to the service at church. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to International Aid or Faith Hospice. The family would like to thank the staff at American House and Faith Hospice for the love and compassionate care given to Nicholas during his time there. Condolences may be sent online at www. mkdfuneralhome.com.

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BLACKWELL, ROBERT “BOB AND OR BLACKIE” Died on his 90th Birthday, August 12, 2015.

He is lovingly missed by his wife of 25 years Mary Blackwell, of Caledonia, Michigan, his children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and his many friends. Bob was born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in Maryland. He graduated from The Tome School in North East Maryland and attended Miami of Ohio University.

He served in the Army/Air Force in England during WW ll 1943-1945 as a Ball Turret Gunner and was a Purple Heart recipient.

After returning from the service, he married Rachel McGaffin of Corning, Iowa, in 1948. They raised their family in Lansing, Michigan. Bob moved to Grand Rapids in 1979 and became an avid arts enthusiast and volunteer. He married Mary Perfitt in 1990.

He is survived by his five children; Kathleen Blackwell, Jennifer Elliot, Ellen Dutcher, Susan Finertie, Ann Blackwell - and his four stepsons; John Perfitt, Patrick Perfitt, Timothy Perfitt and Michael Perfitt. The family lost Bob’s son, John Blackwell, earlier this year.

Bob most enjoyed the company of others and was always available to help a friend. He was an avid biker and loved repairing his bike and the bikes of others. He had a passion for reading, for vintage Volkswagens and for Lake Michigan.

The majority of Bob’s professional life involved working as an insurance adjuster, retiring in 1981. While often immersed in a thick social schedule of socializing, volunteering and the upkeep of his home in Heritage Hill; Bob continued his professional life in periodic stints: including membership sales for the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce and as a disaster assistance employee for FEMA. A memorial service in celebration of Bob’s life will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2015, from 2:00 to 5:00; at the American Legion Hall 305; 9548 Cherry Valley Avenue SE, Caledonia.

The family wishes to thank all who helped, cared for, and supported Bob. Those who wish can send a contribution to NOW (National Association of Women).

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BISHOP, JULIAMAE “JUDY” 4/23/1921 - 9/18/2015 Age 94, of Gilbert, AZ passed away peacefully on September 18, 2015 in Gilbert. Judy was born April 23, 1921 in Adrian, MI to Harold and Rena Schneider. She served as a nurse in the United States Navy Nurse Corp during World War II. Judy married Isaac “Zeke” Bishop on October 18, 1947.

They lived in Brighton, South Lyon and Hastings, MI before retiring, and in Wyoming, MI and Mesa, AZ after. Judy was preceded in death by Zeke in 1994, and she lived in Haslett, MI, Mesa, AZ and Gilbert, AZ after his passing.

She worked as a Registered Nurse for many years, with her most recent position being at Pennock Hospital in Hastings, MI. Judy is survived by her five children Deborah (Stuart) Strait of Gilbert, AZ, Gregory (Suzanne) Bishop of Richland, MI, Rebecca (Eiko) Hekman of Kentwood, MI, Jeffrey (Katherine) Bishop of Roswell, NM and Bradley (Kathleen) Bishop of Chandler, AZ; 14 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; sister Beverly Musolf of Haslett, MI; and many nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held at 12:45 p.m. on October 3, 2015 at Evergreen Cemetery in Lansing, MI, with her son, Pastor Gregory Bishop, officiating. Arrangements were made by Bunker Family Funeral Home in Mesa, AZ and Riley Funeral Home in Lansing, MI. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Hospice at Home of Arizona, 7254 E. Southern Ave., Suite 111, Mesa, AZ 85209.

COBB, PAUL A. Aged 75, passed away on the morning of Thursday, September 24, 2015 in the company of family. He was born in Holland, MI to the late Lloyd and Hilda Cobb in the spring of 1940. He is preceded in death by his son Daniel, sister Mary Lou Cobb, brother John and brother-in-law Pat Crumback.

Paul will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 52 years Judy (Gunderson) and their sons Gregory (Jill) and Matthew as well as grandchildren Tyler, Jacob, Madelyn and Easton. He is also survived by his brother Leroy (Barb) Cobb, sister Carole Crumback and sister-in-law Mary Jane Cobb. Paul was one of owners and founding partners of Riverside Printing, a business he proudly passed on to his sons upon his retirement.

Paul was an avid fan of all of his grandchildren’s sporting events; he rarely missed a game. Please join the family for a time of visitation from 5-8pm on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Reyers North Valley Chapel. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Blessed Sacrament Parish (2275 Diamond Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505) on Friday, October 2, 2015 at 11:00 am with one hour a visitation prior. Please consider a memorial contribution in Paul’s honor to Blessed Sacrament Church.

BURGESS, DONALD age 85, went to be with his Lord, Wednesday, September 23, 2015, surrounded by his family at his home. He was preceded in death by his grandson, Steven Lackey and his brother-inlaw, Chuck Mast.

Don will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 60 years, Delores, his children; Dawn (Paul) Minor, Donna (Brian) Lackey, David (Christine) Burgess, Dale (Janet) Burgess, Dean (Carrie) Burgess; his grandchildren, Jason (Heather) Minor, Amanda (Chad) Smits, Dianna (Mike) Kisner, Nathan Minor, Joshua Lackey, Sara Lackey, Lisa Burgess, Jill (Alex) King, Kelly Burgess, Erin Burgess, Joel Burgess, Cory Burgess, Jesse Burgess, Breeanna Burgess, Rebecca (Nick) Frankfurth, Michael (Kimberly) Burgess, Rachel (Josh) Hook; his great-grandchildren, Deejay Minor, Logan Minor, Nicholas Light, Jackson Smits, Gabe Kisner, Kali Kisner, Trey Kisner, Jayden Frankfurth, Avery Frankfurth, Ellie Hook; his siblings, Rev. Warren (Jeanne) Burgess, Harold (Norine) Burgess, Joan (Ron) Johnson, Dick (Mick) Burgess; and sisters-in-law, Marlene (Dick) DeKoning, Ev Ayers and Cindy Mast.

Don served during WWII as an M.P. in the US Army. He worked at D.V.K. Construction as a General Contractor and more specifically, a carpenter, for over 35 years. Don loved the Lord and served Him as a life-long member of Corinth Reformed Church. He was also on the board at Cran-Hill Ranch for many years, and received a “Lifetime of Service” Award in 2013.

Relatives and friends are invited to share memories and stories of Don’s life on Monday, Sept. 28 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 PM at Cook Funeral Home - 2067 84th St. SW, Byron Center. A Funeral Ceremony will be held at Corinth Reformed Church, 129 - 100th St. SE, Byron Center, on Tuesday, September 29 at 6:30 PM with a dessert reception to follow. Interment will take place at Winchester Cemetery on Wednesday, September 30. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Don’s memory may be made to Corinth Reformed Church or Cran-Hill Ranch. Please share memories on our website at www.cookcares.com.

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CONLEY, PHILLIP Phillip Wesley Conley, formerly of Bradenton, FL passed away peacefully Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Heather Hills Care Center here in Grand Rapids where he resided for the past year and a half. He was predeceased by his first wife Lois in 1965, his second wife Barbara, his granddaughter Tracy Lynne Heinz, his sisters in law Dorothy Buskirk, Sheila (Ralph) Bischoff, and Peggy Buskirk, also his brother Paul (Mary) Conley, and sister Jeannette. He is survived by his children, Phillip (Carol) Conley and Lynne (Joe) Heinz, his grandchildren: Melissa (Mark) Bussell, David (Kelly) Heinz, and Julie Conley, also his great grandchildren Monica and Mitchell Bussell and Ashton Heinz and also his special friend Jolyne Sobel.

Phil was an Army Air Force veteran, serving in World War II, a retiree of the Grand Rapids Fire Department, and also a Commander in the US Coast Guard Auxiliary (in Florida) and loved to share stories of his adventures to all who would listen. Phil was a member of the GR Firefighters Retirees Association and Second Congregational United Church of Christ. We would like to sincerely thank the staff of Heather Hills Care Center for their loving care and concern, and also the staff of Faith Hospice. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Faith Hospice of Grand Rapids.

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DEBARTOLO, ROMA DeBARTOLO (Guerrieri) Roma L. DeBartolo, of Byron Center (formerly of Kentwood), went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, September 24, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bruno DeBartolo. She will be lovingly remembered by her children, Nancy (Allen) VanderLaan, Mary Ann (Dan) Varga, Connie (Les) Folse, Michael (Liliana) DeBartolo and Dr. Edward (Lori) DeBartolo; 14 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM, Monday, September 28, 2015 at the St. Sebastian Catholic Church, 9408 Wilson, SW, Byron Center, MI with Msgr. William Duncan presiding. Interment will be at Resurrection Cemetery.

The family will meet with relatives and friends on Sunday, September 27 from 5 - 8 PM at the Cook Funeral Home, 2067 84th St., SW, Byron Center (with a vigil service at the beginning of the visitation) and one hour prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Sebastian Catholic Church - Building Fund. The family welcomes memories and messages in their guest book online at www.cookcares.com.

DRIESENGA – Junior Jay Driesenga, age 78, son of Peter and Gertrude Driesenga of Hudsonville/Blendon, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, September 25, 2015. He went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, whom he loved very much. He was preceded in death by his second wife, Faith Driesenga, granddaughter Grace Warsen and grandson David J Warsen. He will be lovingly remembered by wife, Harlene Kok Driesenga; children, Brian (Lori) Driesenga, Katie, Sara, and Rachel; Bruce (Cindy) Driesenga, Kortney, Megan, and Kyle; Deb (Tim) Roobol, Danielle (Micah) VanOs, Luke, and Emma; Doug (Tracy) Warsen, Will and Sam; Dave (Stephanie) Warsen, Aaron, Kyle, and Ryan; Darryl Warsen, Mackenzie; great grandchildren; Deb (Steve) Van Dyke, Steven and Riley and Lindsey; Rob (Wendy) Kok, Scott, Kendra, Nathan, and Gracie; Kevin (Carrie) Kok, Kyle (Chelsie), Cody, Keegan, Conner, Keyara; siblings, Jo Ringelberg, Harold Driesenga, Elaine (Bill) Kuiper, Dale (Judy) Driesenga, Arloa Chen, Barb Searl, Kathy (Hal) Warner; and first wife, Doris Beek. The funeral service will be held 11 am Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at the Kentwood Community Church, 60th SE, Kentwood with Pastor Bill Johnson officiating.

The family will meet with relatives and friends on Monday, September 28, 2015 from 3 – 7 pm at the Kentwood Community Church and one hour prior to the service. Memorial contributions may be made to Freedom Fighters. The family welcomes memories and messages in their guest book online at www.cookcares.com.

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FARMER, MICHAEL FRED Mr. Michael Fred Farmer of Rockford, Michigan, age 83, passed away on the morning of Wednesday, September 23, 2015, and rests now, with his Lord and Savior. Mike was born to James, Sr. and Florence (Stevens) Farmer in Mears, Michigan, on Saturday, June 25, 1932. Mike was a lifelong entrepreneur. He was the owner and operator of numerous industrial sales companies. Through his vision, Mike shaped the community with his own drive and energy, and personally developed the area of downtown Rockford known as Squires Street. As a 1950 graduate of Rockford High School and lifelong resident, Rockford was a very special place to Mike.

He was a self-made man in Rockford, raising a beautiful and growing family, and with his ingenuity, graciousness, and creative vision, he made Rockford a better place for his family, friends, and fellow residents to live. Mike was also the founder of Wind, Waves, and Wheels, and also served on the Rockford Public School Board for over fifteen years.

Mike was always a faithful and devoted servant to his Lord, with his faith never faltering, the love he held for his Lord and his family was certainly immeasurable. He was a member of Rockford Baptist Church for seventy-five years, and was most recently a member of West Cannon Baptist Church. When time allowed,

Mike also loved traveling the world, for business and pleasure. Mike was a wonderful husband and father, awesome grandfather and great grandfather, and a dear brother and friend. He will be sadly missed but fondly remembered by his family, friends, and all those who knew him. Mike is survived by his beloved wife, Marge (Forsman-Kniivila) Farmer; loving children, Caryn (Thomas) Dells, Dana (Robert) Burch, Mike (Mary Goodman) Farmer II; thirteen grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; brothers, Jim, Jr. (Ginny), Tim (Joan), Ric (Kristen) Farmer; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; dear wife of fifty-three years, Lois Evelyn (Souffrou) Farmer on October 19, 2006; and daughter, Denise Anne Farmer on May 19, 1979. There will be a time of visitation from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m. and from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 26, 2015, at Pederson Funeral Home, 127 N. Monroe Street NE, Rockford, MI 49341. The Service of Praise and Thanksgiving will be celebrated at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 27, 2015, at Pederson Funeral Home.

Mike’s brother Ric Farmer and Pastors Tim Anderson, and Maynard Belt will be officiating. There will also be a one hour visitation prior to the service at the funeral home.

Mike will be laid to rest in Rockford Cemetery. Those wishing to offer expressions of sympathy are encouraged to make a memorial contribution to the Rockford Historical Society and Museum, P.O. Box 781, Rockford, MI 49341; or to MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) National Office, 511 E. John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 700, Irving, TX 75062.

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FLEMING, MICHAEL LEE Age 60, of Jenison, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, September 25, 2015. He was a fun loving, hardworking family man who cherished his family and had a great sense of humor. Michael worked at Tony Betten for 36 years as an auto body painter.

He was preceded in death by his brother, Tony Fleming; grandmother, Emily Cox; great niece, Cheyenne Banks. He will be dearly missed by his wife, Pamela (Miller); children, Michael Fleming, Jr., Danelle Fleming, Catherine Fleming, David Fleming; granddaughters, Emily, and Addison; parents, Bert and Barbara Fleming; parents-in-law, Les and Sue Tudor; sister, Julie and Bill Pries; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Diane and Rich Kersaan, Jeff and Tammy Miller; many nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday 11:30 am at Holy Name of Jesus, 1630 Godfrey Ave. SW, Wyoming with Fr. Donald Weber Celebrant.

Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Relatives and friends may meet the family Wednesday from 5-8 pm at MatthysseKuiper-DeGraaf Funeral Home (Grandville) 4145 Chicago Dr. SW. A vigil service will be held on Wednesday 8 pm at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent online at www.mkdfuneralhome.com.

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Aged 90, died peacefully, Monday September 14th, at her beDYKEMA (CHRISTIAN), loved home on Diamond Lake ELAINE in Michigan in the company of Age 81, of Byron Center, was family. Mary was born in 1925 transported to her Heavenly in Kincardine Twp Ontario, home to be with her Lord, Canada the daughter of Robert Thursday, September 24, and Rebekah Johnston. She 2015. Elaine will be remem- was preceded in death by her bered by her loving husband husband of 67 years Sheldon of 61 years, Harvey Dykema; Hedges, her brothers Gordon her children, Doug (Leah) (Dorothy), Jack (Dorothy), and Dykema, Dale (Deb) Dykema, Doug (Carol) Johnston, her Randy (Michelle) Dykema; brother-in-law Dunc Farrish, her grandchildren, Rev. Brian her daughter-in-law Susan (Sarah), David (Laurel), Ca- Hedges (Heller) and Michael’s leb, Abby (Matt), Jesse, Lydia, partner Aldir Otto Moes. Mary Moriah, Alivia, Aaron, Avery; is survived by her children, her precious great-grand- Ellen (Dale) DeHaan, Mike daughter, Bayla; her siblings, Hedges, Bob (Jane) Hedges, Larry (Mary Lou) Christian, and Tom (Joe Garcia) Hedges, Janice (Fred) Souffrou; her her grandchildren, Michelle siblings-in-law, Arlene Chris- (David) Halley, Heather (Scott) tian, Tressa Behrens, Ken- Dood, Andrew (Marylin) Hedgneth (Bonnie) Dykema, Harriet es, Craig and Blake Hedges, (Harvey) Van Dyke, Jane (Lar- her great-grandchildren, Rery) Kerkstra, Gordon (Gloria) bekah, Hunter, Eva, Miles, KaDykema; and many nieces and mden and Anya. Also survivnephews. She was preceded ing are Jim (MaryJo) Johnston in death by her parents, Roger and Peg Farrish. She loved and Dorothy (Alles) Christian her home on Diamond Lake and brother, Richard Christian and her Condominium at the in 2012. Elaine was a faith- beach on Anna Maria Island, ful member of First Reformed Florida. Both homes were the Church of Byron Center for site of many family gatherings her whole life. She had a won- throughout the years. Mary derful gift for playing the piano loved travel, snow skiing, and and teaching music that she walking the beach. She was shared with so many, bring- an “Outdoor” kind of girl and ing joy and comfort. Many kept her loved ones on the students went on to careers move. Her vibrant spirit will be in music. A time with relatives missed very much. She was and friends to visit with Elaine’s an active member of the Kalfamily will be held from 2 to 5 amazoo State Hospital Guild PM Saturday, September 26, working on Christmas Santa at Cook Funeral Home in By- Sacks and the annual Oldron Center, 2067 - 84th St. Fashioned Ice Cream Social SW. Funeral services will be serving as guild president. The held 3 PM Sunday, September memorial service will be held 27, at First Reformed Church on Monday, November 2, 2015 in Byron Center, 8425 Byron at 11am at Westminster PresCenter Ave. SW. Dr. Peter Van byterian Church (47 Jefferson Elderen, Pastor Bill Fernhout Ave. SE Grand Rapids, MI) and her grandson, Rev. Brian Please consider a memorial Dykema will be officiating. In- contribution to either Heartterment will be at Winchester land Hospice (3230 Eagle Park Cemetery. In honor of Elaine, Drive NE, Suite 200, Grand contributions may be made Rapids Michigan 49525) or to First Reformed Church of Alzheimer’s Association West HOOGEWIND, JAMES Byron Center. The family wel- Michigan (2944 Fuller Ave. comes memories and messag- Ne, Suite 101, Grand Rapids, 11/23/1920 - 9/24/2015 Grand Rapids, Michigan es in their guestbook online at Michigan 49505).

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“Jim” Hoogewind Sr., age 94, of Grand Rapids, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, September 24, 2015. He is lovingly survived by his wife of 70 years, Beatrice; his children: Bonnie (Harold) Nagelkirk, Jim (Nan) Hoogewind Jr., Michael (Cindy) Hoogewind, Nancy (Tom) Verhey, Roger (Collette) Hoogewind, Beth (James) Gilbert; 17 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. A service to celebrate Jim’s life will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 2015, 11:00 AM at Remembrance Church, 4575 Remembrance Road in Walker with burial at Rosedale Memorial Park. Friends may visit with his family from 2-4 and 7-9 PM on Monday, September 28, 2015 at Heritage Life Story Funeral Home, 2120 Lake Michigan Drive NW, Grand Rapids. '"& 3/+* .%/-(.,4& )-&3.*!/2 Donations in Jim’s memory may be directed to Forgot!2 #&+* 0!)"!$.2 1 ten Man Ministries, 3940 Fruit Ridge Ave. NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49544. To share a favorite memory of Jim and to sign his online guest book, please visit www. lifestorynet.com.

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Mrs. Patricia Arnsburg (McGinn) born November 18, 1923 to Rupert and Claire McGinn, widow of Helmut passed away Thursday September 24, 2015.

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HEYNEN, MARGARET MARIE Memorial contributions to Kent County Humane Society (NELSON) Margaret Marie (Nelson) will be appreciated.

Heynen, first born of Arnold W. Nelson and Frances R. (Polaske) Nelson, died and went to join her Heavenly Father on Thursday, September 24, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Paul Heynen and her dear daughter-in-law, Elizabeth (French) Heynen. Surviving are her loving children, Margaret and David Wojczynski of Byron, IL, Michael and Julie Heynen of Grandville, Mary and Rich Mapes of Jenison, Matthew and Annie Heynen of Hopkins and Anne and Bill Gruscinski of Wyoming.

Margaret is also survived by grandchildren, Chris Wojczynski, Katie and Matt Larson, Nicole Wojczynski, Nathan and Rachel Wojczynski, Brooke HOORN, BRUCE and Jared Lowe, Kyle and Ca- 3/17/1948 - 9/23/2015 maal Murray, Blythe and Brent Sparta, MI HOORN – Mr. Gritter, Meghan and Wade Bruce J. HooKriekaard, Jessie and Aaron rn, age 67, of Povenz, Amber Schuster, Sparta, died Nate and Erin Piechocki, Kyle and Austin Heynen. “GG” to unexpectedly on Wednesday those with whom God has tru- evening, September 23, 2015. ly blessed her are her beloved He is survived by his wife of 32 great-grandchildren, Montana years, Mary Lou (Klocko) Hooand Hayden Larson, Vance rn; his children: Tony (Priscilla) and Quinn Murray, Scarlet, Hoorn, Tina Hoorn (Tom CataAdele and Emmett Gritter, lano); three grandchildren and Ethan and Noah Kriekaard, five great-grandchildren; his Everleigh Schuster, Greyson siblings: Jan (Jim) Fisher, Jim Povenz. Also grieving her loss (Sandy) Hoorn, Brian (Robin) are her siblings, John and Shir- Hoorn, Diane (Pat) Rison; ley Nelson, Sister Kathy Pry- his in-laws: Fran (Rick) Hargzybylski O.P., Eric and Mary reaves, Joe (Bonnie) Klocko, Nelson; brothers-in-law and Chris (Paul) Kurlenda, Stan sisters-in-law, Alfred Heynen, (Betsy) Klocko, Leon (Sherri) Jim and Jacque Heynen, Dick Klocko, Tony (Amy) Klocko, and Nina Heynen; many niec- John (Lisa) Klocko, Julie (Jim) es and nephews. Peg was so Day; several nieces, nephews very loved and she wanted ev- and good friends. The service eryone to know that she truly to celebrate Bruce’s life will be appreciated the great deal held Monday, September 28, of love and care that people 2015, 11:00 AM at Heritage shared with her. A Mass of Life Story Funeral Home – Alt Christian Burial will be cele- & Shawmut Hills Chapel, 2120 brated on Monday, September Lake Michigan Dr. NW. Inter28, 2015 at 11:30 am. at Holy ment to follow in Holy Cross Name of Jesus, 1630 Godfrey Cemetery. Friends may visit SW, Wyoming with Fr. Donald with Bruce’s family at the fuWeber Celebrant. Relatives neral home on Sunday from and friends may meet the fam- 1-3 and 6-8 PM and for one ily on Sunday, September 27, hour prior to the service. Bruce 2015 from 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm honorably served in the U.S. at the church, with a Vigil Ser- National Guard. Donations in vice held at 7:30 pm. Everyone his memory may be directed to is welcome to join the family the Wounded Warrior Project, for a luncheon following the PO Box 758517, Topeka, Kanfuneral mass. The committal sas 66675. To share a favorite will be at Resurrection Cem- memory or photo of Bruce and etery following a luncheon. to sign his online guest book, Memorial donations would be please visit www.lifestorynet. appreciated to Holy Name of com.

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DELANGE, GARY LEE 2/10/1940 - 9/24/2015 Croton Gary Lee DeLange age 75 passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, September 24, 2015. He courageously served his country while in the U.S. Army. Gary is survived by his wife, Sharon; children, Dan DeLange & Mike Sousa, Heidi & Randy Alt, Nicki & Dan Bremmer, Richard Guy, Tracy & Michelle Schillaci, Erin Schillaci; 12 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren; sister, Barb & Ron Klenk; in-laws, Jan & Ron Chapman, Larry White, Terry & Ginny White; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 4:00 P.M. Friends may meet the family at the funeral home on Monday at 2 4 P.M. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, West Michigan Chapter. www.hesselcheslek.com

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LIVINGSTON, VAN I 8/28/1939 - 9/22/2015 Kentwood, MI Van (Ish) Livingston, Kentwood MI, left this world peacefully and entered into the presence of his Lord Jesus Christ on Tuesday, September 22, 2015. He suffered a stroke while attending church on Sunday, September 20th.

Van was born in Tichenor, AR on August 28, 1939. In 1962 he married the love of his life, Nellie Stevens.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Nellie Livingston (nee Stevens), daughter, Susan Livingston (Chris Vogt), of Portage MI; siblings, Walter R. (Lutie)Livingston, Bradford, AR, Ilda Kean, CA, Melvin Rieves, AR, Juanita (Hyatt) Humphrey, KY, sisterin-law Ronna Livingston, FL, 26 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Iva (Ayers) Livingston, and brother Farrell Livingston.

Prior to his 2002 retirement, Van was a truck driver and diesel mechanic at VL Watkins Trucking in Jenison.

Van always had a smile and a quick funny comeback to all. He would say “give me some skin and grin” when he shook someone’s hand. He also enjoyed watching John Wayne movies and the Detroit Tigers.

A Celebration of Life will be held October 3, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Madison Ave. Missionary Baptist Church, 5757 Madison Ave., SE, Kentwood, MI 49548 followed by a luncheon. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Madison Ave. Missionary Baptist Church Building Fund, 5757 Madison Ave, SE, Kentwood, MI 49548

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Randall Steven Alflen, age 59, died peacefully at home in Gadsden, Alabama, on Friday, September 18, 2015, after a 6 month battle with ALS. Randy is survived locally by his father Roger Alflen, sisters and brothers-in-law Laurie and Ron Tloczynski, Nancy and Dennis Carlson, nephews Kurtis (wife Jackie) and Kyle Carlson and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Randy was a very adventurous person as evidenced by his hobbies, which included skydiving, para-gliding, rock climbing, hiking, kayaking and cave exploring in the U.S. and all over the world. He was dearly loved and will be forever missed. Those that knew Randy would not be surprised to learn that he has donated his body for medical research. A memorial service will be held at Immaculate Heart of Mary’s Hearts and Hands room on Friday, October 2 at noon. Memorial contributions in memory of Randy can be made to your local ALS organization.

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Mr. Claxton Evans Hallman, age 87, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015.

Claxton served proudly with the US Army and retired after 20 years. He then worked as a senior bookkeeper in the Chemistry Department for 29 years with the University of Tennessee. In addition, he had volunteered for 10 years with the Tennessee State Veterans Honor Guard. Claxton was preceded in death by wife, Jeanne Greene Hallman.

Surviving are his daughters, Deneise Hallman Clifford, and Darcel Hallman; grandsons, Adam Clifford, and David Clifford; sister, Sarah Wadford; and many nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be held Monday, 5:30 PM at the Cook Memorial Chapel (east building), 4235 Prairie SW, Grandville. Relatives and friends may meet Claxton’s family Monday from 3:30-5:30 PM at the funeral home. His family welcomes memories and messages in their guest book online at www.cookcares.com. Contributions in memory of Claxton may be made to Wounded Warrior Project or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Mrs. Sandra Marie (Adams) Hower, age 66, has run her race and completed her tasks, Friday, September 25, 2015, and has been summoned by her Lord and King to hear the words, “Well done good and faithful servant, welcome to your eternal reward.” Sandra was born November 12, 1948 in Muskegon. She will be missed by her husband of 46 years, Robert; children, Tom (Amy) Hower, Tim (Jennifer) Hower, Todd (Sara) Hower, and Penny (Kyle) Wentworth; 14 grandchildren; and brothers, Lee Adams, and Richard Adams. Funeral services will be held Monday, 6:30 PM at Fellowship Reformed Church, 6610 36th Street, Hudsonville, with Pastor Shawn Hulst officiating. Interment will be at Georgetown Township Cemetery. Relatives and friends may meet her family Sunday from 2-6 PM at Fellowship Reformed Church (please use doors C & D). Her family welcomes memories and messages in their guest book online at www.cookcares.com.

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IGNASIAK, GORDON Aged 75 of Grand Rapids passed away on Monday, September 21, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife Joyce in 2004 and is survived by three daughters Denise, Kristy (Bob), Kelli (Corey), son Ken (Karen), ten grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, four sisters. He retired from Rapid Engineering after 30 years of service.

A private family service has been held.

MCFARLAND, WILLIAM G. Age 96 of Grand Rapids, was called to his heavenly father on Friday, September 25, 2015. Emerson was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 24, 1919 to Julia and Harry Lockrow. He is survived by his loving wife of 68 years, Gerry Jurun Lockrow; children, Janet (Tim) Richards, Barbara (Charles) McLean and David (Mary) Lockrow; adored grandchildren, Ben and Sam Richards, Lauren and Scott McLean, and Erin (Dan) DiCamillo, Andrew and Patrick Lockrow; sister-in-law, Helen Biro; and brother-in-law, Andrew (Frances) Jurun. Emerson attended Central High School before he proudly served his country during World War II (4 years, 3 months and 3 days) with time in the Philippines with the 13th Air Force. He met his wife in Palos Verdes, CA while stationed there. He was a graduate of Western Michigan University and founded Overhead Door Co. of Grand Rapids in 1948. He enjoyed winters in Palm Desert, CA. Special thanks to all the Porter Hills staff especially Marcia MacGraw and Janette Weeks whose love, compassion, and kindness was unmatched. The family will greet friends and relatives Saturday, October 3, 1:00-2:00 p.m. at O’BrienEggebeen-Gerst Chapel, 3980 Cascade Rd. S.E., Grand Rapids with a Memorial Service following at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to Salvation Army or Meijer Gardens.

Born January 25, 1923 in Saginaw, passed away September 24, 2015. He was the beloved husband of Elsa since July 1959 and special father to Kyle. He is survived by a sister-in-law, Char McFarland; granddaughter, Jessica Zeugner, and many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by sisters, Muriel Neeland and Evelyn Quick Bostwick, and brothers, Jack and Don McFarland.

He served in World War II in HQ 435 Troop carriers in England and France. Later, he rejoined his unit brothers at ten reunions around the U.S. He graduated from Alma College and attended George Williams in Chicago. Singing was a big part of his life as he sang with, Alma College choir, Mancelona Methodist Church, Oakhill and Westminister Presbyterian churches, and also the “Barbershoppers” and Shubert club choir. He taught math for 5 years in Mancelona, and twenty seven years at Riverside Jr. High where he had ski club and barbershop quartet groups. He was a weaver and studied with Bob Sailors, he also wove baskets and created gourd art. He and Elsa loved to dance and travel to Tropical climates where he enjoyed scuba diving. During summers, he was a camp counselor and life guard at Camps Henry, Manitoba and Blodgett. Private entombment will be observed, with no memorial services per his wishes.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Food Pantry of Westminister Presbyterian Church.

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JAKUBOWSKI, CAROLE Carole S. Jakubowski age 60, of Grand Rapids passed away peacefully on Wednesday September 23, 2015 after battling cancer for five years. She was preceded in death by her parents Eugene and Sophie. Surviving are her brothers: Kevin, Steve (Sandy), Alan (Tracey) Jakubowski, niece Stephanie and nephew Pierson, good friends Phyllis and Dee Dee. Carole was a 1973 graduate of West Catholic High School and worked at Rockford Corporation. Carole was a huge Michigan and Detroit sports fan. A Funeral service will held Monday 12:00 (Noon) at the funeral home. Her family will receive visitors Monday 10:00 am to 12:00 (Noon) at the Arsulowicz Brothers Stocking Mortuary, 585 Stocking NW. Memorial donations to Spectrum Hospice will be appreciated.

MAREK, TODD EDWARD 5/12/1964 - 9/22/2015 Sparta Todd Edward Marek, age 51, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 22, 2015.

He is survived by his son, Tyler Marek; parents, Edward & Darlene Marek; siblings, Denise Williams, Kim & Jim Williams, Jim & Kelly Marek, Shelly DeWitt; several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at Camp Lake Baptist Church on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. with Rev. Dennis Tyson Officiating. Interment Myers Cemetery.

Friends may meet the family at the funeral home on Sunday from 6 to 8 PM and at the church on Monday, 1 hour prior to the service. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to his son’s education fund. www.hesselcheslek.com

NAVAN, GORDON 3/18/1921 - 9/18/2015 Grand Rapids Gordon Navan, age 94, went to be with Florence, his wife of 72 years, on Friday, September 18, 2015. He is survived by his seven children; 17 grandchildren; and 21 great grandchildren. Gordon was born and raised in Cheboygan, MI and was a proud U.S. Army veteran of World War II where he served as a Master Sergeant in the South Pacific. He was a founding partner in Norman, Navan, Moore & Baird Advertising Agency in Grand Rapids. Gordon was a loving father, grandfather, husband and friend. He was a gifted artist, musician, writer, storyteller and handyman, but his family was his most cherished treasure. “Dad, your passing is so sad for us, but we have been blessed to have you for so long. Rest with the Lord Dad, you did a wonderful job.”

A mass will be held at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 935 Plymouth Rd. Grand Rapids, where Gordon and Florence were founding members. The service is scheduled at 11:00 AM on Saturday, October 3rd with a visitation first at 10:00 AM. Gordon will be interred at Resurrection Cemetery with full military honors. Donations in his honor may be made to The Kids Wish Network. (http://kidswishnetwork.org/) To share a favorite memory, or sign Gordon’s online guest book, please visit: www.MichiganCremation.com

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MITCHELL, HAROLD Col. Harold Leroy Mitchell, Ret., age 92, was reunited with his wife, Sharon Lee Mitchell, Wednesday, September 23, 2015. Harold was born June 14, 1923 in St. Thomas, Ontario to Florence Ann Mitchell. Also preceding him are his grandparents, James and Edith May (Whitehead) Mitchell; grandson, Jason Michael Wagner; great granddaughter, Ashleigh Jo Rizzi; and son-inlaw, Kenneth Walter Kernen Sr. Mitch had a great love for family, the Army, Michigan football, and golf. He leaves behind a legacy and many wonderful memories which his family will cherish. He will be deeply missed by his children, Robert Spierling, Vicki Marie Charette, Kathryn Lynn (Michael) Wagner, Joan Louise (Gordon) Lusk-Williams, Anna Lynn (Gerald) MitchellGervais, and Michelle Lynn Mitchell; grandchildren, Sharon Spierling, Mark Spierling, Robert (Suetta) Kernen, Cynthia (Norman) Guilfoy, Shawna Wagner, Brittany Gervais, Taylor Gervais, and Brandon Hoffman; great grandchildren, Craig Spierling, Samantha Spierling, Ellie Spierling, Callum Spierling, Kenneth W. Kernen, and Spencer Guilfoy; one great great granddaughter, Lyla Rose Cleveland; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Saturday, 11 AM at the Cook Memorial Chapel (east building), 4235 Prairie SW, Grandville. Interment in Grandville Cemetery. His family welcomes memories and message in their guest book online at www.cookcares.com. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Mitch may be made online to the Talons Out Honor Flight at www.talonsouthonorflight.org.

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MURPHY, RAYMOND K. “Murph” of Benton Harbor (formerly Grand Rapids), MI, aged 90 passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday September 22, 2015, surrounded by family and friends. Ray was born on August 30, 1925 in Battle Creek, MI to Raymond and Gladys (Wallin) Murphy. Ray entered the United States Navy at age 17, in 1942 to serve in World War II. He was assigned to the USS Griffin in the Pacific Theater. He served proudly until the end of the war. Following the Navy, Raymond met the love of his life, Shirley Anne Kryger. They were married August 7, 1954.

They lived in Grand Rapids for 59 years. He was most proud of his children Sheryl Collins (Jim) of Grand Rapids, MI and Rick Murphy (Anna) of Benton Harbor, MI. Over the years, Ray honed his skills as a tool and die maker. He had over 40 years of experience in the trade eventually retiring from the Auto Die Corporation.

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MCKELLAR, DANIEL LAWRENCE Daniel Lawrence McKellar of Charleston, SC, aged 65, passed away September 16, 2015, in Lake Lure, NC after a long illness.

Dann was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on February 20, 1950, to parents Harold and Alma McKellar. He was an inspiration to all who knew him, meeting his medical challenges with grace, strength, and often humor. He lived in Grand Rapids until 2004, when he moved to Charleston, SC. He is survived by his wife, Jann; his children, Mark (Andrea) and Leslie; and his beloved grandchildren, Grant and Meredith. Also, seven sisters, Pamala (Hank) Ross, Lillian (John) Bryant, Nancy (Robert) Lyon, Elenora Launiere, Catherine (Gary) Acker, Cherryl (Jim) Lilley and Darlene (Harry) Chichester; brother-in-law, Todd Runnels and many beloved family members including a special nephew, Craig (Valerie) Ross and a special cousin, John McKellar.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Alma McKellar, brother, Timothy, sister, Corinne (Peanut) Runnels, nephew, Billy Kuehle, and his grandparents.

Cremation has taken place, as per Dann’s wishes.

A memorial service celebrating Dann’s life will be held at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 1025 3 Mile NE, Grand Rapids, MI, on Friday, October 2, 2015, at 1:00pm.

In lieu of flowers, Dann has asked memorials be made to Make-A-Wish Foundation: http://bit.ly/1NHYBc2 Visit our guestbook at www. legacy.com/obituaries/ charleston talk with you, letting you do all the talking. Possessed with a keen sense of humor, Ray had enough one-liners and quips to fill a book. Once he had you laughing he would smile with a sparkle in his eyes. He was a long time member of Grand Rapids Central Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

His other passions included, Rick and his friends growing up playing baseball and basketball, spending summer weekends at Paradise Cove in Sand Lake, MI and visiting his daughter’s cottage near White Cloud. He was a big fan of the Detroit Tigers, Lions and Pistons in addition to the Michigan Wolverines. Ray is survived by his wife Shirley, his daughter Sheryl, son Rick, sisters Charlene Silberman, Lorraine Alonzo, and Phyllis Thrift; Brother In-Law Jack Kryger (Marilyn); many nieces and nephews. A special thank you to his sister Charlene for making the trip from Florida to help with his recent care.

Much appreciation to the special caregivers in his life Chris Thompson and Marilyn York for the love and care you provided Raymond. Thank you Jann Heileman for stepping in from time to time to just hang with Raymond. He is preceded in death by his parents; brothers Paul, Leroy and Delbert; sisters Arla and Loretta.

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Sunday, Sept 27 at Reyers North Valley Chapel in Grand Rapids, MI. An additional time of visitation will be held at the funeral home on Monday Sept. 28, from 11 – 12 with the funeral beginning at noon.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lake Michigan College to establish the Raymond K. Murphy scholarship for a veteran returning to school.

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NELSON, JAMES “JIM” HOWARD James “Jim” Howard Nelson, aged 64 of Alto, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. He was preceded in death by his son, Bryan; his parents, Howard and Viola Nelson and brother, Tom Nelson. Jim was a devoted, beloved, kind and caring husband, father, grandfather, son and brother. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Sharron; daughter, Megan Staskiewicz; grandchildren, Josiah, Grace, Clara, Asher Staskiewicz, Alexis Nelson; son-in-law, David Staskiewicz; sisters, Margaret Wilder, Janet Nelson, Sandy Nelson; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He worked for Duthler Car Sales and Duthler Truck Sales and Freightliner of Grand Rapids where he was affectionately known as “Red”.

He was highly thought of and respected in the parts department field. He belonged to the Grand Rapids Model Railroad Historical Society. A Memorial Mass for Jim will be held on Monday, October 5, 2015 at 11:00 am at Holy Family Catholic Church, 9669 Kraft SE with Fr. Loc Trinh officiating.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the church from 10 am until the time of the service. Inurnment in St. Patrick’s Cemetery. The family has requested that memorial contributions be given to the Parkinson Foundation. Condolences may be sent online at www.mkdfuneralhome.com.

OZINGA, ELAINE “KAT” Age 76 of Sand Lake, died Friday, September 25, 2015 at her home. She was born February 17, 1939 in Grand Rapids, MI the daughter of Fritz and Theresa (Merriman) Wenell. She was a member of Heritage United Methodist Church and enjoyed sewing, knitting and crocheting.

She loved her cats. Surviving are her husband, Dale “Buck” whom she married on February 15, 1958; daughters, Sue (Greg) Phillips, Linda (Steve) Veldboom; grandchildren, Angie (Ben) Musselman, Mitch Phillips, Jenna Veldboom, Jordan Veldboom; brother, Fred (Coral) Wenell. The family will greet friends Tuesday from 2-4 and 6-8 pm at the BlissWitters & Pike Funeral Home, Cedar Springs. The funeral service will be held Wednesday 11:00 am at Heritage United Methodist Church, 19931 W. Kendaville Road, Pierson.

Rev. Steve Weinberger officiating. Interment Pierson Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Spectrum Health Hospice, 4500 Breton, SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49508.

Barbara Jeanne McGhee age 75 was born July 21, 1940 to Fred and Evelyn McGhee in Sikeston, MO. Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, sister Evelyn Allaway (Marie). She leaves to cherish her memories two daughters, Vicky R. McGhee and Yvette M. Mabins; one son Jon B. Gray; one brother Fred (Christine) McGhee; Five grandchildren and ten greatgrandchildren. Public viewing is scheduled for Friday, October 2, 2015 from 3-7pm at Ivy K. Gillespie Memorial Chapel, 1865 Eastern Ave. SE, Grand Rapids, MI. Homegoing celebration scheduled for Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Glory 2 God Ministries, 3785 Woodview SW, Family hour from 12:00- 1:00pm. Service to follow.

NIELSEN (BEURKENS), YVONNE Mrs. Yvonne Nielsen (Beurkens) age 78 passed away peacefully with her beloved sisters at her side on September 24, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husbands Marvin Beurkens and Erhard Nielsen and her parents Ralph and Clara Merritt.

Surviving are her 3 sisters and a brother: Shirley (Bob) Kloet, Nancy Merritt, Kaye (Fred) Keller and Robert Merritt, her beloved family and friends.

Yvonne was a Christian woman who loved her God and her church. Per her wish Yvonne will be cremated and a private committal will be held. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Church.

Audrey Pfauth, age 82 of Dorr, passed away September 25, 2015 at Trillium WoodsFaith Hospice after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband Henry, her parents Arthur and Tillie Haas, and her brother and sister: Harold Haas and Martha Gaubatz. She will be lovingly remembered by her children: Mark (Anita) Pfauth, Karl (Kathy) Pfauth, Heidi (George) McLaughlin, Jesse Pfauth, Ross (Rebecca) Pfauth, 8 grandchildren and 6 great- grandchildren. Audrey was a member of the Epiphany Lutheran Church, 4219 Park Lane, Dorr, where her memorial service will be held Saturday, October 3, 2015, at 11:00 AM with Pastor Jonathan Krenz officiating. Donations in memory of Audrey may be made to the Epiphany Lutheran Church. Audrey and her family are being cared for by the Kubiak-Cook Funeral Services, Dorr.

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MC NEIL, JAMES Belmont James J. Mc Neil, age 85, of Belmont, entered the Kingdom of God unexpectedly as a result of a tragic accident on Thursday, September 24, 2015. James was born in Ferndale, MI on January 13, 1930 to James and Irma (Churchill) Mc Neil. He graduated from Clawson High School on 1948. He was drafted into the United States Army during the Korean War and served in the Medical Corps. After the service he joined the Carpenters Union Local #998 and worked as a skilled tradesman for over 50 years. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Kathryn Mc Neil in 2009 and his son, James Jay Mc Neil in 2006. Jim married Mary Regan in 2011. Jim and Mary blended their families together and Jim was embraced by Mary’s family and Mary by Jim’s family. Jim’s love of camping continued after he married Mary who also liked to camp and travel. Jim is survived by his daughter-inlaw, Barbara Laurie Mc Neil of Sterling Heights and his sister, Lois Hoskins. He also leaves behind his loving wife, Mary Regan Mc Neil of Belmont; and her children, Robin and Brian Dupuie, James and Marie Regan, Matthew Regan, and Kelly and Phil Smolcynski; several grandchildren; sister-in-law, Kathleen Horan; his brother-in-law, Bill Horan; and his nieces and nephews. Jim was a prayerful, faith filled man and was a friend to everyone he met.

A Mass of Christian Burial to celebrate Jim’s life will be held at 11am on Friday, October 2, 2015 at St. Alphonsus Parish, 224 Carrier St. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505.

Fr. Bernie Carlin, C.Ss.R. will be presiding. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the Mass at the church. A graveside service and burial will take place in White Chapel Cemetery in Troy, MI at a later date. Those wishing to offer expressions of sympathy are encouraged to make a memorial contribution to the Catherine’s Health Center, 1211 Lafayette Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505.

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aged 73, of Wayland, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Forrest; children, Tammy (Thomas) Brown, Travis (Carrie) Peet, Brenda (William) Banks; and ten grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 pm Tuesday, Sept.

29, 2015 at the Stroo Funeral Home. Interment in Bowne Center Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Hazel may be made to Spectrum Health Hospice. The family will greet relatives and friends on Monday from 6 to 8 pm at:

RING, ALDEN Alden Teel Ring, of Grand Rapids, passed away on Friday September 25, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Glenda Kay Ring. He is survived by his children, Christopher Ring of Austin, Texas, Keven Ring of Brookfield, Vermont, Laura (Todd) Kapitula of Grand Rapids, MI, Joshua (Kerry) Ring of Buffalo New York, Lyle (Jennifer) Ring of Alexandria, Virginia, Priscilla (Kenneth) VanderVeer of Silver Spring, Maryland; ten grandchildren; and his devoted dog Fluffy. He was also preceded in death by his parents, Lyle and Pauline Ring; sisters, Nancy Fenn and Katherine Rickettson. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Alden was a professional musician who spent twenty-three years as a cellist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. He also enjoyed sailing and spending time with his dogs. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, September 30, at Zaagman Memorial Chapel at 2:00pm. Reverend Colleen Squires will be officiating. Friends may meet with Family on Tuesday September 29, from 6-8 at Zaagman Memorial Chapel 2800 Burton St. SE. Contributions may be made to Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra and All Souls Community Church of Grand Rapids.

PILZNIENSKI, LEO J. 4/25/1915 - 9/23/2015 Walker Pilznienski, Leo J., September 23, 2015 Age 100 of Sand Lake, formerly of Redford.

Beloved Husband of the late Helen. Loving father of Dolores (Donald) Drewek. Proud Grandfather of Joshua (Melanie DeVries) Drewek. Dear brother of the late: Tracy (Frank) Zolinski, John (Ann), Ed (Marie), Jenny (Frank) Grodecki, Helen (Henry) Kucharski, Angela (George) Zolinski, Ann (Frank) Metra, Rose, and brother-in-law of the late Wanda (Chester) Jaremski. Visitation Sunday 1-9 PM at Vermeulen-Sajewski Funeral Home, 46401 W. Ann Arbor Rd., (Btwn Sheldon & Beck), Plymouth. Rosary Sunday 7 PM. In state Monday 10:30 AM until the 11:00 AM Funeral Mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 830 S. Lafayette St., South Lyon.

Interment St. Hedwig Cemetery. To share a memory, please visit vermeulenfuneralhome.com

THOME, MONSIGNOR EDWIN A. 3/2/1928 - 9/24/2015 Traverse City Reverend Monsignor Edwin Anthony Thome entered eternal life on September 24, 2015 at the age of 87. He was born March 2, 1928 in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Joseph, Sr. and Theresa(Ritzenhein) Thome. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, and also took advanced courses in Spanish at the University of Mexico and in behavioral psychology at Notre Dame.

He was ordained to the priesthood on June 5, 1954 at St. Andrew Cathedral in Grand Rapids by the Most Reverend Allen J. Babcock.

Father Thome began his priestly ministry by serving as Assistant for St. Francis de Sales Parish in Holland and was in charge of the Hispanic Apostolate in the Holland area. On June 23, 1961 he became the Director of Diocesan Missions in the Stanton-Edmore area, and in 1965 became the Pastor for St. Margaret Mary Parish in Edmore with the missions of St. Bernadette of Lourdes in Stanton, and St. Francis de Sales in Lakeview. On July 8, 1969 Father Thome was assigned as Pastor for Immaculate Conception in Traverse City where he served until August 19, 1972 when he was transferred to St. Ann Parish in Cadillac and St. Edward in Harrietta. During his stay in Cadillac he oversaw the construction of the current church on West Thirteenth Street.

He was appointed in 1985 to establish a new parish in the Traverse City area and again oversaw the building of the church and the community of Christ the King Parish in Acme, where he remained until retiring to senior priest status on August 13, 2000.

During his time there, he was appointed as Vicar General

TWOHEY, EDWARD L. ROOZE (DENTON), MARCIA JO On September 24th Marcia Jo (Denton) Rooze went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ surrounded by her family. She was born March 9, 1950, the daughter of Keith and Jean Denton. She is survived by her husband; Dathan Rooze, her children; Christopher (April) Rooze, Jennifer (Josh) Rousseau, grandchildren; Samantha, Mason, Austin, Elsie, her siblings; Marilyn (James) Shaw, Gordon (Marillyn) Denton, Warren (Cheryl) Denton and numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 5:00 PM at the Cook Memorial Chapel (east building) Grandville, Michigan with Rev. Lee Buer officiating.

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Age 91, Grand Rapids MI. Died at home on September 24th.

Survived by wife of 66 years, Margaret; Daughter Denise Twohey of Grand Rapids Mi, Sons and daughters- in-law, Michael and Claire Twohey of Marquette Michigan, Edward & Camulla Twohey of Chicago IL; Daughters and son-inlaw Sharon and Chris Cook of Grand Rapids MI.; Sean and Jerome Mounier of New York, NY; Six Grandchildren.

Mr. Twohey was a graduate of Boys Town in Omaha Nebraska, Attended Naval officer training at Mount Saint Mary’s in Maryland, and the University of North Carolina where he received his Lieutenant’s rank. While at UNC, he was the starting right guard on the Tarheel football team in the 1944 and part of the 1945 seasons against teams such as Wake Forest and Virginia Tech . After a year in the Pacific on the USS Perkins, Ed earned his Law degree at the University of Notre Dame, soon marrying Margaret Cook of South Bend. Ed began his career and started a family in Grand Rapids, the start of which was Interrupted briefly by Naval Duty on the USS Perkins during the Korean War. Upon his return to

beginning on January 1, 1998 and served in that capacity until September 1, 2001. After retirement he began working with the Father Fred Foundation in Traverse City. From July, 2002 through December, 2014, Msgr. Thome served as Administrator, Sacramental Minister and Pastor for St. Joseph Parish (Mapleton) on Old Mission Peninsula. Other positions he held included Vicar, Director of Priestly Life, Consultor, Director of Priestly Vocations, Superintendent and President of the Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools, and member of the Presbyteral Council, Finance Council and the Priests’ Retirement Fund Board. On December 23, 2011 Father Thome was named a Prelate of Honor of His Holiness bearing the title of Monsignor.

Monsignor Thome is survived by his brothers Father John, Gerard and Raymond. He was preceded in death by his sister Irene and brothers Richard and Robert.

Visitation will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church on Old Mission Peninsula on Monday, September 28, 2015 from 11am until 8 pm. The vigil service, led by Father Robert J. Zuchowski, will be held at 7 pm.

On Tuesday, September 29, 2015, the Funeral Mass will be held at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at 11:00 am. Monsignor Francis Murphy will serve as celebrant, along with Father Dennis Stillwell and Monsignor’s brother, Fr. John Thome serving as concelebrants.

Monsignor Thome will be interred at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Grand Traverse Area Catholic Schools, Father Fred Foundation, or St. Joseph Parish all in Traverse City.

Please visit www.reynoldsjonkhoff.com to sign his online guestbook.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home.

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him; may he and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Amen.

Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home Grand Rapids, Ed partnered with the late Bob Smolensky & Tom Roach in a small law firm that would prove to be an incubator for many young attorneys, judges and prosecutors in the decades to come.

Twohey Maggini PLC remains a highly respected firm today.

Ed & Peg Twohey raised five children. Ed was a member of many civic, charitable, and fraternal organizations. He remained active as an attorney into his last days, going to his downtown office for a few hours every day. He enjoyed legal challenges and a spirited debate, but above all, Mr. Twohey enjoyed meeting and helping others, and reveled in the success of his children and grand children. He was an eternal optimist who loved the outdoors, golf at Cascade, hunting, fishing, skiing, kayaking or walking on the beach at the Lake Michigan cottage.

In the fall, Cheering for Notre Dame Football was his indoor passion. He will be remembered as a kind and gentle man not only among his fellow attorneys, but in everyone with whom he interacted.

Visitation Sunday, September 27 from 4-7pm, O’Brien Gerst Funeral Home, 3980 Cascade Rd SE, Grand Rapids, MI Funeral Mass to be held on Monday, September 28, 10:30 AM at St. Thomas Church, 1449 Wilcox Park Dr SE. Memorial donations may be made to The Porter Hills Foundation to support the Greenhouses.

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STRYKER, NORMA Grand Rapids, Michigan

Age 94 of Grand Rapids, passed away Monday, September 21, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband Rev. Irving Rose, and daughter Evelyn Rose. She is survived by her sons Jonathan Rose, Steve (Pat) Rose, Philip Rose; grandson Mike (Shannon) Rose; also nieces and nephews. Mary’s parents were Rev. Merrick and Mary Streeter who were missionaries in Burma where Mary was born. In her youth and young adulthood, Mary grew up in New England and she received a Bachelor’s degree from Brown University. She met Irving, while he was a pastor at South Baptist Church in Providence RI. They later moved to Garden City, Michigan where Irving continued in his ministry. Throughout her life Mary, enjoyed directing the church choir and led bible study classes and local congregation missionary work.

She moved to the Grand Rapids area in 2009 to be close to her family and grandson.

Services will be held on Monday September 28th at 11:00 A.M., presided by her nephew Rev. Stephen Guilmain at Phillips Memorial Baptist Church in Cranston, Rhode Island.

Memorial contributions may be made to Phillips Memorial Baptist Church, 565 Pontiac Avenue, Cranston RI 02910.

Mrs. Norma (VanderZee) Stryker, age 89, of Grand Rapids, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, September 25, 2015. Norma was born in Grand Rapids and attended Lee High School. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 63 years, Albert Stryker; her children, Susan (Jim) Atkinson, Douglas Stryker; and by her grandchildren, Jennifer (Dan) Castle, and Daniel Atkinson. She was preceded in death by her parents, Nicholas and Jennie VanderZee; and by her brother, William VanderZee. Norma loved to travel, spend time at the beach and with her family. A memorial service will be held 11:00 am, Thursday, October 1st, at Fifth Reformed Church (2012 Griggs St. SE) with Rev. Jon Sherrill officiating.

Visitation will be from 10:00 – 11:00 am on Thursday prior to the memorial service at church. If one wishes, please consider memorial donations to Fifth Reformed Church.

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TERBEEK, MARVIN 8/10/1944 - 9/25/2015 Comstock Park

VANDER BRINK, HENRY “HANK” Hudsonville

Marvin John TerBeek Jr, age 71 of Comstock Park, and formerly Sparta, MI went to be with his Lord on Friday, September 25, 2015. He is preceded in death by his parents, Marvin & Dorothy TerBeek; siblings, James TerBeek, Judith York, & Debra Otte. Marv is survived by his wife Judy, and three sons; Jeffrey and Melanie TerBeek, David and Marilyn TerBeek, Ricky and Valarie TerBeek; grand children, Brittney, Trevor, Lindsey, Claire, Emma, Colton, and Stephen; aunt, Marian Rauwerda; siblings, Delores & Alan Bigelow, LuAnne Valk, Larry & Beverly TerBeek, Kim & Vern DeWitt; sister-in-law, Kathy and Jim TerBeek; 3 brothers-in-laws, Jim and Ruth Ann Arends, Jerry & Jane Arends, Jack & Mary Arends; 33 nieces & nephews. Memorial services will be held on Monday, September 28, 12:00 pm at the Funeral Home with Rev. Pastor Larry Young officiating.

Friends may meet the family at the funeral home on Monday, from 10:00 A.M. until time of service. In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial contribution in Marv’s name to the American Diabetes Association. The family would like to thank the wonderful staff of Heartland Health Care and Hospice of Spectrum Health for their loving care of Dad in his final days. www.hesselcheslek.com

Henry “Hank” Vander Brink, age 88, of Hudsonville, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, September 24, 2015. He will be deeply missed by his wife of 66 years, Joan Vander Brink; his children, Jack and Shelly Vander Brink, Diane and Bill Pols, James Vander Brink; his 6 grandchildren; his 9 great grandchildren; his sisters, Deana Schut, Fannie Roelofs.

Funeral services for Hank will be held on Monday at 11:00 A.M. at the Hudsonville Reformed Church, 3950 Highland Dr. Hudsonville, MI 49426 with Rev. Don Van Slyke officiating.

Interment Georgetown Cemetery. Relatives and friends may meet with the family at the Hudsonville Reformed Church on Monday from 10 A.M. to 11 A.M. Memorial contributions may be made to Hudsonville Reformed Church.

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VANDE GUCHTE, JEANETTE Hudsonville RYPMA, ROBERT “BOB” Age 64 of Kentwood, passed away on Friday, September 25, 2015 after a long struggle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Rypma and Florence Rypma.

He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Denise; children, Melissa (Jim) Ensing, Ken Rypma, Scott (Katie) Rypma; his first grandchild, a boy, whom he was eagerly awaiting; brothers, Charles (Nyla) Rypma, Gary (Sally) Rypma; motherin-law, Marge Paschka; many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Bob worked in the car business all of his life. Memorial services will be held Monday at 1:00 pm at the Matthysse Kuiper DeGraaf Chapel (Kentwood), 4646 Kalamazoo Ave. SE with Pastor Lew Vander Meer officiating. The family will receive relatives and friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 7-9 pm and Monday from 12 noon until the time of the service. The family requests that memorial contributions be given to a charity of one’s choice. Condolences may be sent online at www.mkdfuneralhome.com.

Jeanette Vande Guchte, age 100, of Hudsonville, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, September 23, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband, Anthony Vande Guchte; her sonin-law, Jim Hessel. She is survived by her children, Wes and Betty Vande Guchte, Rich and Carol Vande Guchte, Marie and Lambert Jr. Schut, Wanda and Vern Bohl, Alma and Bob Grassmid; her 20 grandchildren; her 56 great grandchildren; her 22 great-great grandchildren; her sistersin-law, Joyce Vande Guchte, “Toots” Dyke; many nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral Services for Jeanette will be held on Tuesday at 11:00 A.M. at the Beaverdam Christian Reformed Church, 5166 64th Ave, Hudsonville, MI 49426, with Rev. Tyler Wagenmaker officiating. Interment Georgetown Cemetery. Relatives and friends may meet with the family at the VanderLaan Funeral Home in Hudsonville on Monday from 5 to 8 P.M. Memorial contributions may be made to Beaverdam CRC.

VERDON, DENICE MULVIHILL Age 61 of East Grand Rapids, passed away Friday, September 18, 2015 at her residence.

She was preceded in death by her father, James P. Mulvihill Jr. She is survived by her mother, Donna Mulvihill, East Grand Rapids; daughter Marcella (Randy) Richardson; son Joel Verdon; and granddaughter Lila Richardson all of Gulfport, MS. She is also survived by her sister, Deborah Mulvihill George of Spokane, WA; brother Rick (Paddy) Mulvihill of San Francisco, CA; and sister Diane (Mark) Deremo of Grand Rapids, 7 nieces and nephews, and many other relatives and friends. A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 3 10:30 a.m. at O’Brien-Eggebeen-Gerst Chapel, 3980 Cascade Rd. S.E., Grand Rapids.

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Gerard Louis “Gerry” VanOtteren, age 96, loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015. He was preceded in death by our mother June Pearl (Beuker) in 1997, his 2nd wife Helen “Jean” (Christophersen), his 3rd wife Ruth (Pharr), and his sisters and brother Frances VanOtteren, Julia (Ed) Smith, and Christian (Coral) VanOtteren.

Gerard is survived by his children Jim and Rita VanOtteren, Don and Joan VanOtteren, Ron and Sue VanOtteren, Jan VanOtteren, and Ruth and Doug Milliman; his grandchildren Jim and Karla, Michelle and Tom Meyer, Kristofer and Erica, Mike, Lisa and Kevin Haverkamp, Nicole and Shannon Witherell, and Mara Rasikas; 15 great-grandchildren; brotherin-law Gordon (Eleanor) Beuker and sister-in-law Tressa Groot. Gerard was employed by the U.S. Post Office for 20+ years, where he delivered mail in his own neighborhood of Seymour Square; the G.R. Press; Van’s Rubber Stamp Shop (founder); and Baxter Laundry. He served in WWII and received the Bronze Star. Funeral services will be held at Zaagman Memorial Chapel, 2800 Burton St. SE, Sunday, Sept.

27, 3:00 pm with Rev. Darrell Dalman officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 2:00 to 3:00 PM with fellowship and refreshments following the service.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial contribution to his church, Home Acres Reformed Church, or Spectrum Hospice.

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VANDERLAAN, MILLIE Millie (Bouma) VanderLaan, age 86, of Caledonia, MI, was taken home to be with her Lord on Saturday, September 26, 2015. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Angie Oosterhouse, Tracy Lobbezoo, Julie Bolt; and by her brothers, Marvin and Lowell. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Robert VanderLaan. She also is survived by her children, Linda (Daniel) Slotsema, and Bob (Ann) VanderLaan, and her 8 grandchildren, Paul and Pam Slotsema, Nicole VanderLaan, Katherine and Luke Raymond, David Slotsema, Christine and Patrick Minor, Michael and Rachel Slotsema, Jane Slotsema, and Sarah Slotsema; 6 great grandchildren, Polly, Preston and Pierce Slotsema, Sarah Claire Raymond, Zelda and Adelaide Minor; siblings, Otto (Bernice) Bouma, Rev. Henry (Mary) Bouma, Elvira Corbin, Merle Bouma, Ken Bouma, Joy (Glenn) DeGroot, Joyce VanderLaan-DeLange; and many nieces of nephews.

Millie was born on February 10, 1929, in Hull, Iowa. Millie was the 6th of 12 children born to Peter and Lena Bouma. She lived in Edgerton, Minnesota on the family farm until 1947, when she moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to attend the Pine Rest Christian Hospital where she worked for many years. The Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 2, at Millbrook Christian Reformed Church with Reverend William Hensen officiating. The family will greet relatives and friends on Thursday, October 1, from 5 to 8 p.m. and 1 hour prior to the Friday service at church.

Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery If one wishes, memorial contributions may be made to Wedgewood Christian Services or to Crossroads Bible Institute.

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Mrs. Abigael Van Kempen, aged 89, of Grand Rapids, went to be with her Lord Friday, September 25, 2015.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Tymon and great-granddaughter, Debbie Sue Van Kempen. She is survived by her children, Adriaan Van Kempen, Ty and Deb Van Kempen, Case and Leigh Van Kempen; six grandchildren, Jacob and Christine, Jonathan and Katie, Rachel and Nate Fryling, Abigail and Cari Dufel, Peter and Kendra, Paul and Shanna; great-grandchildren, Tyler, Sophia, Olivia, Benjamin, Hailey; sister, Elizabeth Vander Linden; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Kees and Doet Van Kempen; several cousins, nieces and nephews.

Abigael was a former member of New Life Reformed Church and is a current member of Fifth Reformed Church. She was known for her love of and ministry of music. The family is grateful to the staff of Breton Rehabilitation for the loving care they gave her. Funeral services for Abigael will be held Tuesday at 1:00 pm at Fifth Reformed Church, 2012 Griggs SE, with Pastor Jon Sherrill officiating; interment Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. The family will receive relatives and friends at the Matthysse-Kuiper-DeGraaf Chapel (Kentwood), 4646 Kalamazoo SE, Monday from 6-8 pm and Tuesday from 12 noon until the time of the service at the church. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Frederik Meijer Gardens or charity of one’s choice. Condolences may be sent online at www.mkdfuneralhome.com.

The constant of his life was his love of the Lord and service to his churches in Yuma, then Phoenix, and finally in Flagstaff. He served on their boards of directors and on building fund raising projects.

He was deeply devoted to his faith and an inspiration to all who knew him. He is now with the Lord he so dearly loved.

VAN HOUTEN, JOHN HENRY 2/29/1920 - 8/26/2015 Flagstaff, AZ John was born in Grand Rapids, MI on Leap Year Day, February 29, 1920. He passed away in Flagstaff, AZ on Wednesday, August 26, 2015.

After graduating from Michigan State University in 1941, he planned to go to medical school but WWII changed those plans, calling him to serve first as a Lieutenant, and then as a tank Battalion Commander with the 8th Armored Division. During that time, he earned two Bronze Stars, one Silver Star, and two Purple Hearts.

When John left the army in 1946, he had risen to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In 1954, John moved to Yuma, AZ and began his career in the insurance business. Four years later, he became the General Agent for Massachusetts Life.

He built a very successful agency over a twenty five year career. He was a life member of the Million Dollar Round Table. He earned CLU and ChFC professional designations. He served as president of several industry organizations. Appointed by the Governor, he was the founding chairman of the Arizona Life and Disability Guarantee Fund, and served in the capacity for more than a decade.

Rotary was a big part of John’s life. He was a lifetime member with more than 50 years of perfect attendance.

He had served as Club President and District Governor.

He helped start the Gift of Life program for Rotary. This organization has provided open heart surgeries in Arizona for over three hundred children from all over the world.

John retired to Flagstaff, AZ. He and his wife Betty enjoyed the weather, the people and golf of Flagstaff. Betty passed away in 2004 after 62 years of marriage to John. Two years later, John married Vivian. They enjoyed more than nine years of love and happiness. They got involved with the Hope Cottage program to provide a safe haven for women and children and help them get back on their feet in a loving way. Through his efforts, John helped raise $1 million for a new building and received a matching grant for another million. The new facility increased their capacity from 16 women to 72.

John was preceded to heaven by Betty and his oldest son John II. He is survived by his wife Vivian, sons Jim (JeanneKay), Jerry (Dee Anne), daughter-in-law Donna, step-son Gary (Peggy), step-daughter Sherry (Bob), 12 grandchildren, 9 greatgrandchildren, and his sister and brother-in-law Eileen and Clarence (Bud) Stehouwer of Grand Rapids, MI.

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BIEBER, FARRELL 10/30/1929 - 9/28/2006

Nine years have past since Farrell’s death. He will always be missed, but happy memories of time spent with family and friends still remain.

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VANDER VEEN (NEE FORWOOD), BARBARA L. Age 90, passed away on Wednesday September 23, 2015. Per her wishes cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held on November 7th at 1pm in the WILKENING, Metcalf & Jonkhoff Chapel. ROBERT EDMUND The family is being served by 11/20/1931 - 9/19/2015 Age 83, died in Rochester, MI on Saturday, September 19, 2015. Robert was born November 20, 1931 to Walter, Sr. and Mabel (Plath) Wilkening in Yellow Medicine County, MN. He joined the Air Force at nineteen and spent two tours on Okinawa during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged on Sept 14, 1954.

Robert was a graduate of the University of Minnesota and an enrolled actuary who spent most of his career working with First Actuarial Corp. He VERHIL, IRENE MARIE loved his job and once traveled Age 88 of Grand Rapids, to Washington DC to lobby for passed away peacefully Fri- pension reform. Robert raised day, September 25, 2015. She his family and retired in Grand is survived by her son’s Jack Rapids MI where he was a (Lori) Verhil, Daniel (Lisa) Ver- member of Immanuel Lutherhil; brother, Joseph Lukso; an Church for many years. He sister, Mary (Gerald) Graham; moved to Rochester to live grandsons, Sean (Robin) with his daughter Ruth, who Verhil, Jeffrey Verhil; great shared his love of Masterpiece grandson, Vincent Verhil; also Theater and of their cat, Dafnieces and nephews. Funeral fodil. Robert enjoyed being in service will be held Wednes- his yard, especially during barday 3:00 p.m. at O’Brien-Egge- becue season, and watched been-Gerst Chapel, 3980 Cas- any sport he could tune in, cade Rd. S.E., Grand Rapids. including curling and bowling, Rev. Vila Kay Daniel, Chaplain though the Red Wings and Tiof Faith Hospice, officiating. gers were particular favorites.

The family will greet friends He played many team sports and relatives one hour prior in his younger years and was to the service at the funeral a champion bowler. He was home chapel. Interment Mid- known for his quick wit, sassy dleville Cemetery. Memorial humor, and great skill with puzcontributions may be made to zles. He will be greatly missed Faith Hospice, 2100 Raybrook by all who know him. Survivors SE Ste 300, Grand Rapids, MI include sister Sharon Opheim, children Dan, Ruth, Amanda 49546-5783. and Jane, and grandchildren Madelaine, Andrew and Celia Wood. Robert was preceded in death by wife Mary and seven siblings. Services will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions are welcome WALLACE, DANIEL at Leukemia & Lymphoma I have slipped Society. Arrangements in the the surly bonds of earth care of the Potere-Modetz Fuand danced the skies neral Home, Rochester. Online on laughter silvered wings guestbook www.modetzfunerSeptember 2 Dan Wallace, alhomes.com filed his last flight plan and has left behind his wife of forty years, Mary Roth, his much loved son Craig and daughterin-law Melissa Wallace, and his treasured grandchildren, Morgan Wallace and Collin Wallace to wish him smooth air and CAVU. Dan was preceded in death by his parents Francis and Oliver Wallace, by his brother and business partner, David Wallace. Dan lived his entire life never more than a quarter mile from his family’s log cabin on the Thornapple WATERS, BARBARA River; exploring, swimming, 1/9/1935 - 9/24/2015 skiing and ultimately flying his Petoskey favorite seaplanes from his Barbara Waters, 80, of Petoshomes there. His grandfather, who had long ago dammed the key, died September 24, 2015 Thornapple River would have at McLaren Northern Michibeen proud to see Dan’s stew- gan Hospital. ardship and love for the land Barbara was born January 9, and river. Dan was blessed 1935 the daughter of Edgar with lifelong joy that he found and Cassie Place. She grew in all his favorite endeavors; up in Capac, Michigan, where his family and friends, Wallace she attended a one room Advertising, Savory Street school house and graduated Restaurant, in his corn and at the age of sixteen from melon filled gardens, his mas- Capac High School. Barbara sive tree planting projects, studied business at Westin his development of Oliver ern Michigan University and Woods and Winsfield, and in graduated with a Bachelor’s his lifelong passion for flying. Degree in Business. While atHis family asks that you re- tending Western, Barbara met member Dan by doing some- William Lee Waters and on thing anonymously for some- June 11, 1955, they were marone in need. Those of us lucky ried in Kalamazoo. enough to have been loved by Barbara taught high school Dan will never forget the man, classes in Plymouth, Michihis love for us, his terrible gan, while Lee was attendpuns, his intense work ethic, ing medical school in Detroit. and his pure joy in flight. Fam- They moved north in 1968 ily and friends will gather to when Lee was offered a job add one more tree to his thou- at Burns Clinic in Petoskey, sands on October 4th at 2pm, Michigan. Barbara became the first female Mayor of Petoat Ada Park Picnic Shelter. skey in 1974, a title she held Fly high, CAVU Dan. Online condolences may be for three years. left at www.ofieldfuneralhome. Later, Lee and Barbara became Double Diamond Amcom way Distributors and enjoyed working together with that for over 40 years.

Barbara loved to travel,

ZYLSTRA, WAYNE A.

Always in our thoughts and prayers, Margaret, Tim and Kate, Matt and Holly, Tim and Addison, Sarah and Chet, Karen, Nick, Jimmy and Tommy

COOK, THOMAS L. 9/21/2000

RAYMER, MICHAEL GLENN

5/28/1975 - 9/26/2008 Love, your wife Dawn, son Robert, Nikki and Isabella.

Music was always important Also remembering to Mike. The Pirate looks at my dear parents 40 (Mike was 40 this year), Paul Grey, 5/19/1986 The Highway Man, Story of Velma Grey, 1/19/1997 My Life, Ripple, Angel, I’m A daughter-in-law, Dime, Life Goes On and My Theresa Spaulding, 6/5/2013 Life (he said he wanted that and niece, played at his funeral). Eagles Linda Ekenroth, 11/12/2009 always make us think of Mike.

It’s been 7 years since we You all are missed by the tragically lost our Mike. Still family missing you every single day.

Wayne A. Zylstra, age 63, went to be with his Lord on Sunday, September 20, 2015.

BREADHOFF, RICHARD C. Wayne was an assessor for 3/11/1950 - 10/1/2008 his entire working life prior to You are loved and his retirement earlier this year. remembered every day.

He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Sandy (Sandusky) ZylsForever in our hearts, tra; his two girls whom he was wife, Nancy, children and so proud of, Jodi (Jeff) Vengrandchildren ema, and Heather (Brandon) Robinson; his precious grandchildren, Eli, Jolee, Caleb, and CARTER, SANDRA Carly; his Uncle Alvin and Aunt 5/23/1944 - 9/27/2010 Pat Zylstra, Aunt Angeline FRANCES, JERRY Zylstra; mother-in-law, Jose7/19/1971 - 9/26/2014 phine Sandusky; sisters-in-law One year has passed since and brothers-in-law, Mary Jo (Roger) Drew, Tom Sandusky God saw you getting tired and that sad day, when the one I loved was called away. God (Betsy), Deb Sandusky; many a cure was not to be, so He called you home - it was His nieces, nephews, cousins, as put His arms around you and will, but within my heart you well as his best buddies (you whispered “Come with Me.” still live. know who you are!), and many With tearful eyes we watched Psalm 147:3 - He heals the dear friends. Wayne was pre- you and saw you pass away. brokenhearted and binds up ceded in death by his parents, And although we loved you their wounds.

Mart and Katherine; brother, dearly, we could not make you Ron; father-in-law, Tom Sanstay.

Always and forever, Tika. dusky. The funeral service A golden heart stopped beatwill be held 11 am Thursday, ing, hard working hands at October 1, at High Point Com- rest. God broke our hearts to munity Church, 2975 76th St. prove to us He only takes the HOEKSTRA, MARIE SW, Bryon Center, with Pas1/31/1950 - 9/28/2014 BEST. tor Greg Boisture officiating.

In loving memory of our Wife, Interment in Winchester CemMother and Grandmother who Forever missing you, etery. In lieu of flowers, me- Your loving husband, children was called to her Heavenly morial contributions may be Home, 1 year ago on Septemand grandchildren. made to Faith Hospice. The ber 28, 2014. family will greet visitors on As for God his way is perfect.

Wednesday from 4-8 pm at the Psalm 18:30a funeral home and on Thursday one hour prior to the service at Lovingly remembered by, the church.

Husband, Children and Grandchildren

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Love and Peace, Mom, Dad and Family

VANDER WERF, CORA 9/28/1914 - 11/4/2004

Mom, we miss you every day - our one true constant with unconditional love.

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God...”

Ephesians 2:8 Your Loving Family

WAUCHOPE, SALLY J.

Jesus said to her, “I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in me, will live, even though he dies.”

John 11:25 In loving memory of Sally J. Wauchope Family and Friends

MACINTOSH, CHAD R. 9/30/1978 - 4/11/2015

Thinking of you today on your birthday and everyday. Missing you with all of our hearts!

Mom and Dad and all who love you!!!

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CHELSEA, BETH

Sometimes, when it’s really quiet, I hear you laugh.

Happy Birthday FFS! cook, and do anything outdoors; work in her garden, take walks, downhill ski and hunt for morel mushrooms.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Petoskey and later an active member in Jesus Is Lord Bay Shore Community Church.

Barbara was a member of the Petoskey Garden Club and was instrumental in saving Pennsylvania Park downtown Petoskey.

Barbara was always positive, creative and fun loving. She had a strong drive to succeed.

Barbara was “loved by everybody” especially her survivors, her husband of sixty years, Lee Waters of Petoskey; her children, Leigh Ann (Michael) Anderson of Grand Rapids, Michael Lee (Flora) Waters of Petoskey; grandchildren, Nicholas Adam Certa, Tara Marie Certa, David Michael Waters and Arielle Leigh (Dallin) Brubaker; a great-granddaughter, Vedette Certa and her sister, Mary Ellen Lewis.

Barbara is preceded in death by her siblings, Dorothy Jean Ogalsby, Charles Jarboe and Sister Louise Jarboe.

There will be a visitation, Sunday, September 27, 2015 at Stone Funeral Home from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. A funeral service will be Monday, September 28, 2015 at Stone Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. with an hour gathering prior to the service.

Charitable donations in Barbara’s memory are asked to be directed toward Jesus Is Lord Bay Shore Community Church and Alzheimer’s Association.

Friends and family may sign Barbara’s Guest Book or leave a condolence at www. stonefuneralhomeinc.com

MAC INTOSH, RUSSELL 10/30/1914 - 9/28/1959 In memory of my dad.

Scott and Suzanne

Love, Mom

WEIDENFELLER, MARIA 3/9/1949 - 9/23/2006

It’s been nine years. In loving memory of our wife, mother, sister, aunt, and grandmother who left us for a better place.

Ron Weidenfeller Family

WENGER, LYMAN 4/14/1918 - 9/27/2014

How do I live without you, Dad? I still don’t know. I love and miss you so much.

Love, Saundra

WILDMAN, BRIAN 5/22/1968 - 9/27/2012

My mind knows that you are in a better place Where there is no pain.

You are at peace.

I understand that; I just wish I could explain it to my heart.

You are so missed!

EARDLEY, MATTHEW C. 9/28/1987 - 7/11/2009 Happy Golden Birthday!

“Let your light shine.”

You are missed.

Love, Your Family

ELDERS, LARRY 11/19/1942 - 9/28/1995

In Loving Memory of Larry Elders who passed away Twenty years ago Sept. 28.

When you lose the one you love it is so hard to take The pain you feel when your heart has to break The memories you keep are all in your mind as you search your soul for more to find The years will pass memories fade to gray but you think of him each and everyday The love you felt is never forgotten Down deep in your heart it is there at the bottom I remember one thing as I sit and I pray You will be there to greet me I’ll hold you someday....

We Love and Miss you Nancy Children and Grandchildren

PIERCE, G. CAROL 12/25/1937 - 10/1/2014

Honey, although it has been one year since you left us, it seems like a lifetime. We are forever grateful for our lifetime of memories together.

We love you and miss you so much.

Love forever, Your husband, Bob; your children and your grandchildren

Love, Mom, Dad and Family

WILKE, JAMES 5/1/1936 - 9/25/2009

Saved by His amazing grace.

Love Wife and Children

WUSTMAN, DONNA 3/18/1936 - 10/1/2014

SCOTT, FRED W.

Remembering my true love, Fred W. Scott.

Home with God since 9/27/2011 Loving you forever and missing you even more.

Love, Brenda

In loving memory of our Wife, Mom, Grandma, and GreatGrandma who was called home to be with Jesus on October 1, 2014.

Missed by Husband Norm Children Rick & Pat, Dan & Pam, Joel & Elaine, Scott & Julie, Bruce & Gayle Grandchilldren Great-Grandchildren

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LOCAL SPORT S / C14

EAST GRAND RAPIDS PULLS OUT A THRILLER STATE LIONS

Injury Report BRONCOS: DOUBTFUL: CB Kayvon Webster (ankle).

QUESTIONABLE: DE Kenny Anunike (knee), S Omar Bolden (foot). PROBABLE: RB C.J. Anderson (ankle, toe), QB Peyton Manning (not injury related), LB Brandon Marshall (finger), LB Lerentee McCray (groin), S Darian Stewart (groin), CB Aqib Talib (illness), G Louis Vasquez (knee).

LIONS: OUT: TE Brandon Pettigrew (hamstring).

DOUBTFUL: LB DeAndre Levy (hip). PROBABLE: DE Ezekiel Ansah (back), S Don Carey (foot), S James Ihedigbo (knee), T Cornelius Lucas (ankle), S Glover Quin (lower leg), QB Matthew Stafford (ribs), G Larry Warford (ankle). More Lions, C4,5.

TIGERS

U-M 31, BYU 0

U-M catching on

By Chris Iott

ciott@mlive.com

From 0-2 to playoffs

NFL teams to make the playoffs after 0-2 starts with year, team, and advancement, since the current playoff format was instituted in 1990: 1990, Houston, Wild Card 1990, Philadelphia, Wild Card 1990, New Orleans, Wild Card 1991, Atlanta, Wild Card 1992, x-San Diego, Divisional 1993, Pittsburgh, Wild Card 1993, Dallas, Won Super Bowl 1994, New England, Wild Card 1995, y-Detroit, Wild Card 1996, New England, Super Bowl 1998, Arizona, Divisional 1998, y-Buffalo Bills, Wild Card 1998, N.Y. Jets, AFC championship 2001, New England, Won S. Bowl 2002, Atlanta, Divisional 2002, Pittsburgh, Divisional 2003, Philadelphia, NFC champ.

2006, Kansas City, Wild Card 2007, N.Y. Giants, Won Super Bowl 2008, Miami, Wild Card 2008, Minnesota, Wild Card 2008, San Diego, Divisional 2013, Carloina, Divisional 2014, Indianapolis, AFC champ. x-Started 0-4, y-Started 0-3 RED WINGS

Detroit loses in OT

Torey Krug scored a powerplay goal at 1:58 of overtime Saturday to lift the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 preseason victory over the Detroit Red Wings at Joe Louis Arena.

The penalty-prone Red Wings were called for too many men on the ice in overtime, leading to a four-on-three advantage for the Bruins.

Tomas Tatar scored his fourth goal in two preseason games.

Henrik Zetterberg and Jakub Kindl scored the others for Detroit.

Petr Mrazek made 27 saves and played the entire game.

More Red Wings, C6 TIGERS

With loss, Tigers officially eliminated The Detroit Tigers have had no hope of making the playoffs for some time. But their elimination became official Saturday night.

The Tigers were mathematically eliminated from the American League wild card chase Saturday night with their 6-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins.

Alfredo Simon allowed four runs on eight hits in eight innings and took the loss Detroit.

More Tigers, C6,7

Avila keeping Ausmus

Michigan wide receiver Amara Darboh makes a one-handed catch in the first quarter Saturday against BYU in Ann Arbor. (AP)

By Nick Baumgardner

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nbaumgardner@mlive.com

NN ARBOR — Jim Harbaugh entered Saturday figuring he’d learn quite a bit about his football team.

NEXT GAME Saturday: Michigan (3-1) at Maryland (2-2), 8 p.m. TV: BTN

for 125 yards on 16 carries, and had a punishing 60-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.

Rudock, meanwhile, finished 14 of 25 for 194 yards and a touchdown, he also ran for two scores.

Michigan out-gained BYU 448-105. BYU had not been He did. They were dominant. shutout since Nov. 23, 2003. For De’Veon Smith ran over people, Jake Rudock played turn- Michigan, Saturday marked the over-free football and Michigan’s first victory over a ranked oppodefense embarrassed No. 22 BYU nent since a 41-30 win over No. 17 Notre Dame in 2013. For the as the Wolverines completely Wolverines, it marked the prohumbled the Cougars during an gram’s first shutout win since a impressive 31-0 win Saturday at 2012 victory over Illinois.

Michigan Stadium.

The Wolverines got things Michigan (3-1) will enter Big Ten play next week at Maryland. started midway through the first quarter when Rudock capped Smith — who left the game in the third quarter with an appar- a 10-play, 80-yard drive with a 3-yard scoring run. After the ent ankle/foot injury — rushed

defense held, the Wolverines responded with a 10-play, 90-yard drive — capped on a 4-yard touchdown catch from Darboh to make it 14-0 early in the second quarter.

The rest of the second quarter was, basically, a Michigan party.

Smith rumbled for 60 yards — almost all of them after contact — to make it 21-0 two minutes later. Rudock then basically put the game to bed with 6:57 to go before the half with a 17-yard touchdown scramble.

Kenny Allen finished the scoring in the quarter with a 40-yard field goal, as Michigan outgained the Cougars 317-62 over the first 30 minutes.

HIGHLIGHTS

•Michigan’s defense is playing on another level right now, SEE U-M, C2

MSU 30, CMU 10

Spartans dodge upset-minded Chips NEXT GAME Saturday: Purdue (1-3) at No. 2 MSU (4-0), Noon TV: ABC/ESPN/ESPN2

By Mike Griffith

mgriffith@mlive.com

EAST LANSING — Michigan State had a fight on its hands Saturday, with Central Michigan giving the No. 2-ranked Spartans all they wanted.

Michigan State prevailed by a deceptive 30-10 count, running its record to 4-0, but not before left tackle Jack Conklin and safety RJ Williamson were knocked out of the game by apparent injuries.

Central Michigan (1-3) outgained the Spartans, 340 yards to 324, with Chips’ junior quarterback Cooper Rush going 26 of 39 for 285 yards and a touchdown.

Michigan State jumped out to a 17-0 lead and seemed content to try to protect that lead most of the game.

Shilique Calhoun had three of Michigan State’s four sacks, including a third down, fourthquarter takedown on Rush with the Spartans clinging to a 17-10 lead.

Michigan State running back Gerald Holmes runs the ball against Central Michigan on Saturday in East Lansing. (Cory Olsen/MLive.com)

The Spartan offense, silent to that point in the second half, responded with a six-play, 61-yard TD drive capped by Gerald Holmes’ 3-yard TD run. That made

it 24-10 with 8:37 remaining.

Holmes added another TD with 3:21 left to close the scoring.

MSU held a 17-7 lead at the half.

Madre London slashed for a 6-yard TD run to open the scoring at the 8:56 mark of the first quarter.

Michael Geiger booted a 47-yard field goal to make it 10-0 in the second quarter, and then Josiah Price reeled in a 5-yard TD pass from Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook (11-of-19, 143 yards).

The Chippewas drove into MSU territory their first two possessions only to have Brian Eavey’s field goal attempts of 45 and 43 blocked by Demetrius Cooper and Shilique Calhoun, respectively.

SEE MSU, C3

DETROIT — Brad Ausmus will be back.

Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila announced Saturday afternoon that Ausmus will return as manager for the 2016 season.

Avila informed Ausmus of the news Friday prior to the series opener between the Tigers and the Minnesota Twins.

Avila then addressed the coaching staff and then the players Saturday afternoon before announcing the news to the media.

“I believe that Brad has the Ausmus talent, the know how to lead and mentor the young players that are on this team,” Avila said.

Avila “They’ve shown great improvement.

Guys like James McCann, (Nick) Castellanos, Anthony Gose. These guys have improved under Brad and his staff. We also have a lot of young pitchers who have also improved. He also has the backing and respect of the veteran players on this team.”

Avila said Tigers owner Mike Ilitch left the decision in his hands and gave his blessing. Avila cited the work Ausmus has done with young players, specifically those obtained at the trade deadline, as well as Ausmus’ preparation.

Avila also said the coaching staff will return in 2016.

Ausmus, 46, signed a three-year contract in 2014.

The Tigers have a team option for 2017.

Ausmus led the Tigers to a 90-72 record last season, winning the American League Central Division title. They were swept in the playoffs by the Baltimore Orioles.

Entering Saturday, the Tigers were in last place in the AL Central at 72-81.

“I’ll worry about the future when the past is done. That sounds like a Yogi-ism,” Ausmus said before Friday night’s game.

“I know there’s probably a lot of ‘hashtag Fire Ausmus’ but it’s a good group. The underlying pride in Detroit for the Tigers, it’s really unmatched. You see it here that you don’t see in most other cities. So I’ve enjoyed it. I’ve said all along, despite what’s written, people around town are great to me.”

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College Football BIG TEN ROUNDUP

Cardale Jones plays better for Ohio State The Associated Press

Ohio State’s Cardale Jones threw two touchdown passes early on, and Adolphus Washington returned an interception 20 yards for a score to lead the Buckeyes to a 38-12 win over Western Michigan on Saturday in Columbus.

Jones played better than he did a week ago, when he was benched in the second quarter of a seven-point win over Northern Illinois.

He finished 19 of 33 for 288 yards with an interception before J.T. Barrett replaced him late in the game.

Ohio State (3-0) has won 17 straight.

Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott topped 100 yards for the ninth straight game, finishing with 144 yards, including a 6-yard TD. SATURDAY

Nebraska 26, Southern Miss 28: Tommy Armstrong passed for 368 yards and two touchdowns, Freedom Akinmoladun sacked Nick Mullens near midfield on the final play and Nebraska held on to beat Southern Mississippi.

Drew Brown tied an NCAA record with five field goals in the first half, Jordan Westerkamp had a career day with 11 catches for 118 yards, and the

Cornhuskers (2-2) got an unexpected lift from fullback Andy Janovich.

Rutgers 27, Kansas 14: Chris Laviano threw two touchdowns, and Josh Hicks ran for 113 yards and two more scores as embattled Rutgers snapped a two-game losing streak by topping Kansas.

Bowling Green 35, Purdue 28: Travis Greene scored on a 12-yard touchdown run with 9 seconds left, giving Bowling Green the win.

Indiana 31, Wake Forest 24: Nate Sudfeld threw for 205 yards and two touchdowns, and Indiana improved to 4-0 for the first time since 1990 by holding off Wake Forest.

Penn State 37, SDSU 21: Christian Hackenberg was 21 of 35 passing for 296 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Nittany Lions.

Minnesota 27, Ohio 24: Shannon Brooks rushed for 82 yards and two touchdowns — the last a 3-yard plunge with 30 seconds remaining — to help Minnesota avoid an upset.

Iowa 62, North Texas 16: Jordan Canzeri ran for 115 yards and tied a school record with four touchdowns as Iowa trounced North Texas for its fourth straight win.

Western Michigan safety Rontavious Atkins, right, breaks up a pass intended for Ohio State running back Curtis Samuel during the fourth quarter Saturday in Columbus, Ohio. (AP)

BIG TEN SCORES AND SCHEDULE Saturday Rutgers 27, Kansas 14 Michigan 31, BYU 0 Michigan St. 30, Cent. Michigan 10 Bowling Green 35, Purdue 28 Nebraska 36, Southern Miss 28 Indiana 31, at Wake Forest 24 Minnesota 27, Ohio 24 Penn State 37, San Diego St. 21 W. Virginia 45, Maryland 6 Iowa 62, North Texas 16 Ohio State 38, W. Michigan 12 Illinois 27, Middle Tennessee 25

Ball St. (2-1) at Northwestern (3-0), late Hawaii (2-1) at Wisconsin (2-1), late Saturday, Oct. 3 Army (0-3) at Penn St. (3-1, 1-0), Noon, ESPNU Purdue (1-3) at Michigan St. (4-0), Noon, ABC/ ESPN/ESPN2 Minnesota (3-1) at Northwestern (3-0), Noon, BTN Iowa (4-0) at Wisconsin (2-1), Noon, ABC/ESPN/ ESPN2 Nebraska (2-2) at Illinois (3-1), 3:30 p.m., BTN Ohio St. (4-0) at Indiana (4-0), 3:30 p.m., ABC/ESPN2 Michigan (3-1) at Maryland (2-2), 8 p.m., BTN Idle: Rutgers (2-2, 0-1)

U-M BOX SCORE MICHIGAN 31, NO. 22 BYU 0 BYU Michigan

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0—0 0—31

FIRST QUARTER Mich—Rudock 3 run (Allen kick), 6:52.

SECOND QUARTER Mich—Darboh 4 pass from Rudock (Allen kick), 13:37.

Mich—Smith 60 run (Allen kick), 11:37.

Mich—Rudock 17 run (Allen kick), 6:57.

Mich—FG Allen 40, 1:02.

A—108,940.

BYU Mich First downs 8 22 Rushes-yards 22-50 51-254 Passing 55 194 Comp-Att-Int 12-28-0 14-25-0

Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession

5 11-43.2 2-0 5-45 21:22

20 4-40.8 1-0 5-53 38:38

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—BYU, Hine 8-33, Bernard 4-30, Carter 3-9, Team 1-(minus 4), Mangum 6-(minus 18). Michigan, Smith 16-125, Rudock 10-33, Green 10-28, D.Johnson 5-26, Houma 4-17, O’Neill 1-9, Isaac 2-9, Taylor-Douglas 3-7.

PASSING—BYU, Mangum 12-28-0-55. Michigan, Rudock 14-25-0-194.

RECEIVING—BYU, Pearson 2-11, Kurtz 2-10, M.Juergens 2-6, Blackmon 1-14, Hine 1-5, Carter 1-4, M.Mathews 1-4, Houk 1-3, Laulu-Pututau 1-(minus 2). Michigan, Darboh 4-57, K.Hill 2-39, Chesson 2-17, Butt 1-41, D.Johnson 1-14, Bunting 1-10, Green 1-7, Williams 1-7, Poggi 1-2.

GLIAC & MIAA SCORES AND SCHEDULES GLIAC North Division Michigan Tech Ferris State Grand Valley State Northwood Northern Michigan Wayne State Hillsdale Saginaw Valley State

GLIAC Overall 4-0 4-0 3-0 3-0 2-1 3-1 2-1 2-2 1-2 2-2 1-2 2-2 1-2 1-3 0-3 0-4

South Division Ashland Findlay Tiffin Ohio Dominican Lake Erie Malone Walsh

GLIAC Overall 3-0 3-0 2-0 3-0 3-1 3-1 2-2 2-2 1-3 1-3 0-4 0-4 0-4 0-4

Saturday Ohio Dominican 19, Walsh 10 Northwood 31, Wayne State 13 Tiffin 27, Malone 24, OT Grand Valley State 65, Lake Erie 23 Ferris State 35, Saginaw Valley State 18 Indianapolis 38, Hillsdale 7 Michigan Tech 24, Northern Michigan 23 Findlay at Ashland, late Saturday, Oct. 3 Ferris St. at Findlay, Noon Lake Erie at Ohio Dominican, 12:30 p.m.

Walsh at Northwood, 1 p.m.

Ashland at Malone, 2 p.m.

Wayne St. at Tiffin, 3 p.m.

Saginaw Valley St. at N. Michigan, 4 p.m.

Hillsdale at Grand Valley St., 7 p.m.

MIAA Saturday, Sept. 26 No games Saturday, Oct. 3 Trine (2-1) at Alma (2-1), 1:30 p.m.

Adrian (2-1) at Olivet (3-0), 2 p.m.

Albion (3-0) at Hope (1-2), 5 p.m.

Kalamazoo (2-1) at Benedictine (Ill.) (1-2), 7:30 p.m.

Wolverines

Michigan defensive lineman Ryan Glasgow brings down BYU running back Adam Hine on Saturday at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. (Melanie Maxwell/MLive.com)

STOCK REPORT

Defense shuts out BYU

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NN ARBOR — A quick evaluation of Michigan’s 31-0 win over BYU at Michigan Stadium on Saturday:

Brendan n Quinn

bquinn@mlive.com ive.com

TRENDING UP

The Michigan defense: It had been nearly 12 years since BYU was last shut out — a streak of 143 straight games. That ended Saturday. While the Michigan offense’s four straight touchdownscoring drives in the first half set Michigan Stadium into a frenzy, the Wolverines’ dominance began on the defensive side of the ball.

Michigan held the Cougars to 105 yards of total offense. BYU entered Saturday averaging 432.3 yards and 30.3 points per game. Tanner Mangum, BYU’s ballyhooed freshman quarterback, finished 11 for 26 for 51 yards. BYU’s last shutout came on Nov. 23, 2003, a 3-0 loss to Utah. The Michigan defense, meanwhile, recorded its first shutout since 2012. Among a laundry list of achievements, the Wolverines held BYU to eight first downs.

These same Cougars posted 63 first downs in their first three games.

Jake Rudock: The senior quarterback was exactly what Michigan has needed him to be — efficient, calibrating and mistake-free. In the first half, he was the maestro of an orchestral performance. By day’s end, the numbers were nice — Rudock completed 14 of 25 passes

U-M

for 194 yards and one touchdown and rushed for 33 yards and two touchdowns — but only partially represented an afternoon of strong decision-making and real leadership. Michigan needed Saturday’s win to prove that it’s legit, a statement that applied equally to the starting quarterback.

De’Veon Smith: The Michigan running back left the game late in the third quarter with what appeared to be a right ankle injury, but his impact was made well before that. Smith’s 60-yard touchdown run in the second quarter was the singular definition of a dominant performance by the Wolverines. Smith ran into a pile of lineman at the line of scrimmage, burst through, shook off a would-be tackler, broke loose, sprinted ahead, and shook off another would-be tackler, on his way to making the score 21-0. The junior finished with 125 yards rushing on 16 carries — a 7.8-yard-per-carry average.

Amara Darboh: His first game as an American citizen, Saturday was going to special for Darboh, regardless of the stat line. Just for good measure, though, the senior

•Jake Rudock did exactly what U-M needed him to do Saturday. He CONTINUED FROM C1 stretched the defense just enough (41-yard and was completely pass play in the first dominant Saturday half) and completed the afternoon. The Cougars throws he needed to picked up just 75 yards complete. He managed and five first downs the game, avoided negathrough three quarters tive plays and smoothly and never seemed like they had room to breathe. guided Michigan’s offense all afternoon.

BYU’s passing offense entered the game averag- Easily his best game of ing better than 310 yards. the year.

Through three quarters, LOWLIGHTS Tanner Mangum was •None. Michigan was 12 of 28 for 55 yards.

Completely lights out day dominant. for the defense.

NOTES •Michigan’s offen•Smith was taken off sive line ground BYU the field in the first half up all afternoon, as the of the third quarter and Wolverines got just briefly and examined about anything they in the locker room. He wanted on the ground. spent the fourth quarter Give the wide receivers in the sidelines with his credit, too, as Michigan sustained blocks all day. right foot in a walking boot, as a precaution.

•Before going down •Kenny Allen’s with an ankle injury, Smith was fantastic. His 40-yard field goal in the first half matched a sea60-yard touchdown run in the first half was pun- son-long, and he’s now 4 of 5 on the season. ishing and pure effort.

•Michigan outgained He did leave the game in the third quarter with an BYU 170-10 in the second apparent ankle/foot inju- quarter and outscored ry, but another great day the Cougars 24-0 in the frame. on the ground for him.

wide receiver was spectacular. A one-handed snag along the sideline was a highlight worthy of such a day. Not only was the catch nearly impossible, but it set up the Wolverines’ first touchdown of the day. Darboh added a touchdown of his own on the next drive, pulling in a 4-yard pass on a crossing pattern.

HOLDING STEADY

The Michigan offensive line: Rudock took a few hits and was flushed from the pocket a few times, but that appeared to be a larger result of BYU being totally reliant on the blitz. The Wolverines again controlled the trenches, for the most part. The offensive line protected well enough to allow Rudock to control the game, and the Michigan rushing attack to pound its way to 254 yards on 51 carries.

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Closing time: If fans are looking for something to nitpick on an otherwise pristine day at Michigan Stadium, it could be the Wolverines’ flat second-half showing. Could Michigan have come out and tacked on another touchdown or pressed down harder on the Cougars’ throats? Sure. Even though the offense slowed, though, the defense remained hard-hearted. BYU gained just 43 yards after halftime.

So really, even the one negative is mostly a positive.

BY THE NUMBERS A quick roundup from Michigan’s 31-0 win over BYU at Michigan Stadium.

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Turnovers by Michigan’s offense. The team didn’t lose a fumble, and quarterback Jake Rudock had his first interception-less game as a Wolverine. BYU didn’t give away the ball, either, though they put the ball on the ground twice.

11

Punts by BYU on 12 possessions Saturday.

The Cougars were held to single-digit yards on nine of 12 drives and went three and out eight times in the game, as BYU struggled to find any sort of offensive success.

105

Total yards allowed by the Wolverines, divided into 50 in the run game and 55 yards passing. It was the fewest yards allowed by Michigan this season, beating the previous best of 138 yards (Oregon State) by 33 yards.

143

Consecutive games BYU played without

being shut out, going back to Nov. 23, 2003. The Cougars were 97-46 over that stretch.

Saturday marked the first time Michigan shut out a team since it did so against Illinois on Oct. 13, 2012.

448

Total yards racked up by Michigan’s offense, including 254 yards rushing. De’Veon Smith led the way with 125 yards on 16 carries, and seven other players ran the ball at least once for a team average of 5.9 yards per carry. Rudock finished 14 of 25 for 194 yards in the passing game, and he added 10 carries for 33 yards and two scores.

TV TALK “The Big Ten should be put on notice; this is a good football team that’s getting better. You’re starting to see the offense incorporate a little bit of the passing game with the performance of Jake Rudock today, and that’s a good sign. The defense is as dominant as I’ve seen in college football. They’ve really played well, and their secondary was outstanding today.” — Chris Spielman, ESPN analyst

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College Football NOTRE DAME 62, UMASS 27

Irish break away after slow start vs. UMass

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AST LANSING — A quick evaluation of Michigan State’s 30-10 win over Central Michigan.

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Shilique Calhoun: The Spartans’ standout defensive end has been neutralized at times this season by increased attention from offensive lines. He broke out against the Chippewas with 2.5 sacks, including one on third down to force a punt early in the fourth quarter.

He also had three tackles for loss.

Both matched career-highs. He also added a blocked field goal.

Gerald Holmes: The sophomore from Flint had become the forgotten man in MSU’s running back battle, but he emerged as the closer against CMU. He had four carries for 22 yards, but all four came in the fourth quarter and two went four TDs as MSU put the game away.

Special teams: One of the Spartans’ worst areas through the first three weeks was strong against the Chippewas. Michael Geiger made a 47-yard field goal, the highlight of his season thus far after starting 2 for 4 on field goals.

Jake Hartbarger was solid punting all day, including pinning on on the nine, and the kickoff punt coverage teams have showed improvement.

EAST LANSING — Michigan State’s season of injuries continues to get worse, and the Spartans’ coaches aren’t saying just how bad it could be.

The Spartans lost two more key starters Saturday.

That included one to the team’s third-year starting left tackle and a projected first-round NFL draft pick: Jack Conklin. The Plainwell native left the field late in the first half

Michigan State defensive end Shilique Calhoun celebrates a sack against Central Michigan on Saturday. (Cory Olsen/MLive.com) HOLDING STEADY

Running game: It wasn’t fantastic, but it was better than last week’s 77-yard performance against Air Force that the team vowed it wouldn’t repeat. Madre London finished with 73 yards, and LJ Scott had 54, and Holmes was the guy late. MSU finished with 181 yards on the ground.

Josiah Price: The guy may not typically finish with big numbers, but the junior tight end is clutch in the red zone. He caught his fourth TD of the year in the first quarter, and now has 14 for his career, setting a new school record for tight ends.

and returned to the sideline with a wrap around his left leg.

Asked about Conklin’s prognosis, Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio cited his policy of not talking about injuries. Asked if the injury was season-ending — a situation Dantonio typically addresses — he still declined comment.

Without addressing the severity of his injury, Spartans co-offensive coordinator Dave Warner called losing Conklin against Central Michigan a

“major, major situation.”

Spartans senior safety RJ Williamson also left the game in the second half with an injury. That meant the Michigan State had to finish the game without its most experienced defensive back, but cornerback Arjen Colquhoun said he expects Williamson to be back soon.

“He’s the heart and soul of the secondary, and losing him is a big part,” Colquhoun said. “I think he’ll bounce back, he’s a tough guy, and I expect him

to play next Saturday.”

Defensive tackle Joel Heath also didn’t play on Saturday because of an injury, but a team spokesperson said he was available on an emergency basis. Spartans tight end Josiah Price was also seen limping late in the game.

MSU has already lost two starters to season-ending injuries. Linebacker Ed Davis was lost to a knee injury in the preseason, and cornerback Vayante Copeland suffered a fractured vertebra vs. Oregon.

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Leonard Fournette ran for a career-high 244 yards and two touchdowns, Tre’Davious White returned a punt 69 yards for another score, and No. 8 LSU held off firedup Syracuse 34-24 on Saturday.

No play was bigger than Travin Dural’s 51-yard catch on a third-and-5 play in the fourth quarter after the Orange moved within a touchdown. Brandon Harris hit Malachi Dupre with an 11-yard scoring pass with 9:14 left to seal it.

SATURDAY

No. 3 TCU 55, Texas Tech 52: Aaron Green caught a tipped pass in the back of the end zone with 23 seconds left, and No. 3 TCU outlasted Texas Tech in the Big 12 opener for

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•Connor Cook had his longest run of the season, an 11-yarder, scrambling to pick up a first down in the third quarter.

•LJ Scott broke two tackles on a third-and-3 run, galloping 29 yards to help set up a touchdown.

•Demetrius Cooper and Shilique Calhoun each blocked field goals in the first half.

LOWLIGHTS

•Montae Nicholsoln had a faulty angle of pursuit, enabling CMU’s Devon Spalding to break free on a 42-yard run on the Chippewas’ first offensive play of the second half.

•Emmitt Thomas got wide open on the Chippewas’ first offensive possession, slipping by Montae Nicholson and

reeling in a pass that went for 42 yards.

•Connor Cook overthrew a wide-open Macgarrett Kings Jr. on a third-and-24 in the third quarter, an uncharacteristic miss under the circumstances as there was no pressure.

NOTES

•Josiah Price’s 5-yard TD catch in the second quarter was the 14th of his career, setting a new MSU record previously held by Chris Baker.

•Jamal Lyles’ 26-yard reception in the third quarter was a career-long for him.

•Safety Khari Willis became the fifth true freshman to play for the Spartans, joining RB LJ Scott, WR Felton Davis III, LB Andrew Dowell and S Grayson Miller.

•Tailback Gerald Holmes scored two touchdowns, doubling his career total entering the game.

BY THE NUMBERS A quick roundup from Michigan State’s 30-10 win over Central Michigan:

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With the win, Connor Cook won his 27th game as Michigan State’s starting quarterback, tying him with Kirk Cousins for the most in school history.

Michigan State’s special teams unit blocked two field goals against Central Michigan, the first time the Spartans have accomplished that feat under coach Mark Dantonio. Michigan State also became the first school to block multiple field goals in a single game this season.

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The Spartans’ Josiah Price hauled in a 5-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter, giving him 14 touchdown receptions in his career, the most in Michigan State history for a

After Gerald Holmes found the end zone late in the fourth quarter, Michigan State kicker Michael Geiger had his PAT blocked for the first time in his career. Geiger had converted on his 98 previous attempts.

It may not have been the prettiest offensive performance to start, but Michigan State reached the 30-point mark for the 12th straight game, which is the longest streak in the country.

TV TALK “He’s a different kind of talent on this field. They don’t see much of that in the Mid-American Conference.

Shilique Calhoun with his third sack this afternoon..

That’s not a fair fight.” — Eric Collins, Big Ten Network play-by-play

both teams.

On fourth-and-goal from the 4, Trevone Boykin’s pass was high to Josh Doctson, but he got a hand on it and Green grabbed the ball as he fell out of the end zone. A video review confirmed Green had control of the ball and got a foot in bounds.

No. 7 Georgia 48, Southern 6: Nick Chubb ran for 131 yards and two touchdowns and also caught a scoring pass for Georgia.

Duke 34, No. 20 Georgia Tech 20: Shaquille Powell ran for three touchdowns, and Duke’s defense dominated.

DeVon Edwards returned a kickoff 100 yards for a score, and Powell scored on runs of 1, 4 and 30 yards for Duke (3-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference).

MAC SCORES AND SCHEDULE Saturday Michigan St. 30, Cent. Michigan 10 Bowling Green 35, Purdue 28 Boston College 17, N. Illinois 14 Minnesota 27, Ohio 24 Ohio State 38, Western Michigan 12 Notre Dame 62, UMass 27 Kent St. 29, Marshall 28, OT W. Kentucky 56, Miami (Ohio) 14 Nevada 24, Buffalo 21 Army 58, E. Michigan 36 Akron (1-2) at La.-Lafayette (1-1), late

Arkansas St. (1-2) at Toledo (2-0), late Ball St. (2-1, 1-0) at Northwestern (3-0), late Saturday, Oct. 3 Ohio (3-1) at Akron (1-2), 2 p.m.

Toledo (2-0) at Ball St. (2-1, 1-0), 3 p.m.

FIU (2-1) at UMass (0-3), 3 p.m.

N. Illinois (2-2) at Cent. Michigan (1-3), 3 p.m.

Bowling Green (2-2) at Buffalo (2-2), 3:30 p.m.

Miami (Ohio) (1-3) at Kent St. (2-2), 3:30 p.m.

E. Michigan (1-3, 0-1) at LSU (2-0), 7 p.m., ESPNU Idle: W. Michigan (1-3)

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Kelly, pointing out Sanders especially. “He’s a very shifty runner. He’s got great vision.

It was a big play. It gave us momentum, certainly.”

Defensive lineman Sheldon Day agreed.

“Just to see that little guy run, it definitely brought us a lot of excitement on the defense,” he said.

UMass safety Trey Dudley-Giles said it had the opposite effect for the Minutemen.

“It just killed our momentum,” he said.

DeShone Kizer threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Chris Brown with 6 seconds left in the first half to give the Irish a 35-20 halftime lead. C.J. Prosise, who rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns, added a 16-yard scoring run and freshman Dexter Williams added a 14-yard TD run to break open the game.

Fournette’s 244 yards lead No. 8 LSU past Syracuse

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame punter Tyler Newsome pinned back Massachusetts, and returner C.J. Sanders got the sixth-ranked Fighting Irish going.

After Newsome placed a 52-yard punt on the Massachusetts 1-yard line, the Fighting Irish defense held the Minutemen to a yard on three plays and Sanders answered with a 50-yard punt return that helped spark Notre Dame to the 62-27 victory Saturday.

Sanders cut at the 35 to avoid two Minutemen and made another cut at the 10 before racing into the end zone with 3:21 left in the first half to give the Irish a 28-20 lead.

“The special team work was outstanding,” said Notre Dame coach Brian

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when he was burned for a 42-yard completion on the third play of the game. The player teammates have said could be a future All-American was then used sparingly for much TRENDING DOWN of the game, and was victimized Third down defense: The several more times.

Spartans came into the game giving Health: Spartans starters continup only 37 percent of third down ue to go down in the team’s worst conversions on defense. CMU went season, health-wise, in recent mem7 for 15 for the day, including 4 for ory. Left tackle Jack Conklin left the 5 early. Five of those conversions game in the first half and was seen went for 10 yards or longer, and with a wrap on his left leg in the helped CMU become the rare MSU second half. Safety RJ Williamson opponent to win time of possession. went to the locker room early in the Montae Nicholson: The sophothird quarter, and defensive tackle more safety got off to a bad start Damon Knox was limited by injury.

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No. 1 Ohio State (4-0) beat Western Michigan 38-12. Next: at Indiana, Saturday.

No. 2 Michigan State (4-0) beat Central Michigan 30-10. Next: vs. Purdue, Saturday.

No. 3 Mississippi (3-0) vs. Vanderbilt. Next: at Florida, Saturday.

No. 3 TCU (3-0) at Texas Tech. Next: vs. Texas, Saturday.

No. 5 Baylor (3-0) beat Rice 70-17. Next: vs. Texas Tech at Arlington, Texas, Saturday.

No. 6 Notre Dame (4-0) beat UMass 62-27.

Next: at No. 11 Clemson, Saturday.

No. 7 Georgia (4-0) beat Southern U. 48-6. Next: vs. No. 12 Alabama, Saturday.

No. 8 LSU (3-0) beat Syracuse 34-24. Next: vs.

Eastern Michigan, Saturday.

No. 9 UCLA (3-0) at No. 16 Arizona. Next: vs.

Arizona State, Saturday.

No. 10 Florida State (3-0) did not play. Next: at Wake Forest, Saturday.

No. 11 Clemson (3-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 6 Notre Dame, Saturday.

No. 12 Alabama (3-1) beat Louisiana-Monroe 34-0. Next: at No. 7 Georgia, Saturday.

No. 13 Oregon (2-1) vs. No. 18 Utah. Next: at Colorado, Saturday.

No. 14 Texas A&M (3-0) vs. Arkansas at Arlington, Texas. Next: vs. Mississippi State, Saturday.

No. 15 Oklahoma (3-0) did not play. Next: vs. West Virginia, Saturday.

No. 16 Arizona (3-0) vs. No. 9 UCLA. Next: at No. 21 Stanford, Saturday.

No. 17 Northwestern (3-0) vs. Ball State. Next: vs.

Minnesota, Saturday.

No. 18 Utah (3-0) at No. 13 Oregon. Next: vs.

California, Oct. 10.

No. 19 Southern Cal (2-1) at Arizona State. Next: vs. Washington, Oct. 8.

No. 20 Georgia Tech (2-2) lost at Duke 34-20.

Next: vs. North Carolina, Saturday.

No. 21 Stanford (3-1) beat Oregon State 42-24, Friday. Next: vs. No. 16 Arizona, Saturday.

No. 22 BYU (2-2) lost to Michigan 31-0. Next: vs.

UConn, Friday.

No. 22 Wisconsin (2-1) vs. Hawaii. Next: vs. Iowa, Saturday.

No. 24 Oklahoma State (4-0) beat Texas 30-27.

Next: vs. Kansas State, Saturday.

No. 25 Missouri (3-0) at Kentucky. Next: vs. South Carolina, Saturday.

MSU BOX SCORE NO. 2 MICHIGAN ST. 30, CENT. MICHIGAN 10 Cent. Michigan Michigan St.

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0—10 13—30

FIRST QUARTER MSU—London 6 run (Geiger kick), 8:56.

SECOND QUARTER MSU—FG Geiger 47, 11:20.

MSU—Price 5 pass from Cook (Geiger kick), 5:13.

CMU—Rice 1 pass from Rush (Eavey kick), :08.

THIRD QUARTER CMU—FG Eavey 42, 6:24.

FOURTH QUARTER MSU—Holmes 3 run (Geiger kick), 8:37.

MSU—Holmes 6 run (kick blocked), 3:21.

A—75,218.

CMU MSU First downs 17 18

Rushes-yards Passing Comp-Att-Int Return Yards Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession

26-55 285 26-39-0 (-2) 2-26.0 1-1 9-70 31:45

36-181 143 11-19-0 0 3-39.7 1-0 8-78 28:15

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Cent. Michigan, Spalding 15-77, Hayes 3-15, Roberson 1-(minus 1), Walker 3-(minus 5), Rush 4-(minus 31). Michigan St., London 15-73, Scott 8-54, Holmes 4-22, Shelton 2-17, Cook 3-16, Kings Jr. 1-3, Team 3-(minus 4).

PASSING—Cent. Michigan, Rush 26-39-0-285.

Michigan St., Cook 11-19-0-143.

RECEIVING—Cent. Michigan, Rice 8-78, Kroll 6-86, Willis 5-57, M.Chapman 2-52, Walker 2-3, McCord 1-7, Hayes 1-4, Spalding 1-(minus 2). Michigan St., Burbridge 4-31, Kings Jr. 2-46, Lyles 1-26, Holmes 1-17, Lang 1-9, Scott 1-9, Price 1-5.

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National Sports

Lions

GOLF

Spieth takes the lead The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Jordan Spieth battled his way through a tough, rainy Saturday at the Tour Championship and overtook Henrik Stenson with a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 2-under 68 and a one-shot lead. Spieth also had an 8-foot birdie and a 20-foot par over the closing four holes.

Stenson had a three-shot lead going to the back nine until back-to-back bogeys.

He dropped one more shot on the 17th and had a 72, his first time over par at East Lake in seven rounds.

It also was the first time he

AUTO RACING

Edwards, Harvick start 1-2 Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick will start 1-2 in today’s race at New Hampshire, topping the speed charts in the final practices.

Edwards is on the pole and was fastest in the morning session for Joe Gibbs Racing with a lap of 133.516 mph. Harvick led the second session Saturday at 134.577.

Chase for the Sprint Cup championship drivers took 10 of the top 12 spots on the speed chart in the final practice for the second race in NASCAR’s playoffs. \ BASEBALL

Manfred: Rose decision by end of year

Pete Rose has made his case for reinstatement with Commissioner Rob Manfred, who promised a decision by the end of December.

Major League Baseball said the meeting with the career hits leader and his representatives took place Thursday at baseball’s headquarters in New York.

Rose agreed in 1989 to a lifetime ban from baseball.

Cubs, Jays are in The Chicago Cubs clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 2008.

The Cubs were assured of at least an NL wild-card slot Friday night when San Francisco lost to Oakland.

The Toronto Blue Jays ended baseball’s longest playoff drought with a win Friday night.

Mets clinch NL East The New York Mets clinched the NL East title for their first postseason berth since 2006 by beating the Cincinnati Reds 10-2 Saturday behind Lucas Duda’s first career grand slam and another dominant start by Matt Harvey.

SOCCER

Messi out 2 months Barcelona faces two long months without Lionel Messi after its star forward tore a ligament in his left knee during the defending champion’s Spanish league match against Las Palmas on Saturday. The Catalan club confirmed the injury after Messi had tests at a nearby hospital. Barcelona said it expects Messi to be out “seven to eight weeks.”

Blatter under criminal investigation FIFA President Sepp Blatter was placed under criminal investigation

by Swiss authorities as a probe into soccer corruption reached the highest levels and left his grip on the top job in peril. The Swiss attorney general’s

was not in the lead at the Tour Championship in his two appearances. Spieth was at 8-under 202.

A victory today would push Spieth over a record $12 million for the year, plus the $10 million bonus for winning the FedEx Cup. Rickie Fowler shot a 31 on the back nine for a 67 and was four shots behind.

Spieth, Stenson and Fowler capture the FedEx Cup with a win.

Zach Johnson had a 71 and was five back. A victory would give him the Cup, provided Jason Day isn’t the runner-up. Day had a 70 and was tied for 10th.

office opened proceedings against Blatter for possible criminal mismanagement and misappropriation of FIFA money. Authorities also searched Blatter’s office and seized data.

NHL

Kane prosecutor: Accuser’s mother lied

The prosecutor overseeing the sexual assault investigation of Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane says the accuser’s mother lied about finding an evidence bag in her doorway.

Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita said during a news conference he’s not sure yet how the two-day sideshow of how evidence was handled affects the main case.

Sedita said all the evidence, including the rape kit used to examine the accuser, was handled properly and is in custody of authorities.

Sedita said the mother was given the bag at a hospital when her daughter was examined, but it never contained a rape kit. The examining nurse gave the mother the bag after learning the accuser changed her top before going to the hospital, Sedita said. The mother was to put the top in the bag and turn it into authorities, but never did, Sedita said.

NFL

Saints’ Brees is out Drew Brees will be sidelined for New Orleans’ game at Carolina today, when the Saints will try to avoid falling to 0-3.

Brees, who is recovering from a bruised rotator cuff in his right (throwing) shoulder, will be replaced in the lineup by 12-year veteran Luke McCown, Saints coach Sean Payton said.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

N.J. player dies School officials say a New Jersey high school football player died after suffering an injury on the field.

Warren Hills Regional High School quarterback Evan Murray died after being injured in a game Friday night. A statement from interim Superintendent Gary Bowen on Saturday called the school community “deeply saddened.”

BOXING

Injured Klitschko postpones title fight

Wladimir Klitschko pulled out of his heavyweight title defense against Tyson Fury because of a torn tendon in his left calf. The Ukrainian was scheduled to defend his IBF, IBO, WBO and WBA belts against the British fighter in Duesseldorf on Oct. 24.

He sustained the injury in training on Thursday.

— The Associated Press

Detroit Lions tight end Eric Ebron (85) celebrates his touchdown against the San Diego Chargers during the first half Sept. 13 in San Diego. (AP)

Ebron one of few bright spots

By Justin Rogers

jrogers@mlive.com

ALLEN PARK — Eric Ebron doesn’t want to talk about last year.

He doesn’t even want to talk about last week.

It’s part of an attitude shift, a continued sign of maturity from the Detroit Lions second-year tight end. After coming into the league making bold proclamations, he’s dropped the rhetoric and allowed his play do the talking.

Through two games, his play is saying plenty. He has been one of the few bright spots during Detroit’s 0-2 start to the season. He already has caught nine balls for 96 yards and two touchdowns. At this rate, he’ll top his disappointing rookie numbers by Week 6, and he’s already found the end zone twice as many times as he did in 2014.

Given the way he’s producing, is this how he expected things to go during his rookie campaign?

“I don’t talk about the past,” Ebron said. “I could care less about anything other than this year.”

While Ebron would rather focus

on the present, coach Jim Caldwell has continued to say the tight end struggled in a way many rookies tend to do.

“A guy in his first year, often times, it’s difficult to measure because the game is a much different game than the college game,” Caldwell said. “There are a few guys that pop out and do fairly well their first year, but for the most part, the great majority of them, it’s an evolution, year by year.

“He came back in much better shape,” Caldwell continued. “He understands what pro shape is. I think he’s still learning. He’s still growing and developing. You certainly haven’t seen the best of him yet.”

In addition to not being in “pro shape,” Ebron struggled with the mental aspect of the game last season. He often joked about chewing Advil while attempting to digest Detroit’s massive offensive playbook.

But this year, particularly while teammate Brandon Pettigrew has been sidelined with a hamstring strain, there’s been more on

Ebron’s plate than ever, including as a blocker. He played a careerhigh 72 snaps against the Vikings last week and held his own in all facets of his position.

“Last year, I learned this whole playbook,” he said. “Now, it’s worth it. I know everything I’m supposed to do and how I’m supposed to do it.”

Up next for Ebron is the Denver Broncos defense, which has been stingy against the pass. On the plus side, nearly 50 percent of the yardage they’ve surrendered through the air the first two weeks has been on throws to tight ends.

Additionally, Ebron will be asked to play a role in slowing down the dynamic pass-rushing tandem of DeMarcus Ware and Von Miller, a difficult challenge for even the league’s top offensive tackles.

“Look, I’m just going to go out there and do my best,” Ebron said.

“Those are two great, great players. Obviously, DeMarcus Ware is a Hall of Famer, likely first ballot.

Then, you’ve got Von Miller, who is putting up numbers like he’s a Hall of Famer. I’m just going to go out there and give my best.”

Tulloch wears smile in face of reduced role

By Justin Rogers

of a helmet, represents which defensive player ALLEN PARK — Death, is communicating with taxes and Stephen Tulloch the sidelines and relayplaying every snap. Those ing the calls during the game. That job usually is things were certainties Tulloch’s responsibility. before the Detroit Lions linebacker suffered a torn Against the Vikings, Josh Bynes wore the headset ACL last season. and made the calls.

Now, with Tulloch Coach Jim Caldwell said healthy once again, his Tulloch has responded playing time no longer is guaranteed. In the second to the reduced role the game of season, he was on way he’d expect any competitor to react, but he also the sideline for an unexreferred to the veteran as pected 32 percent of the a “role player.” snaps.

“They all want to play, Tulloch still is the team’s and they don’t want starting middle lineto come off the field,” backer — that much was Caldwell said. “That’s the made clear by defensive makeup of these guys, in coordinator Teryl Austin — but it’s obvious Tulloch terms of their mentality.

So, you wouldn’t expect has been demoted. That anyone that’s playing any change was represented kind of a role a little bit by a little green dot. differently than what they That dot, on the back jrogers@mlive.com

played before to be absolutely happy about it. But he’s a great role player, and he’s a great leader and he’s certainly reacting the way in which you would expect.”

Tulloch was evasive in the locker room this week, but when he stopped briefly to answer a few quick questions, he flashed a big smile.

“I’m a pro, man,” he said. “Whatever the team wants me to do, I’ll do.”

Tulloch admittedly struggled during the first game of the season, failing to make multiple plays he’s accustomed to making. He acknowledged rust from a long layoff and vowed improvement.

In the reduced role against the Vikings, he looked better. He recorded

Detroit Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch (55) tangles with Minnesota Vikings guard Mike Harris during a Sept. 10 play. (AP)

six tackles and, more importantly, didn’t miss any.

“I’m healthy,” he said.

“Continue to watch me play. You know where I’m at.”

Team doesn’t emphasize playing no-huddle offense

By Justin Rogers

jrogers@mlive.com

ALLEN PARK — With an offense that ranks 25th in yardage and 19th in scoring, everyone is looking for a quick fix to what ails the Detroit Lions.

One solution that continually has been suggested by fans on sports talk radio and social media is utilizing more no-huddle attack. Well, that’s not likely going to happen, according to offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi.

“It’s not really a thing that we’ve emphasized here,” Lombardi said.

“Some teams, that’s their philosophy, ‘We’re going to go no huddle.’ It’s not been ours. It keeps you

“There’s as many pitfalls as there are good things about it.”

JIM CALDWELL, ABOUT NO-HUDDLE OFFENSE

maybe from some of the formation variations and personnel variations.”

Coach Jim Caldwell, in an interview with 97.1-FM on Thursday, didn’t sound fond of running no-huddle, based on past experience.

“I lived in that world for 10 years,” Caldwell said, speaking of his time with the Indianapolis Colts. “There’s as many pitfalls as there are good things about it. ... Obviously, our two-

minute drives have been good and solid, but there are a lot of little nuances that go into that. We do it some, we jump in and out of it once in a while, and it depends on your opponent.”

No-huddle offense is generally recorded in the official box scores.

Against Minnesota last week, the Lions were supposedly in no-huddle looks on seven snaps, all Matthew Stafford pass plays. The quarterback

completed three of those attempts for 25 yards and a touchdown to Calvin Johnson.

On Detroit’s final offensive possession, Stafford was 1 for 5 on his no-huddle passes, but the Lions still managed to put together an 18-play, 82-yard touchdown drive.

Interestingly enough, even with the limited usage of no-huddle, the Lions are playing at a faster pace this season.

The team averages 25.94 seconds between offense snaps, according to Football Outsiders, which ranks eighth in the NFL. Detroit ranked 20th last season, at 28.04 seconds between snaps.

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TODAY 'S G AME

Detroit (0-2) vs. Denver Broncos (2-0) Kickoff: 8:30 p.m. Where: Ford Field TV: NBC. Go to mlive.com/lions for more coverage.

Q&A

Get to know Sam Martin

By Kyle Meinke

kmeinke@mlive.com

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back There has been speculation that Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is losing arm strength, with his throws lacking their usual zip this year. (And his usual zip never has been that great, even at the peak of his powers.)

The Broncos are 2-0, anyway, because of their defense, which ranks second in the league.

But Manning prepares like no other. With three extra days of pracongtice heading into tonight’s nationally televised game against his longnning time mentor in Jim Caldwell, you can bet you’re going to see Manning at his best, whatever that is these days.

Fortify the edge

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DeMarcus Ware and Vonn Miller are the best combination of edge rushers in the league — they rank 2-3 at their position according to ProFootballFocus. And Detroit has had issues fortifying the edge.

Riley Reiff has allowed eight QB hurries, second most among left tackles.

Cornelius Lucas has allowed seven QB hurries, second most among right tackles. They’ve allowed the fourth and fifth most hurries among all tackles overall.

LaAdrian Waddle might return to the starting lineup today for Lucas.

This is a major matchup problem, and the Lions must address it, or risk losing not only the game but their QB as well.

Tough sledding downfield

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Even if the Lions manage to give Matthew Stafford enough time to find his receivers, there’s no guarantee Calvin Johnson and Co. will be open. Denver features three Pro Bowlers in its secondary, plus the NFL’s interception leader in Aqib Talib (two).

The Broncos allow 135 yards passing per game, the fewest in the league. They’ll face a Lions offense that ranks 25th in total yards, quarterbacked by a guy who is 25th in passer rating at 81.0. Stafford is rated 31st at the position by ProFootballFocus, just ahead of Jameis Winston and Johnny Manziel.

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STAFF PREDICTIONS BRONCOS 24, LIONS 20

BRONCOS 30, LIONS 24

Kyle Meinke says: I’m taking the Broncos, and I don’t like the pick. The Lions are desperate and will have a frenzied Ford Field behind them. But Denver is playing better in every phase of the game right now, and how do you bet against that?

Justin Rogers says: The Lions thrived at home last season and are even more dangerous in prime time. But Detroit’s offensive line has struggled so much that it’s difficult to imagine it will get on track against Ware and Miller.

JERSEY TO WATCH S TAFFOR D

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has taken a beating the first two weeks and now has to worry about two of the game’s premier pass rushers breathing down his neck. If his blocking doesn’t hold up, or he doesn’t get rid of the ball quickly, he might not be able to finish this one.

FAN EXCHANGE At least I’m not a “Bears fan!”

JAMES BUCHOLTZ

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THE MATCHUP LIONS PASS OFFENSE VS. BRONCOS PASS DEFENSE

The Lions have plenty of weapons but have struggled to maximize the potential of their arsenal.

That’s largely due to poor pass protection. Things could get messy with the Broncos’ dominating edge-rushing tandem of Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware. And it’s not like the Broncos are weaker in the back end. Aqib Talib and Chris Harris are one of the best cornerback duos in the NFL and are supported by hard-hitting strong safety T.J. Ward.

Edge: Broncos LIONS RUN OFFENSE VS. BRONCOS RUN DEFENSE

Neither group has been particularly effective, but until Detroit’s blocking improves, it’s difficult to give the Lions the edge in this matchup. Denver has some quality run-stuffers

up front, especially new addition Vance Walker, who will make it tough to go up the gut.

Edge: Broncos LIONS PASS DEFENSE VS. BRONCOS PASS OFFENSE

ingness to abandon the ground game and lean on Manning.

Edge: Even SPECIAL TEAMS

The Lions have a solid kicker/punter combination, but the Broncos’ The Lions are allowing an 81.2 percent completion tandem is performing better. Brandon McManus, rate. Peyton Manning’s who replaced Matt Prater arm may not be as strong in Denver, has made as it used to be, but he remains one of the game’s all five of his field-goal attempts, including kicks sharpest minds and from 54 and 57 yards. should have no problem picking the Lions apart in Punter Britton Colquitt is considerably outpacing the middle of the field. his career numbers, with Edge: Broncos a 43.8-yard net average, LIONS RUN DEFENSE VS. nearly 9 yards better than BRONCOS RUN OFFENSE Detroit’s Sam Martin.

The Lions have the Adrian Peterson is advantage in the return frighteningly good and game, especially if Golden Detroit’s struggles to Tate continues to field contain him last week punts. The Broncos’ aren’t truly reflective of Emmanuel Sanders has the Lions’ ability to play the run. The Broncos, who averaged a solid 10.3 yards average only 2.8 yards per in the role for his career.

Edge: Lions carry, have shown a will-

COACHING

Both Jim Caldwell and Gary Kubiak have earned Super Bowl rings as a position coach and as an offensive coordinator, but have had mixed results in the head coaching role. The bigger advantage comes from the coordinators.

Detroit’s Joe Lombardi and Teryl Austin are still going through growing pains, while Denver’s Rick Dennison and Wade Phillips have more than three decades of combined experience calling plays.

Edge: Broncos INTANGIBLES

The Broncos are playing on long rest after besting Kansas City on the road last Thursday. But they’re entering a hostile road environment, the home opener at Ford Field for a desperate Lions team.

Edge: Lions — Justin Rogers

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Training camp preview: Forwards at a glance

RED WINGS

By David Mayo

Competition for long haul

Breaking down the Detroit Pistons’ roster, position by position, as the team prepares to open training camp Tuesday.

Goalies Mrazek, Howard likely will battle for top spot all season

dmayo@mlive.com

SMALL FORWARD DEPTH CHART

•Marcus Morris (6-foot-9, 235 pounds, Kansas, fifth season; 2014-15 stats: 10.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 43.4 FG%, 35.8 3P%, 25.2 mpg with Phoenix) •Stanley Johnson (6-7, 245, Arizona, rookie) •Darrun Hilliard (6-6, 205, Villanova, rookie) •Reggie Bullock (6-7, 205, North Carolina, third season; 2014-15 stats: 1.9 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 36G with Los Angeles Clippers/Phoenix) •Cartier Martin (6-7, 220, Kansas State, eighth season; 2014-15 stats: 1.6 ppg, 28.3 FG%, 18.2 3P%, 23G with Detroit) •Danny Granger (6-9, 222, New Mexico, 11th season; 2014-15 stats: 6.3 ppg, 30G, 20.4 mpg with Miami) OUTLOOK

Undoubtedly, it’s the position of greatest intrigue in training camp, and perhaps well beyond. Morris was acquired in an offseason trade with Phoenix and projected as starter by president-coach Stan Van Gundy. But the Pistons also think highly of Johnson, the No. 8 pick in this year’s draft and the best rookie at any of this year’s summer leagues. Johnson has bulk, intelligence and defensive chops. The Pistons list second-round draft pick Hilliard as a forward instead of a guard, which may not bode well for Granger or Martin, who have guaranteed contracts but tenuous roster positions.

STRENGTHS

•Johnson projects as a solid NBA defender who eventually could team up with guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to give the Pistons a sticky starting defensive duo on the perimeter.

•Morris had career-highs in minutes (2,045) and starts (35) last season and appeared in all but one of the Suns’ 164 games the last two years.

•If and when they decide on Johnson as their starter, Morris could shift to play some power forward in their four-out, one-in design.

•The ambidextrous Hilliard will help with his ball-handling and also figures to play some at shooting guard, which he played in college.

WEAKNESSES

•Youth and uncertainty. Morris may be ready physically for starter’s minutes but still must prove himself of starter quality.

•Johnson has a low release point. It makes him play shorter than he actually is offensively.

•Morris is a 66.5 percent career free-throw shooter.

CAMP QUERY: WHEN DOES STANLEY START?

That question will dog this team until Johnson starts, particularly if Morris doesn’t immediately inspire confidence within the fan base that he’s better. All sorts of variables could affect the answer. Still, as pleased as the Pistons are to get a player like Morris on a four-year, $20 million deal, they think they may have a difference-maker in Johnson. They are as anxious to find out as anyone, except they can’t act anxiously.

POWER FORWARD DEPTH CHART

•Ersan Ilyasova (6-9, 235, Turkey, eighth season; 2014-15 statistics, 11.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 38.9 3P%, 22.7 mpg with Milwaukee) •Anthony Tolliver (6-8, 240, Creighton, eighth season; 2014-15 statistics, 6.3 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 36.6 3P%, 18.8 mpg with Detroit) •Eric Griffin (6-8, 190, Campbell, rookie; played in NBDL with Texas Legends last season) OUTLOOK

Ilyasova was acquired in a trade with Milwaukee to fill the starting spot vacated when Greg Monroe signed with the Bucks. Tolliver, acquired in another trade last December, was a high-value backup who gave the Pistons a much-needed stretch-four option. Stan Van Gundy has rebuilt the position in his preferred image, with shooters everywhere.

By Ansar Khan

akhan1@mlive.com

DETROIT — For the first time in many years, the Detroit Red Wings began the preseason without having determined their starting goaltender.

Will it be young Petr Mrazek, who seized the job during the final game in 2014-15 and performed well during the first round of the playoffs against Tampa Bay? Or will Jimmy Howard reclaim the job that he’s had since 2009-10, when he finished second in Calder Trophy voting as NHL’s rookie of the year?

This will be sorted out during the eight-game exhibition schedule. Or maybe it won’t. Perhaps all that will do is determine who starts the season opener Oct. 9 against Toronto.

First-year coach Jeff Blashill anticipates an ongoing competition. And that will be healthy for the team as both goalies push each other, hopefully bringing out the best in themselves.

“They’ll both get a chance to show where they’re at and stake their claim for the job,” Blashill said. “But if you also look at the regular-season start, we’ve got a number of back-to-backs, so it really lends itself well to both guys getting a chance to show that they want to be the starter.”

The Red Wings have six sets of games on consecutive nights in October and November. It’s unlikely either would start both games of a back-to-back.

“We’ll let the competition play itself out, but I think the thing about competition is it doesn’t end at any point; it remains throughout the season, and that goes for everybody,” Blashill said.

Red Wings goalie Petr Mrazek makes a save in Wednesday’s preseason game against the Chicago Blackhawks at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. (Mike Mulholland/MLive.com)

“If you’re an elite player in this league, you’re fighting every day to stay an elite player. If you’re a player that’s been a good player for a couple years, you’re fighting to stay in that spot and maybe get higher.”

Mrazek, 23, went 16-9-2, with a 2.38 goals-against average, .918 save percentage and three shutouts in 2014-15.

He was particularly strong near the end, posting a 0.50 GAA and .982 save percentage and recording three shutouts in his final six wins.

Mrazek looks dominant at times but also had some rough outings, getting pulled four times during a 12-game stretch at one point. With only 40 career NHL appearances, he also must show he’s capable of handling a heavy workload.

Mrazek said knowing he’s going to be with the Red Wings the entire season doesn’t change his approach.

“That was great that I had chance to start last year, but this is over,” Mrazek said. “Now, it’s a new time to show the coaches and the staff that I’m ready for a full job here and play in as many games as I can.”

Howard was 16-7-7 record, with a 2.08 GAA and .921 save percentage on Jan. 10, when he was selected for the All-Star Game. He tore his groin two minutes into a game that same night and missed a month.

He wasn’t nearly as effective when he returned, finishing 23-13-11, with a 2.44 GAA and .910 save percentage.

He views this season, with a new coach, as a clean slate.

“Just go out there and work hard and seize the opportunity,” Howard said. “It’s there for the taking; just go back out there and reclaim your spot.

It’s going to be an open battle, the way it should be.”

Larkin wants to earn roster spot by play, not injury

By Ansar Khan

akhan1@mlive.com

TRAVERSE CITY — With Pavel Datsyuk expected to miss the first several weeks of the season, Darren Helm not likely to be ready for the season opener and Johan Franzen’s status possibly in question, the Detroit Red Wings will have some available roster spots at forward.

It could open the door for top prospect Dylan Larkin to squeeze onto the team.

But that’s not the way the talented 19-year-old center wants to break into the NHL. “I want to be on the team,” Larkin said. “I don’t want it because of injuries. I want to be on the team, because I earned it by the way I play in preseason and the way I play here. ... I want to be NHL ready. Honestly, not just a player but a key player, a guy my team looks to, a dominant player. There’s a long way to go for that.”

Said general manager Ken Holland: “With all young players, they have to be in the lineup. I’m not sure if it has to be on the top three

lines or top four lines. If you’re having conversations about sitting out young players, they probably shouldn’t be on your team.”

That’s why Larkin likely will be assigned to the Grand Rapids Griffins after the preseason, so he can gain experience, further develop his offensive skills and earn confidence being one of the top players on the AHL club.

FRANZEN FEELING GOOD

Johan Franzen was back on the practice ice Friday, having experienced no issues the day after his first game in nearly nine months.

Another hurdle has been cleared. Franzen was expected to play again Saturday night against Boston.

“It felt good; I wasn’t afraid to go anywhere, like in the corners,” Franzen said of his play in Thursday’s 6-1 win over Pittsburgh. “I didn’t think about my head. It was a good test, mostly for my physique, my legs. It’s good to have that first game.”

Franzen has been out since Jan. 6 with a concussion.

“I felt a little bit better than I thought I was going to feel,” Franzen said. “It was a little tough, the last five (minutes) in the first. That’s the part you’re not used to, the battling. It’s so much harder than skating around and doing stops and starts.

All the battling, that’s what I got to get used to.”

Said coach Jeff Blashill: “I thought he was skating really good.”

OPPORTUNITY FOR SMITH

Brendan Smith was a dynamic offensive defenseman before arriving in Detroit, where former coach Mike Babcock demanded a safe, simple game.

Smith is a tremendous skater who likes to rush the puck, but Blashill made it clear he’s not giving him carte blanche to run amok in the offensive zone.

“You want to accentuate your positives, and he’s got an ability, I think, in the offensive zone to be active to shoot the puck, to make the plays happen from the tops of circles down,” Blashill

said. “But he has to do that without taking on any more risk. We want Brendan to grow in his reward with less risk.”

GREEN, TEEMU DAY-TO-DAY

Defenseman Mike Green and right wing Teemu Pulkkinen (upper body) are day to day with minor injuries. Defenseman Xavier Ouellet (upper body) skated Friday but isn’t ready to play.

Daniel Cleary, who missed much of training camp with a leg injury, was expected to play Saturday.

DATSYUK ON TRACK

Datsyuk can begin skating in two weeks, Holland said. Datsyuk saw Dr. Robert Anderson on Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was told he is on schedule in his recovery from ankle surgery June 26.

The Red Wings expect Datsyuk to return by midNovember. He is expected to start the season on longterm injured reserve, requiring him to miss at least 24 days and 10 games.

STRENGTHS

•Shooting. The top power forwards in training camp shot 3-pointers last season better than any of last season’s guards or small forwards.

•Ilyasova is a crafty offensive player inside the arc, too, with a very good mid-range game.

Ilyasova shot 47.9 percent on 2-point attempts outside the paint last season and is particularly adept at mid-range baseline shots.

•Experience. Ilyasova played his first NBA season in 2006-07 before returning to Europe for two seasons and has started 257 games. He and Tolliver, 30, offer veteran leadership via productivity and example.

•Ilyasova has been an above-average offensive rebounder for a stretch-four, with a career average of 2.8 offensive rebounds per 36 minutes.

WEAKNESSES

•The Pistons don’t have an enforcer in case they run up against a particularly big front line.

•Ilyasova isn’t particularly fleet of foot and not especially good defensively against players of his own ilk.

•Tolliver can move on the defensive perimeter but is undersized and even more vulnerable than Ilyasova to being posted up.

•Tolliver works hard just to be an adequate rebounder. He averages 3.6 per game for his career, 6.5 per 36 minutes.

TIGERS

Norris looks like frontrunner for rotation spot in 2016

By Chris Iott

ciott@mlive.com

DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers likely will have about a half-dozen young pitchers competing for a spot in the starting rotation next spring.

List those pitchers in any way except by alphabetical order, and Daniel Norris probably should be the first name to be mentioned.

Norris threw five perfect innings Tuesday night to help the Tigers to a 2-1 win over the Chicago White Sox. It was his second consecutive strong start since returning from a nearly monthlong stint on the disabled list with a right oblique strain.

Norris continues to make a solid impression on and off the mound.

He made it very clear while on the disabled list in August that he wanted to return to pitch this season.

But it wasn’t necessarily to make a good impression on his new team or to jockey for position for a rotation spot in 2016.

“I love playing baseball,” Norris said. “When I got sent on the DL, I requested to travel with the team. I requested to just do everything I could to just be a part of the team to continue to build relationships, to continue to be relevant as much as I could. ... More than any-

thing, I just wanted to be out there playing and having fun.

“I always hate when the offseason comes, because no more baseball.”

Norris has allowed one hit and no walks with eight strikeouts in 82/3 innings since returning.

Catcher James McCann suggested that a lot of young pitchers would have packed it in after hitting the disabled list with about six weeks to go in the season.

“But he said, ‘No, I’ll be back,’” McCann said. “And sure enough, he’s come back, and he looks extremely good.

So, that work ethic, one, to get back from an injury like that, and two, the way he

goes about his business. He’s a sponge. He wants to learn.

He’s always talking to the older pitchers like Verlander and Sanchez. Any type of info, he takes to heart, and he works with it.

“He’s a great person,” McCann continued. “His personality is awesome.

He’s a good team guy. ... He’s always around the hitters’ cage. A lot of pitchers will stay away from the hitters, because it’s two different things, but he’s always trying to form relationships with everyone. He’s a genuinely nice person. He wants to be that guy that everyone likes and be that good teammate.”

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Verlander shocks himself with 99 mph

By Chris Iott

ciott@mlive.com

DETROIT — The bases were loaded. The potential tying run was stepping into the batter’s box. Pitching coach Jeff Jones, catcher James McCann and pitcher Justin Verlander met on the mound.

The three of them made a plan of attack — a pitch sequence — to use against Geovany Soto. After Verlander threw one pitch, well, the plan changed.

Verlander threw five consecutive fastballs — four at 98 mph and one at 99 — and struck out Soto for the final out of the seventh inning Wednesday.

The bullpen held on from there as the Detroit Tigers earned a 7-4 win over the Chicago White Sox. That was unchartered territory for Tigers manager Brad Ausmus.

“I haven’t seen 99 since I’ve been here from Ver,” Ausmus said.

The 99-mph fastball came on his 111th pitch thrown in the game.

“It was incredible considering he was 105, 110 pitches, touching 97, 98 and then 99,” McCann said.

“That’s pretty impressive.

He did a heck of a job.”

Verlander’s fastball was 91 to 93 mph early and stayed in that range most of the game. He cranked it up in the seventh while getting into a bit of trouble.

“Jeff came out there, and we basically just talked about how we were going to attack him,” Verlander said. “Honestly, the sequence we went with was not the sequence we had talked about. I think the first fastball I threw, (McCann) was kind of like, ‘Holy crap.’ So we just kind of stuck with it.”

McCann was not the only person pleasantly surprised by the fastball.

“I had kind of the same feeling, honestly,” Verlander said.

Verlander got a called second strike with another 98-mph fastball, then missed the strike zone at 98 and 99. The fifth pitch of the at-bat was another 98-mph fastball. Soto swung and missed.

The crisis was averted.

Three White Sox runners went and got their gloves.

Verlander’s day was done.

He received a nice ovation from the crowd on his way to the dugout.

“He’s got a knack for being able to turn it up a notch when the heat is on,” Ausmus said. “In terms of velocity, that was probably the best velocity we’ve seen all year, in that one inning. But prior to that, he pitched outstanding.”

Verlander clearly enjoyed letting it fly.

“It’s nice to feel it come out like that, especially the way the game had gone,” Verlander said. “Early in the game, I just didn’t feel great.

Body just felt a little lethargic, and it wasn’t coming out great. That all turned around in that inning, obviously. But I was letting it go pretty good, and it was 93 early, so to really step on the gas there and be able to run it up to 99, it felt good.”

FIVE THINGS TO WATCH Will the Tigers avoid last place?

for various reasons. But he entered Saturday night’s game against the Twins leading the American League in batting average (.334) and appears likely to get enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting title.

Cabrera had 491 plate appearances entering Saturday. If the Tigers play 161 games, at 3.1 per game to qualify, he’ll need 499 (eight more). If they play 162 games, he’ll need 502 (11 more).

If he falls short, he still can win the batting title. Give him all outs for the rest of his plate appearances, and if he’s still the top hitter, by rule, he wins the title.

If he goes 0 for 11, that will be .325 (0 for 8 is .328).

Xander Bogaerts of the Boston Red Sox entered Saturday second in the race at .325. The Astros’ Jose Altuve and the Indians’ Michael Brantley were next at .314.

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When the Tigers wrapped up their fourgame series with the Chicago White Sox last week, they trailed the White Sox by a half-game in the division standings.

Will the Tigers play well enough during a seasonending six-game road trip to avoid finishing in last place in the division for the first time since 2008, when they finished with just 74 victories? It could very well come down to a seasonending three-game series in Chicago between the Tigers and White Sox.

Will J.D. hit 40?

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J.D. Martinez headed into this weekend’s three-game series at Comerica Park against the Twins on Friday with 37 home runs for the season.

That is by far a career high for Martinez, who hit 23 for the Tigers last season.

Can Martinez get hot on the road and hit enough home runs to reach the 40-home run plateau? Globe Life Park in Arlington and U.S. Cellular Field are certainly hitter friendly enough for Martinez, who has power to all fields like few other players in the majors.

How will the bullpen fare?

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The Tigers recently sent closer Bruce Rondon home due to a lack of effort. They have been very careful about using Alex Wilson based on his heavy workload this season. Buck Farmer only just recently came off the disabled list.

The Tigers certainly have plenty of bodies in the bullpen, thanks to expanded rosters in September. But it has been a long season for a bullpen that has had a rough go of it. Will the Tigers try to limit anyone else’s workload during the final road trip of the season?

Will Cabrera get batting title?

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Verlander and Norris

Miguel Cabrera has been slumping at the plate a bit and has missed a few games

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Justin Verlander has been pitching very well for some time and has given the Tigers and their fans hope that he could be the ace of the staff again in 2016. Daniel Norris has pitched extremely well in two outings since returning from the disabled list (his line in those two outings: 8.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K). General manager Al Avila has plenty of work to do in the offseason when it comes to the pitching staff, but Verlander and Norris look solid.

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Monday, 8:05 p.m. on FSD: Verlander vs. Lewis is Tuesday, 8:05 p.m. on FSD: Norris vs. Hamelss Wednesday, 8:05 p.m. on FSD: Boyd vs.

Gallardo

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT PROGRESSIVE FIELD, CLEVELAND Monday, Oct. 5: If necessary for Indians

Colby olby Lewis

STATISTICS BATTERS Cabrera Iglesias Kinsler J. Wilson J. Martinez McCann Davis Romine Gose Castellanos Collins Holaday V. Martinez Machado Marte Avila Moya Team Totals

AVG .334 .300 .300 .296 .284 .267 .259 .259 .257 .256 .250 .246 .242 .240 .221 .190 .154 .271

PITCHERS A. Wilson VerHagen Hardy Valdez Verlander Norris Alburquerque Ryan Sanchez Simon Krol Rondon Wolf Lobstein Feliz Gorzelanny Greene Boyd Farmer Ferrell Team Totals

Through Friday

OBA .436 .347 .347 .345 .344 .301 .308 .302 .323 .306 .291 .246 .299 .296 .293 .340 .214 .327

AB 413 416 603 27 570 382 320 170 456 519 172 57 430 50 68 168 13 5332

R 61 44 93 4 88 32 54 23 67 41 16 1 38 4 7 21 1 661

H 138 125 181 8 162 102 83 44 117 133 43 14 104 12 15 32 2 1443

2B 28 17 35 1 30 17 15 5 22 29 9 4 20 2 4 4 0 271

3B 1 3 7 0 2 5 11 0 7 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 47

HR 17 2 11 0 37 7 8 2 5 15 3 1 11 0 3 4 0 146

RBI 73 23 73 3 98 37 29 15 26 71 17 12 64 4 9 13 0 632

BB 73 25 43 0 48 16 21 10 43 39 10 0 31 4 7 38 1 430

SO 79 44 77 13 170 86 70 43 132 148 39 11 52 9 18 66 8 1196

SB 1 11 10 0 3 0 18 9 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 79

CS 1 8 6 0 2 1 6 5 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 48

E 4 11 12 2 2 0 2 6 4 9 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 76

W 3 2 5 0 4 2 4 2 10 13 2 1 0 3 3 2 4 1 0 0 72

L 3 0 3 1 8 2 1 4 10 10 3 0 4 8 3 2 8 5 3 0 81

ERA 2.19 2.38 3.00 3.38 3.49 3.88 4.33 4.94 4.99 5.21 5.40 5.81 5.91 6.10 6.17 6.38 6.88 6.91 7.51 9.39 4.68

G 59 18 68 6 18 11 66 14 25 29 31 35 6 11 46 45 18 12 13 6 153

GS 1 0 0 0 18 11 0 6 25 29 0 0 6 11 0 0 16 11 5 0 153

SV 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 34

IP 70.0 22.2 60.0 8.0 121.1 53.1 60.1 51.0 157.0 171.0 26.2 31.0 32.0 59.0 46.2 36.2 83.2 54.2 38.1 7.2 1378.1

H 61 17 57 9 102 47 63 57 152 188 30 31 39 75 54 44 103 64 51 11 1427

R 19 6 22 3 53 25 29 29 89 106 17 22 22 41 32 28 67 44 34 8 767

ER 17 6 20 3 47 23 29 28 87 99 16 20 21 40 32 26 64 42 32 8 717

WINS & LOSSES, THROUGH SATURDAY

HR 5 1 2 1 12 8 4 9 29 24 4 3 5 6 5 4 13 14 10 3 186

BB 11 13 22 4 29 17 32 18 49 66 15 19 13 22 16 22 27 19 16 3 467

SO 38 11 54 4 99 42 55 27 138 112 26 36 24 30 39 33 50 41 23 5 1056

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May

OAK CWS CWS CWS CHC CHC CLE CLE CLE CIN CIN CIN NYY NYY NYY CLE CLE CLE CWS CWS CWS PIT PIT PIT TOR TOR TOR SEA SEA SEA MIN MIN MIN MIN BAL BAL BAL SEA SEA SEA SEA BOS BOS BOS TAM TAM TAM BAL BAL BAL BAL KC

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7-6

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3-9

4-8

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7-8

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September

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C8 / SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 / THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS

Scoreboard COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE AP TOP 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 19, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Ohio St. (42) 3-0 1,490 1 2. Michigan St. (7) 3-0 1,415 4 3. Mississippi (11) 3-0 1,345 15 3. TCU 3-0 1,345 3 5. Baylor 2-0 1,213 5 6. Notre Dame 3-0 1,183 8 7. Georgia 3-0 1,162 7 8. LSU (1) 2-0 1,088 13 9. UCLA 3-0 981 10 10. Florida St. 3-0 953 9 11. Clemson 3-0 903 11 12. Alabama 2-1 882 2 13. Oregon 2-1 855 12 14. Texas A&M 3-0 798 17 15. Oklahoma 3-0 782 16 16. Arizona 3-0 488 20 17. Northwestern 3-0 469 23 18. Utah 3-0 439 21 19. Southern Cal 2-1 367 6 20. Georgia Tech 2-1 352 14 21. Stanford 2-1 288 NR 22. BYU 2-1 174 19 22. Wisconsin 2-1 174 24 24. Oklahoma St. 3-0 149 25 25. Missouri 3-0 135 22 Others receiving votes: Mississippi St. (2-1) 52, West Virginia (2-0) 48, Tennessee (2-1) 45, California (3-0) 38, Toledo (2-0) 36, Arizona St. (2-1) 25, Houston (2-0) 22, Auburn (2-1) 20, Temple (3-0) 20, Texas Tech (3-0) 20, Boise St. (2-1) 17, Miami (3-0) 13, Iowa (3-0) 10, Kansas St. (3-0) 8, Florida (3-0) 7, NC State (3-0) 5, Minnesota (2-1) 4, Virginia Tech (2-1) 4, Memphis (3-0) 1.

BIG TEN, MAC, GLIAC, MIAA Scores on Pages B2,3

OTHER FBS GAMES Thursday Memphis 53, Cincinnati 46 Friday Boise St. 56, at Virginia 14 Stanford 42, at Oregon St. 24 Saturday LSU 34, Syracuse 24 Navy 28, UConn 18 Duke 34, Georgia Tech 20 Georgia 48, Southern U. 6 South Carolina 31, UCF 14 North Carolina 41, Delaware 14 Colorado 48, Nicholls St. 0 Louisiana Tech (1-2) 27, FIU 17 New Mexico 38, at Wyoming 28 Baylor 70, Rice 17 East Carolina 35, Virginia Tech 28 Florida 28, Tennessee 27 Appalachian St. 49, Old Dominion 0 Oklahoma St. 30, Texas 27 Alabama 34, Louisiana-Monroe 0 TCU (3-0) at Texas Tech (3-0), 4:45 p.m.

California (3-0) at Washington (2-1), 5 p.m.

Samford (2-1) at Louisville (0-3), 6 p.m.

Sacred Heart (2-1) at Dartmouth (1-0), 7 p.m.

FAU (0-3) at Charlotte (2-1), 7 p.m.

Vanderbilt (1-2) at Mississippi (3-0), 7 p.m.

Tennessee Tech (1-2) at Murray St. (1-2), 7 p.m.

Texas A&M (3-0) at Arkansas (1-2), at Arlington, 7 p.m.

James Madison (3-0) at SMU (1-2), 7 p.m.

Colorado St. (1-2) at UTSA (0-3), 7 p.m.

Mississippi St. (2-1) at Auburn (2-1), 7:30 p.m.

Missouri (3-0) at Kentucky (2-1), 7:30 p.m.

NC State (3-0) at South Alabama (2-1), 8 p.m.

Texas St. (1-2) at Houston (2-0), 8 p.m.

Incarnate Word (2-1) at UTEP (1-2), 8 p.m.

UCLA (3-0) at Arizona (3-0), 8 p.m.

Utah (3-0) at Oregon (2-1), 8:30 p.m.

Georgia Southern (2-1) at Idaho (1-2), 9 p.m.

Idaho St. (1-2) at UNLV (0-3), 9 p.m.

Southern Cal (2-1) at Arizona St. (2-1), 10:30 p.m.

Fresno St. (1-2) at San Jose St. (1-2), 10:30 p.m.

AFCA DIVISION II COACHES POLL Record 1. Minnesota State (29) 3-0 2. West Georgia (2) 3-0 3. NW Missouri State (1) 3-0 4. Ferris State (Mich.)

2-0 5. Delta State (Miss.)

3-0 6. Angelo State (Texas) 3-0 7. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 3-0 8. North Alabama 2-0 9. Valdosta State (Ga.) 2-0 10. Colorado St.-Pueblo 2-1 11. Colo. School of Mines 3-0 12. Harding (Ark.) 3-0 13. Ashland (Ohio) 3-0 14. Slippery Rock (Pa.) 3-0 15. Pittsburg State (Kan.) 2-1 16. Shepherd (W.Va.) 3-0 17. Humboldt State (Calif.) 3-0 18. Tuskegee (Ala.) 3-0 19. Concord (W.Va.) 2-1 20. Texas A&M-Commerce 2-1 21. Michigan Tech 3-0 22. Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 2-1 23. Midwestern st. (Texas) 3-0 24. Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 2-1 25. Minnesota-Duluth 1-2

Pts 797 756 737 705 666 624 575 567 552 479 455 444 362 351 310 308 200 179 175 174 146 133 129 96 85

Pvs 1 2 3 5 6 8 12 10 11 13 15 16 19 18 4 20 25 24 21 22 — 23 — 9 7

FOOTBALL

NFL STANDINGS AMERICAN CONFERENCE East N.Y. Jets New England Miami Buffalo South Jacksonville Tennessee Houston Indianapolis North Cincinnati Cleveland Pittsburgh Baltimore West Denver Oakland San Diego Kansas City

W 2 2 1 1 W 1 1 0 0 W 2 1 1 0 W 2 1 1 1

L 0 0 1 1 L 1 1 2 2 L 0 1 1 2 L 0 1 1 1

T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 .500 .500 Pct .500 .500 .000 .000 Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .000 Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .500

PF 51 68 37 59 PF 32 56 37 21 PF 57 38 64 46 PF 50 50 52 51

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Dallas 2 0 0 1.000 47 N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 78 Washington 1 2 0 .333 55 Philadelphia 0 2 0 .000 34 South W L T Pct PF Atlanta 2 0 0 1.000 50 Carolina 2 0 0 1.000 44 Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 40 New Orleans 0 2 0 .000 38 North W L T Pct PF Green Bay 2 0 0 1.000 58 Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 29 Detroit 0 2 0 .000 44 Chicago 0 2 0 .000 46 West W L T Pct PF Arizona 2 0 0 1.000 79 St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 44 San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 38 Seattle 0 2 0 .000 48 WEEK 3 Thursday, Sep. 24 N.Y. Giants 32, Washington 21 Sunday, Sep. 27 Atlanta at Dallas, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Houston, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at New England, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.

PA 17 53 33 54 PA 40 42 51 47 PA 32 45 46 56 PA 37 66 52 51 PA 36 72 59 46 PA 44 26 61 57 PA 40 36 59 79 PA 42 55 46 61

Chicago at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.

Buffalo at Miami, 4:25 p.m.

Denver at Detroit, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Sep. 28 Kansas City at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

WEEK 4

x—Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Detroit West Texas Houston Los Angeles Seattle Oakland

Thursday, Oct. 1 Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 4 N.Y. Jets vs. Miami at London, 9:30 a.m.

Oakland at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 1 p.m.

Houston at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Green Bay at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

Minnesota at Denver, 4:25 p.m.

Dallas at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

Open: New England, Tennessee Monday, Oct. 5 Detroit at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.

W

SUNDAY FAVORITE OPEN TODAY UNDERDOG at ST. LOUIS 2½ 1 Pittsburgh at MINNESOTA 2½ 2½ San Diego at HOUSTON 8½ 6½ Tampa Bay at NY JETS +3 ½ 2 Philadelphia at CAROLINA 2½ 8½ New Orleans at NEW ENGLAND 12 ½ 13 ½ Jacksonville at BALTIMORE 3 2½ Cincinnati at CLEVELAND 4½ 3½ Oakland Indianapolis 4½ 3 at TENNESSEE Atlanta +4 ½ 1 at DALLAS at ARIZONA 5 6 ½ San Francisco at SEATTLE 9 ½ 14 ½ Chicago at MIAMI 3 3 Buffalo Denver 1 3 at DETROIT MONDAY at GREEN BAY 6½ 6½ Kansas City Updated odds available at Pregame.com

DETROIT LIONS SCHEDULE M-Monday; T-Thursday Sept. 13 at San Diego, L 33-28 Sept. 20 at Minnesota L 26-16 Sept. 27 Denver, 8:30 p.m., NBC M-Oct. 5 at Seattle, 8:30 p.m., ESPN Oct. 11 Arizona, 4:05 p.m., Fox Oct. 18 Chicago, 1 p.m., Fox Oct. 25 Minnesota, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 1 at Kansas City (London), 9:30 a.m., Fox BYE week Nov. 15 at Green Bay, 1 p.m., Fox Nov. 22 Oakland, 1 p.m., CBS T-Nov. 26 Philadelphia, 12:30 p.m., Fox T-Dec. 3 Green Bay, 8:25 p.m., CBS Dec. 13 at St. Louis, 1 p.m., Fox M-Dec. 21 at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m., ESPN Dec. 27 San Francisco, 1 p.m., Fox Jan. 3 at Chicago, 1 p.m., Fox

AUTO RACING

NASCAR SPRINT CUP CHASE FOR THE SPRINT CUP CHALLENGER ROUND STANDINGS After 1 of 3 races. The top 12 advance to the Contender Round with points reset to 3,000.

Points 1. Matt Kenseth 2,052 2. Denny Hamlin* 2,050 3. Carl Edwards 2,049 4. Kyle Busch 2,049 5. Kurt Busch 2,048 6. Joey Logano 2,048 7. Jimmie Johnson 2,045 8. Ryan Newman 2,040 9. Brad Keselowski 2,039 10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2,038 11. Martin Truex Jr. 2,035 12. Jeff Gordon 2,031 13. Jamie McMurray 2,028 14. Paul Menard 2,027 15. Kevin Harvick 2,009 16. Clint Bowyer** 2,000 *advanced with Challenger Round victory ** docked 25 points for failing inspection SCHEDULE CHALLENGER ROUND Sep. 27 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H. Oct. 4 — AAA 400, Dover, Del. CONTENDER ROUND Oct. 10 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C. Oct. 18 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 25 — Alabama 500, Talladega, Ala. ELMINATOR ROUND Nov. 1 — Goody’s 500, Ridgeway, Va. Nov. 8 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas Nov. 15 — Quicken Loans Heroes 500, Avondale, Ariz.

CHAMPIONSHIP Nov. 22 —Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead, Fla. SYLVANIA 300 LINEUP After Friday qualifying; race 2 p.m. Sunday (NBCSN) At New Hampshire Motor Speedway; Loudon, N.H.; Lap length: 1.058 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (19) Carl Edwards, T, 137.98.

2. (4) Kevin Harvick, C, 137.845.

3. (41) Kurt Busch, C, 137.8.

4. (2) Brad Keselowski, F, 137.671.

5. (48) Jimmie Johnson, C, 137.621.

6. (42) Kyle Larson, C, 137.517.

7. (11) Denny Hamlin, T, 137.457.

8. (22) Joey Logano, F, 137.378.

9. (31) Ryan Newman, C, 137.022.

10. (24) Jeff Gordon, C, 136.58.

11. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., C, 136.56.

12. (5) Kasey Kahne, C, 136.365.

13. (20) Matt Kenseth, T, 136.943.

14. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., F, 136.825.

15. (43) Aric Almirola, F, 136.697.

16. (3) Austin Dillon, C, 136.516.

17. (18) Kyle Busch, T, 136.409.

18. (55) David Ragan, T, 136.36.

19. (13) Casey Mears, C, 136.306.

20. (27) Paul Menard, C, 136.082.

21. (78) Martin Truex Jr., C, 136.048.

22. (10) Danica Patrick, C, 135.951.

23. (1) Jamie McMurray, C, 135.516.

24. (51) Justin Allgaier, C, 135.333.

25. (16) Greg Biffle, F, 135.796.

26. (15) Clint Bowyer, T, 135.772.

27. (14) Tony Stewart, C, 135.651.

28. (35) Cole Whitt, F, 135.607.

29. (9) Sam Hornish Jr., F, 135.554.

30. (47) AJ Allmendinger, C, 135.448.

31. (34) Brett Moffitt, F, 135.333.

32. (40) Landon Cassill, C, 135.121.

33. (6) Trevor Bayne, F, 135.021.

34. (38) David Gilliland, F, 134.62.

35. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, T, 134.411.

36. (7) Alex Bowman, C, 134.292.

37. (98) Ryan Preece, C, Owner Points.

38. (46) Michael Annett, C, Owner Points.

39. (33) B.J. McLeod, C, Owner Points.

40. (26) Josh Wise, T, Owner Points.

41. (23) Jeb Burton, T, Owner Points.

42. (32) Jeffrey Earnhardt, F, Owner Points.

43. (62) Timmy Hill, F, Owner Points.

BASKETBALL

WNBA PLAYOFFS

(Best-of-3) EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS New York 1, Indiana 0 Wednesday, Sept. 23: New York 84, Indiana 67 Sunday, Sept. 27: New York at Indiana, 1 p.m. x-Tuesday, Sept. 29: Indiana at New York, TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS Minnesota 1, Phoenix 0 Thursday, Sept. 24: Minnesota 67, Phoenix 60 Sunday, Sept. 27: Minnesota at Phoenix, 3 p.m. x-Tuesday, Sept. 29: Phoenix at Minnesota, TBD

BASEBALL

MLB STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE z—Toronto New York Baltimore Tampa Bay Boston Central

W

L

89 85 76 75 74 W

65 69 78 80 80 L

Pct

65 75 76 82 81 L 70 74 74 80 90

.578 — .510 10 ½ .503 11 ½ .471 16 ½ .471 16 ½ Pct GB .545 — .523 3 ½ .516 4 ½ .481 10 .419 19 ½

AMERICAN LEAGUE WILD CARD

PREGAME.COM LINE

East

89 78 77 73 72 W 84 81 79 74 65

GB

.578 — .552 4 .494 13 .484 14 ½ .481 15 Pct GB

L

Pct

GB

New York 85 69 .552 +4 ½ Houston 81 74 .523 -Los Angeles 79 74 .516 1 Minnesota 79 75 .513 1 ½ Cleveland 77 76 .503 3 Baltimore 76 78 .494 4 ½ z—clinched playoff berth x—clinched division Thursday Texas 8, Oakland 1 Baltimore 5, Washington 4 N.Y. Yankees 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Tampa Bay 4, Boston 2 Cleveland 6, Minnesota 3 Kansas City 10, Seattle 4 Friday Chicago White Sox 5, N.Y. Yankees 2 Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 3 Detroit 6, Minnesota 4 Boston 7, Baltimore 0 Cleveland 6, Kansas City 0 Texas 6, Houston 2 Oakland 5, San Francisco 4 L.A. Angels 8, Seattle 4 Saturday Houston 9, Texas 7 Toronto 10, Tampa Bay 8 Boston 8, Baltimore 0 N.Y. Yankees 2, Chicago White Sox 1 San Francisco 14, Oakland 10 Minnesota at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.

Cleveland 9, Kansas City 5 Seattle at L.A. Angels, late Sunday Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 10-13) at N.Y. Yankees (L.Severino 4-3), 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Andriese 3-5) at Toronto (Buehrle 14-7), 1:07 p.m.

Minnesota (E.Santana 6-4) at Detroit (Wolf 0-4), 1:08 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 12-9) at Boston (Owens 3-3), 1:35 p.m.

Cleveland (Salazar 13-9) at Kansas City (C.Young 10-6), 2:10 p.m.

Texas (M.Perez 3-5) at Houston (Keuchel 18-8), 2:10 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 9-4) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 7-12), 3:35 p.m.

San Francisco (Heston 11-10) at Oakland (Nolin 1-1), 4:05 p.m.

Monday Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Detroit at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

Oakland at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Houston at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East x—New York Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia Central z—St. Louis z—Pittsburgh z—Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati West Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

W

L

88 79 68 62 58 W 98 95 89 65 63 W 87 80 74 72 64

67 75 87 93 97 L 57 60 65 90 91 L 66 74 80 82 90

Pct

GB

.568 — .513 8 ½ .439 20 .400 26 .374 30 Pct GB .632 — .613 3 .578 8 ½ .419 33 .409 34 ½ Pct GB .569 — .519 7 ½ .481 13 ½ .468 15 ½ .416 23 ½

NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD CARD East

W

L

Pct

GB

z—Pittsburgh 95 60 .613 +5 ½ z—Chicago 89 65 .578 — z—clinched playoff berth Thursday L.A. Dodgers 6, Arizona 3 Pittsburgh 5, Colorado 4 Baltimore 5, Washington 4 N.Y. Mets 6, Cincinnati 4 Miami 1, Philadelphia 0 St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 3 San Diego 5, San Francisco 4 Friday Pittsburgh 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Philadelphia 8, Washington 2 Miami 12, Atlanta 11 N.Y. Mets 12, Cincinnati 5 Colorado 7, L.A. Dodgers 4 Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 3 Oakland 5, San Francisco 4 Arizona 6, San Diego 3 Saturday Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 0 Washington 2, Philadelphia 1, 12 innings San Francisco 14, Oakland 10 N.Y. Mets 10, Cincinnati 2 Miami 6, Atlanta 2 St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 1 L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, late Arizona at San Diego, late Sunday Atlanta (S.Miller 5-16) at Miami (Koehler 1014), 1:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 13-8) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-5), 1:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Harang 6-15) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 11-8), 1:35 p.m.

Milwaukee (Cravy 0-8) at St. Louis (Lackey 13-9), 2:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Heston 11-10) at Oakland (Nolin 1-1), 4:05 p.m.

Arizona (Godley 5-1) at San Diego (Shields 13-6), 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 11-11) at Colorado (Rusin 5-9), 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Burnett 9-5) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 20-6), 8:05 p.m.

Monday Cincinnati at Washington, 3:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

MLB LEADERS Through Friday AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .334; Bogaerts, Boston, .325; Altuve, Houston, .314; Brantley, Cleveland, .314; NCruz, Seattle, .308; LCain, Kansas City, .307; Hosmer, Kansas City, .304; Fielder, Texas, .304.

RUNS—Donaldson, Toronto, 118; Bautista, Toronto, 104; Dozier, Minnesota, 99.

RBI-Donaldson, Toronto, 121; CDavis, Baltimore, 110; Bautista, Toronto, 106; Encarnacion, Toronto, 105; KMorales, Kansas City, 105; Ortiz, Boston, 104; JMartinez, Detroit, 98.

HITS-Altuve, Houston, 189; Bogaerts, Boston, 188; Kinsler, Detroit, 181; Donaldson, Toronto, 178.

DOUBLES-Brantley, Cleveland, 45; KMorales, Kansas City, 41; Donaldson, Toronto, 40; Kipnis, Cleveland, 40.

TRIPLES-ERosario, Minnesota, 15; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 12; RDavis, Detroit, 11.

HOME RUNS-NCruz, Seattle, 43; CDavis, Baltimore, 43; Donaldson, Toronto, 40; Trout, Los Angeles, 40; Bautista, Toronto, 37; JMartinez, Detroit, 37; Pujols, Los Angeles, 37.

STOLEN BASES-Altuve, Houston, 38; LCain, Kansas City, 28; Burns, Oakland, 26; JDyson, Kansas City, 26.

PITCHING-Keuchel, Houston, 18-8; FHernandez, Seattle, 18-9; Price, Toronto, 17-5; McHugh, Houston, 17-7; Lewis, Texas, 17-8; Richards, Los Angeles, 1511; Eovaldi, New York, 14-3; SGray, Oakland, 14-7; Buehrle, Toronto, 14-7; Carrasco, Cleveland, 14-11.

ERA-Price, Toronto, 2.34; Keuchel, Houston, 2.51; SGray, Oakland, 2.73; Archer, Tampa Bay, 2.92; Kazmir, Houston, 2.97.

STRIKEOUTS-Sale, Chicago, 267; Archer, Tampa Bay,

246; Kluber, Cleveland, 230; Price, Toronto, 219.

SAVES-Street, Los Angeles, 40; Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 38; AMiller, New York, 35; Britton, Baltimore, 34.

NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING—Harper, Washington, .336; DGordon, Miami, .332; YEscobar, Washington, .324; Posey, San Francisco, .323; Pollock, Arizona, .318; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .318; Votto, Cincinnati, .315.

RUNS—Harper, Washington, 116; Pollock, Arizona, 106; Fowler, Chicago, 97; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 96.

RBI—Arenado, Colorado, 117; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 105; Kemp, San Diego, 99; Bryant, Chicago, 98.

HITS—DGordon, Miami, 193; Pollock, Arizona, 184; Markakis, Atlanta, 174; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 173.

DOUBLES—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 41; Frazier, Cincinnati, 41; Arenado, Colorado, 38.

TRIPLES—DPeralta, Arizona, 9; Blackmon, Colorado, 8; Fowler, Chicago, 8; DGordon, Miami, 8.

HOME RUNS—Harper, Washington, 41; Arenado, Colorado, 39; CaGonzalez, Colorado, 38; Frazier, Cincinnati, 35; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 31; Rizzo, Chicago, 30; Votto, Cincinnati, 29.

STOLEN BASES—BHamilton, Cincinnati, 57; DGordon, Miami, 54; Blackmon, Colorado, 41.

PITCHING—Arrieta, Chicago, 20-6; Greinke, Los Angeles, 18-3; GCole, Pittsburgh, 18-8; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 18-8; Wacha, St. Louis, 17-6; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 15-7.

ERA—Greinke, Los Angeles, 1.65; Arrieta, Chicago, 1.88; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2.25; GCole, Pittsburgh, 2.60; deGrom, New York, 2.64; Lackey, St. Louis, 2.74; Harvey, New York, 2.80.

STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 281; Scherzer, Washington, 249; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 228.

SAVES—Melancon, Pittsburgh, 51; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 47; Familia, New York, 42.

TWINS 6, TIGERS 2 Minnesota ab Dozier 2b 4 Mauer 1b 4 Sano dh 4 Plouffe 3b 4 ERosar lf 4 TrHntr rf 3 Buxton cf 0 A.Hicks cf—rf 4 KSuzuk c 4 EdEscr ss 4 Totals 35

SATURDAY r h bi Detroit ab r h bi 1 1 1 Gose cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 Kinsler 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 MiCarr 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 VMrtnz dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 JMrtnz rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 Cstllns 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 JMcCn c 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 DMchd ss 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 TyCllns ph 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 RDavis lf 4 0 1 0 610 6 Totals 35 2 11 2

Minnesota Detroit

101 000

000 200

202 000

6 2

E—D.Machado (2). DP—Minnesota 2, Detroit 2.

LOB—Minnesota 4, Detroit 8. 2B—Dozier (38), J.Martinez (31), Castellanos (30). 3B—Edu. Escobar (4). HR—Edu.Escobar (12). SB—Mauer (2), A.Hicks (13). S—D.Machado. SF—Dozier.

Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Duffey W,5-1 6 8 2 2 1 3 Boyer H,18 1 0 0 0 0 1 May H,7 1 2 0 0 0 2 Jepsen 1 1 0 0 0 1 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Simon L,13-11 8 8 4 4 1 4 Lobstein 1 2 2 2 0 1 Umpires—Home, Jim Reynolds; First, Clint Fagan; Second, Mike Winters; Third, Mike Muchlinski.

TIGERS 6, TWINS 4 Minnesota A.Hicks cf Dozier 2b Mauer 1b Sano dh Plouffe 3b TrHntr rf ERosar lf KSuzuk c EdEscr ss Totals

ab 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 2

r 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0

h 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

28 4 2

Minnesota Detroit

FRIDAY bi Detroit ab 0 Gose cf 4 0 Kinsler 2b 4 0 MiCarr 1b 3 0 VMrtnz dh 4 0 JMrtnz rf 4 0 Cstllns 3b 4 3 JoWilsn 3b 0 0 JMcCn c 4 1 AnRmn ss 1 DMchd ph—ss3 RDavis lf 4 4 Totals 35 000 000

040 010

r h 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 13

000 32x

bi 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 —4 —6

E—Mi.Cabrera (4), An.Romine (6), Castellanos (9). DP—Detroit 2. LOB—Minnesota 3, Detroit 7.

2B—Kinsler (35), V.Martinez (20), Castellanos 2 (29). 3B—E.Rosario (15). HR—R.Davis (8). CS— Gose (11). S—Mauer. SF—Edu.Escobar.

Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Pelfrey 5 6 1 1 0 7 Boyer H,17 1 1 0 0 0 1 Fien H,17 ⅔ 2 3 3 1 1 Perkins L,2-5 BS,3-351 3 2 2 1 3 Cotts 0 1 0 0 0 0 Tonkin ⅓ 0 0 0 0 0 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Boyd 6 1 4 2 4 4 Alburquerque 1 0 0 0 0 2 A.Wilson W,3-3 1 1 0 0 0 0 N.Feliz S,9-15 1 0 0 0 0 1 Cotts pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

T—3:16. A—31,153 (41,574).

GOLF

PGA TOUR TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES Saturday at East Lake Golf Club,Atlanta Purse: $8.25 million Yardage: 7,307; Par 70 (35-35) THIRD ROUND Jordan Spieth 68-66-68—202 -8 Henrik Stenson 63-68-72—203 -7 Rickie Fowler 69-70-67—206 -4 Paul Casey 65-70-71—206 -4 Rory McIlroy 66-71-70—207 -3 Zach Johnson 66-70-71—207 -3 J.B. Holmes 68-72-68—208 -2 Bubba Watson 70-71-68—209 -1 Justin Rose 70-68-71—209 -1 Daniel Berger 69-73-68—210 E Danny Lee 69-72-69—210 E Hideki Matsuyama 69-72-69—210 E Matt Kuchar 71-70-69—210 E Jason Day 69-71-70—210 E Steven Bowditch 68-69-73—210 E Kevin Na 68-73-70—211 +1 Dustin Johnson 69-72-71—212 +2 Brooks Koepka 68-74-72—214 +4 Charley Hoffman 73-72-70—215 +5 Sangmoon Bae 73-70-72—215 +5 Brandt Snedeker 68-72-75—215 +5 Bill Haas 72-73-72—217 +7 Harris English 71-76-71—218 +8 Jimmy Walker 73-71-74—218 +8 Robert Streb 75-75-69—219 +9 Scott Piercy 74-73-73—220 +10 Patrick Reed 72-74-77—223 +13 Kevin Kisner 76-77-72—225 +15

CHAMPIONS TOUR FIRST TEE OPEN Friday Pebble Beach, Calif.; b—Pebble Beach Golf Links (6,837 yards, par 72); h—Poppy Hills Golf Course (6,879 yards, par 71) Purse: $2 million FIRST ROUND Tom Byrum 34-33—67 -5b Jesper Parnevik 33-33—66 -5h Mark McNulty 33-35—68 -4b Colin Montgomerie 34-34—68 -3h Sandy Lyle 34-34—68 -3h Woody Austin 35-33—68 -3h Roger Chapman 34-35—69 -2h Stephen Ames 35-35—70 -2b Bobby Wadkins 36-34—70 -2b Paul Goydos 34-35—69 -2h

HOCKEY

NHL PRESEASON Saturday Columbus 4, Pittsburgh 2 Carolina 5, N.Y. Islanders 3 Edmonton 3, Minnesota 0 Boston 4, Detroit 3, OT N.Y. Rangers 4, New Jersey 3 Buffalo 6, Ottawa 4 Montreal 1, Toronto 0 Tampa Bay at Dallas, late St. Louis at Chicago, late Anaheim at San Jose, late Calgary at Vancouver, late Sunday Ottawa vs. Carolina at St. John’s, Newfoundland, 3:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Florida at Dallas, 8 p.m.

SPORTS CALENDAR DETROIT TIGERS

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

Minnesota 1:08 p.m.

FSD

at Texas 8:05 p.m.

FSD

at Texas 8:05 p.m.

FSD

at Texas 8:05 p.m.

FSD

off

DETROIT RED WINGS DETROIT LIONS

Preseason at Boston 7 p.m.

Preseason at Pittsburgh 7 p.m.

FRI

SAT

at Chicago WSat Chicago WS 8:10 p.m. 7:10 p.m.

FSD FSD Preseason Toronto 7:30 p.m.

FSD+

Preseason at Toronto 7 p.m.

Denver 8:30 p.m.

NBC

MICHIGAN STATE FOOTBALL

Purdue Noon ABC/ESPN/ ESPN2

MICHIGAN FOOTBALL

at Maryland 8 p.m.

BTN

SPORTS ON TV SUNDAY AUTO RACING: NASCAR 2 p.m. Sprint Cup Sylvania 300. NBCSN BASEBALL: MLB 1 p.m. Twins at Tigers. FSD 8 p.m. Pirates at Cubs. ESPN BASKETBALL: WNBA 1 p.m. New York at Indiana. ESPN 3 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix. ESPN FOOTBALL: NFL 1 p.m. Chargers at Vikings. CBS 1 p.m. Falcons at Cowboys. Fox 4:25 p.m. Bears at Seahawks. CBS 8:20 p.m. Broncos at Lions. NBC GOLF 9 a.m. European Open. Golf Noon PGA Tour Championship. Golf 1:30 p.m. PGA Tour Championship. NBC 1:30 p.m. PGA Web.com. Golf 6:30 p.m. Champions First Tee. Golf SOCCER 9:30 a.m. Frankfurt vs. Hertha. FS1 11 a.m. Watford vs. C. Palace. NBCSN 1 p.m. Maryland at Wisconsin. BTN 1 p.m. Texas A&M at Georgia. ESPNU 1 p.m. Pumas vs. Tigres. Univision 5 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City. ESPN 7 p.m. Salt Lake at San Jose. FS1 9:30 p.m. Dallas at Los Angeles. FS1 VOLLEYBALL: WOMEN’S

GOLF 8 a.m. European Dunhill Links. Golf 3 p.m. Web.com Tour Championship. Golf SOCCER 1 p.m. Monaco vs. Tottenham. FS1 3 p.m. Liverpool vs. Sion. FS1 SOCCER: WOMEN’S 7 p.m. Michigan at Maryland. BTN 9:30 p.m. NWSL Final: Kansas City vs. Seattle. FS1

FRIDAY AUTO RACING: NASCAR 11 a.m. Sprint Cup Practice. NBCSN 1:30 p.m. Xfinity Final Practice. NBCSN 3:30 p.m. Sprint Cup Qualifying. NBCSN BASEBALL: MLB 7 p.m. Teams TBA. ESPN 8 p.m. Tigers at White Sox. FSD FOOTBALL: COLLEGE 7 p.m. Temple at Charlotte. CBSSN 7 p.m. Memphis at S. Florida. ESPN2 7 p.m. Columbia at Princeton. NBCSN 10:15 p.m. UConn at BYU. ESPN2 GOLF 8 a.m. European Dunhill Links. Golf 3 p.m. Web.com Tour Championship. Golf HOCKEY: NHL PRESEASON 7:30 p.m. Maple Leafs at Red Wings. FSD+ SOCCER

5 p.m. Oregon at Arizona. ESPNU MOTORCYCLE RACING

2:30 p.m. Darmstadt vs. Mainz. FS1 VOLLEYBALL: WOMEN’S

7:30 a.m. Grand Prix of Aragon. FS1

6 p.m. Duke at North Carolina. ESPNU 7 p.m. Nebraska at Penn State. BTN

MONDAY BASEBALL: MLB 7 p.m. Teams TBA. ESPN2 8 p.m. Tigers at Rangers. FSD 10 p.m. Teams TBA. MLB FOOTBALL: NFL 8:15 p.m. Chiefs at Packers. ESPN SOCCER 3 p.m. W. Bromwich vs. Everton. NBCSN

TUESDAY BASEBALL: MLB 7 p.m. Teams TBA. ESPN 8 p.m. Tigers at Rangers. FSD 10 p.m. Teams TBA. ESPN BASKETBALL: WNBA 8 p.m. Indiana at New York. ESPN2 10 p.m. Phoenix at Minnesota. ESPN2 BOXING 9 p.m. Fortuna vs. Velasquez. FS1 HOCKEY: NHL PRESEASON 7:30 p.m. Penguins vs. Lightning.

NBCSN SOCCER 2:30 p.m. Munich vs. Zagreb. ESPN2 2:30 p.m. Porto vs. Chelsea. FSD, FSD+ 2:30 p.m. Barcelona vs. Leverkusen. FS1 7 p.m. American at Princeton. ESPNU VOLLEYBALL: WOMEN’S 9 p.m. Loyola Marymount at BYU. ESPNU

WEDNESDAY BASEBALL: MLB 7 p.m. Teams TBA. ESPN 8 p.m. Tigers at Rangers. FSD 10 p.m. Teams TBA. ESPN SOCCER 2:30 p.m. Juventus vs. Sevilla. ESPN2 2:30 p.m. Malmo vs. Real Madrid. FSD 2:30 p.m. Man U vs. Wolfsburg. FS1 VOLLEYBALL: WOMEN’S 7 p.m. Iowa St. at Oklahoma. ESPNU 8 p.m. Illinois at Wisconsin. BTN 9 p.m. Texas A&M at Auburn. ESPNU

THURSDAY BASEBALL: MLB 7 p.m. Teams TBA. ESPN2 FOOTBALL: COLLEGE 7:30 p.m. Miami at Cincinnati. ESPN 7:30 p.m. Ala. St. at Texas So. ESPNU FOOTBALL: NFL 8:25 p.m. Ravens at Steelers. CBS, NFL

TRANSACTIONS

SATURDAY

BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE LOS ANGELES — Released RHP Mat Latos.

WASHINGTON — Reinstated OF Reed Johnson from 60day DL. Transferred OF Denard Span to 60-day DL. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE CAROLINA — Waived TE Brandon Williams. Signed WR Brenton Bersin.

DALLAS — Waived—injured DB Rod Sweeting.

FRIDAY BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Washington RHP Jonathan Papelbon three games for throwing a pitch in the head area of Baltimore 3B Manny Machado.

AMERICAN LEAGUE MINNESOTA — Placed LHP Logan Darnell on the 60-day DL. Reinstated RHP Ricky Nolasco from the 60-day DL. NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA — Named Mike Maroth minor league rehabilitation pitching coordinator.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Released LB LaRoy Reynolds. Signed WR Tony Washington from the practice squad.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Terminated WR Isaiah Burse from the practice squad. Signed WR Tyler Murphy to

SATURDAY AUTO RACING: NASCAR 12:15 p.m. Xfinity Qualifying. NBCSN 2 p.m. Sprint Cup Final Practice. NBCSN 3:30 p.m. Xfinity Hisense 200. NBCSN 10 p.m. Truck Series Las Vegas. FS1 BASEBALL: MLB 1 p.m. Teams TBA. Fox 7 p.m. Tigers at White Sox. FSD BOXING 10 p.m. Broner vs. Allakhverdiev. SHOW 10:15 p.m. Matthysse vs. Postol. HBO FOOTBALL: COLLEGE Noon Teams TBA. ABC Noon Teams TBA. ESPN Noon Teams TBA. ESPN2 Noon Minnesota at Northwestern. BTN Noon Houston at Tulsa. CBSSN Noon Army at Penn State. ESPNU Noon Kansas at Iowa St. FSD, FSD+ Noon West Virginia at Oklahoma. FS1 3:30 p.m. Alabama at Georgia. CBS 3:30 p.m. Teams TBA. ABC 3:30 p.m. Teams TBA. ESPN, 3:30 p.m. Teams TBA. ESPN2 3:30 p.m. Nebraska at Illinois. BTN 3:30 p.m. Air Force at Navy. CBSSN 3:30 p.m. N. Carolina at Ga. Tech. ESPNU 3:30 p.m. W. Kentucky at Rice. FSD+ 4 p.m. Kansas St. at Oklahoma St. FS1 7 p.m. Vanderbilt at Middle Tenn. CBSSN 7 p.m. Teams TBA. ESPN 7 p.m. Teams TBA. ESPN2 7 p.m. E. Michigan at LSU. ESPNU 7:30 p.m. Teams TBA. Fox 7:30 p.m. Wm&Mary at Delaware. NBCSN 8 p.m. Notre Dame at Clemson. ABC 8 p.m. Michigan at Maryland. BTN 10 p.m. Oregon at Colorado. ESPN 10:15 p.m. Hawaii at Boise St. ESPN2 10:30 p.m. Fresno St. at San Diego St. CBSSN GOLF 8 a.m. European Dunhill Links. Golf 3 p.m. Web.com Tour Championship. Golf HORSE RACING 5 p.m. Keeneland. NBC SOCCER 7:45 a.m. Crystal Palace vs. West Bromwich. NBCSN 9:30 a.m. Borussia vs. Wolfsburg. FS1 10 a.m. English Premier League. NBCSN 12:30 p.m. Chelsea vs. S’hampton. NBC 5:55 p.m. America vs. Chiapas. Univision UFC 8 p.m. UFC 192 prelims. FS1

the practice squad.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Terminated G Michael Huey from the practice squad. Signed G Craig Watts to the practice squad.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Waived S Dion Bailey. Activated S Kam Chancellor.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON — Signed Cs Josh Harrellson and Jaleel Roberts and Gs Jaron Johnson, Toure’ Murry and Ish Smith.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHICAGO — Waived DL Lavar Edwards. Signed DL Mitch Unrein.

NEW ORLEANS — Waived-injured C Michael Brewster.

Placed RB DuJuan Harris on the practice squad-injured list.

SAN DIEGO — Terminated the contract of DT Mitch Unrein. Signed TE Kyle Miller.

THURSDAY BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Arizona minor league SS Kal Simmons 50 games after testing positive for Amphetamine, a stimulant in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

AMERICAN LEAGUE BOSTON — Named Mike Hazen senior vice presidentgeneral manager.

— The Associated Press

THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS / SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 / C9

Local&State Sports U-M FOOTBALL

GRAND VALLEY STATE 65, LAKE ERIE 23

A Michigan man all these years

By Steve Kaminski

For Michigan Stadium usher, 71 years is for ‘the people’

skaminsk@mlive.com

By Aaron McMann

amcmann@mlive.com

ANN ARBOR — Jim Luke doesn’t know his real age, but he knows how long he’s been returning to Section 1 at Michigan Stadium.

The usher at the Big House is celebrating 71 years this season. He was honored last Saturday during halftime of Michigan’s football game against UNLV His career in the stands began on a whim in the fall of 1945.

“Back in those days, they didn’t have speed limits,” says Luke, who says he’s 91 years old. “I’d ride my motorcycle in — I could go 90 to 100 miles per hour. They didn’t have expressways or anything.”

A veteran of World War II, Luke served in the U.S. Army Luke from 1943 to 1945 after growing up on a prairie farm in Buchanan, a small town in southwest Michigan. One of five kids, he had three brothers and a sister, all of which are deceased. He said records weren’t kept then and he isn’t clear on exactly when he was born.

His license says he was born in 1927, which would make him 88, and he says his mother never registered him with the state of Michigan until 1929.

Regardless of his age, his love and devotion for the University of Michigan and its football program hasn’t wavered.

“Michigan, to me, is the finest college in the country, bar none,” Luke said. “Michigan State was nothing — you went there to milk cows ... They weren’t even in the Big Ten back then.”

(Michigan State, then known as Michigan State College, would join Big Ten in 1949.)

Luke’s jobs between his time in the military and now have been numerous, too. The son of a prison keyholder, he’s worked in the trucking industry, plowed, excavated, printed, delivered coal — you name an occupation that doesn’t require a college degree and he’s likely done it, including plowing snow off the Michigan Stadium field for the football team.

One year: “I was called over there to see about the Ohio State game because I cleaned snow for them in

Michigan event staff member Jim Luke, right, doffs his cap to the crowd during last Saturday’s home game against UNLV. Luke has been an usher at Michigan Stadium for 71 years. (Dominic Valente/MLive.com)

the winter. (Bo) Schembechler sent a young guy up and he said, ‘Sir, Mr. Schembechler said you can’t stay in here.’

“I said, ‘Mr. Schembechler said what? I told him to go back and tell Mr. Schembechler that without me you’re not going to play.’

“He was shaking, and boy did (Bo) jerk his head — he never forgot me.”

Luke fondly remembers the string of coaches he’s been around for, from the tail end of Fritz Crisler’s tenure to Bump Elliott, Schembechler, Gary Moeller and Lloyd Carr.

He’s particularly fond of Moeller, for whom he said was “railroaded” in his ouster, and Carr, who he says he spent lots of time talking to during Michigan hockey and women’s swimming meets.

“He would come in the back door and we’d talk for an hour,” Luke said.

“I liked him, I really did.”

When asked about Jim Harbaugh, the fourth Michigan football coach in the last decade, his eyes light up.

“He’s not only a good coach, he knows what he’s doing,” Luke said. “He’s sensible. He’s another Schembechler, if you want to know the truth.”

Luke still is able to get to games on his own, too. He lives in a senior center in Belleville, walks on his own and benefits from a hearing aid.

During the game against UNLV, he was stationed in his usual spot in the lower tunnel of Section 1, with his maize and blue “M Event Team” hat and windbreaker directing fans to their seats.

At one point, he helped wheel a man in a wheelchair over to the handicap seating area.

As for what keeps bringing him back, it’s definitely not the $25 and free lunch. His wife passed away more than five years ago, he’s the only one of his siblings still alive and his kids are spread out across the United States.

He says it’s the people.

“You’ve got people who come in and shake your hand. I was there when the people that sat on the east side of the stadium, where I’m at, they put money into the stadium,” Luke said.

“People come up and shake my mind — doctors, lawyers — and one guy came by and said, ‘Mister, I’ve been coming here 45 years and you’re still standing here.’

“I said I hope I’m here another 45.”

SCOREBOARD SCORES

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY THURSDAY Fremont Invitational: 1. Fremont 16, 2. Cedar Springs Creative Tech Academy 84, 3. Manistee 96, 4. Shelby 103, 5. Lakeview 113, 6. Walkerville West Michigan Academy of Environmental Science 115

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY THURSDAY Fremont Invitational: 1. Fremont 24, 2. Manistee 36, 3. Shelby 97, 4. Wyoming Godwin Heights 100, 5. Lakeview 131.

GIRLS GOLF THURSDAY Grand Haven Tri: 1. Hudsonville 177, 2. Grand Haven 189, 3. West Ottawa 190 1. East Kentwood 170, 2. Rockford 188, 3.

Grandville 225 1. South Christian 171, 2. Hastings 180, 3.

Catholic Central 198, 4. Wayland Union 205, 5.

Middleville 219.

1. NorthPointe Christian 168, 2. West Catholic 179, 3. Coopersville 180, 4. Belding 181, 5.

Calvin Christian 186, 6. Comstock Park 208, 7.

Allendale 212, 8. Sparta 215 OK Black Jamboree: 1. Muskegon Mona Shores 182, 2. Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 198, 3.

Zeeland East 223, 4. Kenowa Hills 228.

FRIDAY Ludington Invit.: 1. Spring Lake 329, 2. Traverse City West 335, 3. Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 384

BOYS SOCCER THURSDAY Wyoming Lee 1, Hopkins 0 Lowell 2, Grand Rapids Christian 1 Calvin Christian 2, NorthPointe Christian 1 Grand River Preparatory 8, Holland Calvary 0 Potter’s House Christian 7, Zion Christian 2 Hastings 7, Ottawa Hills 0 Allendale 2, Coopersville 1 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 8, Kenowa Hills 0 Union 4, Zeeland East 0 Sparta 3, West Catholic 0 Wyoming 6, Greenville 3 Northview 3, Forest Hills Eastern 0 Forest Hills Northern 8, Cedar Springs 0 Catholic Central 4, Middleville 0 Fruitport 5, Muskegon Catholic Central 1 Rockford 3, West Ottawa 0 Grand Haven 2, East Kentwood 0 FRIDAY Holland Calvary 4, Kent City Algoma Christian 0

BOYS TENNIS THURSDAY Unity Christian 7, NorthPointe Christian 1 Hudsonville 7, Jenison 1 East Grand Rapids 6, Grandville 2

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL THURSDAY Potter’s House Christian 3, Zion Christian 2

GVSU bounces back behind ground game

Byron Center 3, Zeeland West 0 Hamilton 3, Holland 2 Forest Hills Eastern 3, Forest Hills Northern 0 Northview 3, Greenville 0 Holland Christian 3, Unity Christian 0 Holland Calvary 3, Grand River Preparatory 0 Zeeland East 3, Grand Rapids Union 0 Muskegon Mona Shores 3, Kenowa Hills 0 South Christian 3, Wayland Union 0 Hopkins 3, Lee 0 Grand Haven 3, Rockford 1 Middleville 3, Catholic Central 1 East Grand Rapids 3, Lowell 1 Forest Hills Central 3, Caledonia 2 Hudsonville 3, East Kentwood 0 NorthPointe Christian 3, Godwin Heights 0 Grandville 3, West Ottawa 0

OK Silver Jamboree at Wallinwood Springs: Belding, Comstock Park, Coopersville, NorthPointe Christian, West Catholic, Sparta at Allendale, 3:30 p.m.

Byron Center, Hamilton, Holland, Holland Christian, Zeeland West at Unity Christian, 3:30 p.m.

OK Red Jamboree: East Kentwood, Grand Haven, Grandville, Hudsonville, Rockford at Holland West Ottawa, 4 p.m.

WEDNESDAY OK Bronze at Boulder Creek Golf Course: Cedar Springs, Forest Hills Eastern, Northview, Greenville, Wyoming at Forest Hills Northern, TBA OK White at Thornapple Pointe: Caledonia, East Grand Rapids, Forest Hills Central, Jenison, Lowell at GR Christian, 12:53 p.m.

Hudsonville Invitational: Muskegon Mona Shores at Hudsonville, 4 p.m.

SCHEDULES

MONDAY Sparta at Comstock Park, 4 p.m.

Hudsonville at Grandville, 4 p.m.

Wyoming at Middleville, 4 p.m.

Greenville at Ithaca, 4 p.m.

Calvin Christian at Kelloggsville, 4 p.m.

Rockford at East Kentwood, 4 p.m.

Wayland Union at Zeeland West, 4 p.m.

NorthPointe Christian at Coopersville, 4 p.m.

Zeeland East at Holland Christian, 4 p.m.

South Christian at Byron Center, 4 p.m.

West Ottawa at Grand Haven, 4 p.m.

Forest Hills Central at East Grand Rapids, 4:15 p.m.

GR Christian at Lowell, 4:15 p.m.

Caledonia at Jenison, 4:15 p.m.

Muskegon Reeths-Puffer at Kenowa Hills, 4:30 p.m.

TUESDAY Hamilton at Calvin Christian, 4 p.m.

Unity Christian at Comstock Park, 4 p.m.

WEDNESDAY West Catholic at Coopersville, 4 p.m.

Allegan at Zeeland East, 4 p.m.

Caledonia at South Christian, 4 p.m.

Lowell at Greenville, 4 p.m.

Zeeland West at Hastings, 4 p.m.

Comstock Park at NorthPointe Christian, 4 p.m.

Sparta at Kelloggsville, 4 p.m.

Rockford at Catholic Central, 4 p.m.

Northview at East Grand Rapids, 4:15 p.m.

Kenowa Hills at Muskegon Mona Shores, 4:30 p.m.

Union at Muskegon Reeths-Puffer, 4:30 p.m.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TUESDAY NorthPointe Christian, Calvin Christian, Hopkins, Godwin Heights, Kelloggsville at Lee, 4:45 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Unity Christian at Byron Center, 4:15 p.m.

Zeeland West at Hamilton, 4:15 p.m.

Muskegon Mona Shores at Zeeland East, 4:30 p.m.

Allendale, Belding, Comstock Park, Coopersville, Sparta at West Catholic, 4:30 p.m.

Union at Kenowa Hills, 4:30 p.m.

Holland at Holland Christian, 5:15 p.m.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TUESDAY NorthPointe Christian, Calvin Christian, Hopkins, Godwin Heights, Kelloggsville at Lee, 4:45 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Unity Christian at Byron Center, 4:15 p.m.

Union at Kenowa Hills, 4:30 p.m.

Allendale, Belding, Comstock Park, Coopersville, Sparta at West Catholic, 4:30 p.m.

Muskegon Mona Shores at Zeeland East, 4:30 p.m.

Zeeland West at Hamilton, 4:45 p.m.

Spring Lake Invite: Coopersville, 4:45 p.m.

Holland at Holland Christian, 5:15 p.m.

GIRLS GOLF MONDAY Ernie Popiel Invite: East Grand Rapids, Forest Hills Central, Forest Hills Eastern, Muskegon Reeths-Puffer at Forest Hills Northern, 9:30 a.m.

Wyoming at Lowell, 3:30 p.m.

Hamilton at Jenison, 3:30 p.m.

GR Christian Tri at Cascades Golf Course: GR South Christian, Unity Christian, 3:30 p.m.

East Kentwood at Holland West Ottawa, 3:30 p.m.

Tullymore Invite: Davison, Fremont, GR Catholic Central, Greenville, Holt, Howard City Tri County, Ludington, Muskegon Mona Shores, Muskegon Western Michigan Christian, Spring Lake, Stanton Central Montcalm, Traverse City West, Whitehall at Big Rapids, 3:30 p.m.

TUESDAY OK Black Conference Finals/Tournament at The Meadows at Grand Valley State University: Muskegon Mona Shores, Muskegon ReethsPuffer at Zeeland East, 9 a.m.

BOYS TENNIS

BOYS SOCCER MONDAY NorthPointe Chr. at Musk. Catholic Central, 5 p.m.

Lee at West Michigan Aviation Academy, 6 p.m.

Zeeland West at Unity Christian, 6:45 p.m.

Potter’s House Christian at Muskegon Western Michigan Christian, 6:45 p.m.

Byron Center at Holland, 6:45 p.m.

Hamilton at Holland Christian, 7:15 p.m.

TUESDAY Hopkins at Kelloggsville, 4:30 p.m.

Tri-unity Chr. at Potter’s House Chr., 4:30 p.m.

Muskegon at Union, 5 p.m.

Fruitport Calvary Christian at Holland Calvary, 5:30 p.m.

Grand River Prep. at Zion Christian, 5:30 p.m.

West Catholic at Allendale, 5:45 p.m.

Middleville at Hastings, 5:45 p.m.

Lee at NorthPointe Christian, 6 p.m.

Godwin Heights at Calvin Christian, 6 p.m.

Covenant Christian at Muskegon WM Chr., 6:30 p.m.

Coopersville at Belding, 6:45 p.m.

Muskegon Reeths-Puffer at Zeeland East, 6:45 p.m.

Muskegon Mona Shores at Kenowa Hills, 6:45 p.m.

Comstock Park at Sparta, 6:45 p.m.

Catholic Central at South Christian, 6:45 p.m.

Greenville at Cedar Springs, 6:45 p.m.

Caledonia at Jenison, 6:45 p.m.

Forest Hills Eastern at Forest Hills Northern, 6:45 p.m.

Ottawa Hills at Wayland Union, 6:45 p.m.

Northview at Wyoming, 6:45 p.m.

East Kentwood at Grandville, 7:15 p.m.

Grand Haven at West Ottawa, 7:15 p.m.

Rockford at Hudsonville, 7:15 p.m.

East Grand Rapids at Forest Hills Central, 7:15 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Hamilton at Zeeland West, 5:30 p.m.

Holland Christian at Holland, 6:45 p.m.

Godwin Heights at Lowell, 6:45 p.m.

Unity Christian at Byron Center, 6:45 p.m.

GIRLS SWIMMING TUESDAY Holland at Zeeland East/West, 6:30 p.m.

Unity Christian at Byron Center, 6 p.m.

Wayland Union at Spring Lake, 6 p.m.

Jenison at Northview, 6:30 p.m.

GR Christian at East Grand Rapids, 11:38 a.m.

Ludington at Grand Haven, 6:30 p.m.

Hamilton at Holland Christian, 6:30 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL TUESDAY Muskegon at Ottawa Hills, 6:30 p.m.

Sparta at Allendale, 6 p.m.

Coopersville at Comstock Park, 6 p.m.

Holland at Unity Christian, 6 p.m.

Forest Hills Northern at Northview, 6 p.m.

West Catholic at Belding, 6 p.m.

Holland Christian at Zeeland West, 6 p.m.

Cedar Springs at Greenville, 6 p.m.

Wellspring Prep. at Black River, 6 p.m.

Forest Hills Eastern at Wyoming, 6 p.m.

Byron Center at Hamilton, 6 p.m.

Hopkins at Comstock, 6 p.m.

Grand River Prep. at Zion Christian, 6:30 p.m.

Potter’s House Christian at Tri-unity Christian, TBA Fruitport Calvary Chr. at Holland Calvary, 6:30 p.m.

Godwin Heights at Wyoming Lee, 7 p.m.

Grandville Calvin Christian at Hopkins, 7 p.m.

Muskegon Catholic Central at Fruitport, 7 p.m.

Kelloggsville at NorthPointe Christian, 7 p.m.

BOYS WATER POLO MONDAY Rockford at Grandville, 6 p.m.

East Kentwood, at Grand Haven, 7 p.m.

Hudsonville, at Holland West Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Jenison at Zeeland East/West, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY East Kentwood at East Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.

Rockford at Holland West Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Jenison at Grandville, 7 p.m.

Grand Valley State University’s rushing attack had been averaging only 88 yards through the season’s first three games, but the Lakers found a cure for their struggles Saturday afternoon in Painesville, Ohio.

The Lakers defeated Lake Erie College 65-23, and it was their ground game leading way. Kirk Spencer, a 5-foot-11, 200-pound senior from East Grand Rapids, rushed for 164 yards and four touchdowns on 19 carries, as the Lakers rolled up 387 yards on 44 carries.

Spencer scored on runs of 6, 68 and 10 yards in the opening half to help the Lakers grab a 34-23 halftime lead. In the third quarter, he added a touchdown from 6 yards out and threw a 29-yard scoring strike to Jamie Potts. Spencer torched Lake Erie a year ago, too, rushing for 143 yards and two touchdowns.

“Our line was getting a great push. They were pushing their defensive line five yards off the line of scrimmage and creating major holes,” Spencer said. “Me and Martyveous Carter were able to be patient and make our cuts when we needed to.”

Carter, a redshirt freshman, returned to the lineup Saturday after missing the past two games because of injury. Carter rushed for 93 yards on 11 carries, while Ollie Ajami added 90 yards on four carries, including a 58-yard fourth-quarter touchdown run to close out the game’s scoring.

Lakers quarterback Bart Williams completed 12 of 17 passes for 262 yards and two touchdowns.

Grand Valley (3-1, 2-1), which bounced back nicely from last week’s 61-24 loss to No. 5 Ferris State, will host Hillsdale at 7 p.m. Saturday.

FERRIS STATE 35, SAGINAW VALLEY STATE 18

Vander Laan remains hot for No. 4 Bulldogs

By Steve Kaminski

skaminsk@mlive.com

Ferris State quarterback Jason Vander Laan earned D2Football.com National Offensive Player of the Week honors last week, and he remained hot in Saturday’s 35-18 win over Saginaw Valley State University.

Vander Laan completed 22 of 31 passes for 220 yards and two touchdowns, and rushed for 86 yards on 19 carries and another score during FSU’s homecoming victory in front of 6,577 fans.

His efforts helped the No. 4-ranked Bulldogs improve to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the GLIAC. Saginaw Valley jumped out to a 6-0 firstquarter lead after quarterback Brad Odeman threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Marq Johnson, capping an 11-play, 82-yard drive. But the Bulldogs dominated the rest of the first half, taking a 29-12 halftime lead.

Vander Laan threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to JaJuan Pollock, and he ran in a score from 3 yards out. Meanwhile, Jake Lampman and Robert Thomas scored on first-half touchdown runs. Vander Laan also threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Jamel Lockett in the third quarter to close out Ferris State’s scoring. Lockett finished with six catches for 91 yards.

Odeman completed 19 of 41 passes for 206 yards for SVSU (0-4, 0-3).

The Bulldogs hit the road this week to face Findlay at noon Saturday.

SOCCER

Grand Rapids FC makes move to NPSL

By Peter J. Wallner

pwallner@mlive.com

The Grand Rapids Football Club announced Friday it will join the National Premier Soccer League for the 2016 season.

“We are thrilled to add yet another team in Michigan,” NPSL Chairman Joe Barone said.

“This move will help make the Midwest Region even more competitive. There is sure to be more rivalries, which is a major plus for our fans and supporters.”

Made up of more than 80 teams from around the country, the NPSL has grown steadily since 2002, including the addition of 30 expansion teams in 2014.

GRFC, which began as a crowdfunding project in March 2014, played its inaugural season in the Great Lakes Premier League, averaging 4,500 fans per home game at Houseman Field.

The move comes days after AFC Ann Arbor made the switch from the GLPL to the NPSL. Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor will join the likes of Detroit City FC, Lansing United and the Michigan Stars in the NPSL’s Midwest Region, which was made up of 13 teams last season.

“We chose to join the NPSL for a chance to win a national championship and create rivalries with other Michigan teams,” Grand Rapids FC president Matt Roberts said. “We bring another competitive team to an already competitive region.”

C10 / SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 / THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS

Local&State Sports STATE FOOTBALL SCORES THURSDAY Hale 38, Michigan School for the Deaf 0

FRIDAY Adrian Lenawee Christian 40, Genesee 8 Adrian Madison 39, Sand Creek 8 Algonac 28, Yale 0 Allen Park 15, Gibraltar Carlson 0 Allen Park Cabrini 41, Madison Heights Bishop Foley 28 Alma 38, Midland Bullock Creek 0 Almont 30, Richmond 29, 2OT Ann Arbor Pioneer 20, Monroe 12 Baldwin 46, Brethren 0 Bark River-Harris 30, Iron Mountain North Dickinson 22 Battle Creek Harper Creek 34, Battle Creek Pennfield 12 Battle Creek Lakeview 27, Stevensville Lakeshore 22 Bay City Central 28, Flint Northwestern 22 Bay City John Glenn 28, Big Rapids 21 Belding 20, Sparta 14 Bellaire 41, Brimley 6 Belleville 23, Dearborn Heights Robichaud 20 Bellevue 14, North Adams-Jerome 12 Benton Harbor 33, Mattawan 24 Benzonia Benzie Central 22, Elk Rapids 21 Berkley 52, Auburn Hills Avondale 28 Berrien Springs 31, Bridgman 21 Big Rapids Crossroads Charter Academy 72, Manistee Catholic Central 28 Birch Run 42, North Branch 35 Birmingham Groves 53, Hazel Park 22 Birmingham Seaholm 34, Rochester 28 Brighton 34, Milford 20 Bronson 48, Centreville 13 Brown City 29, Marlette 19 Buchanan 45, Cassopolis 20 Burton Bendle 53, Burton Bentley 18 Byron Center 29, Hudsonville Unity Christian 22 Cadillac 50, West Branch Ogemaw Heights 8 Calumet 46, Hancock 12 Canton 47, Westland John Glenn 7 Caseville 26, Carsonville-Port Sanilac 12 Cass City 54, Bad Axe 6 Cedar Springs 44, Wyoming 28 Cedarville 50, Pellston 0 Central Lake 47, Rogers City 12 Charlevoix 45, Suttons Bay 0 Chelsea 28, Tecumseh 0 Chesaning 49, Saginaw Swan Valley 21 Clare 21, Beaverton 0 Clarkston 44, Oxford 24 Clawson 14, Warren Lincoln 12 Climax-Scotts 60, North Adams-Jerome 0 Clinton 42, Morenci 22 Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 34, Warren Mott 30 Coldwater 55, Jackson Northwest 21 Coleman 22, Ashley 19 Comstock Park 24, Coopersville 0 Concord 40, Reading 22 Constantine 56, Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Central 15 Corunna 20, Flint Beecher 8 Croswell-Lexington 40, Capac 13 Crystal Falls Forest Park 44, Newberry 24 Dansville 21, Fowler 19 Davison 31, Flint Southwestern 10 DCP-Northwestern 19, Detroit Ford 14 Dearborn Edsel Ford 61, Livonia Clarenceville 7 Dearborn Heights Crestwood 35, Dearborn Heights Annapolis 12 Deckerville 44, Kinde-North Huron 0 Delton Kellogg 21, Coloma 13 Detroit Central 28, Detroit Southeastern 14 Detroit Cesar Chavez 58, Dearborn Heights Star International 0 Detroit Cody 12, Detroit Renaissance 6 Detroit Douglass 14, Detroit Communication & Media Arts 0 Detroit East English 51, Detroit Denby 0 Detroit Loyola 42, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 17 Detroit Mumford 20, Detroit Western International 12 Detroit Old Redford 46, Romulus Summit Academy 0 Detroit Pershing 12, Detroit Osborn 0 Detroit U-D Jesuit 41, Dearborn Divine Child 7 DeWitt 52, Owosso 14 Dundee 29, Hudson 20 East Grand Rapids 21, Grandville 14 Edwardsburg 22, Dowagiac Union 12 Engadine 62, Rapid River 30 Essexville Garber 28, Bridgeport 19 Evart 17, Beal City 7 Ewen-Trout Creek 12, Ontonagon 6 Fair Haven-Anchor Bay 39, Fraser 0 Farmington Hills Harrison 17, Southfield 14 Fenton 53, Flint Kearsley 22 Flat Rock 34, Carleton Airport 28 Flint Carman-Ainsworth 34, Saginaw Arthur Hill 8 Flint Hamady 30, Burton Atherton 6 Frankenmuth 28, Millington 7 Frankfort 34, East Jordan 6 Freeland 24, Ovid-Elsie 22 Fruitport 56, Ludington 14 Garden City 38, Redford Union 6 Gaylord St. Mary 45, Bay City All Saints 21 Gladwin 44, Houghton Lake 42 Goodrich 14, Montrose 3 Grand Blanc 33, Howell 21 Grand Ledge 35, Jackson 16 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Eastern 34, Grand Rapids Northview 21 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern 62, Greenville 22 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian 50, Wyoming Lee 8 Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills 28, Grand Rapids South Christian 13 Grand Rapids West Catholic 57, Allendale 14 Grayling 50, Kingsley 35 Grosse Pointe South 25, Grosse Pointe North 6 Harbor Beach 29, Memphis 0 Harrison 34, Farwell 8 Hartford 29, Bangor 16 Hartland 52, Pinckney 14 Hesperia 39, Holton 12 Hillman 40, Mio 0 Hillsdale 55, Erie-Mason 7 Holland Christian 49, Holland 20 Holland West Ottawa 23, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 16 Holly 14, Clio 7 Holt 35, East Lansing 20 Homer 32, Jonesville 13 Houghton 44, West Iron County 22 Hudsonville 31, Grand Rapids Christian 24 Hurley, Wis. 54, Gogebic Miners 28 Ida 40, Brooklyn Columbia Central 0 Imlay City 24, Armada 7 Indian River-Inland Lakes 18, Mancelona 6 Iron Mountain 28, Ishpeming Westwood 0 Ishpeming 40, Norway 0 Ithaca 49, Merrill 6 Jenison 28, East Kentwood 7 Kalkaska 32, Harbor Springs 21 Kent City 35, White Cloud 14 Laingsburg 49, Potterville 8 Lake Fenton 42, Sault Ste Marie 33 Lake Linden-Hubbell 51, L’Anse 14 Lake Odessa Lakewood 27, Olivet 14 Lansing Catholic 49, Fowlerville 0 Lansing Everett 41, Lansing Eastern 6 Lansing Sexton 26, Okemos 8 Lapeer 35, Mount Pleasant 14 Lawton 30, Gobles 27 Leroy Pine River 42, Lake City 35 Leslie 36, Vermontville Maple Valley 14 Lincoln Park 38, Melvindale 35 Linden 21, Flushing 20 Livonia Churchill 43, Wayne Memorial 6 Livonia Stevenson 35, South Lyon 0 Lowell 35, Grand Haven 0 Macomb Dakota 48, Utica Eisenhower 21 Madison Heights Lamphere 54, Mount Clemens 0

Madison Heights Madison 43, Warren Woods Tower 7 Manchester 41, Jackson East Jackson 13 Manistee 28, Shelby 21 Maple City Glen Lake 12, Onekama 7 Marcellus 29, Bloomingdale 22 Marquette 46, Gladstone 16 Marshall 21, Jackson Lumen Christi 14 Martin 30, Eau Claire 15 Marysville 49, Warren Fitzgerald 21 Mason 28, Haslett 21 Mason County Central 40, North Muskegon 14 Mayville 39, Marine City Cardinal Mooney 7 McBain 26, Manton 24 Melvindale Academy for Business And Tech 14, Detroit Edison 0 Mendon 39, White Pigeon 14 Menominee 27, Kingsford 24 Merritt Academy 52, Burton Madison 42 Mesick 41, Traverse City Christian 0 Michigan Center 41, Addison 26 Middleville Thornapple Kellogg 32, Wayland Union 7 Midland 55, Bay City Western 7 Midland Dow 35, Flint Powers 30 Milan 47, New Boston Huron 21 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 35, Grosse Ile 7 Montague 29, Whitehall 28 Morley-Stanwood 23, Lakeview 17 Morrice 55, Kingston 6 Mount Morris 47, Durand 12 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 16, Carson City-Crystal 14 Munising 55, Manistique 0 Muskegon 44, Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills 0 Muskegon Catholic Central 51, Spring Lake 7 Muskegon Mona Shores 42, Zeeland East 7 Muskegon Oakridge 46, Ravenna 19 Muskegon Orchard View 19, Fremont 7 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 33, Grand Rapids Union 6 Napoleon 27, Hanover-Horton 26 Negaunee 55, Gwinn 22 New Buffalo 48, Three Oaks River Valley 0 New Haven 34, Center Line 28 New Lothrop 44, Byron 0 Niles 18, Kalamazoo Central 13 Niles Brandywine 46, Comstock 6 North Farmington 26, Farmington 21 Northland Pines, Wis. 35, Ironwood 6 Northville 20, Canton Salem 13 Novi 42, South Lyon East 7 Oak Park 20, Rochester Adams 15 Onsted 40, Blissfield 22 Oscoda 36, Tawas 26 Otisville Lakeville 28, Caro 14 Otsego 38, Three Rivers 28 Ottawa Lake Whiteford 51, Whitmore Lake 8 Owendale-Gagetown 80, Akron-Fairgrove 28 Parchment 58, St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic 7 Parma Western 35, Charlotte 0 Paw Paw 28, South Haven 24 Peck 81, Dryden 32 Petersburg Summerfield 49, BrittonDeerfield 0 Petoskey 41, Cheboygan 0 Pewamo-Westphalia 49, Fulton-Middleton 7 Pittsford 27, Colon 8 Plainwell 37, Allegan 6 Plymouth 48, Livonia Franklin 44 Port Huron 64, Roseville 43 Port Huron Northern 42, Eastpointe East Detroit 0 Portage Central 63, Richland Gull Lake 16 Portage Northern 42, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 7 Portland 55, Ionia 16 Portland St. Patrick 55, Burr Oak 16 Posen 37, Pickford 20 Quincy 29, Union City 14 Redford Thurston 20, Dearborn Fordson 17 Reed City 36, Grant 12 Remus Chippewa Hills 62, Howard City Tri-County 29 Riverview 42, Monroe Jefferson 7 Riverview Gabriel Richard 41, Macomb Lutheran North 14 Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 35, Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 0 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 47, Troy 0 Rockford 46, Caledonia 20 Romeo 41, Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse 0 Romulus 12, Dearborn 7 Royal Oak 35, Pontiac 0 Saginaw 28, Saginaw Heritage 7 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 33, St. Louis 12 Saginaw Nouvel 48, Chatham-Kent, Ontario 0 Saginaw Valley Lutheran 34, Carrollton 28 Saline 42, Ann Arbor Huron 0 Sandusky 21, Ubly 0 Sanford-Meridian 34, Roscommon 22 Saranac 50, Bath 12 Saugatuck 50, Decatur 20 Schoolcraft 49, Galesburg-Augusta 0 Shepherd 27, Hemlock 8 Southfield Christian 34, Westland Lutheran 33 Southfield Lathrup 27, Ferndale 24 Southgate Anderson 35, Taylor Kennedy 7 Springport 48, Athens 20 St. Charles 46, Breckenridge 20 St. Clair 28, Clinton Township Clintondale 8 St. Clair Shores Lakeview 49, St. Clair Shores Lake Shore 27 St. Ignace LaSalle 27, JohannesburgLewiston 21 St. Johns 49, Lansing Waverly 14 St. Joseph 27, Battle Creek Central 21 Standish-Sterling 49, Pinconning 22 Stanton Central Montcalm 34, Newaygo 24 Sterling Heights Parkway Christian 18, Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 7 Sterling Heights Stevenson 40, Macomb L’Anse Creuse North 3 Stockbridge 42, Perry 3 Sturgis 12, Vicksburg 8 Tekonsha 56, Litchfield 6 Temperance Bedford 47, Ann Arbor Skyline 29 Traverse City Central 34, Gaylord 27 Traverse City West 49, Alpena 13 Trenton 48, Brownstown Woodhaven 12 Troy Athens 26, Bloomfield Hills 8 Unionville-Sebewaing 42, Reese 0 Utica 38, Warren Cousino 24 Utica Ford 48, Sterling Heights 34 Vandercook Lake 44, Grass Lake 26 Vassar 40, Elkton-Pigeon Bay Port Laker 27 Vestaburg 47, Blanchard Montabella 6 Waldron 46, Webberville 14 Walled Lake Central 30, White Lake Lakeland 17 Walled Lake Northern 35, Waterford Kettering 23 Walled Lake Western 33, Waterford Mott 21 Warren De La Salle 31, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 8 Waterford Our Lady 35, Royal Oak Shrine 0 Watervliet 65, Fennville 6 West Bloomfield 27, Lake Orion 0 Whittemore-Prescott 14, Lincoln-Alcona 8 Williamston 35, Eaton Rapids 26 Wyandotte Roosevelt 24, Taylor Truman 20 Wyoming Godwin Heights 35, Grandville Calvin Christian 28 Wyoming Kelloggsville 21, Hopkins 20 Ypsilanti 52, Adrian 7 Ypsilanti Lincoln 36, Dexter 3 Zeeland West 58, Hamilton 12 POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS Swartz Creek vs. Ortonville Brandon, ppd.

Grand Haven’s Sophia Newhouse, center, saves the ball during Thursday’s key matchup in the OK Red Conference at Grand Haven. Grand Haven defeated Rockford in four sets in a match featuring a pair of top 10 team in Class A. (Joel Bissell/ MLive.com)

VOLLEYBALL

Bucs prevail in top 10 match No. 4 Grand Haven takes out No. 10 Rockford in four sets

By Scott Brandenburg sbranden@mlive.com

GRAND HAVEN — It pays to be versatile at this time of the prep volleyball season, with nagging injuries and sicknesses popping up for most teams at any time.

No. 4 Grand Haven and No. 10 Rockford came into their match Thursday at less than full strength in a battle of state and OK Red Conference powers.

The Bucs boast plenty of depth and moving pieces, and one of its emerging jack-of-all-trades players, junior Morgan Ross, came through to key her team in a big win.

After the host Bucs dropped an intense first set to the Rams 29-27, the only change coach Aaron Smaka made was moving the 6-foot Ross to the middle.

Grand Haven didn’t drop a set thereafter, rallying for a 27-29, 25-18, 25-20, 27-25 win to improve to 26-3 overall and 2-0 in league play.

Rockford fell to 17-4, 1-1.

“We just wanted Morgan to help with the middle block, and then we won a game so I just didn’t change it again,” Smaka said. “It wasn’t really about the fact that I made the change. As you know, I’ve started many different lineups, but at that point we won the second game and won the third game, and I was just going to keep it as is.”

Ross connected for nine kills on a

Rockford’s Kendra DeJonge goes up for a spike during Thursday’s match at Grand Haven. (Joel Bissell/MLive.com)

.200 hitting percentage and added a block and six digs in addition to getting plenty of touches on Rockford hitter attacks.

Plenty of Grand Haven players stepped up in the big match, but Ross’s ability to embrace her role of filling a need definitely paid off with first place in the OK Red on the line.

“I play a little bit of everything, and I love that,” Ross said. “I love helping my team wherever I can.”

With the elevated play from Ross, junior Claire Holman (seven kills, four blocks) and sophomore Olivia Boeve (10 kills) , the Bucs haven’t missed a beat despite injuries to

middle hitter Ally Knoll and outside hitter Cassidy Schumacher.

Ross’s improvement and versatility is a big reason why Grand Haven has lost just three times in 29 matches.

“She plays any position, she was in all three positions (Thursday),” Smaka said. “She just keeps getting better and better. She’ll do anything I want her to do and anything that’s going to help the team win. That’s part of her growth, too — being willing to do whatever. She’s become a solid passer and her defense is improving.”

The Rams took advantage of numerous early hitting and serving errors by the Bucs to win the first set. Junior outside hitter Kendra DeJonge, who led the Rams with 11 kills on the match, keyed the first set with five kills, and sophomore middle hitter Zoe Anderson finished it off with a block.

The Bucs quickly put an end to Rockford’s momentum, however, as Miss Volleyball candidate Emily Lachmann rattled off six service points, including three aces, to stake the hosts to a 6-0 lead.

“There were a couple of spots where we struggled in serve receive,” Rockford coach Kelly Delacher said. “They are a great serving team, and Emily Lachmann’s got a super-tough float serve that we struggled with, especially to start that second set. There were a couple of other spots where we gave up four or five points at a time and it seemed we had to battle from behind the entire time.”

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP MLive.com

scrappy and played really hard,” Masselink said. “But VOLLEYBALL we just played smart, the girls attacked well and that South Christian helped us be successful.”

Veldhuizen moves into first (30Janelle assists), Sidney place in OK Gold Blankespoor (17 digs), and Mariel Bruxvoort (three South Christian took sole blocks) were among the possession of first place in other stat leaders in the game. the OK Gold Conference — Steve Ungrey with a victory against Wayland on Thursday.

BOYS SOCCER Courtney VanderHoning and Hannah Dykema each Grand Haven beats recorded 12 kills as the East Kentwood Sailors swept to a 27-25, 25-13, 25-20 win.

Cam Jerovsek and South Christian (12-7, 4-0 Connor Jetter had goals as OK Gold) took over the top Grand Haven topped East conference spot when coKentwood 2-0 on Thursday leader Catholic Central fell to forge a tie between the in four sets to Middleville. two schools atop of the OK The Sailors survived a Red Conference. wild first set with Wayland Grand Haven, which that went back and forth. improved to 7-3 overall, “We talked with the girls and East Kentwood (5-3-4) about adjusting their attack lead the league at 3-1. and mixing up their shots,” “East Kentwood is South Christian coach always a great team,” Marcie Masselink said. “We Grand Haven coach Aaron played the most aggressive Dean said. “It was a good and smart volleyball we’d win, especially coming off had all season.” a loss to Grandville (earlier Jenna VanderLaan, in the week).” who had 13 digs and four Jerovsek took advantage aces in the match, went of what Dean called an on a long serving run in empty-net situation off a the second set. Masselink defensive miscue. As for said that was one bright the second goal, David spot that galvanized South Villalobos fed Jetter in the Christian’s effort. inside corner for a score.

“Wayland was really — Steve Ungrey

overcome the injury and illness to salvage secNorthview blanks ond place and forge a tie FH Eastern NorthPointe Christian at the top of the conference Three players scored standings. goals Thursday as NorthPointe Christian Northwood beat Forest used a career-low score Hills Eastern 3-0. from Jessica Zylstra to Noah Weeda, Tyler shoot 168, 11 strokes in Burns and Tyler Menhart front of West Catholic. scored for the Wildcats, There are two jamborees with Easton Mayhew and the conference tournaassisting on Weeda’s goal. ment left.

“We do a really good job Both teams have of controlling the tempo of the game and distributing 42 points in the standings, the ball between teamwith Coopersville at 38, mates,” Northview coach entering play Monday at Karl Johnson said. “We just Ironwood in Wyoming. try to control possession — Steve Ungrey and make sure we stay VOLLEYBALL composed.

“We want to create Middleville rallies chances that way instead of past Catholic Central trying to play direct.”

— Zach Watkins After dropping the first set 25-17, Middleville GIRLS GOLF Thornapple Kellogg won straight sets to beat First place in OK Blue three Grand Rapids Catholic a two-team race Central 3-1 on Thursday.

West Catholic coach Jim Catholic Central coach Fischer thought his team’s Val Lurye said the Cougars adversity might be limited couldn’t get their middle to one golfer’s sore left hitters going. knee.

“Thornapple Kellogg did Then another West a good job of getting balls to Catholic golfer became where we weren’t and did sick in the parking lot at a good job of getting them Thursday’s OK Blue jambo- over to us,” Lurye said. “Our ree at Scott Lake, and her girls played really well, day was over before it even despite battling a good team got started. and a tough crowd.”

However, the Falcons — Zach Watkins BOYS SOCCER

THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS / SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015 / C11

High School Football ROCKFORD 46, CALEDONIA 20

Rockford gets measure of revenge with rout

Hudsonville’s Cooper Cecchini hauls in a pass between a pair of Grand Rapids Christian defenders during Friday’s game at Hudsonville.

The host Eagles won to improve to 4-1 on the season.

By Zach Kukkonen

grsports@mlive.com

(Cory Olsen/ MLive.com)

HUDSONVILLE 31, GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN 24

Hudsonville claims clash of Eagles colsen@mlive.com

HUDSONVILLE — “How about that offensive line, huh?”

Hudsonville football coach Dave Lidgard was beaming.

His squad had just dispatched a skilled Grand Rapids Christian squad 31-24 at home, and Lidgard was ready to share some love.

“We’ve been in your grills because we knew you had more to give,” Lidgard told the offensive linemen, huddled together after the game. “Congratulations to all you guys.”

Junior running back Dalton Agers, who benefited from much of the blocking prowess Friday night, lauded the linemen as well.

“It means everything to me, because it means that they have my back on the line of scrimmage and they’re going to do whatever it takes for me to get down the line,” Agers said.

“It’s just everything.

Agers had three touchdown runs and spent much of his time ramming through gaps for short but

ROUNDUP Byron Center holds off Unity Christian Byron Center’s Josh Saltgaber returned a fumble 60 yards to open the scoring Friday and ignite the homecoming crowd, as the Bulldogs held off Unity Christian 29-22.

“The crowd was rolling after the fumble recovery,” Byron Center coach Marc Cisco said. “It was an unbelievable crowd — it was huge.

Cisco said the key to his defense was staying patient.

“The coaches just kept our kids patient,” Cisco said. “We were able to make some big plays when it counted in the red zone.

You don’t always do that against wing-T teams.

We made plays on special teams, and we got the turnovers.”

Byron Center’s Zac Saltzgaber threw for 105 yards and two touchdowns on 7 of 14 passing.

Josh Saltzgaber ran for 114 yards on 12 carries.

Mason Humphrey had 60 yards and a touchdown on three catches and Brayden Smith added one touchdown and 27 yards on two receptions.

Christian Bos led Hudsonville Unity Christian with 137 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries.

— Zach Watkins

Hudsonville quarterback Bryce Elliott rushes the ball during Friday’s game against visiting Grand Rapids Christian.

(Cory Olsen/MLive.com)

effective gains.

“We’ve got a balance of some senior guys who played a little bit last year and some juniors that came up and were a little bit inexperienced but are very talented,” Lidgard said of his front blockers.

Seniors Austin Herndon, Jared Nedza and Chris Bicknell provide the foundation of the line, while returning junior starter

Lane Potter delivers the ball to quarterback Bryce Elliott.

Lidgard pointed to right tackle Calvin Luurtsema and right tight end Jackson Russo, both of whom are juniors, as added bonuses.

“Those guys have been the heart and soul, and we’ve been pushing them to give more and more,” Lidgard said.

Grand Rapids Christian coach Don Fellows credited the play of Hudsonville but took issue with some of the penalties called on his squad.

“I thought they did a great job running the ball,” Fellows said. “We had two turnovers. We had our chances, but I’ll hold judgement on the 35 penalties that they called and kicking Lukas Thompson out of the game, which I really thought was a bad decision.”

Thompson was ejected after being called for a personal foul for a hit he put on a Hudsonville player.

The game was a rally of back-and-forth scoring, each team matching the others score for score until Hudsonville kicked a

Cedar Springs rolls past Wyoming

Mona Shores blasts Zeeland East

Cedar Springs opened OK Bronze play Friday with a 44-28 win against Wyoming.

The Redhawks have won eight consecutive games against conference foes.

Mistakes were the order of the day, according to Cedar Springs coach Gus Kapolka, before the Redhawks finally righted the ship. “(Wyoming) converted a third-and-13 on the third play from scrimmage. It went 65 yards and they scored,” Kapolka said. “They kicked off, we fumbled, and they scored again. They got up on us before we were able to take the lead.”

Wyoming quarterback Brendan Berg threw for 275 yards and had three touchdowns. One of those scores came on an 85-yard pass to Michael Williams that put the Wolves up 28-22 at halftime.

Cedar Springs came back with 18 unanswered points.

Cameron Umphrey ran 19 times for 106 yards for Cedar Springs (3-2, 1-0) Lane Gott had 91 yards and a touchdown and Troy Patin added 41 yards, and two touchdowns.

Wyoming (1-4, 0-1 Bronze) ran only 17 offensive plays in the second half.

— Steve Ungrey

Back up quarterback Elija Robar-Wilson made his first career start Friday, as Mona Shores remained undefeated with a convincing 48-7 win against visiting Zeeland East.

Robar-Wilson filled in for the injured Tyler Trovinger and completed 12 of 17 passes for 248 yards and three touchdowns.

“We’ve never been 5-0, so there was a lot of pressure on (Robar-Wilson), and I thought the way he came out and executed the offense was awesome,” Mona Shores coach Matt Koziak said.

— Patrick Nothaft

Kenowa Hills no match for Muskegon Muskegon limited visiting Kenowa Hills to 115 yards Friday in securing a 44-0 win.

Muskegon junior quarterback Kalil Pimpleton completed 8 of 10 passes for 126 yards and two touchdowns, and PP Copeland added two receiving touchdowns and a rushing score.

“This was a statement game for us to show what we can do in the conference,” Muskegon coach Shane Fairfield, whose team improved to 4-1, 1-0 in the OK Black.

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Hudsonville (4-1, 1-0) delivered a final blow after recovering a fumble on the Grand Rapids Christian (3-2, 1-0) 25-yard line.

Quarterback Bryce Elliott handed the ball off to Jared Bloom, who then floated pass to Elliott who was dashing toward the end zone. “(Friday night), we just lined up and said, ‘Here we come (with the run),’” Lidgard said.

“That did two things: Kept us on the field and kept their doggone explosive offense off the field.”

“I think we had a 19-play drive tonight; that’s a thing of beauty.”

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ROCKFORD — After then-No. 2 Rockford was crushed 42-0 on Caledonia’s field last season, the Rams had this year’s rematch circled on their calendar.

The Rams (3-2) certainly got a measure of revenge Friday and avoided falling below .500 with a 46-20 victory against the Fighting Scots (2-3).

Rockford senior captain Tyler Bradfield caught a pair of touchdown passes and sparked the rout by returning the second-half kickoff 78 yards for a score.

That kickoff return was a game-changer, as it put the Rams ahead 13, and the Fighting Scots never rallied.

“We drew (the return) up on the board before we came out of the half,” Bradfield said. “I didn’t know what to look for, but I saw a little seam, and there was a great block ahead of me, and I finished the run.”

Especially for the seniors, this was an important game to redeem themselves, as well as keep the Rams’ playoff hopes alive.

“Coach (Ralph) Munger put up signs everywhere just reminding all the seniors how we got embarrassed last year and how that wasn’t going to happen again,” Bradfield said. “He told us every day and reminded us of 42-0 and to go out there (Friday) and make a new memory.”

Both teams came out with intensity, as the Rams’ passing attack was nearly unstoppable in the first half, as was the Fighting Scots’ running game. After a tough first series, Caledonia’s offense settled down and took a 14-13 lead in the second quarter on a tough 10-yard touchdown run from quarterback Tanner Christian.

The Rams buckled down from there, as Rockford ran off 26 unanswered points to please the home crowd and get Munger his 301st career win. Sophomore quarterback Jason Whittaker ran for more than 50 yards and a touchdown and threw for another 300 with three touchdowns.

With the running game stalled early, the Rams opened up the playbook and Whittaker responded.

At one point, he was 8 of 9 for 134 yards in the first half. He also turned on the jets for a 41-yard touchdown run to put the Rams back ahead for good in the second quarter.

“Their defense is very stingy, with regard to the run, so we opened it up and there were a lot of good things that came from it,” Munger said.

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OK CONFERENCE (BRONZE DIV.) Forest Hills Eastern Forest Hills Northern Cedar Springs Northview Greenville Wyoming

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Overall 5-0 5-0 3-2 2-3 2-3 1-4

After back-to-back 1-8 seasons, Wildcats pull off biggest upset in years; improve to 3-2

By Peter J. Wallner pwallner@mlive.com

KENTWOOD — The Jenison Wildcats knew about midway through the fourth quarter they were about to upset previously undefeated East Kentwood, and they tried to maintain cool.

Until the game ended.

The Wildcats deserved to celebrate, as the long-suffering program didn’t only beat East Kentwood but dominated the Division 1 No. 5-ranked Falcons on the road in a 28-7 victory.

Running back Brock Bethke rushed for 282 yards on 36 carries and three touchdowns for

Jenison, which led 14-7 early in the second quarter and never really gave the Falcons a chance.

After back-to-back seasons of 1-8, Jenison moves to 3-2 with its biggest win in years.

“We’ve been working on turning around the program for a year and a half, and this validates all Bethke the work that we and the kids have been putting in,” coach Steve Uganski said. “They believed every day in practice. They have worked hard every day. So to have a win like this and have it pay off is really special.”

It looked like Jenison was

the undefeated team playing at its homecoming, not East Kentwood. The Falcons, after taking a 7-0 lead in the first, didn’t get into Jenison territory again until the third quarter and saw its last hopes dashed early in the fourth on Evan Maday’s second interception.

The Falcons were called for 15 penalties overall.

“We just never got anything going,” East Kentwood coach Tony Kimbrough said. “I was surprised in that we were never able to figure it out. Give them credit; they beat us.”

A lot of that had to do with Bethke, a 5-foot-11, 185 pound bruiser who carried 22 times for 170 yards in the first half, including a touchdown run of 68 yards in the first quarter.

“It was tiring, but it felt so

good after getting that W,” Bethke said.

Jenison quarterback Mason Ippel added 67 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries.

In the fourth quarter, the Wildcats had a nine-play, 74-yard drive capped by Ippel’s 3-yard run to make it 21-7 with 5:12 remaining.

Bethke sealed it with a 38-yard run after East Kentwood gave it up on downs in the closing three minutes.

“Brock, he’s our workhorse; he’s our physical, dominating guy who just loves contact and running into guys,” Uganski said. “He had a great night, but it was such a team effort.

“Our offensive line, our quarterback, what we did on defense. It was such a team win.”

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FRIDAY Belding 20, Sparta 14 Byron Center 29, Unity Christian 22 Catholic Central 49, Hastings 14 Cedar Springs 44, Wyoming 28 Comstock Park 24, Coopersville 0 East Grand Rapids 21, Grandville 14 Forest Hills Eastern 34, Northview 21 Forest Hills Northern 62, Greenville 22 Fruitport 56, Ludington 14 Godwin Heights 35, Calvin Christian 28 Holland Christian 49, Holland 20 Hudsonville 31, Grand Rapids Christian 24 Jenison 28, East Kentwood 7 Kelloggsville 21, Hopkins 20 Kent City 35, White Cloud 14 Lake Odessa Lakewood 27, Olivet 14 Lowell 35, Grand Haven 0 Middleville 32, Wayland Union 7 Morley-Stanwood 23, Lakeview 17 Muskegon 44, Kenowa Hills 0 Muskegon Mona Shores 48, Zeeland East 7 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 33, Union 6 NorthPointe Christian 50, Lee 8 Ottawa Hills 28, South Christian 13 Portland 63, Ionia 16 Reed City 36, Grant 12 Remus Chippewa Hills 62, Howard City Tri County 29 Rockford 46, Caledonia 20 Saranac 50, Bath 12 Saugatuck 50, Decatur 20 Watervliet 65, Fennville 6 West Catholic 57, Allendale 14 West Ottawa 23, Forest Hills Central 16 Zeeland West 58, Hamilton 12

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FRIDAY Allendale at Coopersville, 7 p.m.

Caledonia at Lowell, 7 p.m.

Coloma at Fennville, 7 p.m.

Comstock Park at Belding, 7 p.m.

East Grand Rapids at GR Christian, 7 p.m.

East Kentwood at Hudsonville, 7 p.m.

Eau Claire at Saugatuck, 7 p.m.

Forest Hills Central at Jenison, 7 p.m.

Forest Hills Eastern at Greenville, 7 p.m.

Forest Hills Northern at Cedar Springs, 7 p.m.

Grand Haven at Rockford, 7 p.m.

Grandville at West Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Grant at NorthPointe Christian, 7 p.m.

Godwin Heights at Kelloggsville, 7 p.m.

Holland at Zeeland West, 7 p.m.

Holland Christian at Byron Center, 7 p.m.

Hopkins at Calvin Christian, 7 p.m.

Howard City Tri County at Newaygo, 7 p.m.

Lakeview at Kent City, 7 p.m.

Lakewood at Leslie, 7 p.m.

Middleville at Ottawa Hills, 7 p.m.

Muskegon Catholic Central at Fruitport, 7 p.m.

South Christian at Hastings, 7 p.m.

Saranac at Dansville, 7 p.m.

Sparta at West Catholic, 7 p.m.

Tri-unity Christian at Lee, 7 p.m.

Union at Kenowa Hills, 7 p.m.

Unity Christian at Hamilton, 7 p.m.

Wayland Union at Catholic Central, 7 p.m.

Wyoming at Northview, 7 p.m.

Zeeland East at Muskegon, 7 p.m.

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Ball Hawks in the outfield lead Eastern to Fifth Third win school history. The Hawks also were 5-0 in 2009, but finished the season 5-5.

Northview falls to 2-3.

“It’s great. We probably couldn’t have written a

By Lenny Padilla better start for ourselves grsports@mlive.com if we wanted to,” Ostipow said.

COMSTOCK PARK Sypniewski had two — Jake Sypniewski was interceptions in the first exhausted and walking half and caught a 30-yard around a little gingerly pass from Jack Clark for after Friday’s game. a touchdown in the first The senior from Forest quarter to give the Hawks Hills Eastern put in a full day’s work on the football a 7-0 lead. FH Eastern led 14-7 at halftime. field. He had two touchSypniewski was asked if downs — one receiving he’d rather have an interand one rushing — and had two interceptions and ception or a touchdown.

“I’d rather have a win,” seven tackles to help the he said. “It was a team Hawks beat Northview effort. I’m not going to sin34-21 on Friday night at gle myself out. We’re all a Fifth Third Ballpark. team. We all play together.

“Jake’s a great player,” We competed until there FH Eastern coach Eddie was three zeroes on the Ostipow said. “He’s a kid board.” that is capable of taking Sypniewski — who also over a game. He had two picks last week, including scored on a 2-yard run in a pick-six to seal the game the fourth quarter — finished with four carries for against South Christian.

He’s a heck of a player for 34 yards and two recepus back there (in the back- tions for 36 yards.

Northview quarterback field).”

Zach Pangborn ran for The win helps FH two touchdowns and Eastern improve to 5-0 threw for another. But he for the second time in

Forest Hills Eastern moves to 5-0 for only second time in school history

was upset about throwing three interceptions.

“It’s just hard. I thought I let my team down a little bit,” said Pangborn, who was 3 of 15 passing for 79 yards and ran for 65 more. “But they had my back. We played hard, and I couldn’t be more proud of our team.”

Northview coach Max Kerry said his players would have liked the win, but the experience of playing on the West Michigan Whitecaps baseball field was fun, too.

“It’s pretty neat,” Kerry said. “It’s a cool opportunity and the kids were excited about it. I told them, ‘This is something you’ll remember, playing in this stadium.’ When they come here when they’re older and they have children, they are going to say, ‘I played a football game on that baseball field down there.’

That will be a cool thing for them.”

Clark, FH Eastern’s senior quarterback, finished 8 of 16 passing for 127 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran 11

Forest Hills Easterns Jake Sypniewski, left, makes one of his two interceptions during Friday’s game against Northview at Fifth Third Ballpark. Sypniewski also scored two touchdowns in leading FH Eastern to a 34-21 win. (Taylor Ballek/MLive.com)

times for 49 yards.

“Jack Clark is a good player,” Sypniewski said.

“He knows the concepts of the offense and the defense really well. He had a really big game.”

Also scoring for the Hawks was senior wide receiver Jake Krueger, on a 66-yard catch in the third

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Scoring for Northview, Justin Meier, a senior receiver, caught a 53-yard pass from Pangborn in the second quarter to tie the game at 7-7. Pangborn

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“It’s a great team we played (Friday),” Kerry said of FHE. “I told them there’s nothing to be ashamed of. Three losses doesn’t end a season. We have another opportunity to get a win next week.”

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Forest Hills Eastern celebrates after a play in the second quarter of Friday’s game against Northview at Fifth Third Ballpark, in Comstock Park.

Forest Hills Eastern won 34-21.

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This validates all the work that we and the kids have been putting in.”

JENISON COACH STEVE UGANSKI, ON THE WILDCATS’ 28-7 UPSET WIN AGAINST EAST KENTWOOD DETAILS C12

HOW TOP TEAMS FARED Rankings by The Grand Rapids Press: 1. Zeeland West (5-0) beat Hamilton, 58-12.

2. East Kentwood (4-1) lost to Jenison, 28-7.

3. Lowell (4-1) beat Grand Haven, 35-0.

4. Forest Hills Northern (5-0) beat Greenville, 62-22.

5. Rockford (3-2) beat Caledonia, 46-20.

6. East Grand Rapids (4-1) beat Grandville, 21-14.

7. Forest Hills Eastern (5-0) beat Northview, 34-21.

8. Comstock Park (4-1) beat Coopersville, 24-0.

9. Grand Rapids Christian (3-1) lost to Hudsonville, 31-24.

10. Zeeland East (3-2) lost to Mona Shores, 48-7.

BEAT THE ELITE This week’s scoreboard, with Wallner’s picks in bold.

•East Grand Rapids 21, Grandville 14 •Mona Shores 48, Zeeland East 7 •Forest Hills Eastern 34, Northview 21 •Hudsonville 31, Grand Rapids Christian 24 •Rockford 46, Caledonia 20 •Byron Center 29, Unity Christian 22 •Michigan State 30, Central Michigan 10 •Michigan 31, BYU 0 •Ohio State 38, Western Michigan 12 •Denver Broncos at Detroit Lions (today)

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RANDVILLE — East Grand Rapids senior running back Bryce Henkey is probably a little too young to have any Frank Sinatra on his playlist.

But if I could make a suggestion to young Henkey: Check out Sinatra’s “That’s Life,” because he sings about how he was up and down and over and out, and every time he finds himself flat on his face, he picks himself up and gets back in the race.

Henkey’s 2-yard, fourthquarter touchdown run proved to be the difference in East Grand Rapids’ 21-14 win over Grandville in Friday’s Grand Rapids Press Game of the Week.

The pivital score came just three weeks after Henkey was nearly certain his high school football career was over.

The 2015 season is just past the halfway point, and it already has been a wild ride for Henkey, who injured his knee in Week 2.

Fortunately, Henkey’s knee injury wasn’t as serious as initially diagnosed. Henkey returned Friday in his first game back and scored the game-winning touchdown.

“I’m happy to be back,” Henkey said. “The doctor told me he was 95 percent sure that I had torn my ACL. But then I got the MRI back a couple of days later, and he told me it was a bone contusion and just a sprained ACL. I’m fortunate to be back. It felt awesome.”

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East Grand Rapids running back Bryce Henkey is tackled during Friday’s Grand Rapids Press Game of the Week at Grandville. Henkey returned from injury to score the game-winning touchdown, as East Grand Rapids won 21-14. (Emily Rose Bennett/MLive.com)

“It makes you realize that you have to be happy for every single play that you play. You can’t take anything for granted.”

BRYCE HENKEY, EAST GRAND RAPIDS SENIOR RUNNING BACK, WHO RETURNED FROM INJURY TO HELP THE PIONEERS WIN AT GRANDVILLE

When I’m back on top, back on top in June” Henkey was riding high back on Week 1, when the Pioneers defeated Catholic Central 28-14.

Henkey was the EGR workhorse, rushing for 138 yards and three touchdowns on 30 carries.

One week later, Henkey was sidelined by a knee injury during EGR’s victory over Ottawa Hills. It appeared Henkey’s high school career was over barely after his senior season had begun.

“I will say this,” EGR coach Peter Stuursma said. “Bryce went down, and all of the doctor reports said he was done. In my 16 years, we’ve lost two or three seniors, and it’s one of the worst things you can see.

“The fact that we learned just the following week that it was just a sprain was, of course, a shot in the arm, not only for the team, but for the young man sitting here. He worked his tail off all summer long, and to have him and Matt Solberg as our one-two punch is something we counted on, and, obviously, you saw the fruits of that labor (Friday night).”

The Pioneers improved to 4-1,

which is their best start since 2011. EGR, 1-0 in the OK White Conference, will resume league play Friday when the Pioneers visit Grand Rapids Christian.

EGR’s passing game was clicking Friday at Grandville.

Senior quarterback Jon Olsson threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns against the Bulldogs. Olsson has a dangerous receiving corps to work with, including Mike Clifford and Gourney Sloan.

And now, the Pioneers have Henkey back. He only had six carries in his return, but he loved every one of them.

“I was disappointed,” Henkey said about his injury. “I didn’t want to leave my team. We are battling our butts off every single play. But it makes you realize that you have to be happy for every single play that you play. You can’t take anything for granted.”

Olsson overcomes picks in victory over Grandville East Grand Rapids improves to 4-1 for first time since 2011; Grandville drops third straight

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GRANDVILLE — East Grand Rapids senior quarterback Jon Olsson showed poise, swagger and accuracy during the Pioneers’ 21-14 victory over Grandville in Friday’s MLive Grand Rapids Press Game of the Week.

EGR coach Peter Stuursma said resiliency might be Olsson’s biggest strength of all, though.

Olsson threw two interceptions in the game, but he bounced back nicely. Olsson completed 19 of 28 passes for 227 yards and a pair of touchdowns to help the Pioneers improve to 4-1 overall.

Olsson also orchestrated a 10-play, 64-yard touchdown drive that gave EGR a 21-14 fourthquarter lead that proved to be the game winner.

“Jon was doing a nice job of taking what they were giving us, and (Mike) Clifford made some unbelievable catches,” Stuursma said. “Jon will be the first one to admit that he will take that one (interception) back, he knows better and is a smart leader. He will learn from that. That’s the big thing about Jon. He has no memory, and he will learn from it and get better.

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Yards passing, to go with two touchdowns, for EGR quarterback Jon Olsson terback swagger, and because of that, you are going to have some growing pains with that. But he has plenty of upside, and right now, you see a pretty good upside from him.”

Olsson completed eight passes to Mike Clifford, including three on EGR’s second-half opening drive for 65 yards. Olsson’s 13-yard touchdown pass to Clifford put the Pioneers up 14-6. In all, Clifford had 131 yards receiving.

“I have my friend Mike Clifford out there to make plays for me, even when I throw the ball bad,” Olsson said. “I have trust in him all the time. Our offensive line did a very good job for us tonight, too.”

The Pioneers defense came through, too. EGR took a 21-14 lead early in the fourth quarter on Bryce Henkey’s 2-yard touchdown run, and the Pioneers made it stand. The Bulldogs threatened later in the fourth, but a drive stalled on downs at the Pioneers’ 23 yard line with just over four minutes to go. The Pioneers were able to chew up most of the remaining time before punting

East Grand Rapids quarterback Jon Olsson drops back for a pass attempt during Friday’s game against host Grandville. East Grand Rapids won 21-14. (Emily Rose Bennett/MLive.com)

the ball back to the Bulldogs with 50 seconds to go.

Grandville (2-3) played its second consecutive game without standout senior running back Nolan Meekhof, who has a left shoulder injury.

“I thought we played well, but we had a few minor mistakes on offense and a few minor mistakes on defense, and East Grand Rapids capitalized,” Grandville coach Eric Stiegel said. “It went right down to the wire. I just wish we had a little more time.

“Obviously, it’s a loss because (Meekhof) is one of our best players. He threatens the defense and makes other guys better. I’m

happy we had other guys step up, and we have to build on that.”

In the first quarter, Grandville stopped the Pioneers on fourthand-goal at the 5, then marched 95 yards on 13 plays to take a 6-0 lead. Connor Gifford capped the drive with a 35-yard touchdown run. EGR answered in the second quarter, driving 68 yards on six plays to take a 7-6 lead into halftime after Olsson threw a 14-yard TD pass to Gourney Sloan.

The teams traded touchdowns in the third quarter. After Olsson connected with Clifford to give EGR the lead, Grandville responded with a 66-yard TD run by Josh Atwell.

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DECORATING

Let your home tell your story

By Melissa Rayworth

The Associated Press

Every home tells a story.

Some only whisper it through a handful of clues: a wedding photo on a fireplace mantle, perhaps, and maybe a few other framed photos scattered around a living room. Others say much more, with dozens of items illuminating the lives of those who live there.

Crafter Lisa Hathaway has come up with one way to seed a living space with the story of where you’ve come from and who you are. Her “What a Difference a Day Makes” prints begin with a simple sheet of burlap. By printing names and meaningful dates (births, marriages, etc.) in stark black on the pale brown burlap, she creates a frameable wall hanging that invites conversation.

Hathaway sells her work through her Etsy.com business, Emma & the Bean.

Below are several approaches to celebrating your personal story through your home: REPURPOSE CLOTHING

Somewhere in the back of a closet there might be an old sweatshirt from college or a T-shirt you loved for years but never wear anymore. Why not bring memory-infused old clothing into your living space?

A tutorial on diynetwork.com offers simple steps for creating a pillow cover out of a treasured old T-shirt.

Several Etsy vendors will make quilts from old T-shirts, sports jerseys or baby clothes you’ve saved. You also can find a quilter who will create the perfect throw blanket for your family room sofa.

PHOTOS WITHOUT FRAMES

To share your history in a really compelling way, consider going really big. Choose a black-and-white image from your childhood or a vintage photo of your ancestors and have it printed on a huge scale.

You can have it mounted on a canvas with no frame for a modern look, or visit a custom wallpaper websites to have it printed as a mural that fills a wall. Eazywallz.com will print a large wall mural from your uploaded photo, which arrives as a peel-and-stick decal. A 5-foot-square mural costs about $150 with shipping costs included.

At designyourwall.com, you can order custom wallpaper printed from personal photos.

They offer samples of your custom order ($9.99 each) so you can be sure you like it.

MARK YOUR WORDS

It’s popular to decorate with inspiring phrases or well-known quotes. But what about the most meaningful words from your own history?

Choose a saying your parent or grandparent often repeated, or a quote from a relative that is meaningful to you. Then use stencils to paint it onto a wall in your home, or use decals.

At the Etsy.com shop Dana Decal, you can have a quote printed as a wall decal for $24 to $71, depending on the size.

CELEBRATE PLACES

If you’ve lived in several cities or states, or your ancestors migrated, find ways to bring those places into your home.

UncommonGoods.com offers a cork globe ($129) that comes with pushpins and string, so you can connect the dots between the places you’ve come from and where you are now. Or you can mark the locations of loved ones around the world.

In this 2011 photo, a yellowjacket is attracted to the sweetness of a golden raspberry in New Paltz, New York. (Lee Reich via AP)

GARDENING

The sting of late summer

By Lee Reich

The Associated Press

Not all garden pests attack plants. One especially irksome to us humans this time of year is the yellowjacket.

Worse than irksome, sometimes: They can be deadly to people allergic to their sting.

Yellowjackets are among the most ornery of creatures. They are aggressive and, unlike honeybees, don’t have to stop after one sting. Burying its stinger in your arm has no effect on a yellowjacket’s mortality, so it can sting you again, if it pleases, or seek other victims.

As with all of Mother Nature’s creatures, yellowjackets aren’t all bad. These aggressive insects do help clean up debris, especially high-protein stuff, such as leftover dog food, early in the season, and sweet stuff, such as an unfinished soda, later in the season. Yellowjackets even help us gardeners by eating certain plant pests, such as caterpillars.

SIMILAR, BUT QUITE DIFFERENT

It is important to distinguish between yellowjackets and their friendlier (and more beneficial to gardeners) kin.

Yellowjackets have shiny, yellow-andblack striped bodies and long antennae.

Look kindly on honeybees, which are fuzzy. Generally, they are friendly. Always,

they are valuable for pollinating wild, agricultural and home-garden plants.

Also look kindly on small, darting syrphid flies, also called hover flies, which keep many garden pests in check and don’t sting humans. They periodically hover in place then dart off, like helicopters or hummingbirds. Their abdomens, in contrast to the rounded abdomens of yellowjackets and honeybees, are slim. Hoverflies are quite small.

CALMNESS AND AVOIDANCE

Swatting, even dodging, might be the knee-jerk reaction to yellowjackets, but it’s the wrong response. Aggressive or jerky movements incite them to sting.

To avoid getting stung, move slowly and keep calm. To discourage them further, avoid wearing bright colors or perfumes.

My best efforts to thwart yellowjackets begin early each season when I start patrolling for nests. The whole season’s population begins as a single queen who, after waking from her winter sleep, begins laying eggs.

Once she has nursed hatchlings long enough for them to care for the nest, she goes into full-scale egg production. So the sooner nests are found and destroyed, the fewer yellowjackets will be buzzing around later in the season.

Her Highness typically builds her nest in

the ground or in walls. The time to destroy such nests is at night or on cool mornings, when the yellowjackets are home or groggy.

You can shoot a stream of pesticide at such nests from a distance with a variety of products: “Safer Brand Aerosol Wasp and Hornet Killer” and “EcoSMART Organic Wasp and Hornet Killer” are effective and have low toxicity. A hand torch is effective if used carefully to avoid starting a fire.

Don’t decimate every yellowjacket nest, however. Leave them alone if they’re far from human activity.

Avoid attracting them near your terrace, swing set or anywhere people congregate.

Clean up dog food, soda and other foods rich in proteins or sugars.

IF YOU’RE STUNG

One way to lessen the effect of a sting is with a small device called “The Extractor” (Sawyer Products), which is something like a hypodermic syringe in reverse, with a cup on its end instead of a needle. Used quickly, it can suck the venom out of your body before it takes effect.

Anyone who has experienced a general reaction to such stings, rather than just a local reaction at the sting site, should carry an Epipen, available with a prescription, and seek medical attention.

Thankfully, yellowjacket season ends with the first hard frost of fall.

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Bulbs planted in late fall can thrive •Find retailers who display their bulbs in cool Flower bulbs delivered locations and who haven’t by growers almost always mishandled them by crushing or drying them are disease-free, thanks out. “Look for a clean, to rigorous industryhealthy, white fleshy imposed inspections at bulb,” Schipper said. “It’s home and abroad.

But consumers play the nice if they have some brown skin on them.” most important role in •Plant bulbs in wellquality control: They must drained soil where they’ll buy the best bulbs they get plenty of sun. “Don’t can find and keep them put them below the eaves that way.

“It doesn’t matter what of the house where snow will be falling all winyou’re buying, a car or a ter or by an eave spout piece of equipment: The where the soil is too wet,” better you take care of it Roozen said. “Also, avoid and the more you know hillsides where the topsoil about it, the better the results,” said Leo Roozen, is thin. All these things play a factor regarding owner of Washington when or even if they’ll Bulb Co. Inc. in Mount bloom.”

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•Try to plant them at Shop around before you least four to six weeks buy. It’s one thing to purbefore the first hard chase bulbs at the right freeze so their roots can price. It’s quite another develop. to find the best spring•Plant bulbs with the blooming bulbs at the pointed side up, and place right time of year. them three times the “You need to plant height of the bulb deep. bulbs in cool ground — 55 degrees or lower,” said Add water and fertilizer.

•Keep the plants dry Tim Schipper, founder and owner of Colorblends, after they go dormant in the spring. If you want a wholesale bulb comthem to come back the pany in Bridgeport, next growing season, Connecticut. don’t braid or cut them Additional guidelines until the foliage turns yelfor getting better results low or brown. from fall-planted bulbs:

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The Associated Press

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Four gadgets to keep out of your kitchen Bloomberg News

The other day, a friend asked me to write about the uselessness of the salad spinner. Now, I kind of like our salad spinner.

It does a pretty good job of drying greens, and it’s excellent for getting the sand out of bok choy (cut bok choy in half and place in the bowl, fill with water, put it through its paces in a nice deep sink).

You also can use it to dress your salad, though I never have.

But this did get me thinking: What gadgets wouldn’t I use? Here are some of them: The Eggstractor.

People in infomercials seem to have very hard lives. They are thwarted by tasks most of us seem to manage with minimal fuss, like cooking a grilled cheese sandwich or getting meatloaf out of the pan.

But the Eggstractor people are in a class by themselves. Faced with the task of peeling a hard-boiled egg, they are apparently unable to keep from mauling the egg into a post-apocalyptic ruin of shells, white and yolk.

Luckily for these people, there is the Eggstractor. It will cost you $15, two dozen hardboiled eggs, and the hour of your life that you will spend trying to make the gadget work as it does on television.

The pancake bot.

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The backyard of Judy Maggini’s 90-year-old Spanish Colonial home on Laurel Circle SE features a large inground swimming pool. Below is the hallway looking back on the original portion of the mansion. (Alex McDougall/MLive.com)

Tyrannosaurus rex, and it will make a pancake out of your picture! Works as promised.

Not promised, but also true: The production time for a single pancake rivals that of the Chevy Cruze.

Even my gadget-loving brain balked at spending 10 minutes to turn out a single T. rex pancake.

Multichoppers.

I owned one of these for a while because the lure is irresistable: perfect dicing, every time!

And it does dice vegetables into evenly sized bits, just as advertised.

What is not advertised is the fact that getting an onion through the grates requires the use of titanic force. By the time you have gotten it out of the cupboard, inserted the correct blade and forced your vegetable through, you realize it would have been easier to take a knife, or dropped the onion into the food processor with willful indifference to the appearance of your minced onions.

Vertical egg cookers.

Have you ever thought, “Gee, I wish my scrambled eggs looked more like a long, eyeless worm?” No? For a summation of its charms, I cannot improve upon this review from The Guardian: “This week’s gadget describes itself as ‘a new way to prepare eggs,’ which is accurate in the way that chopping off your legs could be described as a new way to lose weight.”

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hree years after it was picked up, spun around and rolled into a new spot in Wilcox Gardens, the 92-year-old mansion at 711 Laurel Circle has survived the trip in fine order.

Revitalized by owner Judy Maggini with the guidance of Jeffery Roberts Design, the Spanish Colonial Revival has retained all of the unique style and grace it displayed when it was built in 1923.

“We tried to keep as much of the original house as we could,” said Maggini, who moved in after selling another “Wilcox House” around the corner. She updated the property with an art studio, three-stall garage and swimming pool in the backyard.

The tan stucco mansion is now in the center of a subdivision that was carved out of the middle of Wilcox Gardens, a 30-acre estate originally developed by attorney and real estate developer Frederick Wilcox for his family in the late 19th century.

Each of Wilcox’s five children built homes on the estate, which included a working dairy, gardens and a family recreational center with an indoor swimming pool.

Maggini’s home originally was built in 1923 by Robert Wilcox, one of Frederick’s children, along San Lu Rae Drive SE — a street named for three Wilcox children; Sanford, Louise and Raymond. Maggini and a neighbor acquired the house after new owners decided to build a new house on the San Lu Rae address.

Moving the five-bedroom house was not an easy task. Unlike most frame houses, this one was built with a “vitreous tile,” a heavy block that resulted in a house that weighed more than 550 tons. Most homes weigh between 60 to 90 tons, according to its movers.

None of that drama is evident today as the house now sits on its new foundation with a new plumb-

ing, wiring and heating system.

Despite its slate and terra cotta floors, limestone fireplaces and plaster walls, the house emerged from the move with little cracking or structural movement, said Roberts, who supervised the restoration work. Even the tile in the home’s ground floor powder room remained unblemished.

Almost all of the home’s black walnut woodwork was retained and required only cleaning, Roberts said. The single-pane windows and French doors were restored so all of the original hardware is operating.

“While we added sustainable and efficient components to the home, we also honored the home’s original history by preserving and restoring anything that was structurally sound,” said Mike Schaap, of Mike Schaap Builders.

While she replaced some of the light fixtures in the home, all of the originals were placed in storage, Maggini said.

Upstairs, they knocked out the wall of a dressing room in the master suite to create a new ensuite bathroom with a walk-in shower, a free-standing pedestal bath tub and new tile flooring that resembles the original layout.

A glass door from the bathroom leads out onto a floating Ipe deck that overlooks the backyard and inground swimming pool.

Maggini converted one of the bedrooms into a dressing room in

which Roberts built closets and cabinets that resembled the home’s original woodwork. In the upstairs hallway, they converted an attic closet into a laundry room.

On the main level, the living room, library, foyer, dining room and breakfast nook were restored to their original style and finish.

The kitchen was expanded with the removal of a butler’s pantry.

Though most of the cabinets are original, the counters were topped with Carrera marble.

Behind the kitchen, the three rooms that made up the home’s original staff quarters has been updated into a guest suite that includes a new fireplace, bathroom and dressing area.

A glass-enclosed cloister leads to the new art studio and garage wing designed to respect and complement the original house. The lightfilled studio, with its 18-foot ceiling, is designed to handle the largest of sculptures and canvasses.

Outdoors, the home is highlighted by landscaping and patios that correspond to the original doorways of the home. The terra cotta tile roof has been retained, repaired and duplicated on the addition.

Maggini, who sold her original Wilcox house for $1.2 million last year, won’t say how much money she invested into her new home.

“I came out about even with the other property,” she said with a smile.

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Much of the five-bedroom mansion in Wilcox Gardens was restored to its original style and finish, while some sustainable and efficient components were added to the home. At left is the study and above the master bathroom. (Alex McDougall/MLive.com)

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Lake. Troy 231-343-1629 upgrades, ie. hard surface OMES CASCADE - 1860 Watermark GREENRIDGE 231-924-0400. $9,995 counter tops, cherry wood Dr SE Incredible views, qualcabinets, hard wood floors. 4 CALL SUN HOMES ADA - 2469 Fairway Winds Ct ity upgrades $ 998,000 Jane bdrms, master w/ balcony. 3 L Payne 826.7128 Keller WilCustom built walkout, 1.5 888-245-2512 full & 1/2 baths, 3 stall heatPEN OUSES acres $539,900 Ann Despres liams GR East 575.1800 Ends: 9/30/2015 EHO ed garage, lower level feaNCOME ROPERTIES 559.7240 Coldwell Banker CASCADE - 6714 Cascade tures potential in-laws resiAJS Schmidt 957.1680 Coopersville 4 Bedroom, 3 dence, w/ seperate entrance Lakes Ct 5 BD, 4 BA daylight HUDSON V ILLE- Rolling Hills Bath Brick Ranch 1.87 acres We buy homes, 20 years. & parking. Also feature 15 x ADA - 581 Alta Dale SE, 5 BD $499,900 Pat Dill 430.5552 Dr. 4 bdrm, 2.5 ba, daylight Coopersville School District 53 family room. New kitchen Fast, cash, ugly or pretty, Banker AJS windows in lower level, w/ 3.5 BA, nearly 5 acre private Coldwell 2969 sq ft 2 fireplaces com- w/ large granite island. any condition or area, even retreat 3240 sq ft $299,000 Schmidt 459.0400 bedroom, bath, & family pletely updated inside & out! Laundry hook up, bedroom with zero equity.

Lisa Novasad 437.0209 Kel- CASCADE TWP - 6204 Tahoe room, cathedral ceilings in $219,900. Call 616-677-5285 1-800-735-7157 w/ large dressing room, lots ler Williams SE 575.0140 Dr SE 2 BD, 2 BA condo living room, kitchen & diwww.WeBuyGR.com of storage. Open Sunday , nette, underground sprin1-3. 8661 Parmalee Rd. ADA - 7918 Autumn Woods $209,900 Foye McDonald kling, $219,000. Call (616) Gorgeous, qualtiy built home 540.9882 Coldwell Banker 669-3274 for more info.

AJS Schmidt 957.1680 $599,000 Ana Ohlmann 706.3882 Coldwell Banker CHATEAU ESTATES - 4924 KENTWOOD - 5336 Surrey OTS AJS Schmidt 957.1680 Chableau, 3 BD 3.5 BA open Place SE, 5 BD, 4 BA, approx floor plan $299,900, Tony 3100 sq ft $199,900 Tony Lewis 258.8157, Re/Max of Lewis 258.8157 Re/Max of SARANAC! building site within the village with city utility Grand Rapids 957.0700 Grand Rapids 957.0700 conveniences Over 1 acre!

LOWELL! 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 Don Reedy 616-890-2598, Muskegon -$179,900 4 Bdrm, 3 Bath 2 Story, Orchard VACANT bath ranch on 10 acres! Cus- GREENRIDGE 897-9239 LAKE FRONT View School District over L O T tom built, one owner. Joshua on White Lake McCracken 616-250-7635, WHITE CLOUD: Nice building 2300 sq ft completely updat- (66’x208’) in Whitehall, MI. site with mix of mature tim- ed inside & out! Must See! Reduced to $158,000. BeauGREENRIDGE 897-9239 ber. Randy Poll 231-924-8668 Please call (616) 677-5285 tiful views of White Lake.

M A N I S T E E - 2 apartment GREENRIDGE 231-924-0400.

Lot cleared and ready to home, nice residential area, build. Private drive in rear of ready for immediate occuEGR - Large Estate Home lot. Call (616) 318-1457 pancy, good fishing/hunting For Sale By Owner. 1611 ANUFACTURED area.

Call 231-723-7748 or Pontiac SE. $895,000. Open / OBILE OMES 231-723-3074 House 9/13/15, 2-4pm.

Stately Georgian colonial 5 NE GRAND RAPIDS - 3145 HUDSONVILLE - Country bdrms, 3.5 bath sitting on a Morley 4 BD, 2 BA, 3 season large double-sized properporch, newer roof, 2 stall ga- Hills Village, 3 Bedroom 2 NORTON SHORES - 1383 ty. Call Rachel for showing rage $137,500 Lisa Baars Full Bath, new appliances, Rambling Creek.

Open 616-901-2562. new flooring throughout, 540.9356 Starner Realty House: Sun., Sept. 27, 2Storage Shed, off street 4pm . 3 bdrm, 2.5 ba ranch, 3 GRAND RAPIDS - 1314 Calvin NE GRAND RAPIDS - 632 parking $19,995. EHO stall gar. Fin. bsmt, lg deck.

Ave NE 3BD, 1.5 BA, Dutch Lamberton 3 BD, 2 BA Sun Homes, Handicap access. $219,900.

Colonial $159,900 Amanda $119,900 Pam Schwallier 888-313-1238.

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Lowell - New Listing

11420 Trent St SE AWARD WINNING LOWELL SCHOOLS!

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Belmont

4076 Boulder Meadow Dr GOLF COURSE LIVING!

David Martin 974-6750, 458-3655

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11090 Barnsley BRAND NEW RANCH CONDO!

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3627 10th GREAT LOCATION!

1525 Ball Ave NE CONVENIENT NE HOME

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2712 Anderwald Lane SE 5+ ACRES - FOREST HILLS SCHOOLS

11304 S M-37 PRIVATE LAKE FRONTAGE

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Mears

3326 LaRue St. SW EXCELLENT LITTLE DOLL HOUSE

437 N Lighthouse LAKE MICHIGAN

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Baldwin

3358 Wolf Lake 75’FRONTAGE ON WOLF LAKE

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Middleville

613 Oriole Ct MAINTENANCE FREE LIVING

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Baldwin

6140 S Hamlin Circle HAMLIN LAKE FRONTAGE

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Ravenna

14685 Laketon FARM HOUSE ON 10 ACRES

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Grandville Schools

Phil Ribbens 304-4507 Five Star Real Estate 257-4135 phil@philribbens.com

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Hudsonville

3483 Stephanie Dr.

Hudsonville

6982 Glacier Dr

7424261-02

36th to Tearose, East to Stephanie Northeast to property • Ranch style • 3 Bedroom, 2 1/2 Bath • Mudroom w/ built-in lockers • Kitchen w/ large center island

Kris Moran (616) 862-7070, Coldwell Banker AJS-Schmidt 949-9400 kriskmoran@gmail.com

345 E. North Drive

Port Sheldon to 40th Ave, North to Acadia Dr East to Glacier Dr, North to address • 4 bdr, 3 1/2 bath with approx. 2900 SF Ranch • Open concept, cathedral ceilings, maple kitchen w/ island • Master bdr suite with private bath, large walk-in closet • Walkout with rec room, 2 bedrooms, bath, & ample storage Karla Huitsing, 616-299-3394 Towne Square Real Estate, 616-532-3042 www.TowneSquareMI.com

Hudsonville

6414 Bradenwood

7 742210 7422102-02 2-02 2 02 7423546-02

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Hastings

3670 Scenic Trail

$224,900

South on M37, 4 miles N.W of Hastings • Gorgeous 3 bedroom 2.5 bath ranch.

• 2 stahl attached garage, Large Lot, 12 x 24 wooden deck • Central Air, Professionally landscaped, sprinkling system • Open floor plan, oak thru-out, hardwood & ceramic flooring

Larry & Mary Jo Poll Larry Poll Realty LLC 269-945-4626 LPREALTY3645@gmail.com

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$199,900

$550,000 5509 Scalley Lake Rd.

NE KENT COUNTY

Port Sheldon West of 48th Ave to Bradenwood, North to property • Ranch • 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath • Kitchen w/ snack bar • Nice deck + Patio area

Kris Moran (616) 862-7070, Coldwell Banker AJS-Schmidt, 949-9400 kriskmoran@gmail.com

7424874-02

7404211-02 7423077-02

Pam Schwallier 616-490-4630, Great Lakes Signature Properties 616-490-0932, www.GreatLakesSignatureProperties.com

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$269,900

$119,900

Coit to Lamberton • 3 bed/2 bath, near Riverside Park & Comstock Park • Hardwood floors, formal dining, master w/en suite bath • Updated, new roof & water heater, 2 stall garage • Covered front porch, fenced yard, dead-end street

$112,500

Jane L. Payne, 616-826-7128 Keller Williams G.R.E., 616-575-1800 x285 janepayne@grar.com

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$274,900

632 Lamberton NE

Broadway East to North St. Condo is on the left.

• North Ridge condo offers carefree living • Wonderful kitchen with Maple cabinets • Tons of natural light & pretty views • Be settled in before the first snow!

West off of 5050 Canal on the private drive to the end of the road • Country like estate with private drive in the city nestled on 3.43 acres • Home is bright with 3 sky lights and large beautiful windows bringing nature in • Maste suite with fireplace and sliders to private deck and views • Jacuzzi tub, custom showers, and skylight complete this executive home 7424852-02

Bev Martin 616-450-8973, bevmartin@kw.com Keller Williams RiverTown, 616-259-8211

Hastings

$324,500 5059 Canal Ave SW

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NE Grand Rapids

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MON. 5-7 PM

$132,000

West I-96 take Exit 76 toward Lane, Merge onto Second St. NW, Turn North onto Pine Ave. NW, Turn East onto 6th St. NW, Turn North onto Pat Ave. NW, Home is on the Right • 3 Bed/ 2 Bath • All Brick Ranch with Original Hard Wood Floors • 3 Seasons Room off Dining Area • Finished Living Room in Basement with Lots of Storage

7422803-02

7426644-02

SUN. 1-3 PM

Eric Olsen 616-719-7605, Keller Williams RiverTown 616-259-8211 ericolsen@kw.com

ING LIST NEW

North off Plainfield east of Fuller • Freshly updated and spacious home in a very convenient location.

• Features 4 bedrooms and 2 full baths (both redone) • 3 season porch with main floor laundry • Newer roof and 2 stall garage.

Lisa Baars 616-540-9356 Starner Realty, lisabaars.com

$159,900

Kalamazoo Ave. SE to Adams St. SE to Calvin Ave. SE home is on the Right • 3 Bed, 1 1/2 Bath • Charming 1927 Dutch Colonial • Hard Wood Floors Throughout • Fireplace, Formal Dining Room, Eat in Kitchen, & Lots of Character

Grand Rapids NE $132,500 3145 Morley NE

E Beltline, E on Knapp, Right on Knapp Ct, Right on Flowers Crossing • Private 5 bedroom, 3.5 bath ranch in Flowers Crossing • Over 4700 sq ft of finished living space • Fantastic views of ravine and large fenced backyard • Community Pool, Sports Courts & Forest Hills Schools

Kate Houseman 616-292-1690 Coldwell Banker 616-957-1680 www.katehouseman.com

1314 Calvin Ave. NE

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Grand Rapids $790,000 1845 Flowers Crossing

Kalamazoo to Amberly, W on Amberly to Springdale, Springdale to home • Quality built SE Grand Rapids ranch • 3 bedroom and 3 full baths! Mstr suite WIC and bath • Over sized garage with work shop area • LR new carpet/family room w gas fireplace/sun room

756 Pat Ave. NW

Ryan Duffield (515) 205-8653 Re/Max SunQuest (616) 949-6980 Duffield@grar.com

7 742359 7423594-02 4-02 4 02

7424769-02 7 742476 424 69 9-02 02

• 2 BR 1 Bath Condo in Forest Hills • First Floor, Covered security entrance • Covered Parking, Budget priced • Awaiting your upgrades

$139,900 Grand Rapids 1323 Springdale Dr SE

Grand Rapids, MI

Highway 131 to 84th St., East on 84th to Division, North on Division to Brewer Park Circle • Custom floor plans starting at $137,000 • Cathedral ceilings, open concept, low taxes • Adjacent to Brewer Park • Builder is meticulous, condos are built to the highest standard of quality.

Between Burton and 28th St on the South Side of Cascade.

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Grand Rapids, MI

$137,000 Grand Rapids Condos Brewer Park Circle SE

$66,500

Tim Cox 616-240-4440 Coldwell Banker AJS-Schmidt 949-9400 timcox@grar.com

Foye McDonald 616.540.9882, Coldwell Banker AJSSchmidt 616-957-1680, foyemcdonald6@yahoo.com

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7422866-02

6710 Cascade Rd #A-4

$209,900

From 28th St. East of Kraft, Go South on Lucerne, East on Tahoe Dr. Home is on South side of Rd. • Beautiful Condo in the Meadows Condominiums.

• Updated kitchen with stainless appliances. Recently updated bathrooms.

• 2 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath. Large rooms, two fireplaces, balcony & walk out lower level • Lots of storage throughout the home. Forest Hills Schools

WED. 2-4, SAT. 10-12

Lincoln Lake to 6 Mile - West to Scalley - North to property • 5060 Sq. Ft. Custom built walkout ranch • Awesome frontage on Scalley Lake ~ 2 + Acres • In-law or family apartment as bonus space.

• Gorgeous setting ~ Sunroom ~ Convenient location 7424255-02

Forest Hills Schools

$229,900 4924 Chableau Dr SW

Mike Yablonsky 299-0036 Re/Max Sunquest 949-6980 teamyablonsky@msn.com

James Albright II 616-901-8793, West Michigan Real Estate 616-942-9270, www.VillasofCascade.com

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SW- Chateau Estates

Tony Lewis 616-258-8157, REMAX of Grand Rapids 616-957-0700, http://www.tonylewis.remax-michigan.com/

On west of Cascade Rd between 28th and Burton • Other Units Available - Investment Options • 2-Bed, 1-Bath with 1 1/5 Bath option • Quick access to stores, restaurants, and highway • Luxurious Cascade Living

6204 Tahoe Dr SE

7423096-02

Pat Dill 430-5552 Coldwell Banker AS-Schmidt 459-0400 patdill@grar.com

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• Forest Hills School. 5 bedroom 4 full baths • Livingroom, familyroom fireplace, formal dining • Large kitchen dining area, office • Lower level totally finished. Daylight windows

Cascade Township

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Cascade Lakes Ct off of Cascade Rd b/w Burton and Laraway.

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SondraTenClay616-293-2981, ColdwellBankerAJS-Schmidt616-949-9400 www.stenclay.com SUN. 1-3 PM

$66,900-$84,900 Cascade 6714 Cascade Rd SE

$499,900 6714 Cascade Lakes Ct SE

From Forest Hills Ave, East on Cascade to Gated Entrance • Celebrate the holidays in this warm & inviting home with incredible views.

• Delight in all the quality upgrades!

• Main floor living & huge walkout.

W off 5000 blk of Burlingame on Plateau, S on St • 3+ BR, 3.5 BA, approx 3200 sq ft w/ fin bsmt • Great open floor plan, sun room • Huge master suite, Home is updated!!

• See with Pamela Urbanski 616-264-2222

Ana Ohlmann 616-706-3882 Coldwell Banker AJS-Schmidt 616-957-1680 anaohlmann@gmail.com

SAT. & SUN. 12-3 PM

Cascade

$998,000 1860 Watermark Dr. SE

• Buffum Build in 2014 • 4 Bedroom, 2 1/2 baths • Main floor office, daylight basement • See at www.5693CopperCt.com

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Lisa Novosad 616-437-0209, Keller Williams-SE 616-575-0140, www.InsideForestHills.com

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Cascade/FHC/Watermark

$289,900 Caledonia 5693 Copper Court

$599,000 7918 Autumn Woods Dr. SE Buttrick to Jonathan Woods • Gorgeous, quality built Ben Brinks home w/4800 total Sq. Ft. of living space.

• Jonathan Woods subdivision with sidewalks close to Ada Village and Cascade.

• Amazing gourmet kitchen with hearth. 5 Bedrooms, 4.5 Bathrooms.

• Master suite on main level ~ 4 season sun room ~ fabulous daylight lower level.

N on street off Ada Dr, W on pvt drive.

• Nearly 5- acre private retreat in heart of Forest Hills Central • 5 bedroom, 3.5 bath home with 3,240 total sq/ft • Richly landscaped grounds with flowers, shrubs, trees • Separate guest house could be office, studio, playhouse, etc.

BY APPT. ONLY

Jane L. Payne, 616-826-7128 Keller Williams G.R.E., 616-575-1800 x285 janepayne@GRAR.com

Ada

7426628-02

Ann Despres 616.559.7240, Coldwell Banker AJS-Schmidt 957-1680, adespres@grar.com

581 Alta Dale SE

$299,000

7421643-02

Knapp to Fairway Winds Ct. • Custom built walkout on a private 1.5 acre setting • Open floor plan including a beautiful 4 season room • Many upgrades including built-ins, crown molding and wainscotting • Great location to everything and access to bike path

Ada

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$539,900 2469 Fairway Winds Ct.

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Ada

7420828-02

W NE

BY APPT.

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Lake Mecosta - Stanwood

Kentwood/ Princeton Estates $199,900

9380 W Marywood

5336 Surrey Place SE

Paul Schwallier 616-490-4630, Great Lakes Signature Properties LLC, 616-490-0932 www.GreatLakesSignatureProperties.com

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Rockford / Blythefield Country Club $214,900 7401 Courtland NE

Wolverine Blvd/East Beltline to light @ Courtland. East 1/2 mile to home.

• Endless room to play outside, and endless storage to stow treasures inside!

• 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath home is spotless and ready for immediate possession.

• Fruit trees and various gardens. Close to schools and shopping.

• Outbuilding is a terrific man-cave! A great value!

Kristine Dozeman 616-916-4838 Coldwell Banker AJS-Schmidt 616-957-1680, kristined@grar.com

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Tony Lewis 616-258-8157, REMAX of Grand Rapids 616-957-0700, http://www.tonylewis.remax-michigan.com/

$424,900

131N to exit 131, R to 155th, L to Buchanan, R to 105th, L to St Ives, L to Marywood.

• PRICE REDUCED! 2.87 Acres, 1290’ Frontage • 4200 Sq Ft, 3 Stories, Gorgeous Views • 4-Stall Garage W/Full Loft, Boathouse, Shed • Incredible Swimming, Fishing, Boating, Golfing 7424807-02 7 742480 424807 7-02 02

E off Kalamazoo on 52nd, S on Maple Creek, E on Lockemere, W on Waterbury, N on St • 5 BR, 2 Full baths, 2- half baths, approx 3100 sq ft • Huge MBR suite 11’4’’x18’4’’ and approx 12’4’’x14 sitting area • 3 season room • See with Aj Lewis 616-295-0222

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4249 Parkway Pl SW Grandville, MI 49418

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Lonnie Nemmers, Broker - 616-942-0048 Jordan Nemmers, Broker - 616-956-1000

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Five plus bedroom 3 bath two story with two car attached garage and huge pole barn on 6 beautiful acres with creek frontage. Partially remodeled, ready for your finishing touches. Land Contract terms, 20% down, 8% interest, 5 year payoff. $184,900

2213 Clyde Park SW - Wyoming

Two bedroom co-op condo in senior complex. Beautifully decorated with newer countertops, newer flooring.

Shared basement for storage with free laundry facilities.

Condo fee includes utilities, taxes. $25,000

Goodemoot Rd. - Clarksville - three buildable lots totaling over 1 1/2 acres near Morrison Lake. Wooded and scenic natural beauty area. All lots being sold together. $49,900 17520 Monroe Rd. - Morley - Partly wooded 3.12 acre parcel suitable for building or recreational purposes.

Competitively priced for quick sale. $7,900 238 County Line Rd. - Freeport - Commercial property has 1200 square foot vacant gas station currently used for storage. Corner lot with irregular dimensions 246x163x140. Excellent investment potential! $39,900

1649 Pembroke Dr. SE - Kentwood

cascade-properties.com

Classic four bedroom 2 1/2 bath two story in popular Princeton Estates subdivision.

Large living room, formal dining room, kitchen with bright white cabinets, adjoining dining area. Family room with fireplace, slider to huge double-tiered deck. Two car attached garage, new roof, newer furnace, well maintained one owner home. $154,900

SOLD

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549 North NE - Grand Rapids

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1941 MADISON AVE. S.E. $87,900 • ALL BRICK 3 BEDROOM • 1.5 BATH • 2-STORY • PRIVATE FENCED BACKYARD • ONE STALL DETACHED GARAGE • COVERED FRONT PORCH • CENTRALLY LOCATED.

7195 LEYTON DR. S.E. - $209,900 • 4 BED • 1.5 BATH • 2-STORY • DOUBLE LOT • BRICK FIREPLACE • 2.5 STALL ATTACHED GARAGE • MAIN FLOOR LAUNDRY • HOT TUB

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Zoned residential currently; master plan indicates change to commercial. Medical Mile development surrounding this gem of a corner lot on Trowbridge and North. Value is in this .018 acre parcel land only. $599,900

1500 Eastern SE - Commercial building on corner of Evergreen with lots of potential. Can be used for warehouse or light commercial such as office, retail.

Double lot; approximately 1200 square feet. $89,900 1019 Bates - Grand Rapids - 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath 2 story with hardwood floors, remodeled kitchen, newer electrical, bay window in living room. $49,900 725 Neland SE - Grand Rapids - 3 bedroom 1 1/2 bath 2 story with one car attached garage on corner lot.

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Laundry = PMA/RPOA $ Rent Number of Utilities Included In Rent Member $ Deposit Bedrooms/ (C) Carport / (G) Garage & Extra Amenities Bathrooms School District

GRAND RAPIDS NORTHEAST BP C4

BECKWITH PLACE 456-8600 1359 Dewberry Pl. NE

$800-$850 Townhomes $1000/mo

2/ 2

= MAP Symbol/ Zone

PR A5

PINE RIDGE 363-9884 4388 Pine Ridge Pkwy. NE

1,2/ 1

$780$1200/ $400

On site C NV

KENTWOOD HILLS ESTATES FH FOOTE 942-0450 E5 4630 Common Way SE

Hot & cold water, trash and sewage removal, carports

MP C4

$800$1060/ $300

1 BDRM from $700 2 BDRM from $750$777 3 BDRM from $825

MARYLAND PARK 454-4275 520 Maryland Ct. NE

1,2,3

OAKS EAST GL GLEN 949-2171 D5 2353 Oak Forest Lane NE

FOUNTAINS APARTMENTS FA THE 957-3030

Tennis court, pool, clubhouse, vertical & mini blinds, 24 hr. maintenance www.marylandparkapts.com

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1,2,3/ 1.5

$6551,2,3/ $915/ 1,2 $250-$350

On site & hook-ups C K

In apt.

G K

Gas for heat, hot water, blinds, trash, intercom entry, pool/ sauna, tennis, wi-fi, clubhouse, www.footehills.net

Trash, water, sewer, all appliances, fireplaces, www.landingplaceapts.com

WYOMING

Heat, exercise room, storage pool, community room, pets ok. www.briarlaneapts.com

On site & in apt.

C GR

1,2/ 1,1.5

$520$915/ $400

PLACE LP LANDING 698-1995 F4 4453 Walma SE

GRAND RAPIDS SOUTHEAST BL BRIARLANE 866-418-4120 C4 450 Briar Lane NE

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GRAND RAPIDS NORTHEAST (Continued)

Water, trash, sewer, storage units, clubhouse, heated pool www.beckwithplace.com

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$440$580/ $250

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Julie Hoogland/Editor jhoogland@mlive.com

Families in Michigan experience financial progress — and some fallback

Paycheck to paycheck Statewide, the 2014 median household income ($49,847) was the highest since 2008.

But slow and steady hasn’t won the race. The median family income (for households of two or more related people) rose to $62,143 in

1) UPS AND DOWNS

The U.S. Census examined poverty in the 29 Michigan counties with 65,000 or more residents. Among them, Bay County saw the worst rise in childhood poverty from 2013-14. Here's a look at the changes for select counties:

2) AT BOTH EXTREMES

One-quarter of Michigan family incomes in 2014 were under $35,000, while 26 percent were over $100,000. Here's a look at both ends of the income spectrum for families in select counties:

Childhood poverty rate

18.2%

20.8%

2.6%

4.3% 2013

2014

JACKSON COUNTY 19.5%

GENESEE COUNTY 33.2%

33.9%

0.7%

1.7%

KALAMAZOO COUNTY 20.5%

20.7%

MUSKEGON COUNTY 28.2%

2014

26.9%

2013

WASHTENAW COUNTY 15.5%

13.8%

2014

SAGINAW COUNTY 27.9%

1.7% 2013

33%

19%

Jackson

30%

22%

Kalamazoo

28%

27%

Kent

24%

27%

Muskegon

31%

18%

Saginaw

27%

20%

15%

43%

Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey

3) GAINING, LOSING GROUND

Here's a look at changes to family income from 2010 to 2014 in select counties:

1.3%

0.2% 2013

2014

18%

Genesee

Washtenaw

2013

2014

25%

$85,721 $85,556

2013

Bay

26%

22.5% 5.4%

2013

2014

$63,124 $64,259

17.8%

2014

25%

$57,491 $58,797

2013

Michigan

2014

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4) FAMILY STRUCTURE MATTERS

5) WHERE POVERTY HITS

About 19 percent of Michigan families with children younger than 18 lived in poverty in 2014, but there's a significant gap between two-parent families and single moms with children younger than 6:

Two parent families

Single mom families

8%

in poverty

Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey

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$65,640 $62,253

27.7%

$49,208 $51,896

23.4%

KENT COUNTY

Families with income under $35,000 Families with income over $100,000

$53,071 $52,091

BAY COUNTY

2014, but not by much, and 1 in 4 children still remained in poverty.

Here, on this page and the next, are nine ways Michiganders have enjoyed some of the economic growth — or still felt mired in stagnant finances.

$56,477 $55,566

Michigan is gradually rising out of the Great Recession, the latest Census data on income shows.

There have been private-sector job gains and some reductions in childhood poverty, according to county-level numbers from 2010-14.

$57,696 $63,858

School dress codes have a sexism problem.

This is apparent amid a spate of viral photos and news stories showing female students wearing innocuous outfits that supposedly run afoul of the rules.

This is not merely the Internet outrage machine churning out another controversy. The tales of young women being called to the principal’s office illustrate a widespread issue our schools grapple with.

To be sure, dress codes exist for a reason. School administrators seek to limit distractions by banning certain types of clothing. But, in an effort to limit harm, schools are actually doing more harm to female students and their selfimage.

Take the Kentwood schools policy that lists “Spandex-type” garments as “sexually provocative or revealing.” In Grandville, administrators promote a policy that leggings and yoga pants “must be worn under garments that extend below mid-thigh.”

The fact that school administrators view girls’ athletic wear as “sexually provocative” is highly disconcerting. It also sends an awful, harmful message to young women: that they are nothing more than sexual objects distracting male students.

To be fair, much of the responsibility rests with parents. Administrators instead should seek student and parent input and better educate teachers and staff on the policies.

What generation do we live in where “showing too much collarbone” is considered sexual? Schools need to do away with policies that disproportionately penalize female students. It raises the specter of potential violations under Title IX, which prohibits discrimination in education based on sex.

They also must stop sending a message to female students that they must be afraid of their sexuality, that they’re simply sexual objects and distractions.

Educational energy could be much better spent teaching our children to respect themselves and each other.

By age group, the highest 2014 poverty rate in Michigan is for children younger than age 6. The lowest rate is people age 65 and older, thanks to Social Security.

Children 0-5 years-old

52%

Seniors 65-plus

26%

in poverty

8%

in poverty

in poverty

Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey

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6) OTHER INCOME SOURCES

Here's how many Michigan households had income from sources other than paychecks in 2014:

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7) MICHIGAN UNEMPLOYMENT

Social Security 34%

Avg. amount: $18,915

About 4.4 million Michigan residents 16 and older had a job in 2014, compared with 4.1 million in 2010. That's 310,000 more residents with jobs compared with 2010, and 78,000 more compared with 2013:

Unemployment rate

Cash public assistance

Pensions

3%

23%

By Larry Schlack

any of our schools have problems with suspensions and expulsions.

We need also to look at the problem of dropouts to get a complete picture of the numbers who are not completing high school.

These are the kids who do not like our schools and do not want to be in them.

Preventing suspensions, expulsions and dropouts begins on Day One of kindergarten, with finding answers to a question that has not been asked in American education: What would school have to be like for every kid to want to be there?

If we began to answer it, we would have a road map to making changes that could raise completion rates. Too many of these students feel inferior in school. Understandably, they don’t want to be there.

There’s been a revolution in the definition of intelligence over the past three decades.

Current thinkers are saying definitions such as IQ are no longer useful. Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner, for example, talks about “multiple intelligences.” Best-selling writer Daniel Goleman talks about “emotional intelligence.”

Every elementary classroom has children with a variety of aptitudes, interests and intelligences. We can, for example, find kids who are good with words (reading, spelling, writing), numbers (math), the arts (painting, drawing, music), athletics, mechanics (making, fixing things) and social/ leadership skills. Traditionally, schools have regarded the word kids and the math kids as the good students. The others as OK, but not as smart.

Actually, every kind of intelligence is first-class and can lead to success in life and work.

I’ve worked with parents across the country and found they can readily identify smarts in their preschool children. It’s not rocket science.

Schools could do it, and it would pay off with success in the early years and lead to success in the later years as well.

Children must, of course, master the academic curriculum. But for some, the route to mastery may come through stronger intelligences in the arts, athletics, mechanics or social skills. Children will work hard at things that engage their aptitudes, interests and aspirations. Could we build a school system that at least for part of each day engages these attributes and makes school a place they want to be? I think we can.

— Larry Schlack has worked as an administrator at Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency and Barry Intermediate School District and as professor of educational leadership at Western Michigan University.

The latest census figures, continued

Avg. amount: $2,697

Avg. amount: $21,521

20%

15.1% %

15%

13.1%

11.3%

9.8%

8.2%

10% 5%

Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey

2010

8) MANUFACTURING REBOUNDS

Manufacturing now employs about 18 percent of Michigan's workforce, compared with 10 percent nationwide. State employment in manufacturing has increased 20 percent since 2010.

1,000,000 800,000 600,000

814,000

674,000

2011

2012

2013

2014

Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey

9) PRIVATE SECTOR GROWS

The number of private-sector workers (currently about 3.76 million) has grown by 10 percent since 2010. Meanwhile, the number of government workers (about 460,000) is down 11 percent. The number of self-employed (about 218,000) has increased slightly.

10.5%

5%

Public sector

Self employed

400,000

84.5%

200,000

0

Private sector 2010

2014

Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey

Tim Skubick skubickt@aol.com

Prison reform gains force but may not be irresistible

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f it has taken lawmakers decades to fix the roads, you have to wonder how long it will take them to fix the prisons.

Increasingly, there is chatter in Lansing that something must be done about the bloated price tag on running our prisons, which far exceeds most other state services.

Those who back the so-called reform movement claim the state’s crime policies are rooted in the drug culture of the ’70s and ’80s.

“The strategies that we’ve had for 20 years of locking people up, tossing away the key and spending $2 billion a year of taxpayer money without any results is not a Republican philosophy.

Republicans want to see more bang for the buck.”

That does not come from some wide-eyed, dyed-in-the-

wool liberal but rather from the former Senate GOP leader from West Michigan, of all places, Ken Sikkema.

Now a private consultant for a Lansing think-tank, he has joined with others to reduce the number of inmates behind bars and reduce the flow of new ones coming in.

Over the next five years, if the Legislature goes there, some 10,000 current convicts could be gradually released at a projected cost savings of a quarter of a bil-

Ken Braun braun.ken@gmail.com

A healthier state in an unwell nation

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ichigan’s jobless rate, at 5.1 percent in August, is improving faster than the national average. This is a good thing, because the national rate, also 5.1 percent, is not as pretty as the official numbers imply.

For the state, 5.1 percent was merely average, but for Michigan, “average” is exceptional. It is the lowest official number in 14 years. Six years ago, August 2009, it was worst in the nation.

We’ve fallen abruptly from worst to modest, and proponents and opponents Right to Work should both note the dramatic improvement occurred

right after the law took effect in March 2013. Just two summers ago, Michigan still had America’s fourth-worst unemployment, but today 25 other

Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey

lion dollars, which is the number the reformers trot out because it sounds bigger than saying $25 million. Seven prisons would be closed as a result.

You are probably doing the math in your head: 10,000 over five years — that’s an average of 2,000 inmates per year back on the streets. Surely that will impact the crime rate, right?

The reformers don’t buy the theory in total.

In fact, in what amounts to the oddest collection of strange bedfellows, you have the conservative Koch brothers locking arms with consummate liberal George Soros to push this agenda. The national U.S. Justice Action Network has swung into action, proudly announcing, “Leading groups on the Left and Right join forces for New Justice reform Organization in Michigan.”

One strategy is to target subgroups behind prison walls and get them out. Former state Rep. Joe Haveman, who continues to push the Legislature for reforms, points to the mentally ill who ended up in the slammer after Govs. Jim Blanchard and John Engler shuttered the vast majority of the state’s mental health facilities.

He also thinks juveniles who committed crimes at an early age may have grown up and deserve another chance and likewise for those senior citizen inmates who may not be a threat to society.

High on the reform agenda, which has the blessing of Gov. Rick Snyder and key conserva-

states are worse off than we are.

At this rate, we might have the nation’s hottest job market two years from now.

The nation’s rate also has fallen from six years ago, when it was 9.6 percent. The drop sounds nice, but the devil is in the details. The labor force participation rate — the percentage of adults holding or desiring work — has fallen sharply, and those in their prime working years were hit hardest. Their exit from the labor force means they’re not counted as officially “unemployed,” masking a jobless problem.

Six years ago in August, 82.8 percent of Americans ages 25-54 were participating in the labor force, but that had fallen to 80.7 percent by last month. A similar drop occurred for the 20-24 age bracket over the same period.

That means an additional 2.9 million people are sitting on the sidelines, yet not counted as unemployed in the official statistics. That’s a group of 20- to 54-year-olds nearly as big as the entire labor force of Wisconsin.

Those people are too young to

tive members of the Michigan House, is an automatic parole of inmates who have served their minimum sentence.

“We are not going to open the gates,” advises Mr. Haveman, but if these inmates meet parole standards, he argues, why not let them out? He concedes some could return to a life of crime, but that is “worth the risk,” he contends.

But a contrasting voice disagrees and wonders about the victims and their families who suffered at the hands of these criminals in the first place.

Attorney General Bill Schuette is a force to be reckoned with in this debate. As in he will not sign off just because others do.

“He’s made a career out of this,” observes Mr. Haveman, who lost the first round to Mr. Schuette when this parole issue came up two years ago. Mr. Haveman denounces the “fearmongering, lock-them-up” attitude. He predicts the “politics” of this issue is not on Mr. Schuette’s side and eventually he thinks the A.G. will “meet us somewhere in the middle.”

A skeptic might be prompted to ask Mr. Haveman: How long does he expect to live for that to happen?

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be leaving work, and it’s a major hit to U.S. economic health.

We’d certainly be noticing and concerned if every worker in Wisconsin had quit working over the past six years. We should be counting those who have left the force. If we did, the number of unemployed Americans last month would jump from about 8 million to almost 11 million. And the real unemployment rate should be closer to 7 percent.

The sickness in the participation rate for workers in the prime earning years also afflicts Michigan. We cannot and should not divorce ourselves from the rest of the U.S. economy, so our recovery isn’t as rosy as the official numbers imply.

But for most of the years after 2001, Michigan was the suffocating canary in the economic coal mine — the sickest state. Today, we’re very healthy relative to the rest of the class, an economic leader worthy of emulation rather than pity.

— MLive columnist Ken Braun is director of policy for InformationStation.org.

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Clinton finds an opening

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Guest Editorial

There’s more work to do on health reform Bloomberg View

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he numbers are in: The health care act reduced the share of Americans without health insurance last year to 10.4 percent, down from 13.3 percent the year before. That represents 8.8 million fewer people who risked financial ruin if they needed significant medical care. Most of the improvement came from people getting coverage through Medicaid or the state insurance exchanges.

The figures put to rest the notion that program would cause more people to lose coverage than gain it.

But U.S. health care is by no

means fixed. Three substantial improvements are still needed.

First, the uninsured rate needs to be pushed even lower. The people who have signed up for Medicaid or exchange coverage are those who have most wanted insurance; the challenge remains to persuade those who are less motivated or don’t understand their options.

That includes the parents of the 4.8 million children who were uninsured last year, as well as the 30.6 percent of high-school dropouts and the 19.9 percent of Hispanics who went without.

At the same time, all of the states need to be persuaded to

expand Medicaid.

The administration and Congress also have to make sure that people can afford to use their insurance. Co-payments and deductibles continue to rise, with almost 1 in 4 people saying such costs have led them to put off treatment for a serious condition.

Solutions include lower caps on cost-sharing, extending subsidies and even reforming the “Cadillac tax” on high-quality employer-sponsored insurance policies, a tax that encourages companies to shift costs to patients.

Perhaps most important is

the need to find ways to deliver care more efficiently — higher quality for lower cost. The program Obamacare includes pilot projects to experiment with coordinating treatments, and although the results have been mixed so far, that’s only reason to try harder.

There’s also room to bring down drug costs by letting Medicare negotiate prices.

These are hard problems that require clever solutions from both political parties.

Successful health-care reform begins with shrinking the share of Americans without insurance, but that doesn’t finish the job.

Guest Column

American income gap represents lifespan gap, too

By Peter Orszag and Ronald Lee Bloomberg View

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eople with relatively little education and comparatively low earnings don’t live as long as those with higher levels of education and income. That much has been known for some time. But it turns out that this gap is widening significantly, and is starting to have big effects on Social Security, Medicare and other programs.

The growing lifespan gap has been confirmed, most recently, by a committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine that we co-chaired. Among men born in 1930 who survived to age 50, those in the highest of five earnings categories could expect to live 5 years longer than those in the lowest category, our analysis found. For men born in 1960 who survived to age 50, the lifespan differential will ultimately amount to almost 13 years. And the picture for women is similar.

More specifically, the lowest earners in both generations had roughly a 1-in-4 chance of living to 85. Among the higher earners, however, the share of those reaching 85 is rising from less than half in the older generation to two-thirds in the younger one.

People in the highest income groups living longer than those in the lowest income group also get more in government benefits than their less-affluent peers These trends mean that high earners will probably receive Social Security, Medicare and other government benefits for many more years than low earners do.

Looking at the health and mortality data on American men (and using a computer simulation to keep everything else about them the same), our research also aggregated total benefits after age 50 under the major entitlement programs, revealing patterns based on lifetime earnings.

And the results surprised many committee members.

For men born in 1930, lifetime entitlement benefits received after 50 have been roughly similar across income groups.

High earners have had longer lives, so they have received more from Social Security. But the lower earners have received more on average from Medicaid, Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income — thus balancing the scales. And

Medicare benefits received have been roughly the same across earnings groups.

For men born in 1960, however, top earners are projected to receive significantly more lifetime benefits — for those in the top bracket, $132,000 more. And that’s even taking into account the effect of mortality differences on taxes after 50 paid by the various groups.

Another perspective on the same point: The top earners’ greater life expectancy generates an increase in lifetime net benefits equivalent to 7 percent of their wealth at 50, whereas the lowest earners can expect no increase at all. Top-earning women born in 1960 will receive 5 percent more net benefits, while the lowest-earning women will receive 4 percent less than earlier generations got.

We also looked at what might change if certain proposed reforms were enacted to entitlements. If, for example, the age

of earliest eligibility for Social Security were raised to 64, from 62, that would slightly widen the benefits gap — even though it would have little effect on Social Security’s finances.

Raising Social Security’s normal retirement age to 70, from 67, would lower everyone’s lifetime benefits, but more so for low-income than high-income workers. However, because Social Security accounts for a larger share of total government benefits for high-income people over 50, the net result would reduce total benefits from all programs proportionately more for the highest earners than for the lowest.

The life expectancy gap is widening markedly, and this is causing a big change in the pattern of lifetime government benefits.

In evaluating any improvements to entitlement programs, policy makers will need to keep these trends in mind.

— Peter Orszag, a Bloomberg View columnist, was formerly President Barack Obama’s director of the Office of Management and Budget. Ronald Lee is a professor at the Graduate School in Demography and Economics at the University of California at Berkeley.

ith Congressional Republicans scrambling to avoid a government shutdown amid the push by conservatives to defund Planned Parenthood, Hillary Clinton aligned herself squarely with the group last week on “Face the Nation,” defending the health care services it provides for women and hitting GOP shutdown chatter as “the height of irresponsibility.”

Since Planned Parenthood is probably going to be a major issue in 2016, it’s worth recalling: The Obama campaign attacked Mitt Romney for months over his position on it. Obama’s team turned Romney’s offhand suggestion, captured on video, that “we’re gonna get rid of that,” into an emblem of Romney’s paternalism and dismissive attitude towards women, in the quest to win over female voters.

Here’s the key CBS exchange between Clinton and John Dickerson.

Dickerson: “Let me ask you about those Planned Parenthood videos. Have you watched them?”

Clinton: “I have seen excerpts from them. And I have certainly read about them. And what I am troubled by are the misleading, inaccurate allegations about them that we heard from Republicans at their debate.

This is really an attack on Planned Parenthood. ...

“And to shut down the government ... over funding for Planned Parenthood, which takes care of millions of women’s health needs, is just the height of irresponsibility.”

On “Meet the Press,” Chuck Todd suggested the unthinkable: What if this issue might prove a winner for Clinton and Democrats in 2016?

Todd recalled that in 2012, the Obama campaign used GOP attacks on Planned Parenthood “to motivate women voters in places like Virginia and Colorado.”

In fact, as recounted in the book “Double Down,” the Obama campaign’s research found that the “we’re gonna get rid of that” quote stuck to Romney like a dated tattoo, and female voters didn’t like it: “In focus group after focus group, undecided female voters voiced hostility towards Mitt for his supposed desire to abolish Planned Parenthood; they saw him as paternalistic and controlling. One member of Mitt’s ad team described the quote as the ‘Let Detroit Go Bankrupt’ of social issues.”

There is of course now footage of multiple Republican presidential candidates at the last debate agreeing with the push to defund the group, with some even saying congressional Republicans must not surrender even if it means a government shutdown. And there will likely be a whole lot more like this in coming weeks.

A key difference this time, of course, is that the Democratic nominee is likely to be a woman. And this time, Clinton is fully embracing the idea that electing a female president would be groundbreaking.

As explained by Dem pollster Celinda Lake, the underlying calculation is that a woman represents a credible voice on how to make the economy work for families.

In this context, Democrats will strive to portray women’s health care as an economic issue, just as Obama did last time around. A female candidate embracing the health services the group provides for women even as her mostly male Republican rivals vow to defund the group is probably a general-election contrast that the Clinton camp relishes.

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Computers really are soul-less lifesavers

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got a letter the other day.

Not a bill. Not a credit card offer, although I do wonder how many credit cards I would have after a year if I accepted all of them. I’ll bet I could buy Manhattan.

I mean a real, on-paper letter, the kind that contains actual thoughts from an actual human being.

It was delightful. I’ll put on my Grumpy Old Man hat for a second and grumble predictably about how kids today might never know the thrill of receiving a real letter in the mail, and that’s a damned shame. Twitter is OK, but I’ll take a full page of thoughts over 140 characters and a bunch of incomprehensible hashtags and acronyms any day. (#oldschool) (LOL!) Anyway, there were two unusual things about this letter.

One, it came from Loren Estleman, renowned author of the Amos Walker detective series and a lot of other fine books, who lives near Ann Arbor.

For the record, he was complimenting me not for the obvious genius of my writing but for my recent opinion that McDonald’s decision to serve breakfast all day was a fine, fine thing.

“My wife, who can eat breakfast anytime, anywhere, is ecstatic at the news, and I myself look forward to the first time I get to sink my teeth into a Sausage McMuffin at four in the afternoon.”

The second unusual thing about his letter was that it was typed. Who does that? Most letter-writers, if they bother at all, scribble in longhand, which, ironically enough, makes for shorter letters.

Well, Estleman does it apparently. He writes everything on a manual typewriter, according to his Wikipedia bio.

I deeply respect that. In fact, I envy it.

I began my newspaper career on a manual typewriter that was the size and heft of an anvil. I remember my fingers would get stuck between the keys because, one, I was a lousy typist, and, two, because they were spaced farther apart than the one I learned on in high school. Also, the arm for the L routinely would get stuck halfway to the paper, which made typing my byline pretty hard. I’d have to manually slam it against the paper or my surname would end up He er.

Ah, memories.

Like everyone else who’s ever used a manual typewriter, I loved the clackety-clack sound of the keys slapping the paper and the incredibly satisfying ding of the bell when you reached the end of a line and got to dramatically smack the arm to send the carriage back to start another.

But I don’t think I could write on a manual anymore.

There’s not a lick of romance or fun to the process of writing on a computer. But give Jobs and Gates their due: It’s a heckuva lot easier to correct mistakes on their soul-less gizmos, and I make a lot of them.

Even after 8,000 columns, I’m still a lousy typist, nor am I ever confident enough of my writerly thoughts, impulses or constructs to just — boom — throw them on the page without revision. (For instance, I’ve rewritten this dinky paragraph five times already and it’s still wobbly.)

Estleman must be an ace.

Either that or he must spend a fortune on White-Out.

VW scandal looks like market manipulation on four wheels

By Mark Gilbert

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here’s never just one cockroach. That’s what we learned from the market-rigging scandals in recent years. Be it the London Interbank Offered Rates (Libor), currencies, metals or — you get the picture — it turned out every bank and broker that touched every market benchmark left grubby fingerprints of fraud, collusion and deceit. So the revelation that Volkswagen cheated for years on tests measuring how much damage its diesel engines do to the environment raises a mammoth question: Who else did the same?

The parallels between the shameful behavior in finance and the backdrop to executives at Volkswagen deciding it was OK to program 11 million cars with deceitful software are compelling. In both industries, the regulatory structure left large areas open to manipulation.

In finance, self-regulation produced flagrant and widespread abuse; in cars, enforcement of diesel emissions rules was lax, and testing was easily gamed.

And in both industries, that has created an attitude of “what can we get away with?” rather than “what’s the right way to behave?”

While the market was shocked at VW’s flagrant deception, just as it was the Libor scandal, in both cases manipulation was an open secret for industry cognoscenti. There is an echo here of the “broken windows” thesis. If the overseers of an industry turn a blind eye to some kinds of misbehavior, they’re opening the door to a culture that regards regulations as obstacles to be dodged.

So while the Environmental Protection Agency and its peers around the world can probably be excused for not spotting the VW dodge — the idea of software that can switch engine emissions behavior when it detects there’s a test underway is the stuff of an Austin Powers movie, if not a Bond flick — the entire regime of testing seems riddled with flaws that should have been fixed years ago.

Korea’s Hyundai paid $100 million last year, as well as foregoing $200 million in emissions credits and spending $50 million on prevention, to settle charges it exaggerated both fuel efficiency and carbon emissions to the EPA. A June 2013 article

Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn apologizes in a company video for the manipulation of diesel cars to defeat emission tests. He resigned his post Wednesday. (AP) A HIS TORY OF DE ADLY DEFEC T S Volkswagen’s diesel-efficiency rigging joins a list of auto industry scandals spanning decades.

PINTO FIRES At least 27 people died in the 1970s due to the faulty position of fuel tanks in the Ford Pinto. In some cases, the tank burst into flames following a rear-end collision. Ford recalled more than 1.5 million Pintos in 1978.

FIRESTONE BLOWOUTS About 6.5 million Firestone tires were recalled in 2000 because they could shred, blow out or fail. Most were used in Ford SUVs and light pickups. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in 2001 it received 271 reports of tirerelated deaths and 800 injuries.

TOYOTA SPEEDUPS Toyota agreed to pay $1.2 billion in a settlement last year, admitting it hid information about defects that caused Toyota and Lexus vehicles to accelerate unexpectedly. Toyota recalled

by Steve Abrams for the Road and Track website explained how electronic systems can be tailored to game the EPA’s tests: “Engineers know exactly how their vehicles will be evaluated.

They know exactly how fast the car will go, and how long and how quickly it will accelerate or decelerate. When engineers program the control logic, they can

more than 10 million vehicles, starting in 2009, for several issues, including faulty brakes, sticky gas pedals and problematic floor mats.

GM SHUTDOWNS The automaker’s faulty ignition switches have been linked to at least 169 deaths. The switch could slip out of the run position and turn the engine off while driving. GM agreed this month to pay $900 million to settle a criminal investigation over the ignition issue. GM has admitted some employees knew about the problem for nearly a decade.

TAKATA EXPLOSIONS According to federal regulators, about 23.4 million driver and passenger Takata air bags on 19.2 million vehicles are being recalled. The air bags can inflate too quickly and explode, sending shrapnel flying. They were used in models from a dozen makes and are blamed for causing seven deaths in the U.S. Source: The Associated Press

monitor parameters that correspond to the test cycles, such as speed, acceleration and pedal position, and select the gear ratios, throttle positions and air-fuel ratios that will deliver the minimum possible fuel consumption.”

Even before the Volkswagen bombshell, there was plenty of evidence that automakers aren’t

exactly adherents to Google’s “Do No Evil” pledge. It took General Motors more than a decade to recall cars that had a deadly defect in the ignition switch. It took a four-year criminal investigation before Toyota conceded last year that its accelerator pedals were jamming.

Arguably, what’s being uncovered in the auto industry is even worse than the wrongdoing in finance. In the bank scandals, it’s only money. But, as U.S. District Judge William Pauley said in March when Toyota reached its deal with the authorities, “corporate fraud can kill” when safety is involved. As Wired magazine points out, the reason for having emissions rules is because nitrogen oxides hurt health: “Exposure to nitrogen oxide and ozone is linked to increased asthma attacks, respiratory illnesses and in some cases premature death. Ozone also worsens existing cardiovascular and lung disease.”

Volkswagen’s revelations wiped a third off the value of its shares — $25.5 billion — between a Friday and a Tuesday, reflecting expectations for how much it might pay in fines.

But given that the banking industry has paid $10 billion just for rigging currency rates — deplorable and dishonest, but not actually a health hazard — maybe investors should brace themselves for more bad news.

— Mark Gilbert is a member of the Bloomberg View editorial board.

Relatively speaking, GM skates away

By Edward Niedermeyer

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eneral Motors has finally settled with the U.S. government over the criminal investigation into flawed auto safety switches that left at least 398 of its customers dead or badly injured. In case you think justice has been served, think again.

From the moment General Motors announced last year that it was recalling defective ignition switches from its cars, it has managed one of the worst auto-safety scandals ever with steely-eyed cynicism.

GM chief Mary Barra’s first appearance at a congressional hearing was a display of rhetorical evasion that earned a “Saturday Night Live” send-up.

GM endured subsequent hearings by holding out an “independent” report by a lawyer, Anton Valukas, whose firm has had a business relationship with GM since at least 2010.

Now the company has “accepted accountability” in exchange for a relatively modest $900 million settlement with the Justice Department. With the scandal now largely behind it, it’s tough to argue that GM’s strategy hasn’t worked depressingly well.

The most obvious example

GM chief Mary Barra testifies on ignition switches before a House panel in 2014. (AP files)

of its success was that GM was able to settle with the government for less than the $1.2 billion Toyota paid for its 2010 “sudden acceleration” scandal.

Toyota’s then-record fine was for a supposed defect that still has never been proved.

Investigations by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and NASA engineers found the vast majority of problems had been largely caused by drivers hitting the accelerator when they meant to brake. The most concrete failing was that Toyota was slow to try to address a situation whose alleged cause rotated among sticky pedals, moving floor mats and even less-plausible threats.

In short, Toyota paid more in federal fines for dragging its heels on an imaginary problem than GM did for a defect its tes-

ters first noticed in 2004.

GM’s favorable treatment is being justified by prosecutors on the strength of its “extraordinary cooperation” with their investigation. What’s not clear is what GM actually did to cooperate, besides sharing the results of the Valukas investigation, which Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, called “the best report money could buy.”

As Barra explained it in a recent tweet, “The Valukas report was reviewed by the AG and the fact that we dealt with issues in a compassionate way was a good step.” I am not a lawyer, but hiring one of your own to investigate your lethal negligence seems more like retaining a defense attorney than cooperating with prosecutors. GM has successfully fought to conceal Valukas’ notes on his investigation, even as lawyers representing GM victims pursue “crime-fraud” exceptions to attorney-client privilege.

Not that any of this has stopped Barra from claiming that transparency, accountability and “culture change” are the order of the day at The New GM. Not only is it “complying with all laws,” according to Barra, “GM is a different company.”

Leaving aside the fact that

every GM chief has uttered some variation of those words since the 1970s, Barra’s claim stands at odds with this summer’s revelation that the NHTSA had to force GM to recall Hummer SUVs over fire risk, and similar fires have been reported in stillunrecalled trucks. Additionally, about 40 percent of the ignition switches were still unrepaired as of April, and several GM dealers have been caught selling unrepaired recalled vehicles.

As for accountability, GM’s top managers are now compensated partly on a metric which takes recall-related costs out of the firm’s performance, meaning their bonuses are calculated as if the scandal had never happened.

Having rewarded GM’s decades of mismanagement with a bailout, the government has now responded to its lethal negligence with an astounding lack of consequences. Once upon a time, GM was a symbol of American pride. Now, after decades of market-share loss, a public bailout and a dishonest PR campaign to avoid the consequences of the ignition-switch episode, GM is unmistakably a symbol of American decline.

— Edward Niedermeyer, an auto-industry consultant, is the co-founder of Daily Kanban.