Owen-Ames-Kimball welcomes 10 new employees
Grand Rapids-based Owen-Ames-Kimball Co. announced several new hires.
The commercial construction management company recently added Jack Backler, project superintendent; Anna Bieber, accounting assistant; Caleb Cuneo, assistant project superintendent; Christopher Kenrick, project superintendent; Kevin Knoll, LEED AP, project superintendent; Marissa Knot, assistant project superintendent; Steve McCaskey, project superintendent; Melissa Petersen, receptionist; Evan Schaap, assistant project superintendent; and Jacob Scholma, assistant project superintendent.
Backler has over 20 years of experience in the construction industry. He has served as a project manager and project superintendent on multimillion-dollar educational, community and government construction projects in Michigan and Arizona.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in management, attended the architecture and design program at Lawrence Tech and is OSHA 30-hour construction certif
Lake Michigan College is seeking nominations for its next round of Alumni Awards. The college has released the following:
The Lake Michigan College Alumni Association Board of Directors is seeking nominations for its 2021 Alumni Awards. The college first presented Alumni Awards in 1986. Since then, more than 80 recipients have been honored. Best consideration for the awards will be given to nominations received by March 8, 2021.
To be considered for the awards, nominees need to have attended Lake Michigan College or its predecessor, Benton Harbor Community College, and have earned at least 30 credit hours through the college.
To nominate an individual for an alumni award, access the nomination forms online at lakemichigancollege.edu/nomination. For more information, contact Barbara Craig at craig@lakemichigancollege.edu.
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Feb 10, 2021
ISHPEMING, MI – James O. Haines, age 76, of Ishpeming Twp., passed peacefully on January 15, 2021, in the burn trauma unit, in Ann Arbor, Mi.
Jim was born in Saginaw and later moved to Benton Harbor where he graduated from high school and attended Lake Michigan College. Jim and his wife began building their home in Ishpeming Township in 1990 and settled there in 1996. Jim was a member of Sheet Metal Workers Local 7, retiring in 2009.
Jim enjoyed his life: building his house and shop, rebuilding machinery, living in the woods, having beers with friends, and the monthly trips to Big Bay for Folk Jam Night.
Lake Michigan College is preparing to take in new students with the state’s Michigan Reconnect scholarship program now launching. LMC Director of Admissions Jeremy Schaeffer tells WSJM News Michigan Reconnect will pay the tuition for anyone 25 or older who has graduated high school but does not have a college degree. The program will cover the tuition for a student to earn an associate degree or trade certificate at an in-district community college. Schaeffer says calls are coming in.
“The state announcement helped increase that engagement quite a bit,” Schaeffer said. “Over the last two or three days, we’ve been getting regular calls to the office and students excited, many of them coming back that maybe had started a program a while ago and now that there’s additional funding to make it easier for them to attend, they are making their plans to return to start with us either in the summer or the fall.