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Global Campus signs lease for office in Detroit, to open this winter By John Irwin editor-in-Chief
Victoria zegler /photo editor Remus resident Karen Stevens, left, uses a hunting knife to cut gladiolus while Remus residemt Arnold Stout, right, collects them in a plastic bucket to place in his garage for customers Monday evening outside of his home in Remus. “As fast as we can pick ‘em, we get ‘em in here,” Stout said.
Stout heart, green thumb Arnold Stout, 94, successful as lifelong farmer despite physical impairment
Detroit filed for bankruptcy earlier this month, but that isn’t changing Central Michigan University’s plans to construct a downtown Global Campus location. “The bankruptcy has not had an affect on our plans at all,” Ray Christie, interim vice president of Global Campus, said. The university signed a lease last week for a 4,000-square foot space in downtown Detroit, located on the first floor of the One Kennedy Square skyscraper on Woodward and Michigan avenues across the street from Campus Martius Park. Christie said CMU sees an opportunity to attract young downtown workers, many of whom work nearby for companies such as General Motors, Quicken Loans and Compuware, to its Global Campus as more businesses move downtown. “Our research shows that Detroit is bouncing back, and it is bouncing back very impressively,” Christie said. “We want to be a part of that.”
Plans for the space, prominently located at street level inside the 10-story, translucent glass building, are in the early stages, but it will include spaces for numerous university offices in addition to the Global Campus, including Enrollment Management and Student Services, the president’s office and the academic colleges. “The idea behind the space is to create a space that can be functional for anyone down there,” Dan Eichinger, associate director for leasing and regulatory services, said. The space will include a classroom and places for campus leaders and students to meet when in Detroit. “Most of that square footage is a large, flexible space for multiple purposes,” Eichinger said. “We’ve used centers for many years as a place to provide information about the university, both on campus and online,” Christie said. “Detroit will be no different.” A GLOBAL CAMPUS | 2
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rnold Stout rises before the sun and gets a jump-start on the day, preparing a variety of fruits, vegetables and flowers for sale. Just weeks away from his 95th birthday, his age isn’t the only thing that separates him from other local farmers. He has been without his right hand and entire left arm for 55 years. In their place are two prosthetic hook devices, which he can use for simple tasks and tending to his crops. “I still shake hands with everyone,” Stout said, pausing in search of a complaint regarding his misfortune. “Being handicapped doesn’t bother me much. I think the worst thing is when people pull up and load up their cars out front without paying. They’ll load up their car and zippity-good, they’re gone!” Stout receives assistance getting dressed, brushing his teeth, bathing, cooking and other household chores from his caregiver of almost 10 years, Remus resident Kathy Leiter, 67. With the ability to grasp silverware or a glass in his right hook, he can feed himself if a dish is prepared for him. Without Kathy’s cooking, the sweet-toothed man will settle for an oatmeal creme pie for dinner. In addition to household assistance, Stout also receives help from a local school bus driver, Karen Stevens, potting and planting his array of crops growing on his front lawn. A homemade “Flowers For Sale” sign sits on Stout’s front lawn, flagging down potential customers driving down 9 Mile Road on the outskirts of Remus. The driveway up to his two-car garage separates the potted flowers from his premature fruits, vegetables and flowers. Stout’s best-seller, the gladioli, sit in individual milk cartons along a table in his garage, overflowing with color. He also grows dahlias, iris and daisies, in addition to his squash, sweet corn, mushmelon and watermelon.
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On April 14, 2012, freshman quarterback Alex Niznak throws a pass during the spring football at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
QB job ‘wide open’ heading into preseason camp, coach Enos says By Aaron McMann Staff reporter
Victoria zegler /photo editor TOP: Remus resident Arnold Stout, 94, waters plants in one of his two gardens on July 2 outside of his home on 9 Mile Road. BOTTOM: Stout carries a plastic bucket full of gladiolus into his garage to sell Monday afternoon at his home in Remus.
Check out more photos on page 4 Stout’s daughter, Hesperia resident Diane Herin, visits weekly to help pay bills, to take him grocery shopping and to drive him to his nearly regular chiropractor appointments and occasional medical appointments. One of Stout’s four children, Herin said her father isn’t much different from your average 90-year-old. “My father-in-law is 93,” she said. “They both have trouble getting out of a chair, both get around pretty well and both of their minds are pretty good, most of the time.”
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Stout lost his right hand in the fall of 1952 in a corn picker. Six years later, while using his new Allis Chalmers chopper and blower to fill a friend’s silo, the machine jammed. “I shut the machine off, pulled the corn stalks out and started it back up,” Stout said. “But when I threw the armful of stalks in, just like that, I was in the machine.” Stout was lucky enough to catch his foot on the tractor’s wheel to stop himself from being pulled completely into the
machine. He was trapped for what he said felt like an hour until his hired help showed up. Looking up to the sky, Stout said he prayed for help. “I said, ‘Lord, I need your help,’ and the pain stopped. That is a fact,” Stout said. “When (the hired help) got there, the machine was still running, and he turned it off. My arm was gone, my jacket was in the pickup and the silo was filling. I backed out and said, ‘I guess you need to take me to Lakeview (Hospital).” A STOUT| 2
Preseason camp kicks off on Monday and, for the first time in recent memory, Central Michigan football is without a clear-cut leader at quarterback. And it might be that way for a while. Last week, during MidAmerican Conference media day in Detroit, CMU coach Dan Enos called the quarterback spot “wide open,” with junior Cody Kater, sophomore Alex Niznak and redshirt freshman Cooper Rush all vying for the job. “All three of them will be given equal opportunity once we start camp,” Enos said.
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“From what our strength and conditioning coach (Rick Perry) tells us, they’ve all had a great summer. … They all have tremendous worth ethic, so it’s going to be exciting.” Since the team’s April 13 spring game, coaches have had limited contact with players and are not allowed to hold official practices. That, however, changes on Monday when players report for two-a-day practices — beginning the march to CMU’s Aug. 31 season opener at Michigan. Who will take the first snap under center at The Big House, however, remains up in the air. A QB BATTLE| 2
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eVents CalenDar WEDNESDAY w “Our Front Porch,” chronicling over 30 years of music from CMU Public Radio, will be on display in the Clark Historical Library’s exhibition section daily from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The exhibit is produced and hosted by John Sheffler, CMU director of radio.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY wThe Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways will host NativeFest, a 4-day celebration of North American Indian Culture from July 31 to Aug. 3. The 7th Annual Indian Car Bingo will be held in the Ziibiwing Parking Lot for $10 per-person. Prizes include a $1,000 gift card.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY w The 29th annual Saginaw Chippewa Pow wow will be held from until Aug. 4. Attendees can visit the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Reservation t to experience native traditions in a natural setting with authentic foods, arts and crafts, dancing and storytelling.
SATURDAY w “Raiders of the Lost Ark” will be screening on the east side of Mt. Pleasant’s City Hall located at 320 W. Broadway St. at 8:30 p.m. Part of the “Movies by Moonlight” outdoor film series, the event is free and it is suggested that patrons bring blankets.
AUG. 7 - AUG. 28 w Art Walk Central, an art competition in the city of Mount Pleasant, will be held from Aug. 7 to 28. Utilizing local business in downtown Mount Pleasant as well as public parks for venues, the competition will award cash prizes for People’s Choice and a juried selection. Locations of the installations and daily events can be found at artwalkcentral.com.
CORRECTIONS Central Michigan Life has a long-standing commitment to fair and accurate reporting. It is our policy to correct factual errors. Please e-mail news@cm-life.com. © Central Michigan Life 2013 Volume 94, Number 96
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Could redshirt freshman QB Rush be ‘the guy’? It was a simple question, one trying to separate the three possible candidates for starting quarterback into two categories. Those two categories — let’s label them “ready to play” and “still in development” -- would help narrow Cody Kater, Alex Niznak and Cooper Rush down to two, or maybe even one. But at Mid-American Conference media day last week in Detroit, Central Michigan coach Dan Enos chose not to. “Would you say Kater and Niznak have a slight advantage, just based on experience?,” I asked Enos, trying to press him on who might be ahead of the others — or who even might be behind. Keep in mind, Kater has been around the CMU program for a while now. Recruited by Butch Jones in 2009, he was redshirted his freshman season. Then Jones left for Cincinnati -- and Kater willingly followed, much to his detriment (he later admitted he went to Cincy “for all the wrong reasons”). Since then, he’s started at Grand Rapids Community College and served as backup to Ryan Radcliff. Niznak, meanwhile, was Enos’ golden recruit when he arrived on campus in 2010. A dual-threat quarterback, some naively referring to him as the “next Dan LeFevour,” his foot speed was there, but his arm strength needed to improve — so he redshirted in 2011. Then he sat on the sidelines all of last season, waiting his turn. Radcliff would graduate, leaving him and Kater to duke it out for the starting job. “No,” Enos said with surety, responding to my question. “I would have normally told you that, but the way Cooper played in the spring, he closed the gap. And he did.” Take a second to let that sink in. A quarterback with zero Division 1 experience coming off his redshirt freshman season, and Enos considers him on the same level as Kater and Niznak heading into preseason camp. Sure, Niznak hasn’t played a snap either, but just two years ago, he was Enos’ guy. Run, throw ... Niznak would eventually do it all, many thought. Flash forward two years, and CMU is a different team. Its running game is expected to be near the top of the league, led by senior running back Zurlon Tipton after he put up numbers (1,492 yards) not seen from a running back since
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Aaron McMann Staff Reporter Ontario Sneed (1,065 yards) in 2005. They won’t need a quarterback who can run. And Enos considers his receiving corps just as deep, with junior Titus Davis — arguably one of the best playmakers in the conference -- returning alongside Courtney Williams and sophomore Andrew Flory. They’re going to need a quarterback who can throw. Given all of that, the two best options are Kater, who threw for more than 2,200 yards and 19 touchdowns in 10 games for Grand Rapids Community College two seasons ago, and Rush, a gunslinger who threw for more than 4,000 yards and 48 touchdowns his senior season at Lansing Catholic High School. And last week, when asked to evaluate each of his three guys, he chose to praise Rush’s arm. Kater, he said, “has really developed as a passer.” “Cooper Rush is just a tremendous passer,” Enos said. “He’s got a tremendous arm, he’s got a quick release, off the charts intelligence level and he’s very accurate. He puts the ball in tight windows, and he is one of the best passers I’ve been around in a long time.” Don’t forget: Rush also played the entire spring game in April, leading the Maroon team to a 16-13 win, while Niznak and Kater shared duties for the Gold. And Enos really, really likes his arm —going as far as to compare Rush to former Michigan State quarterback Jim Miller. “He’s very similar in stature, and Jimmy had great upper-body mechanics and a quick release and didn’t run extremely well, but had good movement in the pocket and could get rid of the football,” Enos said. “And they’re both highly intelligent. Jimmy was very accurate and a pure passer, and Cooper has those type of abilities.” Will Rush win the job? That remains to be seen, and is ultimately up to him and his performance in preseason camp. And maybe I’m just reading too much into it. But signs are certainly looking good for him.
“our research shows that detroit is bouncing back, and it is bouncing back very impressively. We want to be a part of that.” Ray Christie, interim vice president of Global Campus
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New Baltimore resident Autumn Guigly, 15, practices a flag routine Tuesday outside of Finch Fielhouse.
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At first glance, junior Cody Kater appears to be the obvious choice, a fifth-year journeyman who came to CMU in 2009. He has the most experience of the three, playing in two games last season as a backup to Ryan Radcliff and leading Grand Rapids Community College to a perfect 11-0 record in 2011 while throwing for 2,218 yards and 19 touchdowns in 10 games (GRCC won a game via forfeit). Kater (6-foot-3, 220 pounds) saw some snaps in a blowout loss to Navy at home last season, completing two passes for 12 years, but we haven’t seen much of him beyond that. He split time with Niznak at quarterback on the Gold team during April’s spring game, going 5-for-11 for 22 yards but also throwing an interception. “He’s only been here (in our system) for a year,” Enos said at media day. “He’ll tell you he’s learned a lot, he’s more comfortable. … He’s athletic, he was an outstanding basketball player in high school, got great hips. He’s not super fast, but he’s quick and he’s really developed as a passer.”
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Niznak (6-foot-3, 227 pounds) remains the biggest question mark. He won a state title at Ithaca High School in 2010, even breaking the MHSAA record for rushing touchdowns (five) in a championship game, and came to CMU heralded as a dualthreat quarterback with a bright future. But he still needs to improve his arm strength. Niznak was redshirted in 2010, his freshman year, and didn’t see the playing field last season. He proved his ability to manage the offensive in the spring game, leading the Gold team down the field twice, capping both drives with a touchdown pass. He finished the game 4-for9 for 43 yards, rushing for another 35 yards. “He’s big, and he can run,” Enos said. “He works extremely hard and … developed as a passer over his two years here. Every time I see him, he gets a little better. We’re expecting him to have an outstanding fall camp.”
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The wild card, however, is redshirt freshman Cooper Rush. A runner-up for the state title in 2011 at Lansing Catholic High School, Rush (6-foot-3, 216 pounds) has solidified himself as the gunslinger of the group. He threw for more than
4,000 yards and 48 touchdowns his senior season and was named CMU’s scout team offensive player of the year last season. In April’s spring game, he led the Maroon team to a win as the side’s only quarterback, going 7-for-15 for 115 yards and a touchdown, but also throwing interceptions. When asked who Rush reminds him of, Enos said Jim Miller, a former Michigan State quarterback who went on to play six seasons in the NFL. “He’s just a tremendous passer,” Enos said. “He’s got tremendous arm, he’s got a quick release, off the charts intelligence level and he’s very accurate. He puts the ball in tight windows, and he is one of the best passers I’ve been around in a long time.” But unless someone runs away with the job early on in preseason camp, which is doubtful, expect the quarterback battle to last throughout most of August. Enos says he just wants to have a starter named the Monday before the season opener. “Whoever wins the job will have earned it and won it against some good people, and they’re going to be better for it,” Enos said. “Competition makes things better.” sports@cm-life.com
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continued from 1 In addition to performing typical Global Campus location functions, Christie said the Detroit location will serve as a recruitment tool for the university. He remained vague, however, as to how the university plans on promoting itself in Detroit outside of being located in perhaps the most active part of downtown. “We will be successful in attracting students,” Christie said. CMU will need all the help it can get when it comes to recruitment. It currently faces a 5 to 7 percent decrease in on-campus student enrollment, even as its Global Campus enrollment has grown, resulting in a total of $18 million in deficits, a smaller budget and looming cuts. Christie said the location, which currently sits hollowed out and empty, will cost the university between $400,000 and $600,000 to construct. “The area needs to be built out,” he said. “It takes anywhere between 90 and 120 days to get that done.” The university will rent out most of the space, with
a Starbucks coffee shop and a sandwich shop renting out the rest of it, Christie said. CMU will join the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Grand Valley State University, among others, to set up locations in Detroit, where the downtown and Midtown areas are experiencing a bit of a renaissance even as the rest of the city has struggled. Christie said CMU has taken cues from what those universities have done in the Motor City over the past several years in an attempt to see what works and what doesn’t. “We’ve looked at what (other universities) are doing downtown, including what types of courses they offer in the city,” Christie said. He hopes the downtown location will be open by “December or January.” university@cm-life.com
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FISHER SIGNS FIVEYEAR, $22.2-MILLION DEAL WITH CHIEFS
PHOTOS BY ROBERT BARCLAY AND PEGGY BRISBANE/UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS
No. 1 overall NFL Draft pick and former Central Michigan offensive tackle Eric Fisher has signed a contract with the Kansas City Chiefs. The five-year deal is worth $22.2 million and includes a signing bonus worth $14.5 million. Fisher is expected to start Eric Fisher at right tackle protecting quarterback Alex Smith. At April’s NFL Draft, the 6-foot-7, 306-pound lineman became the first Mid-American Conference player to be drafted first overall and was just the second player from CMU to be drafted in the first round. In his senior season, Fisher anchored an offensive line that led CMU (7-6, 4-4 MAC) to its first winning season since 2009’s 12-2 team. - John Irwin, editor-in-chief
ADMINISTRATION
SHAPIRO TO RETIRE FROM PROVOST POSITION THURSDAY
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University Communications Director of Photography Robert Barclay, left, and University Communications Associate Director of Photography Peggy Brisbane pose for a portrait Tuesday afternoon at the photo studio in West Hall. Barclay and Brisbane have been married for 37 years, pursuing careers as the university’s photographers for over 30 years.
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Husband-wife photography team is retiring after more than 30 years By Neil Rosan | Staff Reporter
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t has been said for years that a photo is worth a thousand words. If this is true, then university photographers Robert Barclay and Peggy Brisbane have written a full-length encyclopedia during their years at Central Michigan University. The husband and wife duo got their start in Mount Pleasant in 1980 when Barclay was first hired at the university and was followed to the same office by Brisbane in 1985. The two have witnessed almost everything at the university, but this fall, for the first time in more than 30 years, they will not spend their days documenting the campus. Robert and Peggy are retiring. “We have always felt that we are very lucky to both have jobs here at the university because we know there aren’t many photography jobs out there,” Brisbane said. “We have felt very fortunate to have all these photography jobs over the years.” Barclay and Brisbane first met at Brooks Institute of Photography, a for-profit college of about 700 in Santa Barbara, Calif.
“I was drying prints and she was washing her prints,” Barclay said. “We just started chatting because we were outside the dark room waiting. She said she was from Oregon, and I talked about how I had hitchhiked through Oregon before.” From there, the two ended up getting married and starting their careers as photographers. “When I graduated, I thought I would work for a newspaper because I had a part-time newspaper job, but then the University of Southern California advertised for a photographer to do everything that happens on a college campus,” he said. Robert worked at USC for 14 months and shot two football seasons, but Brisbane didn’t like Los Angeles and had always wanted to work for the Smithsonian. The couple moved to Washington, D.C., where Barclay found work and she got a job at the Smithsonian. Soon, the commute and cost of living in the D.C. area started to wear on the couple. Barclay started to look for a job in a smaller town. Eventually, he came across a job
listing for CMU. “CMU advertised nationally in Editor and Publisher magazine,” Barclay said. “I wasn’t familiar with the school, so I looked it up. I had this idea of a Midwestern college town, which it is, and sent my portfolio in. When the two moved to Mount Pleasant in 1980, they had a twoyear-old son, so Brisbane worked part-time at a community newspaper and at The Morning Sun. In 1982, she started to teach photography and journalism classes and eventually joined the Public Relations office in 1985. Over the next 30 years, Barclay and Brisbane got to experience many moments and watched the campus grow. “Just think of all the buildings we have seen built since we came,” she said. “If you think of what campus looked like in 1980 compared to what it looks like now, we were the photographers of documentation for all that expansion.” They have also captured and experienced many interpretational and famous moments on campus.
“We were both here in 1987 when, during men’s basketball games, they would throw toilet paper into the air after the first Central basket. Thousands of roles went flying through the air and that made national news,” Barclay remembers. “Peggy’s version (photo) got put in People Magazine across two whole pages. It got a lot of positive attention on a national scale. It was a lot of fun to be a part of.” Though they haven’t made official plans for after retirement, Brisbane said she will have more time to water plants and quilt, while Barclay will have more time to listen to music and prepare for his weekly radio show, “The Juke Joint.” “We aren’t going anywhere,” Brisbane said. “We live a few blocks off campus and we aren’t moving. We are part of the community, so we will still see people. That’s the nice thing. It doesn’t feel like a real hard end. We will be retiring, but we will still be connected.” university@cm-life.com
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Provost Gary Shapiro is retiring Thursday after more than three years as the school’s executive vice president. Shapiro will take a year off from academics before returning to CMU in fall 2014 as a professor. He will be paid his normal salary of Gary Shapiro $254,000 during his off year. He began at CMU in 1978 as a professor in sociology and anthropology before serving as the founding dean of the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences. He served as interim provost in 2007 and from July 2009 through April 2010, when he was appointed as provost. Michael Gealt, from University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will take over for Shapiro. - CM Life staff reports
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STUDENT LOAN COMPROMISE COULD PASS TODAY The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a student loan compromise that would tie interest rates to financial markets today, and it stands a good chance of passing. The compromise would tie loan rates to the 10-year Treasury note plus 2.5 percent and would continue adjusting for the life of the loan. All undergraduate students’ interest rates, subsidized or not, would be set at about 4.3 percent for the fall and would rise each year before being capped at 8.5 percent. The Senate passed a similar measure last week, and lawmakers are confident they can hammer out the few areas of disagreement. The upper chamber’s plan would tie loan rates to the Treasury note plus 2.05 percent and lock that rate in for the life of the loan. For undergraduate students, all rates would be set at 3.9 percent in the fall, and rates would be capped at 8.25 percent. Undergraduate student loan rates for all loans currently sit at 6.8 percent after Congress failed to act last month to keep federally subsidized Stafford loans from doubling to 6.8 percent from 3.4 percent. Unsubsidized loans previously sat at 6.8 percent, where they remain. President Barack Obama has promised to sign a compromise measure “right away” should one reach his desk. - John Irwin, editor-in-chief
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cm-life.com TOP: Remus resident Arnold Stout, left, has his face shaved by his daughter Diane Herin, of Big Rapids, Monday morning at Stout’s home. “She keeps me straight and I keep her straight,” Stout said. His daughter Diane visits him every Monday to feed him breakfast, write out checks, shop for groceries at Wal-Mart and eat lunch from KFC.
BOTTON: Remus resident Arnold Stout, 94, grips a plastic yellow cup of water with his right prosthetic hook device on July 9 at his kitchen table. Stout has been without his right hand and entire left arm for 55 years due to two separate farming accidents.
Remus resident Arnold Stout, 94, hoes his flower garden for weeds 7 a.m. Tuesday outside of his home on 9 Mile Road. “This is the best time of day to work,” Stout said. Stout wakes up every morning before sunrise to work outside in his gardens until the sun sets.
As sunset approaches, one man’s life remains in full bloom By Victoria Zegler | Photo Editor
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he picturesque gardens raised by Remus resident Arnold Stout have remained his biggest priority since he moved into his home almost 12 years ago. After two
separate farming accidents, which left Stout without his right hand and entire left arm, the 94-yearold farmer continues to do what he loves with the help of two prosthetic
metal hook devices. As Stout grows older, his work ethic remains the same as when he was a five-year-old boy working on his father’s farm, because to him, it’s all he knows.
Remus resident Arnold Stout, 94, places gladiolus for sale in individual half gallon milk jugs filled with water for his customers Monday afternoon inside of Stout’s garage. A homemade “flowers for sale” sign sits on the front lawn of Stout’s home to flag down potential customers driving down 9 Mile Road. Stout grows a variety of flowers including iris, dahlias and lillies. He also grows sweet corn, watermelon and squash.
Canadian Lakes resident Dorris Goulet, left, questions Remus resident Arnold Stout, right, about which potted plants to purchase on July 2 in front of Stout’s home on 9 Mile Road. Despite his handicap, Stout maintains a multitude of flowers while receiving some help potting and planting in his two gardens in his front lawn.
RIGHT: Remus resident Arnold Stout, 94, totals the days profits from selling gladiolus on Monday at his kitchen table.
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STOUT | continued from 1 With the help of a former military doctor who had treated patients missing limbs, doctors at Lakeview Hospital performed surgery on Stout, mending his arm at the shoulder. After he had healed, Stout received a prosthetic arm with a hook similar to the one replacing his right hand built with straps connecting the two across his back. He is able to open and close his left hook by flexing his shoulder muscle. “I went back to Ann Arbor where they showed me how to use them, and the nurse would bounce a ball off the wall and I would grab it,” he said. “She said she never saw someone work it so fast.” Back on the farm, Stout was able to drive his tractor and pickup truck by installing a steering hook on each. He needed to hire help with the farming, but he could still do his share. “I just kept on farming. It didn’t slow me much,” he said. “I got right back on the tractor and combine. I thought I could keep on going as I was.”
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Using his prosthetic hands to secure his tools, he can tuck the handle of his hoe or rake under his right arm and continue to work his land. Though his speed and production have declined over time, Stout hasn’t let his age or physical handicaps hold him back from doing what he loves.
Farming is a lifestyle
Quitting farming never crossed Stout’s mind. It’s all he knows. His earliest memories date back to when he began picking cherries as a five-year-old boy on his father’s farm. “Grandma and Grandpa Stout had a farm, and they let dad have it,” Stout said. “Grandpa Stout had great hired help at 50 cents a day, and I was some of his hired help.” By nine-years-old, Stout was milking cows and running the cherry orchard for his dad. His skill and the high demand on his family’s farm forced him to leave school after eighth grade, working full-time in the fields. “(Dad) didn’t like horses or cows; he didn’t like nothing,” Stout said. “I started working on the farm because my dad bought 80 acres and didn’t know about farming.” Stout wanted to stay in
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Remus resident Arnold Stout, 94, waters transplants in his garden on July 9 in his front lawn off of 9 Mile Road. Stout began gardening with his mother on the farm when he was ten-years-old. Despite his handicap, Stout continues to grow plants at his home while receiving help potting and planting his multitude of flowers, vegetables and fruits.
school to further both his education and promising pitching career. “I’d have been a farmer either way, but I would have played baseball on more teams,” he said. “I was known all over for playing baseball.” In 1941, Stout left the Michigan National Guard, married his wife Hilda and bought 40
acres of land to begin rebuilding the mess of a farm that sat upon it. Hilda had farming experience of her own, growing up on a farm near Lake Charlevoix. “My wife and I went together for a year and 10 months before we got married,” Stout said. “She liked flowers real good, and she was so good with
customers. People just liked to buy stuff from her. She had an awful good personality.” Stout installed all-new, siding doors and a new roof on the barn and fixed up the house by adding a bathroom, two bedrooms and a stone fireplace. “Then I kept buying more farms and buying more farms, and I kept adding to it and add-
ing to it,” he said, drawing out a map of the farm on his table with his right hook. Fruit made up the majority of crops on Stout’s farm, including sweet cherries, pears, plums, peaches and apples. He also grew corn and raised beef cattle. At his peak, Stout’s farm stood 800 acres strong. He passed it on to his son Duane in the early 90s after his wife began a bout with Alzheimer’s disease. She died in August 2005. “Hilda was losing her memory, and she couldn’t handle things anymore,” Stout said as his voice began to shake. “She was in Altercare for three years and three months, and as busy as I was then, I spent every Monday and every Friday with her in Big Rapids, and it was 30 miles to Big Rapids.” Today, Stout spends his time farming on his Remus property and watching the Detroit Tigers. With his birthday around the corner, Stout has his eye on retiring when he reaches his 100th birthday. “In five years, I’m going to retire to pursue a new hobby: chasing women,” he said, chuckling in his chair. metro@cm-life.com
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