October 3, 2015 • Vol. 136 No. 38
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In The News: Gordon Elementary chosen as one of nation’s best schools Good news came to Gordon Elementary School in Marshall wrapped with a Blue Ribbon on Sept. 29 when United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recognized Gordon as a National Blue Ribbon School for 2015 based on its overall academic excellence and its progress. “Your journey has taught you collaboration, intentional instruction and strong relationships in school and with your community,” Duncan said in a video message to the awardees. “You represent excellence—in vision, in implementation and in results—and we want to learn as much as we can from you.” Of the 335 schools selected this year, 13 are from Michigan with Gordon being the only school selected from the region.
See story on page 6 More than 350 animals seized from local hobby farm Local nonprofit All Species Kinship was called by Calhoun County law enforcement to assist with the capture and removal of animals from a small rural property located in Burlington in recent weeks. In a series of dilapidated sheds and barns, more than 350 farmed animals were found living in cramped, filthy conditions with no food or water, suffering from dehydration and starvation. “We did not see any animal on the property with adequate body weight,” said wildlife biologist and ASK Executive Director Sophia DiPietro. “Not only was there a complete lack of vet care apparent, but basic husbandry best practices were not being followed. It was clear that this was a hobby farm gone wild, where desire to collect one of every species superseded actual proper care of each animal.”
See story on page 12 Marshall Dial-A-Ride to see revitalization At a work session on Sept. 21, the Marshall City Council discussed the need to make changes to the struggling Dial-A-Ride Transportation or DART, which the city projects will have a deficit of $22,061 by the end of this year. “For 43 years, DART has been virtually the same system,” said Assistant City Manager and Director of Community Services Natalie Dean. “It’s hard to put together a plan to bring it into this century.” Dean shared four options with the council, recommending the first option: to institute an aggressive twoyear revitalization plan, which includes extended routes, increased ridership and hiring a full-time “dynamic thinker” manager.
See story on page 10 Declining student enrollment forces Albion to make tough decisions The Albion Public Schools Board of Education approved the formation of an Albion Citizens Committee on Sept. 30 in response to an unexpected drop in student enrollment by 100 students resulting in a loss of approximately $700,000 in per pupil funding from the state of Michigan. The school district, already operating under a Deficit Elimination Plan to deal with an approximate $500,000 deficit, must now draw up a new plan to deal with this year’s revenue loss and present the new plan to the Michigan Department of Education in the coming weeks.
See story on page 14 Oct. 4 marks beginning of Fire Prevention Week “Hear the Beep Where You Sleep: Every Bedroom Needs a Working Smoke Alarm” is the theme for the 2015 Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 4-10. The Marshall Fire Department will visit local elementary schools next week with fire safety tips as part its National Fire Prevention Month celebration.
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Editor’s Corner by John Hendler Much to the chagrin of my wife and kids, I like getting to sporting events rather early. I say it’s because I want to scope out the stadium or gym and get everything in place to take photos. But, it’s also about getting a good parking spot, strategically positioning my car to get out quickly and avoid post game traffic. This obsession I inherited from my father, who, 40 years ago last week, took me to my first NFL game. It was a Monday night game between the Oakland Raiders and Miami Dolphins on Sept. 22, 1975. This is how early we got there: we were in our seats at 6 p.m. for a 9 p.m. start. The field was still covered with a tarp and the players hadn’t even arrived yet. So, for last week’s Marshall-Lumen Christi game to be played at Albion College, I knew parking would be tight and my wife, bless her, humored me and didn’t object to us leaving at 5 for the 7 p.m. kickoff. We got that close parking spot (yeah baby!) and were inside the virtually empty stadium by 5:20. “Now what?” my wife asked. We walked along the stands, checked out where the restrooms were, found the concession stand and found a sunny place to stand. It was 5:30. “Now what?” my wife asked. “At least kickoff is in 90 minutes and not three hours and the field isn’t covered,” I responded. “I’m no crazy like my dad was.” “Close, though,” she said. The best part of getting there early was watching the crowd file in fill up the stands. By 6:15, it was apparent that the stadium would be packed and you could sense the excitement that this was not just a regular high school football game. There was an electricity in the air, and no doubt, Marshall’s players, especially those from Albion, fed off that excitement from the fans from the opening kickoff to the final play of the game. For Albion residents, this game was a throwback to days long past, when the community came out to support its football team. Some of the fans I spoke with said it was just like the old days when people took pride in the community and schools. For a short while, Albion was the center of the football universe as fans from both Marshall and Albion, longtime rivals of the past, came together to root on “our” team. At last week’s Marshall Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Randy Davis said the event was “incredible.” “It was extremely successful along every single level we wanted it to be,” he said. It was truly a memorable night, a night Albion badly needed. But, tough times are ahead for the Albion Board of Education as they now face another challenge in dealing with the loss of 100 students, resulting in a new Deficit Elimination Plan. During its special meeting on Sept. 30, the Board said in order for the situation to be improved, they will need Albion’s residents to come forward, just like they did for the game, to help find a solution in the coming weeks with community meetings. Let’s hope the turnout for those meetings and the positive feelings that were present for the game are there to help find solutions. Albion’s future may well depend on that. Until next week, may the good news be yours.
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By FRED JACOBS Publisher and CEO, J-Ad Graphics Just when you think an issue is over and done with, it rears its ugly head again. This time, one of America’s most lamentable moments in history has found its way to Hastings schools — by innocent intentions, I’m sure. I think most Americans don’t hold to the idea of the Confederate flag as a symbol of a rich Southern heritage, probably because, in recent years, the flag has become a racist symbol of slavery and white supremacy. So, when a small group of Hastings students entered the parking lot two weeks ago with Confederate flags attached to their trucks, it was only a matter of time before someone would object. Administrators asked the students to remove the flags because of what the emblem represents. According to a Pew Research Report, only one in 10 Americans feel positively when they see the Confederate flag displayed. The same study showed that 30 percent of Americans reported a negative reaction to the flag. The majority of those polled — 58 percent — reported feeling neither positive or negative. The poll showed that African-Americans, Democrats and highly educated people were more likely to perceive the flag negatively. How vastly different those numbers must be today following the June 17 shooting deaths of nine Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church members in Charleston, S.C., at the hands of a man whose racist website manifesto contained numerous self-portraits in front of Confederate flags. Even those who once insisted the Confederate flag doesn’t express hatred and support of slavery changed their position following that horrible event. “This is a situation that is unacceptable in any society, especially in our society, our city,” said Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen. “No one in this community will ever forget this night.”
A flag that was once used to express the spirit of the South became a reminder of an issue that, once again, even in Hastings, has come to divide us. Just their young and energetic position in life would prevent these Hastings students from having the stark historical reference to the racial issues of the Civil War. They certainly weren’t part of the times their older relatives lived through in the turbulent days of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Another parallel historical reference and troubling symbol that echoes today’s controversy. On a quiet Sunday morning in August 2012, a 40-year-old man who identified himself as a neo-Nazi walked into a Sikh Temple in suburban Milwaukee and opened fire, killing six people before taking his own life as police moved in. Adolph Hitler adopted the “swastika” symbol as an emblem of his Nazi Germany and his hate for Jewish people. The swastika actually means “good fortune” or “well-being,” but it took on a whole new meaning when Hitler associated it with the idea of a “racially pure” state, which changed the meaning forever. Today, the swastika has become to all of us a reminder of the 6 million Jews persecuted and murdered by Hitler’s Germany and, when it’s used, it’s almost always by hate groups and individuals like the 2012 shooter in Milwaukee. So, when groups use symbols like these and insist on their First Amendment rights to promote a movement or a group, they also need to know and accept responsibility for all of the burdens it puts on everyone around them. My wife and I attended a University of Michigan football game last Saturday where we saw the big ‘M’ on flags, cars, shirts and rainwear; it was everywhere. And, as we traveled to Ann Arbor, we saw flags on cars for Michigan State and the University of Michigan as fans from across the state
headed to their respective games. It’s been a long-time tradition for colleges to use symbols to gain support for schools, but these symbols have no hidden ideals. What we’ve witnessed throughout history has been the hijacking of symbols by groups who use them to promote their ideals, which in recent months have turned into tragedy. To some, flying the Confederate flag comes down to the simple issue of protecting “First Amendment rights,” but they miss the fact that the true meaning of the symbol has been compromised. Even though this small group of students was just looking for a symbol with which to identify, their misunderstanding and misuse of the flag could cause harm to the entire community. Even the Detroit rock star Kid Rock came to that realization not long ago. A longtime user of the Confederate flag in his concerts and on tour as a symbol of “Southern rock and rebellion,” the singer’s sudden turning point came in 2011 when he accepted a Great Expectations Award from the Detroit chapter of the NAACP. “I never flew the flag with hate in my heart,” Rock told the audience that night. “I love America, I love Detroit, and I love black people.” Today, he’s living those words — with the Confederate flag no longer in sight out of respect for the feelings of people he loves. Like so many issues today, Hastings’ flag controversy has turned into a “rights issue” rather than a time and opportunity in which we all can review the lesson of human rights. It’s a teachable moment, a time to discuss with students how a simple symbol is also a reminder of one of our country’s darkest times. These situations are also great opportunities to remind students that with free speech comes responsibility –- like how yelling ‘Fire!’ in an auditorium can become a prosecutable offense. To some, flying the Confederate flag
falls under the same category because it implies support of a difficult time. Issues like this require cooler heads to come together, looking for alternatives that are acceptable to everyone. I’d like to see our teachers and administrators work personally with these students, to explore the place from which their wish to demonstrate comes. If they’re truly interested in a flag or symbol to display their ideals, let’s design one. Choose one from a catalog or, even better, work with the art department to design an acceptable symbol. If the students’ desire is to truly honor the South, how about helping them design a display case or exhibition in which the history of the Confederacy and its flag can objectively be represented? There are some venerable qualities to the people of that time and place, citizens who had the courage to stand up and die for their beliefs. The place for that demonstration, though, needs to be in a place of quiet contemplation and review — not on the back of pickup trucks in the public square. Throughout time, student groups have adopted symbols for sports teams or a mission statement that expresses who they are and what they stand for. But in recent years, choosing those symbols has become even more difficult since political correctness plays a role in the decision process. The school board, administrators, teachers and parents should work together to remind students of the baggage that the symbols carry today and the hurt that they can cause. It’s also important that the conversation doesn’t turn ugly, because that just leads to dividing our school and our students and putting our community in a bad light. Joining the battle of the flags will only divide us. Let’s find a solution that everyone can support and move on to a more productive school year for all of our students.
Letters Jillapalooza thanks participants, volunteers To the Editor: I would like to thank everyone who attended, volunteered, shopped, sold and ate at the first annual Jillapalooza Flea Market during Home Tour weekend. The weather cooperated and added to the success of what I hoped would be a fun addition to the Home Tour weekend. Special kudos to Dale Rosene and Terry Reniger for mastering the parking chaos. Dale’s insight to event planning proved essential. Thanks to Don Ku-
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Kissed Pulled Pork from Olivet came through at the last minute providing great sandwiches and hot coffee for the crowd. Thanks to Jimmy’s Johns for extra pumping when we “Got Poop.” Jeff Greene was a great help in coordinating issues and answering a million questions on behalf of the Historical Society. Our police department came through by patrolling the vendor booths at night as well as set up no parking signs. Kudos for all the vendors
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Dear ad-visor&chronicle Readers: Why are community newspapers still important? It seems to me that there’s nothing like opening up the weekly paper and finding out when the Farmers Market is open, who the most recent speaker at the Rotary Club meeting was, or how the Marshall football team fared last week. Even in this age of omnipresent online and mobile technologies, there remains something magical about a small town newspaper that continues to report on community events, organizations and milestones. Such papers serve as an essential part of the fabric of small town America. Marshall is fortunate to have just such a paper in the ad-visor & chronicle. As many of you know, the ad-visor & chronicle is made possible, not by subscriptions, but by the advertisements that appear throughout. Recently, an individual from outside our town asked, “How many local citizens get the paper and how large is the subscription list?” When informed that “everyone” in Marshall can receive the ad-visor & chronicle at no charge, he expressed astonishment that such a thing was possible. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. But, as another old adage says, there is no free lunch. Advertisements certainly continue to be an important part of the underwriting for the ad-visor & chronicle, but that source of revenue is highly dependent on the economy and the vicissitudes of the marketplace. As a result, the newspaper is now seeking additional support through a volunteer partnership donor program.
how NPR continues to be able to provide first-rate programs to its listeners. By developing partners and support for our community newspaper, the ad-visor & chronicle is making sure that the paper continues to be printed and distributed to our citizens. So, I ask again, why are community newspapers still important? And what will be lost if they disappear? Quite a lot… The ad-visor & chronicle has been an essential community resource for decades. It provides thousands of Marshall area citizens with in-depth local news coverage, advertising, classifieds, sports and more. This is a tough time for print journalism. For a variety of reasons, newspapers nationwide are
Why should you support such a voluntary funding program? I’m reminded of the clever fundraising segment National Public Radio created, featuring actor Alec Baldwin (“Alec Baldwin thinks it’s a terrible idea to support your public radio station.”) In that segment, Baldwin—with tongue firmly in-cheek—railed against all that public radio does and suggested that listeners not support NPR with their voluntary memberships. What the advisor & chronicle is doing is analogous to
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Redhawks run over Lumen Christi to win 3rd straight Forrest Jackson runs for 241 yds, 2 TDs in big win at Albion College By JOHN HENDLER Editor In a season of big wins, this was perhaps the biggest of them all as the Marshall High School varsity football team knocked off previously unbeaten Lumen Christi 21-14 on Sept. 25 in a game played at Albion College. The win improved Marshall’s record to 4-1 and just two wins away from becoming playoff-eligible. Putting on a show for the home fans was running back Forrest Jackson, who carried the ball 30 times for 241 yards and two touchdowns as the Redhawks stayed on the ground for all but two plays on the night. Marshall’s other TD was by Chris Upright, who ran 11 times for 49 yards. Kevin Helle gained 13 on one carry and Tyler Torrey gained seven yards on three
carries. Marshall jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the second half but Lumen Christi didn’t go down quietly, scoring two late touchdowns and recovering an onside kick before the Marshall defense shut the door. “Offensively the keys to the win were establishing the run game and our offensive line did a great job of blocking and creating holes for our running backs,” said Marshall coach Jason Stealy. “Defensively, the key as is every week, is do your job and make them work for everything. “Our kids played very well on the defense against Lumen even after giving up big plays. We were able to make it tough on them to get in the end zone.We knew that Lumen wouldn't quit, so even once we got up 21 we knew it was going to be a fight to the end. “
It was standing room only and then some at Albion College Sept. 25 which played host tp the Marshall-Lumen Christi game. (Photos by John Hendler)
Justin Halcomb, 73, and Forrest Jackson, 14, lead the way for running back Chris Upright. Upright gained 49 yards and scored a touchdown.
Marshall coach Jason Stealy gives his pregame speech to his players.
Forrest Jackson gained 241 yards and scored two touchdowns.
Garrett Upright makes the stop on the Lumen Christi ball carrier.
Corey Dexter, 54, and Hunter Nevins, 74, zero in on the Lumen Christi quarterback. (Photos by John Hendler)
Tyler Torrey makes the diving tackle.
The MHS Marching Band were in uniform for the first time this season and the cheeeleading team led the crowd in cheering on the Redhawks to victory.
Swimmers victorious again The Marshall High School girls swimming and diving team defeated Sturgis Sept. 29 by a score of 109-76. Winning events were Natalie Stiner in the 200 IM and the 500 freestyle; Ally Johnson in diving, Erin Culp in the 100 freestyle; Jane Turner in the 100 backstroke; Jen Diver in the 100 breaststroke, and the 400 freestyle relay team of Amaya Walker, Natalie Stiner, Jane Turner, and Taylor Karns. Marshall will host Plainwell Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. (Photos by Corrine Harter)
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Marshall defeats Pennfield in four sets The Marshall High School varsity volleyball team defeated Pennfield tonight in four sets, 25-23, 25-23, 24-26 and 25-14. Emily Delmotte led the team with 17 kills and Mackenzie Benham had 12. Kaylie Bates had 40 assists and 14 digs. Defensively, Grace Corcoran led with 15 digs and Nikki Tucker had three blocks. “We are slowly getting back to a full roster of healthy girls,” said coach Bre Johnson. “The first three games were a defensive fight for both teams, then we finally came out swinging in game four and never looked back. It was a good win.” At the Sept. 24 Olivet Quad, Marshall competed against Quincy, Union City and Olivet. Scores were as follows: Marshall def Quincy 25-15 25-22 Marshall def Union City 26-24 25-9 Marshall def Olivet 25-22 28-26 Benham led the Redhawks with 18 kills and 20 digs, while Chloe Webber and Jessica Vorst each added 13 kills. Bates had 49 assists and 20 digs. Jackie Mason was pulled up from JV and led the team with 22 digs. Tucker led the defensive effort at the net with 12 blocks.
Jessica Vorst, above, gets the kill at the Olivet Quad where she and Chloe Webber, right, led Marshall with 13 kills each. (Photos by John Hendler)
MHS equestrian team wins districts
Marshall’s Kaylie Bates wins the point at the net against Quincy at the Sept. 24 Olivet Quad. (Photo by John Hendler)
Right: Maci Carter running her horse in Cloverleaf.
Left: Megan McFadden competing in English Equitation.
Grace Corcoran, seen here earlier in the month at Western, led Marshalll with 15 digs versus Pennfield Sept. 30. (Photo by Tod Rocco)
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