June 6, 2015 • Vol. 136 No. 22 514 S. Kalamazoo Ave. in Marshall, MI • Phone 269-781-5444 and FAX 269-781-7766 • www.advisor-chronicle.com
In The News: Marshall High School graduates 204 students Marshall High School held its commencement ceremony on May 30 with 204 seniors graduating. During the ceremony held in the Marshall High School Gym, Marshall alumna Emily Line told the class of 2015 “to never lose sight of the importance of others and the power of giving.” Class speakers were Kurt Swaton and Emily Winkler. See photos and speeches throughout issue Marshall Alternative High School graduates 50 students In 2004, Marshall Alternative High School graduated its first class where six students earned their diplomas. On May 29, 50 young men and women crossed the stage at Marshall High School to receive their diplomas and applause from a full house of family and friends. See photos and speeches throughout issue City Council looks to fill Ward 5 vacancy after Joe Caron resigns On June 1, Marshall City Council Mayor Jack Reed announced that Ward 5 Councilman Joe Caron had resigned from his Ward 5 seat on May 29. “I enjoyed my time on council, but with the sale of my house, I am no longer able to serve,” Caron wrote in an e-mail to Reed. “I look forward to staying involved and continuing my support of the community in other ways.” The council will have 60 days to fill the Ward 5 vacancy. See story on page 14 Lew Robinson named Veteran of the Year Marshall veteran Lew Robinson said most days he doesn’t think about war and all that three-letter word entailed for him and his comrades during World War II. But on Memorial Day when Robinson was named Veteran of the Year, he said those days in the South Pacific came flooding back to him. “Memorial Day is for the dead and I respect that, but I always think also of the thousands and thousands of vets who were shot up and wounded,” he said. “Memorial Day should be dedicated to them too.” See story on page 48 Marshall sets the World in Motion Forty teams of four students each from all the fifth grades in Marshall Public Schools recently participated in three days of classroom activities where they learned about force and motion and other science concepts as part of A World in Motion, a program developed by the Society of Automotive Engineers and presented for the last 15 years by Eaton Corporation engineers to encourage the interest and education of students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The event concluded at Walters Elementary on Race Day when teams tested the distance and accuracy of the Jet Toy cars they made. See story on page 44
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Columns ‘Instant news’ gains ground with retirement of another venerable newsman Editor’s Corner by John Hendler Summer officially arrives June 21, although meteorologically speaking, it began June 1, while for most of us, summer began on Memorial Day. Ah, those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. I don’t know about you, but does it seem like summer isn’t as lazy as it used to be? Summer used to mean that we took things just a bit slower. It was a time to catch our breath and just take it easy. But, today, summer is getting harder to distinguish from the other three seasons in terms of how busy we are. When I was a kid growing up in Florida (where it feels like summer year-round and thus I had a good excuse for my laziness throughout the year), the three-month “summer vacation” from school seemed to go on forever, probably because we didn’t have our entire summer planned out by March, like so many of us do today. I remember hanging out with friends day after day as we’d play some ball in the street in the morning, come in and watch some game show on TV (High Rollers was my favorite), eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch, hit the local library and then go swimming at the city hall pool. Once I got home, my dad and I would play some ping-pong or we’d siphon out some gasoline from our 1973 Chevy Bel-Air station wagon (what memories!) to fill up the lawn mower so I could cut the grass and run over (and annihilate) all the sprinkler heads, my father yelling at me as he walked alongside me. With few exceptions, my schedule was the same day after day, just like the movie Groundhog Day. When the weather was bad, I’d read books. Yes, actual books to pass the time. Yes, it was a boring and simple existence at times, but fortunately for us, as it turned out, we didn’t know any better, and on some level, I believe being bored then made me a more interesting person today. Today, summer is so planned out that it leaves very little time to be bored. But to paraphrase the old hotel commercial on TV: Don’t underestimate the value of being bored. With all the things that keep us on the run, it’s nice sometimes just to have the chance to do nothing so we can reflect on all the things we’ve done and appreciate all the things we have in our life. Otherwise, summer rushes by and then we’re left scratching our heads asking, “Where did the summer go?” So, let’s try to take it a little easier and feel like we’ve been given a real compliment the next time someone calls us lazy. Until next week, may the good news be yours.
By FRED JACOBS Publisher and CEO, J-Ad Graphics The news industry took another hit last weekend when “Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer announced his retirement from a 55-year news career, including the past 24 as the moderator of that CBS News talk show. Schieffer’s departure is another reminder of how news coverage continues to change and of how the value of professionally reporting the news with depth, with concern, and with sensitivity continues to erode. “Remember that the news is not about the newscaster, it’s about the people who make it and those who are affected by it,” Schieffer told his audience during his parting words Sunday, adding, “I’ll be honest, I’m going to miss being in the middle of things.” Schieffer, who began his career in print as a beat reporter at the Fort Worth Star Telegram, interviewed presidents and world leaders and could ask the tough questions without becoming confrontational. He was one of few reporters who covered all of the four major beats: the Pentagon, State Department, White House and Congress. Schieffer is a news professional like David Brinkley, Walter Cronkite, Charles Kuralt, Bill Moyers, Ted Koppel and Edward R. Murrow were, he’s part of the generation of men who started their careers as beat reporters and worked their way up to major news positions while maintaining professional standards unparalleled by news anchors who are holding these positions today. He did his best to make every report and every “Face the Nation” program informative and interesting. Schieffer represents one of the last of a generation of news professionals that is being replaced by a world of instant news. Gone forever may be those reporters we respected and trusted for their levelheaded nature, gentle demeanor and willingness to get the full story. In an interview last week with public radio host Diane Rehm, Schieffer talked about the emotion that is prevalent with today’s interviewers. He voiced concerns he has with ‘gotcha’ questions that put newsmakers on the spot, but often don’t pay off with the information listeners need. During his career, Schieffer felt it
was his responsibility to ask good questions and give his guests time to answer them. That courtesy also allowed him time to prepare a back-up question, making the interview even more informative. Throughout his career, Schieffer believed getting the story was important, but only after he had all the facts and vetting the information to the best of his ability before publishing or broadcasting. “In today’s immediate news cycle, anyone with a computer can post whatever he or she wants with little or no responsibility,” Schieffer told Rehm the changing face of news reporting has become a culture shift. “We’ve become meaner to each other, where people have the ability to post whatever they want on some blog — oftentimes posting something you would never say to their face, which allows the meanness to come out,” he said. When Schieffer was in ninth grade and saw his byline in the school paper, he knew he wanted to be a reporter. “When I was a young reporter, I wanted to work for CBS because Walter Cronkite was my hero, and I got a chance to do that,” he said. “After I was here for a while, I wanted to be a moderator of ‘Face the Nation’ and I got to do that and did it for 24 years. Maybe it’s because I just live the news, but at the time I thought every job I ever had was the best job in the world.” That’s why his colleagues consider him one of America’s most sincere and honest reporters. Schieffer told Rehm about a news scoop he made in 1963, shortly after being awakened by his brother’s phone call informing him that President John F. Kennedy had been shot. At the time, Schieffer was working the night shift at the Fort Worth Telegram and had gone to bed around 3 a.m. so he wasn’t headed back to the newspaper until later that evening. When Schieffer arrived at the newspaper office a short time later, all of the phones were ringing. In an effort to help, he picked up one of calls and encountered a woman desperately seeking assistance in finding a ride to Dallas. The caller was Marguerite Oswald, mother of the suspected gunman who had shot Kennedy, urgently seeking a way to Dallas so she could
see her son. Schieffer instructed Oswald to stay where she was until he could pick her up. He grabbed a notebook and, while a fellow reporter drove the car, Schieffer sat in the back seat with Oswald, interviewing her all the way to Dallas. It became the scoop of a lifetime, and Schieffer can tell the story as if it happened just last week. It was that levelheaded nature, his gentle demeanor and his willingness to get the story that moved Schieffer up the ladder over the years. In his closing remarks on his final “Face the Nation” show Sunday, Schieffer expressed concern about the future of news reporting. “I suppose every generation thinks that the kids younger than them aren’t as good as they were and screwed it up in some way,” he conceded. “I try not to sound like an old goat, but the fact is there will always be a need for reporters, whether they are doing it on television or a website or for a newspaper that is not on paper anymore, but I learned the craft of reporting, and the importance of checking out facts, from hard-bitten newspaper editors.” Schieffer said he is concerned not only that today’s young journalists work in positions without experienced editors to guide them, but also that there are fewer of them. In recent years, as daily newspaper groups cut publication days and in-home deliveries, fewer people are required to cover the news because newspapers have less space to fill and online publications don’t provide the space. So, all over the state, the nation, city halls, county commissions, school boards and capitols are left unchecked by reporters like Schieffer who were on the scene each week to inform readers about what’s going on around them. As a newspaper publisher of nine community newspapers that cover over 144,000 homes each week, I help my news staff do its best to attend as many meetings as possible, allowing them to gather the news and to keep our readers informed on the issues. “The news is about what people want to keep hidden, everything else is publicity,” once said Moyers, a PBS newsman who’s still reporting. “People don’t want to keep their opinions hidden. They want to keep the facts
hidden. It takes a lot of time, a lot of money and a lot of effort to go and bring the facts out so the news organizations no longer do much reporting.” That’s why reporters like Schieffer and Moyers have been so important to our country. It’s the news junkies who keep Main Street safe as they check their beats every day. But with the reduction of newspaper reporters across the nation, the public is at risk. We can’t rely on some blogger to keep us informed. When you hear someone say, “I get my news on the Internet,” look to see where it comes from. Make sure it comes from a reliable source that has checked the facts. Otherwise, as Moyers said, “it’s only publicity.” Schieffer stepped down Sunday leaving a legacy of over 55 years of getting the facts, but the impact he made on our industry will be talked about for years. P.S. Where is Michigan’s road package? Last month, Michigan voters sent a message loud and clear to state legislators that they didn’t like Proposal 1, the package our state lawmakers came up with to fix our roads. The people of our state expected their legislators and the governor to work together to find an equitable way to fund our badly needed statewide road and bridge repairs. Recently, the House Fiscal Agency reported that general and school aid fund revenues are expected to be $68 million higher in the current fiscal year and $59 million higher for the budget year starting in October. The Senate Fiscal Agency estimates revenues are up $189 million this year and $80 million next year, all good news as the governor and legislators wind up budget talks. So far, though, we’ve not heard much about road funding. Yet, state legislators are expected to include $500,000 in the next year’s fiscal budget to be enacted Oct. 1, to conduct a study on education funding in an effort to determine how much it costs to educate a student in Michigan. It’s this kind of wasteful spending that gives lawmakers a bad name. The issue over roads has been in discussion since this governor came to office. It’s time that he and his cohorts get serious about the issue before they spend another dollar on some pie-inthe-sky study.
Letters Michigan’s City of Hospitality treats visitors To the Editor: A huge shout out to the people of Marshall. Our visitors in town last weekend couldn’t say enough good things about how all of you treated them while they were visiting our town. We had over 110 magic collectors and
historians from all over North America and Europe in town to collaborate and trade stories. They all kept exclaiming how friendly and hospitable everyone was. It’s always good to hear visitors tell me those thoughts.
That’s truly why Marshall is still known as Michigan’s “City of Hospitality.” Thanks to you all and know that it is appreciated. Susan Collins, Vice Chairman, American Museum of Magic
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Graduates toss their caps into the air following Marshall High School’s 146th commencement on May 30. One of the graduates included Vietnam veteran Carl Holibaugh.
After receiving his diploma, Adam Katz hugs lead administrator Greg Tatrow.
Miriam Wilch makes her way into the gym during the processional.
From left, Emily Winkler, Adrienne Strand and Chloe Nash head down Michigan Ave. with the other graduates prior to the graduation ceremony.
Joe Wise received a standing ovation after walking up the stairs on his own to receive his diploma.
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MHS’ Blanchard, relay team earn track All-State honors Marshall High School’s Bryce Blanchard, right, seen here earlier in the season, along with teammates Jaylin Alexander, Chris Thomas and Forrest Jackson, placed seventh in the 4 X 200-meter relay at the Div. 2 state track and field meet on May 30 to earn All-State honors by finishing in the top eighth. The team’s time was 1:31.14. “As we watched the "fast heat" run we weren't optimistic of our chances to place but as always happens, a couple teams at the end of the pack don't usually run as hard because they feel they are out of the top places,” said coach jim Hendershot. “Athletes often forget in the state meet that the top eight teams are All-State based on time.” When a team in that fast
heat dropped the baton and didn't finish that opened the door. “Still, we weren't sure until coach Steve Wissink did the math and said we may have finished at least eighth,” said Hendershot. “The results took a long time to get posted and when they did we had finished seventh, good enough to get on the podium and make AllState.” Blanchard earned All-State honors in the 300meter relays, finishing sixth with a time of 39.65 seconds. On June 3, Blanchard was named Marshall’s team MVP for the season. On the girls side, Marshall’s Cortazia Wilson just missed out on All-State honors in the long jump, placing ninth with a distance of 17’ 6”.
MHS softball loses to Coldwater in district play The Marshall High School softball team saw its season come to an end on May 30 following a district tournament semi final loss to Coldwater 18-3 at Harper Creek High School. Elisa Saari led the Redhawks with two doubles and an RBI. Chelsea Lake also doubled, while MacKenzie Benham, Mical Knafel, Kaylie Bates and Hope Earl hit singles. Near right: Redhawk outfielder Elisa Saari makes the catch as rain starts to fall in the semi-final game against Coldwater. (Photo by Doug Allen) Far right: Marshall's MacKenzie Benham is safe at home in the top of the first inning. Coldwater's Payton Watson has to go up for the late throw. (Photo by Doug Allen)
Parent-tot swim lessons begin June 10 at MHS Parent - tot swim lessons are designed to help your little swimmer become comfortable with the water. It is a very repetitive class that will involve the parent (in the water) playing games, singing songs and having fun together with their child. One class will take place this summer at the Marshall High School Pool. Classes will run from 6- 6:30 pm on
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Diving clinic at MHS The Marshall Community Pool will be hosting a summer diving clinic starting Monday, June 15 to July 27. The clinic will be held Monday and Wednesday, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. The clinic is offered to ages 10 and up and to all levels of expertise. There is a limit of 10 divers for this clinic. If
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The MHS softball team earned All-State Academic honors with a team grade point average of 3.5. To qualify, a team must have a minimum GPA of 3.0. Three seniors earned individual honors with at least a 3.5 GPA: Hope Earl, Chelsea Lake and Olivia Meister. (Photo by John Hendler)
MHS soccer’s four-year district reign comes to an end Redhawks fall to Mason 1-0 in district final
The Marshall High School girls soccer team saw its season come to an end on May 30 following a 1-0 loss to Mason in a Div. 2 district tournament final played in Eaton Rapids. Following four straight district titles, Marshall suffered its first district tournament loss since 2010. The game’s lone goal came about 15 minutes into the contest when a Mason shot defelected off the post and made it into the net. Following the goal, Mason had few good chances the rest of the way thanks to a tough Marshall defense which included Carlee Long, above left, and Morgan Tatrow, above right. Marshall ended the season with a 13-4-2 record. (Photos by John Hendler)
MHS baseball drops 5-2 decision to Coldwater at district Marshall lost its bid for a district crown May 30, losing 52 to Coldwater in the district semi final in soggy conditions at Harper Creek High School. Marshall’s Scott Reagle had two hits with an RBI, Trevor Greenwood doubled with an RBI, Alex Walton doubled and Drew DeVine had two hits, and a double as well. Marshall ended the season with a record of 18-15-2.
In the district semifinal on May 28 versus Eaton Rapids, Abbie Hershock, above left, assisted on a goal by Anyah Preston, above right, in the second half of Marshall’s 4-0 victory. Also scoring were Tristan Tobias, Cara Gallihugh and Taryn Long. Also recording assists were Tobias and Gabby Hoffman. (Photos by John Hendler)
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Pat Draper makes it safely back to the bag on a pick off attempt in the second inning. (Photo by Doug Allen)
Marshall pitcher Drew DeVine delivers against Coldwater on May 30. (Photo by Doug Allen)
This summer, Marshall Swim Club coached by Dave Karns and Steven Weaver will be joining Albion Swim Club, combining teams as in the past, to offer swimmers additional opportunities to attend practices and better accommodate their schedules. The season began May 26 at the Marshall High School Pool and new members are still being accepted. Complete schedules of practices and events will be available on Tuesday. Those with questions can contact Coach Weaver at sweaver@marshallpublicschools.org. Registration forms can be found online at marshall.k12.mi.us Click the community tab in the middle of the page which will then take users to Swim Club page which will also feature schedules for each swim group.
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