MORNING STAR • December 1, 2013 • Page 12
Albion Rotary News
Jody May, Albion College head basketball coach; Tim Langholz, college sophomore; Spencer Guet, college sophomore; and David Huber, chairman of the Rotary Basketball Commi�ee. Langholz, Guet, and Brandon Marino (not in picture) assisted rotarians with tickets and the canteen at the recent Albion College Basketball Tournament
He said Albion is part of the Kalamazoo River system. The River drains an area of 2,000 square miles and is 180 miles long. Rain water that falls in this area runs into valley streams or into storm drains that flow into the river. Direct surface runoff into drains causes pollution, erosion, floods, and turbidity. These reduce water for landscaping of lawns and for gardens and trees. The solution is prevention by creating vegetative buffers, so drains are only for storm water. Proper containment and diversion of water runoff in the city can protect the river from a source of pollution and provide water for sustaining plant and tree growth within the city. Dr. White is the associate director of the Pictured: Douglas White, Larry Taylor. Center for Sustainability and the Environment At the Nov. 14 meeting of the Rotary Club at Albion College. His specialty involves ecolof Albion, Rotarian Larry Taylor introduced ogy and biodiversity. With his spouse, Dr. Dale guest speaker Dr. Douglas White, assistant Kennedy, he is noted for significant research on professor of biology at Albion College. He the feeding and nesting habits of house wrens talked about “Capturing Runoff Water for a in the college’s Whitehouse Nature Center. At the Nov. 21 meeting, Rotarian Barbara Cleaner Kalamazoo.”
Frederick introduced the Sheriff of Calhoun County Ma�hew Saxton who took office Jan. 1. He talked about the work that he has to do as sheriff. Trimming the budget was his first job, first by eliminating some overtime. Then, he had to address the costs of the county jail which has 630 beds. There are usually 300 local inmates and 200 to 250 boarding inmates from other areas in Michigan and Ohio. He has helped fill empty beds by accepting an average of 60 inmates a day from Kent County and Livonia. Officers come from Marshall, Homer, Indian Tribal police, and from an emergency unit. Two officers have canines. There is also a ‘victims advocate unit comprised of one officer and two other trained people who speak to crime victims in a sympathetic way to console them and explain the circumstances. Saxton is publishing a book for children that discusses bullying, drugs, stealing, school attendance, etc. 3,200 copies have been ordered to be distributed to the 1,600 fourth graders in the county for the next two years.
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Homer football season comes to a close as Loyola proves too strong in 52-7 victory
Trojans take down a Loyola running back
Caleb Drumm avoids a tackle
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Chelsea – Ma� Moffe� had seen the scores, heard the talk and knew the stakes as he took his Homer High School football team to Chelsea to face Detroit Loyola. This was the unbeatable machine, the team that steamrolled everyone. At least that’s what he heard. But Moffe� said Loyola hadn’t seen a team, or offense, like the one he could bring to the table. That may have been true, but in the end, the hype of the Bulldogs lived up to the real thing as Loyola cruised past Homer 52-7 last weekend and marched to the Division 7 state final. Loyola took control of the game right away, scoring on a 63-yard run all of 19 seconds into regulation. The rout was more or less on from there. The Bulldogs scored 20 points in the first quarter and 18 more in the second to own a 38-0 lead by hal�ime. Homer scored early in the third quarter when Kyle Winchell hauled in a 54-yard pass from Caleb Drumm, but Loyola (13-0) answered with two more touchdowns before the end of regulation. Tyler George had 11 tackles for the Trojans, while Drumm passed for 103 Chaz Hopkins runs the ball yards, completing 5-of-14 passes. Chaz Hopkins led the rushing a�ack with 11-2 record. Coach Ma� Moffe� was just 15 yards on 12 carries. not available for comment. Homer ends the most successful Photos by Kara DeChalk and season in program history with an Hal Folk Photography