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Regular exercise, whether high impact or moderately paced, can enhance heart health, boost your metabolism and is a great remedy for stress and depression.

Apply Sunscreen.

A common misconception is that we only need sunscreen on hot and sunny summer days. But the reality is that sun damage can take place even on a cold, cloudy day.

Make Time For You. Taking some time each day to decompress and find a quiet and/or relaxing moment is a necessity. Time to wind down can help us stay energized and beat stress.

It may be sitting quietly while reading, taking a run outside or catching a funny movie with a friend or spouse. Making it a point to relax can help you do everything else more effectively.

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from the publisher Marlanea McGraw Owner/Publisher

We’re now enjoying one of Michigan’s most amazing seasons. Deep blue skies, brilliantly colored trees, crisp nights, and autumn treats like cider make this a great season for all of us to enjoy. Bow season is already underway with firearms season soon to follow. Football is in full swing at every level which means cheering for our favorite teams, tailgating, and fun with friends. I’m enjoying watching my son Lucas on the field for Pittsford High School. As I write this, I’m proud to say that the team’s record is 5 and 1. Go Wildcats!

This issue has a lot to enjoy. We have an article on homebrewing that could open the door to a new and enjoyable hobby. (One that might make you very popular with family and friends!) We also have information on how to cure bacon at home, and you will probably discover it is much easier than you realized. Beer and bacon . . . what more could you want?

Several area men are featured in our pages, and we hope you’ll take some time to get to know them. Meet auctioneering legend Barney Barnhart, who is the oldest active auctioneer in the country. Frank Bechler combines mechanical knowledge, metalworking skill, and creativity to craft small tractors that are wonders of design and execution. Local trainer and business owner James Campbell recently participated in his first Strongman competition.

Read the article to see how he prepared for the challenge and how he did!

Our cover story profiles the hospitalist program at Hillsdale Hospital and explains why it was implemented and how it works. You will also be introduced to the hospitalists Dr. Justin Oneese and Dr. Ali Shukr. It’s important to understand how healthcare is delivered in our area, and our goal is to help our readers do just that.

Thank you for picking up this copy of Everything Men—we hope it will entertain and inform you. And, as always, a huge thank you to our advertisers, without whom this publication would not exist. We encourage everyone to check out the ads and try to patronize local service providers and retailers whenever possible.

Marlanea

I would also like to thank the writers who provide such timely and interesting articles...

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CONTENT 26 Suicide Awareness

Eric Hipple shares his experiences

Gotta have Hadgets 08 Christmas is coming!

Muscle up! Live fit. 10 The struggle is real

Local Spotlight 14 Strongman competition

Local Spotlight 16

A profile on Frank Bechler

Legal Advice

IRA Inheritances

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Local Spotlight 20

A profile on Barney Barnhart

Love is the Berries 22

14 James Campbell & Shane Rickman

30 Pure Michigan — Fall colors — Cabin get-aways — Haunted Places

36 Ready to Ride

New models. Same passion.

38 Show some muscle ‘40 Chevy Sedan

40 DIY project — Hose Holder

42 Homebrewing

By Dale McCririe

44 Recipes

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Homemade Bacon

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Cover Spotlight 24

Hillsdale Hospital— Making connections with patients

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Muscle up - live fit.

The Struggle is REAL

By James Campbell Everything Men Magazine

Hello, my friends! It’s been a minute since I’ve written, and to be honest I sit here now pondering what, in fitness, is pressing to communicate to all of you. As I ponder it, I keep coming back to the same thing. The reason that it keeps coming to the front of my mind is because it has somewhat recently hit home so VERY hard. Not just me, but to a client as well. Everyone assumes that personal trainers and gym owners are so lucky to work in the environment they love and that they don’t have the same struggles day to day as the average Joe when it comes to getting workouts in. Well, now that I have your curiosity, I’ll fill you in.

It’s having a purpose, a goal that’s time sensitive. I don’t know if everyone in the business will admit to it, but I will. About a year ago I was stagnant. I was working out regularly and felt good. However, I wasn’t really gaining much . . . nothing to brag about, anyway. Then I decided to do this Strongman and set time sensitive goals, not just one (the contest), but a “ladder” of goals with a very detailed regimen to achieve my end goal. See, for me the contest was so much more than a test of strength. It was a clearing of the cobwebs, per se, it was a reason to re-energize my workouts and a reason to push through those sticky points of each session in the gym. We all need that reason to focus. If you’re just going to the gym because you want to impress the girls then eventually you will lose yourself and your motivation to get to the gym, let alone that grit you need to push through that set when it gets heavy. The struggle is real!

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I had a young high school client ask me once about what motivated me because he was

struggling to find that one thing that pushed him. My response didn’t give him exactly what he wanted, I’m afraid. I told him what motivated me, and, for the sake of time, I’ll just say that it wasn’t the same as it is now, but it was tangible to me at that point of my career/life and I was successful with it. Then, I followed it up with a pretty basic answer, though it may be basic it’s so true and real!

My response was that each person has to find that “motivation” for themselves; you can read books about what made this superstar or that and you can ask every member of your local gym what it is for them. In the end, though, you have to find what pushes you! Once you find that you then need to set a ladder of time sensitive goals to reach your desire.

We all hit stale points in our training and that’s why it’s so important to always have a goal and a burning desire. It’s not easy—if it were we wouldn’t be on the wave of an obesity epidemic!

I found my new focus and you can actually read about it in this issue! It’s only the start for me; I’ve got BIG plans for Strongman! When you find your purpose, your desire, you’ll know exactly what I mean!

Where my workouts were just routine, they became infused with intensity and determination.

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A True Test of Strength

By Melissa McCance

The Man

Although he had been weightlifting since high school, it wasn’t until he joined the Air Force and became friends with another member of his training class that James Campbell began working out seriously. “Then the goal was just to get as big as you can and as strong as you can,” James said. “I also used to joke about having my own gym one day.” That dream became a reality in October 2013 when he opened PRIME Fitness Studio, currently located at 96 E. Carleton and staffed by James plus four other certified trainers.

Meanwhile, his own commitment to training grew and deepened. “I’ve just found that when the gym is involved in my life, life is better and more satisfying,” said James. He got interested in Strongman competitions and eventually connected with The Strength Depot, an Oakland County gym specializing in Strongman training that was hosting a competition at the end of September. Campbell visited the gym and tried out the equipment. He loved the work and the atmosphere and thought, “This is going to happen—I’m doing this!” James entered the event in the heavyweight class of the masters division.

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He was already a year into a regimen geared towards adding muscle mass that combined carefully-planned nutrition with higher-intensity training. The workouts were a hybrid of bodybuilder and powerlifter programming, and he began tailoring them for Strongman events about eight weeks before the event. Strongman events involve more functional strength and multiple planes of movement as opposed to powerlifting which is single-plane.

Campbell’s workouts, some of which were two to two and a half hours in length, began with dynamic exercises to wake up the muscles (box jumps, sprints, rowing, etc.) and progressed to heavy, multi-joint work like deadlifts, back squats, and push presses with longer rests (two to three minutes). Then James would wrap it up with lighter supersets and compound sets paired with shorter rest periods (30 to 90 seconds). Some days featured cardio and core work. Periodically, he included a de-load week which utilized a 50%-75% decrease in working weight to give his joints a break. Re-load weeks followed consisting of three or four sessions of circuit training targeting two muscle groups plus cardio.

The nutritional focus continued to be adding muscle mass, since James felt the heavier he could get in good weight, the stronger he’d be. Because this was his first strength competition, he hoped that building as much strength as possible would help compensate for his lack of experience. Campbell’s diet included 4500 calories per day of clean eating which meant eating about every two hours—not always an easy thing to do when you have to fit the meals and snacks in around your clients’ sessions and studio classes which might run back to back for 4 hours or more.

“Sometimes I’d be stuffing down a snack just before I went home, then I’d have dinner, and then it was bedtime 90 minutes later but there was another snack to get through!”

As for mental preparation, Campbell knew dealing with the unknown was going to be the hardest. “I knew there would be highs and lows throughout the day, and I’d need to react positively to them and keep competing to the end. I also didn’t know how my body would respond to the much

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longer breaks between events than I take during a workout. You have to focus, you have to see the ending, see yourself doing it and succeeding.

If you don’t do that, how can you accomplish anything?” James looked forward to the experience and was convinced he would definitely be doing more competitions in the future.

The Challenge

Shane Rickman started providing Strongman training in his garage and then expanded to renting some space in a friend’s gym. Working as an engineer by day and Strongman trainer at night, he soon built a loyal core of people dedicated to testing themselves against the equipment and events that make up Strongman competitions. He felt he needed more space and texted about 50 people, asking if they’d be willing to commit to a nominal monthly fee so he could find a permanent location. The answer was a resounding “Yes!,” and in 2015 he opened The Strength Depot in Livonia, Michigan. In 2017 he moved the gym to Plymouth where it now occupies 6,000 square feet full of things like Atlas stones, logs, axles, sandbags, kegs, and stones of steel. (Space limits prevent a detailed explanation

of all these items, but do Google them if you’re curious—this is amazing stuff!)

Besides offering training, Shane uses the gym as a means of outreach and usually holds three or four charitable fundraisers each year. Past recipients of the proceeds have included pit bull rescue, holiday sponsorship for families in need, and treatment and expenses for children with cancer.

Rickman is committed to keeping his facility a positive place where everyone is welcome and can feel comfortable training.

A native of Pioneer, Ohio, Shane was home visiting his father and thought that it would be a great area for a Strongman competition. Someone told him the Quality Inn in Montpelier was a good facility, and soon the first Battle of the Borders Strongman and Strongwoman Competition was in the works, set to draw entrants from Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Approximately 70 men and women entered in the novice, open, and masters categories. The event was sanctioned as a Gold Level competition by the U.S. Strongman organization which also authorized crowning the first-ever world champion in the U82.5kg class. Eleven men registered for that competition,

including two from Australia.

The event lineup consisted of wheelbarrow (pushing a 600 pound wheelbarrow for a set distance and picking up and loading four progressively heavier sandbags or kegs along the way), axle back squats, log, car deadlift, and stones of steel. This was a tough set of events, as it included the wheelbarrow and two max events (where competitors go to failure)—the log and the stone of steel.

Many people turned out to watch the competition, with lots of screaming and cheering.

There was wonderful camaraderie among the competitors, some startling moments (like one guy knocking out a tooth on the wheelbarrow), and a generally great time. It was definitely a huge success, and plans are underway for next year’s Battle of the Borders!

The Results

We’re proud to announce that first-time competitor James placed second in his division, which qualifies him for the national competition next June!

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Meeting the Master of mowers— A Profile on

Frank Bechler

By Melissa McCance

What you do get when you combine extensive mechanical knowledge, expert welding and metal fabricating skills, a love for tractors, and an inventive creativity? You get Frank Bechler’s wonderful collection of small tractors that are working miniatures of the full-size machines which inspired them.

Frank has devoted years of his life to crafting these marvelous tractors, and the care and workmanship invested in them is evident.

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A longtime resident of the area, Frank and his family moved to the Moscow area from Detroit in 1955, a move which Frank says made a huge, positive change in his life. “Coming from the city to here, living on 52 acres with 20 acres of woods . . . you can’t even imagine.

I thought it was the greatest thing ever!” While still in high school, Frank worked at Bill Weidner’s John Deere dealership in Jonesville.

He started out setting up equipment and working to bin parts.

When the dealership was sold to Jim Tauke in 1968, Frank stayed with the business. Once old enough to drive, Frank made runs to places like Illinois, Wisconsin, and into Canada to pick up new stock for the dealership. He recalls getting trapped in Iowa by a blizzard and spending several long days living in the cab of the semi.

Frank was part of the Moscow Fire Department for 30 years, during which time he served as captain and trainer. He was also affiliated with the Southern Michigan Firemen’s Association. Frank held pump classes for area firemen, teaching them how to handle the fire fighting pump equipment including regulating the water pressure correctly for the various sizes and types of hoses. He has worked on many of the pump trucks throughout the area.

Taking a number of welding classes over the years added to the knowledge Frank acquired from working at the John Deere dealership and serving on the fire fighting squad. A job in the mechanical maintenance department at Hillsdale College provided extensive shop and field experience. “There are over 500 pumps on campus, from small units to some moving up to 2,000 gallons per minute,” explained Frank. “About ninety percent of the time I was in the shop doing welding and lathe work along with other things, but ten percent of the time I was out in the field doing on-site repairs.”

Frank’s love of tractors led him to create his first miniature in 1985—a John Deere 4020 tractor. Since that time, Frank has converted several lawn tractors, and his collection includes a working pump unit featuring a deck gun from an actual fire truck, a front loader, an industrial garden tractor with a front blade, and one very special pink tractor that was built as a memorial to a dear friend who passed away from cancer. The pink tractor has been driven in a number of area parades by the friend’s daughter-in-law, and it always receives an enthusiastic response from the cheering crowds.

What immediately impresses you when viewing Frank’s creations is the amazing level of craftsmanship they display. Each tractor takes him three to four years to produce as the job involves not only finding rare parts but also fabricating pieces specific to the type of tractor Frank is making. The pump tractor was featured as the cover story in Lawn & Garden Tractor magazine (July/August 2016), and there was a follow-up article in the January/February 2017 issue on the rest of his collection. Looking at each of these beautiful miniatures, you would never think they were modifications because all of them look fresh from the factory.

Frank and his wife Beth still reside on the family property in Moscow where he has a large, impressively-equipped workshop along with another building that houses all the tractors. In speaking with him and hearing how he produced each of these tractors, you realize what a vast store of knowledge and skill Frank possesses. Although he has received numerous inquiries about purchasing one of his treasures, Frank is not ready to sell any of his tractors.

For now, they will stay with the man whose creative mind and gifted hands have made them.

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IRA Inheritances

By Timothy Dixon Simply Hers Magazine

Are you concerned about your children’s future?

Have you ever dreamed of leaving your children a large inheritance? Do you have children who are at high-risk for incurring lawsuits? Do any of your children have substance abuse issues or troubled marriages? Does one of your children require special planning because of government needsbased benefits? These concerns and circumstances, along with many others, can be addressed through thoughtfully designed retirement plan.

Most individuals own one or more tax-deferred retirement plans. The investment growth in tax-deferred retirement plans are untaxed and therefore able to grow exponentially over standard investment accounts because of the tax-free growth.

Accordingly, the balances of these plans reach larger amounts than invested money that is taxed yearly. As a general rule, the greater the amount of time before distributions are made from tax-deferred retirement accounts, the larger these plan balances become.

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When normal distributions are made to beneficiaries from retirement plans, the recipient pays income taxes according to the applicable income tax rates. As a very simple illustration, if $20,000 was distributed from an IRA as income distribution, and if the recipient was required to pay a 20% income tax, the recipient would only have $16,000 to spend or reinvest. If the individual reinvested the money, the investment returns would only come from $16,000 instead of $20,000, thereby losing the returns available on the extra $4,000 each year. Additionally, the compounded growth on the $4,000 would be lost as well.

When a retirement plan owner dies, the retirement plan assets must be distributed. Although the IRS rules are varied and complex, retirement plans are usually distributed outright, within five years of the owner’s death, or according to a beneficiary’s life

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expectancy. The quicker the required distribution, the less money the beneficiaries ultimately receive.

If distributed according to a beneficiary’s life expectancy, the distribution for all beneficiaries could be based on the oldest beneficiary’s age. If the designated beneficiaries are 60 and 41 years old, the distributions must begin when the 60-yearold reaches 70½. As a result, the 41-year-old is also required to begin receiving distributions when he becomes 51½ years old. Alternatively, if the 41-yearold were able to wait until he reached 70½ years old, the amount he inherited would have grown untaxed for an additional 20 years. This is why a thoughtfully designed plan can be beneficial and result in a much larger inheritance for your beneficiaries.

The IRS rules enable retirement plan beneficiaries to receive their individual shares so that their required distributions are based on their own age rather than the oldest beneficiary’s age. Making sure your retirement plan is set up to obtain this result means that the younger beneficiaries could realize taxdeferred growth for many years beyond what would have otherwise been realized.

Even if you make sure that the beneficiaries’ required distributions are based on their individual ages in order to maximize growth, the inheritance is still subject to creditors, being squandered by substance abuse or gambling issues, divorce judgments and also could affect a person’s needs-based government benefits. An IRA Inheritance Trust can be utilized to protect from these types of ills and other problems.

Ultimately, your tax-free retirement plan can grow for years after your death and benefit your beneficiaries a great deal more because of this growth potential, but attention must be given to the distribution plan to make sure it accomplishes what you desire and that it protects your family members.

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Local legend Barney Barnhart can easily be recognized as one of Hillsdale County’s most notable residents, known both locally and nationally for his great work as an auctioneer. He has received a multitude of honors, awards, and has broken many records. In 2014 The Michigan Auctioneers Association inducted him into their Hall Of Fame, and he became the first recipient of the Michigan Auctioneers Association Lifetime Achievement Award. Barney also has the distinction of being the United States’ oldest active auctioneer.

Born in 1920 and the son of a farmer in Reading, Michigan, Barney was an active member of his FFA chapter, even playing the trombone in the national FFA band. He participated in judging contests and attended the national conventions where he created lifelong friendships including a pen pal friend he began writing to in 1940 and still does to this day. He would get up in the mornings and go sit with the old farmers, talking with them and learning from them. All these things shaped Barney into the man he is today. Attending auctions with his father who bought and sold Belgian horses is where he found his life’s passion. Soon he was auctioning off feeder pigs at the Hillsdale County Livestock Auction and his career progressed from there.

He traveled across the country auctioning off just about everything; once he sold an entire logging town in Minnesota—buildings and all— including a horse drawn milk wagon that fetched a grand price of $27,000. All the while he was building a life with his wife Ruby and their five children.

Recently Barney celebrated his 97th birthday, and he said he received 300 calls that day from folks all over the country sending him their well wishes on his special day. As I sat with him in the restaurant where we talked, everyone stopped to chat with Barney, shake his hand, and share a memory with him. Barney reacted with a smile, quick remark, and a grateful handshake. Every single one of these fine people were his friends and to me that is Barney’s greatest achievement of all. This is what makes him such a cherished member of our community. I doubt there is a single person in the county with an agriculture-related background who doesn’t have a fond memory of Barney. In fact, Barney sold me the first ever load of hay I purchased for my horse at the Hillsdale County Fairgrounds many years ago. He emits kindness and acceptance to people from all walks of life, he knows no stranger, recommending: always be yourself and always say “hi.” Strong faith, friendship, truth, and honesty are his pillars, and Barney Barnhart can serve as inspiration of how a man should live his life.

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One summer I am working as assistant to my brother the land surveyor. He suggests we walk all the way around the field because the trench with stench water may be deeper than it appears.

I am carrying a 40-pound surveyor tripod on my shoulders, and I absolutely do not feel like trudging a single step further than necessary. “Let’s get this job done and take the shortcut through the ditch” is my tired thinking during this summer land surveying field job.

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While balancing the cumbersome tripod equipment on my shoulders, I take a huge leap halfway across the stench trench. My boots immediately sink up to the rim and muddy silt rushes inside. I attempt another struggling step, but, GASP, now I am waistdeep in what smells like cow manure. Evidently cow poo poo is used as natural fertilizer and runs off the fields and into this special and memorable ditch.

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After my bro saves the all-important tripod, eventually he extends the surveyor measuring rod toward me when his curled-over laughing fit finally subsides. I grasp the pole, struggle my way up and out of the slimy pit of a ditch, and burst into a hallelujah chorus. “Hallelujah!” (Sing out dramatically in Handel Messiah style for full effect.)

I am out of the desperate pit of despair although drenched and dripping in the scum juice of liquefied cow dung.

This fiasco reminds me of a metaphor for when we find ourselves plummeting in life’s sinkholes. The Word of God has encouragement for us crawling out of our depths of drudgery. “I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God . . . .” Psalm 40:1-3a NIV Bible.

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eing admitted to the hospital can be a scary and uncomfortable time. Patients don’t always know the reason for their hospital stay which can understandably have them on edge.

Hillsdale Hospital is continually working to give their patients the best care possible in the most caring and attentive environment. Their hospitalist program and the work of Dr. Ali Shukr and Dr. Justin Oneese are proving to be a successful component of Hillsdale Hospital’s mission to provide the best quality care to its patients.

“Medicine today is always changing and changing for the better of the patient,” says Dr. Shukr. He has worked as a hospitalist at Hillsdale Hospital since June 2016 – his first position out of residency. “Every day is a different challenge of what I can do and what I can offer (to patients).”

The hospitalist program at Hillsdale Hospital started in 2013. At the time, community physicians would come into the hospital to see their patients before their offices opened, see patients all day at their offices and then check on their patients again after their offices closed. Hillsdale Hospital spoke with community physicians and they voted to bring a hospitalist program to Hillsdale.

“Community physicians were stretched very thin,” says Tressa Reiniche, manager of the hospitalist practice and patient advocate at Hillsdale Hospital. [(The hospitalist program) opened up an opportunity for community physicians to better serve patients. Dr. Shukr and Dr. Oneese are here to increase efficiency and give a better continuum of care.]

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Hospitalists are physicians who devote their practice to the care of hospitalized patients. Hillsdale Hospital’s hospitalists are board-certified. They see hospitalized patients who have been referred by their primary care physicians, emergency room physicians, or other physicians at the hospital. Hospitalists are based in the hospital and will manage and coordinate all aspects of a patient’s hospital stay from admission to discharge. They work closely with the patient’s primary care physician and any consulting physicians involved in a patient’s care.

“There is an advantage to having physicians here all the time – a two to three times a day assessment,” Reiniche says. “By design, our physicians have more time with patients giving them a more intense diagnosis.”

Spending time with patients is one of the best parts of Dr. Shukr’s job. “With every new patient, I pull a chair up and sit down next to them,” he says. “I want to be at eye level. I don’t like to stand over them.”

He says he likes the patients to talk to him and tell him what is going on. Many times that is not easy, however, as the patient is unsure of a new doctor in their room. His goal is to get a level of comfort with him that they can talk openly.

“It becomes personal – it’s like talking to your friend,” he says. “They are here at their most vulnerable. My intention is to put them at ease, find a common ground – a connection point.”

He says it is not always easy and he is not always successful, but with every patient he meets he works very hard to connect and earn their trust. He recalls a gentleman he treated soon after he began working at the hospital. Upon entering the room he saw the man had a University of Michigan keychain on his key ring. A huge Michigan fan himself, he sat down in the chair and immediately started talking Michigan football with his new patient. The gentleman responded positively and Dr. Shukr laughs when he said it took the patient some

time before he realized Shukr was his doctor.

“All it takes is one connection,” he says.

Dr. Shukr started his interest in medicine his senior year of high school when he took part in a program through his school that allowed him to take medical-based courses and work three hours a day at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Detroit. He said the students worked as nurse’s aides. “It made us appreciate what it is to be in a hospital,” he explains.

This opportunity, along with his love of sciences, led him to study medicine. “In college, it’s all I wanted to do.”

One of eight children, Dr. Shukr grew up in the Dearborn area. He says his parents never pushed or pressured him into medicine. “My parents just wanted us to better ourselves,” he says. After graduating from Wayne State, Dr. Shukr went on to medical school in the Caribbean at the Medical University of America and completed his residency at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac, Michigan. While his residency at a busy hospital allowed him many opportunities, he understands the human element behind it. “It was fortune and misfortune,” he says. “Someone’s misfortune was my fortune to learn.”

Dr. Shukr is happy to be at Hillsdale Hospital and isn’t afraid to work long hours to make sure his patients are well taken care of. “The first time I saw my name on a patient’s wristband, it was a very humbling moment,” he says. “I have had some challenging cases here but I am accustomed to making decisions. If I don’t know what is going on, I will say ‘I don’t know what’s going on, but I will find out.’ It’s like solving a mystery. When I go to sleep at night I want to make sure I dotted every ‘i’ and crossed every ‘t’.”

Along with getting his patients well, Dr. Shukr wants to make sure his patients are comfortable and understand what is going on. “It’s all about the patient,” he says. “I talk to them in laymen’s terms.”

Dr. Shukr and Dr. Oneese work seven 12-hour shifts and then have seven days off. During their days “on”

they are also on call 24/7. Dr. Shukr has enjoyed getting familiar with Hillsdale County and often runs into his patients when he is around town.

“I like the peacefulness of the city,” he says of the community. “The stress of work is negated by the peacefulness of home. The people here are very friendly.”

So far, the hospitalist program has been very successful at Hillsdale Hospital. “We have learned throughout this process,” Reiniche says. Some questions that can arise from patients about the program include being able to see Dr. Shukr or Dr. Oneese once they have been discharged. The two physicians work only in the hospital and do not have clinics or office hours outside the hospital.

Patients may also wonder how their primary physicians will know they were admitted to the hospital. Hillsdale Hospital works with the area physicians to make sure all charts, test results, and paperwork from the hospital are transferred to the patient’s primary physician. “We bundle everything up so it is a good transition of care to the physician,” Reiniche says. She adds that the hospital staff makes sure each patient also has a follow-up appointment with their physician before being discharged from the hospital. After 72 hours they call each patient to determine if they have connected with their physicians and see if they have any questions. If a patient does not have a primary physician, staff at the hospital assist in finding one for the patient.

“There is a level of trust between the community physicians and the hospitalists,” Reiniche says.

The trust is felt between Dr. Shukr and the community as well. “I feel really comfortable here,” he says.

For more information about Hillsdale Hospital or the hospitalist program, call Tressa Reiniche at 517-437-1718 or visit the hospital’s website at www.hillsdalehospital.com.

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For too many years, the topic of suicide has been taboo.

Death notices said nothing at all or simply stated the person “died suddenly.” Nobody talked about it. Eric Hipple, former quarterback for the Detroit Lions, is fighting to change this every way he can. As someone who not only attempted it himself but lost a son to suicide, he knows firsthand how a person reaches that point and what it is like to cope with the aftermath of the choice.

“No one just gets up in the morning and suddenly decides, ‘Today I’m going to kill myself’,” said Eric. “First there’s the seed of the idea. That develops over time into a plan, then the justification for the act, and, finally, the act.”

Life inevitably involves stress. Short-term stress which is tied to specific situation—playing in a big game, giving a speech—is a positive thing. It gets us activated and ready for action, and the mental, emotional, and physiological components of the stress dissipate once the event is over.

But stress from the unknown that persists over time, stress that keeps you activated with no release is another matter.

Long-term, unresolved stress produces a range of symptoms, including sleep issues (too little or too much), changes in appetite, loss of concentration, irritability, anger, self-isolation, physical pain, anxiety, and hopelessness. Many people experiencing this will begin to feel numb and may engage in risky behavior in an attempt to feel something. Substance abuse is also a common coping mechanism.

“We need to learn what can affect us so that we can be prepared,” Eric explained. “The basic issue is problem solving. It’s not the problem that’s the problem . . . it’s our inability to solve it.” Eric spoke of the phenomenon of brain plasticity: with new information come new connections in our brain—new connections that can help us deal with the problems that life presents.

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Eric Hipple with his daughter Tarah He outlined five principles for stress control: predictability, controllability, relationships, trust, and purpose. By identifying what stresses us, we are more aware when those situations arise. Figuring out where and how we can exert control reduces our sense of helplessness. And, knowing what we can’t control clarifies when we need to ask for help. That’s where relationships come in. We need to connect, to have people with whom we talk openly about how we’re doing and who will support us. That requires trust, a foundation of strong relationships. And, we need purpose which comes from knowing that we are engaged in meaningful activity and moving towards a goal.

Besides controlling stress, Eric presented some key points for what he terms “mental fitness.” He believes that we need a cultural shift away from expecting other people to fix us to advocating for ourselves.

We must be honest about how we are coping with life and proactive about seeking help early when it’s needed. Too often, someone in the initial stages of depression will ignore it or rationalize it until it becomes severe, thus increasing the chance of suicide.

Mental fitness is characterized by recognizing the choices we’ve made and taking responsibility for them. As with stress control, maintaining meaningful relationships is critical. Self-esteem contributes to mental health because a person who values himself makes better choices and is able to set healthy boundaries, which is another important characteristic. If you like yourself, you don’t allow others to abuse, mistreat, or take advantage of you.

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Michigan has long drawn tourists for its stunning natural beauty. Since the arrival of the automobile, scenic drives in Michigan have tempted roadtrippers from across the Midwest to its pristine landscapes.

Whether you decide to tour by RV or a motorcycle, pickup truck or the family SUV, immerse yourself in Michigan’s fall color on Michigan’s historic travel routes, including US 31, US 27, or CR 513. M-22 and M-119 (The Tunnel of Trees) are nationally recognized fall color trails, but you will discover a season perfect for getting off the expressway and exploring the back roads to find your own scenic route this year.

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Whether you want a rustic adventure with the family or a cozy cottage for two, vacation rental cabins offer the comforts and conveniences of home while you enjoy everything Pure Michigan has to offer.

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Spend the day fishing, hiking, or paddling and later enjoy a warm fire either outdoors or inside by the fireplace.

Or, take a trip to The Barn Cottage in Frankfort. This rental is surrounded by rolling hills, woodlands, orchards, and vineyards making fall the perfect time to retreat and relax.

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Bringing a Classic back Rich Galloway just happened to be driving down the right road at the right time 25 years ago. He said he had been casually looking for a 1930s or 1940s model car when he drove past the 1940 Chevy sedan in 1992. “It just came along,” he said of the once rusty car. Rich says he has always liked the big exposed fenders and rounded shapes of the 30s- and 40s-era cars.

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to Life Once he had it towed to his home in Reading, he started working on it right away. “I was so excited to get started; I didn’t even take a picture of the original.”

Rich, owner of Performance Automotive in Hillsdale and Jonesville and Point Rental in Jonesville, has always been mechanically inclined. Growing up, he would fix lawnmowers and bikes with his dad. He became an auto technician at the University of Northwest Ohio and worked in the field for a few years after college before working for and then becoming owner of Performance Automotive.

The rusty Chevy needed a complete renovation inside and out, and Rich spent nearly every night for the next two years working on every inch of the car.

Exterior work included cutting out rusty panels and welding in new pieces of steel. Some parts of the car have been modernized including the rear axle which came out of a 1972 Chevy Nova and the front end chassis which came out of a 1974 Mustang. The engine started as a 350 cubic inch small block Chevy and the transmission is a 350 turbo automatic.

Rich may have spent most nights working in his 1940s classic, but he was not alone. His friends Larry Daglow and Paul Crouse were instrumental in bringing the car back to life along with morale and design support from his wife Robyn.

Her input was needed when it came time to pick the interior upholstery. The shape of the seats and dashboard remained the same but the color and material are all custom made for the car. He also added some fuzzy green dice given to him by his son Ryan when he was six years old.

When it came time to add paint to the exterior, Rich took his time. “I knew I wanted a design,” he says of the canary yellow front leading into an orange

flame and becoming an amethyst rear end. “I picked the yellow right away.” The rest of the design and color choice took longer to decide. Rich says he took pictures of other cars to help him come up with a design and spent a long with tinkering with the flame size and shape with masking tape before the final design was complete. He also tinkered with the color for the back end of the car, creating a custom color at his store.

In addition to the color, another custom feature to the exterior of this vintage beauty is how to get inside. Rich did not want the look of door handles so he installed keyless entry for both doors and the trunk. “I was motivated,” he said of the 24-month renovation and credits his friends assistance as well. “They helped a lot.”

Once it was completed, Rich took his classic Chevy out to car shows in the area – something he still does today. He also likes tooling around with Robyn.

“People like to look – especially youngsters,” he says. The car is currently tucked away for the winter. He likes to bring it out in the spring when the snow and salt are gone and puts it away in late September or early October.

After completing the Chevy, Rich continued to restore old rusty cars including a 1968 Camaro he restored with Ryan. They bought it when Ryan was 14 and spent two years restoring it so Ryan could drive it when he turned 16. “Those were a couple of the most enjoyable years of my life, putting that car together.”

Rich still has a few car projects he is working on, though not at the speed of the Chevy and Camaro. These days, when he’s not working, he likes to spend time tooling or working with his partner for almost 30 years – his wife. “She’s my extra hand in the garage now.”

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Materials Pallets – 1 or 2 depending on wood quality from each pallet 2 x 2s – 16 feet, or two 8 foot pieces 16 – 1 5/8” wood screws Titebond III Ultimate wood glue Thompson’s WaterSeal Galvanized hinges Small door latch L-brackets brackets with screws – 4 Right angle brackets with screws – 8 Hardware cloth – 2’ x 5’ roll Landscaping fabric Wood screws, 1/2” – 32 Wood screws, 2” – 24 to 30 Metal handle Everbilt heavy-duty pads, 1” – 4 Tools Miter saw Planer Kreg Jig Bostitch nail gun with 3/4” nails Tin snips or wire cutters Drill with doorknob attachment and screw bits Staple gun Scissors

1. Gather your pallet wood and dismantle pallet. Using a planer, plane your pallet wood planks to a uniform thickness; approximately 1/2”.

After you plane the wood, let it sit in a dry environment for a few weeks to dry. The wood WILL shrink

2. Use a miter saw to cut your planed pallet planks to 17” lengths. Lay them out – they will be varying widths, which is fine. The goal is to form four 17”x20” panels as you see above (you may have to cut the widths of some of your planks to accomplish this).

Do not attach anything yet.

3. Now you’ll make cross pieces for the top and bottom. Use a miter saw to cut some of your remaining pallet wood into your top and bottom panel trim pieces (1.25”W x 20”L x .5”T). You’ll need eight pieces total.

4. Now you’ll finish out the frame for each panel with additional side trim pieces. Use a miter saw to cut additional pallet wood your side panel trim pieces (1.25”W x 15.5”L x .5”T) – you’ll need eight pieces.

5. Assemble by laying out one frame face down as shown on the upper left. Add your wood glue around the exterior, then place the pallet wood pieces face down on top to secure.

6. Use a nail gun to reinforce the panels you just glued. We did this right away after gluing – no need to let dry. Use 3/4”nails.

cut list Pallet Wood (all planed) 24 pieces (various widths x 17”L x .5” thick) 8 pieces (1.25”W x 20”L x .5” thick) 8 pieces (1.25”W x 15.5”L x .5” thick) 1 piece (4”W x 18.25”L x .5” thick) 2 pieces (24”L x 2.5”W x .5” thick) 2 pieces (22”L x 2.5”W x .5” thick) 2x2s 4 pieces – 15” long 4 pieces – 17.5” long 4 pieces – 15.5” long

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7. Now start cutting your internal frame pieces using 2x2s and a miter saw. Cut four pieces 15” long, four pieces 17.5” long, and four pieces 15.5” long. Your hose holder is going to be deeper than it is wide!

8. Grab two 15” pieces and two 17.5” pieces to start. Use a Kreg Jig to drill angled pilot holes on the inside back of the horizontal pieces for attaching screws. You’ll make two of these above.

9. THEN you’ll use the four 15.5” pieces to attach the two frames, repeating the Kreg Jig instructions.

Your final frame will look like this.

This is your “skeleton” for the panels and the planter box on the top.

10. Cut the top frame that will go around the planter box area. Use a miter saw to cut four pieces of planed pallet wood: two pieces 24”L x 2.5”W x .5” thick and two pieces 22”L x 2.5”W x .5” thick. Cut a 45º angle at each end.

11. Before assembly, stain all your components. Follow the instructions on your stain container for best application. Let dry. Then start assembling your hose caddy!

12. Decide which side is the front.

On the other three sides, glue the panels on and then screw in with 2” wood screws. Let the glue dry.

13. On the front side of the planter, there is a piece behind the door.

Use your miter saw to cut a piece of planed pallet wood to 4”Wx18.25”Lx.5”T. Glue in your panel.

14. Add some nails with a nail gun to the sides for added security. Let dry.

15. Attach the hinges to the last panel. Attach these hinges to the hose holder.

16. Attach the female part of the door latch to the top of the door opening in the center. Attach the male part of the door latch to the corresponding spot on the inside of the front door. Attempt opening and closing before securing down completely!

17. Attach a handle to the front of the door.

18. Secure the remaining pieces of wood together with your four L-brackets (packets come with screws).

19. Attach eight right angle brackets (two on each side) to the panels of your hose caddy. Flip the entire holder over and center it on the frame held together by L-brackets. Screw the right angle brackets into the top frame.

20. Cut two pieces of ¼” mesh hardware cloth into 18.25” x 20” sheets.

Cut 2” out of all of the corners of one piece – this will be the inside bottom.

The uncut piece will be the inside top. Secure with wood screws.

21. Drill out a hole in the center of the lower back pane for the hose.

22. On the bottom of the feet, use heavy duty plastic foot pads to protect the wood.

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By Dale McCririe

Homebrewing has become a very popular pastime for many people in Michigan and across the United States. It is simple, requires minimal upfront cost, and is very rewarding. Beer consists of four basic ingredients: grain, hops, sugar, and yeast. For approximately $125 plus the cost of a homebrewing kit, you can produce about 52 to 54 12-ounce bottles of beer. After the initial investment in equipment, this equates to a cost for beer at approximately half the retail cost.

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I have been homebrewing for about four years, and it allows me some personal satisfaction when I can make adjustments in the basic recipes in order to make a particular brew my own. I have, for instance, added ground coffee in order to give a stout beer an extra hint of one of my other favorite beverages.The process is straightforward, although you would greatly benefit by reading the instructions included with a kit, and, if possible, finding someone who can mentor you through your first batch. I started with a simple IPA because the recipe is simple and the process straightforward.

It cannot be stressed enough that clean brewing materials are a must.

Any contamination of your home brew may result in discarding the entire batch. There are simple chemical sanitizers available in the beginning brew kit and they can also be purchased separately. When all of your utensils are clean, you begin with boiling the water to start the wort. The wort is the boiled material that will eventually become your beer. Monitoring the temperature and keeping close track of the time is important during the initial boil of the grains that will lend the flavor to your beverage. When you have boiled the grains for the specified period of time, then the malt is added to the boil. Malt is the sugary substrate composed primarily of malted grains that the yeast will convert to alcohol. Hops are then added to the boil for flavor and as a preservative.

The temperature needs to be very closely monitored during this process to prevent the dreaded boil over. It is highly recommended but not mandatory that you consume a beverage during your brew time.

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After the boil is complete, the wort must be cooled rapidly. This is usually done in an ice water bath, but there are also copper coils that utilize cold water in order to cool your liquid. When this is complete, the liquid is transferred into a five-gallon sanitized plastic brew bucket and the yeast is added. To be sure that the yeast is active, I will proof it in a small bowl of warm sugar water. The yeast is then added (pitched) to the wort.

Your wort is then placed in a temperature-controlled area and the fermentation process begins. You will notice carbon dioxide escaping from the water seal on your brew bucket as soon as the next day. This is proof that the yeast is converting the sugar to alcohol and giving off carbon dioxide. The recipe will specify the duration of the fermentation but it is typically about one week.

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After the fermentation is complete, you will begin the bottling process.

You will need at least 54 12-ounce bottles, and these must be sanitized well using the sanitizer included in your kit. The wort is transferred to a fresh bucket to separate it from the dead yeast and other material that has settled to the bottom. This material is called “trug.” A sugar syrup is made and added to the fermented wort, and, after mixing, the wort is transferred to individual bottles. The bottles are then capped and placed in a temperature-controlled environment to condition. This small amount of sugar allows just enough fermentation to add carbon dioxide to the beer and resultant carbonation.

After about one to two weeks of bottle conditioning, your beer can be refrigerated and sampled. Often, the initial beers are not as tasty as the later beer from the batch because the flavors tend to blend better with time. Dark beers have a longer shelf life than lighter colored beers and the dark beers develop more complexity in taste with time.

Overall, it’s a highly rewarding hobby, and I will often share and trade my beer with other homebrewers. There are many books available as well as a multitude of YouTube videos that I used early in my brewing experience. There are many homebrewing suppliers including Adventures in Homebrewing located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Many of the craft beer breweries also have company stores that sell kits and supplies. Although I make my brews from kits, whole grain brewing is a somewhat purer approach but does require some additional steps and equipment. Best of luck and happy brewing!

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For hundreds of years, people have been salting, curing, and smoking bacon to preserve it. In the days before the refrigerator, nearly all meats were cured in some way, shape, or form, and it was common for households to have their own smokehouse. These days with the convenience of grocery stores, the art of home charcuterie has gone by the wayside favor of paper thin, limp, boring bacon. The good news is it’s making a comeback with folks who want to take control of their food, and it is way easier than you think! With a few basic ingredients and a pork belly, you have the chance to experiment with flavors and bite into some of the most delicious bacon that has ever graced your plate.

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Rinse the pork belly with cold water, pat dry. Rub the curing mixture over the entire surface of the pork belly.

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