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March 1, 2014 • Vol. 135 No. 9

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Final elementary school forum held

The third and final elementary school forum onpossible reconfiguration was held Feb. 26 at WaltersElementary and for the first time, Marshall PublicSchools Superintendent Dr. Randy Davis gave anindication of what reconfiguration would cost inmoving to a two-tiered model, with grades K-2housed at Gordon Elementary and HughesElementary and grades 3-5 housed at WaltersElementary. The superintendent said that thereconfiguration would cost $80,000 in up-front costs,but it would then save the district about $39,000each of the first two years before the district couldincur $26,000 in expenses the third year.See story on page 16

Outdoor Family Safety Day is March 6-7

The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office will behosting its free 2014 Outdoor Family Safety Day onMarch 6 (student day) from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and onMarch 7 (family day) from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at theB.E. Henry Building, 615 S. Marshall Ave. inMarshall. The annual event will includedemonstrations, informational booths and displays,raffles, food donated by the Fredonia Grange andmore. “The purpose of the event is to bring kids inand show them different outdoor activities and at thesame time teach them about the safety of thoseactivities,” said Event Coordinator, Marine TeamDeputy/T.E.A.M. Officer Jeff Edwards.See story on page 43

Snow has lasting effects: Marshallman dealing with aftermath of polebarn collapse

Due to the accumulation of snow and ice,Marshall’s Curtis Boughton experienced the loss ofsome of his most prized possessions. Boughton,who lives on B Dr. South in Fredonia Twp., foundthe roof of his 40x60-foot pole barn had collapsedunder the weight of the snow. “I had a lifelongcollection in that barn,” he said. “I bet 90 percent ofit is gone.” Boughton warns others to be aware ofthe effects of the snow and to keep insurance onbuildings and homes.See story on page 23

Doggie Spa and Play Carecelebrates 10th anniversary

Ten years ago, Ron Ducheney had faith that twoyoung entrepreneurs were going to be a good risk toback. He was right and it was this good judgement thathas led to the thriving Doggie Spa and Play Carebusiness, located off 15 Mile Rd. at 13416 Preston Dr.in Marshall. Owned by Lindsey Rodgers and DianeBiljum, the business is celebrating a milestoneanniversary this week. Starting March 10, the businesswill be drawing prizes each day for treats for bothpeople and dogs. The public is invited to stop in andenter the drawing.See story on page 28

Marshall swimmers place secondat SMAC meet; Basketball playoffsunderway

The Marshall High School boys swimming and divingteam finished second at the SMAC East league meetFeb. 21-22 at Harper Creek High School. Winningleague titles were diver Henry Swett, who set a leaguerecord with 515 points; Levi Graves in the 100-yardbackstroke; and Josh Turner in the 500-yard freestyle.Also, the MHS girls varsity basketball team saw itsseason come to an end following an opening roundloss to Parchment in the district tournament. The boysvarsity open district play at home March 3.See sports section

The Marshall Rotary Club celebrated its 90th birthday on Feb. 25 and will continue the festivitiessurrounding this milestone with a performance of the Marshall Rotary Band in the new Marshall HighSchool Auditorium for Performing Arts on March 8. Pictured, standing from left, are band president

and baritone player Dennis Smith, trumpeter Ken Reddick and Marshall Rotary Club President DennisSheridan. Seated is clarinetist Monica Marshell. See stories about Marshall Rotary’s history and the club’simpact on the Marshall community on page 34 and throughout this issue.

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Editor’s CornerMarch 1 is officially the start of me-

teorological spring, for record-keepingpurposes.

Ah spring...Isn’t all this white sobeautiful, not to mention the singledigit temperatures?

Another 10 degrees warmer and I’ll be grilling out on thedeck.

O.K., enough already. As Popeye would say, That’s all Ican stands, I can’t stands no more, or something like that.

Dear Mother Nature,I hate winter. Sick of it. So ready for warm weather. Could

you speed things along please and bring us spring? But, onthe other hand, my daughter will be graduating high schoolin just 15 months, so maybe you could also slow downthings a bit? Time is moving too fast. Except when it comesto waiting for warm weather. Where have all those yearsgone? Did I mention I’m sick of winter?

Yours Truly,Sick of Winter in MarshallP.S. Perhaps my “Sick of Winter” face in the photo above

would help hasten the warm weather? If it helps, I’m gazingsouth in search of that warmer air to make its way to Mar-shall. Thank you for your consideration.

I know I’m not the only one who had enough of this win-ter by mid January. I know we in Michigan are supposed tobe of hardy stock, but even the most seasoned of us havehad it up to you-know-where with this weather.

Maybe as I approach 50, I’m turning into that crotchetyold man my father promised I’d turn out to be.

Thanks, pop.Not that he thought there was something unique about me

becoming a grumpy old man, he basically said it happens toeveryone.

You’ll see, he’d tell me (when I was 15), “There will be aday where you’ll no longer want to go out to shows and con-certs every night or eat at fancy restaurants or basically doanything. You’ll just get bored and old and complain abouteverything just like everyone else.”

Such prophetic words from my father, but I think I’mmore of a grumpy, soon-to-be-old man only during the win-ter. More specifically, during the end of February and thisyear it seems, the beginning of March.

I still find it somewhat thrilling when that first chillyspell hits in September and am equally excited when thefirst snowflakes fall. It’s almost exhilarating. It makes theholidays and Marshall look absolutely beautiful and peace-ful.

And I’m O.K. with the cold and snow in January, theheart of winter.

But as the days grow longer and sunset is now 6:30 p.m.,I feel that the cold needs to start retreating.

And don’t forget to “spring forward” and move yourclocks ahead an hour next weekend.

After all, baseball, albeit spring training games have got-ten underway and high school spring sports practices beginMarch 10.

It seems that the closer we get to the start of the warmerdays, the more impatient I become.

To paraphrase Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka and the Choco-late Factory, I want my warm weather NOW!

Now, doesn’t that make me sound more like a petulantchild than a grumpy old man?

I may not be over the hill yet after all.Until next week, may the good news be yours.

March is National Reading Month and we asked these six people what they arecurrently reading and why it interests them.

Letters cont. to next page

Grace Ruffing,Marshall

"The Hate List by Jennifer Brown,which we are reading for “Read andFeed,” the Marshall District Library’steen book club. I think the book hassomething all teens can relate to - be-ing bullied or betrayed by friends”

Zoe Ellis,Marshall

"Inside Out and Back AgainbyThanhha Lai. It takes place in the1900s. It’s about a girl and her familythat move to America because of theVietnam War.”

Word on the StreetWhat are you reading and why do you enjoy it?

by John Hendler

Maddy Peters,Marshall

"The Mortal Instruments: City ofBones (part of a series) by CassandraClare. It’s half modern, half mythical.It’s about demon hunters in New York. Ilike that you can get away from realitywhile the book is still based in reality.”

Simon Barroso,Marshall

"What is What by Dave Eggers for aliterature class at KCC. It’s a really goodstory that focuses on the struggles ofNorth and South Sudan and the dis-placement of young boys from theirhomes to their new lives in America.”

Abby Ellis,Marshall

"For ‘Battle of the Books’ at Wal-ters Elementary, I read Out of MyMind by Sharon M. Draper. I like themain character in it. She has cerebralpalsy and cannot walk or talk, but hasa photographic memory.”

Kate Samra,Marshall

"Night by Elie Wiesel and AmericanSavage by Dan Savage. I like readingbooks about the Holocaust and historyand American Savage is interesting be-cause many of the short stories takeplace in Michigan.”

The American flags displayed in downtown MarshallTo the Editor:I just returned from

Florida and I am catchingup with the ad-vi-sor&chronicle and read theletter from Becky Lautzen-heiser in the Feb. 8 edition.

I am pleased that some-one is looking at the flags.I have raised money since1999 to pay for those flags.The city of Marshall paid

for the flag holders that Ihad made and the MarshallArea Chamber of Com-merce has helped me bydonating flags. Last year,the VFW and Chamber re-ceived grants from theMarshall CommunityFoundation and the CroninFoundation for the restora-tion and replacement ofAmerican flags, flag poles

and materials needed forthe downtown, which theVFW members and someof my friends installed.

I am sorry that someflags broke loose fromtheir holders, as I hadbolted them in so thatwouldn’t happen. But I am90 years old and there wasno way I could climb thesnow banks to repair or re-

place the flags. I am hop-ing to replace them soon,as the winter has changedmany of the flags, but rightnow I do not have thefunds to do so. If someonewishes to donate funds fornew flags, it would be ap-preciated.

Merlin Shaver,Marshall

Davis and the Board: Take time in making decisionsTo the Editor:I would like to clear up a miscon-

ception that appears in many letters tothe editor regarding the elementaryschool two-tier reconfiguration. Theelementary academic heavyweight ofthis district is Gordon Elementary. Tovalidate this, you need only check thetest scores over the years. In fact, in2013 Gordon earned the highestMEAP scores in reading, math andwriting in the entire tri-county area(Branch, Barry and Calhoun). You see,a newer building does not equal higheracademic success.

Although I live in the Walters dis-

trict, I chose to send my children toGordon because of the solid, consis-tent leadership, the close-knit staff andthe consistently higher academics. Su-perintendent Dr. Randy Davis statesthat every child should be able to ex-perience the newer building (Walters).Many Gordon parents couldn’t careless about a newer building … wewould continually choose an olderbuilder and higher academics.

I don’t have children in the elemen-tary system any longer, but I am not infavor of the two-tier configuration.The driving force in the beginning ofthe reconfiguration was finances. That

appears to no longer be a confirmedbenefit. Additional transitions for stu-dents and higher stress on parents andfamilies will definitely happen. Stu-dents will also lose the benefit of be-ing mentored by older students. Thereare other methods to assist studentswho are behind in reading.

Please, Dr. Davis and the Board,take your time in making this decision,as the repercussions are long-term.Listen to your community.

Jay Surber,Marshall

Why do we need a Congress with no backbone?To the Editor:Why do we need 535 members of

Congress when we have a presidentthat just has no respect for laws, hasno budget to follow and operates witha Congress that has no backbone?How many members are lawyers? Wayto many - 48 percent.

Why are members of Congress andthe president given lifetime benefits,even after they have become million-aires on our dime? Why are they ex-empt from laws such as inside trading?Why is the media not reporting thenews such as the daily lies of Obama?Answer: lazy and dumb voters.

Talk about local leadership: Ourroads didn't get bad overnight. Wherewas the leadership starting 50 or moreyears ago? Like most things, roads re-quire up keep every year.

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MHS girls varsity makes early exit at districts

photos by John Hendler

Senior Tierra Orban led Marshall with 17 points.

Marshall players and fans had reason to hope after the Redhawks overcame a 14-point first quarter defcit to pull to within three points, 27-24midway through the third quarter.

Marshall, hampered by slow start, falls to Parchment, 45-38By JOHN HENDLER

Sports Editor

This postseason, unlikethe previous two seasons,there would not be anyfourth quarter comebacks forthe Marshall High Schoolgirls varsity basketball team.

After trailing Parchment19-5 after the first quarterand despite holding their op-ponent to just four points inthe second quarter, Marshallcould not get all the wayback and lost its district tour-nament opener to the hostteam, 45-38, to end their sea-son with a 16-4 record.

“It was that first quarter,”said Marshall coach SalKonkle. “For whatever rea-son, we weren’t ready toplay and as a coach, you feelthat that’s on you. You haveto get them ready to play andso, it’s on me...When you digyourself that big a hole, it’sreally hard to come back.”

Marshall took its onlylead of the game on aChelsea Tobias three-pointerto lead 3-2, but Parchmentthen went on a 10-0 run tolead 12-3 and at the end ofthe quarter it was 14-5, withTobias scoring all of Mar-shall’s points.

Despite allowing onlyfour points in the secondquarter, Marshall could onlyscore six and trailed 23-11 atthe half.

After finally finding theirstride, Marshall opened thethird quarter with a 13-4 runto pull to within three points,27-24 midway through thequarter.

Parchment answered withits own 13-4 run to lead 40-28 with 2:28 to play.

Marshall would close thegap to seven, 41-34 follow-ing a Jill Konkle three-pointer with just over aminute to play but it was toolittle, too late.

Senior Tierra Orban ledMarshall with 17 points.

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Chelsea Tobias scoredall of Marshall’s five firstquarter points.

Ten Marshall swimmers headed to state meet

Marshall diver Henry Swett, the reigning two-time Div. 3 state champion, set a SMAC East league record,Harper Creek High School Pool record and a personal best record with a score of 515 points. Above right,Swett is congratulated by runner up Jake Budd of Lakeview. Marshall divers Kyle Weck finished fourth(372.25) and Matthew Howard finished seventh (307.6). All three Marshall divers will compete at the March5 regional meet.

Diver Henry Swett wins SMAC East title, sets league record Marshall High School boys

swimming coach Dave Karnssaid he could not have beenhappier with the way his teamperformed at the Feb. 21-22SMAC East meet at HarperCreek High School.

“We swam awesome,” saidKarns, on his team’s second-place finish. “The guys weregreat.”

In all, Marshall swimmersset 67 personal best times onday one and came back with 25more on day two.

And Marshall producedthree SMAC East champions:Diver Henry Swett, who set aleague record with 515 points;Josh Turner, who won the 500-

yard freestyle with a personalbest 5:02.18; and Levi Graves,who won the 100-yard back-stroke with a personal best timeof 56.67 seconds.

In all, Marshall will be send-ing 10 swimmers to state:Graves, Turner, Brice Banfield,Jack Herman, Tyler MacFar-land, Cam Ragan, Tyler Horn,Eron Hill, Matt Cole (alternate)and Cam Foster (alternate).

By virtue of their perfor-mance this season divers Swett,Matthew Howard and KyleWeck have qualified for theMarch 5 regional meet with thechance to qualify for the Div. 3state meet to be held in HollandMarch 7-8.

photos by John Hendler

Brice Banfield

Josh Turner won the SMAC East title by winning the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:02.18.

Levi Graves won the SMAC East title by winning the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 56.67 seconds. Jack Herman

Marshall swimmers place second at SMAC meet

photos by John Hendler

Clockwise from above : Divers Kyle Weck and Matthew Howard, Tyler Horn, Tyler MacFarland and Eron Hill.

Matt Cole Cam Ragan

Swimmers had 92 personal best times over the two-day meet

Bowler VanArman qualifies for state meet

MHS boys varsity opens district play March 3

Marshall High School senior Zak VanArman willrepresent Marshall High School at this weekend’sDiv. 3 state bowling finals after placing fourth at theregional tournament held Feb. 22 at M66 Bowl inBattle Creek.

Van Arman had a six-game total of 1,157, 71 pinsbehind the first place bowler, Luke Ford of Otsego,who had a total of 1,248.

VanArman’s best game was a 236.Marshall bowlers Brady Brisson (1,087) and

Greyson Gillett (!,085) just missed out of the top 10and a state finals berth by placing 11th and 12 re-spectively.

Tenth place went to Coloma’s Jason Wilson, whohad a score of 1,089.

Marshall’s Mick Schaum was 15th (1,071), EricSilvers was 33rd (1,010) and Bryar Peters was 35th(996).

On the girls side, Marshall’s Taylor Shippell was15th (935), Houston Jones was 16th (933), EmilyRupp was 25th (887), Kaitlyn Matarazzo was 28th(869), Sara Parks was 53rd (781) and AutumnHazel was 61st (754).

In the team regional, the Marshall boys team fin-ished seventh, 61 pins out of a state berth, while thegirls team placed fourth, 154 pins out of third place.

The top three teams from the regional advancedto the state meet.

2014 Boys Individual RegionalDiv. 3 Region 14

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State Qualifiers

1 Ford Luke Otsego 12482 Kreg Kevin Comstock 11873 Zinn Marcus Portland 11804 VanArman Zakary Marshall 11575 Ives Robby Wyoming Kelloggsville 11476 Dekeivers Matt G. R. South Christian 11327 Schaibly Trenton Portland 11167 Proudfit Brennen G. R. South Christian 11169 Lovett Ryan Otsego 110210 Wilson Jason Coloma1089

Zak VanArman qualified for thisweekend’s Div. 3 state meet inJackson after placing fourth atthe regional meet on Feb. 22.

photo by John Hendler

photos by John Hendler

The Marshall High School boys varsity basketball teamwill open district tournament play on Monday, March 3versus Delton-Kellogg at 7:30 p.m. The winner of thatcontest goes on to play Parchment in the semi finals onMarch 5 at 7:30 p.m. Despite the team’s 4-15 recordheaded into the Feb. 27 season finale, coach Nick Dent,bottom right, was optimistic about his team’s chances inthe tournament. “We are definitely focused on stayingpositive and viewing the tournament as a brand new sea-son,” said Dent. “Hosting the district is a huge plus andwe need to take advantage of it.” At left is Angus Bennett,who had 10 points in Marshall’s 76-60 loss to Gull LakeFeb. 21. Above is Landry Reynolds, appealing to the offi-cial for a foul against Gull Lake and upper right is DannyWelke, guarded by a Gull Lake player. Welke led Mar-shall with 13 points versus Gull Lake and scored fourpoints in Marshall’s 43-33 loss at Sturgis on Feb. 25.

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