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January 12, 2013 • Vol. 134 No. 2

The Music Center of South Central Michigan has created a recipe for success with its fundraiserMEN WHO COOK. Now in its fifth year, the annual event generates money to help ensure thatmusic is available to everyone. Whether it is through classes, ensemble performance or attending

a concert, the Center continues to be a regional arts inspiration. Marshall’s Joe Caron is one of more than20 volunteers who, on Jan. 26, will share their time and culinary talents with Music Center supporters andother guests. To find out more about the other men who cook and what is on their menus, see story onpage 22.

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Marshall manufacturing continues‘good, quiet’ growth

Expect more of the same for manufacturing inMarshall in the new year from where it left off at theend of 2012, says Marshall Economic DevelopmentManager Mike Hindenach. The manufacturing sectormay not make headlines, but Hindenach says that’snot a negative, but rather the contrary. “I’m actuallypretty optimistic about 2103,” said Hindenach. “Ithink there’s some stuff that’s going on that will bepretty exciting. Our activity shot up substantiallybetween Thanksgiving and New Year’s. I think wekicked out five proposals during that time, so thingswere hopping there for a while.” Hindenach said2012 featured “good, quiet growth.”See story on page 18

Wayne Booton steps down from seatThe Marshall City Council will be looking to fill its

Ward 1 seat after the sudden resignation of WayneBooton. Mayor Jim Dyer announced at the Jan. 7council meeting that he received a letter fromBooton on Jan. 5 that stated: I must submit myresignation from the Marshall City Council effectiveJan. 4, 2013 due to personal reasons. The council isrequired to fill the vacant position within 60 daysaccording to the City Charter. See story on page 17

MAEDA ready to ‘get down to business’In Jan. 8 press release, Marshall Mayor Jim Dyer

announced his excitement about the formation andimplementation of the new non-profit corporation,the Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance(MAEDA), which will align and coordinate theservices of Marshall Area Chamber of Commerce,the DDA/Main Street Program and the MarshallEconomic Development Corporation/LocalDevelopment Finance Authority. Heading up thecorporation will be John Coulter, who is returning toMarshall to become MAEDA’s Chief ExecutiveOfficer. See story on page 20

Calhoun County Alliance for SafeSchools seeks to improve schoolsafety measures

With the Dec. 14 tragedy of the Sandy HookElementary shooting in Newtown, Conn. looming inhis mind, Battle Creek Police Department Sgt. BradPalmer decided it was time for him to take action inhis own community. Today, Jan. 12 at 2:30 p.m. at theMoonraker on Columbia Ave. in Battle Creek, a groupof volunteers will meet for the second time to discussschool safety for Calhoun County school districts.Palmer recently brought together a group of 25people on Dec. 29 for the first meeting to begin thesediscussions. “As parents, we have to lead theinitiative to ensure that everything possible is done tomake our schools safe and action is taken toimplement the change rapidly,” he said.See story on page 40

Marshall High School assembles ‘Red Hot Chili Bots’ robotics team

On Jan. 5, the Marshall High School Roboticsteam, “The Red Hot Chili Bots,” kicked off a six-week project to build a robot, which will competein the Michigan For Inspiration and Recognition ofScience and Technology (FIRST) RoboticsCompetition in March. “The FIRST Roboticscompetition challenges students grades 9-12 tohave the ‘hardest fun [they] will ever have,’” saidteam coach Steve Seifert. “The team challengesstudents to participate and test their abilities, not bywhat they know, but by what they can learn.”See story on page 30

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Editor’s Corner

Hey buddy, can youspare a $1 trillion coin?

New year, old shenanigans.The latest “fix” to our nation’s eco-

nomic woes is a little section of the U.S. code that allows theTreasury secretary to mint and issue platinum bullion coins andproof platinum coins of a size and denomination of the secre-tary’s discretion.

The provision was originally considered for commemorativecoins, but in the past couple of weeks, there has been growingsupport by some Democrats that if the Republicans try to blockan increase in the debt ceiling, the government should just issuea $3 trillion coin.

Abracadabra, problem solved.Leaving Fantasyland for a reality check, the “real” fix will be

when government cuts back on the spending our hard-earnedmoney.

The old saying by Benjamin Franklin, A penny saved is apenny earned is just that, old. It's so outdated, so unrealistic, so18th century. Get with the times, man.

Today, in our enlightened 21st century, it's you've got to spendmoney to make money. You know: Just spend, baby.

I admit I'm no economist, and I also admit that I may comeoff sounding like a bit of a moron with my upcoming analogy,since I have a penchant for making poor analogies, but isn't rais-ing the debt ceiling like maxing out your credit card and callingyour bank and asking for a credit limit increase so you can con-tinue your irresponsible spending?

That is, until you max out again and need another increase be-cause, you know, you got to keep spending.

Why call it a limit or ceiling if it keeps getting raised?Yes officer, I know the speed limit is 45 and I was going 55,

but can you raise the speed limit to 55 to accommodate myspeeding increase? I'll make sure I won't exceed the new limituntil I do so and then ask you to raise it to 65.

If there were serious efforts to cut spending, the tax increasesthat have shrunk our paychecks to start 2013 would be a little biteasier to swallow.

Thanks, citizen. We need more of your money so we can keepup with our addiction for spending.

The new year also saw the highest-earning Americans gettingthe largest tax increases the Bush tax cuts no longer applied tothem.

An interesting question to ponder: What would happen ifthose people decided to make less money deliberately so theywouldn't be taxed as much?

What does that say about our culture when we deliberatelystart making less to avoid paying more?

What happens when the fat cats' wealth drops? Tax them evenmore, right? Right up until there's nothing left to tax.

What is that tipping point? Tax 70, 80, 90 percent? At somepoint, people will get tired of working just to give it all to thegovernment, who then spreads it around to those who like theidea of you supporting them.

Here's an idea: Why not just eliminate the government asmiddle man and send your money directly to your assigned fam-ily or citizens? You'd be their sponsor and perhaps they'd be re-quired to write you a letter every other month to tell you howthey are doing, thanks to your support.

Then again, I have a feeling that if it actually worked thatway, taxpayers wouldn't be so keen on the idea. At the very least,they would expect something in return from the people that theywere sponsoring.

If I'm obligated to pay for you, what's your obligation to me? Until next week, may the good news be yours.

On Thursday, the White House held a gun summit to address gun control legisla-tion in the wake of last month’s Connecticut elementary school massacre. Lastweek, Vice President Biden hinted that President Obama would exercise executivepowers if he could not reach a deal with Congress.

Letters

Katie Hillis,Olivet

“He shouldn’t bypass Congress. Ifpeople want to have guns to defendthemselves, they should. Since whendo criminals obey the law?”

Nancy Triece,Marshall

“No way.”

Word on the StreetShould the president take action on gun control legislation?

by John Hendler

Jan Rocco,Homer

“Absolutely not.”

Jeff Parker,Marshall

“He does want something done in ahasty manner. I don’t think he shouldbypass Congress.”

Rachel Aschliman,Angola, Ind.

“No. I don’t think he should.”

Dave Koenig,Marshall

“I don’t like that. The gun doesn’tshoot itself. We need better back-ground checks.”

Attend the Jan. 14 Marshall School Board meetingTo the Editor:I am writing to be sure

the community is aware ofthe proposed reorganizationof the three elementaryschools from K-5 to threedifferent grade-bundledschools announced by thesuperintendent prior to the2012 holiday break. Theproposed change wouldmake each elementaryschool: Walters, Hughes,and Gordon one of the fol-lowing:

• Pre- K-1st

• 2nd -3rd

• 4th -5th

This would completelychange the way the schools

are organized today.These schools would no

longer encompass all ele-mentary school grades.

Each student in the dis-trict would have to attend allthree schools.

I strongly urge all parentsof affected children to at-tend the next school boardmeeting to listen to detailsregarding the proposedchange:

• The reasoning behindthis recommendation

• The studies that are tobe conducted on how thischange will affect the stu-dents long-term.

• The research into how

this can be effectively man-aged to limit logisticalchaos with student drop-offand pick-up, as many fami-lies will be attending morethan 1 elementary school.

• Documented researchalready conducted by otherschool systems on the posi-tive/negative aspects of thistype of elementary schoolset-up.

• The timeline to fully re-search this topic, make a fi-nal decision, and executethe change if deemed appro-priate

• The school board meet-ing will be held Monday,Jan. 14 at the Marshall Mid-

dle School CommunityRoom. The meeting isscheduled to start 7 p.m.

All parents/concerned cit-izens are welcome to attendthis open meeting to learnmore about complete re-structuring of the elemen-tary schools.

Please make every effortto attend as this couldgreatly impact the educationof the kids in the area andyour input is vital to makingthe best decision for the fu-ture.

Laura Bartlett andMatthew Eggleton,

Marshall

Bolger Medigap abolition deal should be eliminatedTo the Editor:State House Speaker Jase

Bolger of Marshall rammedthrough the 2012 “lameduck” legislative session, aBlue Cross privatization re-form bill that will adverselyaffect low income seniors inMichigan and all future re-tirees dependent on “Medi-gap” insurance, which aug-ments Medicare coverage.Under pressure from “Rightto Life Michigan” and inter-faith senior advocacies,Gov. Snyder vetoed theBlue Cross revamp.

Representative Bolger isnow reintroducing the bills.

The “Bolger Medigap aboli-tion” deal to take effect in2017 deserves to be totallyeliminated. RepresentativeBolger has not consulted hisdistrict residents nor his se-nior constituents in an openforum on his Medigap abo-lition schemes. Why thenon-accountability?

In the statewide press, APjournalists Jeff Karoub andDavid Eggert reported thedetails of the bill reintro-duced by Mr. Bolger:

“Blue Cross would shedits charitable ‘social mis-sion’ and contribute up to$1.5 billion to a non-profit

foundation carrying on thatwork. The foundation wouldwork to improve publichealth and healthcare ac-cess, particularly for chil-dren and the elderly. About60 percent of the money isearmarked in the first fouryears to subsidize Medigap,which fills the gap inMedicare coverage for se-nior citizens, to preventrates from significantly ris-ing. Critics say the contribu-tion isn’t set in stone andneither is the size of the taxbill after credits are takeninto account. They fear thatthe social mission will be

diminished because it does-n’t cover what Blue Crosscurrently contributes to it.”

This proposed actionwould prove to be a signifi-cant financial burden onlow-income individuals aswell as current seniors andfuture generations. Termina-tion of Blue Cross Medigappolicies in 2017 is unwar-ranted. It is important thatRepresentative Jase Bolgerhear from his constituentsimmediately and respond totheir justified outrage.

Carl Davidson,Interfaith Senior Advocates

Marshall

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MHS boys varsity make it six in a row

The Marshall High School boys varsity basketball team improved its record to 7-1 after a 53-23 win at Jackson Northwest on Jan. 8. The win was the Redhawks’ sixthstraight, the only loss of the season coming at Battle Creek Central on Dec. 7. At Northwest, Marshall was led by Robby Ranville’s (left photo versus Harper Creek Jan. 4where Ranville scored 22 points in the 56-42 win) 17 points and Tony Wimberly’s 14 points. Center photo: Conner Vincent drives past Harper Creek’s Mickey Barea. Rightphoto: Dan Welke gets position for the rebound in front of Harper Creek’s Brandon Hutson. Marshall played at Loy Norrix on Friday night and returns to action at home onFriday, Jan. 18 versus Lakeview.

53-23 win at Jackson Northwest improves record to 7-1

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MHS girls varsity rebounds with win over Northwest

The Marshall High School girls varsity basketball team improved its season record to 6-3 following a 45-38 home win over Jackson Northwest on Jan. 8. Marshall was ledby Tierra Orban, who had 12 points. Also in double figures for Marshall was Logan Kiessling, who scored 10 points. Left photo: Sarah Huffman puts up the three pointerover Northwest’s Haley Nugent. Center photo: Kelsey Postema looks to pass to an open teammate during the fourth quarter versus Northwest. Right photo: Lauren VanDyke blocks Harper Creek’s Haley Burritt Jan. 4. The girls varsity played at Loy Norrix Friday evening and will return to action at home versus Lakeview on Friday, Jan. 18at 5:45 p.m.

Red Cross swimminglessons will be held at theMarshall High School Poolbeginning on Saturday,Jan. 19 and will run foreight Saturdays throughMarch 16.

There will be no lessonon Jan. 26 due to a homeswim meet.

Level III through levelVI lessons ($50) will befrom 9 -9:45 a.m.

Level II ($40), which isa beginning level for ages6 and above will be from10-10:30 a.m.

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There will be no lapswim on Jan. 26.

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The Marshall AthleticBoosters will be sponsor-ing a spaghetti dinner onFriday, Jan. 18 In theMarshall High SchoolCafeteria from 5 to 7p.m.

That is also the samenight the Marshall girlsand boys varsity basket-ball teams will take onSMAC East rival Lake-view.

The girls game beginsat 5:45 p.m. and the boysgame begins at 7:15 p.m.

Dinner tickets are $8which will also include araffle ticket for a chanceto win a Beats by Dr. Drestudio high definitionheadphones.

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Tickets can also bepurchased at SandyWoods State Farm officeon 215 East Green St. orJackson and Jackson lo-cated at 311 E. MansionSt.

MHS swimmers win big at Albion, 140-3046 personal bests recorded during meet

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The Marshall High School boys swimming and diving team returned to action Jan. 8 with a 140-30 victory at Albion. During the dual meet, Marshall swimmers set 46 per-sonal bests. The team is back in action at home on Tuesday, Jan. 15 versus Otsego. Above left: Josh Turner during the 200-yard freestyle. Above right: Jack Herman,left, and Phil May wait their turn during the 200-yard medley relay. Below Left: Stuart Murch, during the 200-yard individual medley. Below right: Albion’s Eron Hill at thestart of the 50-yard freestyle that Hill won by just under a second with a time of 24.72 seconds.

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