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A MARSHALL ROTARY CLUB NEWSPAPERDISTRICT 6360 CLUB NUMBER 2943

Celebrating 92 Years of ServiceMARSHALL ROTARY FOUNTAIN

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Volume LXIX2016-2017

67th Edition

A Word from the President...Rotary’s motto is “Service Above Self,”

and it is that guiding principle that motivates the local and international humanitarian charitable efforts. Quoting John Germ, our current Rotary International president for 2016-17, “Service to humanity has been the cornerstone of Rotary since its earliest days, and has been the main purpose ever since.” To that end, fi ve avenues of service have been identifi ed as ways to fulfi ll this year’s theme of Rotary Serving Humanity. These service avenues are club, vocational, community, international, and youth.

As we embark on our 93rd year as a club, I am pleased and thankful to report that our local Marshall club inducted 12 new members during the 2015-2016 Rotary year. This is the largest number of new members inducted into our club in recent memory. More Rotarians ultimately affords us the opportunity to serve and achieve more good while building future Rotary leaders for tomorrow. We

From Farm to TableBy Rotarian proprietor and curator of Stonehall, Charles Victor Lang

Though now it is a good mantra, the concept of ‘from farm to table’ was the way of the world eons ago. I’d like to share with the reader a little about our recent milling of lumber in the yard at Stonehall which is not much different. We are going ‘from tree to trim’ by carefully taking from this land and using the product

to craft in the house. I can surmise that would have been the only way it was done in 1837, when Stonehall was erected.

Now the question asked most often of us is not “what are you doing?” Instead, time and again, the question has been “why did you paint the ends of those logs?” That actually is a really good question, for which there is a simple answer and let me share it as part of a brief tale of how the process of transforming those logs into lumber for the house happens.

One starts by bucking the logs. This is a form of art, coupled with a bit of experience and involves cutting the single felled tree into pieces. Grab your chain saw and just cut isn’t quite the way it’s done. One starts by thinking fi rst then acting – I hope you remember that old adage ‘measure twice, cut once’. First, the length of the log is important. If you want to make door trim it had better be long enough so that the resulting boards are taller than the doors in the house. Longer logs however are not always better. The longer they are the harder they are to cut without waste. So it’s a balancing act. Add to that a knot or several and there is a bit of fi guring where to cut so that the best logs result. The better the log, the better the boards.

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are comprised of committed, capable professionals from a wide variety of fi elds who collectively work towards the betterment of our community and international goals.

Many are aware of the multi-faceted local contributions our Marshall Rotary Club brings to the community. While some enrichment contributions are more visibly public, such as the free summer band concerts, other on-going support for organizations such as Alzheimer’s research, scouting, the Marshall Historical Society, backpacks for students, and the Youth Exchange Student program are also part of our efforts. Rotary support is both fi nancial and service oriented as exemplifi ed by the installation of an access ramp for a homebound individual.

Ultimately fundraising efforts such as the annual Fish Fry and Rotary Extra support our community and other world projects that garner our club’s shared

responsibility. Internationally the global Polio Eradication Initiative has led the world community to the brink of eradicating polio as a disease altogether. The work is ongoing as is the Bio-Sand Filter program for safe drinking water.

I hope you enjoy this year’s Rotary Extra, and I wish to thank all of the businesses and individuals who have supported the publication through their advertisements. Special thanks as well to those who have contributed the interesting and informative articles. I wish to extend a welcoming invitation to attend our weekly noon meetings held at the Franke Center for the Arts. Come enjoy the fellowship and learn about the rewarding opportunities awaiting you in your Marshall Rotary Club.

Yours in Service,Joe Ringenberg, Club President

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In Memoriam:Daniel Babcock

Daniel A. Babcock, Marshall Rotarian, passed away on Monday June 6, 2016 at the age of 75. He was born on January 15, 1941 son of Dwaine and Viola (Snow) Babcock in Jackson. Dan graduated from Napoleon High School with the Class of 1959.

He worked as a tool and die maker at GM for 18 years, leaving GM to begin Babcock Clutch Brake. The company began in his garage in Holt in 1981 and later moved to Springport. He invented and patented the Babcock Clutch Brake which made changing the clutch brake in semi-trucks a much faster process.

Fond of John Deere tractors and restoring them, He was an avid fi sherman both in Michigan and in Yuma, Arizona. A deep love for the desert in Yuma, AZ, often had him jumping into his Tracker, and spending time riding and exploring it. Not to be forgotten, Dan was an afi cionado at cooking ribs but could always fi nd time to play bridge and cribbage. He was a member of Faith Assembly of God and Mt. Hope Church 120. Along with other hobbies, he was lover of history, taking part in the Civil War Ball, and a member of the Marshall Historical Society.

According to Jay Larson, Marshall Rotarian, “As a Marshall Rotary Club member, Dan always eagerly participated in fundraisers like the Rotary Extra and the annual Fish Fry dinners. He also went with me to Peru to distribute glasses to the Huamachuco people who had no eye medical facilities in their town. This weeklong effort was a real adventure particularly going back and forth on the road switch backs from sea level to 14,000 ft in altitude. Dan is also a Paul Harris Fellow twice over and gave generously of his time and money to many Rotary activities. Dan did much for the Yuma Rotary Club for several of its fundraisers. Most of the Yuma fundraisers involved a meal often for more than 5,000 people. Dan was made an honorary member of the Yuma Club and given many accolades by their members.”

“Marshall lost a good man,” continued Jay, “This modest man and his wife, Judy Babcock, have lived in Marshall since 1997. I got to know Dan well as we were not only neighbors but also business partners and Dan was truly one of the nicest people I have ever met. In all my communication with Dan, I never heard him say a bad word about anyone. He was always ethical and optimistic. Above all he was truly a Christian. He was charitable person who was generous with

The fi rst womanto run for president, Victoria Woodhull

By Whitney JonasIn 1872, a politically active Victoria

Woodhull ran for the offi ce of President of the United States (before women had the right to vote). Her party was the Equal Rights Party which supported the women’s suffrage movement, labor rights, and equal rights for women. She also stood for freedom to marry, divorce, and bear children without government interference. During the election, she didn’t receive any electoral votes and there was controversy on the number of popular votes she received. One gentleman said he voted for her or rather against President Grant. It was unreliable due to the fact that votes for her were not counted.

Victoria was born September 23, 1838. She was the fi rst woman to operate a brokerage fi rm on Wall Street with her sister. She made a fortune advising clients on the Stock Market. She and her sister founded a newspaper in 1870. She was married three times and lived an active life. She died in 1927 in England.

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Victoria Woodhull, by Mathew Brady, c1870

The Dream Dollar TeamMarshall Rotary and Marshall Exchange Club members stand around a fl ower pot that has been placed on West Michigan Avenue. Twelve fl ower pots were placed in all. Both Clubs donated to this beautifi cation project. Pictured also is Mayor Jack Reed, Theresa Chaney-Huggett, Mr. Oerther, and Joe Caron.

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his volunteer time as well as his funds. He was also a good Rotarian both in Marshall and his winter home base in Yuma and practiced “service above self”. I will miss my friend greatly and our community has lost a very special person.”

Surviving Dan is his wife, Judy Babcock of Marshall, daughters, Deanna (Randy) Pung of Fowler, Marcia (Curtis) Ulch of Eaton Rapids, grandchildren, Jacob, Jeremy, Dalton, Shelby Lynn and Brother Gary (Sherry) Babcock in Jackson. Dan will also be missed by his wife’s children, Lisa Marie Moore, Pismo Beach, Ca, Jerry Moore, Colorado Springs, Co and James Moore, Lansing, Mi. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Bob.

The American Museum of Magic Continues to GrowBy Susan Collins

The American Museum of Magic is the largest collection of magic memorabilia open to the public in the Western Hemisphere. It has often been described as the “Smithsonian of Magic”.

It has been featured on The History Chan-nel’s “Mysteries at the Museum” twice. It shows up on “Michigan Under the Radar” on a regular basis. Love it when I get a call or an email from a cousin in the UP or southern In-diana saying they just saw me on television. Our Historian, Denny Laub of Fort Wayne, did the History Channel episodes. I just did the PBS show.

Last December, our Vice Chairman Amy Reimann went to Carnegie Hall in NYC to represent us as we were named one of 15 per-forming arts organizations being placed on the Google Cultural Institute site.The emcee for the event called us his personal favorite. That’s pretty heady stuff for a museum in lit-tle ole Marshall. The event was featured in The New York Times and the Washington

Post.Some of the others being recognized that

day were The American Ballet, The Metro-politan Opera, The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and The Country Western Hall of Fame.

The museum opened on April Fool’s Day in 1978. It was the collection of one man, Robert Lund. It is now a 501(c)3 organization with a board from all over the Midwest. It has expanded to include multiple new collections.

Many posters and artifacts from the collection have traveled all over the country. Even Houdini’s Milk Can made it to Dallas, Chicago and New York.

The old city library is now the Lund Archives and Research Center. It houses over 1 million pieces of paper, books, and photographs related to magic. Magic historians come from all over the world to research new books and articles.

We have multiple programs for children and adults. School groups from several dis-tricts in Calhoun County visit on an annual

basis. Magic Camp is always a favorite with children from all over the southern part of the state.

The Midwest History Weekend held in May of 2015 brought 125 magic collectors and historians to Marshall for four days. Several of those visitors have given us grants to improve the storage of our archival materials and several of them have returned to do research. Some of them have even returned to volunteer for us.

Ron Carnell has volunteered to do a show for us on the fi rst Saturday of every month for the entire season. Members of the Inter-national Brotherhood of Magicians Ring 39 have done a show on the third weekend of each month.

HALLOWEEN 2016 marks the 90th anniversary of Houdini’s death in Detroit. The American Museum of Magic is hosting a séance to see if we can make Harry come back from the beyond. He promised his wife Bess that he would return and he never has. Will he come back this year? We shall see!

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Will Harry’s Spirit return on Halloween?We shall see.


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What Makes Marshall Special?By Jim Cracraft

Several talks in recent months with longtime Marshall businessman and civic leader, John Miller, revolved around this familiar question. In some respects, his answers to the question are familiar, too. But given the length of time he has lived here and the depth of his involvement in city affairs, he might be considered uniquely qualified to respond. Or so it seems to me, a relative newcomer to the city (since 1995) who has struggled to explain to family and friends visiting Marshall why it is, well, special.

John moved to Marshall with his parents at the age of five, some sixty-five years ago. They came from out-of-state — Illinois and Texas – and never left. John attended Marshall public schools and Michigan State University, whose teams he has passionately supported ever since. After graduation and active service in the U.S. Army (in Viet Nam), John revved up the family business – selling labels and labeling equipment to businesses around the country and abroad – located on Industrial Road

Whether for business, pleasure, or military service, John has travelled widely in the U.S. and overseas – travel that has given him added perspective on the question before us. I’ve found him remarkably knowledgeable about Chicago, for instance, where I lived and worked for many years.

In 1988 John was elected to City Council, where he served continuously for ten years until elected mayor of Marshall, in which position, twice reelected, he served for six years (1998--2004). These sixteen years of public service at the heart of city government, combined with his long residence in Marshall and years of

doing business here, all seasoned with his extensive travels elsewhere, surely give John unique authority on the subject of what makes Marshall special.

He puts a healthy economy and stable city government at the top of his list. In John’s observation, the continuously high quality of city council members, who have been prudent about spending while not raising taxes, is key. Though their job is very time-consuming, members receive only a nominal stipend in return — are virtual volunteers, as are the many citizens who serve on the various city committees. The continuity and expertise of Marshall’s city managers and other appointed officials, John points out, also promote stable and effective city government. Infighting and periods of conflict within City Hall have sometimes occurred, as he knows well, but generally Marshall’s special quality, as compared with other towns roughly its size, is owed in large measure to the high quality of its city government.

As for Marshall’s economy, and again as compared to that of other towns, it too has remained stable over the years, even as some businesses and industries have come and gone. City government’s continuous support has been one factor here, along with an active chamber of commerce—now MAEDA—and the work of service clubs and other private groups in promoting Marshall as a fine place to live and major tourist attraction. Of course, the efforts of local merchants themselves operating their specialty shops and of the outside corporations that have located their offices, stores, and factories in and around the city have played a big part, too, as John knows first-hand. So has Marshall’s designation (1991) as a National Historic Landmark District.

Then there is the great good luck of Marshall’s location at the intersection of two interstate highways and on the main rail line between Chicago and Detroit. These connections make for easy commuting to Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, Lansing and Coldwater, Jackson and Ann Arbor, and, with a little more effort, to the two major cities just mentioned. Countless residents of Marshall have been able to live here while working in one of these urban centers, just as countless more visitors have been able to come to Marshall on day trips. At the same time, numerous residents of the surrounding area have an easy commute to Marshall for work, worship, shopping, or pleasure.

For those living in Marshall, John cites the variety of housing available in the city whether from a cost, style, or age standpoint. Too often perhaps the emphasis is put on expensive historic homes when praising Marshall’s amenities, overlooking this more appealing variety to the range of people who actually live here. He also notes that most of these homes, in every section of the city, are kept in good repair. “The whole town looks good!” he

exclaims.What else? An excellent school system,

fine police and fire departments, and ample medical facilities make Marshall a safe as well as an attractive place to live, work, and learn. “Our sidewalks are very busy,” John observes proudly, meaning kids and women and elderly people — anybody and everybody — plainly feel that our streets are safe enough to go for a walk or run or bike ride any time of day. Most of us, I’d guess, don’t give this safety factor a second’s thought—unless we’re thinking about someplace else.

John’s last main point, he says, “is the best one.” I’ll quote him verbatim on this: “We are extremely fortunate in having one of the best name-recognition establishments putting Marshall on the map. In my travels throughout the U.S. (and once in Paris), when asked where I was from, the response has been, ‘Oh, Marshall, isn’t that the home of Schuler’s restaurant?’ In the marketing game, this is priceless. In addition, we now have another establishment with rapidly growing name recognition: the Dark Horse Brewery.” Amen, say I.

In fact, Marshall is special as a result of all of these factors combined. Or, in John’s words: “Marshall is special because many of the elements that make up the community are being done right. Citizens are ‘comfortable’ living here, and visitors are impressed by the city’s vitality, character, and activities.”

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Logs cut, the end paint comes next and immediately. Oh yes, I know, you have already asked why. In sharing the reasoning though, let me state that it has nothing to do with labeling the logs. The concise answer why is: “to slow moisture loss”. By evaporation a log naturally loses the water contained in it once cut. The key to understanding why we paint the ends is the following fact – water goes out a lot faster from a log’s end grain than from its sides. If you let it race out the ends, by not sealing that part of the logs somehow, the logs will crack! That can ruin up to a foot of lumber at each end and that damage is substantially avoidable with a healthy slathering of paint. What paint? Any paint! We take our leftovers from each painting project and pour it in a big tub that has a screw lid. I grab the big paint brush that resides in that bucket and then merely pretend to be whitewashing a fence instead of stack of logs. If only I could tell you it is so much fun that I could get someone else to do that work, but I’m not the actor that Master Huckleberry Finn was.

Logs are now ready to mill so up on the machine they go. Every time I think about how it had to be done in 1837, I am thankful for today’s technology. I am glad to be able to use a tractor with a forklift attachment to load the logs. I am even more thankful for a hydraulically controlled mill. By pushing a few knobs the log is rolled into place. Then with the pull of a lever and a big whirl, the twelve food diameter band saw blade starts spinning. Another knob

Your Marshall RotaryGives Back to Our Community

By Jay LarsonDuring our July 1, 2015 to June 30,

2016 Rotary year, the Marshall Rotary Foundation made several grants to non-profi t organizations in the Marshall Area totaling $19,005. Our largest grant was for $7000 and it was for lap top computers for our Marshall District Library. However; signifi cant funds were also given to MAEDA, Binder Park Zoo, the Boy Scouts, Fountain Clinic, the Bohm Theatre, Wilder Creek Conservation, Kid’s Kingdom and the Marshall Historical Society. These funds do not come from our Marshall

residents’ donations but rather from our earnings from our Marshall Rotary Foundation portfolio which originally was gifted $250,000 by the Gauss Family (see the Gauss historical marker down by our electric utility building).

Our Rotary club also has a Community Action Fund which is used primarily to support kids’ programs associated with our school systems and scouting. Our gifts to these community organizations came to about $10,000 during our last Rotary year. The monies for this fund come from our community fund raisers such as our Fish Fry and the Rotary Extra that you are reading as well as from our Marshall Rotarians’ donations.

If your non-profi t organization has a specifi c need, please contact Jay Larson at [email protected] for some brief details on your project. If appropriate, an application will be sent to your email. Complete it, return to Jay Larson and the Marshall Rotary Foundation Board will determine if a grant is appropriate.

controls the forward and reverse. So I sit in the nifty seat attached to the mill and simply ‘drive’ that band saw blade right through the log.

To take you through the cutting process quickly, the fi rst cut takes off the bark on the top. The bark pieces are what many folks commonly call slab wood. The log is rotated, again hydraulically, and the process repeated until all the bark pieces are removed. Then the real fun begins – cutting the actual boards. Another dozen cuts, plus or minus depending on the size of the log, and beautiful boards are rendered.

It is work to transform these trees and yet one thing I have never doubted is whether it has been worth the effort to evolve them from the land to the home. It is not only historically good but also, I must say, downright fun.

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The Rotary Foundation is celebrating 100 years of serviceBy Whitney Jonas

The following is just a little of the history of Rotary:

There were two goals in the beginning of Rotary: to promote business interests of its members, and fellowship. A Chica-go attorney, Paul P Harris, in 1905, met with three of his friends. The club was named Rotary because they rotated meet-ing places to the business offi ces of each member. Soon clubs began to grow. Goals changed when it was thought there had to be more than self-interest and fellowship. Prominent business leaders should aspire to higher ideals. In 1906, a third goal was added, to serve the interests of the commu-nity (in this instance, Chicago) and bring forth pride to its citizens. In 1910, there were sixteen Rotary Clubs in the Chicago area. Paul Harris called these groups to-gether and they met for the fi rst conven-tion. Two service projects included buying a horse for a doctor and leading the way to create the fi rst public restrooms for the city.

A new platform was developed at the 1910 Convention with the guiding principal, “He profi ts most who serves best.” Rotary became international when, in 1912, delegates from Canada, England, the United States, Ireland, and Scotland, met in Duluth, Minnesota for a convention. The PolioPlus program resulted from this new goal a hundred years later. This movement has grown into what is now known as the ROTARY FOUNDATION.

We know of Paul Harris, but little is spoken of man from Cleveland, Ohio, by the name of Arch C. Klumph.

Mr. Klumph was born in Conneautville, Pennsylvania in 1869, a part of a German

immigrant family that settled in New York, in the 1770s. Arch went to work at the age of twelve. His fortune and hard work brought him to ownership of a lumber company and in 1912 he was invited to

become a member of the Rotary Club of Cleveland. As the fourth president of Rotary, his life was dedicated to working for and believing in Rotary. His ideas

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Foundation continued from page 5included building an emergency fund which would enable the club to carry on service projects for future years.

In 1914, through Klumpf’s proposal to develop an emergency fund, he became the Director of the International Association of Rotary Clubs. The association, however, soon realized their expenditures were more than their assets. This is when the Board appealed to every club for a one time contribution in 1916 which provided the organization with $17,000.00.

As Rotary President in 1916-17, Arch Klumph outlined goals for success and growth of Rotary Clubs. He proposed a standard constitution for all Rotary clubs. He stated the importance of a District Governor, District Conferences, Rotary Education, and the importance of Community Service. In his 1928 district conference speech in Indiana, he related how he was inspired by the passing of a wealthy man who wanted to leave his entire fortune to building a monument. It wasn’t a physical monument but a monument for the service to humanity. For the first time, the necessity of an Endowment Fund for charitable causes for all of Rotary was put forth. The first donation was sent by the Rotary Club of Kansas City. The amount was $26.50. This seedling gift formed the beginning of the Rotary Endowment Fund. This foundation grew over the years and has contributed billions of dollars to

Marshall Public SchoolsBy Dr. Randy Davis

The Marshall Public Schools have be-gun the 2016/2017 school year with a newly expanded model of public educa-tion. This year is like no other we have experienced in the recent history of our organization. Since July 1st, we have hired over fifty new staff and increased our em-ployee group to 300 strong. Our district now serves close to 3,000 students from the cities of Albion and Marshall, and the nine townships that surround them in east-ern Calhoun and western Jackson counties. The new MarshALL Public Schools now covers 171 square miles and represents approximately 18,000 tax payers. We have two early childhood operations under the Shamrock Center (one located at Crowell in Albion and the other at Gordon in Mar-shall), four elementary schools (the three in Marshall and adding our fourth, Har-rington Elementary, in Albion), the Mar-shall Middle School, a traditional Marshall High School, the Opportunity High School located in Albion serving non-traditional learners, an Early/Middle College at the Eastern Academic Campus of KCC, two state-wide programs helping wayward students get back on track through the Michigan Youth Challenge Academy and

the new Michigan Job Challenge Program (both offered at the Battle Creek VA and Fort Custer), and intentional partnerships with Kellogg Community College and Al-bion College that lead to scholarships and post-secondary certifications and degrees.

I hope you all had the chance to read the booklet we distributed over the summer titled “Pathways to Opportunity: Pre-K through Grade 16 Education”. It was an introduction to some of the incredible educational programs and services we offer, and really a celebration for all on what we have created in our region. We truly can say we have a system where all children have equal access to a quality education that provides multiple pathways for students to achieve their fullest potential in becoming both career- and college-ready. We have worked hard to create a full continuum of education to serve a diverse student population in a global learning environment geared toward graduating enlightened young adults possessing the 21st century skills necessary to become successful in today’s world.

But when you put your arms around all we have to offer in the new Marshall Public Schools, it really boils down to one thing; how each and every one of us, in our organization and across our communities, personalizes the moral imperative that every child can learn and every person matters. Each and every day we instill hope in the hearts and minds of those we teach; in times of success and in times of failure. Our children rely on us, and on their families, to affirm the value, strengths, and unlimited potential every child possesses. We hope everyone residing in our newly expanded district will join us as we continue to invest in the lives of our children and the future they will enjoy. Thank you for your ongoing support.

serving humanity. Arch Klumph remained active in many

areas of Rotary through ups and downs of the Foundation. In January, 1947, Paul Harris died. To commemorate the founder of Rotary, a campaign in the name of its founder became the Paul Harris Memorial Fund of the Rotary Foundation. Arch Klumph lived long enough to see contributions from around the world provide funds for emergency relief for those who lost so much from WWII. Arch passed away June 3, 1951.

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EastEnd Studio and Gallery Continues to GrowBy Jim Cracraft

Marshall’s EastEnd Studio and Gallery (EESG) is becoming an increasingly pop-ular tourist destination as well as a bur-geoning center for the visual arts. Over 12,000 people visited EESG in 2015 and even more are expected by the end of this year. Currently, about sixty Michigan and out-of-state artists exhibit their work on its premises, their individual works selling for anything from $3 to $3,000. Two new managers have been hired and numerous grants secured.

The grants have been awarded to EESG to help defray the expenses of its ongoing effort to restore and modernize the Wagner Block in downtown Marshall (at 143-145 West Michigan Avenue), its home since 2012. The building is a major architectur-

al monument in south central Michigan, having been built in 1870-1871 according to designs by the first distinguished archi-tect of Chicago, John Mills Van Osdel. It is named after its first owner, the prominent early Marshall businessman and sometime mayor of the city, Martin V. “Cap” Wagner (lived 1845-1891).

Externally, the Wagner Block is remark-able for its elaborate stone façade with high arched windows and balcony with balus-trade: easily the most elaborate building front on Marshall’s main street. Internally, the Block consists of four floors: the street level, where the gallery is located, with its dazzling array of paintings, drawings, sculptures, art glass, photographs, jewelry, ceramics, and more; a lower level, where the main gallery continues along with a classroom and framing studio; the second floor, currently being renovated for addi-tional teaching space as well as artist stu-dios; and a third floor, with its high-ceiling ballroom suitable for various community and civic gatherings, where renovation has only begun.

Marshall’s Rotary Club has been among the public and private donors contribut-ing to EESG’s ongoing restoration effort at the Wagner Block, having facilitated grants totaling more than $27,500 since 2012. But the actual restoration has been professionally planned by architect Ran-

dy Case and carried out by volunteers led by retired engineer Jay Larson. EESG’s day-to-day operations are in the capable hands of Warner Ball, a fine arts graduate of Albion College responsible for sales and online promotion, and Kat Whaley, a longtime art educator with commercial art experience who oversees the art-educa-tional programs (all classes were full this summer). Together Warner and Kat man-age EESG under the overall direction of a volunteer board comprised of educational, art, and business professionals drawn from the Marshall area.

Notable among EESG’s promotional events are the special exhibits mounted every month or two featuring artists with a strong body of work. Paintings, photos,

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“Before” image of the oval windows in the mansard roof of EastEnd Studio & Gallery. This Second Empire French building is also known as the Wagners Block because of the carving in the stone that captures the name of the original owner, Captain Wagner. Photograph by Maggie LaNoue

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EastEnd continued from page 7sculpture, works in fiber, and pottery (by nationally known Albion potters Ken Shenstone and Anne Beyer) have been among the media displayed. The pottery show was followed (until October 11) by the fantastic, photorealistic drawings and clay figures with bronze patina by Cynthia Steffel of Battle Creek, and then (October 13 to November 18) by an exhibit of art in various media with birds as subjects. All these special exhibits emphasize the broad range of visual art promoted at EESG as well as its regional reach.

EESG’s biggest challenge today is to continue to build the infrastructure neces-sary to support its inter-related missions in visual art display, art education, and historic preservation. New stairways are needed, along with upgraded heating and air-conditioning, new bathrooms (to be open to the public during regular business hours), improved electrical and water ser-vices, and an elevator (for disabled visi-tors, among others)--all of which must be done to code. The short-term goal is to have the bathrooms installed on the main and second floors, and the second floor ready for kids’ and adult art classes, by the end of this year. The longer-term hope is to build an ever more flourishing regional arts center and fully restored architectur-al monument open to everyone who cares about the visual arts—artists looking for a cost-effective venue to sell their work,

their patrons and buyers, students seeking to learn, but also casual passers-by and tourists doing their rounds. Come one, come all!

A membership drive has just been launched for persons wishing to actively support EESG, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. Various membership levels with associated benefits are available. Call (269) 789-2379 or visit our website at eas-tendstudioandgallery.com.

A more recent view of the oval windows on the third floor of EastEnd. This was the ballroom and sometimes hosted events of hundreds of people. Photograph by Maggie LaNoue

The originalmurals thatwere on the

walls that might be 100 years old

or older, were preserved whenthe surrounding

walls wererepaired.

Photograph by Maggie LaNoue

President of the EastEnd boardJay Larson shows some of therenovations thathe was helping with to the founder of EastEnd, Michael Peck, whileJudy Babcock, who is helping on an upcoming fundraiser, looks on. Photograph by Maggie LaNoue

RotarianJoe Ringenberg prepares to servethe community at the annual RotaryFish Fry.All proceeds fromthe Rotary Fish Frygo into the Community Action Fund to support grants for local organizations.

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What’s it like to go to RYLA Camp?By Jay Larson, District 6360Youth Services Coordinator

Rotary District 6360 offers a Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA) camp to 13 Southwest Michigan County high school students each summer. All students individually selected by our Rotary Clubs arrive on a Friday in mid-August at the Battle Creek School’s Clear Lake Camp between 3 and 5:30 pm. After signing in and stowing their gear in the girls’ or boys’ dorms, all students, camp staff and Rotarian counselors congregate in the main club house lobby getting to know each other before starting dinner at 6 pm. This summer, our Friday dinner was marinated chicken breast, mashed potatoes and green beans supplemented with a salad bar and cake and fruit for dessert. The main event after dinner was “Capture the Flag” followed by a sandwich snack and drinks. Everyone was in their respective dorm by 11 pm, but many stayed up late playing a variety of board games or simply talking. We had a major thunder storm at around 2

am, but most of our kids were tired enough that it did not wake them.

Saturday started with all getting up at 7:00 am for French toast and sausage . Morning Activities included: The Ethics Workshop, Climbing Wall and Team Building exercises. These events were repeated so that each of the four groups could partake with a pulled pork lunch at noon. Before dinner, retired General Julie Kraus discussed her career in the army and how it developed her leadership skills and how these apply to life. Dinner was rapidly consumed and Bill Smith, our District 6360 Governor, introduced Rotary to the students concentrating on Rotary’s humanitarian efforts and youth services including Student Mentoring, Interact, Youth Exchange and Rotaract. Next was our scavenger hunt and camp fire took place with each group doing a skit followed by a quick snack and into the dorms by 11 pm. Everyone appeared fairly tired on Saturday and the dorms were soon quiet.

After a scrambled egg breakfast on Sunday morning, many of the Saturday events were duplicated as well as canoeing on Clear Lake. We feasted on hamburgers and fries for lunch. After lunch, everyone packed up, cleaned our areas, received a RYLA participation certificate and headed for home. Our camp counselors had a brief meeting on how to make RYLA camp better in 2017.

I was fortunate to be able to bring Marshall, my four year old grandson, to camp. Amy, the Director, allowed him to feed the farm animals on Saturday and Sunday. This was the highlight of his camp adventure as he fed rabbits, turkeys, chickens, horses and cows.

We had a few bruised legs and one student had an asthma attack and had to be taken to the Hastings Hospital. But with Jill Eldred, our District RYLA leader and Camp Nurse, managing the effort with 4 chaperones, one doctor and two Kalamazoo Rotaractors that virtual managed the camp events and the great camp staff who oversaw the daytime activities; this

camp ran like clockwork and everybody had a good time. The kids learned about leadership, were introduced to Ethics, not only with facilitated presentations but hands on exercises. The camp staff was dedicated, helpful and cheerful.

Our Rotarian participants enjoyed their interfacing with these young students. It is great to see a bunch of kids who have never met before develop lifelong friends at this camp and hopefully will become our future Rotarians. If you, as a District 6360 Rotarian, want to participate in this camp next summer, email [email protected]. Also, make certain that your club sponsors a student from your area for our 2017 camp by June 1st by emailing Jill Eldred.


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Franke Center’s new lobby bar opens –A variety of music and theater events plannedThe result of months of design, plan-

ning, and construction, the new Tom/Col-lins Bar at The Franke Center for the Arts, is completed and ready to enjoy. The space was the previous Coat/Storage room and is located adjacent to the Collins Room off the main auditorium. The new Lobby Bar was designed to echo the character of an English pub and incorporates many unique architectural features, explains designer, Patrice Marquardt. Carpenters, Kelly Wil-liams and Jim Hendershot, worked closely with Marquardt and implemented her de-sign with high quality materials and skill.

Consistent with the recent theater ren-ovation, the new bar uses many recycled materials from the original church build-ing. The bar itself is faced with recycled doors found in a basement storage room. Stained glass from windows that had been removed from the original building has been reused in the doors and soffit above the cabinets. The latest LED lighting tech-nology has been applied to the room as well.

With yet another “new” space to enjoy, The Franke Center has a memorable vari-ety of entertaining events planned for its 16th Season. “We’re very pleased with the lineup that has taken shape for the re-mainder of the 2016/17 concert season,” said Executive Director Patty Williams.

“The schedule is filled with live perfor-mances and events that are sure to please everyone. We’ve also scheduled a couple of classic movies that deserve to be seen on a big screen.”

Next up on Saturday, November 19, The Eaton Blues Series will feature Blues/Rock icon Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown. “Contemporaries of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles in the 1960’s, Savoy Brown helped launch the 1967 UK blues boom with founder guitarist Simmonds at the helm,” Deppe said. Seeing a music leg-end like this in an intimate theater like the Franke Center is an experience that should not be missed”

On Friday, December 9, Prine Time, a John Prine Tribute band featuring an all-star cast of Michigan musicians will per-form. “These musicians – each with their own musical ventures – banded together last year for their shared admiration for the many musical works of master Jedi song-writer John Prine,” Deppe said. “This is going to be a very special event for John Prine fans.”

High quality entertainment continues in 2017 with several favorite events coming again to the Franke, including the Amer-icana/Roots Festival on Saturday, Janu-ary 16, and the sixth annual Winter Blues Festival, featuring “Queen of the Blues”,

Thornetta Davis on Saturday, Feb. 4. The Children’s Theater will present,

“Mary Poppins,” featuring the region’s fourth- through ninth-grade students on Feb. 16-19.

On February 25, Comedian, Kevin McPeek, takes the stage and brings laugh-ter and good times to The Franke and Clas-sic movie fans are sure to enjoy the cult film The Blues Brothers on January 28, and the Franke Annual Fundraiser featur-ing Doctor Zhivago on April 8. The Eaton Blues Series returns on Saturday, April 22, with Blues icon Jimmy Thackery and The Drivers.

“Every year, we work very hard to choose a season that reflects the renewed attractions and qualities of the center,” Williams said. “Because of last year’s ren-ovation, the Center is a true jewel again, structurally as well as from a performance standpoint – and we’ve been able to ex-pand significantly on what we can offer for all to enjoy.”

The Franke Center for the Arts is an intimate, historic, 270 seat theater in downtown Marshall. For information about any of the upcoming season’s programs contact the Franke Center Box Ofice at (269) 781-0001 or visit frankecenterforthearts.org.

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The Cronin Building:A Piece of History, Revived

Puckett Construction, owned and operated by Rotarian Scott Puckett, began working as a sub-contractor on the Marshall Cronin Building in fall of 2015. The building is owned by Cronin Building Development, LLC (CBD). Urban Concepts, an outfi t out of Okemos, MI, was contracted to develop the building. The goal for the building was to fi ll a gap in Marshall’s downtown. Marshall’s busiest times are during holidays and parade weekends, but in the down time, there isn’t much draw to the downtown part of the city. CBD aims to open an up beat, affordable, destination-type of restaurant in the next year to increase the revenue fl ow in downtown. Because of Marshall’s convenient location, nestled right between Chicago and Detroit, this restaurant can turn into a stop for motorists and bikers alike, and there will be high-end hotel suites for weekend getaways and downtown visitors. There will also be luxury apartments available for rent.

Urban Concepts is funding this renovation as they have in the past, through agencies such as the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) whose own goal is to “offer business assistance services and capital programs for business attraction and acceleration.” The following was taken from the MEDC

website concerning the Cronin Building renovations:

The City of Marshall was awarded $676,840 in Community Develop-ment Block Grant funds for the Cronin Building project in downtown Mar-shall. The project is correcting struc-tural issues and eliminating blighted conditions on both the interior and exterior of the building, a circa-1870 historic structure. The completed proj-ect will include seven apartment units, two extended stay suites and a tavern with a patio and banquet area. The project will generate a total capital investment of more than $1.6 million and create 18 jobs. The City of Mar-shall will contribute $150,000 for in-frastructure improvements including parking and sidewalk improvements. (MEDC website, 2015).The City of Marshall proceeded to sell

the Cronin Building to CBD and grant them the funds from MEDC towards future development of the building.

Currently, Urban Concepts is focused on fi nishing the residential space on the upper fl oors, in hopes that tenants will be moving in by Spring 2017. The pace of this project is not being slowed for lack of talent, though. The gift of development funds comes with the burden of many hoops to jump through. That-being-said, Urban Concepts is limited in what sub-contractors can be working in the building because of when funding becomes available to them.

There is certainly a bright future for the Cronin Building that will lend itself to a brighter and more lively downtown area. If you have further questions about the development of the Cronin Building, please contact Gary Cooper ([email protected]) or Steve Eyke ([email protected]) of Urban Concepts.

Oct. 2015. A view from the (now removed) southwest corner staircase of the future banquet room on the fi rst fl oor.

Oct. 2015. A view from the west of the CroninBuilding .

Marshall Rotary PresidentJoe Ringenberg

welcomed Jeff Crone to the Club

Jeff is a manufacturer representative.

Dan Stulberg shared his working experience at Chemical Bank working

with Barb Gray. Marty Overhiser inducted our newest member into the

Marshall Rotary. Welcome Barb.

Two new members were inducted into Marshall Rotary, by Marty Overhiser,

today. Max Brundage sponsored Blake Bambach. Susan Collins sponsored

Scott Fleming. Blake move to Marshall to start his own investment company.

Scott is CEO of MAEDA.

Marshall Rotary welcomesGloria Kelly.

Jay Larson says ‘welcome’.

Marshall Rotary welcomes two new members: Scott Puckett, of Puckett

Construction, standing next toDr Phil Glotfelty and Beth A Martin,

Marshall’s Postmaster, sponsored by Mike Schragg.

Marshall Rotary Club and Marty Overhiser welcomed another new member, Michele

Johnson. Michele is the Finance Director for Calhoun County and a recent newcomer to the

Marshall area. Welcome Michele.

Shannon Tiernan, Executive Director, Marshall Community Foundation was welcomed as a

Rotary member.

Oct. 2015. The southeast corner of the Cronin Building. Now completely redone.

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Tom Schaeffer sponsored new Rotarian Ken Koberstein.

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Isaac Crary and Marshall Architectureor (What’s a girl like you doing in a building like this?)

By Janet E. OstrumMichigan was a wild frontier when John

Davis Pierce left Goshen, Connecticut in 1831 to live and work as a missionary in Marshall. Two years later, in 1833, a younger and perhaps more politically ambitious attorney, Isaac Edwin Crary, arrived from Hartford, Connecticut.

By 1835 the two men got “uber creative” together (to use a phrase from today’s urban dictionary) and wrote the education article of Michigan’s constitution. Therein creating blueprints for the fi rst public school system, school superintendent position, public libraries, the fi rst Normal School, the University of Michigan, and a State Department of Education. Their designs were adopted by all states in the Old Northwest Territory and became the basis for the U.S. Land Grant Act in 1861, which established schools like Michigan State University all over the country. Crary was also elected to the twenty-fi fth and twenty-sixth Michigan congresses, serving as Speaker in 1846. He also served as a regent at University of Michigan, and edited the Marshall Expounder for several years.

I don’t contemplate Crary’s many achievements each day, however, I have spent most of my life benefi ting from his legacy. First, as a K-12 student in Michigan’s public schools, next as a graduate of a state university, then in 1985 I, too, settled in Marshall to work and start a family. Later, I became owner of his fi rst Marshall home located in the original plat at 108 North Park Avenue, facing west, just north of the Brooks Memorial Fountain. Much has happened since Crary’s short stay in his modest ca 1834 Greek Revival cottage and my ownership and establishment of Bayberry House Interiors in 1988. Most of the details of people and events are lost to history.

For Crary’s part, in 1841 he found time to pursue and marry Bolona Pratt. Her father, Abner Pratt, was one of the most prominent men in Marshall having been a former consul to the Sandwich Islands. Pratt’s Polynesian style dwelling, an architectural confection now known as the Honolulu House, was built facing east on Kalamazoo Avenue. On the land between

Crary’s fi rst home and the Pratt home is the strategically, if not altogether privately, located house given to Bolona and Isaac as a wedding gift from her parents.

In the early part of the 20th Century, Standard Oil Company’s new presence on Michigan Avenue required a portion of Crary’s original home to be removed and relocated to South Linden Street, where it remains today. The balance of the house stands on its original sandstone foundation, with un- hewn tree trunks as fl oor joists and its original post and beam construction. The “fragmented” cottage on Park Avenue remained home to families and businesses, which included a furrier and a chiropractor, for decades. That is, until the late 1970s when it seemed to have outlived its usefulness and was condemned and scheduled for demolition.

Mercifully, Marshall residents, Ken Wirtz, Hal Minick, and Jacque Minick, worked to save the building. Through successive ownership, it was renovated inside and out and given new purpose. Jacque opened an interior design studio and euphemistically referred to her building as “The Crary Fragment”; a name which is sometimes invoked to this day by visitors. Mrs. Minick operated her design business on Park Avenue until 1983 when she sold the building to another interior designer, Susan Coolbaugh. Susan is the niece of Marshall resident, Ann Acker. Susan’s Interiors operated in the building until 1988.

For my part, I came to work for Susan in 1985 straight out of design school. I later purchased the building and opened my own interior design practice. Bayberry House Interiors will soon have its 30th Anniversary, which makes it the longest operating business at this location since 1834. Today, as I enjoy the view from my shop window of the buildings associated with Isaac Crary and generations of Marshall citizens, I am fi lled with gratitude and the realization that I never could have imagined I would become the longest owning steward of what is admittedly a modest structure, yet one with grand connections to the early history of Marshall, the State of Michigan, and to public education around the country.

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Rotarian Blake Bambach, a new member, told us all about competitive sailing at University

of Michigan. The University had crafts at Base Line Lake near Plymouth.

Mary Kelpinski, Executive Director of the Michigan Pork Producers of America, gave members of Marshall Rotary an update on improvements on the production of pork products.

Lisa Nylund, Dick Walters’ daughter, gave Rotary the history of THE WALTERS’ GASOLINE MUSEUM. The Marshall Interurban Railway Depot, built in 1903 was purchased by RCWalters Sr in 1935 and converted into a gas station, to serve the needs of the motoring public. The building now houses memorabilia from the private collection of Walters Jr. It’s a look at the last hundred years of life in Marshall. Admission is free open to the public , several weekends and during city events. Located at 220 W Michigan Ave.

Rotary welcomed Tom Kolasso who told Rotarians of the history ofOlivet College. Mr Kolasso was elected to serve as the chair of Olivet

College Board of Trustees in 2014. The founders of Olivet Collegebelieved in three essential components; a coeducational experience,service, and the belief that an education could be had by anyone, not

just those that have wealth. Olivet offers 28 programs that lead toa Bachelor’s degree as well as a Master’s degree in Business

Administration. The student to faculty is 17 to 1. Olivet founded the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1888. It was

recently announced that Olivet College will offer an annual $14,000 scholarships to eligible Lansing High School graduates joining

Rotary welcomed Cammi Robinson and Kristin Burt from the Alzheimers Association, to give us an update on Alzheimer’s Research that came out August 30. Healthy living proves to be a strong factor in fending off the disease: heart health, healthy diet, movement (get the feet moving), and being mentally active.

Walking/jogging 5 miles per week, reduces the possibility of ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE by 6%. Walking/jogging 15 miles per week reduces the possibility of onset of dementia by 40%. It’s the MOVEMENT that seems to be the key to healthy aging. Through activities such as dance, and creative activities such as painting healthy living is achieved. MILES FOR MEMORIES is creating solutions for those impacted by dementia in Calhoun County through movement programs. Sherii Sherban and Karin Gallagher, from Maplewood shared the exciting news with Rotary this week.

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Sheriff Matt Saxton hosted the Marshall Rotary Club with a tour throughthe new Marshall Law Enforcement Center, housing the Michigan StatePolice, the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Offi ce and the Marshall PoliceDepartment. It is the fi rst of its kind and coordinates effi ciently lawenforcement in the county. Our group toured through offi ces, observeddetectives from the three agencies conferring, met Tim in the propertyevidence room, observed the exercise room, interview room where asuspect enters for questioning, and the new housing facility for boats,motorcycles, large pieces of evidence. It is quite an impressive facility.The Sheriff’s classic car is a 1964 Chrysler 300.

Two dedicated Rotarians, Thomas Schaeffer, lawyer, and Ken Koberstein, Detective, present to the Marshall Rotary Club, an intense and fascinating murder case they worked on together. In the end there was an acquittal.

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As the three engineers began raising the capital necessary to start their company, they began looking for a location for the business. A key requirement was to be within an hour drive from the Japanese automotive suppliers in the Battle Creek area.

Jim and Gary stumbled on to the Albion industrial park, and discovered that the

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As business grew, the space in the Business Incubator began to get crowded as more presses and Team Members were added. It wasn’t long before the trio realized that it was time for the company to have its own space. Plans were developed to purchase land and build a manufacturing plant in Albion’s industrial park – just down the road from the Incubator. In June 1992, the company moved into its new 15,000 square foot facility.

One of the most important milestones for Team 1 Plastics was the creation of its Championship Dream in 1999. This document, similar to other companies’ vision statements, was developed by input from the whole team. It provides direction and focus for the company including Team Member Success and being a Positive Community Member.

Team Member Success is demonstrated by the company’s emphasis on safety. Team

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National Historic Landmark DistrictBy Susan Collins

July 19, 2016 marked the 25th anniver-sary of Marshall’s National Historic Land-mark District.

For those that didn’t live here 25 years ago, National Historic Landmark status is the highest designation that the United States can bestow on an historic district. It is a step above The National Register of Historic Places.

Here’s a little history of how Marshall’s NHLD came to pass….

In August of 1989 Catherine Eckert, the State Historic Preservation Offi cer for Michigan at the time, called one Sunday afternoon and asked if she could bring a Ms. Caroline Pitts from the National Park Service over for a glass of iced tea on our patio.

John Collins was on the State Historical Commission at the time and Catherine re-ported to that Commission. She had Car-oline in Michigan to survey potential new National Historic Landmarks. She had driven her to Marshall to discuss making the Honolulu House a National Landmark.

After driving her around Marshall Caro-line was most impressed.

While enjoying her glass of tea she told us that the Honolulu House was fi ne but the whole “darned” town should be a Na-tional Landmark.

Mike and John were both on the Mar-shall City Planning Commission at the time. They were both early for the month-ly meeting the next week and John men-tioned Caroline’s enthusiasm about Mar-shall becoming a Landmark District. Mike volunteered to write to the mayor asking him to appoint a committee.

Mayor Joe Schroeder appointed a com-mittee of ten people representing every segment of the community. Everyone on the committee pitched in and enjoyed do-ing it. We immediately drew an outline of the proposed district.

The fi rst assignment from the state offi ce was to take a picture of every building in that district. Initially we suggested 1250 buildings be included. The state would pay for the fi lm and processing and we would take the pictures.

One of the funniest stories of the early part of the nomination process was that we would each go out and take individual pic-tures of 125 buildings. Roger Graves was on the committee, representing the histori-cal society, and he drew North Kalamazoo Ave. to take his photos. He had the good people of N. K’zoo terrifi ed as to why the Police Chief was standing in their front yards taking pictures of their houses.

Funny thing, but the man in the History Division in Lansing assigned to us lost the

fi lm. He then lopped 400 buildings off the district. He didn’t deem the houses built for the railroad workers important enough to be of “Landmark” status.

We later found out that he wasn’t at all pleased with the speed at which we were preparing our nomination. Seems it took him four years to complete a National Register District containing less than 100 structures.

I called his boss, the aforementioned Catherine Eckert, and told her what was happening. She called back a few days later and said, “Susan, for Landmark, you don’t have to have a photo of every struc-ture and you don’t need to work through the state. Here’s Caroline’s telephone number in Washington.” If there had been such a thing back then, Caroline’s number would have been on my speed-dial.

From that point forward, Judy Peters and I did most of the grunt work… typ-ing, fi ling, re-surveying, marking maps etc. Remember this was 1990 and no one had personal computers. We did the whole thing with electric typewriters. We wore

out two. Literally took them to the dump.There were many 2 A.M. mornings

at my dining room table with Judy and I arguing from one end of the table to the other. We became very good friends while writing the nomination and remain so to-day. The only thing we hired out was to have someone write the legal description. The Marshall Community Foundation paid $2,000 for that.

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At the dedication of Marshall’s National Historic Landmark District in September 1991. From left to right: Judy Peters, Susan Collins, Ann Adams, Bill Traver, Kathy Tarr, Micke Darling, Mayor Joe Schroeder, U.S. Senator Carl Levin, Roger Graves, Dave Deppe, Norm Kinney, hiding Jim Leonard, Michigan Secretary of State Richard H. Austin, hiding John Baty. The Mayor and Senator Levin are unveiling the marker on the front of Town Hall.


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Landmark continued from previous pageFinally, after 18 months, we had every

thing shipped to Washington, D.C. Caro-line called and said that the maps weren’t to the right scale and she needed much larger ones “yesterday”.

I called Jim Pardoe and he had his part-ner, Kent Maurer, print four sections of map that were each 36” square the same day. That’s 36 square feet of map. I stayed up all night very carefully outlining the lot lines of each building in the district.

That was a Friday night and in those days Marshall didn’t have a Saturday Post Office pickup. John drove me to Battle Creek the next morning to mail the maps to Washington.

John Collins and I decided that we

would go to D.C. for the hearing by the National Park Service Review Commit-tee in April 1991. When we arrived there, Caroline immediately asked, “Where are my railroad houses?” When we told her that the state employee had lopped them off she was furious!

Of course our district was approved and we were ecstatic!

When we arrived back in Marshall, John immediately wrote a story for Michigan History Magazine. The only problem was that the magazine hit everyone’s mailbox-es on July 7. Oops, Secretary of the Interi-or Manual Lujan didn’t sign the document until July 19. John took just a little ribbing for breaking the story early.

One other funny thing about that em-ployee at the state office…after the nom-ination was approved he mysteriously found all the 1250 pictures that we had taken back in the beginning.

The National Historic Landmark Dis-trict has done more for Marshall tourism than anything else than has happened in the last 35 years. We’ve used it in most of our promotion at both the state and na-tional levels.

It is interesting to note that all ten com-mittee members still live in Marshall. Only one is a native of Marshall. The oth-er nine were all “carpet-baggers”. They “chose” to live here and have stayed.

A new committee is being formed. It’s time for the next generation to take over. If you are interested in serving on this committee contact me, Susan Collins, at 781-4335, or Mayor Jack Reed.

There are several ideas of things that Marshall can do to celebrate 25 Years of Landmark!

The mayor would welcome any and all suggestions.

By Whitney JonasSusan Collins recently spoke to the

Marshall Rotary Club about the history of how Marshall became a Landmark Dis-trict. 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of Marshall as a National Historic Landmark District.

A committee of ten Marshall citizens, including Susan and John Collins, were appointed by then, Mayor Joe Schroeder, and worked for 18 months to complete the application to become a landmark dis-trict. All were volunteers for a non-paying job. The only thing that was hired out was someone to write the legal description.

Becoming a National Historic Land-

mark District is a great distinction and honor for this community and has done more for Marshall tourism than anything else in the last 35 years. All of the ten com-mittee members still live in Marshall ex-cept for Kathy Tarr who passed away two years ago. None of the ten were natives of Marshall. They chose to live here and have stayed.

A new committee is being formed and will be appointed by Marshall’s present Mayor. The Committee will plan a celebration to commemorate the 25th Anniversary that will take place this summer. For further information contact Susan Collins.

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Harold Brooks Garden and Woods By Marty Overhiser

Harold C. Brooks (1885-1978), a char-ter member of the Marshall Rotary Club, is credited with initiating awareness and concern for Marshall’s historic heritage, including preservation of our historic ar-chitecture, and city beautification projects. This article will focus on another part of Brooks’s legacy, his work as a naturalist.

Brooks either donated or was very deeply involved in establishing the 1930 Brooks Fountain (Temple of Love), Town Hall (1930 barn renovation), Honolulu House, Brooks Airport, Post Office build-ing, Mechanics Hall renovations (Stage Coach Inn, now restaurant), and the 1923 Methodist Church (Franke Center For the Arts). He was also instrumental in saving or restoring several other buildings, the formation of the Marshall Historical So-ciety, and numerous other community im-provement efforts.

In 1921 Brooks purchased the 1886 Fitch – Gorham Greek Revival home at the NE corner of N Kalamazoo Ave and Prospect Street. He then retained Jens Jen-sen, a Danish-American landscape archi-tect, to design extensive gardens, woods, and water features for the property. Jensen had achieved international recognition for designing many of Chicago’s parks, along with the private estates of Armour, Flor-

sheim, Henry and Edsel Ford, and many other important Midwestern industrialists. Jensen was a driving force in establishing the Illinois State Parks system and the sys-tem of Cook County Forest Preserves.

The original 1921 Jensen plans for the seven acre Brooks Estate are housed at the Bentley Library in Ann Arbor. They include an existing topographic plan; grading and planting plans; and one for a spring, a pond, and rock ledges. The site was regraded with horse pulled scoops, the water features constructed, trees planted, and the landscaped beds were established and planted. Almost every available pe-rennial flower, shrub, and tree variety of the time can be found on the planting plan. For example, one note calls for 123 white pines to be planted in a defined area near the pond. Trees and shrubs included white oak, sugar maple, elm, linden, beach, cherry, ash, dogwood, white pine, prin-cess pine, hemlock, holly, viburnum, and sumac. Very large flower beds for tulips, iris, lilies, daisies, phlox, hosta, veronica, delphinium, poppies, asters, hibiscus, co-reopsis, foxglove, hollyhocks, and others were laid out.

When completed, the Brooks gardens would be visited by many individuals and groups, including over 100 members of the Battle Creek Garden Club in 1923.

To maintain his fabulous landscaped es-tate, Brooks employed gardeners from the 1920s into the 1970s. During the 1920s a Jensen staff person was retained by Brooks for two years to advise the community and citizens on gardens and plantings. For sev-

eral years Brooks gave prizes for the best garden, best lawn, and best kept home in the City. For many years he paid a Grand Rapids tree company to annually prune and maintain the American Elm trees that lined West Michigan Avenue. He was an early advocate for the planting of trees in the downtown business area.

Myron F. Avery, Jr., also a naturalist at heart, purchased the north 5.6 acres of the Brook property in 1994. He has meticu-lously maintained the Brooks woods for the past 22 years. In 2006 Avery built a house on the southeast corner of the prop-erty, on the site of the former Brooks veg-etable garden. We owe a very large debt of gratitude to Harold Brooks and Myron Avery for establishing and maintaining a

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natural resource that we all enjoy as we travel along North Kalamazoo Avenue and Brewer Street.

Today Marshall relies on the Marshall Historical Society and its September His-toric Home Tour to encourage building owners to maintain their historic struc-tures. The Marshall Area Garden Club’s July garden tour and its certifi cates of ap-preciation encourage home and business owners to improve their landscaping.

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problems that impact daily living are not a normal part of aging. Recognizing the difference enables you to seek a diagnosis (it might not be Alzheimer’s) and begin appropriate treatment. The following changes should be addressed by a physician:

1. Memory loss disrupting daily life: Forgetting new information or important dates/events, asking the same question repeatedly, relying on memory aides/family members for reminders previously unneeded.

Normal: Sometimes forgetting names/appointments, but remembering them later.

2. Challenges in planning or solving problems: Challenges in ability to develop/follow a plan, trouble following familiar recipes or handling monthly bills, diffi culty concentrating.

Normal: Making occasional errors when balancing a checkbook.

3. Diffi culty completing familiar tasks: Forgetting how to use the coffee pot, new diffi culties managing a budget or remembering the rules of a game.

Normal: Occasionally needing help to use the settings on a microwave or to record a television show.

4. Confusion with time/place: Losing track of dates, seasons and the passage of time, forgetting where you are or how you got there.

Normal: Getting confused about the day of the week but fi guring it out later.

5. Trouble understanding visual images/spatial relationships: Diffi culty reading, judging distance and determining color/contrast.

Normal: Vision changes related to cataracts.

6. New problems with words in speaking/writing: Trouble following/joining a conversation, stopping in the middle of a conversation and being unable to continue, new challenges using/understanding vocabulary, problems capturing words.

Normal: Sometimes having trouble fi nding the right word.

7. Misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps: Putting things in unusual places and forgetting where, accusing people of stealing.

Normal: Misplacing things from time to time, such as a pair of glasses or the remote control.

8. Decreased or poor judgment: Using poor judgment when dealing with money, wearing inappropriate clothing during a season.

Normal: Making a bad decision once in a while.

9. Withdrawal from work/social activities: Pulling back from recreational, social, faith, work or sports activities.

Normal: Sometimes feeling weary of work, family and social obligations.

10. Changes in mood and personality: Increased confusion, suspicion, depression, fearfulness or anxiousness, becoming easily upset in new places.

Normal: Developing very specifi c ways of doing things and becoming irritable when routine is disrupted.

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Marshall Home Tour VolunteersThe Marshall Historic Home Tour is the

city’s signature event, and Rotarians again played key roles in the 53rd annual tour Sept. 10-11.

Bill Mabin was one of the homeown-ers. Mike Schragg and Beth Martin had the Marshall U.S. Postal Museum on the tour for the 28th time. Susan Colllins or-ganized Rotarians to staff the American Museum of Magic. Jay Larson led tours at EastEnd Studio & Gallery.

Eric Sullivan again chaired the trans-portation committee. Jeff Greene led the physical arrangements team. Other Ro-tarians served as docents in the homes and help staff the information booth.

Bill enjoyed having the nearly 2,000 vis-itors to his 1853 Gothic Revival home. He said he wife’s collection of British Royalty tins that are displayed above the kitchen cabinets attracted the most attention. The Mabins had done extensive redecorating

prior to the tour and now get to enjoy the changes.

Mike, a former local postmaster, and his daughter Beth, the current postmas-ter, had the postal museum on tour for the 28th time. Mike started the postal muse-um in the post office basement in 1989 after having the post office’s upstairs area on the tour. The museum has grown from one basement room to six plus the annex building behind the post office. The annex was funded by the Marshall Rotary Foun-dation.

Mike said many home tour visitors think the postal museum is only the annex and then are amazed when they realize how much is in the basement. Mike said he en-joys it when visitors compare Marshall’s postal museum favorably to the one at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. Mike notes that the Smithsonian had $15 mil-lion to start its postal museum while the Marshall museum is funded by small cash donations along with donations of postal memorabilia and acquisitions of obsolete post office items.

Susan coordinated 13 Rotarians and spouses as docents at the magic museum. They were Joe and Diane Ringenberg, Dan and Nancy Stulberg, Karl and Jan Sievert-sen, Jeff Crone, Shannon Tiernan, Kevin Sackrider, Ron Ducheney, Lee Thornon and Blake Bambach.

Jay said he led 60 groups to the upper floors of the Wagner’s Block, the 1870 building that houses the art gallery. Tour visitors got the see the progress that has been made in restoring the second and third floors that eventually will have moreclassroom and studio space and a commu-

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traffic during the tour and to assist visitors. Jeff supervised the installation of carpet runners inside the tour homes that proved essential this year due to the rain on Satur-day, Sept. 10.

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Offering Fine Art and Artisan Giftsfrom Local and Regional Artists since 2006

Located in the Historic Wagner's Blockin Downtown Marshall

EastEnd Studio and Gallery143 W. Michigan Ave.

Marshall, MI 49068269-789-2379

Classes offeredto all ages!

CLAYBORN & SONSEXCAVATING

Mike Clayborn15975 A Drive N., Marshall, MI

TruckingDozing and Backhoe

Septic Systems InstalledBasement • Fence Rows • Ponds

(269) 781-7385

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SCREW MACHINE JOB SHOP PRODUCTSSINCE 1966

SINGLE & MULTIPLE SPINDLE MACHINES

1611 Brooks Drive • Marshall, MI 49068Phone: 269-781-2835 • Fax 269-781-9210

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We Are “This Close” To Ending PolioBy Marty Overhiser

Some 350,000 people were dying per year in 1988 when Rotary began the fi ght to end polio worldwide. Over 2.5 billion children have been immunized and polio is 99% eradicated. Reaching the fi nal 1% of children is the most diffi cult because polio still exist in some of the most challenging parts of the world. Polio has not yet been stopped in Nigeria, Afghanistan, and Paki-stan.

In July of this year two cases of wild po-liovirus type 1 were discovered in Nigeria after two years of no reported cases in that country. This news is disappointing for all who worked so hard to help the country stop polio. Rotary will not stop its efforts to ensure that every child is born into a polio-free world where they are safe from this paralyzing disease.

Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates

Foundation have partnered through 2018 in the critical endgame phase of the Glob-al Polio Eradication Initiative. Every US dollar Rotary commits to polio eradication will instantly become three dollars, thanks to a 2-to-1 match by the Gates Foundation. Join Rotary today in the fi nal push to end polio and help make history. Learn more about this fi ght and how you can help by going to this website endpolio.org

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locations. Martin commented on the value the tour provides to the local economy. This is not only the impact of the weekend’s visitors but all the expenditures by the homeowners and others preparing for the tour. Some local contractors worked on multiple tour sites prior to Sept. 10.

Nancy Stulberg, left, and Susan Collins staffed theAmerican Museum of Magic during the 53rd annual

Marshall Historic Home Tour.

Martin Overhiserenthusiastically points out

an item of interest in one ofthe tour houses.


Marshall Area Fire FightersAmbulance Authority

Mark BurkeExecutive Director

16984 Burlingame DriveMarshall, Michigan

Business: (269) 781-9819Direct Dial: (269) 282-7250

Fax: (269) 781-9323e-mail: [email protected]

Linda EngleCommercial Loan Officer

Specializing in:• Commercial Real Estate Mortgages• Equipment Term Loans• Business Lines of Credit• SBA Financing NMLS #688842

124 W. Michigan Ave., Marshall, MI 49068269-558-0994 • [email protected]

Comfort Innof Marshall• Newly Renovated• Indoor Pool / Hot Tub /

Sauna• Fitness Center• Free High Speed Internet• Free Deluxe Hot Breakfast

Behind Wendy’s at204 Winston Dr.

Marshall, MI 49068Phone: (269) 789-7890

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Monday -Thursday 11am-9pmFriday 11 am - 10 pm

Saturday 11am-11pm P h : 2 6 9 - 7 8 9 - 9 1 8 0

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Lunch | Dinner | Take-out

Catering |Holiday Parties

Gift Certificates | Desserts

Marshall United Way Campaign The Marshall United Way Campaign started on September 15 and will run until the end of the year. Our ambitious goal this year is $140,000. The thermometer is proudly displayed in front of City Hall. Now, we need your help to make this grow. You may ask, how is the money put to use? We only give to agencies that are a nonprofi t 501c3 and that serve Marshall and our residents. Agencies requesting money from us must give an application showing us how they intend to use the

money. Our board personally meets with each of these agencies to confi rm that they meet our criteria. So your hard earned money is respectfully given to agencies that support Marshall families. Our board of directors is truly the backbone of who will receive your combined donations. They bring knowledge and experience from many different sectors. So when they come together with their shared passion for helping others, they also bring with them their own very well informed and diverse views.Some examples of how your charitable donations make a difference:MACS assisted 54 households with utilities, over 100 individuals with clothing and distributed 850 food baskets.Mobile Meals delivered over 15,000 meals to seniors who could not afford or were unable to cook for themselves.

54-6th graders went to Sherman Lake camp, without your help these children could not afford to attend with their classmates.Fountain Clinic served nearly 900 patients for health services.Food Bank supplied 222,521 pounds of food to area residents.The MUW is a lean & mean operation. Cindy Lake is the Executive Director and she is the only paid part-time employee. She wears all the hats in the offi ce. She is responsible for all the day to day business at the MUW offi ce. There are two fundraisers during the year to offset the administration costs. The fi rst Saturday in May is a golf outing. For 2017 this event will be held at the Marshall Country Club on May 6. Kathy VanDerMeulen has chaired this event for several years and thanks to her and the group of volunteers she has assembled we had 28 teams in our event for 2016. Our second fundraiser coming up in October called the Halloween Hustle.

This event is in its third year. It has been a 5K event with Halloween costumes optional but this year we have added a timed 10K and a 1-mile short cut. This event will be held on Sunday, October 23. Halloween costumes are encouraged. For the adults, a donation from Firekeepers for one overnight stay in the hotel, two gift cards for $150 each to Nibi’s Restaurant, and a combined package of one overnight stay and a gift card for $150 to Nibi’s restaurant. These prizes will be awarded for costumes, not who comes in fi rst while running in the race. Bogar Theater has graciously donated family passes as prizes for the children. This event is sponsored by Southern Michigan Bank & Trust. They pay for all the expenses and their staff volunteers and helps organize this event. All the hard earned money we raise during the campaign goes to the agencies and only a small percent to administrative costs.Also if you or someone you know works out of town and that business has a United Way campaign you may designate your money to come to the Marshall United Way.

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Fudge Shoppe, Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Parlour,Gift Shoppes, Special Events all year long.

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Bosserd FamilyFarm

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Marshall Rotary Club Meet Your Serving the Marshall Community since 1924

Meetings Tuesdays, Noon Franke Center for the Arts 214 East Mansion Street Marshall, MI 49068

We invite you to take an active part in a broad program of service to our community and around the world. Established February 29, 1924

Affiliated with ROTARY INTERNATIONAL District 6360

2016-2017 PRESIDENT: Joe Ringenberg | PRESIDENT-ELECT: James Cracraft | TREASURER: Kevin Sackrider | SECRETARY: Whitney Jonas | PAST PRESIDENT: Dan Stulberg

Welcome to the Marshall Rotary Club PO BOX 212 MARSHALL, MI 49068

Interested in joining Rotary?

Bring this FREE PASS for a complimentary lunch and learn all

about what Rotary has to offer you.

Blake Bambach Financial Advisor

Jerry Baremor Engineer

Dr. Philip Glotfelty Surgeon

Karin Gallagher Marketing

Ronald Ducheney Tree Farmer

Angela Semifero Library Director

Roger Jones Food Industry

Executive

Charles Lang Retired/Stonehall

Curator

Kevin Herschock Restaurant Owner

Douglas Jackson Accountant

Heather Luciani Banking

James Leonard Food Product

Bill Mabin Retired

Dr. Jay Larson Engineer

Past District Governor

Dr. Simon Narasimhan Metallurgical

Engineer

Lisa Sands Insurance Sales

John Yakimow Attorney

Marion Weers Retired

Karl Sievertsen Automotive Engineer

Leland Thornton History Professor

Thomas Schaeffer Attorney

Michael Schragg Retired

Postmaster

Daniel Stulberg Metal Stamping

Martin Overhiser City Planner

Susan Collins Retired Antiques

Dealer

Dr. Stephen Bedwell Retired Business/

Psychologist

Eric Sullivan Insurance Sales

John Kendall Attorney

Richard Lindsey Attorney

Jeff Greene Retired Business

Owner

Dr. Randy Davis Superintendent of

Schools

James Bicknell Pub Owner

Michael Beck Business Owner

Thom McPherson Retired Ministry

Austin Rinard Financial Advisor

Kirk Schwarz Credit Union

Paul Beardslee Attorney

Annette Campau Mortgage Lending

Max Brundage Realtor

James Cracraft Professor Emeritus

Jeff Crone Manufacturer’s Representative

Jeff Fitzmaurice Optometrist

Scott Fleming MAEDA CEO

Paul Godbold Business Owner

Barb Gray Banking

Michele Johnson Finance Director

Whitney Jonas Retired Educator

Keith Kehlbeck Marketing

Ken Koberstein Retired Private Investigator

Beth Martin Postmaster

Kim Chapple Mooney

Printing Sales

Scott Puckett Contractor

Joe Ringenberg Anatomical

Devices

Kevin Sackrider Attorney

Dennis Sheridan Fund Development

Brian Stetler Sales/Marketing

Shannon Tiernan Foundation Director

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