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FREETAKE ONE!

Fall 2013

“ We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”

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Muscatine Magazine • Fall 2013 1

Publisher’s Corner

Alexander Clark . . . . . . . . . .2

Made in Muscatine . . . . . . .4

Unpacking the Tourist . . .5

Muscatine Art Center . . . .6

Dan Buettner . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Business Profile . . . . . . . . . .8

Know Your Neighbor . . . 10

Non-Profit Focus . . . . . . . 12

One Room School . . . . . . 13

City Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

East Campus . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Musser Public Library . . 21

On the coverThe iconic and picturesque Pine Creek Grist Mill photographed by area photographer Martha Farwell of Oak Hill Photography . See ad on page 18.

In this issue

“What we seek we shall find.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

This summer I made a concerted effort to attend as many “new to me” events in the Muscatine-area as I could . As I stated in the last issue, one of the things I enjoy most is outdoor concerts . Lucky for me, Muscatine offered more venues than I could keep up with this summer and I’m looking forward to continuing to attend the music events planned for this fall . See the local calendar of events at www.muscatineprofile.com .

In my short stint as Interim Muscatine Convention and Visitors Bureau Coordinator, two projects I worked on required that I seek information and photos of all our area attractions and parks . This exercise helped me to relook at things that have been right in front of me every day . Guiding a bus tour of out-of-town guests gave me a new perspective on what outsiders view as unique about our community . See www.visitmuscatine.com .

It’s all here if you look for it . Muscatine is fortu-nate to have many behind-the-scenes planners and doers — all contributing to making this a great place to live, work, shop and play . Whatever your interest, seek it, and I bet you will find it here .

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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band performed at the Muscatine Riverfront this summer.

During the 1850s, somewhere within what is now the footprint of the Hotel Muscatine, Alexander Clark operated a barbershop at the foot of Iowa Avenue . It was just above where Casey’s Woodpile once fueled steamboats .

In those days, before the Department of the Army issued safety razors to every soldier fighting in France during World War I, shaving was a practice best left to the experts . And barbers were the experts .

Ordinary men hacked and hewed at their own faces but wealthy men visited their barber each morning for the luxury of a close and safe shave . Much like today’s coffee bar, barber shops were where opinion leaders chatted, exchanged opinions and formed plans for civic improvement .

A wise barber knew how to listen to the thoughts of others and over time, he could shape their opinions while his customers waited for their turns in the chair .

Clark’s business thrived and his income grew by purchasing and cutting timber for steamboat fuel . By the time of the Civil War, Clark had

significant net worth and a wide circle of influential friends, acquaintances and business associates .

He defied the stereotype most people hold today of the pre-Civil War

African American . Born of free Black parents in 1826

in Washington, Penna ., Clark

learned the barbering

trade in

his teens from a prosperous uncle at Cincinnati, Ohio, and then moved west to Iowa for greater opportunity . Details of his education are sketchy but there is little doubt about his business acumen .

Financial success gave Clark the security to pursue his political, religious and social passions: civil rights, his church and Prince Hall Freemasonry .

Travelling the region as Grand Master of the Missouri Lodge of Prince Hall Masonic lodges and evangelize for his church, Clark broadened his influence to include Iowa, Missouri, Illinois Tennessee, and Arkansas .

With the outbreak of the Civil War, he capitalized on his connections and recruited many of the 1,153 blacks who served in the First Iowa Volunteers of African Descent, later designated the 60th Regiment Infantry U .S . Colored Troops . He was chosen as their sergeant major, but an old leg injury prevented his muster into the corps .

At a post-war reunion of 700 members of the 60th, Clark was elected president of the convention during which the members claimed the political rights of a voting citizen .

“He who is worthy to be trusted with a musket can and ought to be trusted with the ballot,” according to the veterans .

The convention called on legislators to strike the word “white” from the constitutional requirements for voting . By 1868, with Clark as the secretary and spokesman of a State Colored Convention held in Des Moines the issue to strike the word “white” from

Alexander Clark Cut Through Prejudice Listening Before He Spoke

By Frank Kelly

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Iowa’s constitution was put to voters in a referendum . The amendment passed almost two years before the 15th Amendment to the U .S . Constitution .

“The lesson that everybody can learn from Alexander Clark,” said Kent Sissel of Muscatine, “is that progress often comes fastest from forces within the centers of political power .” Sissel, who lives in the home that was once owned by Clark, has studied the man and his impact and has concluded that Alexander Clark’s influence was that of an insider . He thinks the man worked diligently and patiently to listen to others, to understand their points of view, and to gently influence them .

“He did this on all fronts: through his church, his business, his fraternal orga-nization and in personal connections . Clark’s influence was astounding in an age when his race was enslaved,” Sissel said .

“Think what could happen in this coun-try if we could listen to each other to shape opinions that meet on common ground, instead of turning to harangues and scoldings,” Sissel mused . n

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Crafty LadyIt’s not unusual for a kid to play in the mud . While most of us were making “mud pies”, Margo Mylott (then Butler) was sculpting mud figurines at the age of 5 . She says she was always crafty . Her great Aunts Betsy Brown and Bessie Riley introduced her to textiles when they taught her to crochet . It was in middle school when Margo was told she “had talent” by her art teacher after completing a self-portrait in pencil . In High School she was introduced to multiple mediums and a new way of thinking by the new art teacher, Skip Hartsell, who encouraged students to “open their minds and create what they feel” . She was challenged to create five art pieces in the school year – all from different media . Margo recalls creating a 6’ plaster sculpture – her first .

Margo kept branching out in her artistic expression . In 1996 she was featured in an article in the Muscatine Journal for her 4’ x 2’ tapestry tribute to The Beatle’s, for which Margo won second place (of 145 entries) in her first professional art contest held in Chicago .

Since then, Margo has created jewelry, sculpted chess sets (took home first place in her second professional art contest), and several paintings .

Today, Margo is busy hand painting bottles which look spectacular when lighted by a string of mini lights . She sells her bottles at Miller’s Florist and at local craft fairs . They’ve become so popular that Margo easily sells 150 – 200 bottles at a single craft fair . She can create almost any scene and is licensed through the University of Iowa and Iowa State University (these bottles sell out immediately) and recently applied for licensure from Harley Davidson .

You will find Margo’s bottles displayed

at Miller’s Florist and at the upcoming local craft shows planned for the weekends of November 16 and 23 in Shari and Joe Bottoms’ refurbished dairy barn on the corner of Lucas and Houser Streets . n

Above: A few of Margo’s lighted bottle creations, available at Miller’s Florist.

Right: Margo Mylott with her award-winning Beatles tapestry.


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Unpacking the TouristBy Tina Boldt, Muscatine Convention and Visitors Bureau Board Member and Marketing Committee Chairperson

At one time or another in our lives, we’ve all been tourists, visitors and trav-elers . “All tourists are visitors but not all visitors are tourists .” “Travelers journey to more than one destination .” “Visitors are people who don’t stay somewhere for more than one night .” I’ve heard those definition-type statements and more .

When I visit a place, I never think about what I am – visitor, tourist or traveler . My activities all get lumped into the tourism pot anyway . (Maybe visitorism and travelerism are too clumsy to say or read so can’t be single words,)

Tourist, visitor and traveler - I’ve been all three . I’ve gotten up in the wee hours of the morning to be at the opening of the first panda exhibit at the National Zoo in D .C ., explored many historic sites and museums, spent weekends riding new roller coasters . I’m a sucker for buildings shaped like food and food containers, intriguing signs such as “Devil’s Punchbowl” and local stories like the older family generations used to tell about working in Muscatine’s pearl button industry and how exciting downtown used to be on a Friday night .

I also don’t think about what I’m doing in terms of a category it fits in . If you look up types of tourism, you’ll find different numbers . But roughly there are at least 11 categories of tourism with a total of about 74 subcategories . Garden, bicycle, space, culinary, tomb-stone, heritage, medical, sports, literary, disaster, war, wildlife . . . the list goes on . Often our tours, visits or travel fall into more than one, as do those of people

who tour, visit or travel to Muscatine .

Muscatine doesn’t have a defined

tourist season like resort areas do that cater to a particular type . Visitors enjoy Muscatine year-round for a variety of reasons . Some people come for the sports, others for the parks and trails and to enjoy the Mississippi River . Others tour the Muscatine Art Center, Muscatine History and Industry Center and then head out to explore other communities and sights in the county . Many are shoppers while they’re here and most are diners at one or more of our eateries .

Muscatine’s visitors often are “one-tank-ers,” enjoying a day getaway in a place where one tank of gas can take them . People also come specifically to attend a special event . Others are vacationers or wanderers, following the river through communities . Our visiting family and

friends often look for something to do, a new experience or a familiar one they’ve enjoyed in the past . At times, we residents become tour guides and have opportunities to offer Muscatine hos-pitality to all . We ourselves sometimes become tourists in our own backyard .

I usually don’t think about the economic impact my visit and the visits of hun-dreds like me have on the local econ-omy of my destination . I’m too busy enjoying myself . Tourists contribute to sales, profits, jobs, tax revenues, and in-come in an area . The most direct effects occur within the lodging, restaurant, transportation, amusements/attractions and retail trade sectors But when it comes down to it, tourism affects most areas of the local economy . Muscatine County ranks 17th out of 99 Iowa counties in terms of being positively impacted by tourism .

Print publications, websites and social media make it easier than ever these days for people to plan visits and trips and access information from their mobile devices while they’re on the go . I use everything I can get my hands on . The website, www.VisitMuscatine.com, is a great resource people can use to learn more about Muscatine, get ideas on what to do, what to see and events they can experience . Or what they can recommend to those tourists, visitors and travelers, our guests . “Like” us on Facebook “Visit Muscatine” . n

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The Muscatine Art Center is open to the public Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is FREE.

The Art of Living WellEleanor Roosevelt once said, “Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well lived .” The Muscatine Art Center’s exhibition, The Art of Living Well, encour-ages visitors to explore how people in the past found their purpose through work and play and by belonging to family and community groups . The Muscatine Art Center selected objects from it collection and from the Musser Public Library’s Oscar Grossheim photograph collection to highlight daily activities that contribute to healthier and happier lives .

Original artwork by Grant Wood, John Steuart Curry, Louis Szanto, Alma Held and other Regionalists are presented in five sections – work, play, relax, belong and eat healthy . In addition to artwork, the family-friendly exhibition features hands-on activities for kids, over 30 historic photographs and dozens of artifacts including a Victrola, electric machine for nervous diseases, an early 1900s bathing suit, early 1900s domestic tools and apron, a velocipede and other early 1900s recreational equipment .

The Art of Living Well will be on exhibit in the Stanley Gallery from November 7, 2013 through June 15, 2014 . Artwork by local students in response to the exhibi-tion will periodically be on display in the Musser Gallery during spring 2014 .

Festival of WreathsThe Friends of the Muscatine Art Center is seeking donations of wreaths and gin-gerbread houses for the 2013 Festival of Wreaths . Items will be displayed in the historic 1908 Musser Mansion from November 7th through 16th . The

silent auction on November 16th will feature live music, an artist salon and hors d’oeuvres from 5:30 to 8:00 p .m . Upcoming Festival announcements with event information will be posted locally .

Art and Music for TotsEncourage creativity in the preschooler in your life! Ms . Hudson guides kids ages 2 through 4 in fun explorations of art and music on Wednesday mornings at 9:30 a .m . A different theme is covered each week . The fee is $4 .50 per class or purchase a 5-class punch card for $20 . Registration is appreciated the Tuesday before class .

My CityStudent artwork illustrates the similarities and differences between Muscatine and its Sister City, Ramallah, Palestine . Muscatine West Middle School students created a variety of local landscapes that traveled to Ramallah in July 2013 . Students from several schools in Ramallah created their own artwork for a joint exhibition . A delegation from Muscatine Sister Cities, headed by John Dabeet, attended the opening of the My City exhibition at the Garden of Nations in Ramallah . My City, including works by both Muscatine and Ramallah students, will be on exhibit in the Musser Gallery from September 5 through October 3, 2013 . n

Top: “My City” features student artwork from Muscatine and Ramallah, Palestine

Left: “Fruit,” Grant Wood, 1938 Hand-colored lithograph Collection of Muscatine Art Center

Below: "Shocking Oats," John Bloom, 1986 Lithograph Gift of E. Bradford Burns Collection of Muscatine Art Center



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A National Geographic Fellow and New York Times best selling author, His New York Times Sunday Magazine article, “The Island Where People Forget to Die” was the second most popular ar-ticle of 2012 . He founded Blue Zones®, a company that puts the world’s best practices in longevity and well-being to work in people’s lives . Buettner’s National Geographic cover story on longevity, “The Secrets of Living Longer” was one of their top-selling issues in history and a made him a finalist for a National Magazine Award . His books The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest (2008) and Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way (2010) appeared on many best seller lists and were both featured on Oprah .

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Dan also holds three world records in distance cycling and has won an Emmy Award for television production .

Muscatine is one of the communities selected to receive assistance from experts to develop and implement a Blueprint for making permanent environmental, social, and policy changes that transition people into healthier behaviors that can lead to longer, happier lives . The progress of our community, along with others, will be measured using the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index®, the first-ever daily assessment of U .S . residents’ health and well-being .

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Muscatine plant is “Heinz Factory of the Year”

Business Profile

Recently, the Muscatine Heinz factory received the coveted “Heinz Factory of the Year” award . Henry John Heinz, founder of the H .J . Heinz Company, believed that, “to do a common thing uncommonly well brings success .” For more than 100 years, generations of employees at the Heinz Ketchup, Condiments and Sauces factory in Muscatine have brought this mindset to work every day . In recognition of their outstanding achievements and drive for success, the team was recently honored with the coveted Heinz Factory of the Year Award . This award is present-ed annually to one Heinz North America factory on its performance against a balanced scorecard of key metrics, including financial and safety performance, quality, sustainability, and imple-mentation of strategic initiatives . The award, which somewhat resembles the “Stanley Cup”, is proudly displayed in the plant’s foyer .

Tom Green, Plant Manager, attributes the success of the plant to its hard working and dedicated employees . “Our team continuously creates a competitive advantage for Heinz by quickly innovating and adapting to an ever-changing environment,” he said . “The Heinz Factory of the Year Award is a constant reminder of our employ-ees’ excellent work, and their daily commitment to doing the common thing uncommonly well,” Tom concluded .

This factory has been nominated for this award three times, won once, and hopes to be nominat-ed with a repeat win this year . There are 20 Heinz factories in North America, and this Muscatine Heinz factory was the second one built and is now the oldest Heinz factory in existence .

All the colored ketchups were produced here (first green, then purple and followed by pink, orange and blue) . They were planned for only one season, but became so popular, they contin-ued making them for two years . n

• 25 million Single Serve Ketchup packets a day

• Eight million cases of Heinz HomeStyle Gravy a year

• Heinz 57 Sauce and Steak Sauce

• Four million cases of Heinz Ketchup per year

• Mustard • Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce

Today, Muscatine Heinz produces:

• Employs 300 people, some of whom are decades-long veterans, and second or third generation employees

• Runs three shifts• Operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week• Loads 80 to 100 semi-trucks daily• Is the oldest manufacturing plant in

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The Heinz Muscatine Factory:

20 pallets, which have 100 cases on each pallet, which has 1,500 packets in each case, for a grand total of three million ketchup packets on one semi-trailer!

When a semi-trailer pulls out of Heinz, if it’s carrying ketchup packets, its load equals:



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Millie Morris is enjoying creating her second career . After several years of encouragement from colleagues, friends and family, Millie decided that she was at a place in her life where she could give a shot at answering that recurring “hey, I wonder if I could…” question .

Last Fall Millie enrolled in an online training course for professional voiceovers . She recalls the multiple books-on-tape she listened to throughout the years and kept thinking “I could do this” . Having worked in various jobs where she spent a lot of time on the phone – call centers and as a receptionist – she received a lot of complements on her her nice, charismatic voice .

Millie started researching the many genres of voiceovers: books on tape, e-learning, apps, telephony, etc ., and the different training sources available . The online training course she selected in August 2012 specialized in training voiceover artists via Skype and webinars, assigned her a coach, and provided the opportunity for her to create demos including a 60 second spot .

She completed training by the end of December, 2012 and in March, 2013, attended “VO2013” – a voiceover conference “designed to connect the industry’s most recognized talent, coaches, and producers to teach the

skills needed to take your career to the next level” . Millie was selected to participate in a live audition contest and finished in the top twenty . Not bad for her first voiceover

contest EVER! The contest provided her with immediate professional feedback . And more confidence .

On the final day of the conference, she was selected by industry

veteran and featured speaker, Marc Cashman, known as

one of the few voice-actors in the U .S . who is on “both sides of the glass”–as a Clio-winning Radio and TV commercial copywriter, producer and casting director, and as a working voice actor, to participate in a live training demonstration on stage in front of 300+ attendees .

Millie came home with industry knowledge,

confidence in her new career direction, and a

recharged drive to succeed . She utilized the Greater

Muscatine Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s small business resource, SCORE, to help her create her business plan; solicited former co-worker, Mike Shield of Shield Design, to create a dynamic logo for her new business, and set up her web site (www.MillieMorris.net) . “Let Me Do The Talking – Millie Morris, Voice Artist” was born .

Since then, she has done local work for TAG Communications in the QC, narrated several health screening spots for Canadian firm Apropos Marketing Communications and is booked to narrate a vascular surgical video .

Locally, we can hear Millie every afternoon on “Millie’s Muscatine” broadcasted on KWPC AM 860 “The Voice of Muscatine” . Millie recalls

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Above: Millie recording in her studio.

At left: A few of the gourmet treats Millie creates.


September 27 through December 31, 2013Play King Tut’s favorite game of Senet. Challenge a friend to a game of Skittles or Mancala. Play chess on a giant chessboard with huge game pieces. Play a multitude of games that span generations and cultures, and include strategy, math, luck and physical coordination, in the exhibit Playing Together: Games at Musser Public Library. This hands-on exhibit invites kids of all ages to explore and play games from around the world and across the centuries. As visitors play together, they not only have fun, they also learn about cooperation, build skills, gain knowledge and share memories.

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meeting Jamie Hopkins, now KWPC General Manager, about ten years ago at a birthday party of a mutual friend of their daughters . Jamie was one of those people that complemented her on her voice telling her she had “a golden woman’s voice” and should be on the radio . When Jamie took over as General Manager of KWPC last summer, Millie was one of the first people he hired .

What’s next for Millie? Just recently, she was chosen to work with Edge Studio in NYC this coming fall which will provide more intensive training in her genre and the opportunity to record a custom demo . The most exciting part of being chosen by Edge Studio is their practice of hiring their own students for voiceover work after completing training .

You can also find Millie at the Muscatine Farmers’ Market on Saturday mornings with her son, Avery, who started B&C Barkery, a gourmet dog-treat bakery . They have a lot of fun coming up with new treats in fun-loving shapes for their pampered pooches and figured other dog-owners would enjoy purchasing the treats for their dogs as well . Check them out at the Farmers’ Market on Saturday’s in the parking lot located at Cedar and 3rd street (by City Hall) . n

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A community asset since 1969, CROSSROADS, INC . has been helping adults with disabilities learn essential life and job skills . Their mission is “to provide opportunities for adults need-ing assistance to reach their greatest potential by providing vocational services, workplace training, day habili-tation and residential services .” Originally named Muscatine County Community Workshops, Inc ., the organization grew and changed its name to CROSSROADS, INC . in 1993 . Currently, they are provid-ing 71 clients with employment result-ing in a weekly paycheck .

Executive Director Linda Wilson tells one of many client success stories: We have a gentleman who has been with CROSSROADS for almost 24 years . When asked how he has benefitted from being at CROSSROADS he said that he has made some money to pay for whatever he wants to do whenever he is not here, like going to fairs and shopping . Working here makes it so that he can do things that he could not do without CROSSROADS . He said that CROSSROADS has helped him get most of the community jobs he has gotten over the years, and he has had three different jobs . The community job he currently has is one he has held for 12 years, after being in his prior position for four years . He works in a restaurant and sets food on the counter for the waitresses, wash-es dishes, takes out trash, busses tables, and likes to keep busy . He says the people are friendly, the owners care, and are understanding of his schedule . They sometimes pick him up at CROSSROADS if there are transportation issues . When he is not at his community job, he works

at CROSSROADS using several different pieces of equipment to do a variety of jobs .

Providing local companies with services like packaging, distribution, sorting, and small part or hand assembly, CROSSROADS keeps the work local while providing their participants with the skills they need to succeed in the work force and community at large .

Barb Davis, President of CROSSROADS Board of Directors and a team member at Musco Sports Lighting, said Musco and CROSSROADS began working together this year . Manufacturing

Director, Carol Ebeling, stated how ex-cited Musco’s team was to start this win/win partnership . “It has been invaluable to us that CROSSROADS is able to pro-vide quality work; particularly during the peak demand summer months . We’re looking forward to a long, beneficial relationship with them .”

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CROSSROADS also provides a day habilitation program titled “Choices” to assist their participants in developing or maintaining life skills and com-munity integration . Services enable and enhance the client’s intellectual functioning, physical and emotional health and development, language and communication development, cognitive functioning, socialization and community integration, functional skill development, behavior management, responsibility and self-direction, daily living activities, self-advocacy skills, and mobility .

CROSSROADS offers two supported living sites – one within the city of Muscatine, and one in Tipton – to help qualified participants foster a sense of community through enhanced independence and self-es-teem. The waiver-funded living site presents opportunities for develop-ment and growth.

Recently CROSSROADS, INC. received a 3-year Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) accreditation and is also Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Accredited.

CROSSROADS, INC . is located at 1424 Houser St ., Muscatine . Learn more at www.crossroadsmuscatine.org . n


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Step inside the historic one-room Melpine School located in Wild Cat Den State Park to get a feel for what it was like to be a student in the “good ol days”: small wooden desks, cramped spaces, blackboards, potbelly stove, outhouse, etc . No library, computer lab, calculators, iPads, Smartboards, or air conditioning, not to mention running water or electricity .

As we just sent our children back to school not too long ago with new clothes, backpacks, school supplies and name-brand sneakers, imagine sending your child to a school like Melpine in today’s technology-advanced world .

These are the conditions in which school children in Haiti still face today .

Jim and Gail Wester of Muscatine volunteered on a week-long mission trip to Haiti last February . Haiti is the

poorest, least developed and least sta-ble country in the Western Hemisphere . Fifty percent of Haiti’s population does not have access to drinking water and ninety percent of Haitians do not have electricity .

Jim is a semi-retired pharmacist (Wester Drug) and Gail is a retired school teach-er . Jim’s sister-in-law, a retired nurse from Genesis and member of St . John Vianney Bettendorf, asked Jim and Gail to join her on a Catholic Relief Services

mission trip of doctors and nurses hosting a temporary clinic at their twin parish in Jean-Denis, Haiti .

The temporary clinic was the primary goal of the mission, with plans to help support the construction of a new

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Above photos: Wildcat Den’s Melpine School House offers a glimpse of the school conditions children in Haiti face. (bottom right)

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Technically, Muscatine High School’s East Campus is located at 1409 Wisconsin St . in the former Garfield Elementary School building . But its classrooms are scattered all over the city, and beyond .

That’s why two of the school’s teach-ers, Josh Hannah and his wife, Holly, describe Muscatine’s newest school as an alternative to the alternative .

“Typical alternative schools put kids in front of a computer and they take classes on the computer,” Hannah said .

But at MHS East Campus they want to get the students out of the classroom and into the community, where they can learn that they’ve got what it takes to make a positive impact on their city .

“Our students secure uncanny levels of creativity and are aching for opportuni-ties to invest their passions and talents . They are highly intelligent, passionate students who believe in purpose . Therefore, it is our goal as educators to create a curriculum that is purposeful,” Hannah explained . “All our projects are tied to a problem or need in society or more specifically, our community .

The 55 students and six staff members at the school successfully completed their first year in May and are ramping up to begin year-two in August . If year-two is anything like year-one, Muscatine is going to see a lot of students flourish, who at one time weren’t even sure they’d graduate .

Jan Collinson, the MHS East Campus Administrative Director, said she has known some of these students since they were in kindergarten, and for the first time she’s hearing them say things like “I found out I’m not stupid, I can learn .” One young lady – one of the school’s first graduates – told Collinson, “I never thought I could graduate from high school .”

“For lots of reasons, these kids just can’t learn in a traditional setting,” Collinson

explained . “Everyone learns differently and we are trying to meet their needs based on how they learn . Many of these kids wouldn’t have made it – they would have dropped out . They have to take the same classes and have the same standards, the same criteria, (as students at the main campus) they’re just taught in a different way .”

Hannah said that each of the school’s six teachers works with the students simultaneously on the same projects from the perspective of each core subject, including science, math, social studies and English .

“Students then gain an appreciation for the ways in which life is not driven

by a number of compartments; rather, everything is a fluid combination of a number of disciplines,” Hannah said .

“This process places students in leader-ship positions; they apply their learning in an innovative manner, as they are continuously using learned concepts to solve a problem .”

Hannah said the students also learn to be adaptable and to accept failure as a positive process in which they learn persistence – not to give up but to find a better resolution .

Hannah credits several area individuals, organizations and businesses, such as Jamie Hopkins at KWPC/Vintage Sound, Christina Boar at Monsanto,

Chris Steinbeck and Maggie Curry at Muscatine Center for Social Action (MCSA) and Jill Goldsberry at Stanley Foundation, for collaborating with and providing opportunities for the students . Three of the students partic-ipated in Youth in Broadcast at KWPC, through which they developed their own Public Service Announcements, edited audio, and took part in both in-studio and remote broadcasts . Monsanto helped the students develop a new nonprofit and begin a community garden, and treated them to a tour of their corporate headquarters in St . Louis . And the Stanley Foundation introduced the students to the Iowa Student Global Leadership Conference where they met several students from around the world .

One project that really seemed to grab the attention of area organizations and businesses was the students’ creation of a video for Trinity for the school’s health fair . The video was filmed, storyboarded, and edited by East Campus students, with a majority of the work being done by Eli Martin, who was a freshman at the time . After the video was completed, Trinity began telling others about the students’ work and other video projects soon followed, including an American Heart Association survivor video that was featured at the Go Red for Women event held in Muscatine in conjunction with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Trinity, and a video about the services offered by MCSA .

Through these collaborative efforts, Hannah said the students are learning the benefits of reciprocity, community, and civic responsibility .

“We initially connected with a few indi-viduals, businesses and organizations,” Hannah said . “From there we experi-enced a constant wave of generous and inspirational connections, people who valued our students and understood their profound talents .”

A variety of other projects in which the students were involved can be viewed on at www.eastcampusmuscatine.com . n

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school as the secondary goal . Gail, a retired school teach-er, was especially interested in the current Parish school conditions .

The Haitian school is made of concrete cinder block . The classrooms hold 30-40 children sitting elbow to elbow on wooden benches . Books and school supplies are precious . Everything is taught in cursive on blackboards . The kids love attending school . On days when school is not in session, the children miss it . There are no school buses . Some of these kids have to walk for miles to get to school . And they are happy to be there . To have a school uniform is a source of pride for the child and the parents .

Jim and Gail’s daughter-in-law, Karra Wester, is a teacher at Saints Mary & Mathias Catholic School in Muscatine. When she learned of her in-laws’ planned mission trip, her students made prayer rocks for the parish students . Gail also collected and delivered donations of notebooks, chalk, pencils and pencil sharpeners .

The Westers said their trip was life-changing . They saw poverty-stricken, starving people, but what impacted them most was their polite, well-mannered perseverance . “It’s hot, dusty (no grass – all dirt) 90 degrees and they were clean, kind, grateful, and even happy .”

Gail said the experience “humbled us to live simply” for that week . Besides sleeping in the open air, the church did have “running” water for a shower which was a cold trickle, but at least it was a shower . We wore scrubs every day, no makeup, no jewelry, no hair dryers .” When they left, they left their sheets and extra clothes behind as donations .

Gail noted the difference between here and Haiti is that here, we have poor people, but we have resources to help them . We have hungry people here, but there are starving people there . They are destitute and in dire need .

Jim and Gail are planning a return trip next year . They pay their own airfare . Items they are adding to the “donations needed” list include: sunglasses (cataracts are common among Haitians due to the sun’s intensity), ball caps (also to protect from the sun) nail polish (it’s a rare treat for Haitian women to have their fingernails painted), and as many school supplies as they can take with them .

As our children start their new school year, consider visiting the Melpine Schoolhouse . Sit in one of the antiquated school desks and think about what it would be like to attend school in those conditions today .

Heritage Day is September 21, 2013 from 10am to 4pm . n

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