In The News: October 26, 2013 • Vol. 134 No. 43 514 S. Kalamazoo Ave. in Marshall, MI • Phone 269-781-5444 and FAX 269-781-7766 • www.advisor-chronicle.com ‘The best kind of busy’: Harrington family gets ready to adopt child from China What started as an innocent April Fools’ joke led to the adoption of two special needs children for one Marshall family. A few years back, Tiffiny Harrington had joked to her children that instead of sponsoring a child in a foreign country through Bethany Christian Services, she and her husband, E.J. were actually adopting a child. With five kids already at home, she figured that the children would not be so keen with another kid joining the family. “Instead, they were thrilled,” said Harrington. “When I told the kids that I was joking, they were devastated. But that got my husband and I to start talking about adopting. Maybe our kids were on to something.” See story on page 42 Fountain Clinic receives $20,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield grant Marshall’s Fountain Clinic, a free clinic that serves Calhoun County’s uninsured residents, received a $20,000 safety net grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan on Oct. 21 designed to help uninsured people get access to health care and dental treatment. The grant is part of more than $1 million in grants awarded by BCBSM for the ninth consecutive year to safety net clinics across Michigan to help more uninsured people get treatment and care. See story on page 21 Marshall City Council approves two tax abatements At its Oct. 21 meeting, Marshall City Council approved two tax abatements for Michigan Kitchen Distributors and Tenneco, Inc. “Any assistance we can provide to local businesses, particularly those with long duration, is appropriate,” said Mayor Jim Dyer. Michigan Kitchen Distributors invested $264,000 in personal property and Tenneco Inc. invested $6.83 million in personal property for a new production line. Industries within the city have had roughly $16.9 million in new growth this calendar year. “This particular calendar year has been especially good for us as far as abatements go,” said Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance Industrial Manager Mike Hindenach. “...Most of that is automotive related, but I’ve always set a goal to try and get roughly $7 million a year and this is just blowing that away. So, it’s been a very good year for manufacturing here.” See story on page 4 Marengo Bridge replacement underway A nearly 90-year-old bridge in Marengo Twp. is being replaced thanks to a federal grant for primary roads that Calhoun County received this fall. “It’s a wonderful addition to the community,” said Blaine VanSickle, county commissioner for District 6. “It was an old narrow bridge that was hardly two lane passable. I’m glad we are getting some bridge work done from our county road commission.” The bridge, located on 23 Mile Rd., has a completion date of mid-November. See story on page 32 New Marshall Performing Arts Center opens Hundreds of local residents turned out Oct. 19- 20 for the grand opening of the new Marshall High School Auditorium, known as the Marshall Performing Arts Center. Attendees were treated to performances by the high school’s band, orchestra, theatrical students and the Marshall Singers. See photos on page 34 T he Marshall Children’s Costume Parade, sponsored for the third year by the Marshall Fire Department, will be held Oct. 26 starting at 11 a.m. Dragons, princesses, witches, mummies and scarecrows will transform Michigan Avenue into a river of colorful costumes between City Hall and Carver Park. Following the parade, children will trick or treat at participating merchants’ businesses downtown. Pictured are Seth Jones, standing, and seated, from left, Lillyann Parks, Emelia Chism, Jozlyn Chism, and Brendan Parks. See story on page 3 in Marshall, October 26
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In The News:
October 26, 2013 • Vol. 134 No. 43
514 S. Kalamazoo Ave. in Marshall, MI • Phone 269-781-5444 and FAX 269-781-7766 • www.advisor-chronicle.com
‘The best kind of busy’: Harringtonfamily gets ready to adopt child from China
What started as an innocent April Fools’ jokeled to the adoption of two special needs childrenfor one Marshall family. A few years back, TiffinyHarrington had joked to her children that instead ofsponsoring a child in a foreign country throughBethany Christian Services, she and her husband,E.J. were actually adopting a child. With five kidsalready at home, she figured that the childrenwould not be so keen with another kid joining thefamily. “Instead, they were thrilled,” saidHarrington. “When I told the kids that I was joking,they were devastated. But that got my husbandand I to start talking about adopting. Maybe ourkids were on to something.”See story on page 42
Fountain Clinic receives $20,000 BlueCross Blue Shield grant
Marshall’s Fountain Clinic, a free clinic thatserves Calhoun County’s uninsured residents,received a $20,000 safety net grant from BlueCross Blue Shield of Michigan on Oct. 21 designedto help uninsured people get access to health careand dental treatment. The grant is part of morethan $1 million in grants awarded by BCBSM forthe ninth consecutive year to safety net clinicsacross Michigan to help more uninsured people gettreatment and care.See story on page 21
Marshall City Council approves twotax abatements
At its Oct. 21 meeting, Marshall City Councilapproved two tax abatements for Michigan KitchenDistributors and Tenneco, Inc. “Any assistance wecan provide to local businesses, particularly thosewith long duration, is appropriate,” said Mayor JimDyer. Michigan Kitchen Distributors invested$264,000 in personal property and Tenneco Inc.invested $6.83 million in personal property for anew production line. Industries within the city havehad roughly $16.9 million in new growth thiscalendar year. “This particular calendar year hasbeen especially good for us as far as abatementsgo,” said Marshall Area Economic DevelopmentAlliance Industrial Manager Mike Hindenach.“...Most of that is automotive related, but I’vealways set a goal to try and get roughly $7 milliona year and this is just blowing that away. So, it’sbeen a very good year for manufacturing here.”See story on page 4
Marengo Bridge replacementunderway
A nearly 90-year-old bridge in Marengo Twp. isbeing replaced thanks to a federal grant forprimary roads that Calhoun County received thisfall. “It’s a wonderful addition to the community,”said Blaine VanSickle, county commissioner forDistrict 6. “It was an old narrow bridge that washardly two lane passable. I’m glad we are gettingsome bridge work done from our county roadcommission.” The bridge, located on 23 Mile Rd.,has a completion date of mid-November.See story on page 32
New Marshall Performing Arts Centeropens
Hundreds of local residents turned out Oct. 19-20 for the grand opening of the new Marshall HighSchool Auditorium, known as the MarshallPerforming Arts Center. Attendees were treated toperformances by the high school’s band, orchestra,theatrical students and the Marshall Singers. See photos on page 34
The Marshall Children’s Costume Parade, sponsored for the third year by the Marshall FireDepartment, will be held Oct. 26 starting at 11 a.m. Dragons, princesses, witches, mummiesand scarecrows will transform Michigan Avenue into a river of colorful costumes between
City Hall and Carver Park. Following the parade, children will trick or treat at participatingmerchants’ businesses downtown. Pictured are Seth Jones, standing, and seated, from left,Lillyann Parks, Emelia Chism, Jozlyn Chism, and Brendan Parks. See story on page 3
in Marshall, October 26
Editor’s Corner
With another Halloween uponus, I got to thinking about myHalloweens as a child and youknow what?
Sure, Halloween was a greatway to get a lot of free candy, but I never remem-bered it being such a huge “holiday.”
Even though the next day the calendar would turnto November, the thermometer in Miami still thoughtit was August as many Halloweens were well above80 degrees.
Hot and humid didn’t go very well with the crude,rudimentary costumes of the early to mid 70s.
If you’re over a certain age, you know what I’mtalking about; those plastic masks that hugged yourface and could also have served as a suffocation de-vice, that is until the lone, thin, stretchy rubber band-type string in the back snapped off either side of themask that would leave a red mark on the side of yourface.
I think one year, after stapling the string to mymask nearly 10 times only to have it break and pinchmy face again and again, I finally gave up and wentas a welt.
The times the mask stayed on, and if I didn’t suffo-cate, I’d get to maybe three houses before the sweatbuilding up under the mask would drip into my eyes,forcing me to remove the mask.
One year, dressed as Superman (I think I was Su-perman five years in a row, having made a bet in sec-ond grade with some kid best known for stapling histongue), my eyes were burning so badly from thesweat, that I had trouble seeing where I was goingand knocked over two little kids both dressed as H.RPufnstuf, boots and all.
The kids, maybe 5 or 6 (I was 10) started to cry asI started giving them my candy just to shut them upbefore their mom, thought of in many circles to bepsychotic, caught wind of what I had done.
I wasn’t quick enough doling out the candy as theirmom came running once she got within earshot of thecrying.
As a parent now myself, I could understand howone could be upset over the sight she saw: Her twoPufnstufs (boots and all) sprawled out on the blister-ing sidewalk as a kid twice their age, appearing to becrying, is screaming at them to take the candy andshut up.
Well, the Halloween gods must have been smilingon me that day, because the mom, after scooping upher two Pufnstufs walked away without a word.
Fortunately for me, she had dressed as a mime (in-stead of Witchiepoo), but the look she gave me mademe realize that I’d better watch myself next Hal-loween.
As they say, that’s another story for another time.Have a safe and fun Halloween and until next
week, may the good news be yours.
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Give our Albion children more educational opportunitiesTo the Editor:A major reorganization has
taken place in the AlbionPublic Schools that will giveour children more educationalopportunities leading to fruit-ful lives as productive citi-zens. With the changes, thedistrict’s goal is to becomeone of the top K-8 programsin the state.
Our school needs the com-munity’s financialhelp. Dramatic downsizing inthe last several years has ledgrades K-8 to a single build-ing, which was built nearly 50years ago. It needs a newroof, air-handling system,windows, fire-safety sprin-
klers, and electrical wiring –nothing fancy, just necessary.These renovations would in-crease the safety and qualityof the learning environmentfor our children.
In order to continue mov-ing forward, the district isasking that voters approve 3.5mils for six years in a sinkingfund that can be drawn uponfor capital improve-ments. This would be an addi-tional annual tax of $175 for ahouse valued at $50,000, a lit-tle less than $15 per month.Currently, the Albion schooldistrict has the lowest millagetaxation of the 13 school dis-tricts in Calhoun County (We
are still paying off a bondfrom 1995). Should the sink-ing fund millage pass, wewould be ranked 6/13, in themiddle of the pack.
Downsizing has been hardon the community, whose citi-zens remember the enrollmentand vitality of the districtwhen they were inschool. The good news is thatpreliminary enrollment num-bers are up 10 percent fromwhat was projected in thetransition to K-8. Studentsand teachers are now togetherin the community’s commonschool building – together inproximity and in spirit.
Whatever your position, we
urge you to go out to yournormal polling place and voteyour conscience on Tuesday,Nov. 5. We hope that you willvote to help Albion’s childrenin the school district’s freshstart as K-8, from good togreat.
Supporter s of the AlbionPublic Schools’ sinking
fund proposal,Harry Bonner, Cathy & Ray
Campbell, Mae Ola Dunklin,David and Susan Farley,
Sharon and Mike Frandsen,Denise and Sam Porter, Vera
Simpson, Dan Skean, andPastor Stephen Williams
Law that helps people...Unclaimed propertyBy GEORGE M. STRANDER
Ingram County Court Administrator and Probate Register
First in a series.“Finders keepers, losers weepers.”
While this mantramay apply to thequarter someonefinds on the street, itdoes not apply tounclaimed bank ac-counts, securities,checks or other likeassets a bank or
business may have. As with everyother state, Michigan has a law gov-erning the reporting, transfer (or es-cheat), and return or reimbursement ofcertain unclaimed assets; this law iscalled the Michigan Uniform Un-claimed Property Act (or UPA). Be-cause of the UPA, even though youhave lost track of an asset it does notnecessarily mean you have lost it.
AAbbaannddoonneedd pprrooppeerr ttyy aanndd ssttaatteeccuussttooddyy:: The first tenet of the UPA isthat certain types of abandoned prop-erty are to be transferred, or escheated,to the custody of the State of Michi-
gan. When an asset will be consideredabandoned will differ depending onthe type of property and what entity isholding the property. Holders of prop-erty include entities like banks, stockbrokers or businesses.
If an asset is considered abandoned,it is escheatable to the state if one ormore other things about the apparentowner of the asset are true:
(1) The last known address of theapparent owner is in Michigan (ac-cording to the holder of the asset);
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Football beats BCC for second win of season, 37-20
Redhawks 2-6 heading into season finale vs. Coldwater
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Above left: Danny Welke (2), Drew Maisner and Madison Hautau during the Star Spangled Banner. Welke completed nine of 14 passes for 121 yards and had touch-down passes to Landry Reynolds and Travis Mumaw, far right, seen tackling BCC’s Julieon Cooper. Center: Kicker Sydney Reichenbaugh, seen here during warmups,suffered a broken leg when she was hit following her successful 35-yard field goal attempt. On the night for Marshall, touchdowns were also scored by Tyler Horn andBobby Owens, who gained 105 yards on seven carries. Marshall closed out its season at home Friday night versus Coldwater.
The Marshall High School varsity football team defeated Battle Creek Central, 37-20 as the team improved its season record to 2-6. Landry Reynolds, top left, had sixreceptions for 93 yards and scored atouchdown. Center: Owen Osborn had six tackles on the night, including this one on BCC’s Jamarell Swinagan. Osborn also had aninterception. Right: Running back Jerome Washington gained 108 yards on 14 carries, made seven tackles and had an interception.
The Marshall HighSchool girls golf team,making the school’seighth consecutive ap-pearance at the statetournament, placed 12thduring the two-round Di-vision 3 finals held Oct.18-19 at The Meadowsat Grand Valley StateUniversity.
Marshall had com-bined rounds of 417 and404 for a two-round totalof 821.
Marshall scores:Sammi Price - 101 - 96 -197
Shannon Hicks - 103 -98 - 201
Annie Cape - 104 - 98 -202
Jill Puckett - 109 - 112 -221
Alena Buczynski - 136 -114 - 250
MHS golfers place 12th at state
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MHS volleyball comes backto beat Lakeview in five sets
Sammi Price
Annie Cape Alena Buczynski
Shannon Hicks Jill Puckett
The Marshall High School varsity volleyball team, after droppingthe first set at home versus Lakeview on Oct. 23, came back to win infive sets, capturing the fifth and deciding set, 16-14.
"This was the hardest-fought match we have had this year,” saidcoach John Miller. “Lakeview had a chance to clinch the conferenceoutright and we knew coming in that they would be ready to do so.That is what we prepared for all week.Win or lose, our standing inconference would not change, so I told the girls, 'Let's cause somehavoc at the top.’”
Among the highlights: Grace Crawford had 17 kills, 18 digs andfour aces; Logan Kiessling had 16 kills and 16 digs; Kaylie Bates had38 assists and 13 digs; and Brooke Mason had 19 digs.
The team’s overall record improved to 23-11-1 and 3-4 in the con-ference (6th place).
Brooke Mason Madison Couch Emily Delmotte gets ready for the kill.
Cross-country teams race at regional today
Swimmers close out regular season; League meet is Nov. 8-9
The Marshall HighSchool girls cross-countryteam placed fifth at theOct. 19 SMAC leaguemeet.
Marshall was led byfreshman RachelSchoepke, who had a timeof 20:15 and was 19thoverall.
Lauren Feasel was 22ndoverall with a time of20:24.
She was followed byAbbey Ufkes (28th,20:38); Anyah Preston(32nd, 20:52); MayaWilliams (35th, 21:08);Tiffany Gross (56th,22:06); and Molly Blan-chard (74th, 23:14).
“I was happy with howwe ran,” said coach SteveWissink. “Lauren had beensick earlier in the week soshe didn't run as well aswe both thought shewould, but all but two run-ners ran personal records.Rachel Schoepke contin-ues to improve each week,and to make All League inthe Big 16 is quite an ac-complishment for a fresh-man, and Anyah Prestonran her best race in twoyears of cross-country.”
Wissink said the teamis right “on the bubble” tomake it back to the statemeet.
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great year with the girlsbringing home six trophiesfrom invitationals,” hesaid. “But we go intoevery season with thesame goal and expectation- get back to the statechampionship meet... If wedon't make it, we'll knowwe gave it everything wehad, and be happy with theeffort and the fact that werepresented our school andour town in spectacularfashion for another year.”
Girls team places 5th at SMAC meet
Girls race at 1 p.m., boys at 1:40 p.m. at Ella Sharp Park in Jackson
Rachel Schoepke Kurt Swaton
Boys team places 8th at SMAC meet
The Marshall High School boys cross-country teamplaced eighth at the Oct. 19 SMAC league meet.
Marshall was led by Kurt Swaton who was named All-Conference, placing 14th with a time of 16:47.
He was followed by Weston Herman (44th, 17:43); ChrisBell (55th, 18:03); Calvin Smith (59th, 18:07); Elijah Balli-Solis (61st, 18:15); Jontaj Wallace (78th, 18:59); and Chris-tian Kalisz (79th, 19:03).
“We saw some great competition at the meet,” said coachMary Hovarter. “The boys raced very well in this field, set-ting many personal best times.”
Christian Kalisz Maya Williams
Abbey Ufkes
Clare Feneley, in the 200-yard individual medley.
Marshall coach Dave Karns talks to his team prior to a meet earlier this season. Emily Fulcher, in the 50-yard freestyle.
Sami Donahue, left and Lelah Davis don pro-tective headgear prior to the “Chuck-A-Duck”at the Oct. 22 home meet versus HarperCreek.
Harper Creek’s Kara Popps set aMarshall pool record with a time of1:01.52 in the 100-yard backstroke,besting the previous record set in1998 by more than a second.
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*Plus tax, title and fees. All rebates to dealer. See dealer for details. **All leases are 39 month leases, payments plus tax and fees. 10,000 miles per year. $325 due at signing on Verano; $610.56 due at signing on Terrain;
$235 due at signing on Encore; $445 due at signing on Regal; $499 due at signing on LaCrosse; $724 due at signing on Sierra. All WAC. See dealer for details.
