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February 23, 2013 • Vol. 134 No. 8

In the coming weeks, Marshall High School sophomore diver Henry Swett will look tomake history as he attempts to win a second consecutive state diving championship.Swett’s state title last year was the first by a Marshall athlete in an individual sport in

three decades. Following this week’s league championship, Swett and his Marshall divingteammates, Kyle Weck and Matthew Howard, will head to the regional meet with state finalberths on the line. See story on page 34

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Another big payday for Calhoun County

The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of thePotawatomi, owners of FireKeepers Casino Hotelnear Marshall announced Feb. 15 that its fourthpayment to the state of Michigan was for over$15.2 million and its fourth payment to theFireKeepers Local Revenue Sharing Board ofCalhoun County was nearly $5 million. This bringsthe total amount received by the state of Michiganto $41.4 million and $16.6 million by the FLRSBsince FireKeepers Casino opened in August 2009.“On behalf of our elders and all our 1,100 tribalmembers, we are proud of the continued successof FireKeepers Casino Hotel and its contributionsto the economy in south central Michigan,” saidHomer A. Mandoka, Tribal Council chairman.See story on page 9

City Council to fill Ward 1 seat at March 4 meeting

The Marshall City Council, on Feb. 19, discussedthe need to fill the Ward 1 seat left vacant byWayne Booton before the end of its next meetingin March. According to the City Charter, the councilis required to fill the vacant position within 60 days.Booton officially resigned his seat on Jan. 4. “Wewill have to act that night (March 4),” Mayor JimDyer said. The council currently has threeapplicants for the position: Louis Giannunzio, HarryMarshall and David Revore. Each applicant will begiven five minutes to speak at the end of theMarch 4 meeting and then one will be chosen to fill the seat.See story on page 7

‘Angel with Attitude’ explores the lifeof a person with a disability

Julia K. Shaffer who has written a book titledAngel with Attitude grew up in Olivet, graduatedfrom Olivet High School, attended Olivet College,then transferred to Central Michigan Universityfrom where she graduated with a bachelor’sdegree in history in 1978. In 1990, she wasdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She has hadthe experience of looking at life both as a healthyperson as well as one with a disability. Angel withAttitude describes not only what MS is all about,but also provides advice to caregivers about howto best support her and other physicallychallenged people.See story on page 26

Gardening advice from K DriveGreenhouse owner Josh Bell

By this time of year, even snow-lovingmidwesterners are ready for the winter season towrap up. Many have enjoyed the coziness ofwarm sweaters and toasty hats long enough andare beginning to dream of storing them awayagain. One joy-inspiring way to buck up one’sspirits is to visit a greenhouse and talk to peoplewho are hard at work making sure all havebedding plants to select from when the wonderfuldate of May 19 rolls around; the typical first frost-free date for the area. K Drive Greenhouseowner Josh Bell answers those curious questionsand gives advice to people about gardening.See story on page 22

Local educators inducted into theMASA Winners Circle

Dr. Randy Davis, superintendent of MarshallPublic Schools, along with counselor Kathy Dowdand Bob Vaught, director of the MarshallAlternative High School, were inducted into theMichigan Association of School Administrators’Winners Circle on Jan. 24.See story on page 40

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Editor’s Corner

Dear Mother Nature,I have had it with winter. Sick of

it. So ready for warm weather.Could you speed things alongplease and bring us spring? But, onthe other hand, my son is graduating high school inthree months, so maybe you could also slow downthings a bit? Time is moving too fast. Except when itcomes to waiting for warm weather. Where have allthose years gone? Did I mention I’m sick of winter?Yours Truly,Sick of Winter in Marshall

P.S. Perhaps my “Sick of Winter”face in the photo would help hastenthe warm weather? If it helps, I’mgazing south in search of thatwarmer air to make its way to Mar-shall. Thank you.

For some reason, this winter, al-though not remarkable for its mas-sive snowfalls or sub-zero tempera-

tures, has really irked me more than other years.Maybe as I approach 50, I’m turning into that crotch-

ety old man my father promised I’d turn out to be.Not that he thought there was something unique

about me becoming a grumpy old man; he basically saidit happens to everyone.“You’ll see,” he told me (when I was 15), “there will

be a day where you’ll no longer want to go out to showsand concerts every night or eat at fancy restaurants orbasically do anything. You’ll just get bored and old andcomplain about everything, just like everyone else.”Such prophetic words from my father, but I think I’m

more of a grumpy, soon-to-be-old man only during thewinter. More specifically, during the end of February.I still find it somewhat thrilling when that first chilly

spell hits in September and am equally excited when thefirst snowflakes fall. It’s almost exhilarating. It makesthe holidays and Marshall look absolutely beautiful andpeaceful.And I’m O.K. with the cold and snow in January, the

heart of winter.But as the days grow longer and sunset is now closer

to 6:30 p.m., I feel that the cold needs to start retreating.After all, baseball, albeit spring training games, have

gotten underway; March 1, the meteorological start ofspring is just days away; and high school spring sportspractices begin March 11.It seems that the closer we get to the start of the

warmer days, the more impatient I become.To paraphrase Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka and the

Chocolate Factory, I want my warm weather NOW!Now, doesn’t that make me sound more like a petu-

lant child than a grumpy old man?I may not be over the hill yet after all.Until next week, may the good news be yours.

Spring officially begins on March 20, but meteorological spring for weatherrecords begins March 1. This winter has seen colder temperatures than thepast few winters although snowfall is near or below average. As the start ofMarch looms, have you had enough of winter?

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“Nope. I’m looking forward to theSuds & Snow beer festival in TraverseCity on March 2. You snow shoe out toall the microbreweries in the woods.”

Carla Jones,Battle Creek

“The only thing I don’t like aboutwinter is the slippery roads. If it wasn’tfor that, I’d be okay with the snow andcold.”

Word on the StreetHave you had enough of the cold weather?

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David Eldred,Battle Creek

“Yeah. I’ve had enough, but ithasn’t been too bad a winter. I’mjust ready for a change.”

Matt Friend,Girard, Mich.

“I’m sick of it not freezing. It’s allmuddy, which makes it hard for me asa farmer. It’s hard to work on fencingor tiling or clearing trees when theground isn’t frozen.”

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Paul Wickett,Northville, Mich.

“No. I could use some more snow. Ienjoy skiing and it’s kind of fun tohunker down inside and chill out.”

President Barack Obama is addicted to fame, powerTo the Editor:I’m convinced President

Obama is addicted. Not tocigarettes (he seems to have“kicked” that), or to drugsor alcohol (that I know of).No – our leader is addictedto campaigning. No matterthe reason, he’ll fly off assoon as he can. InaugurationDay – take a trip to sell hisagenda. State of Union –take a trip to explain hisagenda. I guess he thinks noone ever gets tired of hear-

ing his voice (I know hedoesn’t).

His claim to fame is he’s“a great speaker.” And“fame” is the proper wordfor this. He’s an entertainer.Before the election, he wason every “entertainment”program he could get on.

The election is over (ashe loves to remind us), sowhy doesn’t he just do thejob he was chosen to do?Flying all over the country(at our expense) to have a

good time is not the job ofthe President. He is combat-ive and will use any excuseto avoid hard work. He’slike the child with every ex-cuse to avoid doing hishomework.

“Obamacare” is his onlyachievement. By 2015, youwill be fined if you smoke,are “fat” (by governmentstandard) or you refuse tobuy insurance. He got that(sort of) passed and now wewill “find out what’s in it”

(Nancy Pelosi).Obama’s ultimate addi-

tion is to power, power totell you how to think andwhat to do. Surrender to thestate and don’t have a mindof your own – or at leastdon’t express it. Soon itwon’t be the first or secondamendments we’re at risk oflosing – there won’t even bea Bill of Rights.

Sharon Amsler,Marshall

The historical background on the creation of MedicaidBy GEORGE M. STRANDER

Ingram County CourtAdministrator and Probate Register

Second in a series.As we saw from the historical per-

spective on Medicaid I laid out lasttime, several at-tempts (some suc-cessful, some not) tocreate government-based healthcare pro-grams for those withlower incomes pre-ceded the creation ofMedicaid. Today, we

will talk about Medicaid’s birth.Social Security: Social Security, the

common name for the federal Old-Age,Survivors, and Disability Insurance pro-gram, was an FDR New Deal initiative.OASDI is at its core a program to payout retirement benefits. When the So-cial Security Act was enacted in 1935,

healthcare for those with lower incomeswas not included as a component of thelegislation. However, 30 years later,both healthcare for the poor and theaged became parts of the act as amend-ments.Titles XVIII and XIX: In 1965, as

part of LBJ’s Great Society initiatives,both Medicare and Medicaid were en-acted as amendments to the Social Se-curity Act, becoming Titles XVIII andXIX, respectively. Under Medicare andTitle XVIII, both hospital and supple-mentary insurance programs were cre-ated, thereby extending health care cov-erage to most Americans over 65 yearsof age.

Title XIX established the MedicalAssistance Program, popularly knownas Medicaid. This new program was anexpansion of the Medical Assistance forthe Aged program under the 1960 Kerr-Mills Act. Medicaid expanded health-care coverage for those with low in-

comes, added healthcare coverage forsome with disabilities and assisted low-income elderly individuals with someaspects of healthcare not covered byMedicare.Medicaid vs. Medicare: Although

their popular names are somewhat simi-lar and both deal with healthcare, Med-icaid and Medicare were created asvery different programs. Medicare is anationally-uniform medical insuranceprogram and anyone who meets the ageor disability requirements is entitled tocoverage. Medicaid, on the other hand,exists as a series of federal/state part-nerships where each individual state haslatitude within a federally-designedstructure to design and operate its ownprogram. Medicaid is a means-testedprogram, meaning that eligibility is re-served for those who lack the means(based on a certain income and assetlimit) to cover the cost of their ownhealthcare.

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Pictured here are Marshall High School girls basketball players Sarah Huffman, left, and Layla Harkey in action Feb. 15 versus Loy Norrix. Marshall, led by Logan Kiessling’s17 points and Tierra Orban’s 16 points beat Loy Norrix 54-47 to improve its record to 15-4. Marshall closed out its regular season on Friday night at Lakeview. The de-fending district and regional champions will open up district tournament play at Comstock High School on Monday, Feb. 25 versus Parchment at 6 p.m.

Seen here are Marshall High School’s 2013 Winterfest King and Queen, Matt Mur-phy and Sarah Huffman, between games on Feb. 15.

Marshall resident and Marshall High School varsity baseball coach Trevor Kelly willbe heading to New Zealand as part of the U.S. Men's National Team for fastpitchsoftball. Kelly, an MHS graduate, played college baseball at KCC and Southern In-diana University. He has been a part of the U.S. National Team for the last twoyears. The International Softball Federation World Championships will be held inAuckland, New Zealand from March 1-10. This is the top international event for thissport. The U.S. is one of 16 countries participating in the tournament. Kelly will likelyplay catcher and outfield.

MHS Winterfest 2013 MHS baseball coach TrevorKelly heads to New Zealand

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The 77th annual "RustyJones" Marshall BowlingAssociation City Tourna-ment is in the books. Thisyear's tournament saw 26,5- man teams, 50 doublesand 100 singles, and thethree- man team event inwhich 17 teams competed.The annual two- week eventconcluded on Feb. 3 at Mar-shall Lanes.

This year's team champi-ons come from the Bud-weiser City League - FullRack. The team was lead byRobbie Portalatin with a722, Clifton Dale had a 617series, Will Kelly alsoadded a performance of a604.

Dick Gardner and RobertUlmer contributed over av-erage series of 528 and 515

respectively. Theirscratch scores along withthe team's handicap of 554put them at the top of theleader board with 3,540 forthe second consecutive year.

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Genuine Customs/Mel'sAllsport (Budweiser City)took high actual score hon-ors with 3,269.

This year's three-mantournament was captured bythe team of Rich Dopp(609), Steve Deshon (702),and Shannon Damron (696).Along with their handicapof 171, they produced a to-tal score of 2,178. AndrewSaylor, Tom Saylor, and

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Jim Sneed III and DelmarCole combined to win thedoubles portion of the tour-nament with 1,468 (thirdconsecutive year that Delhas won the doubles title).Sneed bowled games of232, 242, and 256 for a 730series.

Although he was not ashot as his partner, Delmarhit his average with a scoreof 555 to secure the title.Second place was won byTom Bayley and MikeMiller with a 1,439 score.Third place was won by theteam of Hal

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Tom Gruber was crownedthe singles champion withan actual score of 695 com-bined with a 116 handicapfor a total of 811. RichDopp shot 725 actual, 800with handicap for secondplace, while Shawn Diverand Robby Portalatin tiedfor third place with 757.Scott Rodgers captured theactual title with 752.

All Events came down tosome consistent bowlingfrom Rich Dopp. He con-

tinued his above averageperformance throughout thetournament. He put to-gether series of 725 in sin-gles, 693 in doubles and a729 in team to win the AllEvents division, along withhis 225 handicap to givehim a total of 2,372.Spencer Ansell placed sec-ond with 2,235, while JimSneed III placed third with2,226. Ansell's scratchscore of 2,235 led allbowlers in this category.

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The City Tournament wasnamed in honor of longtimeMarshall Bowling Hall ofFame, Life Member, FormerState Board Member, LocalSecretary, League Secretary,Richard "Rusty" Jones atthe conclusion of the 2006bowling season as a specialaward ceremony by theMarshall Bowling Associa-tion Board.

77th Annual Rusty JonesCity Tournament results

5th Annual FredWeberling Classicis March 15

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Zumbaclass to start in AlbionMarch 7;Water aerobicsstartsApril 8

The Albion recreation depart-ment will be offering Zumba ex-ercise classes beginning Thurs-day, March 7 at the CrowellSchool Gym from 6:30-7:30p.m.

The instructor for the classwill be Kim Shiery.

Classes will be held everyThursday except for April 4 andApril 25.

This spring session will runthrough May 9.

The cost for the session is$15.

The recreation departmentwill begin its spring adult wateraerobics class beginning Mon-day, April 8 at 7 p.m. at the Al-bion High School Pool. Classwill take place on Mondays andWednesdays through May 15.The cost is $15 and the instruc-tor is Dawn Reichow. Registra-tion is at the door.

For more information on ei-ther program, call the recreationoffice at 517-629-7179 or sendan email torecreation_rod@hotmail.com.

The recreation departmentcan also be contacted through itsFacebook page at Albion Recre-ation Department. Updates willalso be posted on this page.

The Albion College base-ball and softball teams com-bined forces Feb. 16 to host97 children in a series offree clinics sponsored by theStudent-Athlete AdvisoryCommittee.

Children were split intogroups to learn how to catchand throw a baseball, runthe bases, play positions inthe infield and outfield, and,last but not least, how to bat.The morning finished with agame of whiffle ball, wherethe children could demon-strate what they had

learned.SAAC Representative

Kacey Anderson, a seniormember of the softballteam, got to work with the 4and 5-year-olds throughoutthe clinic. After workingwith these children she said,“I think the SAAC clinicsare a really fun way for us tohelp out the community.You can really tell howmuch the kids enjoy it andit's awesome to see im-provement at every agelevel, especially in just atwo hour time span.”

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