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February 21, 2015 • Vol. 136 No. 8

City of Marshall sues localresidents, business owners

Last week, the city of Marshall filed acomplaint with the 37th District Court to recoup$7,576 in fees for temporary fixes to a downtownstructure as well as asking the court for ajudgement for permanent repairs, which couldcost more than $70,000. Wharry Engineeringinformed the city that the property (111, 113 and115 E. Michigan Ave.) was in dangerous conditionand in imminent danger of collapse due to thecondition of the roof structure, roof joists andceiling joists on the third floor, according to thecourt complaint. “The city is required to takeprotective action when there is a danger to healthor safety under the International PropertyMaintenance Code,” said Director of CommunityServices Natalie Dean. The city is asking thecourt to place liens on the properties until thework has been repaid in full.See story on page 36

State superintendent visitsMarshall High School

The cooperative agreement between MarshallPublic Schools and Albion Public Schools in 2013made local headlines. But, word quickly spreadthroughout the state about the venture, includingto the office of State Superintendent MichaelFlanagan. On Feb. 18, Flanagan paid a visit toMarshall High School to have lunch with somestudents, parents, teachers and school boardmembers and to hear and see firsthand how thepartnership is going. “I really appreciate Albionand Marshall taking the lead,” said Flanagan.“Most districts don’t even think about these thingsbecause they are not bold enough.”See story on page 26

First woman director takes thehelm at Calhoun CountyFairgrounds

Megan Harvey of Marshall is the first womandirector and the youngest director, at age 28, ofthe Calhoun County Fairgrounds. Harvey, whohas been the assistant director for the past threeyears, accepted the position of executive directoron Feb. 16 after the Calhoun County Agricultural& Industrial Society Board unanimously voted topromote her. “I think it’s really neat that they areputting their trust in me,” Harvey said. CCAISBoard President Doug Wildt said Harvey was themost qualified person the board interviewed. “Sheis the right person for the job,” he said. “Shebrings all of her knowledge from being involvedwith the fair for so long (since age 8) and knowsthe mechanics of the fairgrounds better thananybody. And it’s amazing what she can get donein only a few short months. She knows what she’sdoing.”See story on page 44

Exchange Club honors local lawenforcement

On Feb. 9, the Marshall Exchange Club held itsOfficer of the Year program, honoring three locallaw enforcement members for their “unselfishdedication and loyalty to service.” The Officer of theYear recipients are Marshall Police DepartmentOfficer Matthew Potter, Calhoun County Sheriff’sOffice Deputy Chris Young and Michigan StatePolice Trooper Matthew McLalin. “I cannot thankyou enough for having this program,” said MPDDirector of Public Safety Jim Schwartz. “It might notseem like a big deal for these 20 minutes or so thatyou allow us, but for us it lasts a lifetime.”See story on page 18

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Editor’s CornerI’ve read that divorce attorneys

see a lot of unhappy spouses (mostlywives) right after Valentine’s Day, aholiday that is so overrated andleaves expectations of a “happy”day so high that it’s bound to underdeliver and thus, cause disappointment, especiallyamong those whose relationships are on shaky ground tobegin with.

That got me thinking: Is being happy all that it’scracked up to be?

Viktor Frankl, the prominent psychiatrist and neurolo-gist who survived a Nazi concentration camp and andwrote about his experience in the book, Man’s Search forMeaning, came up with one of my favorite quotes onlife: It is the very pursuit of happiness that thwarts hap-piness.

Think about it; how often have we set out to “behappy” only to find that the experience we pinned suchhigh hopes on turned out to be less than what we ex-pected?

Frankl concluded in his book that the difference be-tween those who lived and those who died in the campcame down to one thing: meaning.

Frankl saw in the camp that those who found meaningeven in the most horrifying situations were far more re-silient to suffering than those who did not.

A Gallup poll a while back showed that approximately60 percent of Americans think of themselves as “happy.”

On the other hand, according to the Centers for Dis-ease Control, at least 40 percent of Americans say theydo not have a satisfying life purpose.

In an article titled, There’s More To Life Than BeingHappy, Emily Esfahani Smith states that research hasshown that having purpose and meaning in life increaseswell-being and life satisfaction, improves mental andphysical health, enhances resiliency, enhances self-es-teem and decreases the chances of depression.

She also notes, that the pursuit of happiness is ironi-cally, leaving people less happy according to recent re-search.

An author of a study in the Journal of Positive Psy-chology has noted that “Happiness without meaningcharacterizes a relatively shallow, self-absorbed or evenselfish life, in which things go well, needs and desire areeasily satisfied and difficult or taxing entanglements areavoided.”

Happiness, they found, is about feeling good and be-ing more of a “taker” rather than a “giver.”

The article notes that participants in a study reportedmeaning from giving a part of themselves away to othersand making a sacrifice.

To quote psychologist Martin E.P. Seligman: You useyour highest strengths and talents to belong to and servesomething you believe is larger than the self.

One last thing to think about: Researchers found thathaving negative events happen to you decreases yourhappiness, but increases the amount of meaning youhave in life.

Looks like finding meaning in one’s life is the key thatjust might bring about happiness.

Until next week, may the good news be yours.

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Thanks goes to the great people of MarshallTo the Editor:On Jan. 29 at 6:30 p.m. in front of

the Stage Coach, my husband and Iwere about to cross the street when Islipped and fell on the ice. In trying tobreak my fall, my husband strained his

back and couldn’t help me up andcould hardly walk.

Two young men came out of theStage Coach to help us and when a carcame around the corner, the youngmen in the car also helped us.

We are truly grateful and would liketo thank these young men for helpingus.

Ernie and Shirley Schroder,Marshall

Ice, Wine & Blues successful because of volunteersTo the Editor:I would like to sincerely thank all of

the wonderful people who workedcountless hours to help make the 2015Ice Wine & Blues event successful.The event this year, was organized bya committee of hard-working and dedi-cated volunteers who were passionateabout this event. They were aware ofthe positive impact that an enjoyableevent like this can have on our down-town. They knew it would attract peo-

ple to downtown Marshall and benefitour wonderful city.

In addition, this event now benefitsThe Franke Center for the Arts in Mar-shall. Being a non-profit arts and com-munity center, we appreciate the addi-tional funds raised by such a event tohelp support all that we offer here andthe upkeep of our beautiful historicalbuilding.

The members of the 2015 Ice, Wine& Blues Committee, event volunteers,

downtown wine tasting locations,event sponsors, ice block purchasersand promoters are so very many to listin this letter, but please know thatwithout you all, this event would nothave been successful. We truly appre-ciate your time and effort that youdedicated to the 2015 Ice Wine &Blues event.

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I was shocked when I heardthe live broadcast apology Feb.4 from NBC’s Brian Williamsregarding the story he’s beentelling about supposedly beingforced down in a helicopter hitby a rocket-propelled grenadeduring the invasion of Iraq in2003.

In fact, I was listening thenight in 2013 when Williamstold David Letterman the story.Williams was so compellingthat he received a rousing ap-plause for his bravery as anewscaster during a horrific as-sault on his helicopter.

Now, 12 years later,Williams remembers the storysomewhat differently. He was“outted” by Lance Reynolds, aflight engineer who was onboard one of those three heli-copters that was attacked in2003. Reynolds, along withother crew members, said theywere forced to make an emer-gency landing, and that theChinook helicopter Williamswas in arrived after the entireincident was over. Feeling thepressure, Williams apologizedon air for the mistake, sayinghe “misremembered” events.But wouldn’t most people —especially a seasoned reporterand a trained television newsexecutive — remember the de-tails of being shot at in a heli-copter while in a war zone?

Following his apology,Williams’ starstruck fanssounded the typical defense.“Not Brian Williams,” theychorused, “We love his pro-gram, you must be mistaken.”

Well, it didn’t take long forInternet bloggers to questionthe story and other events thatWilliams reported on over theyears. Satirical postings ofWilliams reporting from themoon and other comical loca-tions flooded social media.

So far, NBC has suspendedWilliams for six months with-out pay. The seriousness of thesituation, however, demandsthat this examination not endthere.

First of all, NBC staff —and possibly the network’shighest executives — musthave known of Williams’ inac-curacies over the years. Thereis no way he could have cov-ered up the actual events as

they happened. Whenever he’son assignment, Williams has astaff of writers and cameramenwho are also on the scene. Didthey not notice the penchant ofWilliams to rewrite events asthey occurred?

Williams is the network’sNo. 1 rated news ‘star’ and,because the “Nightly News”program is one of the highestrated news programs on net-work television, NBC execu-tives apparently chose to lookthe other way. They preferredto focus on their coveted rat-ings rather than on whether thestories Williams was coveringwere accurate.

This isn’t the first time a fa-mous person or a political su-perstar has been caught in theact of “misremembering” thefacts. One of the biggest scan-dals of my lifetime was Water-gate, and the Nixon adminis-tration’s attempt to cover up itsinvolvement in a break-in ofDemocratic headquarters inWashington, D.C.

When the conspiracy was fi-nally discovered and investi-gated by Congress, it tookdown a president who “misre-membered” the facts until hegot impossibly twisted in hisown lies.

Years later, another presi-dent, Bill Clinton, also had aproblem remembering thefacts. Clinton allegedly washaving sexual relations withstaff intern Monica Lewinsky,nearly leading to his impeach-ment and a dubious acquittalof any wrongdoing.

Clinton’s wife, Hillary, hadone of those “misremember-ing” moments of her ownwhen she was a candidate forpresident in 2008. Hillary re-called having to run fromsniper fire, along with herdaughter, Chelsea, when theywere arriving in Bosnia in1996. Because she was a for-mer first lady and a prominentpolitician, however, it didn’ttake long for a video to surfacethat showed a much calmerversion of the events of thatday. When confronted, though,Clinton called up the old “mis-remembered” play, saying,

“So I made a mistake. Thathappens. It proves I’m human,which, you know, for somepeople is a revelation.”

Barack Obama went on towin the election, yet later ap-pointed Clinton as his secretary

of state once he was elected.So it might lead you to believea deal had been brokered priorto the election.

And how about former Illi-nois congressman Rod Blago-jevich who tried to sellObama’s former seat as a con-gressman from Chicago to thehighest bidder?

Blagojevich was arrestedand convicted on charges ofcorruption, earning him aprison sentence which he’s stillserving.

Recently, comedian BillCosby has been under fire foralleged sexual relationshipshe’s had the past 40 years. Ap-parently he, too, remembersthe facts a little differently.

I could go on and on withother examples of famous peo-ple that have forgotten or “mis-remembered” the facts as theywere, but the Williams casehits me hard because he’s inmy business. It’s an honorablebusiness of getting the facts, allthe facts as they are and nothow a reporter wants to re-member them.

In fact, when dealing with abig story, most news outletswould hold a report rather thanrisk going with a story aboutwhich they don’t have all thefacts. In today’s mediafirestorm, however, it’s becomemore important for some out-lets to be “first,” “live” and “onthe scene,” rather than to be ac-curate.

The problem in Williams’case is that he’s become moreof an entertainer caught up inpolls and ratings that are im-portant to NBC and theirshareholders, rather than anewsman accurately reportingthe news.

I think these guys are underso much pressure to keep thenumbers up that they would doalmost anything to remain ontop. Williams must have feltcompelled to beef up the sto-ries, adding to his brand as agreat storyteller. In the end,however, he got caught coldwhen those in the story pointedout the facts as they really hap-pened.

It’s unfortunate that such anaccomplished newsman wouldhave risked his reputation andpossibly his career just to makethe story a little more interest-ing.

Here’s a guy who, in hisfirst year as the anchor of

“NBC Nightly News,” coveredtwo major disasters, the Asiantsunami and Hurricane Kat-rina. In fact, NBC News wasgiven a Peabody Award for itscoverage when the committeesaid that the staff at “NBCNightly News” exemplified thehighest levels of journalisticexcellence in reporting Hurri-cane Katrina. NBC News alsoearned a George Polk Awardand the DuPont-ColumbiaUniversity Award for its Kat-rina coverage. In a Vanity Fairmagazine story, publishers ac-knowledged Williams’ work as“Murrow-worthy” and gaveWilliams the title of the “na-tion’s anchor.”

Since Williams steppeddown voluntarily Feb. 7 — be-fore his bosses imposed thesix-month penalty — manyleaders have questioned what’shappening to the industrywhen a news anchor thinksmore about how the storysounds rather than the factsthat comprise the story.

I’ve spent my entire life inthe newspaper business andunderstand the importance anddedication necessary to gettingall of the facts and the impor-tance of their accuracy. In fact,I’ve had to drop informationfrom some of my columns be-cause I couldn’t find a sourceor verify one small piece of in-formation. That’s what it’s allabout — getting the story,making sure the facts are cor-rect and giving credit wherecredit is due.

Mark Twain said it best withhis line, “If you tell the truth,you don’t have to rememberanything.”

It’s a unfortunate that suchan accomplished news anchorlost his position, but NBC hadno choice. What kind of a mes-sage would it be sending to allof the other dedicated newspersonnel in the organization ifthey chose to ignore these pub-lic calls for accountability?

Williams’ fall from grace isjust another indication ofwhat’s been happening in cor-porate newsrooms across thecountry where it’s not aboutthe news anymore, it’s aboutthe audience. In today’s corpo-rate environment, sometimes“big news” has to sell its soulto keep stockholders happy.

That’s not the way it’s sup-posed to be, but it has becomereality.

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MHS girls varsity wins 15th straightFollowing 58-23 win at Western to go to 16-1, Marshall faces tough Northwest team Friday By JOHN HENDLER

Editor

This has been a seasonunlike any other in recentmemory for the MarshallHigh School girls varsitybasketball team. The teamwon its 15th straight gameto improve to 16-1 on theseason following a 58-23victory at Western on Feb.17.

Coach Sal Konkle saidone of the team’s goals is towin the I-8 conferencechampionship and Marshallcan take big step to accom-plishing that goal on Fridayevening (Feb. 20) when theyhost Northwest.

Marshall enters the gameunbeaten in conference play,while Northwest has justone loss, to Marshall on Jan.16.

“Our girls are experi-enced and they are focusedon Northwest,” said Kon-kle. “If they or any teambeats us after we give ourbest effort, so be it.”

Despite its only loss ofthe season to rankedWilliamston on Dec. 5,Marshall has not beenranked or received honor-able mention honors all sea-son.

“It doesn’t matter to me,but I think the girls wouldlike to be recognized,” saidKonkle. “It would be nicefor the girls because theywork so darn hard.”

Still, Konkle says what’simportant is staying focusedwith the district tournamentgetting underway on March2 versus Delton-Kellogg atHarper Creek High School.

“The girls are excited fordistricts,” said Konkle.“But, I’ve tried to get themin my mindset that we onlythink about one game at atime...They are really dedi-cated. They love basketballand they will come outready to play.”

photos by John Hendler

Coach Sal Konkle and the Marshall High School girls varsity basketball team at practice Feb. 18.

Chelsea Tobias at the free throw line following a Lumen Christi technical foul Feb.13 as teammates from left, Georgiana Pratley, Chloe McAllister, Nikki Tucker and JillKonkle look on. Marshall won the game, 69-28.

Chloe McAllister makes the easy lay up versus LumenChristi Feb. 13.

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Currently the site forMHS is under construction.However, schedules for thisspring can be found on thesite. Just click on SpringSports, then click on a par-ticular Sport and then clickon the Schedule and Rosterstab.

Thanks to Marshall Com-munity Credit Union fortaking the lead as a sponsor.Other sponsor opportunitiesare available.

Emily Del-motte takesit to the bas-ket in thefourth quar-ter versusLumenChristi Feb.13.

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Kiefer Bartlett advances to wrestling regionalMarshall High School

advanced one wrestler tothe individual regionaltournament Saturday,Feb. 21 in Eaton Rapids.

Kiefer Bartlett went 3-2 and placed 4th at 119pounds in the individualdistrict to advance.Bartlett was seeded 7th atthe beginning of the tour-nament and defeated op-ponents from RichlandGull Lake, Zach Girten,St. Joseph, Trey Cuellar,and the 4th seed from Ed-wardsburg, Nick Bradley,to advance. His onlytwo losses were both tothe number 2 fromStevensville-Lakeshore,Tony Williams.

Also just missing thepodium were Corey Dex-ter at 171 and Owen

Miller in the heavyweightdivision. Both finished2-2 and were one matchfrom advancing.

"I was very happy withthe way we wrestled allday,” sid coach NickZuehlke. “We had somehard fought matches andwe had a couple that welet slip away. At thispoint in the year it’s moreabout who wants it at theend of the match andthat’s how Kiefer gotthrough. He's a greatwrestler but he wanted itmore than the kids acrossfrom him and he pre-vailed. If he can go inwith that same mindset atregional, he has a chanceat advancing to the statetournament."

Marshall’s Kiefer Bartlett, right, seen here at the team district tournament versus Western on Feb. 12, advancedto the individual regional meet in Eaton Rapids. Marshall was defeated by Western in the team district semi final.

photos by John Hendler

Marshall wrestlers Owen Miller, left, and Corey Dexter, were each one match away from advancing to the individual regional tournament after posting 2-2 records at thedistrict tournament.

MHS boys varsity beats Western to go to 8-7

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The Marshall High School boys varsity basketball team improved to 8-7 following a 57-49 home victory over Western on Feb. 17. Forrest Jackson, left, and Montez Brewer,center, each scored 12 points. Chris Thomas and Tyler Torrey each scored 10 points. Drew DeVine, right, scored four points.

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