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April 19, 2014 • Vol. 135 No. 16

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City Council to discuss electric rateincrease at April 21 public hearing

The Marshall City Council scheduled a publichearing for April 21 for a proposed amendment toincrease electric rates that, if approved, would beeffective in May. “These rates will be competitivewith other local rates,” said Director of PublicServices Carl Fedders. For average users thechange is estimated to be: $5.11 for residential(600kwh usage); $14 for Commercial B (2,500kwh); and $120.20 for Commercial C (15,000 kwh+40kW). Industrial rates will remain the same.See story on page 10

Lowell woman trekking 4,600 NorthCountry Trail passes through Calhoun County

A former Lowell resident, who is on a quest tobecome the first woman to through-hike the 4,600mile North Country National Scenic Trail in oneseason, passed through Calhoun County lastweek. Gail Lowe, 64, who has more than 10,000miles under her belt, began her current hike northof Cincinnati on March 16 in memory of herdaughter Becka, who died at the age 46 of breastcancer last year.See story on page 34

‘March for Babies’ is April 27 at Binder Park Zoo

The March of Dimes’ signature spring event,March for Babies, will take place on April 27 atBinder Park Zoo. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.and the two-mile walk will begin at 9:30 a.m.preceded by the opening ceremony at 9:15 a.m.With one out of every eight births in the UnitedStates being premature, the March of Dimesfundraises “to help give all babies a healthy start.” See story on page 32

Oaklawn Auxiliary gives $30,000 tosupport hospital, art showMembers of the Oaklawn Hospital Auxiliary this weekpresented donations totaling $30,000 to supporthospital activities, and individual volunteers receivedan array of honors themselves. At the recent hospitalannual tribute luncheon for auxiliary and hospicevolunteers, auxiliary Co-President Cheryl McAuliffepresented Oaklawn President and CEO GingerWilliams with a check for $28,000. The amountrepresents funds raised over the past year by theorganization through its gift shop and other activities,and additional money from the organization's general fund. See story on page 38

Marshall Area Conservation CommitteeSpring Tree planting this month

Volunteers of all ages are encouraged to participatein the MACC’s “Greening of Marshall” communityspring tree planting event which will be held onSaturday, April 26 from 9 a.m. to noon. This is afamily-friendly volunteering event. People will bemeeting at the Marshall Public Services Building at901 S. Marshall where morning refreshments will beprovided. “On the 26th we’ll be planting trees, doingmulching and trimming previously planted trees,” saidMACC member and Marshall Environmental ServicesCoordinator Cheryl Vosburg. “So far MACC and itsvolunteers have planted over 600 trees in Marshall ata cost of about $100 per tree, on average.”See story on page 21

The annual spring tree planting “The Greening of Marshall” coordinated by the Marshall AreaConservation Committee will be held Saturday, April 26 when 50 trees will be plantedbetween 9 a.m. and noon. So far, volunteers have planted more than 600 trees that will

provide shade and environmental protection to Marshall’s urban forest for generations to come.Pictured with one of the previously planted trees are Dave Fhaner, left, and Paul Coury joined byyoung foresters Jevin Uldriks and Jack MacQuaig. See stories inside

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Editor’s Corner

I remember a while back readingabout how the Department of La-bor was ready to invoke a rule thatwould apply child-labor laws tochildren working on family farms,prohibiting them from performing a list of jobs on theirown families’ land.

Under the rule, children under 18 could no longerwork in the storing, marketing and transporting of farmproduct raw materials.

Apparently, prohibited places of employment wouldinclude country grain elevators, grain bins, silos, live-stock exchanges and livestock auctions.

Apparently, after an article from the Daily Callerwent viral and under pressure from farming advocates,the Labor Department backed down.

By the way, the new regulations would have also re-voked the government’s approval of safety training andcertification taught by independent groups like 4-H andFFA, replacing them instead with... drumroll please... a90-hour federal government training course.Government Knows Best. Wasn’t that the old TV

show with Robert Young?If those rules were implemented, you know that it

would have only been a matter of time before kidswouldn’t be allowed to also mow their parents’ lawn,rake leaves or do laundry.

I’m just kidding. Sort of.Kids doing laundry? Handling detergent and bleach?Wait for the government to step in, citing dangerous

chemicals.How about kids folding clothes?The government will just have to intervene to make

sure steps are taking to prevent carpal tunnel.Kids raking leaves?Sure, if you want them to suffer back pain, curvature

of the spine or bunions.Before long, kids would no longer be allowed to ex-

perience the value of good, old-fashioned work.I remember as a kid, my dad would tell me, (not

even ask me) to take care of the weeds in the yard (andsiphon gas out of the car for the lawn mower).

There I’d be in the pre-weed wacker days, on myknees, getting my hands dirty, engaging in the repeti-tive motion of pulling weeds, sans knee pads, gloves,goggles and a helmet.

As much as I hated doing that and other chores, therewas a method to my parents’ madness, something Ididn’t truly appreciate until years later.

There is something rewarding about good, old fash-ioned hard work, something that is ever-increasinglymissing from young people’s lives today.

What will there be for today’s kids to appreciateabout their childhood years from now?

Oh yes, the government, for keeping them free fromdoing chores.

Until next week, may the good news be yours.

With the weather finally beginning to cooperate, the ad-visor&chronicle askedthese six people what things they were looking forward to most this spring.

Letters

Bella Budd,Coldwater

"I’m excited for bike riding.”

Eunice Adounkpe,Hastings, Neb.

"Gardening with my dad. We have asmall section of new vegetables that weplant each year.”

Word on the StreetWhat are you looking forward to this spring?

by John Hendler

Columns

David Hemker,Coldwater

"I’m just looking forward to not be-ing cooped up anymore and playingsome music outside with my garagerock band.”

Jared Buskirk,Hastings, Neb.

"Gardening worms and compost-ing. We use it for the garden. I’m alsolooking forward to bike riding.”

Michael Mahanes,Hastings, Neb.

"Being done with winter! I’m look-ing forward to enjoying time outsidewith my friends, hanging out at bon-fires.”

Andrea Musselman,Coldwater

"Enjoying the nice weather and be-ing outside. I can’t wait to go an-tiquing and to flea markets.”

Grateful for knowledge of how to protect, preserve photosTo the Editor:On April 12, I attended a

lecture at the Marshall Dis-trict Library regarding thecorrect procedures for thepreservation of photographs,

slides, etc. This was spon-sored by the Marshall His-torical Society.

The presentation was de-lightful, informative, entic-ing and entertaining. Thank

you Ann Rhodes and theMarshall Historical Societyfor making this possible. Itsurely helped me in my en-deavor to preserve a “gazil-lion” photos and slides from

the late 1800s to date andI’m grateful for that.

Mary H. Lee,Marshall

Law that helps people...Postal service crimesByGEORGEM.STRANDER

Ingram County CourtAdministrator and Probate Register

Seventh in a series.You’ve probably heard that it’s a

“federal offense” toopen someone else’smailbox or tamperwith someone’smail. As it turnsout, there is a largevariety of postalcrimes listed in thefederal criminal

code. In this article, we will start totake a look at these offenses.

PPoossttaall SSeerrvviiccee ooffffeennsseess:: Postal Ser-vice workers themselves are subject tocriminal prosecution if they culpablyfail in any of their duties. Offenses byemployees or officers of the postal ser-vice itself are not what we typicallythink of when we consider postalcrimes, but for sake of completenesswe mention them here.

A postal worker who voluntarilydeserts mail that he or she has taken

control of, or who delays or destroysmail, can be fined or imprisoned. [18U.S. Code, 1700, 1703] For those ofyou who remember the Seinfeldepisode where Newman (a letter car-rier in the sitcom) is discovered tohave hidden bags of mail in a storagefacility, there is a humorous exampleof this kind of infraction.

The theft of mail matter, misappro-priation of postal funds and issuanceof money orders without payment areall additional postal worker offenses.[18 U.S. Code, 1709, 1711, 1713]

OObbssttrruuccttiioonn ooff tthhee mmaaiill:: The fed-eral criminal code punishes anyonewho “knowingly or willfully obstructsor retards the passage of mail or anycarrier or conveyance carrying themail.” [18 U.S. Code 1701] There arelimits to the application of this generalstatute, as shown by the famous 19th

Century U.S. Supreme Court case,U.S. v. Kirby [74 U.S. 482].

In the Kirby case, a mail carrier –Farris — was indicted in 1867 in statecourt for murder and the state courtjudge issued a bench warrant to the lo-

cal sheriff – Kirby — to have Farrispicked up. In response to Kirby actingon the warrant, the federal governmentindicted sheriff Kirby for “knowinglyand willfully obstructing or retardingthe passage of mail” (the law then as itis now) because apprehending a mailcarrier prevented him from doing hisjob.

The U.S. Supreme Court unani-mously ruled that Kirby’s indictmentfor obstructing the mail was unwar-ranted. The Court concluded that lawssuch as the obstruction-of-mail offenseshould always be read so as to avoidunjust, oppressive, or absurd conse-quences. In this case, even thoughsheriff Kirby literally did obstruct Far-ris in carrying out his duties, the lat-ter’s apprehension under a warrant fora serious crime was an understood ex-ception.

NNeexxtt ttiimmee:: In my next article, I willoutline additional postal crimes, in-cluding those that deal with items thatthe postal service bans from beingmailed.

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The Marshall High School varsity baseball team’s bats were busy April 16 as the Redhawks posted a pair of 11-1 victories over Battle Creek Central to improve their sea-son record to 3-0. In the first game, pitcher John Dorosh, above left, went four innings, surrendering just two hits, no earned runs and striking out eight. Dan Welke went3-3 with two doubles and 2 RBI. Alex Walton went 2-3 with a triple and an RBI. Will Patterson also added an RBI triple. In the second game, Walton pitched three innings,allowing no earn runs, one hit and striking out seven. Walton was also 2-3 from the plate with two doubles and an RBI. Drew Maisner, above right, went 2-3 with a tripleand 3 RBI, while Mitch Konkle, below, left, had 2 RBI. Below right is third baseman Scott Reagle. Marshall plays this morning, Saturday, April 19 as part of the MarshallSports Festival. The team will also be home for games April 22 versus Coldwater and April 23 versus Vicksburg beginning at 4 p.m.

MHS softball opens season with 32 runs in sweep

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The Marshall High School varsity softball team opened its season with a doubleheader sweep of Battle Creek Central April 16 by scores of 15-0 and 17-2. Pitcher Brook-lyn Patton, above left, struck out five and allowed no hits in game one. Game two pitcher Ashley Kent allowed just one hit and struck out nine.In game one, Lindsay Gard-ner, below left, had three singles, two stolen bases and 2 RBI. E.J. Marshall had a single, double and an RBI. Kaylie Bates had two singles, two stolen bases and an RBi.In game two, Gardner had three hits, a stolen base and an RBI. Tess Meade had three singles, a double and an RBI. Madison Couch had three singles. Kent had a homerun, double and 3 RBI. Haley Bennett also had 3 RBI. Also getting hits were Jazmin Yaudes, Olivia Meister, Chelsea Lake and Patton.

MHS tennisopens seasonwith 8-0 winover BattleCreek Central April 16 at Marshall

Singles:1. Grace Corcoran (Mar) def VickyEnriquez 6-1,6-32. Jaime Dimoff (Mar) def SicilyMcLaughlin 6-0, 6-03. Mary Townsend (Mar) def OliviaDavis 6–1, 6–24. Brooklyn Tobias (Mar) def MorganBurns 6-0, 6-0Doubles1. Chandler Veich & Olivia Olmstead(Mar) def S. Prescott & K. Smith 6-0,6-12. Sydney Bies & Erica Chamberlain(Mar) def M. Moran & C. Wixson 6-3,6-03. Chelsey Bennett & Taylor Karns(Mar) def O. Walkman & A. Booker 6-0, 6-14. Alex Campau & Polina Shebo-laeva (Mar) def C. Compton & M. Par6-3, 3-6, 6-2

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MHS soccer opens with home win over Charlotte

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The Marshall High School girls varsity soccer team opened its season with a 5-2 home victory over Charlotte April 14. Tristan Tobias, above left, had two goals for the Red-hawks. Also scoring for Marshall were Lauren Feasel, above right (at Gull Lake Aptil 16), Tierra Orban and Taryn Long. Feasel also had an assist as did Sydney Reichen-baugh, Chelsea Tobias and Audrey Myers."For our first time out I thought we played extremely well, moving the ball around and keeping everyone involved,” said coachAdrian Harkey. “We kept a lot of pressure on Charlotte's defense and we were very aggressive going to goal. We had a couple of lapses on defense but those are veryfixable. We were very pleased with the result." At Gull Lake, Marshall lost to the defending Div. 2 state champions, 8-0.

The 2014 Marshall High School Boys Track and Field Team. Members include, in no particular order: Benjamin Black, Parker Cruz, Bradion DeBow, Donovan Hayes,Jack Herman, Jasper Hilger, Quinn Horvater, Jin Kim, Michael Moore, Bobby Owens, Devin Price, Alexander Ruede-Passul, Bryce Blanchard, Jared Etter, Jer Grant, We-ston Herman, Tyler, Horn, Sebastian Marshall, Travis Mumaw, Owen Osborn, Damirius Ridley, Devante Taylor, Bryce Tesch, Joseph Trumbell, Brandon Turner, Kurt Swa-ton, Jaylin Alexander, Cy-Tonio Bright Mitchel, Chris bell, Chase Cousineau, Chandler Cruz, Micah Deitrich, Jacob Etter, Jackson Friend, Justin Halcombe, Forrest Jack-son, Christian Kaliz, Nate Steele, Bryar Thelen, Chris Thomas, Leo Thompson, Jacob Trumbell, Jontaj Wallace, Alex Westphal, Dauvier Whetstone, Eli Bali-Solis, Nick Ba-nazak, Montez Brewer, Brady Brisson, Corey Dexter, Austin Hazel, Kevin Helle, Daniel Hindenach, Johnson Huynh, Jacob Janofski, Sean Kent, Michael Miller, Ian Nos-trant, Ethan Olmstead, John Sherman, Calvin Smith, Phineas Swett, O'Shea Swinton, Michael Vezmar and Sam Van Zyl.

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Climax14325 “OP” Ave.

269-746-4286

BattleCreek FARM BUREAU

MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30 TO 5:00 • SATURDAY 8:30 TO 1:00 PM • CLIMAX STORE OPEN AT 8AM

Battle Creek295 Hamblin Ave.

269-962-4025

Locally Owned & Operatedfor over 90 Years

We reserve the right to limit quantities.

Open Saturdays inApril & May ‘til 1pm

• Rhubarb Plants • Asparagus Plants• Seed Potatoes • Onion Sets• Bulk and Package Seed• Strawberries

SOILTESTING

Bring a sample to the Battle Creek store

Only One Sample Please

Lawns - Sat., April 26 • 9am - 1pm

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THURSTON-CELARDOPAINTING LLC

269-963-2684

PAINTINGExterior/Interior House Painting

Deck Washing and StainingDrywall Repairs

Epoxy Garage Floors

FREEESTIMATES

Call Now for EarlySpring Start!

Concrete Staining

$5900

Memberships w/Pre-paid

Leagues*Senior Memberships*Starting at$32900 *Call us for

details

NEW!

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ON STAFF USA Is recruiting for

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TRMIOPEN INTERVIEWSOPEN INTERVIEWS

Tuesday, April 22nd from 3:30-5p

100 Hill Brady Rd., Battle Creek

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$248MONTH

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