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…sixteen years ago a little family jewelry store opened on the corner of Mitchell and River Streets in Cadillac. Over the years the local community has come to rely on this store for exceptional service, scintillating design and an unswerving commitment to excellence.
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The Cadillac News serves many towns in the Greater Cadillac Area and considers the entire coverage area Our Community. We’ve worked diligently to make this an inclusive publication offering stories about people and organizations that define the Greater Cadillac Area. Within these pages, you’ll find messages from local businesses that play an instrumental role in the continued success of our community. Additionally, you’ll read stories about friends, neighbors and organizations that are working hard to make a difference in the lives of our citizens and strengthen our community. This publication is an effort of the Cadillac News, consuming months of interviews, reporting, photography, creative advertising and design efforts. It is our purpose to provide information that enhances the lives of the people, businesses and communities we serve. We thank all those who contributed to our 2012 edition and hope you enjoy this opportunity to connect with your community.
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06 Recreating Craftsmanship 10 An Insect-ious Attitude 15 Formula for Fun 23 To Serve, Protect
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44 Rural Rock ‘n’ Roll 48 Two Men and a Dream 50 Stopped.
In the Name of Music at the Platters
54 Serving Up Love 56 “This Has Become a
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28 Evart Office
Blazing a New Path and off the Ice
30 Making an Impact on 36 A Guide to Mercy’s Care 41 Luther Hard to Find,
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78 Sorting out Life with Autism
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Recreating craftsmanship
When the Carnegie Library dome was being replaced; Jack Powell followed behind the Buist sheet metal experts to repair the damaged wood casing.
Jack Powell enjoys the details in historic preservation
By Mardi SuhS CadillaC News
CADILLAC — Back in the ’70s, when Jack Powell took his first construction job, his goal was to learn just enough to build his own home someday . He hadn’t planned on falling in love with historic buildings and preservation work. But that’s where life took him. And it started in Detroit. “That’s where the bug bit me,” Powell admitted. “We were in a histori-
cal district putting an addition onto a brick house.” Powell became intrigued by the process of working behind men from a bygone era. He was determined to duplicate and extend their work so you couldn’t tell where the new addition started on the historic home. When he moved back to Cadillac, he worked any construction job he could get and said it took years to build his skill level. “I worked for other builders and general contractors for 15 years before I even thought of going on my own,” he explained. See LiStening on page 7
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Listening to the story the building tells
Continued from page 6 About 30 years ago, he was part of a crew that worked on the restoration of the historic Charles T. Mitchell House for Roland Lamkin’s medical practice. Over subsequent years, he was drawn to historic preservation work and built a reputation as a true craftsman. “You have to dig into it,” he said. “You have to study it and figure out what it’s all about. You never know what you will run into and you can lose a lot of sleep.” Powell has been working on the historic preservation of the Carnegie Library for 10 years. “His work at the museum has been amazing,” stated Wexford County Historical Society past president Nan Taylor. “He’s very committed to the museum and knows every square inch of that building.” Taylor said that Powell has provided a lot of free labor because of his interest and passion. “He’s gone above and beyond what a typical contractor would provide. He’s committed to seeing it restored the right way .” Powell also has a reputation for being a detailed perfectionist — adamant about preserving historic integrity These traits can drive . some people crazy . One example is in the stack room of the Carnegie Library where shelves once held the adult , fiction and non-fiction book collections. In 2007, the dropped ceiling was removed to reveal a whole new set of upper windows. Powell studied the diagrams of the room and found all of the 16 original ceiling light fixture locations. He wanted to hang lights where they had been originally hung. The electrician thought that would be overdoing it. See Room on page 8
during the 2007 restoration process at the Carnegie Library, a row of upper windows was uncovered once the dropped ceiling was removed.
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Getting a feel for the room
Continued from page 7 Powell’s thought was — let’s stay with the story the building is telling us. To make his point, he hung balloons in the spots where all 16 light fixtures should be hung. “They thought I was off my rocker,” he laughed. Powell said the light fixtures had been originally hung in a well-thought out pattern to light the aisles in-between the stacks of book shelves. “Every time I come into this room now I love this,” he said, gazing up at the hanging light fixtures. “You can see it now, how well lit this is.” In the Cadillac News building, he removed old oak doors to have their 100-year-old hinges reconditioned. In the conference room, he had damaged plaster plates around light fixtures in the ceiling duplicated to match the originals. He’s been known to call craftsmen throughout the state to get answers. And he loves to employ local craftsmen and machinists to duplicate things from the past. See ArtiSt on page 9
Jack powell takes a satisfied look at the restoration of the old Carnegie stack room and the light fixtures that were hung to replicate the originals.
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A craftsman & an artist
Continued from page 8 “In the Taylor home, I did a lot of the interior trim, fixing the doors and windows,” he said of the work done on Harris Street. “You find out what the house has, what’s missing, and take that profile and have it remade so you match it up.” “He understands why they did things the way they did and then he tries to recreate them exactly the way they were,” stated Taylor, who has a master’s degree in historic preservation. “It’s that type of careful attention to detail that makes him very valuable when working on historic buildings.” On Chapin Street, Powell has worked on both the John Miltner and Martin Dubravec homes. In the restoration of the Dubravec home, Powell replaced their roof and completely redid the attic, living room and basement, which included lowering the floor to the footings. “Originally Dubravec’s home had a cedar roof,” he explained. “So they , wanted to restore that look with something that would last. It was quite a project.” Powell called all over the state to find cedar roof shingles in a diamond pattern. And because he didn’t want to mar the roofline with “tacky” soffits and eaves troughs, he created a design “to make it all work.” “Jack is an artist as well as a craftsman,” stated Gwen Dubravec. “When he did something it was always perfect. He’s done wonderful
Jack powell was in charge of creating a cedar shingle roof on the martin dubravec home on Chapin Street. the goal was to create a roof similar to the one that had been original to the home.
things here.” Powell said there is a lot of satisfaction in doing restoration work. “It’s not the money he sighed. “You can be troubled for weeks trying to ,” solve a problem and when you get it licked, you get this little high.”
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An insect-ious attitude
by Nicole HamNer Weiss CadillaC News
Some teens spend time outside of school working a part time job. Others, at athletic practices or hours upon hours playing online games, texting with friends or other typical teen activities. Rachel Rounds, a sophomore at Evart High School, has a hobby that consumes all her free time. But it isn’t your typical teenage fascination, and the passion is paying off. Her obsession isn’t with music, art, or fashion. It is with the dung beetle. Yes, that’s right. For years, Rounds has spent every moment she can learning about, seeking out and studying what she thinks is an interesting insect. See ReSeaRch on page 11
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Awardwinning research
Continued from page 10 And insect experts are taking notice. The high school sophomore recently received the Coleopterists Society’s Youth Incentive Award for her research on how dung beetles affect the rate of greenhouse emissions. She was chosen above a wide selection of middle and high school aged kids across the country to receive funding for her research, giving cash and prizes to help fund equipment and further research. Last year, Rounds also won the junior Youth Incentive Award for a different project on the impact of dung beetles on plant growth. “I’ve just come to love the beetles,” Rounds said. “It really is my passion, especially working with insects.” See Impact on page 12
While some teens would rather be at the beach enjoyng the sunshine, rounds is busy in the field doing research.
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ContInuEd fRom pAgE 11 To win this year’s prestigious award, the budding scientist built five compartments in a field at Michigan State University’s AgBio Lake City Research Center. The covered areas measured greenhouse emissions from cow dung, with research deciphering whether the dung beetles can make dung less harmful for the environment in terms of greenhouse emissions. Research could dispel myths that cow waste contributes to environmental hazards, she said, thanks to the help of the beetles. “People think the dung from cows is adding to the greenhouse gas problem, but if there are beetles and insects taking away from the emissions, it’s not such an issue.” Rounds plans to continue her dung beetle research, and said in many ways she is just an average teen, balancing her hobbies with her school and social life. The difference is, on Saturdays you may find a typical teen scanning social media sites. You will find Rounds out in the field, searching for the elusive, yet interesting bugs.
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Rachel Rounds, a sophmore at Evart High School has earned national recognition for her tireless research and study on dung beetles. An interest since childhood, she recently earned the Coleopterists Society’s Youth Incentive Award for her continuing research on how dung beetles affect the rate of greenhouse emissions. Rounds enjoys the beetles and spends as much free time as possible collecting samples and studying their patterns and how they impact plant growth.
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Reed City family night program receives excellence award from state
veryone has heard the story before. School budgets are shrinking, and like so many other programs in the public and private sector, cuts are made, and it often affects the quality of service thanks to a diminished bottom line. In the middle of the cuts, the school morale issues and talk of quality education being at stake, over the past five years, the “little program that could” in Reed City has not only grown, thrived and delighted families for years, it has earned a statewide excellence seal of approval. Reed City’s Norman Elementary Family Night program, a monthly mix of education, free food and fun for the whole family has earned the Michigan Excellence in Education award for the 2011 Michigan Best Award for the number one program in the state for school families. See Teamwork of support on page 16
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Each month during Reed City Elementary School’s Family Night there is a different theme, from arts, to reading, to health, family and more.
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Continued from page 15 So how does this rural school with a suffering economy put on such a popular, high quality program? Family Night program director and educator Vicky Bowman is quick to deflect attention away from her efforts, although school staff is quick to place the kudos on Bowman for her tireless efforts to fund the program through grant writing and securing local sponsors. Bowman herself said it is a team effort. “Family Nights have received so much support because the staff at Norman believe in the program. We understand the importance of bringing school, families and community together,” she said. And come together each and every month they do, for the uniquely themed events, delicious free meal and a chance to have fun as a family , and a school community . From health themes to reading focus, to fine arts, technology animal , education and more, each child gets free books, crafts, and memories to cherish, thanks to school and parent volunteers who run the info booths and craft tables each month. See Funding on page 18
tony Hatfield helps daughter Kylee create a bit of art to take home at family night.
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• Annual expenses for the popular family night is around $25,000, but the school — and taxpayers don’t foot the bill for the program. It is funded through grants and donations from area sponsors that cover the cost of the program. • On average, between 300-700 people pour in to the school each month for the few hours of family night fun. • At each family night, every child goes home with a free new book appropriate for their age, reading level and interest. So far the school has given away over 10,000 free books to area students. • Each month’s family night begins with a free meal for everyone in the family, with food themes and an introduction to different, healthy cuisine. The school’s Family Night has served over 14,500 free meals at family nights.
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Continued from page 16 “These events are multi generational, and on average we have between 350 to 500 people in attendance each month,” she said. Bowman said securing financial help for the program, which costs $25,000 annually can be a challenge, but so long as there is funding, she will organize the events because of the value to the community they provide. “We as a school understand that children will be more successful in school if their parents are involved in their education,” she said.
top: each month is a different theme, from arts, to reading, to health, family and more, and the program, which runs on grants and community sponsorship, always packs a crowd of children and families for the healthy, free meal and fun.
right: part of the fun of the reed City family night is the “make it and take it” tables. Kids can work with their parents on crafts, seasonal gifts like ornaments or make get well cards for the area nursing homes, or in this case, put together their own school snacks, picking and choosing among low fat crackers and dried fruit.
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One local mother learned about GLFC’s Cancer Care Center the hard way. Cindy Tomaszewski remembers the day she was diagnosed with cancer very well. She was referred for a colonoscopy by her local physician after experiencing some suspicious problems. Although many would consider such a discussion with someone embarrassing or private, it is a discussion that probably saved her life. At 43 years old, she was a very atypical candidate for colon cancer. In June 2010, she underwent surgery. The tumor was removed at Mercy Hospital - Cadillac and Cindy learned from her oncologist that chemo treatments would be required. She was informed of her options: she could receive care at GLFC in Cadillac or travel more than an hour round-trip to receive service in Traverse City, Reed City, or further downstate. The choice was obvious to Cindy and her family. Receiving treatment so close to home was a valuable option! Not only for the days she’d receive chemo, but for the little things that are required in between treatments. “With each treatment, I would be sent home with an infusion pump that I’d have to wear for two days. If the pump started beeping or if I just had a question, I could swing by and get assistance. It wouldn’t be so easy to do that if I had to travel elsewhere.” Cindy’s employer, Fibertec Environmental Lab, also learned to appreciate having such a service offered locally for it meant that Cindy could work for a few hours prior to her treatments and parttime on the days she was able. Cindy had been a long-time patient at Great Lakes Family Care prior to leaving Michigan for a few years, and again upon her return. At one point, the health insurance offered by her husband’s company did not participate with GLFC and they had to go elsewhere. Once diagnosed with cancer, Cindy wanted some familiarity to help her with the difficult process. “I contacted Dr. Pertunen and spoke with her nurse. I explained my situation and asked if I could return under her care. I was pleased when Dr. Pertunen, herself, called me back. After being gone for 2 years, she accepted me back without hesitation!” Cindy and her provider share a comfortable relationship. “It’s nice to have a doctor and other health staff who I occasionally see around town or at school activities. I somehow feel more connected. She understands my personality. If something is bothering me or hurts, she told me to let her know about it and she’d let me know if I need to be concerned or not.” Cindy has used several of the other services offered at GLFC like radiology/mammography, lab, ultrasound and the pharmacy. Because Great Lakes Family Care is a federally qualified health center, the pharmaceuticals can be purchased at a greatly reduced price. Cindy remembers pointing out a price of a common over-the-counter medicine to her mother during one of their visits at the Cobbs Street Pharmacy and discussing whether it was priced incorrectly because the price was lower than she had seen elsewhere. “It was nice to be able to buy what I needed from the pharmacy that’s in the same building as my doctor. Especially after a chemo treatment, many times I didn’t have the energy to make another stop in town.” Cindy said that the Cancer Center ladies are always looking out for the best interest of their patients. “It’s like a little family.” She says that “all the staff, throughout the building, are great. People smile and ask how they can help. They let me know what I can expect. They know people who visit the doctor’s office probably aren’t feeling their best and they are patient and attentive to our needs.” Now that Cindy’s visits are only every three months, she still drops by from time-to-time in between appointments to say hello. “I have no intention of forgetting about them soon – they helped save my life. It’s a wonderful service for our community.” Great Lakes Family Care is a part of the Family Health Care centers throughout western Michigan. Offices are located in Baldwin, Cadillac, Grant, McBain, and White Cloud. A variety of services are offered including medical, dental, behavioral health, substance abuse assistance, Teen Health, radiology, lab, ultrasound, mammography, occupational health, pharmacy, outreach and community health services. Call 231-745-2743 for further information or to schedule an appointment at an office near you.
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Cadillac Police Officer and school liaison officer Jason Straight laughs while talking with some students during lunch at Cadillac High School.
Finally if he can’t be found in the cafeteria or his office, Straight is at , one of the other CAPS buildings working with staff and students on any number of things.
Most days Cadillac Police officer Jason Straight can be found in his office in Cadillac High School doing paperwork or investigations. As the school liaison officer for the Cadillac Area Public Schools district his door is always open just in case someone, like a student, wants to pop their head in and say “hello.” If he is not in his office, he usually is in the Cadillac High School cafeteria keeping an eye on the students as they eat as well as talking with them. Typical topics of conversation could be telling hunting and fishing stories or some other thing that a student may want to talk about.
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BACKGROUND OF THE LIAISON OFFICER
In 2009, the Cadillac Police Department and Cadillac Area Public Schools applied for the Community Oriented Policing Service Hiring Recovery Program. The police and CAPS were told in July 2009 they would receive $273,000. See Challenge on page 25
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Special challenges walking the beat in the hallways
Continued from page 23 The Cops Hiring Recovery Program grant provides 100 percent funding for approved entrylevel salaries and fringe benefits of full-time officers for 36 months of grant funding. The department and CAPS pay for at least the fourth year. The money was used to re-establish a school liaison officer program, and Straight also works to provide crime prevention education. In addition, Straight works with various groups to enhance communication. In 2006, the city had a youth services officer assigned to the school, but the position was lost due to funding cuts.
ON THE JOB
On one day in January Straight was busy , working on an investigation at the high school in which a cell phone had been stolen. Although the venue of the investigation was not a business, home or city street, the way it is conducted is the same. Another difference, when criminal investigations occur for this school liaison officer, is it almost always includes working with juveniles. “When doing an investigation there are challenges. It usually involves juveniles so I can’t talk to them until a parent or guardian is present,” he said from his desk. “It is always time consuming working with juveniles because you have to have a parent present. I can talk to a victim or witness but if a juvenile is a suspect, I have to have a legal guardian.” When it comes to the types of criminal activities that are commonly reported to him, Straight said there are a lot of stolen iPods and cell phones. He also said occasionally he will have to deal with bullying issues, including threats of physical assault. Most of the time those things are hard to prove but if it is brought to his attention, Straight said he will talk to the students to try and ensure it doesn’t happen again. Unfortunately, with the way the digital age works, things sometimes move faster than
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Cadillac School Liaison officer Jason Straight works on an investigation in his office at Cadillac High School. although he does do criminal investigations, Straight said he also does a lot of other things as part of his position within the district.
law enforcement. Although bullying is an issue, Straight said he believes the school district has been very proactive with the various programs in place addressing the issue, including Challenge Day and Be the Change. “The school has good programs. The kids know that the principals, counselors and my door is always open,” he said. See Home on page 26
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Impact at home & the hallways
Continued from page 25 In addition to those duties, Straight also helps with emergency planning in the district. He said parents sometimes will call him to help them address an issue they are having with their child. This usually means talking to the child regardless if it is a minor incident or something like taking $5 from their brother. “With my position here I wear a lot of hats,” he said. “So many of the things I do are not criminal in nature. A lot of times the students’ only contact with police is when they are in trouble. Here they can hang out.”
FUTURE CAREERS
Straight said students will come to him and ask about his job. He added that they ask not just about police but Department of Natural Resources and military law enforcement. With his position he has been given the opportunity to participate in the public safety program at the Wexford-Missaukee Career Technical Center.
The Public Safety program introduces students to various jobs within the public safety field including police work, corrections, firefighting, EMS, courts, and emergency dispatch. The focus of the program will include lecture material, hands-on experiences, job shadowing, and wellness training. Straight said he typically will go into the classroom and talk to students. He also will give the class a tour of the police department as well as show them everything a squad car would have in it on a typical day.
COPS HIRING RECOVERY PROGRAM
• The COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP) is a competitive grant program designed to address the fulltime sworn officer needs of state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide. • CHRP provides funding directly to law enforcement agencies to hire new and/ or rehire career law enforcement officers in an effort to create and preserve jobs, and to increase their community policing capacity and crime-prevention efforts. • Up to $1 billion in grant funding was appropriated for this initiative through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. • All state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies that have primary law enforcement authority were eligible to apply. • Applications for CHRP grants were accepted online via the COPS Office web site in 2009 beginning March 16 through April 14. • CHRP grants provide 100 percent funding for approved entry-level salaries and fringe benefits of fulltime officers for 36 months of grant funding.
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Cadillac Liaison officer Jason Straight has been working within Cadillac area public Schools for the past couple years and he said it has been an enjoyable experience. in 2009, the Cadillac police department and Cadillac area public Schools applied for the Community oriented policing Service Hiring recovery program.
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Kendra Backing is the first fulltime female officer for the city, and brings her education and desire to make the city safer with her to the job.
Evart officer blazing a new path
by Nicole HamNer Weiss CadillaC News
Evart City Manager Zack Szakacs has a busy job. Not only does he handle the day to day business operations for the city of Evart, he is also the city’s Chief of Police. But the former Marine makes it all work efficiently and he admits it is partly because of his , secret weapon. That weapon comes in the form of a petite dynamo named Kendra Backing. Backing was promoted to Deputy Chief of
Police for the city of Evart, blazing a new trail for the town with the city’s first full-time female police officer, much less one in an administrative position in the department. Szakacs touts Backing, who began working for the city in a part-time capacity in 2005 for her strong instincts on the job, her hard work and handling the business of the department. And she has earned somewhat of a reputation for her strong investigative skills, something Backing admits is her favorite part of the job. “We don’t have a detective or an evidence team,” she said. So when a crime is committed, she sees the investigation through to the end.
She said she enjoys the process of figuring out the details. “I like that you really get to see all aspects of the job that way .” The deputy chief ’s face lights up when she discusses the satisfaction she feels from getting a confession and solving a crime in the community . In addition to interrogations and investigations, Backing handles the daily operations of the department, from court runs to calls to budgets and more. It is a lot of work, but then Backing wouldn’t have it any other way . See GettinG The job done on page 29
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Getting the job done
Continued from page 28 Backing earned a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Ferris State University and immediately enrolled in graduate studies for Public Administration with an emphasis on Criminal Justice. It was while going to school full time that she began working part time for the City of Evart. Looking back, she said she does not know how she made it through those busy times, but it was worth it in order to finish her education and also get to work in the field she loved. “I took night classes for the graduate degree, and would work midnight until six in the morning some days. It was a lot all at once,” she said. Backing acknowledges her job is in a male-dominated profession, and even her own family was nervous of her choice in a dangerous occupation. But much like the fact that she was only one of a handful of females in her police academy class, she doesn’t let any of that bother her. She has a job to do, and she wouldn’t have it any other way . “I feel fortunate to be able to do what I love to do, and to protect and serve this community she said. ,”
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Cadillac Hockey Assistant Coach Marc Moore talks with Vikings captain Joe Gussert between periods of a game against Petoskey in January. Moore has played hockey most of his life and now he is giving back to the sport by coaching.
Making an impact on & off the ice
By Rick chaRmoli CadillaC News
When Marc Moore started his career 17 years ago with the Michigan State Police, he wanted to make an impact. Fresh out of recruit school, Moore’s need to make a difference was a driving force for every thing he did as a trooper. During his childhood two things developed. First, was his desire to become a trooper and second was the passion he had for the game
of hockey Both of those things have allowed . Moore the opportunity to work with youth in the area and reach that goal he had coming out of recruit school.
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As it goes with many hockey players, Moore started early . He can recall skating at the tender age of 4 or 5. He started playing hockey at 6.
GROWING UP
When Moore was in high school he played with a club hockey team because his district didn’t have a team. It was also during his high school years that he realized he wanted to get involved in law enforcement. He had a buddy with an older brother who was a deputy with the Clinton County Sheriff ’s Department. He looked up to his friend’s sibling and decided to do a ride along with him. See Break on page 32
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Continued from page 30 He instantly was hooked. “I couldn’t believe he was getting paid to do what he was doing,” he said. “The more I thought about it the more I thought it would be a good fit for me.” After high school, Moore played Junior Hockey and went to school part time. It was during these years that Moore was able to play against some of the best talent the state of Michigan and surrounding areas had to offer. This included future NHL players like Darrian Hatcher, Brian Holzinger, Brian Rolston, Todd Marchant and Eric Lindros. He eventually transferred to Saint Mary’s College in Minnesota, now Saint Mary’s University , where he studied criminal justice and played hockey for the Cardinals. He played three years at Saint Mary’s and his senior year the team made it to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Division III playoffs.
Realizing the NHL Draft was not an option, it only took Moore a week after graduating from Saint Mary’s before he was off to recruit school with the MSP . In 1995 he moved to Cadillac. When he first got here, Moore said he was burned out on hockey and took a break from the game. While he still found time to play some drop-in hockey his new job , was demanding a lot of his time and attention. It wasn’t until after he got married and started his family that hockey again started to creep back into his life. His son Dane started playing and Moore started to help out when his
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michigan State police trooper marc moore types information into a computer in his patrol car before leaving the post. Whether it is with his job or outside of work, moore has a positive relationship with kids.
job allowed. At the time, he was working as a road trooper. After the birth of his second son in 2002, Moore jumped at the opportunity to become the community service trooper for the post. “You are the link between the schools, community and media for the post,” he said. He got the job and that was when his involvement with youth started to really jump start. This included creating the Pride Team, Peace Coalition, child safety seat checks, and T.E.A.M. classes at local schools. It was also during this time that he started to get more involved with coaching hockey . “Originally I didn’t think I could coach. I look at coaches as a strong, influential person who is knowledgeable about the game,” he said. “Most people don’t look at themselves as that. I just wanted to work with the kids.” See Opening on page 34
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A timely opening
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 32 Moore said he didn’t know Cadillac hockey coach Scott Graham but looked up his phone number when he decided he wanted to coach. As luck has it, the time that he wanted to start coaching at the varsity level was the same time that an assistant coach was stepping down.
COACHING STYLE
As a player, Moore was a center. While he was not a prolific scorer like Gretzky , he had his fair share of goals. He was more of a defensive minded player who was a little gritty . As a coach, Moore said he likes to see a player who works hard no matter their ability . “You can’t have a robotic team with the same type of player. The biggest thing is to respect the game, respect the opposing player and work hard no matter what your role is,” he said.
SUCCESSES
As for the successes, Moore said he has been lucky In his professional life . he has had superiors that have allowed him to make that impact he wanted when he was fresh out of recruit school. As a coach he has had the opportunity to mentor many players from youth hockey through high school. While all the players have been success stories in their own rights, Moore said former Cadillac players like Nate Peterson who is playing at Saint Mary’s or Dawson Cook who is playing with the U.S. Development Team have been special. RICK CHARMOLI | CADILLAC NEWS “To have been part of that is really Cadillac hockey head coach Scott Graham and assistant coach Marc Moore talk strategy before the start of a Big North cool,” he said. Conference game in January. Moore has played hockey most of his life and now he is giving back to the sport by coaching.
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Evelyn and Richard Westmaas have always enjoyed good health. But in November, Evie was rushed to the emergency room with kidney failure. From there she was admitted to Mercy Hospital Cadillac for eight days. After thinking she might spend the rest of her life on dialysis, she was diagnosed with a treatable cancer that caused her kidneys to fail. The exact name of her cancer is Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia. “They left no stone unturned to get to the bottom
of this,” Westmaas stated. “The hospital deserves a lot of credit. They had referral and collaboration back and forth with Munson and some of the lab results went to Mayo. Their attitude was, let’s get more expertise. Boy — that created a lot of hope and trust.” Those eight days in November were a stressful and emotional time for the family . But when it was over, the couple began telling everyone about the treatment they received at Mercy . SEE PARTNER IN CARE ON PAGE 38
Mary Rosser (left), Mercy Hospital Manager, Patient Experience, shows Richard and Evelyn Westmaas the corridor by the hospital’s back entrance that holds a wall of inspirational posters and reminders of Mercy’s goals and guiding principles.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 36 “I think this is a story that needs to be told,” Westmaas said. “When my wife was admitted, we didn’t know what was going on or if we could get the kidneys started again. But everywhere — everyone was paying attention to what we needed. They made us partners in the whole thing.” Another thing that impressed Westmaas was the interaction among staff members. That piqued his interest. Westmass is a retired psychologist with a Ph.D. and 35 years of experience in human interaction. He immediately detected a positive and well-trained “community atmosphere” and wondered how they accomplished it. “I’ve been trying to change behaviors all my life,” Westmaas laughed. “I wanted to know how they were doing this, how they got everyone on board.” Westmaas began to ask questions. Staff members responded by explaining a poster on the wall listing six guiding behaviors. He learned that Mercy had a training program committed to those principles, the cornerstone of Mercy’s relationship-based care. Chief Operating Officer Mary Neff and Mercy’s Manager, Patient Experience, Mary Rosser have been largely responsible for creating, implementing and maintaining this hospital-wide educational effort. “In 2006 we felt we needed to change our strategy and develop one focused on customer service and patient satisfaction,” stated Neff. “Relationship-based care was the model we chose.” That model focuses on three key relationships: 1) the relationship the providers have with the patient and family; 2) the relationships between colleagues and co-workers; and 3) the relationship one has with oneself or self care. Rosser pointed out that relationship-based care is the model of patient care delivery within Trinity Health, one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the country But each . organization implements the philosophy individually . Rosser and Neff developed their own program of staff training. But what set Mercy apart was their decision to include every one of Mercy’s 600 associates, from housekeeping to physicians, in the training programs. “That’s the uniqueness of our program,” continued Neff. “Relationship care is usually viewed as a nursing initiative but for us it’s been organization-wide.” After yearly training sessions and the use of get-togethers called “culture circles,” a cohesiveness of purpose was attained. “The message for associates is that they have equal value in the patient experience,” said Rosser. “This full integration was pretty new. Typically hospitals don’t think you need to have , the facilities people in the room when you talk about strengthening relationships. Yet they have tremendous value ... as valuable as a bedside provider. We look to them to create that exceptional experience.” The results and feedback have been positive and have created system-wide teamwork. Rosser authored an article on their strategies for a health publication and they received inquiries. Other hospitals want to achieve the same results. Neff has been asked to make presentations at national conferences. “I think we are a living example that when you focus on relationships and the role people play , they are engaged and committed to the vision,” stated Rosser. In other words, all of the associates have been focusing on appreciating each other instead of nit-picking and blaming. They get to know and value one another. The result is a cohesive team that works together for one reason — patient care. Westmaas, one of the co-founders of Workplace Chaplains of Cadillac, said he recognized an element of faith in the Mercy practices. “Becoming the body of Christ, that’s really what it’s all about,” he said. “We trust and assume goodness in the intentions of man. That is wonderful.”
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LUTHER hard to find, easy to enjoy
also will repair computers brought in by residents. He said he can afford to do this because The Lake County village of Luther is a the library has very little overhead costs little hard to find on a map, but ask many due to much of its operations being volof its residents and they will tell you it’s untary labor. an easy place to enjoy . “We don’t have a lot, but we are willing During the heyday of the logging era, to share,” said Lucas, who also works at Luther was a bustling center of comthe library which is complete with 12 , merce and activity Since then it has . computers with full internet access and slowed down and decreased in size consid- activities for school-age children througherably but in many ways it has brought , out the year. the community closer together. In addition to the library there are , With a population of less than 400, one four churches, two bars, a senior center, might think there isn’t a whole lot going a museum, a Lions Club, a grocery store, on. a bank, a fire hall, a gift shop and an elThe village’s deputy clerk, Jody Lucas, ementary school. however, can list dozens of activities Luther Logging days is held yearly on CHRIS LAMPHERE | CADILLAC NEWS available for those who visit and live in the 4th of July weekend. The celebrations the small community . include, parades, pageants, an antique car The Lake County village of Luther is a little hard to find on a map, but ask many of its residents and they will tell you it’s an easy place to enjoy. Everything from snowmobiling and show, vendors, contests, and fireworks. horseback riding to camping and canoeing, Luther is the ideal location for a plethora of outdoor activities. During the summer, live bands play at the Roger Purchase Pavilion. One local band in particular, “Guitar College,” routinely draws hordes of Luther residents each time they appear. There also are plans to build a new basketball court and skate park in the village. The small town charm of Luther is one of its biggest appeals, said Lucas. “There is a sense of community . Everyone knows everybody When . someone has a problem, everybody is there to back them,” she said. Roger Peel is a good example of this small-town philosophy at work. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROGER PEEL Peel works as a computer techniThis pavilion was built in honor of Roger Purchase and weekly music shows are presented during the summer. Guitar College is a cian at the local library . group consisting of local amateur guitarists. They perform at various functions in the surrounding area throughout the year. For a modest charge of $20, he
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Who’s in the
BY JEFF BRODDLE CADILLAC NEWS
A snapshot of recreation in the M
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Walking 87 percent Driving for pleasure 60 percent Sightseeing 59 percent Viewing wildlife 51 percent Gathering mushrooms/berries 36 percent Visiting wilderness areas 36 percent Power boating 35 percent Fishing 34 percent Mountain biking 29 percent Day hiking 29 percent Canoeing/kayaking 22 percent Primitive camping 16 percent Snowmobiling 16 percent Hunting 14 percent Cross country skiing 10 percent 9 percent Backpacking Horseback riding 7 percent
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Cadillac was a landing spot for the British invasion and the new sounds of the music revolution
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It wasn’t Camelot. But it was one brief shining moment in Cadillac’s history when rock ‘n’ roll reigned. But this is not about the KISS visit of the ’70s. This is about the ’60s, the Beatles era when rock ‘n’ roll bands exploded out of the feel-good, sha-lala sounds of the ’50s. This is about the music revolution that made Elvis irrelevant when British rock groups, who played in obscurity in Liverpool’s seedy nightclubs, broke into the mainstream. Suddenly , long, shaggy hair and tight pants replaced crew cuts and poodle skirts. Suddenly our Big Band par, ents, relaxing in post-war peace, had their docile white-picket-fence world shaken up by chaotic loud music. How did small, up-north Cadillac become a major player in the music scene of the ’60s? How did it happen that a string of the world’s top recording groups made appearances in Cadillac at a venue called The Platters? It started with a friendship between neighbors, a musician and a physician. Together they cooked up the idea of creating a teen dance venue to capitalize on Cadillac’s resources as a tourist destination. Dr. Gordon Tornberg owned the land from the
canal to Division Street, including a large old dance hall that had recently been used as a roller rink.
And his buddy Art Dewey was a musician who frequented Chicago jazz clubs. At the time, their vision
included a Happy Days version of well-dressed teens in bobby sox doing the jitterbug. When Tornberg and Dewey formed their partnership, they could not have foreseen the music avalanche headed their way . The Platters opened, recalled Dewey’s daughter, Merry “Jo” Berry in the fall of 1962, the same year , that the Beatles released “Love Me Do” and “PS, I Love You.” The new sound mesmerized millions of American youth and created a feeling of anticipation, like tremors before an earthquake. Dewey consulted with and followed the business model of the successful Houghton Lake venue called the Music Box, where a DJ spun records. Dewey’s son Jim, a high school student, took the job as DJ. Merry Jo helped run the scale model train that brought kids from the back parking lot up to the front doors, where they often stood in line for hours to get tickets. But as the pop sound of the ’60s exploded, Dewey’s vision for the Platters began to change. “Art improved on the Music Box disc-jockey operation by occasionally booking live musical groups,” explained his daughter. Some of the first groups to appear were popular Michigan bands and even local bands. SEE CULTURAL CHANGE ON PAGE 45
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The sign in the front yard of the Platters that marked one of the most popular teen dance spots in the state of Michigan.
Embracing a cultural change
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 44 At a time when most parents shook their head in disgust over the longhaired musicians storming the music scene, Dewey embraced them. “At first Art thought that his new venue couldn’t dream of hiring a well known group of the day like the Beatles or Rolling Stones,” his daughter recalled. “But he did dream it and he made it happen.” When the Beatles stormed America in 1964, thousands of hysterical teens greeted them at airports and packed their concerts. This enthusiastic reception prompted ambitious British bands to follow in what was called “The British Invasion.” The European record market was miniscule compared to potential sales in the U.S. Music agents from the UK began an aggressive campaign to book their groups into the United States. And Dewey had connections with the right booking agents and made it happen. As the music scene heated up — U.S. groups joined in the frenzy in a pop music explosion. In a string of remarkable coups, Dewey booked the most popular groups of the day for live performances at the Platters. “Certainly two of Art’s triumphs were booking the chart-topping Dave , Clark Five and the Supremes,” stated Berry . SEE THE PLATTERS ON PAGE 47
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A long-standing tradition.
Since 1872, the Cadillac News has been the thread that knits our communities together. Dedicated reporters, who live in the area, provide first-hand accounts of the important issues that affect your lives. If it’s important to the community, you’ll find it in the Cadillac News. We’ll continue to deliver the most in-depth coverage of local government, environmental issues, schools, education and the lives of local people.
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A view of the Platters in a photograph taken from the canal side of the road.
Some of the biggest names in music stopped at the Platters
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 45 During a five-year period, other bookings included: The New Colony Six, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, the Kings Men, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Real McCoys, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Mitch Ryder and Question Mark and the Mysterians. Because there is no paper trail, it is difficult to reconstruct the names of the groups and the dates of their appearances. Others claim that the Temptations, The Hollies and the Righteous Brothers also performed at the Platters. Both Tornberg’s daughter Melissa Sjogren and Dewey’s son and daughter admit they have no photographs, no records, and no paper trail of the groups that came through Cadillac during the period of about 1964 through 1969.
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The first big name group to appear in person, one that rivaled the Beatles in popularity was , The Searchers. They played on June 10, 1964, and performed a string of their No. 1 hits including their latest recording, “Needles and Pins.” Tim Viney is a publicist who represents the group that now tours as The Searchers. He wrote by email that two of the original members are now deceased and the one remaining member who would have been here that summer can’t remember Cadillac. “That was certainly their first tour and Cadillac must have been heading towards the end because John McNally’s wedding had been arranged for June 27 in Liverpool,” stated Frank Allen, who replaced Tony Jackson in August of 1964. He wrote a book called “The Searchers and Me” that said that during the summer of 1964,
the Searchers were touring with Dick & Dee Dee and the Dovells. When contacted, Dee Dee said that she also has no memory of their performance in Cadillac but confirmed that they opened for the Searchers that summer. Adele Williams Holland, Tornberg’s niece, met The Searchers that night. “The Searchers were the first big name group to come and I was just a little girl but I got to go over to my aunt and uncle’s house and meet them when they were in-between acts. We sat in the living room together. And yes, I remember Dick and Dee Dee were there, too.” Tornberg’s house was just across M-115 from the Platters on the shores of Lake Mitchell and all the groups took their breaks in the little house. And Adele was usually there to get their autographs.
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Two men & a dream
BY MARDI SUHS CADILLAC NEWS
To understand how the most famous rock bands of the ’60s made their way to Cadillac — groups and performers like The Dave Clark Five, The Searchers, The New Colony Six, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Supremes, we have to understand the men behind the dream, Gordon “Doc” Tornberg and Art Dewey. They were bigger than life men who loved to dream — they didn’t fit the sedate mold of the times when most men wanted to enjoy post World War II peace. Born in 1912, Tornberg was one of the only doctors left in town during World War II. He worked from dawn until dusk with a specialty in pediatrics. His office was located on the corner of Cass and Shelby streets in a huge old Victorian home. “He worked all the time,” recalled his daughter Melissa Sjogren. “People came to our house, the phone rang at night. There wasn’t an emergency room back then, so people came and sat in the office all day long. We never took any vacations.” Tornberg loved people and spent a lot of time with each patient. Everyone in town knew and loved “Doc” Tornberg. “Everyone got a measure with dad,” Sjogren continued. “He had a wild sense of humor. People might not remember him laugh-
The bride, Merry Jo Dewey Berry, has helped reconstruct many of the memories of the era when her father, Art Dewey, managed the Platters. From left: David Dewey, Jo Berry, Jim Berry and Jim Dewey.
ing but instead, saying funny things with a twinkle in his eye.” “Doc” was a larger than life personality and “spent time with a group of Michigan movers and shakers,” recalled Merry “Jo” Dewey Berry, Dewey’s daughter and a retired high school counselor who lives in Salt Lake City. “Doc Tornberg thought big and spent time with celebrity golfer Walter Hagen, Ed Ragsdal, a Buick executive, and Joseph Maddy, founder of the Interlochen Arts Academy.” Tornberg lived large and drove big, expensive cars. When his daughter Melissa was a teenager, she asked to go with her friends to a popular dance place in Houghton Lake called The Music Box. Tornberg didn’t like kids out on the roads at night. At about the same time, he was mulling over the future of the new property he had acquired just across the road from the canal between lakes Cadillac and Mitchell. He had land contracts that extended from the canal to Division Street, including the parking area near where the disc golf course is today. Sjogren said her dad had an architect draw up plans for a convention center on the property that would be possible if he dredged out the wetlands behind where the Carl T. Johnson Hunting and Fishing Center now stands. “His hobby was kind of dreaming about things that could benefit the community,” Sjogren continued. “He felt the community needed a convention center and a college and he proposed buildings and space for that.” SEE A VENUE FOR TEENS ON PAGE 49
‘He felt the community needed a convention center and a college and he proposed buildings and space for that.’
Melissa Sjogren, Daughter of Gordon “Doc” Tornberg
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While Tornberg mulled over all of the above, his friend and neighbor Dewey was thinking about music. Dewey was a drummer with a passion for jazz. After he met and married MSU graduate Dorothy Whitman, the couple spent time visiting Chicago and New Orleans jazz clubs. They moved to Cadillac when Dewey got a job as a salesman for the Fruehauf Trailer Company The couple became active in . the community and began raising three children. Somehow the two neighbors started brainstorming the creation of a unique teen dance venue. Dewey knew the music business
Art and Dottie Dewey loved music and loved to dance. As manager of the Platters, Dewey dreamed of bringing in the top name groups of the day and he succeeded. This photo was taken on Jan. 3, 1970, in the Northwood Hotel in Cadillac during his daughter’s wedding reception.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 48 and had valuable contacts. Tornberg had the property where an old roller rink would make a perfect dance club. Just before opening in 1962, Dewey and his son Jim made a trip to the biggest record store in Tennessee and purchased 400 of the top-selling 45 records, or platters. Before long, every high school kid within a 100-mile radius had one thing on their minds, Saturday night at the Platters. It was a place to hang out with friends. It was a place to hear the latest music. For the girls, it was the place to dance with their latest crush and maybe start a relationship. There was always magic in the air at the Platters.
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Terry Toepp Fike was 19-years-old when she stood in line for hours to see the Supremes at the Platters in Cadillac. Fike then ran into Diana Ross in the bathroom and admired her earrings. Ross removed her earrings and gave them to her admirer.
By 1965, the Motown group called The Supremes was one of the hottest groups in the country . They were the first group to have four No. 1 hits in a row on the Billboard Hot 100, including, “Where Did Our Love Go,” “Baby Love,” “Come See about Me,” and the mega-hit “Stop! In the Name of Love.” So why on earth did they travel north from Detroit for a personal appearance at The Platters in Cadillac? By the time they made their appearance in Cadillac on June 12, 1964, they had just scored their fifth No. 1 hit, “Back in My Arms Again.” The Supremes were a nationwide phenomenon, stealing coveted number one spots on the Billboard Hot 100 from the The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. They had recently been on the Ed Sullivan TV show with a nationwide audience of millions. They also had a Grammy nomination and had just completed a European tour. Amazing, just one month before their black limousines rolled into the Platters’ parking lot, they were on the cover of Time Magazine. SEE SUPREME ON PAGE 52
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A Supreme performance in Cadillac
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 50 Steve Birdwell was about 15 at the time and a Cadillac High School junior. “They played outside on the stage and for some reason, I don’t know, I had a big smile on my face and Diana Ross leaned down and gave me a big kiss.” It might be because Ross didn’t have to lean too far, Birdwell is 6-feet5-inches tall. Diana Ross and Mary Wilson entertained a crowd of 1,700 ticket holders. Florence Ballard was a no-show and organizers said she was sick. But friction between Ross and Ballard caused Ballard to miss shows in Montreal and New Orleans as well. She was eventually replaced in 1967 by Cindy Birdsong during a performance at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. Terry Toepp Fike was 19-years old and stood in line with her Brownie camera to see the famous trio.
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she remembers the “black Cad“We stood in a line that stretched dys with huge bodyguards going all the way to the highway to get through the parking lot.” inside,” she said. A newspaper account of the Between sets, performance noted Fike stood in line that Ross and Wilagain in the womson sang two sets en’s bathroom and but asked to come was next up when inside for the sec“Diana stepped ond show because out of the middle they were too cold stall.” on the back patio. Fike said she While workers was wearing black and volunteers eyeliner “from her hustled to move nose to ear (or so the stage, The it seemed.) I was Supremes took a very in awe of break and went her makeup and across the street tall stature,” she to a cottage on the said. “I admired lake owned by Dr. her earrings and Gordon Tornberg she took them off Earrings Diana Ross gave to Terry and his wife Edna. and gave them to Toepp Fike, who was 19 when Ross Their niece, 11-year me. Then someone came to play at the Platters. old Adele Holland else admired her Williams, was waitpinky ring and she ing there to meet gave the ring to her. I carried those them and get their autograph. earrings around in an old jewelry When Mary Wilson was recently box for 35 years before I finally had contacted for specific information them framed.” about this local appearance, she Word quickly spread about Fike’s honestly said she did not remembathroom encounter. ber being in Cadillac. “I remember being in the bath“I would like to help you with room with you,” recalled Linda this,” she said in an email. “I just Dowlyn VanWormer on Facebook. can’t remember. I have my itiner“You are a Cadillac rock star. Evary in my book “My Life as a Sueryone in the bathroom was wishpreme.” I will look to see if I have ing we were as brave as you. I can it there.” still see you walking up to Diana Wilson was unsuccessful at findRoss and saying, ‘I love your earing any reference to the Platters rings.’” appearance in old itineraries. But Classmate Sharon Clark was she said that since updating the there that night. She recalled that group’s history is ongoing, the init was too crowded to dance. And formation was very helpful to her.
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Bob and Mary Lindell hold the ticket stubs to a live performance of the Supremes. The group appeared at the Platters on June 12, 1965.
Serving up love at the Platters
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When it was time to retire, Mary and Bob Lindell didn’t hesitate. They built a home west of Cadillac. This is where they met and fell in love almost 50 years ago. Their love story began during the summer of 1962 at the Platters. Located across the road from the canal, it was packed every Saturday night with teenagers from miles around. Mary a high school senior, got , permission to drive up with friends from Reed City . Bob, a senior from LeRoy drove , up with his friends. “My parents would never let me go to the Music Box in Houghton
Lake,” Mary explained. “It was a rougher place. At least that was the impression my parents had. And it was further away So they let me go . to The Platters. But I didn’t get to go very often.” Bob and his friends loved hanging out at the Platters. There was always a chance they would meet a new girl from a different high school. The place was packed that summer night. The music was loud. Couples danced in the center of the floor. But around the edges, kids circulated in a giant loop, looking at each other, looking for someone to ask to dance, hoping to catch someone’s eye. “I was standing on one side of the building,” Bob remembered.
“You danced out in the middle. But I was on one side and she was on the other side. I was bashful and never knew what to do. But then a friend pointed her out on the other side and said she was nice. He said he would introduce us.” They danced that night and then started dating. But they drifted apart when he left for Ferris and she left to attend MSU. Three years after they ran into each other again. Their first big reunion date was back at the Platters on June 12, 1965, where they saw The Supremes in person. They still have the ticket stubs. “We were just in awe to see them,” Mary explained. “They were all so thin and they had gor-
geous dresses on.” Later that summer at the Platters, the couple saw Bobby Vinton, who was headlining at the Northern District Fair. “At the fair, I guess they talked him into dropping by the Platters,” Bob recalled. “It wasn’t a concert, he didn’t have his band, but he sang a couple of songs and left.” Vinton’s two big hits include “Blue Velvet” and “Roses are Red.” “The rest is history she said. ,” “The Platters was a great place, full of great memories of a happy time. We graduated in 1967 and got married that August.” The Lindells had successful careers in Midland, he with Dow Corning and she as a school librarian.
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Cadillac High School’s Class of 1976 has a reputation for being a tight knit group. One of the main threads tying the class together is the shared experience of having the rock band KISS perform in concert at the high school gymnasium in October 1975. For two days, the band was invited to basically take over the town, including riding in the homecoming parade in KISS-themed floats, posing for photos with members of the football team and marching band, and even meeting for breakfast with city leaders. The band agreed to come and put on a show after becoming intrigued with how the Vikings football team managed to turn its season around. The
KISS’ visit to Cadillac more than 30 years ago is the story of legend. Jim Neff, seen here with KISS band members in 2010, says he still gets asked about the band’s visit at least once a week.
team would get ready for a game by listening to KISS albums prior to each game. The hard rock chords of KISS, along with some line-up changes, are credited with helping the team break a two-game losing streak and go on to win the rest of the season’s games. KISS agreed to make a road trip to visit the school, and the experience helped define the Class of 1976 as the “KISS class.” SEE A DEFINING MOMENT ON PAGE 58
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From left, Cadillac High School Principal Todd Bruggema and Cadillac superintendent Paul Liabenow receive the plaque that was donated by the Cadillac High School Class of 1976 as class member Harold Falan shares his memories of KISS coming to Cadillac.
A defining moment for the class
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 56 In true theatrical style, the band ended its visit on a high note by clambering on board a helicopter that had landed in the middle of the football field and showering the crowd with souvenir flyers as the chopper lifted off. As the Class of ‘76 met at the Eldorado Golf Course in August of 2006, hopes were high the band might drop in for a visit. Those hopes reached a fever pitch when a large helicopter buzzed the golf course, bringing scores of curious classmates out to the porch to see if the band had come back the same way it left. The chopper whirled to rest on the golf course, but four rockers clad in black leather and face paint were nowhere to be seen. Instead, classmates Randy Behrns, Harold Falan and Paul Keller emerged. “A lot of people thought it was KISS. They were disappointed when the three of us jokers came out of the helicopter,” said Behrns, 53. The classmates’ prank is a prime example of how the rock band’s whirlwind tour of Cadillac became a defining moment in the class’s history . “I think it really overwhelmed us as students,” Behrns, who noted he had never been to a rock concert before, said KISS rocked the gymnasium to the point he feared the walls would come down. “I didn’t think the gym could handle it. It was amazing,” said Behrns, who also had the honor of being homecoming king that year. Falan, 53, was 17 when KISS made its historic visit. He was not a football player, but he was an AllState basketball player. He remembers coming out of the gymnasium after the concert feeling, “almost deaf.” SEE LOUD ON PAGE 60
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 58 “It was loud, but it was good,” Falan said. It was Falan who came up with the idea to replace a plaque commemorating the event that had been a gift from the band. The plaque was stolen within months of being hung in the high school. Falan said the new plaque would serve as a marker for the event. Following the loss of the original, “There was nothing in our school that showed they were there,” Falan said. The class’s 35th reunion was well attended, with 110 attending out of a class of about 330 students. One of the main topics of discussion at the reunion party was remembering how incredibly loud the band’s concert was in the high school gym. Still, Falan recalled hearing KISS’s rock anthem, “Rock and Roll All Nite” ringing out at the reunion, as well. Class member Anne Wohlford was homecoming queen in 1975, and 16 years old. She was Anne Claypool at the time. Although she had a vague idea of the band KISS, she said that at the time, nobody could have predicted their staying power over the years. “I don’t think anyone knew how major they would be,” Wohlford said. With the band having been together just a few years, it wasn’t entirely clear they would be more than a one-hit wonder. “They turned out to be one of the most iconic, amazing groups,” Wohlford said. Wohlford’s father, Sperry Claypool, 79, also went to the concert. He was 44-years-old at the time, and listened to rock-and-roll. Claypool said he likes the Beatles, and is still a big fan of Elvis Presley . A friend, Roy Wohlford, who is now his daughter’s father-in-law, his solo. In keeping with his routine, Stanley slid off the suspender-like top part of his outfit so he could rock out fully bare chested. Harrison recalled a woman sitting behind her fearfully blurted out, “Oh my God, they’re going to take all their clothes off !” “I think she was really afraid they were going to strip down on the stage of the high school,” Harrison recalled. She doubted the group would have been able to take off their skintight outfits, even if they wanted to. “You’d have to skin them like a squirrel to get them off. There was no way they were coming off,” she said. Neff said literally a week doesn’t go by that he’s not contacted by someone who wants him to retell the story or has some kind of spe, cial request. How the self-proclaimed, “Hottest band on earth,” came to take a city of 10,000 by storm is a story that continues to fascinate. This summer, rock journalist and recognized authority on KISS, Ken Sharp is expected to release “Nothin’ to Lose,” an oral history of the band’s early years up to the release of their concert album, “Alive!,” which will include the Cadillac visit. In spite of his connection to the band, Neff had not had his photo taken with them until he got an opportunity to do so in 2010 when KISS played DTE Energy Center in Clarkston. Neff said the band also recognizes how unique the event was. Bassist Gene Simmons said to him, “This has become quite a wonderful story hasn’t it?” , Today Neff still is struck by the , impact of those two days in 1975. “It just absolutely amazes me that this goes on and on,” he said.
P.K. Harrison holds scrapbook with photos from KISS’ visit to Cadillac.
had tickets for the concert. The tickets were $3.50. “I said, sure, I’ll go,” Claypool said. “It was loud, of course, naturally . It was just a great show,” he recalled. The experience of seeing any band performing in Cadillac with a wall of amplified sound was unique in itself. Why does the story have such staying power? “I guess just the implausibility of it,” Wohlford said. Here was an outrageous rock band that played venues such as Cobo Hall in Detroit and the Philadelphia Spectrum taking the time to come to a small, Midwestern town. “And they took such an interest in our story It was an amazing conflu. ence of events, thanks to Jim Neff,” Wohlford said. Wohlford’s sister, P Harrison, .K. was a sophomore in 1975 and remembers watching the concert from the bleachers as rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley geared up for
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Honor Roll of Businesses
FOSTER BROTHERS TRANSFER & STORAGE
Cadillac 231-775-3501 Est. 1889 84 Years 123 Years
CADILLAC NEWS
Cadillac 231-775-6565 Est. 1872 92 Years
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BLICK DILLON INSURANCE
Cadillac 231-775-3416 Est. 1874 91 Years
BOSTICK’S DRUG STORE
Manton 231-824-6465 Est. 1882 88 Years
130 Years
MERCY HOSPITAL
Cadillac 231-876-7200 Est. 1908 80 Years
104 Years
EBELS FAMILY CENTER
Falmouth 231-826-3333 Est. 1920 80 Years
COFFEY INSURANCE
Cadillac 231-775-3421 Est. 1921 77 Years
BAIRD, COTTER COREY FUNERAL NORGE VILLAGE LAUNDROMAT & BISHOP HOME
Cadillac 231-775-9789 Est. 1924 73 Years Evart 231-734-2251 Est. 1928 64 Years Cadillac 231-775-9336 Est. 1948 57 Years Cadillac 231-775-7271 Est. 1932 64 Years
PETERSON FUNERAL HOME
Cadillac 231-775-3411 Est. 1932 61 Years
VOGUE DRY CLEANERS
Cadillac 231-775-2721 Est. 1935 59 Years
HOLIHAN DRUGS
Evart 231-734-2551 Est. 1939 58 Years
ALRO STEEL
SWICK CUSTOM BUTCHERING
Tustin 231-829-3488 Est. 1948 55 Years
VOELKER IMPLEMENT SALES
Lake City • 231-839-8660 Big Rapids • 231-796-6302 Est. 1951 52 Years
VANDRIE HOME FURNISHINGS
Cadillac 231-775-8536 Est. 1953 52 Years
CY’S BODY SHOP INC.
Cadillac 231-775-5621 Est. 1954 48 Years
DON’S AUTO CLINIC
Cadillac 231-775-2413 Est. 1955 47 Years
DUDDLES TREE FARM
Reed City 231-832-2731 Est. 1957 46 Years
CADILLAC PARTY LOUNGE
Cadillac 231-775-9073 Est. 1960
MERRILL’S
Cadillac 231-775-7571 Est. 1960
PIZZA PLUS
Cadillac 231-775-7727 Est. 1964
CADILLAC PLUMBING & HEATING SUPPLY
Cadillac 231-775-2479 Est. 1965
DEAN’S BODY SHOP
Cadillac 231-775-5983 Est. 1966
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MISSAUKEE GOLF CLUB
Lake City 231-839-2901 Est. 1969 33 Years 43 Years
AIRPORT ANIMAL CLINIC
Cadillac 231-775-1378 Est. 1967 36 Years
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NORTHLAND TRAILERS
Cadillac 231-775-3101 Est. 1968 36 Years
Cadillac 231-775-3796 Est. 1969 36 Years
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Marion 231-825-0035 Est. 1972 32 Years
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SOUTH END BREIDENSTEIN SALES & TOWING OIL & AUTO SERVICE SERVICE
Manton 231-824-3791 Est. 1976 32 Years Cadillac 231-775-3371 Est. 1976 32 Years
MANTON MINI MART
Manton 231-824-3752 Est. 1976 32 Years
AUDIOLOGICAL SERVICES
Cadillac 231-775-9398 Est. 1979 31 Years
MR. CLEAN AUTO CLEAN UP
Cadillac 231-775-3824 Est. 1980 31 Years
GODFREY CHEVROLET BUICK
Cadillac 231-775-4661 Est. 1980 31 Years
PINE GROVE ATHLETIC CLUB
Cadillac 231-775-9908 Est. 1980 29 Years
CADILLAC INSURANCE CENTER
Cadillac 231-775-1293 Est. 1980 29 Years
RANDY’S CAR PAST & PRESENT CLEANING & RESEARCH BACKYARD STORAGE Cadillac
231-775-4549 Est. 1981 27 Years Cadillac 231-775-6261 Est. 1981 27 Years
THE BOOK NOOK
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MAGGIE’S FAMILY TAVERN
Cadillac 231-775-1810 Est. 1983 23 Years
THE THISTLE PATCH
Cadillac 231-775-3500 Est. 1983 23 Years
HIGHPOINT CADILLAC GMC
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Manton 231-824-6406 Est. 1985
OAK HEIRLOOMS
Cadillac 231-775-8511 Est. 1989
BRIDAL EXPRESSIONS
Cadillac 231-775-5003 Est. 1989
CADILLAC EYE CLINIC
Cadillac 231-775-1248 Est. 1989
PEARSON DRILLING CO.
Lake City 231-839-4444 Est. 1989
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WEXFORD JEWELERS
Cadillac 231-775-1289 Est. 1995 15 Years 17 Years
CADILLAC ORTHOPAEDICS
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FARM BUREAU INSURANCE LEE GOODRICH
Cadillac 231-779-7936 Est. 1993 15 Years
NORTHWOODS FEED & SUPPLY
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GENISYS MORTGAGE PROFESSIONALS
Cadillac 231-779-9817 Est. 1999 11 Years
CADILLAC FAMILY PHARMACY
Cadillac 231-775-8200 Est. 1999 11 Years
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Cadillac 231-876-WOOD Est. 1999
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Cadillac 231-779-4671 Est. 2003 1 Year
JENSEN’S RV CENTER OF CADILLAC
Cadillac 231-779-7100 Est. 2003
HANSEN COLLISION CENTER OF CADILLAC
Cadillac 231-876-9060 Est. 2006
MCBAIN AUTO SERVICE
McBain 231-825-2729 Est. 2008
MANTON PRO HARDWARE, LLC
Manton 231-824-3592 Est. 2010
NORTHERN MICHIGAN SERVICESTORE
Lake City 231-839-3030 Est. 2011
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Local parents gathered last spring in Lansing for Star Power Day. They got to meet with legislators to advocate on behalf of early childhood programs.
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BY KRIS VERHAGE CADILLAC NEWS
There are some sober statistics regarding children in Missaukee, Wexford and northern Osceola counties: • About one in five children younger than 6 years old are living in poverty . • The teen pregnancy rates are among the highest in Michigan. • Twenty-eight percent of children enter kindergarten with no preschool experience.
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• Substantiated child abuse/neglect reports are significantly above the state average. However, an organization is working to ensure that local children do not become just a statistic. The Wexford-Missaukee Great Start Collaborative consists of community leaders, business owners, charitable and faith-based organizations, health and human service agencies, educators and parents who are committed to establishing and maintaining a comprehensive early childhood system. It serves infants, toddlers and
preschoolers and their families who live in the Cadillac, Lake City Manton, Marion, McBain, , Mesick and Pine River school districts. Investing in children helps them to succeed in school and in life. This success creates a better community says Mike Acosta, co-coordinator of , the Great Start Collaborative. “We’re looking at the whole child,” he says. “It’s not just learning your ABCs.” SEE MAXIMIZE POTENTIAL ON PAGE 67
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Mesick Village President Bruce Howell cuts the ribbon to the Born Learning Trail at the Enchanted River Playground in Mesick in August 2011. The trail designed to help young children learn through play was made possible by the Wexford-Missaukee Great Start Collaborative, Wexford-Missauke Child Protection Council and the United Way of Wexford and Missaukee counties.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 65 The collaborative’s early childhood system focuses on five areas: • Pediatric and family health care – promoting access to medical, dental and child development services, including referrals for children with developmental concerns; • Social-emotional health care – increasing public awareness about its importance and increasing the availability of social-emotional treatment for children; • Parent leadership – publicizing available resources, providing parenting education and engaging parents in their child’s development; • Child care and early education — increasing awareness of educational opportunities, events and activities for young children, developing common measures of quality for child care and preschools, providing professional resources for parents, caregivers and educators; and • Family support — promoting access to support and services that help families be safe and financially stable. SEE FIRST STEP ON PAGE 68
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ing” program for new parents at Mercy Hospital Cadillac. Parents The collaborative got its start in receive a DVD and information 2008. Last year, the Cadillac Area designed to help them understand Chamber of Commerce teamed normal infant crying and reduce with the Great Start Collaborainstances of child injury such as , tive to promote the importance Shaken Baby Syndrome, Acosta of early childhood education and says. services. The organization now is • The Great Start Early Childhoused at the chamber office. hood Parent Coalition is made The business community up of parents, grandparents, recognizes how early childhood caregivers and professionals programs benefit the entire comwho work with children in Wexmunity Acosta says. A healthy , ford, Missaukee and northern business climate creates economic Osceola counties. Its purpose is prosperity for a community Busi- to increase parent participation . ness benefits from a quality in early childhood planning and educational system. And a good decision-making locally It meets . educational system is driven by from 5:30 to 7 p.m. the second safe, secure neighborhoods and in- Tuesday of the month at Emmandividuals and families interested uel Lutheran Church in Cadillac. in lifelong learning, he says. Child care is provided. According to information sup• Great Start’s web site, www. plied by the Great Start Collabwmgreatstart.org, offers informaorative, quality early childhood tion about its services and links programs are important because to local resources and services, studies show that that they’ve resuch as Child Care Connections. sulted in: The site run by the Northwest • Improved educational perMichigan 4-C Council allows parformance, including higher test ents to search for local, licensed scores; child care providers and pre• Reduction in special education, schools. grade retention and drop-outs; • The site also features a month• Increased high school and colly calendar of playgroups, local lilege graduation rates; brary activities and other family• Reduced juvenile delinquency friendly activities and events. and criminal activity later in life; • A Family Expo is scheduled • Higher earnings and tax revfor Saturday April 28, at Macki, enue by child and parent; naw Trail Middle School in Cadil• Reduction in welfare depenlac. The event will feature kids’ dency; activities and various booths • Lower child abuse rates. offering information about proIn addition, parents with access grams and services such as child to child care and early childhood care and Head Start. programs miss less work, Acosta • The annual Star Power Day is says. set for Wednesday May 16. Par, ents and kids will ride a bus to Lansing to speak with legislators Resources for parents about how important early child• The collaborative has implehood programs are to a child’s mented a “Period of Purple Crydevelopment. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 67
The Born Learning Trail at the Enchanted River Playground in Mesick is designed to help young children learn through play. It was made possible by the Wexford-Missaukee Great Start Collaborative, Wexford-Missaukee Child Protection Council and the United Way of Wexford and Missaukee counties.
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BY JEFF BRODDLE CADILLAC NEWS
An early adopter. A progressive state industry that is both sustainable and productive. If these ideas didn’t make you think of dairy farming, think again. An abundance of water and a relatively mild climate that doesn’t subject cows to oppressive heat works together with state-of-the-art technologies to help the industry be one of the most progressive in the state, according to Michigan State University dairy cattle nutritionist David Beede, Ph.D. Michigan farms have been quick to adopt technology such as freestall barns that are open to ventilation to cool the animals in the summer. In the winter, removable canvas sides or panels help ward off the chill and keep the cows in a productive temperature zone.
Missaukee, Osceola, and Wexford counties have a strong infrastructure for supporting dairy farms, according to Kathy Lee, dairy educator with Michigan State University Extension. Area agri-businesses include feed companies, farm machinery and implement dealers, milking equipment suppliers, seed distributors, crop services, farm supplies, construction, and veterinarians. Missaukee County leads the way with 57 farms supporting a total of , 13,800 cows. Osceola County has 50 farms, and about 6,000 cows. Wexford County comes in with 13 farms and about 700 cows. Lake County has three farms with about 450 head. In financial terms, the value of the milk sold in Missaukee County totaled almost $65 million, while Osceola County’s output totaled around $28 million. Wexford and Lake counties came in at $3.3 million and $2.1 million, respectively . SEE ECONOMIC ON PAGE 73
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Doug Benthem stands next to the two 4,000 gallon milk tanks at Benthem Brothers Dairy. The tanks typically are filled and drained once a day.
Economic impact of dairy farms helped by science
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 70 Osceola County’s Fred Prichard started in the dairy industry in 1976, working with his father and taking over his stepmother’s farm. He and his wife, Annette, started milking on their own. They have about 150 cows, which they mostly handle on their own, with a little help from parttime workers. Son, Logan, 18, helps out with day-to-day chores. They milk twice a day . “We pretty much do it ourselves, seven days a week,” Fred Prichard said. Annette is in charge of raising the calves and doing the bookwork, and pitches in with milking when necessary . “I tell everybody I’m the manager and the
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head grunt,” Fred Prichard said. It wasn’t long ago that dairy farmers faced tough times. Milk prices fell by about half in 2009, putting a tight squeeze on profits, if any . Things got better in 2010 and 2011. Michigan dairy farmers do their best to maximize production and profits — not an easy thing given the volatility of milk prices. Long hours and relatively low pay are challenges as well, Prichard said. But fuel and electricity costs also are on the upswing, and insurance costs continue to escalate. Prichard said the economic downturn led to some farmers seeing 30 to 50 percent of their equity eroded. Also keep in mind that a dairy farm may require hundreds of acres of land and tens of
thousands of dollars in tractors and other machinery . Looking at a farm, visitors see thousands of dollars of equipment, but may not realize that like other business owners, farmers need to borrow just to keep the farm operating and pay back loans with interest. East of LeRoy are the Steinhaus Ponderosa Dairy Farms. Doug Steinhaus has about 200 dairy cows. With offspring, he has about 400 holsteins. Dean’s, in Evart, is their sole customer, they are licensed to sell solely to the dairy company . “It’s very demanding, but also very rewarding,” Steinhaus said. SEE PERFECTION ON PAGE 74
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 73 Dairy may not be the future for his 16-year-old son, but he helps out. How is it different from a 9-to-5 job? “It’s more like 5-to-9, if not a little more,” Steinhaus said. As the farm grows and gets a little larger, the addition of more employees helps take the pressure off a little bit, but as sole owner, he’s on duty . “If we have employees that come in at 3:30 a.m. and something doesn’t work, I’m up at 3:30,” Steinhaus said. Pressure also comes from keeping an eye on what goes into producing the milk, and what comes out. “The profit margin is close. So you do your job correctly, or you don’t stay in business,” Steinhaus said. One of the larger operations in Missaukee County is the Benthem Brothers Dairy Farm west of McBain. Milking goes on around the clock, three times a day Their . milking parlor can accommodate 24 cows at one time, or about 100 cows an hour. “We just shut down in time to wash the system twice a day,” said Doug Benthem, who owns the farm with brother, Bruce. Doug brought his son, Jason, into the operation, and Bruce brought in his son, Ryan. While Doug and Bruce are there every day, the boys are the day-to-day managers. Their fathers’ duties lean more toward farming the crops.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 74 One of the farm’s high tech features is an electronic system that helps determine when a cow is in heat. The cows must be bred regularly by artificial insemination to bear calves and therefore produce milk. Each cow has a sensor on its collar that measures how much she moves around, and how active she is. The most active cows, who are identified by computer and can be singled out by the tag number in their ear, are likely to be the ones in heat. Calves are born on the farm at the rate of about three a day As . they grow, they are kept in groups with their peers, and eat food appropriate for their age. The milk-producing cows also are carefully monitored. Once a week, a nutritionist checks their stats, including the butterfat content and protein, as well as their weight. They don’t want the herd to be too fat, or too thin. “It’s quite a science,” Benthem said. The farm also makes use of the new freestall barns, which allow cows to be more comfortable. Larger stalls are free of obstructions in the front and sides, making it easier for them to get up. They bed down on sand, which they find to be soft for laying down. Food is available for them to eat at all times. Their food is grain and forage mixed together, carefully formulated for each of seven different groups of cows found on the farm. Two-year-old cows are kept separate because they are smaller and younger. High-producing cows are kept together, as are the ones who are trailing off in production. Cows start to show their age after about a decade or so. Last fall the farm hosted a Breakfast on the Farm, which drew about 2,000 visitors. “People were impressed and happy to see the farm,” Benthem said. “We wanted to show them that we take good care of our cows, that we have a good, safe product for them to buy We care about . the environment and do whatever we can to preserve it for the next generation, and the people who follow us.”
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Michael Hughes counts silverware that he wrapped as part of his job at the Blue Heron Cafe in Cadillac. Michael works two days per week at Blue Heron.
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Tightly wrapped silverware lines the counter at Blue Heron Café as Michael Hughes counts them one by one before placing them neatly in a container and carting them off to the kitchen. Michael takes pride in his work
and he’s good at it. He’s not concerned about his hourly wage or climbing up the corporate ladder, and he does not understand the difficulties of today’s economy . Michael is autistic and works two days at Blue Heron. “He takes pride in his work and it gives him a sense of purpose,” said Lyn Hughes, Michael’s mother.
Michael, now 29, began working at Blue Heron as a special needs student as part of a job placement program and, according to Rebecca Potter, Blue Heron front house manager, he did such a good job they decided to keep him as a paid employee. In addition to his silverware wrapping duties, Michael inserts bread into bags and neatly ties them and
places them perfectly on a designated shelf. It’s the most orderly shelf in the kitchen. Michael’s propensity for patterns, neatness and organization are common symptoms of autism and just some of the clues that Lyn and Brian Hughes identified when Michael was an infant. SEE DIAGNOSIS ON PAGE 78
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Lyn, Michael, and Brian Hughes, along with Michael’s sister Emily haved lived in the Cadillac Area their entire lives. Michael is autistic and was part of the inspiration for the After 26 project.
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through Cadillac on a warm sunny day Lyn was pregnant with her sec. ond child and pushing Michael in a stroller, when he began to sing. “We didn’t even know he could talk and here he is singing ‘Every time you go away you take a piece of me , with you’ by Hall and Oates.” These were the first words Lyn and Brian heard from Michael. As time went on, the symptoms became more and more evident, but it was not until a Cadillac News article on autism and a pamphlet Brian found at work, that Lyn was able to attach a label to Michael’s unique behavior. “I was actually relieved to find out that he had autism. I finally felt like I wasn’t a rotten mom,” said Lyn. While Lyn believes that people should not get too hung up on labels, she recognized that identifying the disorder provided her with a sense of community and she and Brian were able to seek out others who had raised children with autism. “ soon as we started networking, As we found other parents, mostly with older children,” said Brian. Many of the other children had been misdiagnosed and misunderstood by the medical establishment of the time. Autism was not widely known in the early 1980s and the Internet was still a few years away . For the Hughes, the other parents offered hope and guidance in the form of advice and moral support. However, there was still a great deal of negativity surrounding Michael’s future. “We were told that he would never do a lot of things, that he would never tell us he loved us or kiss us good night — we took it as a challenge. Rather than just accepting it, we found creative ways around it,” said Lyn who admits that there were times she thought she couldn’t do it and that maybe Michael would be better off in a home. SEE A BETTER LIFE ON PAGE 80
At a time when autism was not widely recognized, Michael exhibited unique behaviors that told the Hughes that something was different. “We just thought he was stronger and smarter than other babies,” said Lyn Hughes. “We started noticing things at about a year old. We bought him golden books and he made patterns on the floor with them rather than turning the pages. He would also line up his toys.” Michael did not start talking until he was three years-old. In fact, his first words were not even his own. Brian and Lyn were taking a walk
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It was suggested that Michael live in a home as an adult. But there is a lack of availability in this area and Lyn knew that she could give him a better life. “Who can take care of him better than we do? He gets to have a job, community involvement and make his own choices. I would like to see him with someone he cares about and who cares about him.” It was perhaps that defiance and unrelenting drive to prove people wrong that has sustained the Hughes family for nearly 30 years. When Lyn and Brian would tell someone that their son was autistic, many would express interest in his drawings and paintings, assuming they meant artistic. Autism was simply not widely known. Michael was 6 when the movie Rain Man was released and the world was introduced to the true nature of autism through a brilliant performance by Dustin Hoffman. “When the movie was done we waited until the theater was empty before we left, we both had tears in our eyes, it really hit home,” said Brian. Unlike the character in the movie, Michael had to learn to be flexible as Lyn, a part-time nurse, and Brian, a former school custodian, often had odd schedules that Michael would have to adhere to. He could not have a rigid, institutionalized schedule like the Rain Main character. Lyn credits this need for flexibility for Michael’s ability to cope with change. Also unlike Rain Man, and against conventional wisdom regarding au-
Michael Hughes shows off his time card for the Blue Heron Cafe in Cadillac. Michael was hired as a paid employee after working as a student through the Wexford-Missaukee ISD.
tism, Michael is highly social. “Michael has a way of endearing himself to others,” said Lyn. “He’s more popular in town than we are and we were both born and raised here,” adds Brian. Michael has many really close friends that he’s made through community programs and the ISD, but perhaps his closest friend sleeps right across the hall, his dad. “Michael emulates his dad,” said Lyn. “When Brian gets a new shirt, Michael has to get one just like it. He really looks up to him.” Brian contends that he has not had the typical father-son relationship with Michael. But when he describes trying to teach Michael to shave or mow the lawn, or when he has to tell him to quiet down and go to bed, it sounds like any other father and son relationship. But of course, Michael does put his own unique spin on the process. “When he mows, it’s perfectly straight lines. When he gets to the stop sign on the corner he stops the mower and shuts of the engine,” said Brian. “He knows what the stop sign means.” Michael did not learn to read until he was in seventh grade and did so thanks to a number of dedicated teachers. This opened a lot of doors for Michael, who now waits for the credits to roll when watching a movie so he can read the names. Teachers have been an important part of Michael’s life and programs like those offered by the special education department at the WexfordMissaukee ISD give individuals like Michael and opportunity to socialize and learn valuable skills. It also gives them a break from their primary care givers, a concept that Lyn thinks is underestimated. However, after a special needs student reaches the age of 26, Michigan law says they can no longer attend public school programs. This places families and individuals like Michael in a difficult spot. Placing a special needs person in a group home is a big step and not one that is always beneficial for the individual. “The home must understand the specific needs of the individual and needs to understand the quirks of each person they care for. It also takes a special person to care for an autistic person,” said Cathy Best, a social worker with Northern Lakes Community Mental Health. “Right now we don’t have a good home to provide autistic services to adults in Cadillac.” SEE NEW VENTURE ON PAGE 80
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Continued from page 80 Lyn and Brian always knew that they would keep Michael at home through adulthood, but with concern for others like him, they considered starting a home where people like Michael could be cared for. But, according to Lyn, these types of places cost money and she and Brian are getting too old to create something like that. Special needs students who exceed the age limit of the schoolbased programs face similar challenges that non-disabled students face when they graduate — the loss of a social network. The problem for the special needs population is that there are few outlets available and those that do exist, often carry a cost. In most cases the cost can be absorbed by Medicaid but those without Medicaid are without that option.
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In 2005, Michael and his aunt were approached by Andy MacDonald who told them about the Junction of Hope, a restaurant in Chesaning that employs special needs adults. McDonald expressed interest in starting something similar in the Cadillac area. Lyn was intrigued, but daunted by the idea of starting something of that magnitude. After viewing a video of the Chesaning site, she began to share her excitement with others in the community . “I was just pumped right up,” she said. “I eventually got the Special Olympics on board and we decided to go to Chesaning and see how the operation worked.” The group decided to move for-
ward and explore how this might work in the Cadillac area. But Lyn admits, progress was slow. “This is something that is so necessary, but it took so long to get people to step forward and say ‘we can do this,’” she said. The first organizational meeting took place in 2006 and generated a lot of interest. But it was a small, dedicated group that moved the project forward. Eventually, a board was formed and Lyn was asked to serve as president. Although she says it’s mostly because no one else would do it, it’s clear that Lyn is perhaps one of the few people who could accomplish it. Today the project has reached an exciting phase. The group has entered into an agreement to renovate the AMVETS Building in Cadillac — a $500,000 project — and
plan to open sometime in 2012. But Lyn is looking beyond the renovation phase and beginning to envision the role that someone like Michael might play in the project. “My thought is to think outside the mop. These special needs individuals don’t need to be relegated to custodial positions. Michael is capable of working in the kitchen, cooking. Many others are just as capable,” said Lyn with the same defiant and determined tone she uses when she describes those days when she was told that Michael couldn’t or wouldn’t do something. Michael ended up doing nearly everything she was told he wouldn’t and it’s safe to say that, with Lyn on board, others like Michael will play a significant role in the After 26 project.
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When the Carnegie Library dome was being replaced; Jack Powell followed behind the Buist sheet metal experts to repair the damaged wood casing.
Jack Powell enjoys the details in historic preservation
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CADILLAC — Back in the ’70s, when Jack Powell took his first construction job, his goal was to learn just enough to build his own home someday . He hadn’t planned on falling in love with historic buildings and preservation work. But that’s where life took him. And it started in Detroit. “That’s where the bug bit me,” Powell admitted. “We were in a histori-
cal district putting an addition onto a brick house.” Powell became intrigued by the process of working behind men from a bygone era. He was determined to duplicate and extend their work so you couldn’t tell where the new addition started on the historic home. When he moved back to Cadillac, he worked any construction job he could get and said it took years to build his skill level. “I worked for other builders and general contractors for 15 years before I even thought of going on my own,” he explained. See LiStening on page 7
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Continued from page 6 About 30 years ago, he was part of a crew that worked on the restoration of the historic Charles T. Mitchell House for Roland Lamkin’s medical practice. Over subsequent years, he was drawn to historic preservation work and built a reputation as a true craftsman. “You have to dig into it,” he said. “You have to study it and figure out what it’s all about. You never know what you will run into and you can lose a lot of sleep.” Powell has been working on the historic preservation of the Carnegie Library for 10 years. “His work at the museum has been amazing,” stated Wexford County Historical Society past president Nan Taylor. “He’s very committed to the museum and knows every square inch of that building.” Taylor said that Powell has provided a lot of free labor because of his interest and passion. “He’s gone above and beyond what a typical contractor would provide. He’s committed to seeing it restored the right way .” Powell also has a reputation for being a detailed perfectionist — adamant about preserving historic integrity These traits can drive . some people crazy . One example is in the stack room of the Carnegie Library where shelves once held the adult , fiction and non-fiction book collections. In 2007, the dropped ceiling was removed to reveal a whole new set of upper windows. Powell studied the diagrams of the room and found all of the 16 original ceiling light fixture locations. He wanted to hang lights where they had been originally hung. The electrician thought that would be overdoing it. See Room on page 8
during the 2007 restoration process at the Carnegie Library, a row of upper windows was uncovered once the dropped ceiling was removed.
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Continued from page 7 Powell’s thought was — let’s stay with the story the building is telling us. To make his point, he hung balloons in the spots where all 16 light fixtures should be hung. “They thought I was off my rocker,” he laughed. Powell said the light fixtures had been originally hung in a well-thought out pattern to light the aisles in-between the stacks of book shelves. “Every time I come into this room now I love this,” he said, gazing up at the hanging light fixtures. “You can see it now, how well lit this is.” In the Cadillac News building, he removed old oak doors to have their 100-year-old hinges reconditioned. In the conference room, he had damaged plaster plates around light fixtures in the ceiling duplicated to match the originals. He’s been known to call craftsmen throughout the state to get answers. And he loves to employ local craftsmen and machinists to duplicate things from the past. See ArtiSt on page 9
Jack powell takes a satisfied look at the restoration of the old Carnegie stack room and the light fixtures that were hung to replicate the originals.
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Continued from page 8 “In the Taylor home, I did a lot of the interior trim, fixing the doors and windows,” he said of the work done on Harris Street. “You find out what the house has, what’s missing, and take that profile and have it remade so you match it up.” “He understands why they did things the way they did and then he tries to recreate them exactly the way they were,” stated Taylor, who has a master’s degree in historic preservation. “It’s that type of careful attention to detail that makes him very valuable when working on historic buildings.” On Chapin Street, Powell has worked on both the John Miltner and Martin Dubravec homes. In the restoration of the Dubravec home, Powell replaced their roof and completely redid the attic, living room and basement, which included lowering the floor to the footings. “Originally Dubravec’s home had a cedar roof,” he explained. “So they , wanted to restore that look with something that would last. It was quite a project.” Powell called all over the state to find cedar roof shingles in a diamond pattern. And because he didn’t want to mar the roofline with “tacky” soffits and eaves troughs, he created a design “to make it all work.” “Jack is an artist as well as a craftsman,” stated Gwen Dubravec. “When he did something it was always perfect. He’s done wonderful
Jack powell was in charge of creating a cedar shingle roof on the martin dubravec home on Chapin Street. the goal was to create a roof similar to the one that had been original to the home.
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An insect-ious attitude
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Some teens spend time outside of school working a part time job. Others, at athletic practices or hours upon hours playing online games, texting with friends or other typical teen activities. Rachel Rounds, a sophomore at Evart High School, has a hobby that consumes all her free time. But it isn’t your typical teenage fascination, and the passion is paying off. Her obsession isn’t with music, art, or fashion. It is with the dung beetle. Yes, that’s right. For years, Rounds has spent every moment she can learning about, seeking out and studying what she thinks is an interesting insect. See ReSeaRch on page 11
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Awardwinning research
Continued from page 10 And insect experts are taking notice. The high school sophomore recently received the Coleopterists Society’s Youth Incentive Award for her research on how dung beetles affect the rate of greenhouse emissions. She was chosen above a wide selection of middle and high school aged kids across the country to receive funding for her research, giving cash and prizes to help fund equipment and further research. Last year, Rounds also won the junior Youth Incentive Award for a different project on the impact of dung beetles on plant growth. “I’ve just come to love the beetles,” Rounds said. “It really is my passion, especially working with insects.” See Impact on page 12
While some teens would rather be at the beach enjoyng the sunshine, rounds is busy in the field doing research.
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ContInuEd fRom pAgE 11 To win this year’s prestigious award, the budding scientist built five compartments in a field at Michigan State University’s AgBio Lake City Research Center. The covered areas measured greenhouse emissions from cow dung, with research deciphering whether the dung beetles can make dung less harmful for the environment in terms of greenhouse emissions. Research could dispel myths that cow waste contributes to environmental hazards, she said, thanks to the help of the beetles. “People think the dung from cows is adding to the greenhouse gas problem, but if there are beetles and insects taking away from the emissions, it’s not such an issue.” Rounds plans to continue her dung beetle research, and said in many ways she is just an average teen, balancing her hobbies with her school and social life. The difference is, on Saturdays you may find a typical teen scanning social media sites. You will find Rounds out in the field, searching for the elusive, yet interesting bugs.
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Rachel Rounds, a sophmore at Evart High School has earned national recognition for her tireless research and study on dung beetles. An interest since childhood, she recently earned the Coleopterists Society’s Youth Incentive Award for her continuing research on how dung beetles affect the rate of greenhouse emissions. Rounds enjoys the beetles and spends as much free time as possible collecting samples and studying their patterns and how they impact plant growth.
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Reed City family night program receives excellence award from state
veryone has heard the story before. School budgets are shrinking, and like so many other programs in the public and private sector, cuts are made, and it often affects the quality of service thanks to a diminished bottom line. In the middle of the cuts, the school morale issues and talk of quality education being at stake, over the past five years, the “little program that could” in Reed City has not only grown, thrived and delighted families for years, it has earned a statewide excellence seal of approval. Reed City’s Norman Elementary Family Night program, a monthly mix of education, free food and fun for the whole family has earned the Michigan Excellence in Education award for the 2011 Michigan Best Award for the number one program in the state for school families. See Teamwork of support on page 16
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Each month during Reed City Elementary School’s Family Night there is a different theme, from arts, to reading, to health, family and more.
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Continued from page 15 So how does this rural school with a suffering economy put on such a popular, high quality program? Family Night program director and educator Vicky Bowman is quick to deflect attention away from her efforts, although school staff is quick to place the kudos on Bowman for her tireless efforts to fund the program through grant writing and securing local sponsors. Bowman herself said it is a team effort. “Family Nights have received so much support because the staff at Norman believe in the program. We understand the importance of bringing school, families and community together,” she said. And come together each and every month they do, for the uniquely themed events, delicious free meal and a chance to have fun as a family , and a school community . From health themes to reading focus, to fine arts, technology animal , education and more, each child gets free books, crafts, and memories to cherish, thanks to school and parent volunteers who run the info booths and craft tables each month. See Funding on page 18
tony Hatfield helps daughter Kylee create a bit of art to take home at family night.
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• Annual expenses for the popular family night is around $25,000, but the school — and taxpayers don’t foot the bill for the program. It is funded through grants and donations from area sponsors that cover the cost of the program. • On average, between 300-700 people pour in to the school each month for the few hours of family night fun. • At each family night, every child goes home with a free new book appropriate for their age, reading level and interest. So far the school has given away over 10,000 free books to area students. • Each month’s family night begins with a free meal for everyone in the family, with food themes and an introduction to different, healthy cuisine. The school’s Family Night has served over 14,500 free meals at family nights.
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Continued from page 16 “These events are multi generational, and on average we have between 350 to 500 people in attendance each month,” she said. Bowman said securing financial help for the program, which costs $25,000 annually can be a challenge, but so long as there is funding, she will organize the events because of the value to the community they provide. “We as a school understand that children will be more successful in school if their parents are involved in their education,” she said.
top: each month is a different theme, from arts, to reading, to health, family and more, and the program, which runs on grants and community sponsorship, always packs a crowd of children and families for the healthy, free meal and fun.
right: part of the fun of the reed City family night is the “make it and take it” tables. Kids can work with their parents on crafts, seasonal gifts like ornaments or make get well cards for the area nursing homes, or in this case, put together their own school snacks, picking and choosing among low fat crackers and dried fruit.
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Great Lakes Family Care (GLFC) has been around since 1999 and serves more than 11,500 patients. A variety of services are offered, most of which a patient may only learn about once a particular service is required.
One local mother learned about GLFC’s Cancer Care Center the hard way. Cindy Tomaszewski remembers the day she was diagnosed with cancer very well. She was referred for a colonoscopy by her local physician after experiencing some suspicious problems. Although many would consider such a discussion with someone embarrassing or private, it is a discussion that probably saved her life. At 43 years old, she was a very atypical candidate for colon cancer. In June 2010, she underwent surgery. The tumor was removed at Mercy Hospital - Cadillac and Cindy learned from her oncologist that chemo treatments would be required. She was informed of her options: she could receive care at GLFC in Cadillac or travel more than an hour round-trip to receive service in Traverse City, Reed City, or further downstate. The choice was obvious to Cindy and her family. Receiving treatment so close to home was a valuable option! Not only for the days she’d receive chemo, but for the little things that are required in between treatments. “With each treatment, I would be sent home with an infusion pump that I’d have to wear for two days. If the pump started beeping or if I just had a question, I could swing by and get assistance. It wouldn’t be so easy to do that if I had to travel elsewhere.” Cindy’s employer, Fibertec Environmental Lab, also learned to appreciate having such a service offered locally for it meant that Cindy could work for a few hours prior to her treatments and parttime on the days she was able. Cindy had been a long-time patient at Great Lakes Family Care prior to leaving Michigan for a few years, and again upon her return. At one point, the health insurance offered by her husband’s company did not participate with GLFC and they had to go elsewhere. Once diagnosed with cancer, Cindy wanted some familiarity to help her with the difficult process. “I contacted Dr. Pertunen and spoke with her nurse. I explained my situation and asked if I could return under her care. I was pleased when Dr. Pertunen, herself, called me back. After being gone for 2 years, she accepted me back without hesitation!” Cindy and her provider share a comfortable relationship. “It’s nice to have a doctor and other health staff who I occasionally see around town or at school activities. I somehow feel more connected. She understands my personality. If something is bothering me or hurts, she told me to let her know about it and she’d let me know if I need to be concerned or not.” Cindy has used several of the other services offered at GLFC like radiology/mammography, lab, ultrasound and the pharmacy. Because Great Lakes Family Care is a federally qualified health center, the pharmaceuticals can be purchased at a greatly reduced price. Cindy remembers pointing out a price of a common over-the-counter medicine to her mother during one of their visits at the Cobbs Street Pharmacy and discussing whether it was priced incorrectly because the price was lower than she had seen elsewhere. “It was nice to be able to buy what I needed from the pharmacy that’s in the same building as my doctor. Especially after a chemo treatment, many times I didn’t have the energy to make another stop in town.” Cindy said that the Cancer Center ladies are always looking out for the best interest of their patients. “It’s like a little family.” She says that “all the staff, throughout the building, are great. People smile and ask how they can help. They let me know what I can expect. They know people who visit the doctor’s office probably aren’t feeling their best and they are patient and attentive to our needs.” Now that Cindy’s visits are only every three months, she still drops by from time-to-time in between appointments to say hello. “I have no intention of forgetting about them soon – they helped save my life. It’s a wonderful service for our community.” Great Lakes Family Care is a part of the Family Health Care centers throughout western Michigan. Offices are located in Baldwin, Cadillac, Grant, McBain, and White Cloud. A variety of services are offered including medical, dental, behavioral health, substance abuse assistance, Teen Health, radiology, lab, ultrasound, mammography, occupational health, pharmacy, outreach and community health services. Call 231-745-2743 for further information or to schedule an appointment at an office near you.
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Cadillac Police Officer and school liaison officer Jason Straight laughs while talking with some students during lunch at Cadillac High School.
Finally if he can’t be found in the cafeteria or his office, Straight is at , one of the other CAPS buildings working with staff and students on any number of things.
Most days Cadillac Police officer Jason Straight can be found in his office in Cadillac High School doing paperwork or investigations. As the school liaison officer for the Cadillac Area Public Schools district his door is always open just in case someone, like a student, wants to pop their head in and say “hello.” If he is not in his office, he usually is in the Cadillac High School cafeteria keeping an eye on the students as they eat as well as talking with them. Typical topics of conversation could be telling hunting and fishing stories or some other thing that a student may want to talk about.
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BACKGROUND OF THE LIAISON OFFICER
In 2009, the Cadillac Police Department and Cadillac Area Public Schools applied for the Community Oriented Policing Service Hiring Recovery Program. The police and CAPS were told in July 2009 they would receive $273,000. See Challenge on page 25
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Special challenges walking the beat in the hallways
Continued from page 23 The Cops Hiring Recovery Program grant provides 100 percent funding for approved entrylevel salaries and fringe benefits of full-time officers for 36 months of grant funding. The department and CAPS pay for at least the fourth year. The money was used to re-establish a school liaison officer program, and Straight also works to provide crime prevention education. In addition, Straight works with various groups to enhance communication. In 2006, the city had a youth services officer assigned to the school, but the position was lost due to funding cuts.
ON THE JOB
On one day in January Straight was busy , working on an investigation at the high school in which a cell phone had been stolen. Although the venue of the investigation was not a business, home or city street, the way it is conducted is the same. Another difference, when criminal investigations occur for this school liaison officer, is it almost always includes working with juveniles. “When doing an investigation there are challenges. It usually involves juveniles so I can’t talk to them until a parent or guardian is present,” he said from his desk. “It is always time consuming working with juveniles because you have to have a parent present. I can talk to a victim or witness but if a juvenile is a suspect, I have to have a legal guardian.” When it comes to the types of criminal activities that are commonly reported to him, Straight said there are a lot of stolen iPods and cell phones. He also said occasionally he will have to deal with bullying issues, including threats of physical assault. Most of the time those things are hard to prove but if it is brought to his attention, Straight said he will talk to the students to try and ensure it doesn’t happen again. Unfortunately, with the way the digital age works, things sometimes move faster than
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Cadillac School Liaison officer Jason Straight works on an investigation in his office at Cadillac High School. although he does do criminal investigations, Straight said he also does a lot of other things as part of his position within the district.
law enforcement. Although bullying is an issue, Straight said he believes the school district has been very proactive with the various programs in place addressing the issue, including Challenge Day and Be the Change. “The school has good programs. The kids know that the principals, counselors and my door is always open,” he said. See Home on page 26
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Impact at home & the hallways
Continued from page 25 In addition to those duties, Straight also helps with emergency planning in the district. He said parents sometimes will call him to help them address an issue they are having with their child. This usually means talking to the child regardless if it is a minor incident or something like taking $5 from their brother. “With my position here I wear a lot of hats,” he said. “So many of the things I do are not criminal in nature. A lot of times the students’ only contact with police is when they are in trouble. Here they can hang out.”
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Straight said students will come to him and ask about his job. He added that they ask not just about police but Department of Natural Resources and military law enforcement. With his position he has been given the opportunity to participate in the public safety program at the Wexford-Missaukee Career Technical Center.
The Public Safety program introduces students to various jobs within the public safety field including police work, corrections, firefighting, EMS, courts, and emergency dispatch. The focus of the program will include lecture material, hands-on experiences, job shadowing, and wellness training. Straight said he typically will go into the classroom and talk to students. He also will give the class a tour of the police department as well as show them everything a squad car would have in it on a typical day.
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Cadillac Liaison officer Jason Straight has been working within Cadillac area public Schools for the past couple years and he said it has been an enjoyable experience. in 2009, the Cadillac police department and Cadillac area public Schools applied for the Community oriented policing Service Hiring recovery program.
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Kendra Backing is the first fulltime female officer for the city, and brings her education and desire to make the city safer with her to the job.
Evart officer blazing a new path
by Nicole HamNer Weiss CadillaC News
Evart City Manager Zack Szakacs has a busy job. Not only does he handle the day to day business operations for the city of Evart, he is also the city’s Chief of Police. But the former Marine makes it all work efficiently and he admits it is partly because of his , secret weapon. That weapon comes in the form of a petite dynamo named Kendra Backing. Backing was promoted to Deputy Chief of
Police for the city of Evart, blazing a new trail for the town with the city’s first full-time female police officer, much less one in an administrative position in the department. Szakacs touts Backing, who began working for the city in a part-time capacity in 2005 for her strong instincts on the job, her hard work and handling the business of the department. And she has earned somewhat of a reputation for her strong investigative skills, something Backing admits is her favorite part of the job. “We don’t have a detective or an evidence team,” she said. So when a crime is committed, she sees the investigation through to the end.
She said she enjoys the process of figuring out the details. “I like that you really get to see all aspects of the job that way .” The deputy chief ’s face lights up when she discusses the satisfaction she feels from getting a confession and solving a crime in the community . In addition to interrogations and investigations, Backing handles the daily operations of the department, from court runs to calls to budgets and more. It is a lot of work, but then Backing wouldn’t have it any other way . See GettinG The job done on page 29
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Continued from page 28 Backing earned a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Ferris State University and immediately enrolled in graduate studies for Public Administration with an emphasis on Criminal Justice. It was while going to school full time that she began working part time for the City of Evart. Looking back, she said she does not know how she made it through those busy times, but it was worth it in order to finish her education and also get to work in the field she loved. “I took night classes for the graduate degree, and would work midnight until six in the morning some days. It was a lot all at once,” she said. Backing acknowledges her job is in a male-dominated profession, and even her own family was nervous of her choice in a dangerous occupation. But much like the fact that she was only one of a handful of females in her police academy class, she doesn’t let any of that bother her. She has a job to do, and she wouldn’t have it any other way . “I feel fortunate to be able to do what I love to do, and to protect and serve this community she said. ,”
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Cadillac Hockey Assistant Coach Marc Moore talks with Vikings captain Joe Gussert between periods of a game against Petoskey in January. Moore has played hockey most of his life and now he is giving back to the sport by coaching.
Making an impact on & off the ice
By Rick chaRmoli CadillaC News
When Marc Moore started his career 17 years ago with the Michigan State Police, he wanted to make an impact. Fresh out of recruit school, Moore’s need to make a difference was a driving force for every thing he did as a trooper. During his childhood two things developed. First, was his desire to become a trooper and second was the passion he had for the game
of hockey Both of those things have allowed . Moore the opportunity to work with youth in the area and reach that goal he had coming out of recruit school.
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As it goes with many hockey players, Moore started early . He can recall skating at the tender age of 4 or 5. He started playing hockey at 6.
GROWING UP
When Moore was in high school he played with a club hockey team because his district didn’t have a team. It was also during his high school years that he realized he wanted to get involved in law enforcement. He had a buddy with an older brother who was a deputy with the Clinton County Sheriff ’s Department. He looked up to his friend’s sibling and decided to do a ride along with him. See Break on page 32
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Continued from page 30 He instantly was hooked. “I couldn’t believe he was getting paid to do what he was doing,” he said. “The more I thought about it the more I thought it would be a good fit for me.” After high school, Moore played Junior Hockey and went to school part time. It was during these years that Moore was able to play against some of the best talent the state of Michigan and surrounding areas had to offer. This included future NHL players like Darrian Hatcher, Brian Holzinger, Brian Rolston, Todd Marchant and Eric Lindros. He eventually transferred to Saint Mary’s College in Minnesota, now Saint Mary’s University , where he studied criminal justice and played hockey for the Cardinals. He played three years at Saint Mary’s and his senior year the team made it to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Division III playoffs.
Realizing the NHL Draft was not an option, it only took Moore a week after graduating from Saint Mary’s before he was off to recruit school with the MSP . In 1995 he moved to Cadillac. When he first got here, Moore said he was burned out on hockey and took a break from the game. While he still found time to play some drop-in hockey his new job , was demanding a lot of his time and attention. It wasn’t until after he got married and started his family that hockey again started to creep back into his life. His son Dane started playing and Moore started to help out when his
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job allowed. At the time, he was working as a road trooper. After the birth of his second son in 2002, Moore jumped at the opportunity to become the community service trooper for the post. “You are the link between the schools, community and media for the post,” he said. He got the job and that was when his involvement with youth started to really jump start. This included creating the Pride Team, Peace Coalition, child safety seat checks, and T.E.A.M. classes at local schools. It was also during this time that he started to get more involved with coaching hockey . “Originally I didn’t think I could coach. I look at coaches as a strong, influential person who is knowledgeable about the game,” he said. “Most people don’t look at themselves as that. I just wanted to work with the kids.” See Opening on page 34
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 32 Moore said he didn’t know Cadillac hockey coach Scott Graham but looked up his phone number when he decided he wanted to coach. As luck has it, the time that he wanted to start coaching at the varsity level was the same time that an assistant coach was stepping down.
COACHING STYLE
As a player, Moore was a center. While he was not a prolific scorer like Gretzky , he had his fair share of goals. He was more of a defensive minded player who was a little gritty . As a coach, Moore said he likes to see a player who works hard no matter their ability . “You can’t have a robotic team with the same type of player. The biggest thing is to respect the game, respect the opposing player and work hard no matter what your role is,” he said.
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As for the successes, Moore said he has been lucky In his professional life . he has had superiors that have allowed him to make that impact he wanted when he was fresh out of recruit school. As a coach he has had the opportunity to mentor many players from youth hockey through high school. While all the players have been success stories in their own rights, Moore said former Cadillac players like Nate Peterson who is playing at Saint Mary’s or Dawson Cook who is playing with the U.S. Development Team have been special. RICK CHARMOLI | CADILLAC NEWS “To have been part of that is really Cadillac hockey head coach Scott Graham and assistant coach Marc Moore talk strategy before the start of a Big North cool,” he said. Conference game in January. Moore has played hockey most of his life and now he is giving back to the sport by coaching.
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Evelyn and Richard Westmaas have always enjoyed good health. But in November, Evie was rushed to the emergency room with kidney failure. From there she was admitted to Mercy Hospital Cadillac for eight days. After thinking she might spend the rest of her life on dialysis, she was diagnosed with a treatable cancer that caused her kidneys to fail. The exact name of her cancer is Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia. “They left no stone unturned to get to the bottom
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Mary Rosser (left), Mercy Hospital Manager, Patient Experience, shows Richard and Evelyn Westmaas the corridor by the hospital’s back entrance that holds a wall of inspirational posters and reminders of Mercy’s goals and guiding principles.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 36 “I think this is a story that needs to be told,” Westmaas said. “When my wife was admitted, we didn’t know what was going on or if we could get the kidneys started again. But everywhere — everyone was paying attention to what we needed. They made us partners in the whole thing.” Another thing that impressed Westmaas was the interaction among staff members. That piqued his interest. Westmass is a retired psychologist with a Ph.D. and 35 years of experience in human interaction. He immediately detected a positive and well-trained “community atmosphere” and wondered how they accomplished it. “I’ve been trying to change behaviors all my life,” Westmaas laughed. “I wanted to know how they were doing this, how they got everyone on board.” Westmaas began to ask questions. Staff members responded by explaining a poster on the wall listing six guiding behaviors. He learned that Mercy had a training program committed to those principles, the cornerstone of Mercy’s relationship-based care. Chief Operating Officer Mary Neff and Mercy’s Manager, Patient Experience, Mary Rosser have been largely responsible for creating, implementing and maintaining this hospital-wide educational effort. “In 2006 we felt we needed to change our strategy and develop one focused on customer service and patient satisfaction,” stated Neff. “Relationship-based care was the model we chose.” That model focuses on three key relationships: 1) the relationship the providers have with the patient and family; 2) the relationships between colleagues and co-workers; and 3) the relationship one has with oneself or self care. Rosser pointed out that relationship-based care is the model of patient care delivery within Trinity Health, one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the country But each . organization implements the philosophy individually . Rosser and Neff developed their own program of staff training. But what set Mercy apart was their decision to include every one of Mercy’s 600 associates, from housekeeping to physicians, in the training programs. “That’s the uniqueness of our program,” continued Neff. “Relationship care is usually viewed as a nursing initiative but for us it’s been organization-wide.” After yearly training sessions and the use of get-togethers called “culture circles,” a cohesiveness of purpose was attained. “The message for associates is that they have equal value in the patient experience,” said Rosser. “This full integration was pretty new. Typically hospitals don’t think you need to have , the facilities people in the room when you talk about strengthening relationships. Yet they have tremendous value ... as valuable as a bedside provider. We look to them to create that exceptional experience.” The results and feedback have been positive and have created system-wide teamwork. Rosser authored an article on their strategies for a health publication and they received inquiries. Other hospitals want to achieve the same results. Neff has been asked to make presentations at national conferences. “I think we are a living example that when you focus on relationships and the role people play , they are engaged and committed to the vision,” stated Rosser. In other words, all of the associates have been focusing on appreciating each other instead of nit-picking and blaming. They get to know and value one another. The result is a cohesive team that works together for one reason — patient care. Westmaas, one of the co-founders of Workplace Chaplains of Cadillac, said he recognized an element of faith in the Mercy practices. “Becoming the body of Christ, that’s really what it’s all about,” he said. “We trust and assume goodness in the intentions of man. That is wonderful.”
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LUTHER hard to find, easy to enjoy
also will repair computers brought in by residents. He said he can afford to do this because The Lake County village of Luther is a the library has very little overhead costs little hard to find on a map, but ask many due to much of its operations being volof its residents and they will tell you it’s untary labor. an easy place to enjoy . “We don’t have a lot, but we are willing During the heyday of the logging era, to share,” said Lucas, who also works at Luther was a bustling center of comthe library which is complete with 12 , merce and activity Since then it has . computers with full internet access and slowed down and decreased in size consid- activities for school-age children througherably but in many ways it has brought , out the year. the community closer together. In addition to the library there are , With a population of less than 400, one four churches, two bars, a senior center, might think there isn’t a whole lot going a museum, a Lions Club, a grocery store, on. a bank, a fire hall, a gift shop and an elThe village’s deputy clerk, Jody Lucas, ementary school. however, can list dozens of activities Luther Logging days is held yearly on CHRIS LAMPHERE | CADILLAC NEWS available for those who visit and live in the 4th of July weekend. The celebrations the small community . include, parades, pageants, an antique car The Lake County village of Luther is a little hard to find on a map, but ask many of its residents and they will tell you it’s an easy place to enjoy. Everything from snowmobiling and show, vendors, contests, and fireworks. horseback riding to camping and canoeing, Luther is the ideal location for a plethora of outdoor activities. During the summer, live bands play at the Roger Purchase Pavilion. One local band in particular, “Guitar College,” routinely draws hordes of Luther residents each time they appear. There also are plans to build a new basketball court and skate park in the village. The small town charm of Luther is one of its biggest appeals, said Lucas. “There is a sense of community . Everyone knows everybody When . someone has a problem, everybody is there to back them,” she said. Roger Peel is a good example of this small-town philosophy at work. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROGER PEEL Peel works as a computer techniThis pavilion was built in honor of Roger Purchase and weekly music shows are presented during the summer. Guitar College is a cian at the local library . group consisting of local amateur guitarists. They perform at various functions in the surrounding area throughout the year. For a modest charge of $20, he
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BY JEFF BRODDLE CADILLAC NEWS
A snapshot of recreation in the M
Hitting the road
Distance visitors travel to Michigan national forests.
201-500 miles 6.2 percent
500 plus miles 1.2 percent
How do we enjoy the forest?
0-25 miles 28.7 percent 101-200 miles 33.3 percent
The Manistee National Forest is a resource with many different uses for visitors from all around Michigan and throughout the United States. The Huron and Manistee National Forests Ma were created from cleared logging lands that had been described as, “lands that nobody wanted.” We present a snapshot of the visitors who are found among the forest’s woods and waters, and what draws them there. Ludingto
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Walking 87 percent Driving for pleasure 60 percent Sightseeing 59 percent Viewing wildlife 51 percent Gathering mushrooms/berries 36 percent Visiting wilderness areas 36 percent Power boating 35 percent Fishing 34 percent Mountain biking 29 percent Day hiking 29 percent Canoeing/kayaking 22 percent Primitive camping 16 percent Snowmobiling 16 percent Hunting 14 percent Cross country skiing 10 percent 9 percent Backpacking Horseback riding 7 percent
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Cadillac was a landing spot for the British invasion and the new sounds of the music revolution
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It wasn’t Camelot. But it was one brief shining moment in Cadillac’s history when rock ‘n’ roll reigned. But this is not about the KISS visit of the ’70s. This is about the ’60s, the Beatles era when rock ‘n’ roll bands exploded out of the feel-good, sha-lala sounds of the ’50s. This is about the music revolution that made Elvis irrelevant when British rock groups, who played in obscurity in Liverpool’s seedy nightclubs, broke into the mainstream. Suddenly , long, shaggy hair and tight pants replaced crew cuts and poodle skirts. Suddenly our Big Band par, ents, relaxing in post-war peace, had their docile white-picket-fence world shaken up by chaotic loud music. How did small, up-north Cadillac become a major player in the music scene of the ’60s? How did it happen that a string of the world’s top recording groups made appearances in Cadillac at a venue called The Platters? It started with a friendship between neighbors, a musician and a physician. Together they cooked up the idea of creating a teen dance venue to capitalize on Cadillac’s resources as a tourist destination. Dr. Gordon Tornberg owned the land from the
canal to Division Street, including a large old dance hall that had recently been used as a roller rink.
And his buddy Art Dewey was a musician who frequented Chicago jazz clubs. At the time, their vision
included a Happy Days version of well-dressed teens in bobby sox doing the jitterbug. When Tornberg and Dewey formed their partnership, they could not have foreseen the music avalanche headed their way . The Platters opened, recalled Dewey’s daughter, Merry “Jo” Berry in the fall of 1962, the same year , that the Beatles released “Love Me Do” and “PS, I Love You.” The new sound mesmerized millions of American youth and created a feeling of anticipation, like tremors before an earthquake. Dewey consulted with and followed the business model of the successful Houghton Lake venue called the Music Box, where a DJ spun records. Dewey’s son Jim, a high school student, took the job as DJ. Merry Jo helped run the scale model train that brought kids from the back parking lot up to the front doors, where they often stood in line for hours to get tickets. But as the pop sound of the ’60s exploded, Dewey’s vision for the Platters began to change. “Art improved on the Music Box disc-jockey operation by occasionally booking live musical groups,” explained his daughter. Some of the first groups to appear were popular Michigan bands and even local bands. SEE CULTURAL CHANGE ON PAGE 45
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The sign in the front yard of the Platters that marked one of the most popular teen dance spots in the state of Michigan.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 44 At a time when most parents shook their head in disgust over the longhaired musicians storming the music scene, Dewey embraced them. “At first Art thought that his new venue couldn’t dream of hiring a well known group of the day like the Beatles or Rolling Stones,” his daughter recalled. “But he did dream it and he made it happen.” When the Beatles stormed America in 1964, thousands of hysterical teens greeted them at airports and packed their concerts. This enthusiastic reception prompted ambitious British bands to follow in what was called “The British Invasion.” The European record market was miniscule compared to potential sales in the U.S. Music agents from the UK began an aggressive campaign to book their groups into the United States. And Dewey had connections with the right booking agents and made it happen. As the music scene heated up — U.S. groups joined in the frenzy in a pop music explosion. In a string of remarkable coups, Dewey booked the most popular groups of the day for live performances at the Platters. “Certainly two of Art’s triumphs were booking the chart-topping Dave , Clark Five and the Supremes,” stated Berry . SEE THE PLATTERS ON PAGE 47
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A view of the Platters in a photograph taken from the canal side of the road.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 45 During a five-year period, other bookings included: The New Colony Six, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, the Kings Men, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Real McCoys, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Mitch Ryder and Question Mark and the Mysterians. Because there is no paper trail, it is difficult to reconstruct the names of the groups and the dates of their appearances. Others claim that the Temptations, The Hollies and the Righteous Brothers also performed at the Platters. Both Tornberg’s daughter Melissa Sjogren and Dewey’s son and daughter admit they have no photographs, no records, and no paper trail of the groups that came through Cadillac during the period of about 1964 through 1969.
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The first big name group to appear in person, one that rivaled the Beatles in popularity was , The Searchers. They played on June 10, 1964, and performed a string of their No. 1 hits including their latest recording, “Needles and Pins.” Tim Viney is a publicist who represents the group that now tours as The Searchers. He wrote by email that two of the original members are now deceased and the one remaining member who would have been here that summer can’t remember Cadillac. “That was certainly their first tour and Cadillac must have been heading towards the end because John McNally’s wedding had been arranged for June 27 in Liverpool,” stated Frank Allen, who replaced Tony Jackson in August of 1964. He wrote a book called “The Searchers and Me” that said that during the summer of 1964,
the Searchers were touring with Dick & Dee Dee and the Dovells. When contacted, Dee Dee said that she also has no memory of their performance in Cadillac but confirmed that they opened for the Searchers that summer. Adele Williams Holland, Tornberg’s niece, met The Searchers that night. “The Searchers were the first big name group to come and I was just a little girl but I got to go over to my aunt and uncle’s house and meet them when they were in-between acts. We sat in the living room together. And yes, I remember Dick and Dee Dee were there, too.” Tornberg’s house was just across M-115 from the Platters on the shores of Lake Mitchell and all the groups took their breaks in the little house. And Adele was usually there to get their autographs.
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Two men & a dream
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To understand how the most famous rock bands of the ’60s made their way to Cadillac — groups and performers like The Dave Clark Five, The Searchers, The New Colony Six, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Jerry Lee Lewis and The Supremes, we have to understand the men behind the dream, Gordon “Doc” Tornberg and Art Dewey. They were bigger than life men who loved to dream — they didn’t fit the sedate mold of the times when most men wanted to enjoy post World War II peace. Born in 1912, Tornberg was one of the only doctors left in town during World War II. He worked from dawn until dusk with a specialty in pediatrics. His office was located on the corner of Cass and Shelby streets in a huge old Victorian home. “He worked all the time,” recalled his daughter Melissa Sjogren. “People came to our house, the phone rang at night. There wasn’t an emergency room back then, so people came and sat in the office all day long. We never took any vacations.” Tornberg loved people and spent a lot of time with each patient. Everyone in town knew and loved “Doc” Tornberg. “Everyone got a measure with dad,” Sjogren continued. “He had a wild sense of humor. People might not remember him laugh-
The bride, Merry Jo Dewey Berry, has helped reconstruct many of the memories of the era when her father, Art Dewey, managed the Platters. From left: David Dewey, Jo Berry, Jim Berry and Jim Dewey.
ing but instead, saying funny things with a twinkle in his eye.” “Doc” was a larger than life personality and “spent time with a group of Michigan movers and shakers,” recalled Merry “Jo” Dewey Berry, Dewey’s daughter and a retired high school counselor who lives in Salt Lake City. “Doc Tornberg thought big and spent time with celebrity golfer Walter Hagen, Ed Ragsdal, a Buick executive, and Joseph Maddy, founder of the Interlochen Arts Academy.” Tornberg lived large and drove big, expensive cars. When his daughter Melissa was a teenager, she asked to go with her friends to a popular dance place in Houghton Lake called The Music Box. Tornberg didn’t like kids out on the roads at night. At about the same time, he was mulling over the future of the new property he had acquired just across the road from the canal between lakes Cadillac and Mitchell. He had land contracts that extended from the canal to Division Street, including the parking area near where the disc golf course is today. Sjogren said her dad had an architect draw up plans for a convention center on the property that would be possible if he dredged out the wetlands behind where the Carl T. Johnson Hunting and Fishing Center now stands. “His hobby was kind of dreaming about things that could benefit the community,” Sjogren continued. “He felt the community needed a convention center and a college and he proposed buildings and space for that.” SEE A VENUE FOR TEENS ON PAGE 49
‘He felt the community needed a convention center and a college and he proposed buildings and space for that.’
Melissa Sjogren, Daughter of Gordon “Doc” Tornberg
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While Tornberg mulled over all of the above, his friend and neighbor Dewey was thinking about music. Dewey was a drummer with a passion for jazz. After he met and married MSU graduate Dorothy Whitman, the couple spent time visiting Chicago and New Orleans jazz clubs. They moved to Cadillac when Dewey got a job as a salesman for the Fruehauf Trailer Company The couple became active in . the community and began raising three children. Somehow the two neighbors started brainstorming the creation of a unique teen dance venue. Dewey knew the music business
Art and Dottie Dewey loved music and loved to dance. As manager of the Platters, Dewey dreamed of bringing in the top name groups of the day and he succeeded. This photo was taken on Jan. 3, 1970, in the Northwood Hotel in Cadillac during his daughter’s wedding reception.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 48 and had valuable contacts. Tornberg had the property where an old roller rink would make a perfect dance club. Just before opening in 1962, Dewey and his son Jim made a trip to the biggest record store in Tennessee and purchased 400 of the top-selling 45 records, or platters. Before long, every high school kid within a 100-mile radius had one thing on their minds, Saturday night at the Platters. It was a place to hang out with friends. It was a place to hear the latest music. For the girls, it was the place to dance with their latest crush and maybe start a relationship. There was always magic in the air at the Platters.
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Terry Toepp Fike was 19-years-old when she stood in line for hours to see the Supremes at the Platters in Cadillac. Fike then ran into Diana Ross in the bathroom and admired her earrings. Ross removed her earrings and gave them to her admirer.
By 1965, the Motown group called The Supremes was one of the hottest groups in the country . They were the first group to have four No. 1 hits in a row on the Billboard Hot 100, including, “Where Did Our Love Go,” “Baby Love,” “Come See about Me,” and the mega-hit “Stop! In the Name of Love.” So why on earth did they travel north from Detroit for a personal appearance at The Platters in Cadillac? By the time they made their appearance in Cadillac on June 12, 1964, they had just scored their fifth No. 1 hit, “Back in My Arms Again.” The Supremes were a nationwide phenomenon, stealing coveted number one spots on the Billboard Hot 100 from the The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. They had recently been on the Ed Sullivan TV show with a nationwide audience of millions. They also had a Grammy nomination and had just completed a European tour. Amazing, just one month before their black limousines rolled into the Platters’ parking lot, they were on the cover of Time Magazine. SEE SUPREME ON PAGE 52
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 50 Steve Birdwell was about 15 at the time and a Cadillac High School junior. “They played outside on the stage and for some reason, I don’t know, I had a big smile on my face and Diana Ross leaned down and gave me a big kiss.” It might be because Ross didn’t have to lean too far, Birdwell is 6-feet5-inches tall. Diana Ross and Mary Wilson entertained a crowd of 1,700 ticket holders. Florence Ballard was a no-show and organizers said she was sick. But friction between Ross and Ballard caused Ballard to miss shows in Montreal and New Orleans as well. She was eventually replaced in 1967 by Cindy Birdsong during a performance at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. Terry Toepp Fike was 19-years old and stood in line with her Brownie camera to see the famous trio.
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she remembers the “black Cad“We stood in a line that stretched dys with huge bodyguards going all the way to the highway to get through the parking lot.” inside,” she said. A newspaper account of the Between sets, performance noted Fike stood in line that Ross and Wilagain in the womson sang two sets en’s bathroom and but asked to come was next up when inside for the sec“Diana stepped ond show because out of the middle they were too cold stall.” on the back patio. Fike said she While workers was wearing black and volunteers eyeliner “from her hustled to move nose to ear (or so the stage, The it seemed.) I was Supremes took a very in awe of break and went her makeup and across the street tall stature,” she to a cottage on the said. “I admired lake owned by Dr. her earrings and Gordon Tornberg she took them off Earrings Diana Ross gave to Terry and his wife Edna. and gave them to Toepp Fike, who was 19 when Ross Their niece, 11-year me. Then someone came to play at the Platters. old Adele Holland else admired her Williams, was waitpinky ring and she ing there to meet gave the ring to her. I carried those them and get their autograph. earrings around in an old jewelry When Mary Wilson was recently box for 35 years before I finally had contacted for specific information them framed.” about this local appearance, she Word quickly spread about Fike’s honestly said she did not remembathroom encounter. ber being in Cadillac. “I remember being in the bath“I would like to help you with room with you,” recalled Linda this,” she said in an email. “I just Dowlyn VanWormer on Facebook. can’t remember. I have my itiner“You are a Cadillac rock star. Evary in my book “My Life as a Sueryone in the bathroom was wishpreme.” I will look to see if I have ing we were as brave as you. I can it there.” still see you walking up to Diana Wilson was unsuccessful at findRoss and saying, ‘I love your earing any reference to the Platters rings.’” appearance in old itineraries. But Classmate Sharon Clark was she said that since updating the there that night. She recalled that group’s history is ongoing, the init was too crowded to dance. And formation was very helpful to her.
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Bob and Mary Lindell hold the ticket stubs to a live performance of the Supremes. The group appeared at the Platters on June 12, 1965.
Serving up love at the Platters
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When it was time to retire, Mary and Bob Lindell didn’t hesitate. They built a home west of Cadillac. This is where they met and fell in love almost 50 years ago. Their love story began during the summer of 1962 at the Platters. Located across the road from the canal, it was packed every Saturday night with teenagers from miles around. Mary a high school senior, got , permission to drive up with friends from Reed City . Bob, a senior from LeRoy drove , up with his friends. “My parents would never let me go to the Music Box in Houghton
Lake,” Mary explained. “It was a rougher place. At least that was the impression my parents had. And it was further away So they let me go . to The Platters. But I didn’t get to go very often.” Bob and his friends loved hanging out at the Platters. There was always a chance they would meet a new girl from a different high school. The place was packed that summer night. The music was loud. Couples danced in the center of the floor. But around the edges, kids circulated in a giant loop, looking at each other, looking for someone to ask to dance, hoping to catch someone’s eye. “I was standing on one side of the building,” Bob remembered.
“You danced out in the middle. But I was on one side and she was on the other side. I was bashful and never knew what to do. But then a friend pointed her out on the other side and said she was nice. He said he would introduce us.” They danced that night and then started dating. But they drifted apart when he left for Ferris and she left to attend MSU. Three years after they ran into each other again. Their first big reunion date was back at the Platters on June 12, 1965, where they saw The Supremes in person. They still have the ticket stubs. “We were just in awe to see them,” Mary explained. “They were all so thin and they had gor-
geous dresses on.” Later that summer at the Platters, the couple saw Bobby Vinton, who was headlining at the Northern District Fair. “At the fair, I guess they talked him into dropping by the Platters,” Bob recalled. “It wasn’t a concert, he didn’t have his band, but he sang a couple of songs and left.” Vinton’s two big hits include “Blue Velvet” and “Roses are Red.” “The rest is history she said. ,” “The Platters was a great place, full of great memories of a happy time. We graduated in 1967 and got married that August.” The Lindells had successful careers in Midland, he with Dow Corning and she as a school librarian.
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‘This has become a wonderful story’
The Class of 1976 is bound together by the fateful visit
BY JEFF BRODDLE CADILLAC NEWS
Cadillac High School’s Class of 1976 has a reputation for being a tight knit group. One of the main threads tying the class together is the shared experience of having the rock band KISS perform in concert at the high school gymnasium in October 1975. For two days, the band was invited to basically take over the town, including riding in the homecoming parade in KISS-themed floats, posing for photos with members of the football team and marching band, and even meeting for breakfast with city leaders. The band agreed to come and put on a show after becoming intrigued with how the Vikings football team managed to turn its season around. The
KISS’ visit to Cadillac more than 30 years ago is the story of legend. Jim Neff, seen here with KISS band members in 2010, says he still gets asked about the band’s visit at least once a week.
team would get ready for a game by listening to KISS albums prior to each game. The hard rock chords of KISS, along with some line-up changes, are credited with helping the team break a two-game losing streak and go on to win the rest of the season’s games. KISS agreed to make a road trip to visit the school, and the experience helped define the Class of 1976 as the “KISS class.” SEE A DEFINING MOMENT ON PAGE 58
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Celebrating Faith Connects A Community
The Greater Cadillac Community holds faith as a key to unity within our neighborhoods. Worship becomes a place to connect and relate to one another. The support and friendship found at church bonds people with ties that are lasting. Those ties extend out into the community as people come together to encourage others and make our up-north region a better place to live! Whether you live in the area or are just passing through, make sure you visit one of these local churches!
St. Ann Catholic Church
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Temple Hill Baptist Church
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FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH UCC
Downtown Cadillac - 200 East Harris Street (across from the Post Office) Whoever you are, wherever you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here. WORSHIP SERVICE 10:30 AM COFFEE FELLOWSHIP AT 11:30 AM www.FirstCongCadillac.org
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The First Presbyterian Church
WORSHIP ’ROUND THE TABLES 8:30 AM ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL W/ENRICHMENT 9:15 AM TRADITIONAL WORSHIP SERVICE 10:30 AM with Sunday School for Pre K-12th Grade
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From left, Cadillac High School Principal Todd Bruggema and Cadillac superintendent Paul Liabenow receive the plaque that was donated by the Cadillac High School Class of 1976 as class member Harold Falan shares his memories of KISS coming to Cadillac.
A defining moment for the class
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 56 In true theatrical style, the band ended its visit on a high note by clambering on board a helicopter that had landed in the middle of the football field and showering the crowd with souvenir flyers as the chopper lifted off. As the Class of ‘76 met at the Eldorado Golf Course in August of 2006, hopes were high the band might drop in for a visit. Those hopes reached a fever pitch when a large helicopter buzzed the golf course, bringing scores of curious classmates out to the porch to see if the band had come back the same way it left. The chopper whirled to rest on the golf course, but four rockers clad in black leather and face paint were nowhere to be seen. Instead, classmates Randy Behrns, Harold Falan and Paul Keller emerged. “A lot of people thought it was KISS. They were disappointed when the three of us jokers came out of the helicopter,” said Behrns, 53. The classmates’ prank is a prime example of how the rock band’s whirlwind tour of Cadillac became a defining moment in the class’s history . “I think it really overwhelmed us as students,” Behrns, who noted he had never been to a rock concert before, said KISS rocked the gymnasium to the point he feared the walls would come down. “I didn’t think the gym could handle it. It was amazing,” said Behrns, who also had the honor of being homecoming king that year. Falan, 53, was 17 when KISS made its historic visit. He was not a football player, but he was an AllState basketball player. He remembers coming out of the gymnasium after the concert feeling, “almost deaf.” SEE LOUD ON PAGE 60
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It was loud … naturally
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 58 “It was loud, but it was good,” Falan said. It was Falan who came up with the idea to replace a plaque commemorating the event that had been a gift from the band. The plaque was stolen within months of being hung in the high school. Falan said the new plaque would serve as a marker for the event. Following the loss of the original, “There was nothing in our school that showed they were there,” Falan said. The class’s 35th reunion was well attended, with 110 attending out of a class of about 330 students. One of the main topics of discussion at the reunion party was remembering how incredibly loud the band’s concert was in the high school gym. Still, Falan recalled hearing KISS’s rock anthem, “Rock and Roll All Nite” ringing out at the reunion, as well. Class member Anne Wohlford was homecoming queen in 1975, and 16 years old. She was Anne Claypool at the time. Although she had a vague idea of the band KISS, she said that at the time, nobody could have predicted their staying power over the years. “I don’t think anyone knew how major they would be,” Wohlford said. With the band having been together just a few years, it wasn’t entirely clear they would be more than a one-hit wonder. “They turned out to be one of the most iconic, amazing groups,” Wohlford said. Wohlford’s father, Sperry Claypool, 79, also went to the concert. He was 44-years-old at the time, and listened to rock-and-roll. Claypool said he likes the Beatles, and is still a big fan of Elvis Presley . A friend, Roy Wohlford, who is now his daughter’s father-in-law, his solo. In keeping with his routine, Stanley slid off the suspender-like top part of his outfit so he could rock out fully bare chested. Harrison recalled a woman sitting behind her fearfully blurted out, “Oh my God, they’re going to take all their clothes off !” “I think she was really afraid they were going to strip down on the stage of the high school,” Harrison recalled. She doubted the group would have been able to take off their skintight outfits, even if they wanted to. “You’d have to skin them like a squirrel to get them off. There was no way they were coming off,” she said. Neff said literally a week doesn’t go by that he’s not contacted by someone who wants him to retell the story or has some kind of spe, cial request. How the self-proclaimed, “Hottest band on earth,” came to take a city of 10,000 by storm is a story that continues to fascinate. This summer, rock journalist and recognized authority on KISS, Ken Sharp is expected to release “Nothin’ to Lose,” an oral history of the band’s early years up to the release of their concert album, “Alive!,” which will include the Cadillac visit. In spite of his connection to the band, Neff had not had his photo taken with them until he got an opportunity to do so in 2010 when KISS played DTE Energy Center in Clarkston. Neff said the band also recognizes how unique the event was. Bassist Gene Simmons said to him, “This has become quite a wonderful story hasn’t it?” , Today Neff still is struck by the , impact of those two days in 1975. “It just absolutely amazes me that this goes on and on,” he said.
P.K. Harrison holds scrapbook with photos from KISS’ visit to Cadillac.
had tickets for the concert. The tickets were $3.50. “I said, sure, I’ll go,” Claypool said. “It was loud, of course, naturally . It was just a great show,” he recalled. The experience of seeing any band performing in Cadillac with a wall of amplified sound was unique in itself. Why does the story have such staying power? “I guess just the implausibility of it,” Wohlford said. Here was an outrageous rock band that played venues such as Cobo Hall in Detroit and the Philadelphia Spectrum taking the time to come to a small, Midwestern town. “And they took such an interest in our story It was an amazing conflu. ence of events, thanks to Jim Neff,” Wohlford said. Wohlford’s sister, P Harrison, .K. was a sophomore in 1975 and remembers watching the concert from the bleachers as rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley geared up for
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The beginnings & growth of some of our area’s
2012 Cadillac News
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Leading Businesses
Honor Roll of Businesses
FOSTER BROTHERS TRANSFER & STORAGE
Cadillac 231-775-3501 Est. 1889 84 Years 123 Years
CADILLAC NEWS
Cadillac 231-775-6565 Est. 1872 92 Years
140 Years
BLICK DILLON INSURANCE
Cadillac 231-775-3416 Est. 1874 91 Years
BOSTICK’S DRUG STORE
Manton 231-824-6465 Est. 1882 88 Years
130 Years
MERCY HOSPITAL
Cadillac 231-876-7200 Est. 1908 80 Years
104 Years
EBELS FAMILY CENTER
Falmouth 231-826-3333 Est. 1920 80 Years
COFFEY INSURANCE
Cadillac 231-775-3421 Est. 1921 77 Years
BAIRD, COTTER COREY FUNERAL NORGE VILLAGE LAUNDROMAT & BISHOP HOME
Cadillac 231-775-9789 Est. 1924 73 Years Evart 231-734-2251 Est. 1928 64 Years Cadillac 231-775-9336 Est. 1948 57 Years Cadillac 231-775-7271 Est. 1932 64 Years
PETERSON FUNERAL HOME
Cadillac 231-775-3411 Est. 1932 61 Years
VOGUE DRY CLEANERS
Cadillac 231-775-2721 Est. 1935 59 Years
HOLIHAN DRUGS
Evart 231-734-2551 Est. 1939 58 Years
ALRO STEEL
SWICK CUSTOM BUTCHERING
Tustin 231-829-3488 Est. 1948 55 Years
VOELKER IMPLEMENT SALES
Lake City • 231-839-8660 Big Rapids • 231-796-6302 Est. 1951 52 Years
VANDRIE HOME FURNISHINGS
Cadillac 231-775-8536 Est. 1953 52 Years
CY’S BODY SHOP INC.
Cadillac 231-775-5621 Est. 1954 48 Years
DON’S AUTO CLINIC
Cadillac 231-775-2413 Est. 1955 47 Years
DUDDLES TREE FARM
Reed City 231-832-2731 Est. 1957 46 Years
CADILLAC PARTY LOUNGE
Cadillac 231-775-9073 Est. 1960
MERRILL’S
Cadillac 231-775-7571 Est. 1960
PIZZA PLUS
Cadillac 231-775-7727 Est. 1964
CADILLAC PLUMBING & HEATING SUPPLY
Cadillac 231-775-2479 Est. 1965
DEAN’S BODY SHOP
Cadillac 231-775-5983 Est. 1966
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Leading Businesses
Honor Roll of Businesses
MISSAUKEE GOLF CLUB
Lake City 231-839-2901 Est. 1969 33 Years 43 Years
AIRPORT ANIMAL CLINIC
Cadillac 231-775-1378 Est. 1967 36 Years
45 Years
NORTHLAND TRAILERS
Cadillac 231-775-3101 Est. 1968 36 Years
Cadillac 231-775-3796 Est. 1969 36 Years
DAVE’S YAMAHA
43 Years
DRACHT CONSTRUCTION CO.
Marion 231-825-0035 Est. 1972 32 Years
40 Years
SOUTH END BREIDENSTEIN SALES & TOWING OIL & AUTO SERVICE SERVICE
Manton 231-824-3791 Est. 1976 32 Years Cadillac 231-775-3371 Est. 1976 32 Years
MANTON MINI MART
Manton 231-824-3752 Est. 1976 32 Years
AUDIOLOGICAL SERVICES
Cadillac 231-775-9398 Est. 1979 31 Years
MR. CLEAN AUTO CLEAN UP
Cadillac 231-775-3824 Est. 1980 31 Years
GODFREY CHEVROLET BUICK
Cadillac 231-775-4661 Est. 1980 31 Years
PINE GROVE ATHLETIC CLUB
Cadillac 231-775-9908 Est. 1980 29 Years
CADILLAC INSURANCE CENTER
Cadillac 231-775-1293 Est. 1980 29 Years
RANDY’S CAR PAST & PRESENT CLEANING & RESEARCH BACKYARD STORAGE Cadillac
231-775-4549 Est. 1981 27 Years Cadillac 231-775-6261 Est. 1981 27 Years
THE BOOK NOOK
Cadillac 231-775-8171 Est. 1981 27 Years
MAGGIE’S FAMILY TAVERN
Cadillac 231-775-1810 Est. 1983 23 Years
THE THISTLE PATCH
Cadillac 231-775-3500 Est. 1983 23 Years
HIGHPOINT CADILLAC GMC
Cadillac 231-775-1222 Est. 1985 23 Years
MANPOWER
Cadillac 231-775-1226 Est. 1985 23 Years
OWNERS JANET & RICHARD TRIPLETT
MINI STORAGE OF MANTON
Manton 231-824-6406 Est. 1985
OAK HEIRLOOMS
Cadillac 231-775-8511 Est. 1989
BRIDAL EXPRESSIONS
Cadillac 231-775-5003 Est. 1989
CADILLAC EYE CLINIC
Cadillac 231-775-1248 Est. 1989
PEARSON DRILLING CO.
Lake City 231-839-4444 Est. 1989
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Leading Businesses
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WEXFORD JEWELERS
Cadillac 231-775-1289 Est. 1995 15 Years 17 Years
CADILLAC ORTHOPAEDICS
Cadillac 231-779-7500 Est. 1992 16 Years Cadillac 231-779-4340 Est. 1996
20 Years
FARM BUREAU INSURANCE LEE GOODRICH
Cadillac 231-779-7936 Est. 1993 15 Years
NORTHWOODS FEED & SUPPLY
Cadillac 231-779-9883 Est. 1994 15 Years
18 Years
DOUGLASS
Cadillac 231-779-3960 Est. 1996 14 Years
16 Years
SABER TOOL
CADILLAC INSTITUTE OF COSMETOLOGY, LLC
Cadillac 231-775-3642 Est. 1997 13 Years
CARELINC
Cadillac 231-775-7143 Est. 1997
CURRY HOUSE
Continuum of Care Community
Cadillac 231-876-0611 Est. 1997 12 Years
GENISYS MORTGAGE PROFESSIONALS
Cadillac 231-779-9817 Est. 1999 11 Years
CADILLAC FAMILY PHARMACY
Cadillac 231-775-8200 Est. 1999 11 Years
13 Years
WEXFORD WOOD WORKINGS
Cadillac 231-876-WOOD Est. 1999
SATURN GEMS
Cadillac 231-876-2040 Est. 1981 9 Years
13 Years
PAKMAIL
Cadillac 231-775-9920 Est. 2000 9 Years
FABULOUS FURNITURE FINDS & MORE
Cadillac 231-920-9894 Est. 2001 6 Years
EXIT REALTY
Cadillac 231-775-4100 Est. 2001 4 Years
OWNER JANET TRIPLETT
THE CAR CORNER
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Manton 231-824-2277 Est. 2002 2 Year
BELLE OAKES RETIREMENT LIVING
Cadillac 231-779-4671 Est. 2003 1 Year
JENSEN’S RV CENTER OF CADILLAC
Cadillac 231-779-7100 Est. 2003
HANSEN COLLISION CENTER OF CADILLAC
Cadillac 231-876-9060 Est. 2006
MCBAIN AUTO SERVICE
McBain 231-825-2729 Est. 2008
MANTON PRO HARDWARE, LLC
Manton 231-824-3592 Est. 2010
NORTHERN MICHIGAN SERVICESTORE
Lake City 231-839-3030 Est. 2011
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Local parents gathered last spring in Lansing for Star Power Day. They got to meet with legislators to advocate on behalf of early childhood programs.
A ‘Great Start’ for all
BY KRIS VERHAGE CADILLAC NEWS
There are some sober statistics regarding children in Missaukee, Wexford and northern Osceola counties: • About one in five children younger than 6 years old are living in poverty . • The teen pregnancy rates are among the highest in Michigan. • Twenty-eight percent of children enter kindergarten with no preschool experience.
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• Substantiated child abuse/neglect reports are significantly above the state average. However, an organization is working to ensure that local children do not become just a statistic. The Wexford-Missaukee Great Start Collaborative consists of community leaders, business owners, charitable and faith-based organizations, health and human service agencies, educators and parents who are committed to establishing and maintaining a comprehensive early childhood system. It serves infants, toddlers and
preschoolers and their families who live in the Cadillac, Lake City Manton, Marion, McBain, , Mesick and Pine River school districts. Investing in children helps them to succeed in school and in life. This success creates a better community says Mike Acosta, co-coordinator of , the Great Start Collaborative. “We’re looking at the whole child,” he says. “It’s not just learning your ABCs.” SEE MAXIMIZE POTENTIAL ON PAGE 67
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 65 The collaborative’s early childhood system focuses on five areas: • Pediatric and family health care – promoting access to medical, dental and child development services, including referrals for children with developmental concerns; • Social-emotional health care – increasing public awareness about its importance and increasing the availability of social-emotional treatment for children; • Parent leadership – publicizing available resources, providing parenting education and engaging parents in their child’s development; • Child care and early education — increasing awareness of educational opportunities, events and activities for young children, developing common measures of quality for child care and preschools, providing professional resources for parents, caregivers and educators; and • Family support — promoting access to support and services that help families be safe and financially stable. SEE FIRST STEP ON PAGE 68
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ing” program for new parents at Mercy Hospital Cadillac. Parents The collaborative got its start in receive a DVD and information 2008. Last year, the Cadillac Area designed to help them understand Chamber of Commerce teamed normal infant crying and reduce with the Great Start Collaborainstances of child injury such as , tive to promote the importance Shaken Baby Syndrome, Acosta of early childhood education and says. services. The organization now is • The Great Start Early Childhoused at the chamber office. hood Parent Coalition is made The business community up of parents, grandparents, recognizes how early childhood caregivers and professionals programs benefit the entire comwho work with children in Wexmunity Acosta says. A healthy , ford, Missaukee and northern business climate creates economic Osceola counties. Its purpose is prosperity for a community Busi- to increase parent participation . ness benefits from a quality in early childhood planning and educational system. And a good decision-making locally It meets . educational system is driven by from 5:30 to 7 p.m. the second safe, secure neighborhoods and in- Tuesday of the month at Emmandividuals and families interested uel Lutheran Church in Cadillac. in lifelong learning, he says. Child care is provided. According to information sup• Great Start’s web site, www. plied by the Great Start Collabwmgreatstart.org, offers informaorative, quality early childhood tion about its services and links programs are important because to local resources and services, studies show that that they’ve resuch as Child Care Connections. sulted in: The site run by the Northwest • Improved educational perMichigan 4-C Council allows parformance, including higher test ents to search for local, licensed scores; child care providers and pre• Reduction in special education, schools. grade retention and drop-outs; • The site also features a month• Increased high school and colly calendar of playgroups, local lilege graduation rates; brary activities and other family• Reduced juvenile delinquency friendly activities and events. and criminal activity later in life; • A Family Expo is scheduled • Higher earnings and tax revfor Saturday April 28, at Macki, enue by child and parent; naw Trail Middle School in Cadil• Reduction in welfare depenlac. The event will feature kids’ dency; activities and various booths • Lower child abuse rates. offering information about proIn addition, parents with access grams and services such as child to child care and early childhood care and Head Start. programs miss less work, Acosta • The annual Star Power Day is says. set for Wednesday May 16. Par, ents and kids will ride a bus to Lansing to speak with legislators Resources for parents about how important early child• The collaborative has implehood programs are to a child’s mented a “Period of Purple Crydevelopment. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 67
The Born Learning Trail at the Enchanted River Playground in Mesick is designed to help young children learn through play. It was made possible by the Wexford-Missaukee Great Start Collaborative, Wexford-Missaukee Child Protection Council and the United Way of Wexford and Missaukee counties.
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An early adopter. A progressive state industry that is both sustainable and productive. If these ideas didn’t make you think of dairy farming, think again. An abundance of water and a relatively mild climate that doesn’t subject cows to oppressive heat works together with state-of-the-art technologies to help the industry be one of the most progressive in the state, according to Michigan State University dairy cattle nutritionist David Beede, Ph.D. Michigan farms have been quick to adopt technology such as freestall barns that are open to ventilation to cool the animals in the summer. In the winter, removable canvas sides or panels help ward off the chill and keep the cows in a productive temperature zone.
Missaukee, Osceola, and Wexford counties have a strong infrastructure for supporting dairy farms, according to Kathy Lee, dairy educator with Michigan State University Extension. Area agri-businesses include feed companies, farm machinery and implement dealers, milking equipment suppliers, seed distributors, crop services, farm supplies, construction, and veterinarians. Missaukee County leads the way with 57 farms supporting a total of , 13,800 cows. Osceola County has 50 farms, and about 6,000 cows. Wexford County comes in with 13 farms and about 700 cows. Lake County has three farms with about 450 head. In financial terms, the value of the milk sold in Missaukee County totaled almost $65 million, while Osceola County’s output totaled around $28 million. Wexford and Lake counties came in at $3.3 million and $2.1 million, respectively . SEE ECONOMIC ON PAGE 73
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 70 Osceola County’s Fred Prichard started in the dairy industry in 1976, working with his father and taking over his stepmother’s farm. He and his wife, Annette, started milking on their own. They have about 150 cows, which they mostly handle on their own, with a little help from parttime workers. Son, Logan, 18, helps out with day-to-day chores. They milk twice a day . “We pretty much do it ourselves, seven days a week,” Fred Prichard said. Annette is in charge of raising the calves and doing the bookwork, and pitches in with milking when necessary . “I tell everybody I’m the manager and the
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head grunt,” Fred Prichard said. It wasn’t long ago that dairy farmers faced tough times. Milk prices fell by about half in 2009, putting a tight squeeze on profits, if any . Things got better in 2010 and 2011. Michigan dairy farmers do their best to maximize production and profits — not an easy thing given the volatility of milk prices. Long hours and relatively low pay are challenges as well, Prichard said. But fuel and electricity costs also are on the upswing, and insurance costs continue to escalate. Prichard said the economic downturn led to some farmers seeing 30 to 50 percent of their equity eroded. Also keep in mind that a dairy farm may require hundreds of acres of land and tens of
thousands of dollars in tractors and other machinery . Looking at a farm, visitors see thousands of dollars of equipment, but may not realize that like other business owners, farmers need to borrow just to keep the farm operating and pay back loans with interest. East of LeRoy are the Steinhaus Ponderosa Dairy Farms. Doug Steinhaus has about 200 dairy cows. With offspring, he has about 400 holsteins. Dean’s, in Evart, is their sole customer, they are licensed to sell solely to the dairy company . “It’s very demanding, but also very rewarding,” Steinhaus said. SEE PERFECTION ON PAGE 74
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 73 Dairy may not be the future for his 16-year-old son, but he helps out. How is it different from a 9-to-5 job? “It’s more like 5-to-9, if not a little more,” Steinhaus said. As the farm grows and gets a little larger, the addition of more employees helps take the pressure off a little bit, but as sole owner, he’s on duty . “If we have employees that come in at 3:30 a.m. and something doesn’t work, I’m up at 3:30,” Steinhaus said. Pressure also comes from keeping an eye on what goes into producing the milk, and what comes out. “The profit margin is close. So you do your job correctly, or you don’t stay in business,” Steinhaus said. One of the larger operations in Missaukee County is the Benthem Brothers Dairy Farm west of McBain. Milking goes on around the clock, three times a day Their . milking parlor can accommodate 24 cows at one time, or about 100 cows an hour. “We just shut down in time to wash the system twice a day,” said Doug Benthem, who owns the farm with brother, Bruce. Doug brought his son, Jason, into the operation, and Bruce brought in his son, Ryan. While Doug and Bruce are there every day, the boys are the day-to-day managers. Their fathers’ duties lean more toward farming the crops.
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Bruce Benthem climbs into a tractor. Between Missaukee, Osceola, Wexford and Lake counties, milk sold has a value of $98.4 million, which supports many other businesses such as implement dealers.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 74 One of the farm’s high tech features is an electronic system that helps determine when a cow is in heat. The cows must be bred regularly by artificial insemination to bear calves and therefore produce milk. Each cow has a sensor on its collar that measures how much she moves around, and how active she is. The most active cows, who are identified by computer and can be singled out by the tag number in their ear, are likely to be the ones in heat. Calves are born on the farm at the rate of about three a day As . they grow, they are kept in groups with their peers, and eat food appropriate for their age. The milk-producing cows also are carefully monitored. Once a week, a nutritionist checks their stats, including the butterfat content and protein, as well as their weight. They don’t want the herd to be too fat, or too thin. “It’s quite a science,” Benthem said. The farm also makes use of the new freestall barns, which allow cows to be more comfortable. Larger stalls are free of obstructions in the front and sides, making it easier for them to get up. They bed down on sand, which they find to be soft for laying down. Food is available for them to eat at all times. Their food is grain and forage mixed together, carefully formulated for each of seven different groups of cows found on the farm. Two-year-old cows are kept separate because they are smaller and younger. High-producing cows are kept together, as are the ones who are trailing off in production. Cows start to show their age after about a decade or so. Last fall the farm hosted a Breakfast on the Farm, which drew about 2,000 visitors. “People were impressed and happy to see the farm,” Benthem said. “We wanted to show them that we take good care of our cows, that we have a good, safe product for them to buy We care about . the environment and do whatever we can to preserve it for the next generation, and the people who follow us.”
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Michael Hughes counts silverware that he wrapped as part of his job at the Blue Heron Cafe in Cadillac. Michael works two days per week at Blue Heron.
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Tightly wrapped silverware lines the counter at Blue Heron Café as Michael Hughes counts them one by one before placing them neatly in a container and carting them off to the kitchen. Michael takes pride in his work
and he’s good at it. He’s not concerned about his hourly wage or climbing up the corporate ladder, and he does not understand the difficulties of today’s economy . Michael is autistic and works two days at Blue Heron. “He takes pride in his work and it gives him a sense of purpose,” said Lyn Hughes, Michael’s mother.
Michael, now 29, began working at Blue Heron as a special needs student as part of a job placement program and, according to Rebecca Potter, Blue Heron front house manager, he did such a good job they decided to keep him as a paid employee. In addition to his silverware wrapping duties, Michael inserts bread into bags and neatly ties them and
places them perfectly on a designated shelf. It’s the most orderly shelf in the kitchen. Michael’s propensity for patterns, neatness and organization are common symptoms of autism and just some of the clues that Lyn and Brian Hughes identified when Michael was an infant. SEE DIAGNOSIS ON PAGE 78
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Lyn, Michael, and Brian Hughes, along with Michael’s sister Emily haved lived in the Cadillac Area their entire lives. Michael is autistic and was part of the inspiration for the After 26 project.
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through Cadillac on a warm sunny day Lyn was pregnant with her sec. ond child and pushing Michael in a stroller, when he began to sing. “We didn’t even know he could talk and here he is singing ‘Every time you go away you take a piece of me , with you’ by Hall and Oates.” These were the first words Lyn and Brian heard from Michael. As time went on, the symptoms became more and more evident, but it was not until a Cadillac News article on autism and a pamphlet Brian found at work, that Lyn was able to attach a label to Michael’s unique behavior. “I was actually relieved to find out that he had autism. I finally felt like I wasn’t a rotten mom,” said Lyn. While Lyn believes that people should not get too hung up on labels, she recognized that identifying the disorder provided her with a sense of community and she and Brian were able to seek out others who had raised children with autism. “ soon as we started networking, As we found other parents, mostly with older children,” said Brian. Many of the other children had been misdiagnosed and misunderstood by the medical establishment of the time. Autism was not widely known in the early 1980s and the Internet was still a few years away . For the Hughes, the other parents offered hope and guidance in the form of advice and moral support. However, there was still a great deal of negativity surrounding Michael’s future. “We were told that he would never do a lot of things, that he would never tell us he loved us or kiss us good night — we took it as a challenge. Rather than just accepting it, we found creative ways around it,” said Lyn who admits that there were times she thought she couldn’t do it and that maybe Michael would be better off in a home. SEE A BETTER LIFE ON PAGE 80
At a time when autism was not widely recognized, Michael exhibited unique behaviors that told the Hughes that something was different. “We just thought he was stronger and smarter than other babies,” said Lyn Hughes. “We started noticing things at about a year old. We bought him golden books and he made patterns on the floor with them rather than turning the pages. He would also line up his toys.” Michael did not start talking until he was three years-old. In fact, his first words were not even his own. Brian and Lyn were taking a walk
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It was suggested that Michael live in a home as an adult. But there is a lack of availability in this area and Lyn knew that she could give him a better life. “Who can take care of him better than we do? He gets to have a job, community involvement and make his own choices. I would like to see him with someone he cares about and who cares about him.” It was perhaps that defiance and unrelenting drive to prove people wrong that has sustained the Hughes family for nearly 30 years. When Lyn and Brian would tell someone that their son was autistic, many would express interest in his drawings and paintings, assuming they meant artistic. Autism was simply not widely known. Michael was 6 when the movie Rain Man was released and the world was introduced to the true nature of autism through a brilliant performance by Dustin Hoffman. “When the movie was done we waited until the theater was empty before we left, we both had tears in our eyes, it really hit home,” said Brian. Unlike the character in the movie, Michael had to learn to be flexible as Lyn, a part-time nurse, and Brian, a former school custodian, often had odd schedules that Michael would have to adhere to. He could not have a rigid, institutionalized schedule like the Rain Main character. Lyn credits this need for flexibility for Michael’s ability to cope with change. Also unlike Rain Man, and against conventional wisdom regarding au-
Michael Hughes shows off his time card for the Blue Heron Cafe in Cadillac. Michael was hired as a paid employee after working as a student through the Wexford-Missaukee ISD.
tism, Michael is highly social. “Michael has a way of endearing himself to others,” said Lyn. “He’s more popular in town than we are and we were both born and raised here,” adds Brian. Michael has many really close friends that he’s made through community programs and the ISD, but perhaps his closest friend sleeps right across the hall, his dad. “Michael emulates his dad,” said Lyn. “When Brian gets a new shirt, Michael has to get one just like it. He really looks up to him.” Brian contends that he has not had the typical father-son relationship with Michael. But when he describes trying to teach Michael to shave or mow the lawn, or when he has to tell him to quiet down and go to bed, it sounds like any other father and son relationship. But of course, Michael does put his own unique spin on the process. “When he mows, it’s perfectly straight lines. When he gets to the stop sign on the corner he stops the mower and shuts of the engine,” said Brian. “He knows what the stop sign means.” Michael did not learn to read until he was in seventh grade and did so thanks to a number of dedicated teachers. This opened a lot of doors for Michael, who now waits for the credits to roll when watching a movie so he can read the names. Teachers have been an important part of Michael’s life and programs like those offered by the special education department at the WexfordMissaukee ISD give individuals like Michael and opportunity to socialize and learn valuable skills. It also gives them a break from their primary care givers, a concept that Lyn thinks is underestimated. However, after a special needs student reaches the age of 26, Michigan law says they can no longer attend public school programs. This places families and individuals like Michael in a difficult spot. Placing a special needs person in a group home is a big step and not one that is always beneficial for the individual. “The home must understand the specific needs of the individual and needs to understand the quirks of each person they care for. It also takes a special person to care for an autistic person,” said Cathy Best, a social worker with Northern Lakes Community Mental Health. “Right now we don’t have a good home to provide autistic services to adults in Cadillac.” SEE NEW VENTURE ON PAGE 80
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Continued from page 80 Lyn and Brian always knew that they would keep Michael at home through adulthood, but with concern for others like him, they considered starting a home where people like Michael could be cared for. But, according to Lyn, these types of places cost money and she and Brian are getting too old to create something like that. Special needs students who exceed the age limit of the schoolbased programs face similar challenges that non-disabled students face when they graduate — the loss of a social network. The problem for the special needs population is that there are few outlets available and those that do exist, often carry a cost. In most cases the cost can be absorbed by Medicaid but those without Medicaid are without that option.
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In 2005, Michael and his aunt were approached by Andy MacDonald who told them about the Junction of Hope, a restaurant in Chesaning that employs special needs adults. McDonald expressed interest in starting something similar in the Cadillac area. Lyn was intrigued, but daunted by the idea of starting something of that magnitude. After viewing a video of the Chesaning site, she began to share her excitement with others in the community . “I was just pumped right up,” she said. “I eventually got the Special Olympics on board and we decided to go to Chesaning and see how the operation worked.” The group decided to move for-
ward and explore how this might work in the Cadillac area. But Lyn admits, progress was slow. “This is something that is so necessary, but it took so long to get people to step forward and say ‘we can do this,’” she said. The first organizational meeting took place in 2006 and generated a lot of interest. But it was a small, dedicated group that moved the project forward. Eventually, a board was formed and Lyn was asked to serve as president. Although she says it’s mostly because no one else would do it, it’s clear that Lyn is perhaps one of the few people who could accomplish it. Today the project has reached an exciting phase. The group has entered into an agreement to renovate the AMVETS Building in Cadillac — a $500,000 project — and
plan to open sometime in 2012. But Lyn is looking beyond the renovation phase and beginning to envision the role that someone like Michael might play in the project. “My thought is to think outside the mop. These special needs individuals don’t need to be relegated to custodial positions. Michael is capable of working in the kitchen, cooking. Many others are just as capable,” said Lyn with the same defiant and determined tone she uses when she describes those days when she was told that Michael couldn’t or wouldn’t do something. Michael ended up doing nearly everything she was told he wouldn’t and it’s safe to say that, with Lyn on board, others like Michael will play a significant role in the After 26 project.
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Directory ..................................... 31 Eagle Village Inc ........................................................ 37 Ebels Family Center .................................................. 14 ERA Greater North Properties, Barry Fall .................... 11 Family Health Care..................................................... 22 Fiamm Technologies License ..................................... 35 Forest Area Federal Credit Union ................................ 35 Genisys Mortgage Professionals ............................... 11 Godfrey Chevrolet Buick ............................................ 19 Green Acres Assisted Living....................................... 04 Highpoint Cadillac GMC ............................................ 09 Honor Roll of Businesses ......................................62-64 “Just as Nice” Thrift Store........................................... 61 Knitter’s Nest ............................................................. 81 The Lakeview ........................................................... 79 L & J Meat Market .................................................... 61 Long’s Hearing Care Systems .................................... 67 Mackinaw Trail Pediatrics ......................................... 35 Manton Directory ....................................................... 71 Marion Directory ........................................................ 27 Mecosta County Medical Center ............................... 76 Mercy Homecare/Mercy Hospice ............................... 61 Mercy OB/GYN Partners ............................................ 13 Mercy Hospital Cadillac ............................................. 66 Mcbain Directory ...................................................... 75 Northern Lakes Community Mental Health .................. 52 Northwoods Feed & Supply ....................................... 59 Osceola County Directory .....................................20-21 Rec Boat Holdings, LLC ............................................ 53 Reed City Area Chamber Of Commerce ..................... 45 Re/Max Central ........................................................ 61 Restaurant Directory .................................................. 69 Resurrection Life Church............................................ 59 Sparkling Clean Services,LLC .................................... 59 Spectrum Health ...................................................... 40 Sunnyside Estates ..................................................... 76 Voelker Implement Sales, Inc ...................................... 37 Wexford Community Credit Union .............................. 24 Wexford County Habitat For Humanity ....................... 37 Wexford County Historical Society and Museum ......... 24 Wexford Jewelers ...................................................... 02 Wexford Missaukee Career Technical Center .............. 17 Wexford Missaukee Career Technical Center Connection Store ..................... 72 White Pine Village ..................................................... 24 Williams Construction, Inc .......................................... 24 Willow Mercantile ...................................................... 51
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“Live Your Life Again”
• Aquatic Therapy • Physical Therapy • Occupational Therapy • Speech Therapy • Recreational Therapy • Rehabilitation • Therapy For Brain & Spinal Cord Injuries, As Well As All Types Of Therapies. • Punch Card Available for Aerobic Classes • Omni Virtual Reality System - only one in Michigan being used for therapy • Omni Cycle - only one in OT/PT in area • Many hi-tech pieces of equipment in use on land and water
1900 S. LaChance Rd. Lake City • 231-775-3081
Monday-Friday 8-5. Appointments for after hours if needed.
Relax and enjoy an independent lifestyle, our senior apartments offer spacious living with amenities and extras you’ll really enjoy. All services and amenities listed are included in rent fees. (No ala carte fees)
• Three home cooked meals a day plus snacks • All utilities • Laundry room and/or laundry services • Ample closet space (large walkin closets in standard and deluxe suites) • Private living area and private bath • Housekeeping services • Indoor, outdoor, and community activities Monthly Rent starting at $3000 • Exercise activity programs 7 days a week • Onsite beauty and barber shop • Aviary with several varieties of interesting birds and plants • Aquarium with popular fish species and other aquatic life forms • Emergency call system in every suite • Generator on site • Month to month rental, cable included in monthly rent • Some transportation included
2353 S. LaChance Road • Lake City, MI 49651 • 231-779-4671 • Esther Nederhood, R.N., Owner
