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contents

06 Skillul MindsetWexford-Missaukee CTC gives students

skills for continued education, jobs

14 Cultivating interestsManton Middle School is building interested

in extracurriculars with coooking and chess

20 Food or ThoughtNMC students enjoying the fruits

and vegetables of their labor

28 Preparing or lieCadillac special education class has students

learning how to run a profitable business

36 Not your ather’s actory jobCadillac factory plant manager working to

change perspectives on today’s manufacturing

41 The power overhead

& under our eet

44 Friends making

return visit to CadillacSeward Johnson statues will find a home

in Cadillac for the summer.

49 An odd, but perect,

ft in Marion

54 Milk MoneyDairy industry A major economic

impact for Northern Michigan

58 Equipment suppliers

keep dairies milking

62 Food or thoughtMore than milk comes from local dairy farms

66 High tech feldFarming is a high-tech growth industry

70 Dream It! Plan it! Do it! A snowmobile club changing the

conversation on snowmobiling

00 Bed and breakast oers a

glimpse into Manton’s past

80 Bryan Elenbaas

really digs his job

WHAT’S INSIDE...

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By Rick chaRmoli

CadillaC News

nyone amiliar with the movie

“Napoleon Dynamite” knows how

important it is to have skills.

The fctitious character rom the

2004 flm starring Jon Heder was trying to use

his skills to get a date to a dance, but in the real

world having skills could be the dierence in

getting into the college program or a good job

you desire. For years, the Wexord-Missaukee

Career Technical Center has been giving its

students those types o skills.

That trend is continuing today. Programs

like welding and metal abrication, building

trades and automotive services are probably

what most think o when it comes to oerings

at the CTC, but those are not the only suc-

cessul programs. Three others are helping to

move the CTC and its students rom the mem-

ber districts o the Wexord-Missaukee Inter-

mediate School District into the 21st Century.

These program include Computers, Net-

working and Electronics Technology or CNET,

Agriscience and Natural Resources, and

Health Science Careers. They may not be able

to get students a date, but they are helping

them learn skills that give them a leg up on

competition when it comes to getting into the

college programs they want or landing a job

ater graduation.


RiCk ChaRmoli | CadillaC News

Andrew Strom checks his work after he sod-dered a composite video cable for a SuperNintendo in the lab at the CNET classroom atthe Wexford-Missaukee CTC.

Skillfulmind setWexford-MissaukeeCTC gives students

skills for continuededucation, jobs

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It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand

there is high demand or people who are prof-cient with computers, sotware and technology.

For about our years, the CNET program has

been taking that ocus and teaching its students

how to fx, use, repair and build computers,

electronics, networks and technology. As part o

the program, students have the opportunity to

become profcient in computer technician skills

and receive a certifcation in the programming

language, A+.

The certifcation is an international valida-

tion o the knowledge, as well as the technical

and customer satisaction skills, required o an

entry-level computer technician. Certifcation

is the industry-wide standard or measuring

benchmark level, vendor-neutral technical skills

expected o a technician with six months on-the- job experience.

The program also oers students experience

in a variety o electrical and electronic careers.

Students in this program learn how to design,

trouble shoot, and repair electrical and elec-

tronic circuits and systems. Students also learn

basic AC and DC circuit principles, solid state

electronics and electronics technician skills.

CNET students also take an introductory

course in computer repair and maintenance andhave the opportunity to explore the many disci-

plines in the electricity and electronics industry.

This includes robotics and automation, residen-

tial and commercial wiring, home integration,

industrial controls, programmable logic control-

lers, alternative energy, microprocessors, and

electronics repair to name a ew.

See Technically speaking on page 8

Computers, networking & electronics technology

Rick chaRmoli | cadillac News

Manton junior Alex Frey, 16, scraps a computer in the lab of the CNET program at the Wexford-MissaukeeCTC. Students in the Computers Networking Electronics and Technology program at the Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District work on scrapping old PC’s for parts and metal to be used inother computers or to raise money to purchase other parts or computers.

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Continued from page 7

The goal of this two-year course is to pro-

vide information technology and electronics

engineering students with the basic elec-

tronic, hardware, software and networking

skills necessary to be successful in a variety

of entry level IT and engineering positions.

If all of that sounds technical, it is. That,

however, is exactly what CNET instructors

Tim Rigling and John Partridge want.

“Students want to be here and we feel we

give students a leg up in the workforce,”

Rigling said. “We are trying to make it so

they can get a job or move on to a two-year or

four-year school.”

Rigling added that while there are several

programs that students could take at other

locations, the CTC’s program is unique

because it is hybrid of both computers and

electronic programs.

Partridge said he feels the program offers

opportunity to its students.

“It’s not only high school credit but col-

lege credit. It gives them a reason to come to

school,” he said. “We are making sure stu-

dents have the opportunity to be employed

and can work their way through school.”

Both instructors also said the need that

companies are experiencing for highly

skilled people is one that is not going to go

away. For that reason, as the technology

evolves, so will the CNET program.

“This class has to evolve with the technol-

ogy. As it changes we will change so students

are given knowledge to be successful in the

workforce,” Rigling said.

See AgriScience on page 10


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To everyone that submitted photos, wedidn’t realize how beautiful of a place we trulylive in! You’ve brought the landscape to life!

Thanks forsetting the scene for this year’ s Our Community Section.

cadillacnews.com

Here are a few of our favorites. Please take time to check out allof the entries at www.cadillacnews.com/photocontest_gallery/.


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Whether a person has a passion or wildlie,

shing, arming or simply being outdoors, the

Wexord-Missaukee Career Technical Center is

ull o opportunities.

The agriscience and natural resources pro-

gram includes instruction o tree and plant

identication, operation o heavy equipment,

orest management, aquaculture, foriculture,

greenhouse operation, landscape management,

and sheries and wildlie management.

Program instructor Mark Johnson said his

program gives a broad exposure with a variety

o options. He added that while there are stu-

dents with a variety o interests, the program is

not easy or one to be taken lightly.

“It’s college prep material. It has a strong aca-

demic component,” Johnson said. “The degree

and variety o opportunities is what we try to

sell to people. We have something or the hunt-

ers, oresters and foral kids.”

Agricultural science is a broad multidisci-

plinary eld that encompasses the parts o

natural, economic and social sciences that are

used in the practice and understanding o agri-

culture and natural resources. Forestry workers

study the management o orest lands, rom

planting to harvesting. Greenhouse workers

plant, cultivate, harvest and care or plants. In

the foral industry, designers work with various

materials to make wreaths, centerpieces, cor-

sages and bouquets.

See GrowinG careers on page 12


ro le, Cadillac sudens Lainey Wheeler, 18, marinna Sih, 17 and mesick suden gabriell Jacobson, 17, work on akin foral arraneens a he Wexord-missaukee CtC.

Agriscience and natural resources

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Jobs are available in retail and home businesses. Public relations and

retailing skills are necessary in many agriscience elds. The national

FFA organization is a part o this program building on personal growth,

student leadership, and career success.

Students involved in the FFA Organization will urther their skills in

public speaking, how to conduct and participate in meetings, manage

nances, strengthen problem solving abilities and assume civic responsi-

bility. Students will also have opportunities or community service proj-

ects and may also compete in areas o expertise at the regional, state and

national levels.

Johnson said the FFA portion o the class is where students learn lead-

ership skills. Having that on your resume when applying or college also

is something that many higher learning institutions take into consider-

ation.

“No other place in the service area is that oered,” Johnson said o FFA.

“Having the FFA piece is universally recognized.”

Health science careers

The sky is the limit when it comes to opportunities in the health care

proession.

Lucky or students within the Wexord-Missaukee ISD, they are get-

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which ollows the Intro to Health Care class.

Program instructor Nancy Wallington said many students get involved

in the program because they have an interest in becoming a doctor or

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ington said they should have a pretty good idea i they still want to pursue

that career path.

“It’s an opportunity to try it on or size and see i you like it,” she said.

“Once they are through the program, it is about putting them where they

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The health care eld includes some o the most rapidly advancing ca-

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o sophisticated equipment, and the expansion o the eld throughout

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The Health Science Careers program provides training in body struc-

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Students also are able to leave the program with the necessary skills to

nd entry-level employment in nursing homes, hospitals, and doctor or

dentist oces.

“They have the opportunity to be a Certied Nurses Aide. Once through

the program, they can take the test and get a job that pays more than mini-

mum wage,” Wallington said.

With various partnerships with Mercy Hospital in Cadillac as well as

various nursing homes in the area including Autumnwood o McBain,

Wallington said there also are opportunities to get employment at one

o those places. She also said those partnerships help students have the

chance to get the leg up on the competition when it comes to getting into

certain programs or post-secondary education opportunities.

“Many colleges now require you work in the health care eld beore you

enter the program. At CMU (Central Michigan University) you need to be

an EMT or CNA to get into the physicians assistant program,” she said.

“We are trying to be that program to allow students to have the ability

where we can get them in to get their hours and be ahead o the rest.”



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BY Kris Verhage

CadillaC News

anton Middle

School Prin-

cipal Ryan

Hiller drops in

on Barb Waite’s classroom

ater school one aternoon.

There, a dozen or so th-

and sixth-graders are en-

gaged in chess matches.

Hiller boasts that he’s a

pretty good chess player. He

issues the ollowing chal-

lenge: Anyone who beats

him at chess will be treated

to a ree lunch at Subway.

Challenge accepted.

Several students eagerly

raise their hands.

On the other side o

the Manton Consolidated

Schools campus, in the high

school wing, another dozen

or so boys and girls are

learning how to prepare one

o teacher Katy Kroondyk’s

recipes, “Better Than Fro-

zen Hot Pockets.”

She explains the recipe,

o which each student has

a copy to take home, and

elds questions rom the

middle-schoolers. The kids

then collect the ingredients

— broccoli forets, shredded

cheddar cheese, mayon-

naise inused with olive oil

and crescent rolls — and

head to their cooking sta-

tions to get to work.

This past all, inspired by

a similar idea at Traverse

City Area Public Schools,

Manton school ocials

decided to expand middle-

school extracurricular

oerings beyond band, ath-

letics and Student Council.

Teachers were encouraged

to lead extracurricular pro-

grams based on their inter-

ests, Hiller said.

That’s how the chess club

and cooking class were

started. Each asks or a

participation ee, but it is

waived i students cannot

aord them, he said.

See Cooking on page 17


Manton Middle School iS building intereSt

in extracurricularS with cooking and cheSS

M

Kris Verhage | CadillaC News

Manton Consolidated Schools teacher Katy Kroondyk helps sixth-grader Kira Stutzman place crescent rolls on a baking sheet.

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Kroondyk, a frst-year teacher at Mantonwho previously taught or Grand Rapids Public

Schools, decided to start a beginners’ cooking

class. Her mother taught her how to cook, and

Kroondyk wanted to share her culinary knowl-

edge with young people.

She didn’t have to work hard to convince kids

to join. Many o them had become interested incooking thanks to their parents and Food Net-

work shows. Also, kids had asked why the school

didn’t already oer such a class.

Kroondyk described the class as both un and

educational. She started sessions by teaching

them to read recipes and learn about kitchen

saety. She said her classes oer lessons in mathand science and gets kids in touch with other

cultures.

See WIn on page 18


manon middle School sevenh-graders, ro le, Hannah morrow and Ysabel mcBride reare “Beer than frozen Ho pockes” during a session o he school’s cooking class.

Cooking with Katy

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The kids have learned to prepare dishes like

spinach lasagna rolls and tostadas, as well as

how to make Thanksgiving side dishes like

cranberry sauce.

“I’ve heard rom several parents that they’re

eating oods they normally wouldn’t eat,”

Kroondyk said.

“I like to try all kinds o ood,” seventh-grad-

er Ysabel Thomas said. “I love to eat.”

The spinach lasagna rolls dish was a avorite,

according to Ysabel and many o the students,

who said they started taking classes because

they wanted to learn to cook and to help their

amilies prepare meals.

“I didn’t want to burn down the house,” joked

sixth-grader Makayla French.

Kroondyk eventually would like to start an

intermediate-level class in which students de-

velop their own recipes.

Game timeYou could say that Waite has picked up where

she let o.

Years ago, she introduced sixth-grade stu-

dents to chess during a lesson on medieval his-

tory and subsequently oered an ater-school

chess club.

This new version o the club is oered weekly

through spring break to fth- and sixth-graders

who want to play or learn to play. When she

isn’t answering questions or clariying rules,she’s playing with students in need o a part-

ner.

An avid chess player, Waite has several chess

sets, including one crated o Italian marble

and one o mother o pearl that her son had

brought home or her during overseas travels to

countries like Iraq, she said.

She also has a our-person set and a game,

“No Stress Chess,” which is designed to help

newbies quickly learn to play.

But so ar, the students haven’t needed “NoStress Chess,” she said, adding all but three o

the students did not know how to play when the

club ormed.

“The kids teach each other,” Waite said.

Fith-grader Madalynn Lutke didn’t know

how to play when she joined.

“I picked it up pretty easily,” she said. “It was

un.”

Fith-grader George Brown has been playing

since he was about 7 or 8 years old.

“My cousin taught me. That’s how I learned,”he said.

George’s reasons or enjoying chess are pretty

simple.

“I you win, it’s un. I you lose, it’s still un.”


Manton Middle School fth-grader George Brown says he’s been playing chess since a cousin taught him the gamewhen he was about 7 or 8 years old. Madalynn Lutke, also a fth-grader, recently learned to play chess.

Win

or lose, it is fun

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By Mardi SuhS

CadillaC News

“We’re going to do what — grow our own food?”

That’s how some students reacted three years ago when administrator

and teacher Dirk Walhout announced plans to create a program to grow

produce and raise livestock to augment cafeteria food.

But later, when students bit into fresh green beans with onions andherbs and breakfast sandwiches made from their own bacon, eggs and

sausage, enthusiasm began to grow.

It’s possible that no one else in the country is doing what Northern

Michigan Christian School is doing — growing food for the cafeteria as

part of an agricultural curriculum.

Yes, there are school gardens springing up under the banner of garden-

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list the help of local farmers to supply fresh food to local school cafeterias.

But NMCS is raising produce, producing eggs and raising pigs as part of

an academic agricultural program through a partnership with Baker Col-

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this two years before the USDA’s new nutrition standards took effect on

July 1, 2012.

See Learning appreciation on page 22

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It started when he went through the lunch line

and cringed at the sight o bagged apple slices.

“I was disappointed when I ound out they

were cheaper than resh apples. So buying some-

thing that is highly processed is cheaper— that

was my frst thought,” he recalled.

Next he attended a conerence where keynote

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Baltimore City Public Schools, explained his

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“We want to give the kids the experience o the

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make better choices to change the way things

work,” Geraci stated in a news interview.

That’s when it hit him. Walhout realized that

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He pitched the idea to the school board.

“Let’s take a crack at this,” he suggested and

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Walhout’s goal is to have all grades K-12 in-

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“We are trying to make this a school-wide

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Three years ago the frst steps were taken by

growing herbs or the caeteria, starting the in-

rastructure and establishing growing areas.

Community support and generosity helped get

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Walhout didn’t expect to have a green house,

and then an organization called Youth Build

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Almost all o the area armers are volunteer-

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who want to continue their education in agri-

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with ree college credits or two courses, agricul-

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Learning appreciation of fresh food

Courtesy photo

a Lser collects eggs s prt of school-wide project to cotribute to their ow cfeteri food. a is stu-

det t norther michig Christi School.

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Senior Matt Pluger said he enjoys

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With Baker providing the aca-

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“I think the high school students are eager to

get outside and get their hands dirty,” he said.

“Many that are not in the program are hanging

around to know more. There’s an appreciation

now or our local ood systems. This is real

world stu that is happening in our community

and the feld is ripe or employees in ag produc-

tion, in addition to dairy arming.”

Three years in, the program is still developing

and expanding.

As it looks now, students are involved in egg

production by collecting and washing the eggs

to meet specifc regulations. High school stu-

dents eed the pigs and the school has three bee-

hives to produce honey. A small apple orchard

has been planted.

Last summer, the garden yielded 1,000 pounds

o resh produce, including tomatoes, onions,

potatoes, green beans, green peppers, spinach,

sugar snap peas, broccoli, squash and watermel-on. The pigs yielded bacon, sausage and ground

pork or the caeteria. The chickens produce an

endless supply o eggs.

“We are still learning,” Walhout admitted.

“Our goal is to provide as much ood or the ca-

eteria as we possibly can within our limits and

constraints. We have to be considerate o what

the kitchen will use. So when we grow egg plant

and squash, will the cooks know how to use it?

Do we need to grow more spinach and ewer to-

matoes? We want to serve the kitchen as best aspossible, that’s our purpose.”

One o the challenges is the summer work re-

quired. Right now Walhout and his amily, plus

student volunteers, have been harvesting the

crops. Another challenge is how to preserve the

crop.

“Once we harvest in the summer, what do

we do to preserve the ood?” he asked. “It takes

manpower to preserve 90 pounds o beans.

Blanching and reezing them is a task. We are

looking into taking some o our harvest to armmarkets and selling some o our eggs.”

When asked what the program will look like

in fve years, Walhout admitted that he’s not

sure.

“This is virgin ground,” he stated. “Nobody

has done this beore. We are just brainstorming

what we can do next.”

Recent accomplishments include the dual-

enrollment collaboration between NMCS and

Baker College o Cadillac. Another is the desig-

nation as a Michigan Agriculture Environmen-

tal Assurance Program verifed acility; the frstschool in Michigan to receive this recognition.

Walhout will be honored in February as the

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“Dirk’s innovative integration o agriculture

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community has been nothing short o abu-

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preparing the ood that is raised, giving kitchen

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school rom kindergarten to 12th grade, all o

these progressive ideas entitle Dirk to receive

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Shoppers are captivated by the hand-made table runners and rugs, as well

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Items are delightully packaged in a rontier-

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But the crat booth isn’t the work o area art-

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School.

Every item is made by students. Prots und

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At the end o the hallway on the lower foor

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Liabenow, who loves the challenge o multi-

tasking, puts it this way:

“There’s never a dull moment here, these are

ascinating kids and they are all dierent. I like

the challenge. We equip them with lie skills.

They eel sae here.”

The 13 students are cognitively impaired, rom

“lower unctioning students with learning dis-

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The rst o two large rooms is or general

education lessons. There are desks and bulletin

boards lled with brightly colored art work. But

the large room next door with a ull kitchen is

where lessons are applied to daily living skills.

“We teach lie skills,” she stated. “We teach

students how to use a blender and how to ollow

directions. Academics is not these kids’ strong

point or they would be in a resource room. They

don’t mind doing repetitive jobs. They like towork with their hands. They like to eel they

have contributed something valuable. So the

crat projects we make are done in the careers

class. We create marketable products. Kids work

as a team to run this business.”

Students learn math by measuring ingredi-

ents or bread products. Crats are put together

in an assembly-line so students learn to work as

a team.

“The thing I really like about her approach,”

said Cadillac Junior High Principal DavidChampion, “is that it teaches practical skills

that the students can carry on into their adult

lives to be productive.”

Parents are also on board.

Kenda Wheat’s son, Caleb Simerson, is in the

class. Not only is she is a mom, she’s an educator

working toward a degree in special education.

“Linda Liabenow has a great reputation, ask

anybody,” she said. “It’s a relie or a mom that

she cares about your child’s uture. She wants

them to operate in the community and be a suc-cess.”

“This year my daughter, Danielle, is happy to

go to school,” said Giselle McKeown. “She has

been given a job to do or the crat projects and

she is excited to contribute. Linda goes above

and beyond to develop a work ethic and get them

prepared or having responsibilities.”

McKeown added that many special needs kids

don’t understand chores and the value o money.

But through establishing the crat business step-

by-step, it begins to make sense. She added that

she and her husband, Mark, eel lucky this pro-

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special education classes taught by her col-

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“They get more and more skills as they go,”

Liabenow said. “Here they learn to stay on task

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community.

Students arehappier going to

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Est. 1964

51 Years

THE SWEET

SHOP

Cadillac

231-775-2201

Est. 1960

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28 Years

MINI STORAGEOF MANTON

OWNERS JANET & RICHARD TRIPLETT

Manton

231-824-6406Est. 1985

24 Years

CADILLACEYE CLINIC


Est. 1989

20 Years

FARM BUREAUINSURANCE

LEE GOODRICHCadillac

231-779-7936Est. 1993

24 Years

OAKHEIRLOOMS


Est. 1989

17 Years

SABERTOOL


Est. 1996

16 Years

CADILLACINSTITUTE OF

COSMETOLOGY, LLCCadillac

231-775-3642Est. 1997

15 Years

GENISYS

MORTGAGE

PROFESSIONALS


Est. 1999

28 Years

HIGHPOINT

CADILLAC GMC


Est. 1985

14 Years

CADILLACFAMILY

PHARMACYCadillac

231-775-8200Est. 1999

14 Years

WEXFORDWOOD

WORKINGSCadillac

231-876-WOODEst. 1999

13 YearsPAKMAIL


Est. 2000

12 YearsEXIT REALTY


Est. 2001

5 Years

MCBAIN

AUTO SERVICEMcBain231-825-2729

Est. 2008

3 Years

MANTON PROHARDWARE,

LLCManton

231-824-3592Est. 2010

2 Years

NORTHERNMICHIGAN

SERVICESTORELake City

231-839-3030Est. 2011

14 Years

BORGWARNER


Est. 1999

30 Years

KNITTER’SNEST


Est. 1983

20 Years

BUDGETTRANSMISSION


Est. 1993

5 Years

PATCHES

& PETALSCadillac231-775-8780

Est. 2008

25 Years

MCBAINBUILDINGPRODUCTS

McBain

231-825-2110Est. 1988

11 Years

RAYS LANDINGSTORAGE

Lake City231-839-6196

Est. 2002

8 Years

HERRADURASMEXICAN

GRILLCadillac

231-775-4575Est. 2005

13 Years

COYOTE CROSSINGRESORT

PETE & JULIE FINCH, OWNERS


Est. 2000

13 Years

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REED CITY COMMUNITYCHILD CARE CENTER

Reed City • 231-832-0655Est. 2000

24 Years

PEARSONDRILLING CO.

Lake City231-839-4444

Est. 1989

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When Borg Warner Plant Manager Todd Ben-

nington greeted me, he was wearing a navy bluehoodie with bright orange print.

The purpose o our meeting was to discuss the

nation’s skilled labor shortage and Bennington’s

eorts to recruit talent into manuacturing.

As I took notes, I glanced over to read his shirt.

He mentioned that it was casual Friday so he

was wearing a sweatshirt rom his daughter’s

car wash. More on this later.

The worldwide skilled labor shortage is mak-

ing headlines. And Michigan’s Gov. Rick Snyder

has stated that there are 10,000 skilled labor jobsunflled in Michigan, even at a time o high un-

employment.

Bennington is on a manuacturing survival

mission. His goal is to work with educators to re-

cruit students into manuacturing, where there

are high-paying jobs with benefts. He hopes his

campaign will lure talent back into the nation’s

actories.

Bennington frst came to Cadillac’s Borg War-

ner plant in 2000. In 2005, beore his transer to

a larger plant in South Carolina, he was namedCadillac’s Outstanding Citizen. He then spent

seven years in Seneca, S.C. as vice president o

operations or Borg Warner. It was there that he

began an aggressive campaign to team up with

educators to help fll skilled labor positions in

his actory.

See Grab their attention on page 38


todd Bennngon, Cadllac’s Borg Warner plan manager, demonsraes he useof echnology n he manufacurng process.

Industry hopesto partner with

education to fillhigh-paying jobs


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He became involved because he didn’t have

enough qualied applicants to ll plant jobs.

“I can’t nd a machinist,” he stated in a South

Carolina publication. “We need people rom

technical schools who have the skills to do main-

tenance on our machines . . . Even in the reces-

sion I couldn’t ll the jobs I needed.” He added

that new hires had to be completely retrained

and taught basic skills.

He explained it this way: When you come intomanuacturing, you enter a team environment.

“Our school systems are set up or individual

achievement,” he said. “So kids go through 12

years o school and unless they are in band or in

a sport, they don’t understand team skills.

“I get kids here ater 12 years o school and I

am training them all over again,” he said.

Bennington is not a blame guy and he doesn’t

waste time pointing ngers.

“Everybody wants to blame the education

system,” he said. “But I think the biggest issue isparent accountability. Parents don’t want their

kids to go into manuacturing. There’s a lot o

prejudice.”

To get the work orce he needed in South Caro-

lina, where the graduation rate was 50 percent,

Bennington created a presentation packed with

acts and hit the road, sometimes setting up in

churches.

He introduced himsel by saying, “I’m Todd

Bennington. And I work in a actory.”

Ater some groans, he won over parents withacts like these:

• The U.S. remains the world’s largest manu-

acturing economy, producing 21 percent o

global manuactured products

• The average manufacturing employee annual

income is $72,000 compared to $58,000 or non-

manuacturing

• At the height of the global recession, 32 per-

cent o surveyed companies reported moderate

to serious skills shortages

• Only 30 percent of parents encourage theirchildren to go into manuacturing and only 17

percent o students choose manuacturing in

their top two career choices.

Now he had their attention.

Next, he invited educators into the actory.

During a day-long event, 65 South Carolina su-

perintendents, principals and counselors not

only heard about the skilled labor shortage and

the need to ll jobs, he put them on the foor to

run equipment.

Some o the men had worked in textile acto-ries in the 1960s. But today’s actories aren’t like

the shop foors o the past.

Educators saw multi-million-dollar pieces o

equipment and learned what skills were needed

to run them. They saw a gleaming actory foor.

Bennington said they were shocked.

“There was not a single person in that plant

that made less money than the school princi-

pals,” he said. “It was eye-opening. We had to

start addressing their bias toward a college

degree. I a school counselor has no experiencewith manuacturing or going into a actory, how

can they drive their kids into that proession?

They have to eel and touch it. We had to show

people what our business was all about and they

were blown away.”

As he toured the state, his goal was not only

to ll jobs at his actory — but also to get South

Carolina graduation rates up.

“I was worried about the 50 percent o kids

alling aside. This is my passion. I see the poten-

tial o what we could be doing and how manymore could be working.”

Last March, Bennington was honored by

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley or developing

a three-county Product Showcase that makes

students aware o career choices in industry.

Bennington said he was recognized or “getting

industry and education at the same table to dis-

cuss issues and implement change in support o

Personal Pathways.”

South Carolina signed an education initiative

into law in 2005 called Personal Pathways to Suc-cess, a program that connects student learning

to careers, engages employers with schools, ad-

dresses at-risk students and prepares students

or college.


Borg Warner’s doug Scott hanles high technology work stations in the manufacturing process at Caillac’s plant.

Manufacturing stats grab their attention

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It gives students a gradua-

tion plan that involves par-

ents and counselors in their

chosen cluster o study, or

example — health care, the

arts, agriculture and manu-

acturing, etc.

Now that he’s back in Cadil-lac, Bennington and members

o the Cadillac Area Manuac-

turing Association are start-

ing to reach out to school sys-

tems in Michigan to tell them

about their needs and asking

how they can help. They hope

to meet with schoolboards,

superintendents, principals

and counselors to introduce

them to manuacturing. Theirpresentation stresses the

need to work together.

“We wasted 40 years point-

ing fngers,” he said. “We

have to be part o the solu-

tion. We have to invest our

time in telling them our story and explaining our needs.

“This is my passion, yes, but now it’s a national security issue. I we

don’t have skilled labor, i you don’t have a toolmaker or electricians, and

since we are global, i somebody cuts us o, who is available to get that

industry going again? And think o this, i I can’t draw on a skilled laborbase here and my costs go up, there is no reason or me to stay in Cadillac.

We have to keep that in mind. I we don’t have labor or legislative support

or community support, there is nothing magical about being here.”

Bennington realizes how difcult it is to overcome the mindset that ev-

ery kid needs to go to college to land a good-paying job.

“I was convinced my daughter, Megan, was going to college,” he admit-

ted. “But she told me she liked working with her hands. I looked at her

and said, ‘What are you talking about?’”

Now she manages a car wash.

“Everyday she’s hiring, fring and she’s doing phenomenal,” he admit-

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Now he proudly wears the sweatshirt advertising the Premier Car

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By Jeff Broddle

CadillaC News

Chances are you have a computer on your

desk or maybe a mobile pad o some kind.

Whatever you’re using, it’s likely not more

than a ew years old. You’re probably not using

a Commodore 64.

Yet the power grid that brings electricity

to you is just as dated as one o those ancient

computers and their tiny screens. Parts o northwest Michigan’s grid were constructed

in the 50s and 60s, and have had only minimal

upgrades since then.

A relatively new company, ITC Holdings, is

changing that by upgrading transmission lines

that help power ow where it is needed. The

company is replacing its aging wood struc-

tures with sleek, new steel monopole struc-

tures that tie part o the grid together between

Lake and Manistee counties.

This year, ITC Holdings observes a decadeo being in operation. The company expects

that by the second quarter o 2013, work will be

completed on the Tippy-Chase Transmission

Line Rebuild, part o the grid that runs rom

the Tippy Dam to the town o Chase. Work

on a similar transmission line, the Keystone-

Hodenpyl line, is expected to be complete in

summer 2013.

ITC Transmission, along with Michigan

Electric Transmission Company, makes up ITC

Holdings, was spun o rom DTE Energy in

2003. DTE was required under a public act to

either divest o its transmission assets, or join

an organization such as MISO, the Midwest In-dependent Transmission System Operator. MI-

SO is a non-proft, headquartered in Carmel,

Ind., that monitors the high-voltage transmis-

sion system throughout the Midwest and also

into Manitoba, Canada, according to President

Gregory Ioanidis.

There is also a network underground carry-

ing energy, but in a di erent orm. Lines trans-

mitting natural gas exist in our area, as do

liquid lines that can carry commodities such

as crude oil, gasoline and diesel uel.One company that makes it its business to

know where these pipelines are, and to in-

orm others, is Paradigm Liaison Services,

headquartered in Witchia, Kan. Paradigm is a

regulatory-based company or the oil and gas

pipeline industry that helps pipeline compa-

nies meet ederal and state guidelines. Part

o that involves educating contractors and

getting the message out about the importanceo calling inormation numbers such as 811

beore they dig.

They also keep emergency responders in-

ormed. An emergency crew dispatched to a

scene where there is a major hazardous liquid

pipeline break should know that some pipe-

lines are what is known as “batching lines”

that can transport dierent liquids at the same

time. Although a pipe break may have spilled

diesel uel, frefghters or clean-up crews need

to know that the leak could abruptly change to jet uel, or example.

For more on where pipes are located, go to

www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov.

The power overhead & under our feet

Jeff Broddle | CadillaC News

As an electric customer, you probably receive one bill.But there are many different companies and organiza-tions working together to power “the grid.”

D i i E

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I | | I

Driving energy

Transferof power

Cadillac Renewable Energy

Biomass plant

Megawatts: 44

Hodenpyl Dam

Hydroelectric plant

Megawatts: 19

Stony Corners Wind Farm

Wind turbines

Megawatts: 19 maximum

Viking Energy o McBain

Biomass plant

Megawatts: 19

BaldwinReed City

CadillacLake City

LeRoyLuther

Marion

Falmouth

MantonMesick

Wellston

Evart

McBain

Harrison

Local power plants

Electricity may need to be transport-

ed long distances to keep the grid in

‘balance.’

The electricity rom the

plant is stepped up to

high voltage at a trans-

mission station

Electricity may run or miles through a high-voltage trans-

mission line. In Michigan. One example is the 30-mile Tip-

py-Chase transmission line rom Chase to the Tippy Dam

substation, which is being rebuilt by Michigan Electric

Transmission Company, a subsidiary o ITC Holdings. (See

map above).

Miles away, power is stepped

down to a lower voltage at a

distribution substation closer to

where power is needed.

From the substation, electricity travels

through the more amiliar power lines

to your neighborhood.

An electric line brings

electricty to your home

rom the nearest line.

Power networkOverhead power lines are a constant re-

minder o how vital electricity is to mak-

ing modern lie possible.

Beneath our eet, however is another

network that brings power to us in

other orms: natural gas. Blue lines in

this map represent natural gas trans-

mission lines and hazardous liquid

lines viewable under the National

Pipeline Mapping System, viewable at

https://www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov.

The yellow and black dashed line repre-

sents the Tippy-Chase electricity trans-

mission line being rebuilt by Michgan

Electric Transmission Company, part o

ITC Holdings.

Gas lines

Hazardous liquids (suchas gasoline, jet uel,diesel uel)

Tippy-Chase electricaltransmission line

Legend

Picture the grid as a pool

Wolverine Power Hersey Plant

Natural gas plant

Megawatts: 51

Electricity runs down power lines to your home, but the power grid is not really

linear. Multiple generating plants power the grid, while at the same time, multiple

users draw power out. I demand or electricity increases, power plants (represent-

ed by aucets in the graphic below) must increase their fow to keep the amount

o “water” in the pool level. Local power plants and others possibly more than 100

miles away work together to power the lights and other devices in your home.

GRAPHICS AND TEXT BY JEFF BRODDLE

CADILLACNEWS

Power plant Power plant

The ‘grid’

Electricity users

Electricity users

One megawatt can power approximately 1,000 homes

5

1

12

3

4

4

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2

3

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By Mardi SuhS

CadillaC News

CADILLAC — Remember how we loved the

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mer? Remember how we sat by them in the city

park and had our pictures taken with them?

Remember how sad we were when they left?

The bronze sculptures captured our imagina-

tion and brought thousands of visitors to our

lake-front parks. We stood in wonder at the sight

of these life-sized statues. People talked to them,

hugged them and wept silent tears when they

left.

And now, through the efforts of Vickie Es-

senmacher, the Seward Johnson Foundation

has agreed to loan Cadillac another exhibit this

summer.

Vickie Essenmacher, center, has a chat withthe ladies of “Crossing Paths,” a popular park-bench grouping that was placed on ChestnutStreet in front of the Cadillac Tree Zoo.

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This time, we will makeriends with a sherman, a

policeman, a little girl with

a hula hoop, a gardener and

people fying kites, just to

name a ew.

“With persistent whining

and groveling, they agreed

to another summer exhibit

or Cadillac,” stated Essen-

macher.

It was her vision, grantwriting and undraising

ideas, along with sponsor-

ship by the Friends o the

Library, that brought these

statues here last summer.

Essenmacher and the FOL

celebrated the statues while

raising money to pay or them

with events like a photo con-

test and a waterront progres-

sive dinner with courses host-ed at ve dierent statues.

And it was her persistence

that is bringing them back.

“Ater the statues packed

up and let, everybody kept

asking me what I was going to

do next year,” she explained. “I

had little hope they would let us

have them back because so ma-

ny other cities called last year

asking me how to get them.”See Impact on page 46

Making new friends

Courtesy photo

Where should this sculpture titled“Midstream” be placed? Vickie Essenmacherwill meet with Cadillac Parks Manager, Al

Dumond, to choose the perfect spot.

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But she continued to call and email the ounda-tion. Finally, they said yes.

Essenmacher is already dreaming up ways to

raise money to pay the $12,000 ee. She is consider-

ing a barbecue, quilt rae, a comedy night with

stand-ups who create library laughter, a wine and

cheese party and more surprises.

She will again coordinate with Al Dumond, city

parks supervisor, or placement o the statues.

“We’ve already done some brainstorming on

where to put the statues,” Dumond said. “Some

will be in the city park, some by the pavilion againand I imagine near the bridge and the Sound Gar-

den.”

Essenmacher admits she was overwhelmed by

the many ways the statues touched people’s lives.

But it was an incident at “Uninvited Advice,” the

two statues where a stranger leans over the shoul-

der o a working artist near the Sound Garden,

that remains with her.

While she was taping an interview near the stat-

ues, a group o students and their teachers and

chaperones clustered around the exhibit. Theytouched the statues and talked about them and in-

teracted with the news crew.

Ater the children walked away, an adult re-

turned.

“I don’t know i you knew this was a special

needs class,” the teacher explained. “Many o

these students have Asperger’s syndrome and are

withdrawn. But today they were so outgoing with

the sculptures and with you.”

Essenmacher thought about that or a long time.

Why did these students, who normally have a hardtime talking, eel so ree to express themselves in

the presence o the art?

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By Chris Lamphere

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istrator. “Since everybody has gone to school,

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Teachers are part o the solution, not the prob-

lem. We have that backwards right now.”

See Teaching kids on page 50

An odd, but perfect, fit in Marion

Chris lamphere | CadillaC News

Marion Superintendent, Greg Mikulich, is showninteracting with elementary students as theyparticipate in visual learning. Mikulich said the districthas been able to improve its standardized test scoreswith the help of differentiated instruction techniques.

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Mikulich’s philosophy on running the school

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dent, that philosophy has proven effective in the

district, which was acknowledged in 2012 by the

Michigan Association of School Boards for im-

proved student achievement in English and social

studies.

Mikulich said the improvement also is due tothe district’s embrace of differentiated learning

styles.

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said Mikulich, who went on to explain differenti-

ated teaching as a system of presenting curricu-

lum in a style appropriate for the individual stu-

dent. Some learn better by hearing it explained,

others by seeing it, and still others by being physi-cally involved in the process of learning.

See WorkS on page 52

Chris Lamphere | CadiLLaC News

maron Superntendent, gre mkulch, talks wth senor and ult-sport athlete, madelne Swler, whle she exercses. in addton to hs work as a teacher and adnstrator,mkulch also has been actvely nvolved n athletcs, coachn track, basketball, football, and wrestln — actvtes nvaluable for students, sad mkulch, because they llustratethe relatonshp between hard work and success.

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“One size doesn’t ft all,” is somewhat o a

mantra or Mikulich, who applies it not only toteaching, but also to running the school.

That philosophy is very apparent in Mikulich’s

other duties at the school, as well.

In addition to his work as a teacher and admin-

istrator, Mikulich also has been actively involved

in athletics, coaching track, basketball, ootball

and wrestling — activities invaluable or stu-

dents, said Mikulich, because they illustrate the

relationship between hard work and success.

“One o the things I learned coaching ootball

is that it doesn’t matter what ormation youchoose to use,” Mikulich said. “What matters is

that you believe in it. Some oenses use T-orma-

tion and others use West Coast. All that matters

is that it works or them.”

While Mikulich has always loved being an edu-

cator and coach, his career hasn’t always been

easy.One o the biggest challenges o his career, he

said, was when he frst took on the responsibili-

ties o elementary principal, having little experi-

ence working with that age group.

“I had to leave my preconceptions at the door,”

said Mikulich, who at the time relied on the

knowledge and experience o his sta rather

than immediately assume he knew what was

best or the school — a decision that character-

izes an underlying theme Mikulich hopes will

remain within the district even ater he is gone.When Mikulich retires at the end o the school

year, he hopes to have instilled a sense o pervad-

ing respect, not only or the students, teachers

and administrators but or bus drivers, janitors,

caeteria workers and everyone else on down the

line.

“They all play a part in the child’s day at theschool,” said Mikulich. “These people have an

impact.”

When Mikulich retires, he plans to travel out

west with his wie o 44 years, Maria. “I owe her

some time,” Mikulich said. “I’ll be relaxing and

keeping up on my health.”

As ar as his uture at the school, Mikulich said

he isn’t sure at this point, but added he will al-

ways be involved in some orm or another.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Mi-

kulich said. “I know I’m going to miss it. I loveteaching and I’ve been very ortunate in my lie.

Sometimes I think to mysel, ‘what did I do to

deserve this?’”

Chris Lamphere | CadiLLaC News

one the biest challenes marin Superintendent gre mikulich’s career, he said, was when he frst tk n the respnsibilities eleentary principal, havin little expe-rience wrkin with that ae rup.

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See RuRal economy on page 57

aNtoNio ColemaN | CadillaC News

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In Missaukee County, dairy armers generated $53.7 mil-

lion in milk sales in 2011. Osceola County generated annual

milk sales o $23.3 million. Milk sales in Wexord County

were $2.9 million.

Lindquist said many local manuacturing jobs and agri-

cultural equipment companies depend on the proftability o

the dairy industry.

Brown Dairy Equipment in McBain sells dairy manuac-

turing products such as milking equipment. The companyoperates with 36 employees and three locations throughout

the state.

Paul Seeley, ater-market manager o Brown Dairy Equip-

ment, said the dairy industry is the company’s main source

o proft.

“I there were no dairy industry, we would have no busi-

ness,“ Seeley said. “I armers aren’t producing milk, our

guys aren’t working.”

Lindquist said the proftability o the dairy industry has

dropped below the break-even point the last two years. He

said milk revenue has increased or the industry since 2011but the price is still signifcantly lower than production

costs.

“The problem is that the cost o production material, such

as ertilizer and land, has risen,” Lindquist said. “Manuac-

turing costs have risen higher than profts.”

David Eisenga, 67, owner o Eisenga Brothers Dairy Farm

in McBain, said he purchased the arm rom his ather in

1974. Eisenga said he and his son, Chris, manage the arm,

which includes 500 acres and rents an additional 200 acres

or its dairy cows.

“The dairy industry employs a lot o people in McBain,”Dave Eisenga said. “It’s pretty much our main industry.”

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business by cutting back on its arming materials. He added

the high cost o eed and uel are causing more dairy arms

to struggle to stay in business. More and more armers are

cutting back on their amount o eed, ertilizer and employ-

ees to see fnancial profts.

“The high costs take away any proft armers count on,” Chris Eisenga

said. “Nowadays, to stay in business you have to cut back on as much as

you can. These high prices might put a ew armers out o business.”

An extension o the 2008 arm bill was put into place at the start o 2013to continue until September. The bill is a legislation package directing

agricultural policy.

Bruce Dekam, owner o Great Lakes Dairy Supply, said the uture o

the dairy industry will depend on the signing o a new arm bill. Al-

though many arms are amily owned, he said the industry helps create

jobs or both dairy armers and milk producers.

“The dairy industry aects almost every aspect o rural business,”

Dekam said. “A arm is a tremendous community resource. A lot o dol-

lars go through the industry and are put back into the community.”More arm land and less urban encroachment continues to help the in-

dustry be a fnancial generator or Northern Michigan, he said.

“Michigan is a very stable place or the dairy industry and I think it

will continue to stay that way,” Dekam said.

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By Jeff Broddle

CadillaC News

Making milk is a big business, and providing the

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keep the milk fowing can be an enterprise unto

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Staying in business requires a wide variety o

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o dairy equipment to servicing rerigeration units.

Equipment sales may include vacuum pumpsand chillers or cooling milk, as well as sanitation

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See CowS content on page 60


Local dairies consume chemicals as wellas hay. Scott McCrimmon of Brown DairyEquipment stocks barrels of nitric phosphoricacid, which is part of a three-step processused to clean pipelines in a milk systembefore milking.

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More than ever, dairy armers ocus on mak-

ing sure their cows are happy, because a content

cow produces more milk. Great Lakes Dairy

sells ventilation equipment to provide the cli-

mate control needed to keep Bessie happy and

her production levels high.

Also part o their operation is a route supplybusiness providing essentials such as cleaners

and sanitizers needed to keep the process clean.

DeKam has worked with armers with herds

ranging rom 20 cows to thousands o cows. His

job includes sitting down with armers and help-

ing them design a new acility, including provid-

ing tips on layout, the type o milking equip-

ment, how big it should be, and what it needs to

meet state requirements.

A basic milking parlor that allows the armer

to milk 16 cows at a time might cost $120,000 inequipment alone, as well as another $200,000 or

just the building. That doesn’t include the barn

where the cows are sheltered when they are not

being milked.

“We’re blessed to be part o the dairy econo-

my,” DeKam said.

Also in the business is Brown Dairy Equip-

ment, which has been in the McBain area or

about seven years.

They service dairies both small and large in

an area ranging east to I-75 and south to M-46.Owner Dennis Brown employs 10 people at

the McBain store. The jobs there include sales,

delivery, administration and scheduled mainte-

nance. There also are mechanical experts who

must attend training annually to keep on top o

the latest technological developments such as

robotic milkers.

Their customer base ranges rom arms with

less than a hundred cows to more than two thou-

sand around northern Michigan.

They keep in stock everything rom tiny me-chanical parts or dairy equipment to 275-gallon

containers o iodine, which is used as cleaning

solution, that are so large they are moved with a

orklit. Iodine is used as a cleaning solution.

A visitor to the warehouse would fnd barrels

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where equipment such as motors can be re-

paired. In rows o shelves are dozens o dier-ent replacement parts or equipment.

“What we fnd is just because one thing works

or a certain dairy, doesn’t mean it will work or

the next. So we have to carry a range o dierent

products to satisy our dairies’ needs,” Brown

said.

DeKam noted that armers take seriously

their role in providing ood or people to eat,and they have real concern about the welare o

their animals.

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pancakes from McDonald’s, it has a

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pancakes the butter pats that are put

into the bag are made with Michigan

milk and Michigan milk only. While

it would be impossible to say if it is

all from milk produced in the greater

Cadillac area, Michigan State Univer-

sity Extension Agricultural Educator,

Jerry Lindquist said it is safe to say

sometimes it is.

See ProductS on page 65

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That is not the only thing that is made rom

Michigan milk, either. Lindquist said there are

plenty o things that have their beginnings inMichigan and local dairy arms that eventually

end up around the country in grocery stores

and dinner tables.

Lindquist said Krat uses Michigan milk

or some o its cheese products while Leprino

Foods, which has two plants in Michigan,

makes much o its mozzarella cheese rom

Michigan. Yogurt maker Yoplait uses local

dairy to make its products at the plant in Reed

City, which supplies most o the Yoplait Yogurt

or the eastern hal o the United States.

As or the people who live in the area,

Lindquist said he believes they don’t even real-

ize how much comes rom the cows in the area.

“I think they take it or granted. On a daily

basis, they don’t put two and two together and

don’t even think it is coming rom that arm

they are driving by everyday,” he said. “They

don’t think o the broad breadth o ood thatcomes rom a dairy cow.”

Laura Moser, o the Michigan Milk Produc-

ers Association, said milk produced on mem-

ber arms goes to a variety o places, including

bottling plants that provide milk to grocery

stores, as well as the Yoplait plant in Reed City

and the Leprino Foods plants in Remus and Al-

lendale.

Moser added that the MMPA also owns and

operates its own dairy processing plants in

Ovid and Constantine. Those plants produce

a variety o value-added dairy ingredients

that, in turn, are used in a wide range o ood

products. These products include cream, butter,

nonat dried milk powders, condensed milk and

skim milk that are used in fnished products

like yogurt, baked goods, inant ormula, candy,

pudding, ice cream and more.

“We work closely with ood companies todevelop the types o products they need. While

you won’t see an MMPA logo on the products

you buy in the grocery store, it is likely that you

purchase a variety o products made rom milk

produced on Michigan arms,” she said. “Prod-

ucts ranging rom yogurts, cheese, ice cream

and butter, to processed oods like baked goods,

puddings, crackers, inant ormulas, candy and

rozen dinners, all use dairy ingredients.”

So next time you are driving by a dairy arm

or see some cows in a feld, tip your hat, honk

your horn, or simply remember to buy some o

the products mentioned in this story to support

Michigan and our local dairy arms.

Area dairy farms’ products go a long way


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By Rick chaRmoli

CadillaC News

We live in the 21st Century and it should be

no surprise we are getting more technologically

advanced.

You see it in every facet of how we live. Your

cell phone, computer, GPS and car are just some

of the more obvious ones, but have you ever

thought about dairy farming? You might think

that there really isn’t any way to make dairy

farming more high-tech, but you couldn’t be any

farther from the truth. Dairy farming is using

the science and technology to make it more cost

effective and easier to do.

Osceola County Michigan State University Ex-

tension Agricultural Educator, Jerry Lindquist,

said mechanization of the dairy farm has been

happening and will only continue to be integrat-

ed into the industry as time passes. Pretty much

the only thing that might not become somewhat

mechanized is the cow itself.

“There will be more mechanization to do —

more milking, feeding, cleaning the barn. It’s

not just the labor, though. We are looking at the

cow herself,” he said. “With the use of comput-

erization and genetic testing, we will be able to

predict their ability to produce milk.”

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Currently, Lindquist said armers

keep track o the amily pedigree and

then select the proper mating partner.

That takes two to ve years to accom-

plish. With genetic testing, that time

will be signicantly reduced. Farmers

will test the DNA o a cow and the sci-

ence is able to predict as soon as the

cal is on the ground.

“We will be able to advance the

system and in the end it will give us ahigher milk producing cow. It will be

more ecient or the armers and it

will take less cows to produce enough

milk or at the other end, i the world

population grows it will help ll the

demand.”

Laura Moser, o the Michigan Milk

Producers Association, said to ad-

dress the challenges o labor on dairy

arms, a handul o arms in Michi-

gan have installed automated milkingsystems or robotic milkers. One such

arm is Gingrich Meadows in LeRoy.

These automatic milking systems al-

leviate some labor needs and allow cows to set

their own milking schedules. At this time, only

a ew arms around the state have installed the

automatic milkers, but Moser said it is expected

the number will increase as more arms imple-

ment the technology.

Moser also said animal husbandry has long

played a critical role in the advancement o the

dairy industry. With the use o articial insemi-

nation, the genetics o a herd can be improved

upon in a timely manner. Recent developments

in genomic evaluations and the availability

o sexed semen, also known as “sorting or e-

males,” allows dairy armers to ne-tune their

breeding programs to maximize the genetic po-

tential o the herd.

Mechanization and genetics aren’t the only

things armers are doing that could be consid-

ered high-tech. Out in the eld there are other

high-tech methods that armers are starting to

utilize.

Lindquist said armers are using computer-

ized systems to move their tractors across the

eld through GPS. The idea is eciency and the

GPS units help them to be more ecient when

spraying herbicide or spreading ertilizer and

manure. Although there are only a ew local

arms that are using the robotic milkers and ge-

netic testing, the use o GPS is happening right

now in elds across the Cadillac area.

Another high-tech achievement comes with

the eeding o the herd.

Moser said good animal care includes eeding

the cows a balanced diet, clean and comort-

able housing and comprehensive animal health

programs. A refection o the high quality care

on today’s dairy arms can be seen in the out-

standing levels achieved in milk quality and

increased milk production.

Many o today’s dairy armers work with

nutritionists and veterinarians to establish bal-

anced nutrition programs and herd health pro-

grams. Feed rations ed to the animals are oten

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animals receive the proper nutrition they need,

every day, at every stage o their lie.

Balancing eed rations today oten requires

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the nutrient breakdown o every component o

the ration. With the increasing costs in eed this

past year, dairy armers have been creative in

nding byproducts to include in their rations

to meet the cows’ nutrient needs. Examples o

byproducts ed to cows include discarded pota-

toes, distillers grains, sugar beet pulp and other

ingredients considered “waste.”

So next time you drive by a dairy arm, know

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By Mardi SuhS

CadillaC News

Bill Bradfeld took his frst snowmobile ride in

December o 1968, a act noted in a resume that

includes 13 months o Marine Corps combat in

Vietnam.

Snowmobiling helped “take his mind o the

unpleasant past,” he conessed. Racing through

the cold wind brought him joy and helped him

orget the war.

Forty-fve years later he’s still riding — and

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lives.

Bradfeld’s international snowmobile club,

MichCanSka, is changing that conversation. He

ounded the club in Cadillac in 2008 as a plat-

orm to launch the longest, most extreme snow-

mobile ride in history. In 2010, 78 riders took o

on a 4,000 mile trek rom Michigan to Alaska.

The trip was successul because his meticu-

lous planning included contacting snowmobile

clubs along the route to escort them through un-

known territory. He also made saety a priority

with frst-aid training, satellite phones and GPS

devices. The charitable ride raised $133,000 over

three years or The Diabetes Research Institute.

With the success o that trip, Bradfeld, a re-

tired sheet metal worker, became an adventure

junkie, planning bigger and better road trips on

his Ski-Doo, which ingeniously transorms into

a 3-wheel motorcycle. Last summer, he drove his

snomocycle “From Sea to Shining Sea,” 8,000

miles o heat-wave road -tripping to promote

unity among veterans and, again, raise unds or

diabetes research.

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rally in the world, “The Bualo Chip” in Sturgis,

S.D. Bradeld contacted Woodru last summer

or permission to be a vendor and display his sno-

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“He had credibility right away,” Woodru said.

“This is an unusual guy with an unusual motor-

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or the cause is what really stood out.”

Bradeld keeps pushing the limits o adven-ture rides to avoid the rocking chair o retire-

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Metal Workers Local 80 politics and veteran

organizations. For years, he headed up a snow-

mobile club in Lansing where he organized rides,

gol outings and undraisers or both the Make-

A-Wish oundation and The Diabetes Research

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In 2007, Bradeld was diagnosed with Type 2

diabetes rom exposure to Agent Orange in Viet-

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personal. The disease also made him quit pro-

crastinating. He had kicked around the idea o

a big sled ride or years. Now it was time to take

action.

In 2008, he announced plans or a ride rom

Michigan to Alaska. Committees started to plot

logistics in May o 2009, securing permits or

trails across the 4,000-mile stretch. The ride

became the talk o the Michigan snowmobile

community through the Michigan Snowmobile

Association magazine. The ride’s mission was to

raise unds or diabetes research.

But something happened during that long road

trip. Bradeld shook hands with people in coee

shops who thanked him or raising money to nd

a cure or diabetes. He received personal letters

o gratitude rom people suering rom the dis-

ease.

His heart was touched and his priorities

changed. Changing lives through undraising

became his top priority.

“This is much bigger than just having a good

time on a snowmobile,” he said.

Something else happened when he completed

the trip.

“I can tell you exactly the precise moment

when I realized there were going to be more

rides,” he shared. When he arrived in Tok, Alas-ka, Bradeld organized a celebration banquet.

He greeted ellow riders with their rallying cry:

“Dream It! Plan It! Do It!” There were shouts o

joy and applause.

Then he said, “Well people, what are we going

to do now?”

His club answered, “We are going to keep rid-

ing or diabetes.”

Bradeld keeps busy organizing short snow-

mobile jaunts, like this winter’s Michigan U.P.

Circle Ride o 1,200 miles. He hopes to repeat theAlaska trip every ew years.

He’s on the board o the North American Snow

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Parade o Lights. He spends six hours a day orga-

nizing and promoting MichCanSka activities. In

addition, he’s a member o the Cadillac Winter

Warriors, the Snomads and the Michigan Snow-

mobile Association, a group that named him

Snowmobiler o the Year and MichCanSka theSnowmobile Club o the Year in 2011.

When the International Snowmobile Congress

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will arrive on his snomocycle where it will be on

display.

By the end o the convention, the talk won’t be

about his Ski-Doo that converts into a 3-wheel

motorcycle, the buzz will about Bradeld’s new-

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“I’m kicking around the idea o a world tour,”

he conded. “It will be a fy-ride trip to Swedenand then Russia. I’m hoping to be in Moscow or

the 2014 Winter Olympics.”

Bradeld said this dream is in its inancy with

nothing concrete yet planned.

But when he puts his mind to something —

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By Kristin Verhage

CadillaC News

Bev Monroe’s home is a treasure trove o an-

tiques and photographs that oer a glimpse into

Monroe’s amily history, Manton’s history and

the area’s agricultural, railroading and logging

past.

Her home also has been a bed and breakast

or more than a dozen years. Those antiques

and photos have sparked many a conversation

between Monroe and her guests throughout the

years.

Returning guests have told her, “I keep seeing

things I haven’t noticed beore,” she says.

Monroe and her partner o 25 years, Charles

Pardee, have operated the Monroe Achers Farm

Co. Bed and Breakast since 2000. The white

sprawling armhouse that had been her child-

hood home is part o a Michigan Centennial

Farm where Monroe tends to hayfelds, gardens

and cares or her two horses, as well as boards a

third horse.

The bed and breakast eatures two bedrooms

with ull-size beds, a bedroom with a king-size

bed and sleeper couch and has access to two

bathrooms, including one with a jacuzzi and a

wheelchair-accessible shower. Guests also can

spend time in a great room with a freplace and

sitting room. It also has three patios and a porch

where guests can gaze at more than 70 acres o

felds, woods and gardens.

It’s believed the oldest part o the house was

built in 1894, she says. Her grandather, Claud

Moft, purchased the arm in 1903. Her parents,

Glen and Zella Monroe, purchased it ater World

War II. Her ather added a bedroom, basement

and porch to the house and renovated it. Except

or three years, her mother had lived in the

house her entire lie, Monroe says.

Monroe, who’s single with no children, didn’t

know what she was going to do with the house

when she bought the arm rom her sisters in

1998. She was living and working in Saginaw at

the time.

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July 19 & 20 • City Wide Yard Sales

August 15-18 • Great American Crossroads Celebration Festival

October 12 • Halloween in the Park

November 7 • Community & Business Expo

November 29 & 30 • Evergreen Festival

Chamber Lunch - 2nd Thursday of Each Month with Guest Speakers

Check website: www.reedcity.org for more information

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Family history a constant

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Monroe decided to open a bed and

breakast ater losing her job. She

had no experience in the hospitality

industry, and local zoning and health

ocials weren’t sure what was re-

quired o her to open the bed and

breakast.

She ollowed the example set years

ago by her mother, who made sure

visitors knew they were welcome in

the Monroe home.

“You would hardly get the door

shut behind you beore she’d have a

coeepot on ... whether you wanted

it or not,” Monroe recalls.

So Monroe simply welcomed her

guests into her home.

“You should treat people just like

they were company,” she says.

Her riendly dogs, Liberty and

Justice, greet visitors as they enter.

Once guests are settled in, she gets

out o their way. She’s happy to sit

and talk with them, but she also re-

spects their privacy i they want to

be alone, Monroe says.

She and Pardee spent two years

renovating the armhouse. Through-

out the house and barns they ound

many o the items and photos that

now decorate the bed and breakast.

Other photos and items, like a poster

or a Western movie eaturing John

Wayne in a minor role, were given to

her by amily and riends.

Vintage findsGlen and Zella hadn’t thrown out

much during their years together on

the arm. Monroe ound new uses or

these items.

Old tin medicine containers are

now displayed in a bathroom cabi-

net. Next to the cabinet is a carrier

that once held ice blocks but now

holds a roll o toilet paper. Her

ather’s shing lures now grace

the wall above the bathroom door.Childhood toys — like a rag doll that

belonged to Monroe and her mother,

a small wooden sled and a wagon —

also decorate the home.

Framed photographs throughout

the bed and breakast refect an era

long gone: a 1925 amily reunion; her

grandather as a young man driving

a team o horses; an 1891 photo o a

sawmill that once sat on neighboring

property; and there’s James Brown,

her great-great grandather, who

served on Manton boards in 1872.

Monroe and Pardee unearthed

rom the basement a 1910 poster ad-

vertisement rom the Haynes Broth-

ers Co. The poster eatured a map

o the lumber outt’s service area,

which included Wexord County and

portions o the surrounding coun-

ties. The map represents rural lie a

century ago — there was no U.S. 131,

no M-115, and little country school-

houses dotted every township on the

map, she points out.

Other nds on display include

arm implements and railroad

equipment. A kitchen wall eatures

a large metal instrument used to

remove a cow’s horns: Picture a

super-sized version o your pet’s nail

trimmer.

What resembles a large foss pick

is message-catcher made o wood

and string. Messages were tied to the

string and retrieved by a railroad

worker in a passing train.

Monroe likes to use these to start

guessing games with her guests.

Guest starsAs much as Monroe enjoys shar-

ing the stories behind the photo-

graphs and the antiques, she also

likes to hear her guests’ stories.

Her busiest time is July through

September, when many come to the

area or the Manton Area Harvest

Festival, or amily and school re-

unions, weddings or to simply enjoy

the outdoors.

An 88-year-old couple rom

Texas plan to return this summer

or yet another stay at the bed

and breakast, says Monroe, who

enjoys hearing their stories. He

drove a tank during World War II;

she taught design in Chicago as a

younger woman.

Monroe recalls the time she hosted

an impromptu mini-amily reunion

around her kitchen table. A amily

rom Caliornia and Florida had

come to visit their cousin, who lived

on property west o Monroe’s. It

was discovered a second neighbor

was distantly related to the amily

when Monroe had chatted with the

neighbor about her guests. The am-

ily then met at Monroe’s, where they

spent part o the day getting to know

one another.

The bed and breakast is 15 min-

utes north o Cadillac at 7039 N. 41

Road, Manton. To learn more about

it, visit www.monroeachers.com or

call (231) 824-3391.


Family history a constantguest at Manton B&B

Kristin Verhage | CadillaC news

Bev monroe and artner, Charles pardee, converted old doorways into dislay cabi-nets flled with dishes, cus and other antiques that had belonged to her arents andother aily ebers.

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EVART EVENTS5k Run/Walk July 4 Celebration

Dulcimer Fest ival – JulyOsceola Count y 4-H Fair July/Aug

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LEROY EVENTSJune – Community Garage sales

July – Razzasque DaysDecember – Christmas in Leroy

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REED CITY EVENTSMay 27 – Memorial Day Parade June 7 – Chamber Golf Out ing

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By Antonio ColemAn

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There are thousands o am-

ily members to be remembered at

Maple Hill Cemetery and inscribed

on each gravestone lies a story to be

heard.

“Everybody has a story at Maple

Hill, just some are more interest-

ing,” Bryan Elenbaas said.

Since early 2003, Elenbaas, 58, has

worked as the Maple Hill Cemetery

oreman and has listened to ami-

lies tell the lie stories o their late

relatives. Hearing the stories o the

people he takes care o is a unique

experience not many encounter, he

said.

“This woman buried her mother,

who was 101 years old,” Elenbaas

said. “She lived through the Russian

Revolution, World War I, World War

II, immigrated to the United States

ater World War II and died here two

years ago. I we could all have such

an interesting lie.”

There are 13,300 people buried in

Maple Hill Cemetery. Last year, the

cemetery interred 71 people. Elen-

baas said the cemetery holds records

o burials dating as ar back as 1886.

Having 47 ull burials last year at

the cemetery, he said one o his most

dicult duties is digging new graves

during the winter.

“A grave is 4-eet wide, 9-eet long

and 5-eet deep,” Elenbaas said.

“First you have to probe in the

ground to see where the nearest

vault is. Then we use our rame to

outline where the grave is going to

be dug. Then we have to use a ce-

ment saw to cut through the sod and

pry up the sod. That’s the hardest

part.”

Tera Veddler, public works analyst

or Cadillac, said Elenbaas’ work

has been recognized by a number o

community members.

“He’s got stacks o thank you let-

ters and cards he’s received over

the years rom relatives looking or

their amily members,” Veddler

said.

Elenbaas said one o his most

memorable projects over the past 10

years took place last year when he

helped repair the cemetery’s vault

chapel building. Built in 1917, Elen-

baas painted the chapel, repaired

the foors and emptied the building’s

storage material.

In addition to being a cemetery

caretaker, Elenbaas also works to

maintain the city’s recreational

areas.

Veddler said Elenbaas’ work plant-

ing trees and plowing the Keith

McKellop Walkway shows the pride

he takes in the work he’s done or

the city.

“Tourism is very important to the

city and many people enjoy walking

the trail,” Veddler said. “He goes out

o his way to make sure our commu-

nity stays green.”

Although he is known throughout

the community or city maintenance

and cemetery landscaping, Elenbaas

said his lielong passion rests on two

wheels.

Elenbaas owns a 2002 Harley-

Davidson Lowrider, but considers

bicycling to be his avorite pastime.

The owner o six bicycles, Elenbaas

said he’s competed in our mountain

bike races last year throughout the

state. When he’s not competing in bi-

cycle races, Elenbaas rides rom the

White Pine Trail to Reed City.

“I’ve only put about 2,000 miles on

my Harley, but rode 5,170 miles on

my bike,” Elenbaas said.

He said asking him to choose his

avorite bike is like asking a parent

to choose their avorite child.

Working nearly 10 years as cem-

etery oreman, Elenbaas said he

looks orward to retiring and spend-

ing time enjoying concerts with his

daughter, Katie. He said he hopes

to retire in 10 years to a state that

doesn’t see snow.

Until then, he said he plans to con-

tinue to beautiy the cemetery with

new landscaping, while listening to

the stories o the departed.

“Every day is a surprise and you

never know what is going to hap-

pen,” Elenbaas said. “I love my job.

It’s the most interesting and unusual

job I’ve ever had in my lie.”

Bryan Elenbaas really digs his job


Bryan Elenbaas, 58, has been working as the Maple Hill Cemetery foreman since early 2003. Throughout the year, Elenbaas digsgraves at the local cemetery and maintains area landscaping. During the winter, Elenbaas also assist the city with community parkrepairs.

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Audiological Services of Cadillac ..........................................31

Baker College ...................................................................... 16

Ball Construction .................................................................48

Bandeen Orthodontics ......................................................... 13

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan ..................................... 29

Borg Warner ........................................................................ 46

Brilliant Smiles Family Dentistry ............................................. 11

Brown Dairy Equipment Co .................................................. 64

Cadillac After Hours Clinic .................................................... 27

Cadillac Area Community Foundation ...........................11 & 75

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Cadillac Tire Center ............................................................. 48

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Country Acres .....................................................................67

Crossroads Chevrolet .......................................................... 16

Curry House Senior Continuum Of Care Community ............. 84

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