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play an instrumental role in the continued success of our community.
Additionally, you’ll read stories about friends, neighbors and
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our citizens and strengthen our community.
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What’s inside...
04 Who is the running man?
Neil Wolf is often seen running shirtless in below-freezing weather.
08 Ellens Corners
a Mesick community landmark for nearly two decades
14 The wheels on the bus go

Heather Malloy never thought she would be driving a school bus let alone
driving a bus in Northern Michigan on snow covered roads.
20 First the barn, then the donkeys

Hopkins Creek Donkey Farm is a labor of love
24 McBain Coffee Shop

Offering ministry, kindness in fast-paced world
32 ‘Let’s do better, let’s do more’

Veteran Services
40 Cutting edge visionaries

Dunbarton Tool specializes in producing cutting tools, step reamers and drills.
44 Bringing healthier beef to the community

Fenner Farms is a family-owned and operated farm in Cadillac
48 Y Dad helps teens succeed

Jeremiah Shipton, Cadillac Area YMCA Teen Center coordinator
52 Keeping an eye on you and natural resources

Conservation officer has a knack for nabbing poachers in circumstances or
with excuses that might make you scratch your head.
54 Celebrating art, books and folklore in Marion

A smaller, yellow sign also designates the building as Parkhurst Brothers
Publishing.
58 Massive investment leads to more jobs in McBain

Biewer Sawmill has been in McBain for more than 30 years.
60 Brewing passion
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Who is
the running man?
He is often seen running shirtless in below-freezing weather...
By Bryce Airgood He does get cold and “occa-
Cadillac News sionally a little hypothermic”
when he runs shirtless. He takes
Those who have taken a stroll a hot shower when he gets back
in downtown Cadillac have prob- from the cold, he said.
ably seen him running and done Wolf has built a bit of a
a double-take. reputation and people he doesn’t
He’s not sprinting, the speed know will call out to him when
isn’t what catches the attention. he’s running.
It’s the fact he’s shirtless. And Some people say “hi.” Some
it’s snowing. yell at him to “put a shirt on.”
“I like to challenge myself,” Wolf said he usually doesn’t
Neil Wolf, 77, said. “‘I can do pay much mind to people when
this.’” he’s running.
The retired surgeon will run He doesn’t focus on the run-
in just shorts, even when the ning or about his pace, “so I’ve
temperature is down in the 20s. got lots of free mental time,” he
It’s not for a lack of shirts. said.
The runner has a tote full of So he thinks about various
family T-shirts and running things while running.
event shirts. Sometimes he will go through
He even has a Cadillac High a mental list of the presidents.
School Cross Country T-shirt George Washington. Two terms,
with his own image on it that eight years. John Adams. One
the team gave him in 2013. term, four years. And so on, just
On the back, the shirt reads, to remind himself.
“HOWL AT THE WOLF.” Sometimes he prays while
He doesn’t normally wear T- he’s running.
shirts so he doesn’t really wear Wolf tries to run every day
these different shirts. and has been running for rough-
But if there’s a bit of wind ly 60 years.
and it’s not sunny, it’s not a good He started running in his lat-
day to go shirtless. er teens. He liked to be active but
“I may be crazy but I’m not was never any good at sports.
stupid,” he said. Continues on page 6
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“So I just found something I could do,” he

said. “Mostly by myself.”
Since he started running, he has run in Alas-
ka, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, Florida, Arizona
and more. Outside the United States, he has run
in Germany, the Netherlands and France.
He didn’t go to the countries to run, but
rather while he was visiting kept up his run-
ning habit.
“Had to keep busy,” he said.
He’s the type of person who runs while trav-
eling. If his hotel has a fitness room with tread-
mills, you can bet he’ll be on them.
He said he has a bit of obsessiveness and has
to do certain things during his day. Running is
on that list.
“If I see someone running outside I’m jeal-
ous,” he said, because they’re out there run-
ning and he’s not.
“ I may be crazy, but I’m not stupid”
Sometimes the thought will cross
his mind even when he’s already run
for the day.
He doesn’t have a routine and does
not run the same time every day. He
has routes that are longer and short-
er than his normal route, depending
on the weather.
His usual course is 4.25 miles, but
the farthest he’s gone is a 25K or 15.5
miles.
The River Run in Grand Rapids is
that long, and he has done it around
20 or 25 times, he said.
He said he’s not competitive and
did the River Runs because he likes
being in that whole group of people
that are running.
Not competing against any partic-
ular individual, just being part of it.
He’s given up on races now,
though.
“I don’t like being in dead last,” he
said. “And I’ve got enough T-shirts.”
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Ellens Corners a Mesick community landmark for nearly two decades
By Chris Lamphere
Cadillac News
Kim Ellens said there are a couple

big reasons why Ellens Corners has
been successful over the last two
decades: the family atmosphere and
super friendly customer service.
And the pizza doesn’t hurt, either.
Chuck and Nancy Ellens, along with
Jeff and Kim, built Ellens Corners BP
gas station in 1999 at the intersection
of M-115 and M-37.
Kim said she started out as the in-
ventory manager for the store, which
put her degree in business and mar-
keting to good use.
Chuck, Nancy and Jeff have since
passed away, leaving Kim to run all
store operations for the last six years.
Every day, Ellens Corners serves
hundreds of pieces of pizza, which
Ellens said they bake in-house with
their eight ovens using their own
secret recipe and the best ingredients
available.
They also offer subs, sandwiches,
soups, chili, corndogs, chicken wings
and ribs every Friday. Buying top
quality ingredients for each item on
their diverse menu helps bring cus-
tomers back day after day and year
after year, Kim said.
“We have great food,” Kim said.
“We have truck drivers that have re-
arranged their lives just to be able to
stop here for pizza.”
Cadillac resident Jeremiah Lewis
recently discovered just how tasty
Ellens Corners pizza is and has made
the store part of his travel routine
when business takes him through
town.
“When I’m in the area and hungry,
I’ll grab a piece,” Lewis said.
Chris Lamphere | Cadillac News

Ellens Corners employee Erin Brown cuts one of their famous pizzas.
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• Boy Scouts • Manton PTO
• Cadillac Area Public Schools • Manton Rotary
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customers who
John Durga
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customer
keep returning
recently at
Ellens Corners
gas station
near Mesick.
to Ellens Corners
In addition, our employees volunteer their time in the
Kim said another reason why people keep coming back to El-
community every month. Some volunteering we have done is:
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lens Corners is because of its small town feel. • Adopt-A-Road Clean Up • Foster Closet
“Locals are very friendly,” Kim said. “And outsiders really ap- • Helping At Animal Shelters • Ringing Bells For The Salvation Army
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That isn’t to say employees don’t get their work done.
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Giving back to the community
Continued from page 11 als in the area.
Kim said giving back to the community was a top goal
“She’s good to everyone in here,” said 72-year-old Liz Yag- of her family at the time they built Ellens Corners, which
er, who has worked at Ellens since a year after it opened. is why they also built a nearby community center, where
“It’s a good place to work and it has really good food. The functions are held by various organizations, including the
regulars are great. Plus it’s a short distance from home to Mesick Consolidated High School football team and honor
here, which is a plus,” she joked. society.
Tammy Paddock has worked about a year and a half at Summertime is the busiest time of year at Ellens.
Ellens Corners and said it’s different than most places They’re also packed during the Mesick Mushroom Festi-
she’s been employed. val, Blessing of the Jeeps, Traverse City Cherry Festival
“It’s like a family environment,” Paddock said. “Our boss and Buckley Old Engine Show.
treats us very well. If we have issues, we can discuss them Being a small business has its downsides, such as the fact
and Kim will take care of them.” that larger chain gas stations can order products in bulk
Erin Brown started at Ellens Corners in November and and get a price discount — something they can’t do, Kim
was even given a place to stay by Kim, who owns some rent- said.

Over the years they have expanded and
improved many aspects of Ellens Corners
including adding a beer cave, TV displays
in the fuel pumps and touch-button
cashier stations among other things.
Cadillac resident Jeremiah Lewis recently discovered just how tasty Ellens Corners pizza is
and has made the store part of his travel routine when business takes him through town.
Continuing to add
enhancements
However, Kim said she can be This spring, they plan to open
more flexible with product pric- one fuel pump overnight that ac-
ing than the chains, which have to cepts credit; currently, they aren’t
go through a corporate structure. open 24 hours a day.
“I have a pretty good idea what’s Additionally, they plan to open
selling and what’s not selling,” a fuel pump that dispenses only
Kim said. “It also helps that we recreational fuel for snowmobiles
have a really good relationship and boats.
with our vendors.” Also, Kim said they will be
Over the years, they have ex- expanding their parking area to
panded and improved many aspects accommodate additional big rig
of Ellens Corners, including adding truck parking.
WE WILL BUY YOUR VEHICLE. a beer cave, TV displays in the fuel
pumps and touch-button cashier sta-
For information on Ellens Cor-
ners, including a full menu, visit
tions among other things. their website at www.ellenscorn-
In the next year, Kim said they ersbp.com.
plan to add even more features to You also can check them out on
the business. Facebook.
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From mini van
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Cadillac News
Heather Malloy never thought she would be driv-

ing a school bus let alone driving a bus in Northern
Michigan on snow covered roads.
Malloy grew up in the south and learned to drive
in Florida. She has lived in Alabama, Kansas and
finally Michigan. The move to the Great Lakes state
happened after her husband, a native Michigander,
wanted to return home after serving in the Army.
Funny how life is, right?
“When I met my husband he was in the Army and
we lived in Kansas. I wouldn’t drive in the snow. I
didn’t know how to drive in the snow,” she said. “So
Rick Charmoli | Cadillac News when we moved to Michigan I learned to drive (in
Cadillac Area Public Schools bus driver Heather Malloy looks up when a student on her bus calls for her the snow) in my little minivan.”
during a route in January 2019. Continues on Page 18
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the WHEEL
Continued from page 15 at first, Malloy said that changed
when she looked at the hours she
Malloy said prior to becoming would be working.
a bus driver five years ago people The job gave her flexibility. It
had asked her to try it but she allowed her to do things for her
wasn’t ready. She had five boys own children. She also found it al-
of her own in the school system lowed her to be around children,
and one was special needs. The which she loved. That’s not to
thought of driving a bus full of say in the beginning she wasn’t
children who weren’t hers was scared to death of the thought of
anything but a good idea. driving a bus with 20-30 kids on it,
As things usually do in life, her because she was.
thoughts and attitudes toward “You know people think it is
bus driving changed. While the easy to drive a vehicle, which is
thought of getting on a bus with easy to drive a vehicle but then on the road,” she said. didn’t change the fact that she was
20 to 30 kids who were not her we put like 30 kids in the vehicle For those who haven’t been on a scared to death when she started.
own seemed like a terrible idea with you and then all the traffic bus or their last experience was years In the beginning, she not only had
ago, imagine you are driving your to learn how to drive a bus but she
children or grandchildren around also had to learn various parts of
in your vehicle and then multiply the bus and the pre-trip and post-
that by 20 or so. Add to that equation trip routines. It was a lot but like
weather conditions, other drivers and most things, it has gotten easier
rural back roads and it is easy to see with time.
that driving a school bus can be no All the bus drivers who work for
joke. Cadillac Area Public Schools drive
Luckily, Malloy said there is ex- all grade levels. That means they
tensive training prior to starting start with high school and proceed
your job and even once you are a with junior high, middle school and
full-time bus driver. That, however, finally elementary school students.
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Her route starts just before 6 the bus’ air brakes.
a.m. so she typically gets in the Once all the students are at
bus garage at 5:30 a.m. Monday school, Malloy said she will check
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For a new donkey that hasn’t been around Larry uses his foot to push aside food and is care of them,” Larry said.
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In a fast-paced world, Corner- they always make us feel wel- they met and decided to start a
stone Coffee gives people a quiet come.” family.
place to connect, feel welcome Located at 109 N. Roland St., “All of our family is here,”
and give and receive kindness. Cornerstone Coffee opened in DaNay said, and she could never
McBain resident Jenna Dick, McBain in August 2015 and is move away to a big city.
17, said she’s always thought the owned by married couple DaNay “I always knew I wanted a
coffee shop was a great place to Tossey, 36, and Greg Tossey, 37. bunch of kids and to raise them
meet up with people and chat. Both McBain residents grew here.”
“I often go there with my up there and graduated from Continues on Page 26
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One thing she didn’t know? That she would

open up McBain’s only coffee shop.
“The coffee shop was not on anyone’s radar
at all,” she said.
It all started when DaNay needed a place to
meet with her friend for coffee.
It needed to be in McBain so they
could grab their kids from
school on time, but there
was nowhere they
could go.
They ended up
going to a res-
taurant and
the two joked
they needed
a coffee
shop in
town for
meetings
just like
theirs.
DaNay
said she
comes up
with a lot
of ideas,
but “this one
was just stuck,
I couldn’t stop
thinking about it.”
So she went home
and told Greg the city
needed a coffee shop, “which
wasn’t met with a lot of enthusiasm,”
he said.
He said they had the six kids, a new house,
his property management business and it all
seemed like a lot.
Greg’s easy way out of the idea at the time
was saying there wasn’t a building available.
But, a week or two later, the little brick build-
ing on main street went up for sale.
DaNay said she was super excited, but Bryce Airgood | Cadillac News
in the back of her mind, she was thinking it Above, a cinnamon vanilla latte. Top right, shirts
would be too much money. But it wasn’t. on sale at Cornerstone Coffee in McBain. Right,
Continues on page 28 Cornerstone Coffee barista Andrea Stahl makes a latte.
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“Coffee should be good and simple....
Continued from page 26 They have never felt called to be missionaries
but this, this little place they had in their mind,
The couple said they kept coming to these now felt like a mission they could take on in the
crossroads where they thought they would get community.
a no, but they never did. They thought the bank It was a place where people could get great cof-
would say no. But it didn’t. They thought the fee and treats and be treated with kindness and
city would say no. But it didn’t. love. They even added a drive-thru because it’s
“It’s like God was just laying out the plan be- so convenient on days that are rushed and even
fore us,” she said. a short encounter can change someone’s day,
She said this little idea of creating a place DaNay said.
where people could meet for coffee grew into a “Coffee should be good and simple and not
bigger idea of being a ministry for their family. snooty,” she said. “So I hope people get that ex-
perience when they come here, and I think they
do.”
The couple has created a space that is homey Bryce Airgood | Cadillac News
and comfortable. Even the ceiling tiles were spe- Greg Tossey, 37, and DaNay Tossey, 36, at their shop
cifically chosen to fit the feel. Cornerstone Coffee.
Everybody hired knows the mission
and how to treat people. They get to DaNay said they make their own cold brew
know people and their families. They and there’s a bulletproof coffee that has coconut
genuinely take interest in these peo- oil and grass-fed butter mixed into it. It’s sup-
ple’s lives, she said. posed to get your metabolism going and get you
The coffee shop has four employees going in the morning.
and is open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday “And it tastes good,” Greg added.
through Friday and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. They have vegan baked goods like doughnuts,
on Saturday. cookies and energy bites. There’s loose-leaf teas,
The shop is closed on Sunday, which smoothies and Italian sodas. The couple would
is the day the family goes to like to add more food options at some point, like
church and regroups. soups and sandwiches.
The family is pretty involved with Both DaNay and Greg are black coffee people,
Highland Christian Reform Church, but when treating themselves enjoy caramel and
where Greg helps when he feels called to white chocolate lattes.
and DaNay leads some programs. “Now we know what good coffee is,” she said.
As for the treats and beverages at the shop, DaNay thought at first the coffee shop might
DaNay said they use all clean ingredients and just be a place for her and all her friends, but
no artificial colors. They take incredible care of people of all ages go there.
their coffee and espresso and she described it as Coffee is a universal thing that brings people
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ings of gratitude and honor. be a tarantula, which he hurriedly swatted off.
It's a far cry from the reception Jones received coming Jones received three Purple Heart medals in con-
back from Vietnam in 1969 when returning service men nection to multiple incidents, including getting shot
and women were treated with scorn by many of their through the nose at close range and receiving shrapnel
fellow countrymen. in the back and legs from enemy mortar fire.
"It was absolutely horrible," Jones said. "You were Jones said he lost a couple of soldiers in his platoon
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true. You couldn't get your uniform off fast enough." days afterward.
Many were drafted into service during the Vietnam To this day, he still talks to some of the family mem-
War, but Jones was different: he volunteered in 1968 to bers of the men he lost.
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He was assigned to the First Infantry Division — the his actions were responsible for causing heartache for
famed Big Red One — and worked his way into becom- families on the other side of the conflict, as well.
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to assist the more than AMVETS Post No. 120 in Mesick and military service members from the active,
600,000 Michigan veterans AMVETS has a history of assisting veterans guard and reserve forces. Its mission is to foster
across the 83 counties with and sponsoring numerous programs that serve camaraderie among veterans of overseas
accessing the variety of our country and its citizens. Membership in conflicts, to serve veterans, the military and
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who have served in the Armed served, or currently serving, in the U.S. Armed veterans. Call the post at (231) 824-3742.
Forces. For more information Forces, including the National Guard and
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Northwest Michigan Regional
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calling 989-289-2856. incorporated by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic
veterans organization devoted to mutual
•Wexford County Department of helpfulness. It is the nation’s largest wartime
Veterans Services veterans service organization, committed
The office assists veterans and their to mentoring youth and sponsorship of
families in obtaining any and all county, wholesome programs in our communities,
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Annex building (105 South Canal You can find the
Street, Lake City) on Mondays, application on
Thursdays and Fridays from the Veterans
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The VSOs Affairs tab on
primarily help veterans apply missaukee.
for VA benefits, but can org.
also help veterans look
for other resources to
help them. You don't •American Legion Post 300
need an appointment. Besides offering social opportunities for
County veterans who veterans, the American Legion has a small
were honorably fund to help veterans facing financial
discharged and difficulty, according to a VSO officer.
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Veteran Services Officers David •The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
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(231) 791-7082 or (231) 912-7011. veterans and sponsoring numerous programs that serve our
Located in the Michigan Works building country and its citizens.
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primary care providers, specialty care 1-800-406-5143, ext. 13124. homeless throughout a 23-county
referrals to the VA Medical Centers region including Missaukee and
in Saginaw, Detroit and Ann Arbor •Michigan Veterans Trust Fund Wexford counties. Housing Resource
as well as mental health services Veterans’ who need financial Specialists are able to provide veterans to call their own, a place
including medication management, assistance with an unforeseen expense outreach and case management where they can get involved in
individual and group counseling such that causes a temporary financial services, and can assist participants projects that provide camaraderie
as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. emergency or hardship can call (800) in obtaining Veterans Affairs benefits and purpose, healing and hope. The
642-4838 or a VSO listed above. and other public benefits. Veterans multi-use building is now serving as
can apply by contacting Centralized a food pantry strictly for veterans
•Crisis Counseling Intake at (844) 900-0500. and their families. The pantry is
A veteran who requires a counselor open from 1 to 3 p.m. the second
can call (800) 273-8255 and press 1. •Veterans Serving Veterans Food and fourth Thursday of each month.
Pantry Those who come get canned and
•Northwest Michigan Veterans Serving Veterans is a dry goods as well as frozen meat
Community Action Agency nonprofit organization made up of when available. Any veteran in need
Supportive Services for area veterans in support of disabled of assistance is urged to call Steve
Veteran Families veterans. Organization founder Roger Birdwell at (231) 884-3597. The
Supportive Services Bandeen, a retired Vietnam era Veterans Serving Veterans Park is
for Veteran Families veteran, donated multiple acres on located at 3740 S. 41 Road across
works with veteran South 41 Road to create a place for from the airport.
VETERAN SERVICES
Wexford state, and federal benefits they are entitled to. advocating patriotism and honor, promoting
County The director is Kent Meyers and the service strong national security, and continued
•Michigan officer is Amanda Downing. The office also devotion to our fellow service members and
Association of helps veterans utilize the Michigan Veteran’s veterans. Contact the Cadillac Post at (231)
Counties Veterans Trust Fund, which can provide funds to 775-6500
Services veterans for temporary, financial emergencies
MAC, in partnership or hardship grants. The office can be reached •Manton Eugene N. Kimbel Veterans of
with the Michigan by calling (231) 775-6654 or email veterans@ Foreign Wars Post No. 7806
Veterans Affairs Agency, wexfordcounty.org. The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
has hired 10 regional United States is a nonprofit veterans service
veterans coordinators •AMVETS Post No. 110 in Cadillac and organization comprised of eligible veterans
to assist the more than AMVETS Post No. 120 in Mesick and military service members from the active,
600,000 Michigan veterans AMVETS has a history of assisting veterans guard and reserve forces. Its mission is to foster
across the 83 counties with and sponsoring numerous programs that serve camaraderie among veterans of overseas
accessing the variety of our country and its citizens. Membership in conflicts, to serve veterans, the military and
benefits available to those AMVETS is open to anyone who honorably communities and to advocate on behalf of all
who have served in the Armed served, or currently serving, in the U.S. Armed veterans. Call the post at (231) 824-3742.
Forces. For more information Forces, including the National Guard and
about such services contact Reserves. Call the Cadillac Post at (231) 775-
Wexford County’s representative 7433 and the Mesick post at (231) 885-1607.
Northwest Michigan Regional
Coordinator Keven Johnson at •Ray E. Bostick American Legion Post No. 94
kjohnson@micounties.org or by The American Legion was chartered and
calling 989-289-2856. incorporated by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic
veterans organization devoted to mutual
•Wexford County Department of helpfulness. It is the nation’s largest wartime
Veterans Services veterans service organization, committed
The office assists veterans and their to mentoring youth and sponsorship of
families in obtaining any and all county, wholesome programs in our communities,
Missaukee County died with small estates

•Veterans Services Officers might be eligible
VSOs are at the Missaukee County for burial benefits.
Annex building (105 South Canal You can find the
Street, Lake City) on Mondays, application on
Thursdays and Fridays from the Veterans
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The VSOs Affairs tab on
primarily help veterans apply missaukee.
for VA benefits, but can org.
also help veterans look
for other resources to
help them. You don't •American Legion Post 300
need an appointment. Besides offering social opportunities for
County veterans who veterans, the American Legion has a small
were honorably fund to help veterans facing financial
discharged and difficulty, according to a VSO officer.
Osceola County assistance, family

•Veterans Services assistance and burial assistance.
Veteran Services Officers David •The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
Blanchard and Wayne Stevens can States is a nonprofit veterans service organization comprised of
be reached on Monday, Tuesday and eligible veterans and military service members from the active,
Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at guard and reserve forces. AMVETS has a history of assisting
(231) 791-7082 or (231) 912-7011. veterans and sponsoring numerous programs that serve our
Located in the Michigan Works building country and its citizens.
at 240 E. Church Ave.
in Reed City, veterans have access Reed City VFW No. 2964, AMVETS No. 2965
to educational and benefits counseling, 129 E Osceola St., Reed City, Michigan 49677
assistance in obtaining documents, employment (231) 832-5102
Lake County •Baldwin American Legion Post

•American Legion, Veteran Services Officer Phillip Babcock 240 VFW Peakcock Post 5315
(231) 590-6200, email: al.vbadet@va.gov 2225 M-37, Baldwin, MI 49304
Office Hours: Fourth Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (231) 745-2134
Member benefits include
•AMVETS Baldwin Michigan Post No. 1988 counseling, family assistance and
1959 West 24th Street Baldwin, MI 49304 savings on a variety of things including
American Veterans, AMVETS, is a non-partisan, volunteer-led haircuts, computers, real estate and
organization formed by World War II veterans. It advocates for mortgage services and more. Only for
its members as well as for causes that members deem helpful men and women who served on foreign
to the nation at large. soil during war.
Regional resources Other services include audiology, families to improve their

•Veterans Affairs Cadillac tele-health, laboratory services such housing stability. Veteran
Community Based Outpatient Clinic as blood draws, prescriptions and housing resource specialists
The Cadillac VA Clinic offers primary health promotion. Pre-registration at work with veterans and their
care services for veterans in the this clinic is required. For eligibility families who are homeless or
Cadillac area. It offers highly qualified questions or a registration packet call who are at-risk of becoming
primary care providers, specialty care 1-800-406-5143, ext. 13124. homeless throughout a 23-county
referrals to the VA Medical Centers region including Missaukee and
in Saginaw, Detroit and Ann Arbor •Michigan Veterans Trust Fund Wexford counties. Housing Resource
as well as mental health services Veterans’ who need financial Specialists are able to provide veterans to call their own, a place
including medication management, assistance with an unforeseen expense outreach and case management where they can get involved in
individual and group counseling such that causes a temporary financial services, and can assist participants projects that provide camaraderie
as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. emergency or hardship can call (800) in obtaining Veterans Affairs benefits and purpose, healing and hope. The
642-4838 or a VSO listed above. and other public benefits. Veterans multi-use building is now serving as
can apply by contacting Centralized a food pantry strictly for veterans
•Crisis Counseling Intake at (844) 900-0500. and their families. The pantry is
A veteran who requires a counselor open from 1 to 3 p.m. the second
can call (800) 273-8255 and press 1. •Veterans Serving Veterans Food and fourth Thursday of each month.
Pantry Those who come get canned and
•Northwest Michigan Veterans Serving Veterans is a dry goods as well as frozen meat
Community Action Agency nonprofit organization made up of when available. Any veteran in need
Supportive Services for area veterans in support of disabled of assistance is urged to call Steve
Veteran Families veterans. Organization founder Roger Birdwell at (231) 884-3597. The
Supportive Services Bandeen, a retired Vietnam era Veterans Serving Veterans Park is
for Veteran Families veteran, donated multiple acres on located at 3740 S. 41 Road across
works with veteran South 41 Road to create a place for from the airport.
TURNING POINT
Continued from page 33 particular, goes out of its way to Chris Lamphere | Cadillac News
honor its veterans with not just lip
Sue Marcum served in an administra-
Fellow Vietnam-era veteran Sue service, but meaningful action.
tive capacity in the Army and after
Marcum agrees there was a turning One of the most telling indications
of this area's commitment to helping returning from active duty, worked
point in how people view veterans
its veterans is the passing of a mill- as an intelligence official at the
but she has a different theory as to
when that occurred. age to pay for the Wexford County Pentagon, then enlisted in the Navy.
"I think the patriotism shown by Veteran's Services Department,
country music stars (such as Lee Marcum said.
Greenwood Jr.), has helped heal "I was shocked to find out that was
and bring this country together," going to be on the ballot," Marcum
Marcum said. said. "It was a godsend. I'm glad
Marcum served in an administra- other areas are starting to take a
tive capacity in the Army and after look at that, as well."
returning from active duty, worked Troy Jones, a 58-year-old Army vet-
as an intelligence official at the eran who now lives in Manton, said
Pentagon, then enlisted in the Navy. when he returned from service as a
During her career, which spanned small arms repair specialist in 1982,
from the Vietnam War into the 1990s, services for veterans were incredibly
Marcum watched as the stigma of limited and in some cases, difficult
being a veteran gradually disap- to access.
peared. Today, Jones said the situation
Marcum said this community, in couldn't be more different.
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Case in point: with the help of
officials at the Wexford County
Department of Veterans Services,
Jones was able to get help paying
for hearing aids, which he needs
because of things that happened to
him while he was in the service.
Jones said he's also in the process
of getting some tests done to deter-
mine if he has brain trauma from
his time in the service, for which
he could receive some compensa-
tion.
These types of services are get-
ting easier to navigate, Jones said,
because society is more aware of
the challenges veterans face in the
civilian world.
"The attitude is a lot different
now," Jones said. "People didn't Chris Lamphere | Cadillac News
know about PTSD." Above: Troy Jones, a 58-year-old Army vet-
Airforce veteran Amanda eran who now lives in Manton, said when
Downing moved back to the area he returned from service as a small arms
after her then-husband — a fellow repair specialist in 1982, services for vet-
veteran who suffers from extreme
erans were incredibly limited and in some
post-traumatic stress disorder —
cases, difficult to access. Right: Airforce
kicked her and their child out of
the home. veteran Amanda Downing moved back
"It was the day before to the area after her then-husband — a
Thanksgiving, 2015," said Downing, fellow veteran who suffers from extreme
who served in the accounting, post-traumatic stress disorder — kicked
finance and budget department of her and their child out of the home.
the Air Force from 1997 to 2004.
After couch surfing at family Downing said a "picture-perfect" Even the Department of Veterans nutrition and fitness program,
members' homes for about two example of how the community Affairs — a common target of crit- nutritional counseling, preventa-
years, Downing eventually found values its veterans is the memorial icism — has progressed "leaps and tive medicine, social work services,
stable employment and a place to wall at the Wexford County Court bounds" over the years, Meyers women’s health, and more.
live. She is now the veterans ser- House. said. Although Seward said the resourc-
vice officer at the Wexford County The wall is painted with a mili- "The Cadillac community has es available to veterans in this area
tary-themed mural and adorned great respect for its many veterans are impressive, especially consider-
Department of Veterans Services.
and provides extra support for the ing it's a rural area, there is room
"I found myself in a couple sticky with plaques detailing some of
VA mission in many ways," said VA for improvement.
financial situations," Downing the servicemen from the area who "The Cadillac VA CBOC isn’t able
said. "This office turned it all gave their lives for their country. spokesperson Carrie Seward. "Local
veteran service organizations pro- to provide many specialty services
around for me." "(Seeing the wall for the first or urgent walk-in care," Seward
vide invaluable help to our veter-
Downing said there are so many time) was one of the very few said. "However, the VA Mission Act
ans, always going above and beyond
veterans out there, like herself, times I've felt at home," Downing the call of duty whenever veteran is making it possible to offer more
that desperately need help but for a said. "It made me feel really good needs are identified." specialty services in the local com-
variety of reasons, don't seek it. when I saw that: recognizing those Seward said the local VA has munity when specialists are not
"You feel very square in a round who gave all in a very personal expanded through the years to readily available at our clinic."
way." include primary care, audiology, Downing said while there remain
world," Downing said. "We aren't as
home-based primary care, home- gaps in services for those in this
open with our experiences." Kent Meyers, director of the area who have answered the call of
Although Downing said many Wexford County Veterans Services less veteran program services, peer
support, veterans justice outreach, their country, this community is
veterans still face a plethora of Department, said there is no ques- dedicated to making it better.
tion in his mind this community comfort therapies, mental health
obstacles acclimating to everyday "The community is trying very
services, laboratory draw services,
life, she believes the community is holds its veterans in very high home oxygen, CPAP/BiPAP, MOVE! hard," Downing said. "There's a feel-
doing its best to provide support. regard. ing of, 'let's do better, let's do more.'"
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Cutting edge visionaries used by factory workers to create these items for ed to get out of the big city and Cadillac seemed
By Chris Lamphere the automotive, marine, aerospace and farming like a “nice industrial town.”
Cadillac News industries. For more than two decades, the company only
The tools are quite intricate and contain hollow produced tools made out of carbide, which is
If not for a bold gamble made at a time when areas that are used to transport a cooling liquid commonly referred to as tungsten, Gray said.
many companies were struggling merely to to prevent overheating during use. Ten years ago — when the housing market
remain afloat, Dunbarton Tool might not be here “It’s kind of like art,” Gray said. “It gets in your burst and the Great Recession began — Gray said
today. skin.” they made a fateful decision to invest in diamond
Formed in Metro Detroit in 1986 by Dan Gray For the most part, Gray said their clients are cutting technology.
and Paul Warner, Dunbarton Tool specializes in in the automotive field, including the Big Three, “We were one of the first ones to jump on it,”
producing cutting tools, step reamers and drills. Toyota, Nissan, and Honda; as well as Linamar, Gray said. “We were looking to the future.”
Hanging on the walls of their facility on Clay Ryobi, and Briggs and Stratton, among others. By incorporating small pieces of industrial-
Drive in Haring Township are designs for com- Around the year 2001, Dunbarton Tool relocat- grade diamonds into the tips of their tools, Gray
plex items such as engine blocks and carbure- ed from Detroit to Cadillac. said it increased their effectiveness and lifespan
tors. The reason for the move? Gray said they want- by an average of four times compared to just carbide.
Dunbarton makes the tools that eventually are

Operations Manager Josh Tuck uses 3D com-
puter modeling to design tools that meet
specifications ordered by their clients.
Mastering the
learning curve
“It’s a whole different beast,” Gray said. “Only
about 40 percent of (tool makers like Dunbarton
Tool) are doing diamonds. This is next genera-
tion tooling but there was a big learning curve
to it.”
Part of that learning curve required the devel-
opment of a dedicated tool designer position at
the company.
Operations Manager Josh Tuck uses 3D com-
puter modeling to design tools that meet specifica-
tions ordered by their clients. Chris Lamphere | Cadillac News
Tuck said he gets orders for new tools every Shown is a machine at Dunbarton Tool that shaves a piece of metal to a desired thickness.
month, so he stays pretty busy.
Sometimes, Tuck said he disagrees with the More often than not, however, the process is ing companies have gone out of business as
direction given by the engineers at the company fairly smooth, Tuck said. a result of economic stresses and inability to
they are working with and they talk it over and Once a new tool is approved, Dunbarton Tool adjust to this changing market.
try to reach a consenses. begins producing it. Since Dunbarton Tool was on the forefront
“We make this stuff, so we know what works and Many manufacturers are in the process of of adopting the diamond technology, they
what doesn’t work,” Tuck said. upgrading their production systems to incor- were able to secure lucrative relationships
Rarely, a client will decide to go in a completely porate diamond-studded tools produced by with some of the largest manufacturing
different direction after Tuck has spent hours companies like Dunbarton Tool. firms in the world.
designing a new tool. Over the years, Gray said similar tool mak- Continues on page 43
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to stick it out, Gray said it’s a great
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Gray said today they are the only
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“Once you’re over that hump:
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231-282-3194 282-3194 making these kinds of tools. making $17 to $22 an hour,” Gray
7850 W. County Line Rd. Currently staffed with 12 full- said.
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think it’s going to, there’s going to train them from scratch.
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At this point, Gray said one of is DJ Viars, a 25-year-old who
the largest obstacles to growing started in July 2018.
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“It’s always difficult to find new work is quite difficult, he has
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Bringing healthier beef
to the community
By Bryce Airgood ated farm at 2601 S. 23 Road in Boon. Fenner said. “Hormone and antibiotic free to
Cadillac News Jonathan Fenner, 31, the current owner, the community.”
lives there with his parents, wife, three kids He said there’s a big push right now for
Ever since she was a kid, Kristen Platz, 26, ages 2, 5 and 6 years old, two miniature hors- sustainable farming and paying attention to
has been going to Fenner Farms. es, goats, ducks, cattle and two Australian what’s on the ground.
And every time she’s gone there, she’s been Shepherds, Bear and Molly. “An older gentleman told me, if you take
greeted with a smile. Bryan Fenner, Johnathan Fenner’s dad, care of the ground it’ll take care of you,” he
“It’s a really friendly atmosphere there,” started the farm in 1996. The last couple said.
she said. “Everyone is so nice.” years Jonathan Fenner has taken over and Fenner Farms sells cage-free chickens that
When she was a teen, Platz bought a horse has changed the focus quite a bit. have not been genetically modified or fed,
by saving money chopping wood. She had Jonathan Fenner said this year the farm eggs, organic hay and corn, maple syrup the
to buy the hay for the horse herself and her will have 500 acres of certified organic hay farm is trying to get certified as organic and
budget was limited. and corn, and the farm has transitioned into a line of chicken, goat, beef and horse feed.
But the Fenner Farms owner at the time, doing more local beef sales. Fenner said he farms around 1,800 acres
Bryan Fenner, was willing to work with her When he buys cattle he does not put hor- and has between 200 and 400 chickens, which
and told her she could stack hay to help pay mones or antibiotics in them. If a cow gets can be hens or broiler chickens, which are
for the horse food. sick they will treat it, they’re not just going eaten.
“They’d always be really friendly, work to let the animal die, but then they won’t sell Right now the farm only has 150 trees
with you,” Platz said. it locally, he said. tapped for maple syrup, but there’s the poten-
Fenner Farms is a family owned and oper- “That’s a big thing I’m trying to push,” tial to tap 1,000.
A taste for
hormone
free beef
Fenner said there are 600 to 700 heads of beef
cattle at the farm and they try to buy the steers
around 400 pounds and 120 at a time, a semi-full.
The farm sells one-eighth, one-fourth, half and
the whole beef.
He said sometimes families will buy enough
meat for the whole year while others will buy a Courtesy photo
one-eighth and buy more when they run out. Jonathan Fenner, 31, sons Hans, 3, and Hudson, 5, wife Devon, 29 and daughter Evelyn, 6, at Fenner Farms in Boon.
“The big thing is people know what they’re get-
ting,” he said.
“And we stand 100 percent behind our beef.”
If people don’t like what they got there is a re- ent. The steak she gets from Fenner Farms is juicier
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Not eating the profit Continued from 45
She said it’s nice and she feels safer knowing where the hay is coming
from, as weedy hay can make animals sick.
Fenner doesn’t personally know if the beef from his farm tastes better,
as he and both his parents are vegetarians.
The kids don’t really eat meat either, though if there’s some extra beef
left over from a cow his wife will go through it and pull out some filet
mignons.
“The joke is I don’t eat my profit,” he said.
Fenner said being a vegetarian is a healthier lifestyle, and it’s partly
why he’s pushed for the change in the beef too.
He said the beef on the farm isn’t organic, but people have the option
of buying it and knowing what they’re getting.
In the 10-year future he hopes the farm will be able to sell organic beef.
“Every year we’re adding more to our organic certificate,” he said.
Organic doesn’t happen overnight, though.
Fenner said it takes three years after the first commercial input has
been applied to get it organic, which is partly why organic costs so much.
The farm tries to accommodate customers where they’re at and will
provide different cuts like steaks. Bryce Airgood | Cadillac News
“They’re returning to us,” he said. “They’re not going back to the store, Top: Jonathan Fenner, 31, the current owner of Fenner Farms and his dogs in Boon
so that says something.” on Jan. 3, 2019. Lower right: Cattle at Fenner Farms in Boon.
Platz said Fenner Farms means a lot to the community. It’s a spot for
locals to get all their needs like food, animals and hay. makes the drive for them.”
Even though she lives in Mesick now on her own little farm, she “still “I still go there,” she said. “Every few weeks I’m calling them up.”
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By Mardi Suhs arrive home to an empty house with hours to kill.
Cadillac News “It’s a good place to go after school instead of
to a baby sitter,” said Mackinaw Trail Middle
Jeremiah Shipton, a 37-year-old father of three, School student Mackenzie Speaks.
has a gentle, calm demeanor. “It’s better than going home with nothing to do
And kids trust him. That’s an asset at the Ca- except play with the phone,” said another MTMS
dillac Area YMCA, where he works as the Teen student, Chastity Campbell.
Center coordinator. Every day he supervises 30 to After checking in at the front desk, students
80 or more kids that arrive on Wexford/Cadillac head to the Teen Center for a free meal or snack.
Transit Authority buses after school. Some stay and hang out, playing games and do-
“I love the challenge of this job,” Shipton said. ing homework. Others head to the basketball
“The kids come up with different issues they courts, workout room or go swimming.
are dealing with on a daily basis, like grades at “So we are partly parents to these kids, to keep
school and relationships. It was rough when I them from making horrible decisions. If they
first started because the guy before me was a didn’t have that, they would be making decisions
huge part of these kids’ lives.” that weren’t real great for them,” Shipton said. “A
But that was four and a half years ago. Since lot of the kids say ‘Hey, you are like my Y dad.’ I
then, he’s become a trusted mentor. give fatherly advice.”
“So I started by trying to engage the kids in
Mardi Suhs | Cadillac News what they were doing and get comfortable with Teen Center growth
Photo above: Jeremiah Shipton is them,” he said. “I think my strength is getting
surrounded by a group of teens kids who normally wouldn’t fit in the same social In the last three years, Teen Center attendance
that just arrived at the YMCA Teen circles to do things together. I also didn’t realize has tripled. Eight hundred kids attended last
Center by bus after school. how many kids came from broken homes until I year, requiring additional funds for custodial
started here.” help and personnel. In addition, all seventh grade
If it weren’t for the Teen Center, many would students receive a free membership.
The right direction
“We see seventh grade as a pivotal likely to skip school, do drugs or
year,” said Executive Director Dan drop out.
Smith. “They need independence. “I’ve seen changes in the kids
We have eyes on them yet they can that come here from year to year,”
make decisions here.” Shipton said. “The sixth graders
Recently, Smith secured a $15,000 last year didn’t have great man-
grant to fund the program, includ- ners and they pushed the envelope.
ing a free meal. Parents say their kids are showing
“When the Teen Center first great improvements at home. I treat
opened it was an under-used as- it like parenting my kids. I remind
set, with maybe eight kids the first the kids that we are polite to people.
day,” Smith said. “But we created I try to encourage that.”
this space to help our youth develop Continues on Page 50
healthy living habits away from
risky behaviors. And this includes
another adult mentor in their life
that they can bring issues to, to Mardi Suhs | Cadillac News
steer them in the right direction.” YMCA Program Director Mike Kelso visits
Smith stressed that nationwide with students after school in the Teen
research backs up this approach. Center. To his left is Teen Impact graduate
Kids involved in something outside Damien Brooks, 17, and to his right is Ava
of school three days a week are less Todosciuk, 12, a sixth grade student.
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Smith’s vision of the Teen Center is true to

the YMCA mission, to put Christian principles
into practice through programs that build a
healthy spirit, mind and body.
“You always hear about the number of kids
doing drugs. But you never hear about the
kids that aren’t doing drugs because they went
through this program,” Smith said, referenc-
ing a Teen Center offshoot called Teen Impact
that provides life skills lessons for youth ages
14 to 17.
“The Teen Center gives teens the indepen-
dence they are craving,” said Mike Kelso,
program director. “It’s a supervised environ-
ment that parents trust. We provide a balance
between independence, supervision and men-
torship ...We let them learn to solve things by
themselves. We don’t decide their teams in bas- Mardi Suhs | Cadillac News
ketball. If something isn’t working, we encour- Alex McDonald, a Cadillac High School senior, enjoys a game of pool after school at the YMCA Teen Center.
age them to think through it.”
Butkovich also credits the center with help- not alone. I’ve been comforted by the people
Parents trust the program ing her daughter get back on track after a here ... and Jerry is really good with advanced
rough year. math, he helps me with my homework. I can
“As a family we love the center,” said Jill But- “The teenage years can be miserable and Hal- hang out here with people I would never talk to
kovich. “My husband and I work and we knew ey went through that last year,” she said. “But in my entire life in the hallways at school. But
they would be taken care of. It wasn’t just a at the Y, if she’s having a bad day, she can work when we come here, we are all the same.”
baby sitter at home.” and there are adults there that care for her. I “We have many stories about kids who have
Her son Ethan enjoys being with kids his am happy that she is close to Jeremiah. He can been helped here at the Y through the Teen
own age, playing basketball and swimming. walk her through things. It’s made a huge dif- Center and our Teen Impact program,” said
“The biggest benefit for Ethan is getting him ference from where she was last year.” Smith. “I think the community should know
moving,” Butkovich said. “He’s big into video “This is a comfortable place,” said Haley, 14, we have a huge impact on the lives of kids and
games, but at the center most of their games from a table in the lobby where she does home- it has grown in the last decade since we opened
require movement.” work. “When I walk through these doors, I’m the building. I’m hoping it continues forward.”
The Y Teen Center is open from 3 to 7 Grant helps fund program

p.m. Monday through Friday for area
students from grade six to 12. There YMCA receives a $15,000 grant for the Teen Cen- Balgoyen manages government and community
are also summer hours. The center ter from ITC Holdings Corp. affairs locally for ITC Holdings, the owner/opera-
is supervised by a staff member who Community contributions, fundraising and tor of Michigan’s high voltage grid.
helps kids with homework, provides a membership fees are crucial to funding the non- “We like to support youth-related causes,” she
healthy meal and oversees the center. profit YMCA. said. “And knowing there was a great need in the
In addition to Teen Center activities, But with the growth of the Teen Center, Execu- area in helping at-risk youth, it piqued my inter-
there are teen nights, a robotics club tive Director Dan Smith needed additional funds. est. Education is one of our target areas for chari-
and the seventh grade program. A chance encounter helped him secure the $15,000 table giving ... ITC is proud to help the YMCA
www.cadillacareaymca.org grant. grow the program to reach more young people,
“I happened to sit next to Nora Balgoyen at a and to support the services they provide in the
banquet and I started talking about the Teen Cen- Cadillac area.”
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Celebrating art, books
and folklore in Marion Karen Hopper Usher | Cadillac News
Ted Parkhurst publishes and sells
books from his storefront in Marion.
By Karen Hopper Usher version, using a Kickstarter-like model of up- “What if we started some sort of organiza-
Cadillac News front payment and subsequent delivery of the tion?” they wondered.
product. Soon, they had a 501(c)3 dedicated to publish-
On the edge of Marion’s downtown, the sign It was a business model he tried again in ing books for those “far from New York.”
above the door reads “Artist on Duty.” A small- Arkansas, where he lived for decades after he “We thought that was an original idea in
er, yellow sign also designates the building as graduated from college there. 1978,” Parkhurst said. But it turns out there
Parkhurst Brothers Publishing. One summer, he sold bibles. were scores of people doing the same thing all
There’s no brother. It’s Ted Parkhurst, and “I did not get rich but I did learn that if you over the country. “We just didn’t know.”
now, his wife Linda. had something that you liked, you could sell it,” He was selling his own books of poems door-
It’s a story that ends where it starts. Parkhurst said. to-door in Little Rock.
Parkhurst grew up in Marion and got his first His first marriage and a child with health “I’m Ted Parkhurst and this is a book that I
taste of publishing after a brush with censor- problems meant that he spent his 20s working at wrote,” he would say. The line worked in neigh-
ship. a meatpacking plant in Little Rock, Arkansas. borhoods where journalists and artists lived.
It was 1966 and the student literary magazine “I was a frustrated poet throughout my col- Soon, he was revisiting his old business mod-
was incinerated. lege days and my 20s,” he recalled. He self-pub- el, from when he lived in Marion as a teenager.
“I thought that was a repressive and radical lished some books of poetry. Twenty-five dollars upfront, and then six books
thing to do,” Parkhurst recalled. So he got to- Then he and a friend started publishing a se- by Arkansas writers later.
gether with a friend and published their own ries of books together. Continues on page 56
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mass audience, he lamented. he was repaying a debt to the
celebrating 35 years in downtown cadillac “That was a lot of our frus- poetry scene in Michigan.
tration,” Parkhurst said. They “But it’s actually turned out
sold August House in 2004. to be a good seller.”
Then the marriage ended, too. In 2018, Parkhurst published
TAVERN For a while, Parkhurst “The Road to Marion Town”
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He became an artist instead. and designed by Parkhurst’s
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cused on public policy books. Since retur ning home,
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A recently completed $35 million
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production.
By Karen Hopper Usher “It was a very satisfying day,” said Shawn said. It’s a computer that figures out what the
Cadillac News Johnston, general manager of Michigan saw- best use is for each log, scanning it, sizing it and
mills for Biewer Lumber. deciding how it should be cut.
Biewer Sawmill has been in McBain for more “We should be able to double our production,” You may have used the wood or byproducts
than 30 years. Johnston said. yourself. The lumber sometimes goes to big
One of the women who was involved in bring- That means 17 more jobs, more sales and the hardware stores like Home Depot. Or maybe
ing to McBain the industrial park that would external jobs that come from more members of you’ve bought wood shavings for a pet. Bark is
become the sawmill’s eventual home all those the community having jobs and spending money. turned into mulch. Biewer also supplies a paper
years ago told the Cadillac News in 2018 that “That benefits the community as a whole,” mill in Escanaba. And dust and shavings go to
she’d hoped the industrial park would bring jobs Johnston said. co-gen plants that power homes and businesses.
to the community. Think a sawmill job is guaranteed to be a dirty Just as the wood products are used in various
It, and the sawmill, did. one? Think again. ways, there are also various kinds of jobs that
The sawmill in McBain has about 300 employ- “It’s a cleaner and brighter environment than are linked to the sawmill. Biewer Lumber as a
ees. Another Biewer-owned sawmill in Lake City it used to be,” Johnston said. whole has about 600 employees — some here in
has about 50 employees. There is some dust, of course, but new technol- Northern Michigan, others in Lansing or the
And now, the sawmill in McBain is adding ogy means it’s a cleaner and, and for some jobs, company’s headquarters in St. Clair. Others are
jobs, though by the time you read this, the saw- less physically taxing one than sawmill employ- in Mississippi, Wisconsin or Illinois.
mill’s manager hopes to have the positions filled. ment of yesteryear. Some work for the company’s logistics arm,
A $35 million investment at the sawmill Some workers even do their jobs from a remote hauling freight.
came to fruition on Dec. 3 when a new saw line control station. And that’s not counting the contractors, from
opened. Everything is computerized now, Johnston loggers to rail workers, according to Johnston.
Investing in the younger generation
Employees at the sawmill are often trained on-the-job,
Johnston said. The skills can be pretty specialized. Learn-
ing how to grade lumber, for example, takes about six
months.
But with increasing computerization, more jobs can be
filled with Career Tech Center grads, according to Johnston.
Investing in younger generations is part of the sawmill’s
philosophy; Biewer has a scholarship program for McBain
and Lake City schools, as well as an internship.
Biewer Lumber isn’t done investing in the sawmill in
McBain.
Right now they’re in the process of completing a new dry
kiln, which they use to dry lumber. Pine, for which the saw-
mill is designed specifically, needs to be at about 15 percent
humidity so the lumber doesn’t warp and twist when it’s
planed, according to Johnston.
The new dry kiln will hopefully be up and running around
March, Johnston said. Adding a new kiln is part and parcel
of the new saw line’s increased productivity, and Johnston
doesn’t expect new hires for the kiln specifically, though it
may happen. Down the line, the company may invest in a
new planing mill as well. Karen Hopper Usher | Cadillac News
Most of the logs processed at the sawmill in McBain are Marc Dauphinais is a contractor who was helping the sawmill get its new saw line up and running.
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for someone to have,” you are missing a big part of his passion —
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Coffee is a big part of his life and he hopes it will be a part of his
For Nate Metzger coffee isn’t just a delicious, hot beverage — it’s a life as a business.
lifestyle. While Metzger is a teacher by day with Cadillac Area Public
From his family’s pets, a dog named Java and two cats named Schools, he also has been roasting small batches of green coffee
Kaffee (which means “coffee” in German) and Mocha, to the decora- beans for friends and other customers since 2015. He is able to oper-
tions hung in his house and the cupboard full of coffee cups from the ate his business via the state’s cottage food law, and is hoping one
various states and places Metzger and his family have visited Star- day it will become something bigger.
bucks while on vacation. What started out as a small hobby is now something Metzger is
While you might be thinking, “That doesn’t sound too outrageous clearly passionate about.
College days
But before you can understand allowed for free refills all year. Like
Metzger’s love of coffee you have to any love relationship, there are ups
understand where it started. and downs and for Metzger that was
Like many students, Metzger true with coffee.
found coffee in his 20s when the “I have always said coffee is an ac-
rigors and complexities of college quired taste. People start drinking
life took hold. While that is true, it for a reason and then they start
Metzger also had a medical reason to like it,” he said. “When I first
why he turned to coffee. started drinking coffee I was a dark
In his 20s he was clinically diag- roast guy.”
nosed with attention deficit disor- During that time, Metzger said he
der or ADD. While he was able to was filling his Starbucks mug twice
successfully maneuver high school a day. As a sophomore, he married
and make his way into Cornerstone his wife Angie and a year later
University in Grand Rapids, college during their junior year their first
was presenting other challenges. child was born. Metzger said once
While many turned to pharmaceu- he became a father his coffee con-
ticals to help regain focus, Metzger sumption really started to take off. Rick Charmoli | Cadillac News
opted to go a different route. Once kids got into the picture, Nate Metzger weighs out a couple pounds of green coffee beans he is about to
He chose coffee and the caffeine it Metzger said his wife even started roast in his garage. While Metzger is a teacher by day with Cadillac Area Public
contains for the stimulant he need- drinking coffee and it became a love Schools, he also has been roasting small batches of green coffee beans for
ed to help him focus. He started they both share. friends and other customers since 2015. His coffee roasting company is called
with a $20 mug from Starbucks that Continues on page 63 Cadillac Roasting Co.
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came more sophisticated, he started
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roasted, and brewed. beans. He received his first one-
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The problem is when you drink those first batches of roasted beans
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as he learned more about coffee and
its flavors and his flavor palate be- Continues on page 64
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Corey C. Miller | 231-832-9780 | Licensed & Insured Nate Metzger holds a handful of green coffee beans before he roasts them in January
2019.
What kind of coffee
is this? Continued from page 63
When he first started, Metzger said he was

roasting two pounds of coffee a week. He said
Costa Rican beans were his “go-to” beans be-
cause they produce the sweetest type of coffees
and are not bitter.
“A good coffee shouldn’t have bitterness. If it
is, the roasting could have gone wrong or the wa-
ter temperature was too hot or the coffee is old,”
he said.
As time passed, Metzger’s coffee roasting skill
increased. As he would share coffee with friends
a common question would get asked: “What kind
of coffee is this?”
“Usually when we had coffee they would com-
ment. A lot of people were inquisitive of where
I bought it. I would tell them I bought the beans
and roasted them and they were like, ‘wow,’” he Rick Charmoli | Cadillac News
said. “It was always a conversation piece.” For Nate Metzger coffee isn’t just a delicious, hot beverage — it’s a lifestyle. While Metzger is a teacher by day with
He said people and friends would always ask if Cadillac Area Public Schools, he also has been roasting small batches of green coffee beans for friends and other cus-
they could buy some coffee. During the holidays, tomers since 2015. His coffee roasting company is called Cadillac Roasting Co. The roaster he uses is seen above.
those requests really took off as people wanted
to give some of Metzger’s coffee as gifts. the owner of Blue Heron in Cadillac. While he is comfortable with his skills when
That sparked an idea. “He was inspirational and is a good business- it comes to roasting and that it will produce one
Metzger said he always wanted to do a coffee man. He was the final push,” he said. of if not the best cup of coffee you have had, he
roasting business but at the time technology had can’t do anything magical when it comes to its
not caught up. If he wanted to purchase a roast- GETTING USED TO A NEW ROASTER taste. All he is trying to do is find good coffee to
er that could do more than one pound at a time, While there are roasters that are completely offer at a good price.
Metzger said the investment would be between run by computers, the one he bought allowed When it comes to finding good coffee, Metzger
$35,000 and $40,000. On a teacher’s salary that him to have control over the whole roasting said you should always look for a born-on date
was not possible. process. That meant Metzger could control the and always buy the freshest you can find. He also
In addition to the price, Metzger said the roast- temperature and the speed at which the beans said it is better to buy the whole bean rather than
ers available in 2012 were huge. So big in fact cooked. already ground.
that even if he could afford to buy one he would “There was a learning curve with it. It took When it comes to coffee flavor, a lot will
need to rent a building to house it. Again not some time to learn what beans from what re- depend on how it is brewed. He recommends
feasible. gions need to be roasted,” he said. “Now I have using a coffee brewing system with a shower
In 2015 those things changed. four or five beans I’m comfortable roasting. I head rather than a drip. He also said like fruit,
Much like cell phones and other technology, stay out of the espresso or french roast.” different types of coffee beans are harvested
as time passed and there were advancements, The beans Metzger roasts include Columbian, at different times. Much like Michigan straw-
roasters got smaller and cheaper. That is when Sumatra, Peruvian, Tanzanian and decaf. berries come in June, he said certain types of
he got the roaster he currently has. While the coffee beans are freshest at certain times of the
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final push he needed from Brian Williams who is website or Facebook page. search “Cadillac Roasting Co.”
What is coffee roasting?
STEP 1: At the beginning of each
Coffee roasting is a process that in-
volves the application of heat to green
coffee in an effort to transform the
batch, raw “green” coffee is loaded sugars, proteins, acids, etc. into aro-
into the roaster. There are many types mas of roasted nuts, malts, chocolate,
of roasters. Metzger’s roaster is a fruit, berries, flowers and more.
system that uses convection currents Metzger also said each coffee has a
of air to roast the coffee. precise final temperature and time of
roasting, both developed through a
STEP 2: Room temperature to mixture of intuition and experimen-
around 300 degrees Fahrenheit and tation on the part of the roaster. For
depending on the region of coffee and example, he said a Yirgacheffe coffee
roaster, the color of the coffee shifts might be roasted to 418 degrees Fahr-
from green to yellow and the smell enheit in 12:30, while a Honduran
shifts from freshly cut grass to hay-like. Espresso coffee will be roasted to 435
degrees Fahrenheit in 14:30.
STEP 3: Between 300 degrees
Fahrenheit and 370 degrees
Fahrenheit tastes and aromas develop. “first crack” occurs, which is a popping Fahrenheit the sugars and amino Rick Charmoli | Cadillac News
The color turns from yellow to light noise that occurs as each bean acids in the coffee react at a rapid For Nate Metzger coffee isn’t just a deli-
brown and the smell turns from hay- expands under the pressure of carbon pace to create the final flavor of the cious, hot beverage — it’s a lifestyle. While
like to that of baking bread. dioxide and water vapor produced coffee. The flavor of coffee roasted to Metzger is a teacher by day with Cadillac
from chemical reactions within the a “medium roast” degree is derived Area Public Schools, he also has been roast-
STEP 4: At around 370 degrees bean from the caramelization of sugars and ing small batches of green coffee beans for
Fahrenheit and depending on the the reaction of sugars. During this friends and other customers since 2015. His
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Heather Malloy never thought she would be driv-

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94% of CaPS StudentS enroll in one or More

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211 N. Pine St., P.O. Box 38, McBain, MI 49657

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first time in a long time, he didn't people looked back in retrospect

Missaukee County died with small estates

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Missaukee County died with small estates

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