City of Marshall
Request for Bids
Medium Voltage Underground Cable for
Brooks SubstationThe City of Marshall, MI is soliciting bids for the purchase of 16,500’
of medium voltage underground cable for the new Brooks Substation.Bids are due by 2pm on February 1, 2022 to:
City Hall; 323 W. Michigan Ave, Marshall, MI 49068.Bid Documents may be obtained at:
http://www.cityofmarshall.com/faqs/164.The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, waive informalities
or defects in bids or accept bids in part as it shall deem to be in the best
interest of the City of Marshall. The City does not discriminate on the
basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability
in employment or the provisions of service.Book Corner
By ALISON YARGER
Staff Writer
One day just a few short
weeks ago I came to work to
find a “gift” on my desk of
The Midwife. Attached to
the book was a very sweet
and heartwarming note
from Jessica Adams. She
told me she enjoyed reading
the book reviews, and had
talked about books with
her grandmother, Linda.
To make a connection, flip
back about 65 years and
her grandma was our live-
in babysitter. Who knows
why, but late this past fall
I had this urge to see Linda
again. So, I tracked down
where she lived through
Jessica’s mom, and took
the drive north of town to
visit her. What a wonderful
time we had reminiscing
about life in the late 50s.
Anyway.... In Jessica’s note
to me, she said her grandma
had instilled in her a love
and appreciation of books,
and thought I would enjoy
reading The Midwife, which
The Midwife: A Memoir
of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
By Jennifer WorthI did immensely. Jessica’s
generosity and kindness
reminded me of all the
astonishing big hearts there
still are in our world.
The midwives
worked in extremely
dangerous areas,
such as in the East
End of London.
As these midwives
would walk back
alone to Nonnatus
where they
resided, they never
were escorted
for protection.
Policemen
always walked
in pairs; friends
walked in pairs.
However, nurses
and midwives
were always
walking solo
as there was an
unwritten rule, a tenet if you
will, that nobody bothered
nurses or midwives, so
deep was the respect and
reverence for them.
Named after St.Raymond Nonnatus, the
patron saint of childbirth,
midwives and pregnant
women, Nonnatus in
London was the home
for unwed and destitute
pregnant females, as well as
nuns and midwives.
Each chapter in the book
is devoted to a particular
patient, situation or physical
area of London in which the
author worked. For many
young females in the 1950s,
prostitution was the only
way they could survive,
and of course, the majorconsequence of that was
pregnancy. Coming from
a middle class background,
Jenny was astounded by
not just the abject poverty,
but also the lengths thatwomen had to go to in order
to support their families. It
was unfortunately common
for men to simply walk
away from their families;
of course, the mother of the
children then had to find
ways to support the children.
I was astonished at the
lack of pre-natal care and the
conditions in which birthing
in this era took place; as
most were home births in
unsanitary and contaminated
conditions. The majority of
the flats were in extremely
poor tenements, with
no bathrooms and large
families living in two rooms.
The women, many pregnant
and walking down seven or
eight flights of stairs had
to drain the chamber pots
in the emptying troughs
multiple times daily.
It’s hard to image today
that until the last century,
women had little or no
obstetric care. The first time
a woman would see a doctor
or midwife was when they
were in labor. Therefore,
death and disaster, either
for the mother or child or
both, were commonplace.
Such tragedies were looked
upon as the will of God;
whereas, in fact, they
were the inevitable result
of neglect and ignorance.
Society ladies would have a
doctor visiting them during
pregnancy, but such visits
were not antenatal care and
would probably be more like
social calls than anything
else, as in that era there were
no doctors who were trained
in antenatal care.
While some people
thought the book wasslightly pornographic in
the descriptions of the
prostitutes, I found it far
from that. Yes, it mentions
the desperation of the
women and what they
had to do to survive, but it
certainly was not intended
to be titillating – in fact, it
was anything but. Some
of the stories were graphic
and disturbing and left you
hurting for the characters,
especially one young girl
named Mary.
The author covers allparts of human life from
birth to death, from joy to
immense suffering. It’s
informative, easy to read
and I believe she was
objective in her opinions
about the variety of patients
she encountered. Worth
covered both the positives
and the negatives in a non-
judgmental way.
I would give this
4.5 out of 5 stars and
would recommend this
wholeheartedly to women.Honor Credit Union
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For over 10 years,
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This scholarship reflects
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The student must be a
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The deadline to
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Applications delivered to
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MARSHALL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
In Regular Session, held on Tuesday, January 18, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of City Hall, 323 W. Michigan Avenue, Marshall, MI 49068, the meeting was
called to order by Mayor Caron. Present: Mayor Caron, Gates, Schwartz, Traver, Underhill
and Wolfersberger. Absent: Rice.THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL AND APPROVED:- Scheduled a public hearing for February 7, 2022 to consider the request for a revised
12-year OPRA exemption for the second and third floor of Schuler’s building, located at
115 South Eagle; - Schedule a public hearing for February 7, 2022 to consider several amendments to
City Ordinance Chapter 70, Vehicle and Traffic Code, in particular, sections 70.08-
Parking Regulations; 70.09-Stopping, Standing, Loading, Breakdowns, Dismantled and
Inoperable Vehicles; and 70.10- Parking Violations; - Approve the allocation for the Calhoun County Parks Millage and authorize staff to submit
the required annual report to the County; - Approve the revised Master PA 425 Conditional Land Transfer Agreement with Marshall
Township; - Approve minutes from the City Council Work Session and Regular Session held on
Monday, January 3, 2022; - Approve city bills in the amount of $1,190,176.49;
- Accepted the Letter of Retirement from Tom Tarkiewicz.
Trisha Nelson, City Clerk
1/19/2022CITY OF MARSHALL
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Marshall City Council will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, February 7,
2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 323 W. Michigan Avenue,
Marshall, MI 49068 to hear public comment regarding the following:- Request for a revised 12-year OPRA for the second and third floor of Schuler’s
building located at 115 South Eagle Street; - Consider several amendments to City Ordinance Chapter 70, Vehicle and
Traffic Code, in particular, sections 70.08- Parking Regulations; 70.09-Stopping,
Standing, Loading, Breakdowns, Dismantled and Inoperable Vehicles; and 70.10-
Parking Violations
Trisha Nelson Clerk
1/19/2022MARSHALL TOWNSHIP
NOTICE OF RIGHT TO REFERENDUM ON
BECOMING A CHARTER TOWNSHIP
Official certification has been received from the Michigan Secretary of State that the
Township of Marshall has a population of 2000 or more according to the most recent
United States census and is therefore eligible to be incorporated as a charter township
under the provisions of section 3a of the Charter Township Act, 1947 PA 359 (MCL 42.3a).
The Township Board has the right to exercise one of three options concerning status as a
charter township, as follows:- Adopt by majority vote a resolution opposed to incorporation as a charter township;
- Adopt by majority vote a resolution of intent to approve incorporation as a charter town-
ship; - Adopt by majority vote a resolution to place before the electorate at the next regular or
special township election the question of incorporation as a charter township.
In the event option 2 is adopted by the Township Board, the citizens of the township have
the right to file a “Right to Referendum Petition”. This petition must be filed within the 60
days which must lapse between passage of a resolution of the intent to incorporate and
final passage of the resolution to incorporate as a charter township.
The petition shall follow, in general form, the nominating petition form as prescribed in the
Michigan Election Law, and in the heading will indicate “Disagreement of Intent to
Incorporate as a Charter Township”. The petition must be signed by not less than 10% of
the registered voters of the township based on the vote cast for all candidates for super-
visor at the last election at which a supervisor was elected.
If the petition is successful, the question of incorporation will be placed on the ballot at
the next general or special township election.
01/2022