| Marion Board Member Hikes to Washington D.C. |
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(Video from NBC 7&4 News Traverse City. National Anthem is sung by Lashell Griffen, winner of Oprah's Pop Star Challenge.)
In April of 2006, a Marion Public Schools board member, Scott Downing, began a six-week hike from Marion through Lansing, Michigan and on to Washington D.C., in an effort to raise awareness of the improprieties of Marion Public Schools. The trip culminated in a meeting with U.S. congressman Dave Camp to discuss the district's failure to disclose financial information; the abuse of police power; and the multiple threats made towards families in Osceola county.
The trip began with Marion high school principal Larry Johnson, not at the high school a mile away, but lying in wait outside the office of Charles Chase. As the news crew and the hiker drew near, Larry Johnson sped off in his truck through the Marion Elementary School crosswalk. As he did so, his hands were clearly visible clapping over his head; his eyes fixed in the rearview mirror.
A Letter from U.S. Congressman Dave Camp Letters from U.S. Senator Carl Levin Meeting U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (Last paragraph of 'Senator Clinton in Detroit' story)
(For walk photos, click 'Read More')
(Detroit News) 830 Mile Stilt Walk completed by Neil Sauter (2008).
Outside of St. Johns, Michigan. First hike to Lansing. April, 2006.
Dad at Ohiopyle State Park, PA during a break of the Washington D.C. hike, 2006.
I didn't stop for directions!
Toll house on the old National Road, Pennsylvania.
Uniontown, PA.
West of Grantsville, Maryland.
Another blazingly hot day.
East of Grantsville, Maryland.
Oh Maryland!
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath, Maryland.
Not singing in the rain.
Hundreds of bee-made tubes.
Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland.
Dad at Harpers Ferry during a day off.
Closing on Washington D.C.
Dad on the Potomac River, Maryland.
Art on the C&O Canal locks.
Great Falls of the Potomac, just outside of Washington D.C.
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