![]() ![]() Safari Club chapters honored for aiding accessible recreation, wildlife conservation Winter has officially become the season of the duck, thanks in part to Rosemary Mosco’s comic about weird winter. Winter: It’s time for wonderful, weird ducks LANSING - As cities continue to expand, the amount of unused rooftop space grows too. ![]() Green roofs are saving green dollars on buildings around the state LANSING - Michigan has the ninth-lowest rate of speeding-related fatal crashes in the country, according to a. Michigan ranks well for speed-related deaths on roadways LANSING - A new report based on a review of train-related deaths in West Michigan is calling for more attention. Michigan News Trespassers raise railway deaths Today's breaking news and more in your inbox We don’t know who left it, but that’s a hate symbol so it’s our job to take it down. “In that situation, that’s what we were doing. I said, ‘Real life, you’ll have situations like this where you’ll see people being teased at your school because they look different … than other people.’ “Taking it down felt like we were reclaiming the space. “The beautiful irony of that was an afterthought,” Zoladz said. It wasn’t until later that Zoladz realized that the Nazi party symbol had been replaced with a Hebrew name. Zoladz floated the idea of taking apart the swastika and spelling Ari’s name, and Nora happily obliged. They talked about standing up for those who can’t stand up for themselves. So the two talked some more about intolerance. “So we had just had an age appropriate conversation about World War II, the Holocaust and who the Nazis were.” “I was surprised that she made the correlation, and then I had remembered that just last week we had watched “The Sound of Music,” and the Nazis are the bad guys in that film,” Zoladz said. “Like the Nazis?” Nora asked, as she recalled the Nazi imagery from the classic musical “The Sound of Music.” “‘What do I do with this? Do I bring It up and not mention it or brush it off?’ So I explained that it was a hateful symbol called a swastika. “Then it was an internal question that I think a lot of parents have,” Zoladz said. We’re not Jewish and we haven’t been persecuted for our religion, but it still felt like an assault on our sacred daddy-daughter spot.”īefore he could say something, Zoladz said Nora had already caught on. “I was shocked that someone took the time to create something hateful out in the open for other people to see,” Zoladz said. It was a long shot, but Zoladz surveyed the dune anyway.įirst, he saw a wooden cross but his gaze sharpened when he saw the swastika just a few feet away. They climbed to the top, Zoladz said, and Nora wondered if her name would still be there. That year, Nora spelled her name using branches and logs, and she hoped to do it again on Father’s Day. ![]() The trip also gave Zoladz and Nora a chance to take their annual hike through the Sugar Bowl, a tradition founded nearly a year ago on Nora’s fifth birthday. Zoladz, along with his wife Emily, Nora, and two sons, Isaac and Ari, said his family spent Father’s Day at Muskegon State Park trying to beat the heat. Sunday was meant to be one of those days. ![]() Zoladz documented the moment with photos and a few brief words on a blog used to capture special days shared with Nora. ![]()
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