There appears to be no denying the Belding High School Robotics program, especially on its home turf. On Saturday a total of seven Belding teams, five from the high school and two from Belding Middle School, competed in the third annual Belding High School Robotics Tournament.

Locked behind a chain-link fence in the very center of town sits an idle piece of property that has become the epicenter of public frustration.

On the surface, the former White Consolidated Industries/Electrolux complex at 100 E. Main St. is ready to be embraced as a public park. But buried beneath that surface — 24 inches, to be exact — is a century-old history of industry, complete with contaminated soil, concrete slabs and, deeper still, contaminated ground water.

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countless christian prayers etched in reverse
mask the stone walls of this decrepit church
in hooded black vestments the cult stands in rows
as goats blood is drunk from a large human skull
under an altar of naked dead bodies
a newly-born girl now is crucified
then strangled and offered as a sacrifice
with a sacramental oath to the dark lord
a pathway to the altar is
trodden through shattered stained glass
a young child's throat is cut to
provide blood for the black chalice
dilapidated missals bound in human skin
locking their most blessed gospel within
eaten are consecrated wafers of
menstrual blood and semen
buried in sin an eternal damnation
a pathway to the altar is
trodden through shattered stained glass
yet another throat is cut to
provide blood for the black chalice
scarred by an iron brand a sequence of