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St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners held its first meeting of 2021 Tuesday, and leadership remains steady.Commissioners approved Dennis Allen, 61, to continue serving as chairman of the five-member board. Allen, of Centreville, represents Florence, Lockport, Nottawa and Sherman townships. He will oversee the board for the fourth straight year.Allen thanked his peers for their trust and confidence in his ability to lead the board. He said he is glad to have 2020 in the past and looks
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St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners held its first meeting of 2021 Tuesday, and leadership remains steady.
Commissioners approved Dennis Allen, 61, to continue serving as chairman of the five-member board. Allen, of Centreville, represents Florence, Lockport, Nottawa and Sherman townships. He will oversee the board for the fourth straight year.
Allen thanked his peers for their trust and confidence in his ability to lead the board. He said he is glad to have 2020 in the past and looks forward to a better year in 2021.
Kathy Pangle, starting her fifth year as a county commissioner, was nominated to serve as vice-chair for the second consecutive year. Pangle represents Burr Oak, Colon, Leonidas, Mendon and Park townships.
In a related matter, commissioners welcomed Jared Hoffmaster to the board. Hoffmaster, who represents the city of Three Rivers, and Flowerfield and Fabius townships, was sworn in virtually by clerk Lindsay Oswald.
Hoffmaster, who previously served six years as a member of Three Rivers City Commission, succeeds Allen Balog, who did not seek re-election.
"I certainly look forward to serving the residents of St. Joseph County," Hoffmaster said.
Hoffmaster lives in Fabius Township.
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"St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners held its first meeting of 2021 Tuesday, and leadership remains steady.\nCommissioners approved Dennis Allen, 61, to continue serving as chairman of the five-member board. Allen, of Centreville, represents Florence, Lockport, Nottawa and Sherman townships. He will oversee the board for the fourth straight year.\nAllen thanked his peers for their trust and confidence in his ability to lead the board. He said he is glad to have 2020 in the past and looks forward to a better year in 2021.\nKathy Pangle, starting her fifth year as a county commissioner, was nominated to serve as vice-chair for the second consecutive year. Pangle represents Burr Oak, Colon, Leonidas, Mendon and Park townships.\nIn a related matter, commissioners welcomed Jared Hoffmaster to the board. Hoffmaster, who represents the city of Three Rivers, and Flowerfield and Fabius townships, was sworn in virtually by clerk Lindsay Oswald.\nHoffmaster, who previously served six years as a member of Three Rivers City Commission, succeeds Allen Balog, who did not seek re-election.\n\"I certainly look forward to serving the residents of St. Joseph County,\" Hoffmaster said.\nHoffmaster lives in Fabius Township.",
"County commission holds first meeting of ’21",
"St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners held its first meeting of 2021 Tuesday, and leadership remains steady.Commissioners approved Dennis Allen, 61, to continue serving as chairman of the five-member board. Allen, of Centreville, represents Florence, Lockport, Nottawa and Sherman townships. He will oversee the board for the fourth straight year.Allen thanked his peers for their trust and confidence in his ability to lead the board. He said he is glad to have 2020 in the past and looks"
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Marie Francine Ringbloom name change
PAID PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF MICHIGAN
PROBATE COURT
MONROE COUNTY
38th Circuit Court – Family Division
PUBLICATION OF
NOTICE OF HEARING
FILE NO. 2020-823-NC
Honorable Cheryl E. Lohmeyer
In the matter of
MARIE FRANCINE RINGBLOOM
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including:
whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following:
TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 09:00 a.m. at 106 E. First Street, Monroe, MI 48161 before Judge Cheryl E. Lohmeyer P-55710 on the petition of Marie F. Ringbloom requesting a Change of Name for Marie Francine Ringbloom to Marie Francine Baughman.
Dated: 1/8/2021
Marie F. Ringbloom
Petitioner
817 Buffalo Run
Dundee, MI 48131
JANUARY 13, 2021
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"Marie Francine Ringbloom name change\nPAID PUBLIC NOTICE\nSTATE OF MICHIGAN\nPROBATE COURT\nMONROE COUNTY\n38th Circuit Court – Family Division\nPUBLICATION OF\nNOTICE OF HEARING\nFILE NO. 2020-823-NC\nHonorable Cheryl E. Lohmeyer\nIn the matter of\nMARIE FRANCINE RINGBLOOM\nTO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including:\nwhose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following:\nTAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 09:00 a.m. at 106 E. First Street, Monroe, MI 48161 before Judge Cheryl E. Lohmeyer P-55710 on the petition of Marie F. Ringbloom requesting a Change of Name for Marie Francine Ringbloom to Marie Francine Baughman.\nDated: 1/8/2021\nMarie F. Ringbloom\nPetitioner\n817 Buffalo Run\nDundee, MI 48131\nJANUARY 13, 2021",
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We love The Sentinel. Since moving to Holland five years ago, we have enjoyed reading all about Holland, its people and the many opportunities it offers.As I went out to get my paper on Christmas morning, I was extremely disappointed. The headline read: "Addictions Rising: Pandemic could create rise in addictions, relapses" and below that "Staying sober through the holidays." How uplifting and positive. After a difficult year, could a better headline and story be found? We all are in need of
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We love The Sentinel. Since moving to Holland five years ago, we have enjoyed reading all about Holland, its people and the many opportunities it offers.
As I went out to get my paper on Christmas morning, I was extremely disappointed. The headline read: "Addictions Rising: Pandemic could create rise in addictions, relapses" and below that "Staying sober through the holidays." How uplifting and positive. After a difficult year, could a better headline and story be found? We all are in need of some inspiring messages.
Hopefully next year, you can come up with something more positive for Christmas Day, at least on the front page.
May we all continue to care for each other and offer words of encouragement. 2021 will be a challenging year, but together we can make a difference and accomplish great things.
Jill Engle
Holland
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"We love The Sentinel. Since moving to Holland five years ago, we have enjoyed reading all about Holland, its people and the many opportunities it offers.\nAs I went out to get my paper on Christmas morning, I was extremely disappointed. The headline read: \"Addictions Rising: Pandemic could create rise in addictions, relapses\" and below that \"Staying sober through the holidays.\" How uplifting and positive. After a difficult year, could a better headline and story be found? We all are in need of some inspiring messages.\nHopefully next year, you can come up with something more positive for Christmas Day, at least on the front page.\nMay we all continue to care for each other and offer words of encouragement. 2021 will be a challenging year, but together we can make a difference and accomplish great things.\nJill Engle\nHolland",
"Letter: Christmas paper should have been happier",
"We love The Sentinel. Since moving to Holland five years ago, we have enjoyed reading all about Holland, its people and the many opportunities it offers.As I went out to get my paper on Christmas morning, I was extremely disappointed. The headline read: \"Addictions Rising: Pandemic could create rise in addictions, relapses\" and below that \"Staying sober through the holidays.\" How uplifting and positive. After a difficult year, could a better headline and story be found? We all are in need of"
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Columns share an author’s personal perspective.***** “Your new cell phone is really cool, Mom,” my daughter exclaimed as she clicked through my phone functions with lightning speed. “And it’s loaded with a ton of emojis!”“Is that good?” I wondered hesitantly. I didn’t want to sound like an old coot, but I had no idea what she was talking about. An emoji sounded like an aperitif you would have before your emu appetizer in Australia.
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*****
“Your new cell phone is really cool, Mom,” my daughter exclaimed as she clicked through my phone functions with lightning speed. “And it’s loaded with a ton of emojis!”
“Is that good?” I wondered hesitantly. I didn’t want to sound like an old coot, but I had no idea what she was talking about. An emoji sounded like an aperitif you would have before your emu appetizer in Australia. I was pretty sure that wasn’t the kind of emoji she was talking about.
“Absolutely,” she said. “Look!” She turned the phone to me, opened my text messaging, and began to scroll through my keyboard. Hundreds of cute little pictures appeared.
“Ohhh!” I said brightly. “The smiley face things!”
I clamped my hand over my mouth and realized I had just blown it. In one fell swoop I had failed Cool Mom 101.
She sighed. I tried to recover.
“So, what cool emojis do I have?” I wondered.
She returned her attention to my keyboard and showed me the plethora of adorable images I could insert into my texts and emails to help convey the depths of my happiness, sadness, pithiness, boredom, and all other emotions that could never simply be communicated through words alone, especially by a writer.
Contrary to what my daughter thought at that moment, I am actually a pretty cool mom compared with some other moms who can’t even name one Pokemon, for goodness sake. And I am certainly not against adding an occasional frowny face or kissy face when it is appropriate. But as she showed me all the emojis I now had at my fingertips, I wondered what use I could possibly have for ...
“A shoe?” I asked incredulously, looking at a selection of no less than ten assorted shoes on my keyboard. “Why would I want to send someone a shoe?”
“It’s just fun!” she explained.
“What’s fun about a shoe?” I asked.
“I don’t know. But people like to receive them.”
“I don’t think I know anyone who would want me to text them a virtual shoe.” I turned to my husband. “Would you want me to text you a shoe?”
“What would I do with just one shoe?” he asked.
“You want two shoes?” I replied.
“Well at least two would make more sense,” he argued.
“I can see that,” I said.
“Can I get them in a size 10?” he wondered.
“I don’t know if they come in specific sizes,” I replied. I turned to my daughter. “Do the shoe emojis come in specific sizes?”
She was watching us with a look of disgust mixed with disbelief. At some point she had lost control of the conversation and realized that not only were her parents totally not cool, they were actually on the verge of being complete morons.
“Ugh. Just forget it. Forget the shoes. Forget the emojis. Just stick with what you know,” she declared as she stomped out of the room.
I frowned. I could see I had let her down. I knew she really wanted us to be able to share in the things that her age group found fun and interesting. I did too. So I did what any good mom would do in this situation.
I sent her a shoe.
You can follow Tracy on Twitter @TracyBeckerman and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LostinSuburbiaFanPage.
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"Columns share an author’s personal perspective.***** “Your new cell phone is really cool, Mom,” my daughter exclaimed as she clicked through my phone functions with lightning speed. “And it’s loaded with a ton of emojis!”“Is that good?” I wondered hesitantly. I didn’t want to sound like an old coot, but I had no idea what she was talking about. An emoji sounded like an aperitif you would have before your emu appetizer in Australia."
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The following are among recent reports to Monroe County law enforcement agencies. You'll find other police and fire news at this link.
Man arrested after brutal attack with baseball bat
A Toledo man was arrested by Toledo Police in connection with a brutal attack on a Temperance man at the Northtowne Meadows community in Bedford Township Tuesday afternoon.
The suspect allegedly assaulted the victim about noon in a mobile home off S. Telegraph Rd. with an aluminum baseball bat, according to reports from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
The victim told deputies the suspect came in the front door unannounced, and struck him with the bat multiple times on his head, ribs and leg. When the victim put up his right arm to block the blows, reports said the bat also struck his elbow.
The victim had bruises on the side of his head, ribs and leg, but refused treatment when Bedford firefighters and medical staff from Monroe Community Ambulance arrived, a deputy’s report said.
Deputies notified Toledo Police, which took the man into custody at his home after questioning him about the attack. The suspect said both men were dating the same woman.
Police confiscated the bat as evidence and lodged the man in the Lucas County Jail to await extradition to Monroe.
The suspect is facing charges of felonious assault and home invasion, the report said.
Mailboxes damaged in Whiteford
A Whiteford Township man is facing charges of malicious destruction of property for ramming at least three mailboxes with a green John Deere Co. 430 tractor he was driving Tuesday afternoon along Whiteford Center Rd. and Cloverlane Rd.
The man was originally detained by Toledo Police after multiple homeowners along both streets reported their mailboxes were struck by a man driving a tractor about 1:40 p.m. Tuesday.
The suspect told deputies he accidentally struck the mailboxes while trying to avoid a vehicle that was following behind him on Whiteford Center. However, sheriff’s deputies told the man his story didn’t make sense because the mailboxes were too far apart for the story to be true.
They recommended he be charged in a report submitted to the prosecutor’s office.
Playstation 4 taken in home invasion
Deputies questioned a Monroe man in connection with a home invasion earlier this month in Ash Township during which a PlayStation 4 video game valued at $190 and miscellaneous clothing and food items were stolen.
The burglary happened in the Flat Rock Village Mobile Home Park off Ash St. sometime between Jan. 1 and 5, according to a deputy’s report.
The homeowner, a friend of the suspect, told deputies he returned to his home and saw the suspect getting into a vehicle in front of the home and drive away. The owner didn’t think anything of it until he found his front door kicked in and multiple items missing from his home.
When questioned by deputies, the suspect denied allegations that he forced his way into the home and stole the items. He reportedly maintained that he had not been in the home for several weeks.
A report of the break- in was sent to the prosecutor’s office for possible charges to be levied against the suspect.
Tools taken in break-in
A Rockwell drill with a battery and charger valued at $200 was among the tools stolen in a break-in at a home in Ash Township that is being repaired from damage caused by a major fire.
The burglary happened between Dec. 28 and Jan. 12 in the 700 block of W. Sigler Rd., according to a deputy’s report. A circular saw and skill saw, both of which are worth $100, also were reported missing.
The suspect broke a latch and padlock on a garage door to gain access into the home, the report said.
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HOLLAND — With COVID-19 claiming more than 335,000 American lives this year, it’s not surprising that 2020 is on pace to be the deadliest year in U.S. history, according to a report from the Associated Press.The AP reports that the country is set to surpass 3 million deaths in a year for the first time, and that 2020 projects to have a 15 percent increase in deaths compared to 2019.If it holds, that would be the largest single-year percentage increase since 1918, when tens of
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HOLLAND — With COVID-19 claiming more than 335,000 American lives this year, it’s not surprising that 2020 is on pace to be the deadliest year in U.S. history, according to a report from the Associated Press.
The AP reports that the country is set to surpass 3 million deaths in a year for the first time, and that 2020 projects to have a 15 percent increase in deaths compared to 2019.
If it holds, that would be the largest single-year percentage increase since 1918, when tens of thousands of soldiers died in World War I and hundreds of thousands died in a flu pandemic.
With that, funeral homes across the country have been busy dealing with increased numbers of deaths, be it from COVID-19 or other causes. The increased number of deaths, and the emotionally difficult nature of many of them, has taken its toll not just on families, but funeral home staff as well.
"There’s certainly a heightened level of deaths that are very hard to deal with," said Mike Langeland, funeral director with Langeland-Sterenberg Funeral Home and Yntema Funeral Home. "It can be emotionally and spiritually exhausting."
A changing environment
End-of-life services are one of many events in daily life that have been altered amid COVID-19.
With indoor gatherings in Michigan restricted to as few as 10 people at times, traditional funeral services with extended family, friends and community members have been off-limits, leading to hard decisions on who is able to attend.
"When that number was 10 people, there were more people in an immediate family that wanted to attend," Langeland said. "How do you pick who is and isn’t in the 10? That was very difficult for families to do and endure."
He added that funeral directors have been "pushing the edges of creativity" to try to provide for families. Innovative methods have included more outdoor celebrations and streaming services on Facebook.
"Instead of focusing on what we can’t do, we’ve focused on what we can do," Langeland said. "When we can’t gather, we’ve created a funeral procession that goes past an area or place where people can stand roadside and salute.
"We’re video recording many services, if the family wants, we’re able to broadcast those off our Facebook page. It allows people to be there who can’t physically show up due to restrictions or concerns for their own health."
Orlando Peña, funeral director with Dykstra Funeral Home, said that streaming funeral services has become the norm for Dykstra amid gathering restrictions.
"We automatically livestream every funeral we conduct unless the family asks us not to," Peña.
One of the biggest changes Peña has seen as a funeral director has been an increase in private services, which has included families waiting to publish obituaries until after visitations or services have occurred to ensure there are not issues complying with gathering restrictions.
A strain of families, staff
What Langeland is seeing in families, whether the death was COVID-19-related or not, is the pain of not being able to be near a loved one before they’re gone.
"Because of COVID, the difficulty that we see in a common theme is separation difficulty," he said. "Be it someone in the hospital, a retirement community, a nursing home, that is a striking theme."
Langeland added that he feels there have been more deaths from suicide and overdoses — and those where family members didn’t see the deceased for months prior. He said these deaths are particularly challenging to help people heal from their loss.
"That’s the part where we see mental health issues, extra anxieties and pressures from so many sides," he said. "It makes helping people find a path toward healing through loss so much harder to navigate. It does exact a toll on the person, because as you walk with them through that journey, you invest yourself in that alongside them."
With the increase in deaths in general, Langeland said it’s been difficult to find time off for employees to get a rest, physically and emotionally.
"We want to try to have people be rested, to get a break," he said. "We don’t want them to be worn and tired out. But when death comes, we don’t get to choose when.
"When it doesn’t stop or slow down, it’s hard to take a rest. There are a lot of people who work at funeral homes who are tired right now, and not necessarily just physically."
Peña said that while there has been an increased workload, he doesn’t personally feel stress about handling additional deaths.
"This is what we do, this is what we are accustomed to," he said. "The only difference is we’re doing it more often."
He added that handling COVID-19 deaths in particular doesn’t worry him because he, even before the pandemic, treats every case with universal precautions, assuming every patient had a transmissible disease. Peña said his safety measures include wearing booties, scrubs, a face shield, a mask and goggles when handling bodies.
Study: Cremations, deferred services on the rise
According to the 2020 Cremation and Burial Report from the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA), the national cremation rate is projected to be 18.5 percent higher than the projected burial rate.
The NFDA projects a cremation rate of 56 percent, up 8.1 percent from 2015, and a burial rate of 37.5 percent, down 7.7 percent from 2015.
The report also states that 50 percent of NFDA-member funeral homes reported families postponing services due to COVID-19.
Langeland said there were several families looking to defer services in the spring, but he and his staff advise against it.
"We’ve had a few, especially in the spring trying to defer to summer and that didn’t work out, because here we are in December," he said. "We’ve advised everyone, from a funeral director’s standpoint, do the best you can, as much as you can, when the loss happens.
"If you have the opportunity to engage later that’s great, but we’re encouraging people to not do the minimum or nothing at the time of loss, because if you put it out in deferment, it leaves a lot of unresolved things that can be challenging to deal with."
— Contact reporter Mitchell Boatman at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SentinelMitch.
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"HOLLAND — With COVID-19 claiming more than 335,000 American lives this year, it’s not surprising that 2020 is on pace to be the deadliest year in U.S. history, according to a report from the Associated Press.\nThe AP reports that the country is set to surpass 3 million deaths in a year for the first time, and that 2020 projects to have a 15 percent increase in deaths compared to 2019.\nIf it holds, that would be the largest single-year percentage increase since 1918, when tens of thousands of soldiers died in World War I and hundreds of thousands died in a flu pandemic.\nWith that, funeral homes across the country have been busy dealing with increased numbers of deaths, be it from COVID-19 or other causes. The increased number of deaths, and the emotionally difficult nature of many of them, has taken its toll not just on families, but funeral home staff as well.\n\"There’s certainly a heightened level of deaths that are very hard to deal with,\" said Mike Langeland, funeral director with Langeland-Sterenberg Funeral Home and Yntema Funeral Home. \"It can be emotionally and spiritually exhausting.\"\nA changing environment\nEnd-of-life services are one of many events in daily life that have been altered amid COVID-19.\nWith indoor gatherings in Michigan restricted to as few as 10 people at times, traditional funeral services with extended family, friends and community members have been off-limits, leading to hard decisions on who is able to attend.\n\"When that number was 10 people, there were more people in an immediate family that wanted to attend,\" Langeland said. \"How do you pick who is and isn’t in the 10? That was very difficult for families to do and endure.\"\nHe added that funeral directors have been \"pushing the edges of creativity\" to try to provide for families. Innovative methods have included more outdoor celebrations and streaming services on Facebook.\n\"Instead of focusing on what we can’t do, we’ve focused on what we can do,\" Langeland said. \"When we can’t gather, we’ve created a funeral procession that goes past an area or place where people can stand roadside and salute.\n\"We’re video recording many services, if the family wants, we’re able to broadcast those off our Facebook page. It allows people to be there who can’t physically show up due to restrictions or concerns for their own health.\"\nOrlando Peña, funeral director with Dykstra Funeral Home, said that streaming funeral services has become the norm for Dykstra amid gathering restrictions.\n\"We automatically livestream every funeral we conduct unless the family asks us not to,\" Peña.\nOne of the biggest changes Peña has seen as a funeral director has been an increase in private services, which has included families waiting to publish obituaries until after visitations or services have occurred to ensure there are not issues complying with gathering restrictions.\nA strain of families, staff\nWhat Langeland is seeing in families, whether the death was COVID-19-related or not, is the pain of not being able to be near a loved one before they’re gone.\n\"Because of COVID, the difficulty that we see in a common theme is separation difficulty,\" he said. \"Be it someone in the hospital, a retirement community, a nursing home, that is a striking theme.\"\nLangeland added that he feels there have been more deaths from suicide and overdoses — and those where family members didn’t see the deceased for months prior. He said these deaths are particularly challenging to help people heal from their loss.\n\"That’s the part where we see mental health issues, extra anxieties and pressures from so many sides,\" he said. \"It makes helping people find a path toward healing through loss so much harder to navigate. It does exact a toll on the person, because as you walk with them through that journey, you invest yourself in that alongside them.\"\nWith the increase in deaths in general, Langeland said it’s been difficult to find time off for employees to get a rest, physically and emotionally.\n\"We want to try to have people be rested, to get a break,\" he said. \"We don’t want them to be worn and tired out. But when death comes, we don’t get to choose when.\n\"When it doesn’t stop or slow down, it’s hard to take a rest. There are a lot of people who work at funeral homes who are tired right now, and not necessarily just physically.\"\nPeña said that while there has been an increased workload, he doesn’t personally feel stress about handling additional deaths.\n\"This is what we do, this is what we are accustomed to,\" he said. \"The only difference is we’re doing it more often.\"\nHe added that handling COVID-19 deaths in particular doesn’t worry him because he, even before the pandemic, treats every case with universal precautions, assuming every patient had a transmissible disease. Peña said his safety measures include wearing booties, scrubs, a face shield, a mask and goggles when handling bodies.\nStudy: Cremations, deferred services on the rise\nAccording to the 2020 Cremation and Burial Report from the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA), the national cremation rate is projected to be 18.5 percent higher than the projected burial rate.\nThe NFDA projects a cremation rate of 56 percent, up 8.1 percent from 2015, and a burial rate of 37.5 percent, down 7.7 percent from 2015.\nThe report also states that 50 percent of NFDA-member funeral homes reported families postponing services due to COVID-19.\nLangeland said there were several families looking to defer services in the spring, but he and his staff advise against it.\n\"We’ve had a few, especially in the spring trying to defer to summer and that didn’t work out, because here we are in December,\" he said. \"We’ve advised everyone, from a funeral director’s standpoint, do the best you can, as much as you can, when the loss happens.\n\"If you have the opportunity to engage later that’s great, but we’re encouraging people to not do the minimum or nothing at the time of loss, because if you put it out in deferment, it leaves a lot of unresolved things that can be challenging to deal with.\"\n— Contact reporter Mitchell Boatman at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SentinelMitch.",
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"HOLLAND — With COVID-19 claiming more than 335,000 American lives this year, it’s not surprising that 2020 is on pace to be the deadliest year in U.S. history, according to a report from the Associated Press.The AP reports that the country is set to surpass 3 million deaths in a year for the first time, and that 2020 projects to have a 15 percent increase in deaths compared to 2019.If it holds, that would be the largest single-year percentage increase since 1918, when tens of"
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MORENCI — Applications are being accepted to fill a vacancy on the Morenci Area Schools Board of Education.Brad Lonis, the board’s secretary, resigned his position effective Jan. 11, Superintdendent Mike McAran said in an email.McAran will accept letters of application for the open two-year term through the close of the day Jan. 27, 2021. Interviews for the applicants with the board will be conducted during the board’s meeting on Feb. 1. Letters should be mailed to: Michael L.
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MORENCI — Applications are being accepted to fill a vacancy on the Morenci Area Schools Board of Education.
Brad Lonis, the board’s secretary, resigned his position effective Jan. 11, Superintdendent Mike McAran said in an email.
McAran will accept letters of application for the open two-year term through the close of the day Jan. 27, 2021. Interviews for the applicants with the board will be conducted during the board’s meeting on Feb. 1. Letters should be mailed to: Michael L. McAran, Superintendent of Schools, Morenci Area Schools, 788 Coomer St., Morenci, MI 49256.
Whoever is appointed will complete the unfinished term and then have the option to run for a full term.
Lonis, who also is Morenci’s fire chief, served on the school board for four years. McAran said Lonis resigned from the board due to the time commitment of his work with the fire department.
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"MORENCI — Applications are being accepted to fill a vacancy on the Morenci Area Schools Board of Education.Brad Lonis, the board’s secretary, resigned his position effective Jan. 11, Superintdendent Mike McAran said in an email.McAran will accept letters of application for the open two-year term through the close of the day Jan. 27, 2021. Interviews for the applicants with the board will be conducted during the board’s meeting on Feb. 1. Letters should be mailed to: Michael L."
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IONIA — The homicide suspect in the death of a 2-year-old child last September in an Ionia County village has been bound over to circuit court.Matthew Ryan Rademacher, 27, of Clarksville, was bound over to Ionia County Eighth Circuit Court on charges of homicide-felony murder and first-degree child abuse.Rademacher was bound over after a six-hour preliminary examination Thursday, Jan. 14, in Ionia County 64-A District Court before Judge Raymond Voet.Rademacher is charged in the death of
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IONIA — The homicide suspect in the death of a 2-year-old child last September in an Ionia County village has been bound over to circuit court.
Matthew Ryan Rademacher, 27, of Clarksville, was bound over to Ionia County Eighth Circuit Court on charges of homicide-felony murder and first-degree child abuse.
Rademacher was bound over after a six-hour preliminary examination Thursday, Jan. 14, in Ionia County 64-A District Court before Judge Raymond Voet.
Rademacher is charged in the death of Colton Sceviour, 2, on Sept. 18, 2020. Emergency personnel responded at 9 a.m. that day to a residence in the 200 block of West Ferney Street in Clarksville for a report of a 2-year-old child choking and not breathing, police said. Colton was taken to Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, where he died.
The Kent County Medical Examiner stated Colton died from cranial-cerebral trauma. Police took Rademacher into custody later that day and an arrest warrant was issued the next. Rademacher was the live-in boyfriend of Colton’s mother.
Rademacher will be arraigned in Ionia County Eighth Circuit Court at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, before Judge Ronald Schafer.
The preliminary exam was broadcast to the public via YouTube. Rademacher appeared Thursday in the Ionia County 64-A District Court with his attorney, Lucas Dillon, of Okemos.
Voet said the purpose of a preliminary exam is to find evidence to support the charges. He noted his job was to determine if there was enough evidence to show Colton’s death was a result of child abuse by Rademacher.
"The prosecutor’s case is totally circumstantial," Voet said. "It’s unusual to have a case that is completely circumstantial. Usually cases are either direct evidence or some combination of direct or circumstantial evidence.
"What we have basically is very simple and straightforward: we have the defendant alone with the child, the child dying and the autopsy reflecting very significantly… the child died as a result of abusive head trauma caused by significant energy."
Voet also noted a video shown of Colton’s bedroom was suspicious, saying the camera was sensitive and there was a 20-minute gap prior to 911 being called.
Ionia County Prosecutor Kyle Butler said the case is process of elimination — noting there were no confession, witnesses or other direct evidence.
He said Rademacher was the only person home with Colton at the time. Butler noted the video of Colton’s bedroom shows a 20-minute gap between the child being in the bed and him being gone.
"There’s just no other explanations that we have here right now other than the defendant intentionally hitting Colton hard enough — at least once, maybe twice — in order to cause this type of injury," Butler said. "He would’ve had to hit him hard."
Butler also said Rademacher tested positive for methamphetamine the same day of Colton’s death.
Dillon argued testimony showed Colton fell several times and suffered injuries earlier in the week and didn’t believe Rademacher would wake Colton and hit him so hard he would kill him within a short period of time.
Voet ultimately bound Rademacher over to circuit court. The felony murder charge is punishable by up to life in prison without parole. The count of first-degree child abuse is punishable by up to life in prison or any term of years.
— Contact reporter Evan Sasiela at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SalsaEvan.
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"IONIA — The homicide suspect in the death of a 2-year-old child last September in an Ionia County village has been bound over to circuit court.\nMatthew Ryan Rademacher, 27, of Clarksville, was bound over to Ionia County Eighth Circuit Court on charges of homicide-felony murder and first-degree child abuse.\nRademacher was bound over after a six-hour preliminary examination Thursday, Jan. 14, in Ionia County 64-A District Court before Judge Raymond Voet.\nRademacher is charged in the death of Colton Sceviour, 2, on Sept. 18, 2020. Emergency personnel responded at 9 a.m. that day to a residence in the 200 block of West Ferney Street in Clarksville for a report of a 2-year-old child choking and not breathing, police said. Colton was taken to Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, where he died.\nThe Kent County Medical Examiner stated Colton died from cranial-cerebral trauma. Police took Rademacher into custody later that day and an arrest warrant was issued the next. Rademacher was the live-in boyfriend of Colton’s mother.\nRademacher will be arraigned in Ionia County Eighth Circuit Court at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, before Judge Ronald Schafer.\nThe preliminary exam was broadcast to the public via YouTube. Rademacher appeared Thursday in the Ionia County 64-A District Court with his attorney, Lucas Dillon, of Okemos.\nVoet said the purpose of a preliminary exam is to find evidence to support the charges. He noted his job was to determine if there was enough evidence to show Colton’s death was a result of child abuse by Rademacher.\n\"The prosecutor’s case is totally circumstantial,\" Voet said. \"It’s unusual to have a case that is completely circumstantial. Usually cases are either direct evidence or some combination of direct or circumstantial evidence.\n\"What we have basically is very simple and straightforward: we have the defendant alone with the child, the child dying and the autopsy reflecting very significantly… the child died as a result of abusive head trauma caused by significant energy.\"\nVoet also noted a video shown of Colton’s bedroom was suspicious, saying the camera was sensitive and there was a 20-minute gap prior to 911 being called.\nIonia County Prosecutor Kyle Butler said the case is process of elimination — noting there were no confession, witnesses or other direct evidence.\nHe said Rademacher was the only person home with Colton at the time. Butler noted the video of Colton’s bedroom shows a 20-minute gap between the child being in the bed and him being gone.\n\"There’s just no other explanations that we have here right now other than the defendant intentionally hitting Colton hard enough — at least once, maybe twice — in order to cause this type of injury,\" Butler said. \"He would’ve had to hit him hard.\"\nButler also said Rademacher tested positive for methamphetamine the same day of Colton’s death.\nDillon argued testimony showed Colton fell several times and suffered injuries earlier in the week and didn’t believe Rademacher would wake Colton and hit him so hard he would kill him within a short period of time.\nVoet ultimately bound Rademacher over to circuit court. The felony murder charge is punishable by up to life in prison without parole. The count of first-degree child abuse is punishable by up to life in prison or any term of years.\n— Contact reporter Evan Sasiela at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SalsaEvan.",
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"IONIA — The homicide suspect in the death of a 2-year-old child last September in an Ionia County village has been bound over to circuit court.Matthew Ryan Rademacher, 27, of Clarksville, was bound over to Ionia County Eighth Circuit Court on charges of homicide-felony murder and first-degree child abuse.Rademacher was bound over after a six-hour preliminary examination Thursday, Jan. 14, in Ionia County 64-A District Court before Judge Raymond Voet.Rademacher is charged in the death of"
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LAGRANGE COUNTY, IND — Bethel Township resident Gunnar K. Clark, 22, was arrested Dec. 28 hiding under a pile of laundry in LaGrange, Ind.According to court records LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department deputies tried to stop a Dodge Durango for a traffic violation just before midnight on Dec. 28.He fled in the vehicle for a short chase. Clark pulled into Mountain Street Apartments, just south of U.S. 12, east of SR 9.Officers said Clark got out of the Dodge and ran inside an
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LAGRANGE COUNTY, IND — Bethel Township resident Gunnar K. Clark, 22, was arrested Dec. 28 hiding under a pile of laundry in LaGrange, Ind.
According to court records LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department deputies tried to stop a Dodge Durango for a traffic violation just before midnight on Dec. 28.
He fled in the vehicle for a short chase. Clark pulled into Mountain Street Apartments, just south of U.S. 12, east of SR 9.
Officers said Clark got out of the Dodge and ran inside an apartment and locked the door. Deputies heard screaming and yelling inside the apartment so they forced their way in. Clark was found hiding under a pile of clothes inside a closet.
Clark was charged with resisting with a motor vehicle fleeing, a class six felony, as well as possession of paraphernalia and possession of marijuana, both misdemeanors in Indiana.
The Kosmerick Road resident was freed on bond pending an initial hearing Jan. 11 in LaGrange County Superior Court.
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"Bethel Township man charged after hiding in Indiana closet",
"LAGRANGE COUNTY, IND — Bethel Township resident Gunnar K. Clark, 22, was arrested Dec. 28 hiding under a pile of laundry in LaGrange, Ind.According to court records LaGrange County Sheriff’s Department deputies tried to stop a Dodge Durango for a traffic violation just before midnight on Dec. 28.He fled in the vehicle for a short chase. Clark pulled into Mountain Street Apartments, just south of U.S. 12, east of SR 9.Officers said Clark got out of the Dodge and ran inside an"
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This week’s debuts include an Israeli psychological drama, a painter who meditates on life, and an anxiety-filled thriller about how far a man will go to keep a secret.Dispatches: Weekly TV newsThe multimillion-dollar Super Bowl ad war between Coca-Cola and Pepsi will not happen during this year’s broadcast of the big game. Coke announced that it will not run any advertisements during Super Bowl LV, a decision that follows a similar one made by Pepsi, which has stated that it will
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This week’s debuts include an Israeli psychological drama, a painter who meditates on life, and an anxiety-filled thriller about how far a man will go to keep a secret.
Dispatches: Weekly TV news
The multimillion-dollar Super Bowl ad war between Coca-Cola and Pepsi will not happen during this year’s broadcast of the big game. Coke announced that it will not run any advertisements during Super Bowl LV, a decision that follows a similar one made by Pepsi, which has stated that it will focus on its yearly halftime show instead. (PepsiCo will run a commercial for Mountain Dew soda, however).
Disney+ announced its lead for the upcoming “Doogie Howser” reboot. Former “Andi Mack” star, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, will star in the remake as Lahela “Doogie” Kamealoha. Set in Hawaii, “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.” follows Lahela, a mixed-race 16-year-old girl who is balancing a medical career and teen life. The series is scheduled for release this year.
Hasbro/eOne is looking to create a television series based on the fantasy role-playing game, “Dungeons & Dragons,” and has tapped Derek Kolstad, the creator and writer of the “John Wick” franchise to write and develop a pitch for a live-action show.
Contenders: Shows to keep on your radar
Israeli series, “Losing Alice” (Jan. 22, Apple TV+), focuses on Alice (Ayelet Zurer), a 48-year-old filmmaker who is feeling irrelevant until she meets Sophie (Lihi Kornowski), a young female screenwriter with a provocative script. Obsession and a dangerous desire for power and success soon lead Alice down a dark path.
Past and present secrets threaten to destroy a married man in the U.S. debut of British thriller, “The Sister” (Jan. 22, Hulu). When an old acquaintance shows up on Nathan’s (Russell Tovey) doorstep, he is forced to confront the worst night of his life - a long ago party that led to the death of a young woman and decide how far he will go to keep a secret.
In “Painting With John” (Jan. 22, HBO, 11 p.m. ET) John Lurie, the co-founder of music group The Lounge Lizards, practices his watercolor skills while sharing his thoughts on life. Think of it as an unscripted meditative painting class.
The NFL’s conference championship games are split between two networks on Jan. 24, with Fox airing the NFC game at 2 p.m. ET and CBS broadcasting the AFC game at 5:40 p.m. ET.
Edward Burns’ new half-hour dramedy series, “Bridge and Tunnel” (Jan. 24, Epix, 8 p.m. ET) is set in Long Island in the early 1980s and follows a group of long-time friends on the verge of adulthood.
The train that never stops is back for a second season. “Snowpiercer” (Jan. 25, TNT, 9 p.m. ET) picks up the action with a post-revolution Layton (Daveed Diggs) struggling to maintain a shaky peace as the train’s new leader. Meanwhile, Melanie (Jennifer Connelly) is dealing with Mr. Wilford (Sean Bean), who is not only not dead but heading straight for them on a rival train, the shocking news that her daughter (also suddenly not dead) has become Wilfred’s loyal protegee, and a surprising discovery that could change humanity’s fate.
Report Card: Ratings winners and losers
Winners: Disney Channel ordered a third season of animated comedy series, “Big City Greens.”
Losers: “Star Trek: Discovery” drew its second-smallest broadcast audience.
Melissa Crawley is the author of “Mr. Sorkin Goes to Washington: Shaping the President on Television’s ‘The West Wing.’” She has a Ph.D. in media studies and is a member of the Television Critics Association. To comment on Stay Tuned, email her at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter at @mcstaytuned.
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"This week’s debuts include an Israeli psychological drama, a painter who meditates on life, and an anxiety-filled thriller about how far a man will go to keep a secret.\nDispatches: Weekly TV news\nThe multimillion-dollar Super Bowl ad war between Coca-Cola and Pepsi will not happen during this year’s broadcast of the big game. Coke announced that it will not run any advertisements during Super Bowl LV, a decision that follows a similar one made by Pepsi, which has stated that it will focus on its yearly halftime show instead. (PepsiCo will run a commercial for Mountain Dew soda, however).\nDisney+ announced its lead for the upcoming “Doogie Howser” reboot. Former “Andi Mack” star, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, will star in the remake as Lahela “Doogie” Kamealoha. Set in Hawaii, “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.” follows Lahela, a mixed-race 16-year-old girl who is balancing a medical career and teen life. The series is scheduled for release this year.\nHasbro/eOne is looking to create a television series based on the fantasy role-playing game, “Dungeons & Dragons,” and has tapped Derek Kolstad, the creator and writer of the “John Wick” franchise to write and develop a pitch for a live-action show.\nContenders: Shows to keep on your radar\nIsraeli series, “Losing Alice” (Jan. 22, Apple TV+), focuses on Alice (Ayelet Zurer), a 48-year-old filmmaker who is feeling irrelevant until she meets Sophie (Lihi Kornowski), a young female screenwriter with a provocative script. Obsession and a dangerous desire for power and success soon lead Alice down a dark path.\nPast and present secrets threaten to destroy a married man in the U.S. debut of British thriller, “The Sister” (Jan. 22, Hulu). When an old acquaintance shows up on Nathan’s (Russell Tovey) doorstep, he is forced to confront the worst night of his life - a long ago party that led to the death of a young woman and decide how far he will go to keep a secret.\nIn “Painting With John” (Jan. 22, HBO, 11 p.m. ET) John Lurie, the co-founder of music group The Lounge Lizards, practices his watercolor skills while sharing his thoughts on life. Think of it as an unscripted meditative painting class.\nThe NFL’s conference championship games are split between two networks on Jan. 24, with Fox airing the NFC game at 2 p.m. ET and CBS broadcasting the AFC game at 5:40 p.m. ET.\nEdward Burns’ new half-hour dramedy series, “Bridge and Tunnel” (Jan. 24, Epix, 8 p.m. ET) is set in Long Island in the early 1980s and follows a group of long-time friends on the verge of adulthood.\nThe train that never stops is back for a second season. “Snowpiercer” (Jan. 25, TNT, 9 p.m. ET) picks up the action with a post-revolution Layton (Daveed Diggs) struggling to maintain a shaky peace as the train’s new leader. Meanwhile, Melanie (Jennifer Connelly) is dealing with Mr. Wilford (Sean Bean), who is not only not dead but heading straight for them on a rival train, the shocking news that her daughter (also suddenly not dead) has become Wilfred’s loyal protegee, and a surprising discovery that could change humanity’s fate.\nReport Card: Ratings winners and losers\nWinners: Disney Channel ordered a third season of animated comedy series, “Big City Greens.”\nLosers: “Star Trek: Discovery” drew its second-smallest broadcast audience.\nMelissa Crawley is the author of “Mr. Sorkin Goes to Washington: Shaping the President on Television’s ‘The West Wing.’” She has a Ph.D. in media studies and is a member of the Television Critics Association. To comment on Stay Tuned, email her at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter at @mcstaytuned.",
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"This week’s debuts include an Israeli psychological drama, a painter who meditates on life, and an anxiety-filled thriller about how far a man will go to keep a secret.Dispatches: Weekly TV newsThe multimillion-dollar Super Bowl ad war between Coca-Cola and Pepsi will not happen during this year’s broadcast of the big game. Coke announced that it will not run any advertisements during Super Bowl LV, a decision that follows a similar one made by Pepsi, which has stated that it will"
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Darwin McClary takes over today from Joe Frey, whose contract was terminated.
BLISSFIELD — Blissfield will have an interim village administrator after the village council voted in December to part ways with its former administrator.
Darwin McClary is Blissfield’s interim village administrator. His first official day as administrator is today. McClary comes into the Blissfield role after the village council held a handful of meetings from Dec. 14 to Jan. 11 when a change in the village’s administrator position was made.
Joe Frey, the village’s former administrator, had his contract terminated at the council’s Dec. 14 meeting in a 4-3 vote.
Blissfield Village President Bob Valdez said in an interview the council’s decision to part ways with Frey boiled down to overall job performance. Valdez said issues with the coronavirus pandemic did not factor into Frey’s performance review.
"Certain council members said they didn’t see the improvement that (Frey) needed to show in order to retain his position," Valdez said. Frey, who became Blissfield’s administrator in January 2020, succeeded Jim Wonacott, who retired after more than 25 years as Blissfield’s adminstrator.
Frey had been with the village for nearly one year before his contract was terminated.
After a performance review in July, which Valdez said came back as "poor," Frey was granted an additional extension of six months as administrator.
At the council’s Dec. 14 meeting, Valdez and council members Gwen Dusa, Barb McHenry and James Eitzen voted to move on from Frey. Trustees Mike Gunter, Jan Luce and Jerry Hayes voted to retain him.
The council’s Jan. 4 special meeting was more contentious. It was held for the sole purpose of hiring an interim administrator.
At that meeting, Valdez, attending the meeting via Zoom from Fort Meyers Bleach, Fla., and Gunter, attending the meeting virtually from Key Largo, Fla., sat in on the council’s interviews of those being McClary and Robert Stalker, a longtime municipality employee who currently provides recruitment services for local government.
Both candidates spoke with the council virtually, citing their work experience in local government and the knowledge they possess for conducting daily operations as a village administrator.
The two candidates came as a surprise to some of the council members.
After approving to move along from Frey, Valdez said he contacted the Michigan Municipal League in regards to the village’s next step in replacing its administrator. Valdez said he was provided with a list of available interim managers and he spoke with five of them who expressed interest in the position. Of those five, McClary and Stalker expressed the most interest in coming to Blissfield. They also responded to letters of expectations provided by Valdez.
In a virtual meeting Dec. 30, Valdez, McHenry and Luce spoke with each of the candidates. There were no decisions made at the meeting
This meeting conduct, however, was upsetting to Gunter and Hayes, who said they would have preferred an introductory meeting of both candidates before the entire council and the public.
"For the sake of transparency, why would the entire council not be involved in this?" Hayes asked.
"Ultimately, it’s council’s decision on who we are going to hire. Not the village president’s," Gunter said.
Valdez defended the route he took in bringing two candidates in front of the council, saying both McHenry and Luce — one council member who voted against renewing Frey’s contract and the other who voted for keeping Frey — were good representatives for the entire council.
"This is the route that I chose," Valdez said, adding that he made the decision to limit the initial meeting with the candidates to himself, McHenry and Luce due to scheduling issues with all of the council members. Some council members said Valdez’s decision was proactive to its current situation.
Gunter agreed the plan was proactive, but maybe not for the entire council.
"If you wanted to terminate (Frey) at the time, there should have been a plan moving forward," he said.
Hayes added that hearing from the two candidates as an entire council would have helped in digesting each person’s strengths, qualities and weaknesses.
"The process that got us into this meeting tonight should have been done differently," he said. "It should have been done with the whole council for the sake of being open, up front and honest."
Stalker began his career in local government in Tecumseh in the 1980s as an administrative assistant and then assistant city manager. He is familiar with the Blissfield area, having lived there at one time for four years.
McClary also has ties to the Lenawee County region, with many of his grandparents and great-grandparents calling the county their home. He also graduated from Siena Heights College.
McClary has more than 30 years of experience as a city and village manager in Michigan. He was hired as city manager of Litchfield in Hillsdale County at the age of 23.
Both McClary and Stalker stated during their interviews that neither of them were interested in remaining with Blissfield as a full-time administrator.
For McClary, this will be his third time serving a municipality as its interim administrator.
One of the major issues plaguing the village of Blissfield is its wastewater treatment plant. The village has been behind schedule on bringing the plant up to code and making repairs. Penalties and fines from the state led the village council to raise of water rates.
McClary touted his working relationship with state and federal agencies, referring to the state as a "partner" with local government.
While employed with the city of Albion, McClary said he had a solid relationship with the United States Department of Agriculture while Albion was working on upgrades to its wastewater treatment plant.
After the interviews, the council discussed each prospective interim administrator.
While noting that McClary interviewed better than Stalker, Gunter said the best use for Blissfield’s funds should not be hiring an interim administrator while the village currently has an administrator knowledgeable to the community and its needs.
In order to buy out Frey, he will receive $30,000 from the village in wages, benefits and severance pay.
The council voted 4-3 to hire McClary as its interim administrator. Gunter, Hayes and Luce voted no.
At the council’s meeting Jan. 11, it voted 5-2 to accept McClary’s salary proposal of $8,300 per month. Gunter and Hayes opposed the proposal, which was a counteroffer to the village’s proposal of $7,800 per month.
The $8,300 monthly salary includes the payment of $7,000 as well as a $400 vehicle reimbursement and a $900 housing fund.
McClary's original compensation proposal was $8,400 monthly.
Blissfield Village Clerk Lisa Novak said McClary’s contract will be at a minimum of two months while the village conducts its search for a new full-time administrator. Conversations on that process are to begin today at the village’s committee-of-the-whole meeting.
Novak said the contract is flexible, in that McClary can stay on for an additional month or two, depending on the progress of the administrator search. He is expected to hold office hours in Blissfield from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or later Monday through Thursday.
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"Darwin McClary takes over today from Joe Frey, whose contract was terminated.\nBLISSFIELD — Blissfield will have an interim village administrator after the village council voted in December to part ways with its former administrator.\nDarwin McClary is Blissfield’s interim village administrator. His first official day as administrator is today. McClary comes into the Blissfield role after the village council held a handful of meetings from Dec. 14 to Jan. 11 when a change in the village’s administrator position was made.\nJoe Frey, the village’s former administrator, had his contract terminated at the council’s Dec. 14 meeting in a 4-3 vote.\nBlissfield Village President Bob Valdez said in an interview the council’s decision to part ways with Frey boiled down to overall job performance. Valdez said issues with the coronavirus pandemic did not factor into Frey’s performance review.\n\"Certain council members said they didn’t see the improvement that (Frey) needed to show in order to retain his position,\" Valdez said. Frey, who became Blissfield’s administrator in January 2020, succeeded Jim Wonacott, who retired after more than 25 years as Blissfield’s adminstrator.\nFrey had been with the village for nearly one year before his contract was terminated.\nAfter a performance review in July, which Valdez said came back as \"poor,\" Frey was granted an additional extension of six months as administrator.\nAt the council’s Dec. 14 meeting, Valdez and council members Gwen Dusa, Barb McHenry and James Eitzen voted to move on from Frey. Trustees Mike Gunter, Jan Luce and Jerry Hayes voted to retain him.\nThe council’s Jan. 4 special meeting was more contentious. It was held for the sole purpose of hiring an interim administrator.\nAt that meeting, Valdez, attending the meeting via Zoom from Fort Meyers Bleach, Fla., and Gunter, attending the meeting virtually from Key Largo, Fla., sat in on the council’s interviews of those being McClary and Robert Stalker, a longtime municipality employee who currently provides recruitment services for local government.\nBoth candidates spoke with the council virtually, citing their work experience in local government and the knowledge they possess for conducting daily operations as a village administrator.\nThe two candidates came as a surprise to some of the council members.\nAfter approving to move along from Frey, Valdez said he contacted the Michigan Municipal League in regards to the village’s next step in replacing its administrator. Valdez said he was provided with a list of available interim managers and he spoke with five of them who expressed interest in the position. Of those five, McClary and Stalker expressed the most interest in coming to Blissfield. They also responded to letters of expectations provided by Valdez.\nIn a virtual meeting Dec. 30, Valdez, McHenry and Luce spoke with each of the candidates. There were no decisions made at the meeting\nThis meeting conduct, however, was upsetting to Gunter and Hayes, who said they would have preferred an introductory meeting of both candidates before the entire council and the public.\n\"For the sake of transparency, why would the entire council not be involved in this?\" Hayes asked.\n\"Ultimately, it’s council’s decision on who we are going to hire. Not the village president’s,\" Gunter said.\nValdez defended the route he took in bringing two candidates in front of the council, saying both McHenry and Luce — one council member who voted against renewing Frey’s contract and the other who voted for keeping Frey — were good representatives for the entire council.\n\"This is the route that I chose,\" Valdez said, adding that he made the decision to limit the initial meeting with the candidates to himself, McHenry and Luce due to scheduling issues with all of the council members. Some council members said Valdez’s decision was proactive to its current situation.\nGunter agreed the plan was proactive, but maybe not for the entire council.\n\"If you wanted to terminate (Frey) at the time, there should have been a plan moving forward,\" he said.\nHayes added that hearing from the two candidates as an entire council would have helped in digesting each person’s strengths, qualities and weaknesses.\n\"The process that got us into this meeting tonight should have been done differently,\" he said. \"It should have been done with the whole council for the sake of being open, up front and honest.\"\nStalker began his career in local government in Tecumseh in the 1980s as an administrative assistant and then assistant city manager. He is familiar with the Blissfield area, having lived there at one time for four years.\nMcClary also has ties to the Lenawee County region, with many of his grandparents and great-grandparents calling the county their home. He also graduated from Siena Heights College.\nMcClary has more than 30 years of experience as a city and village manager in Michigan. He was hired as city manager of Litchfield in Hillsdale County at the age of 23.\nBoth McClary and Stalker stated during their interviews that neither of them were interested in remaining with Blissfield as a full-time administrator.\nFor McClary, this will be his third time serving a municipality as its interim administrator.\nOne of the major issues plaguing the village of Blissfield is its wastewater treatment plant. The village has been behind schedule on bringing the plant up to code and making repairs. Penalties and fines from the state led the village council to raise of water rates.\nMcClary touted his working relationship with state and federal agencies, referring to the state as a \"partner\" with local government.\nWhile employed with the city of Albion, McClary said he had a solid relationship with the United States Department of Agriculture while Albion was working on upgrades to its wastewater treatment plant.\nAfter the interviews, the council discussed each prospective interim administrator.\nWhile noting that McClary interviewed better than Stalker, Gunter said the best use for Blissfield’s funds should not be hiring an interim administrator while the village currently has an administrator knowledgeable to the community and its needs.\nIn order to buy out Frey, he will receive $30,000 from the village in wages, benefits and severance pay.\nThe council voted 4-3 to hire McClary as its interim administrator. Gunter, Hayes and Luce voted no.\nAt the council’s meeting Jan. 11, it voted 5-2 to accept McClary’s salary proposal of $8,300 per month. Gunter and Hayes opposed the proposal, which was a counteroffer to the village’s proposal of $7,800 per month.\nThe $8,300 monthly salary includes the payment of $7,000 as well as a $400 vehicle reimbursement and a $900 housing fund.\nMcClary's original compensation proposal was $8,400 monthly.\nBlissfield Village Clerk Lisa Novak said McClary’s contract will be at a minimum of two months while the village conducts its search for a new full-time administrator. Conversations on that process are to begin today at the village’s committee-of-the-whole meeting.\nNovak said the contract is flexible, in that McClary can stay on for an additional month or two, depending on the progress of the administrator search. He is expected to hold office hours in Blissfield from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or later Monday through Thursday.",
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The Branch County Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council has created a Youth Needs Assessment Survey open to all Branch County elementary, middle school, and high school students and their parents.The survey was designed by YAC members to learn more about the concerns and issues community youth face regularly. Survey results will help YAC when determining what programs and services they are going to support with the Youth Grant Cycle this year.The Youth Needs Assessment Survey can
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The Branch County Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council has created a Youth Needs Assessment Survey open to all Branch County elementary, middle school, and high school students and their parents.
The survey was designed by YAC members to learn more about the concerns and issues community youth face regularly. Survey results will help YAC when determining what programs and services they are going to support with the Youth Grant Cycle this year.
The Youth Needs Assessment Survey can be found at www.BrCoFoundation.org. YAC is accepting survey responses through Feb. 13.
The Youth Advisory Council is a philanthropy program, made up of students, ages 12-21, from Branch County and Colon. YAC is dedicated to effective grantmaking, endowment building, leadership, and improving the viability of our communities by involving youth in the visioning and decision-making process. Those interested in learning more may visit www.BrCoFoundation.org.
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"The Branch County Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council has created a Youth Needs Assessment Survey open to all Branch County elementary, middle school, and high school students and their parents.\nThe survey was designed by YAC members to learn more about the concerns and issues community youth face regularly. Survey results will help YAC when determining what programs and services they are going to support with the Youth Grant Cycle this year.\nThe Youth Needs Assessment Survey can be found at www.BrCoFoundation.org. YAC is accepting survey responses through Feb. 13.\nThe Youth Advisory Council is a philanthropy program, made up of students, ages 12-21, from Branch County and Colon. YAC is dedicated to effective grantmaking, endowment building, leadership, and improving the viability of our communities by involving youth in the visioning and decision-making process. Those interested in learning more may visit www.BrCoFoundation.org.",
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"The Branch County Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council has created a Youth Needs Assessment Survey open to all Branch County elementary, middle school, and high school students and their parents.The survey was designed by YAC members to learn more about the concerns and issues community youth face regularly. Survey results will help YAC when determining what programs and services they are going to support with the Youth Grant Cycle this year.The Youth Needs Assessment Survey can"
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Here are the previews for Monroe County Region Boys Swimming and Diving teams; they are among the winter sports allowed to resume.
The Southeastern Conference Red is usually one of the strongest leagues in the state for swimming.
That is primarily because of the excellence in the sport by the three Ann Arbor schools – Pioneer, Huron and Skyline.
Like so many things during the coronavirus pandemic, the landscape is much different this year.
“Right now, the Ann Arbor schools aren’t swimming,” Monroe coach Doug Schade said. “We aren’t swimming three of our dates. Right now, we only have Saline, Ypsilanti and Bedford.”
But that still leaves some big challenges for the Trojans in the pool.
“Saline will be very good and Bedford will be very good,” Schade said. “If Bedford has all of their guys back, they should be top ten in the state for Division 2.”
Swimmers across the Monroe County Region are anxious to get back in the pool. Their season was halted last year on the eve of the state finals.
“We are eager to get back into the pool so we can get in shape, enjoy each other as teammates and reach our goals both individually and as a team,” said Bedford coach Holly Scheffer.
Previews for the six Monroe County Region teams follow.
BEDFORD
Coach: Holly Scheffer, eighth year.
Returning state qualifiers: Seniors Thomas Zoldowski (individual medley, backstroke), Ian Metter (breaststroke, relays) Joey Travis (relays); juniors- Micah Scheffer (butterfly, relays), Ethan Tennant (individual medley, relays), Austin Clise (diving).
Season outlook: Bedford was literally loading up the vans for the trip to the state meet when it was announced in March that the season was being suspended. Luckily, most of the Mules’ state qualifiers were underclassmen.
Coach’s comments: “We will be preparing for a return to the state meet as well as watching our younger swimmers develop into strong competitors. Our season is four weeks short as of now, so we need to get busy and stay focused and see what we can make of this season.”
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CARLSON
Coach: Ryan Camilleri, seventh year.
Returning state qualifiers: Seniors Geoffrey Honycutt (relays), Ben Conroy (50 free, backstroke, relays) and Ben Higgins (relays).
Other top performers: Aidan Militello and Hayden Spaulding.
Season outlook: The Marauders have enough talent to compete for the Downriver League championships.
Coach’s comment: “I'm excited that the boys are getting a chance to compete. While the season is an abbreviated one, I think we will show the conference that we should be taken seriously. We have a lot of talent, and I'm excited to see what we can do with it.”
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DUNDEE
Coach: Sarah Eubanks, second year.
Returning state qualifiers: Jake Silveira (diving), Adam Fuller (diving), Hadley Keinath (200 freestyle, backstroke, relays), Drew Eastman (relays), Trevor Schroeder (butterfly, relays), Johnny Swisher (relays), Harrison Valentine (relays).
Other top performers: Ryan Atkinson, Connor Moran, Lucas Hernandez.
Season outlook: The Vikings have many of the key performers back from a squad that won the Southeastern Michigan Independent Swimming League championship last season.
Coach’s comments: “We are coming off a great season last year. We are excited to get in the water and see what this group can do this year. The team is a good mix of veteran athletes and rookies. We’re looking forward for some of our younger athletes to step up to help carry on the Dundee winning tradition.”
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MASON-IDA
Coach: Andy Mosley, third year.
Returning state qualifier: Junior Ryan Whaley (diving).
Other top performers: Seniors Tye Mandel, Griffin Lewis, Alex Small, Logan Waller, Lawson Kominek; junior Tim Nadolny.
Season outlook: Whaley was the Monroe County Region Diver of the Year last season. Mosley expects him to place in the top ten at state this year. He is part of a veteran lineup featuring 14 seniors among the 31 on the roster.
Coach’s comments: “This should be the best team at Erie-Ida in a decade. With so many upperclassmen, I think the leadership will really help out the younger swimmers. Everyone is just happy to get back in the pool and finally compete."
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MILAN
Coach: Dan Heikka, 18th year.
Returning state qualifiers: Seniors Ben Stafford (100 free, backstroke), Carson Parris (relays); junior Andy Dobrzanski (individual medley, breaststroke); sophomore Zachary Heikka (100 free, backstroke, relays)
Other top performers: Senior Liam Ohare, sophomores Gavin Kruise, Flannery Wayne, Aiden Broadworth and Brayden Humes; freshman Steven Gottardi.
Season outlook: Dobrzanski was the Monroe County Region Swimmer of the Year last season. Others will have to step up to support him. The Big Reds graduated eight seniors from last year’s team.
Coach’s comments: “The young men who got to swim with no pressure last year, will get their chance to shine and see where it gets us. Dobrzanski is a real force and will lead us. We have a great senior group of leaders and a bunch of young guys looking to step up and compete hard. We gain a very solid freshman diver, who should help us out quite a bit.”
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MONROE
Coach: Doug Schade, ninth year.
Returning state qualifier: Senior Jackson Taft (butterfly)
Other top performers: Seniors Elijah Ball, Matthew Dull, Ben MacLeod.
Season outlook: Taft qualified for state as a freshman and sophomore, but didn’t qualify last year because of problems with illness. The Trojans have 15 on the roster this season.
Coach’s comments: “We’re focusing on a season that is 30 days long as of right now. We have to learn what we can do and swim as fast as we can.”
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"Here are the previews for Monroe County Region Boys Swimming and Diving teams; they are among the winter sports allowed to resume.\nThe Southeastern Conference Red is usually one of the strongest leagues in the state for swimming.\nThat is primarily because of the excellence in the sport by the three Ann Arbor schools – Pioneer, Huron and Skyline.\nLike so many things during the coronavirus pandemic, the landscape is much different this year.\n“Right now, the Ann Arbor schools aren’t swimming,” Monroe coach Doug Schade said. “We aren’t swimming three of our dates. Right now, we only have Saline, Ypsilanti and Bedford.”\nBut that still leaves some big challenges for the Trojans in the pool.\n“Saline will be very good and Bedford will be very good,” Schade said. “If Bedford has all of their guys back, they should be top ten in the state for Division 2.”\nSwimmers across the Monroe County Region are anxious to get back in the pool. Their season was halted last year on the eve of the state finals.\n“We are eager to get back into the pool so we can get in shape, enjoy each other as teammates and reach our goals both individually and as a team,” said Bedford coach Holly Scheffer.\nPreviews for the six Monroe County Region teams follow.\nBEDFORD\nCoach: Holly Scheffer, eighth year.\nReturning state qualifiers: Seniors Thomas Zoldowski (individual medley, backstroke), Ian Metter (breaststroke, relays) Joey Travis (relays); juniors- Micah Scheffer (butterfly, relays), Ethan Tennant (individual medley, relays), Austin Clise (diving).\nSeason outlook: Bedford was literally loading up the vans for the trip to the state meet when it was announced in March that the season was being suspended. Luckily, most of the Mules’ state qualifiers were underclassmen.\nCoach’s comments: “We will be preparing for a return to the state meet as well as watching our younger swimmers develop into strong competitors. Our season is four weeks short as of now, so we need to get busy and stay focused and see what we can make of this season.”\n***\nCARLSON\nCoach: Ryan Camilleri, seventh year.\nReturning state qualifiers: Seniors Geoffrey Honycutt (relays), Ben Conroy (50 free, backstroke, relays) and Ben Higgins (relays).\nOther top performers: Aidan Militello and Hayden Spaulding.\nSeason outlook: The Marauders have enough talent to compete for the Downriver League championships.\nCoach’s comment: “I'm excited that the boys are getting a chance to compete. While the season is an abbreviated one, I think we will show the conference that we should be taken seriously. We have a lot of talent, and I'm excited to see what we can do with it.”\n***\nDUNDEE\nCoach: Sarah Eubanks, second year.\nReturning state qualifiers: Jake Silveira (diving), Adam Fuller (diving), Hadley Keinath (200 freestyle, backstroke, relays), Drew Eastman (relays), Trevor Schroeder (butterfly, relays), Johnny Swisher (relays), Harrison Valentine (relays).\nOther top performers: Ryan Atkinson, Connor Moran, Lucas Hernandez.\nSeason outlook: The Vikings have many of the key performers back from a squad that won the Southeastern Michigan Independent Swimming League championship last season.\nCoach’s comments: “We are coming off a great season last year. We are excited to get in the water and see what this group can do this year. The team is a good mix of veteran athletes and rookies. We’re looking forward for some of our younger athletes to step up to help carry on the Dundee winning tradition.”\n***\nMASON-IDA\nCoach: Andy Mosley, third year.\nReturning state qualifier: Junior Ryan Whaley (diving).\nOther top performers: Seniors Tye Mandel, Griffin Lewis, Alex Small, Logan Waller, Lawson Kominek; junior Tim Nadolny.\nSeason outlook: Whaley was the Monroe County Region Diver of the Year last season. Mosley expects him to place in the top ten at state this year. He is part of a veteran lineup featuring 14 seniors among the 31 on the roster.\nCoach’s comments: “This should be the best team at Erie-Ida in a decade. With so many upperclassmen, I think the leadership will really help out the younger swimmers. Everyone is just happy to get back in the pool and finally compete.\"\n***\nMILAN\nCoach: Dan Heikka, 18th year.\nReturning state qualifiers: Seniors Ben Stafford (100 free, backstroke), Carson Parris (relays); junior Andy Dobrzanski (individual medley, breaststroke); sophomore Zachary Heikka (100 free, backstroke, relays)\nOther top performers: Senior Liam Ohare, sophomores Gavin Kruise, Flannery Wayne, Aiden Broadworth and Brayden Humes; freshman Steven Gottardi.\nSeason outlook: Dobrzanski was the Monroe County Region Swimmer of the Year last season. Others will have to step up to support him. The Big Reds graduated eight seniors from last year’s team.\nCoach’s comments: “The young men who got to swim with no pressure last year, will get their chance to shine and see where it gets us. Dobrzanski is a real force and will lead us. We have a great senior group of leaders and a bunch of young guys looking to step up and compete hard. We gain a very solid freshman diver, who should help us out quite a bit.”\n***\nMONROE\nCoach: Doug Schade, ninth year.\nReturning state qualifier: Senior Jackson Taft (butterfly)\nOther top performers: Seniors Elijah Ball, Matthew Dull, Ben MacLeod.\nSeason outlook: Taft qualified for state as a freshman and sophomore, but didn’t qualify last year because of problems with illness. The Trojans have 15 on the roster this season.\nCoach’s comments: “We’re focusing on a season that is 30 days long as of right now. We have to learn what we can do and swim as fast as we can.”",
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HOLLAND — A host of free events that focus on diversity and inclusion will take place Monday, Jan. 18, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.Here’s a list of what to expect:Holland Museum’s "How Would You Change The World?"Where: Virtual and 31 W. 10th St. in HollandWhen: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.The museum will host an in-person and virtual family program titled: "How Would You Change the World?"Throughout the day, activities will be posted to help families learn about Martin Luther
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HOLLAND — A host of free events that focus on diversity and inclusion will take place Monday, Jan. 18, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Here’s a list of what to expect:
Holland Museum’s "How Would You Change The World?"
Where: Virtual and 31 W. 10th St. in Holland
When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
The museum will host an in-person and virtual family program titled: "How Would You Change the World?"
Throughout the day, activities will be posted to help families learn about Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement.
Downtown Holland’s "Virtual DEI Day"
Where: Virtual
When: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Downtown Holland will recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day by hosting an all-day virtual event on its Facebook page.
The goal of the event is to examine diversity, equity and inclusion issues related to downtown and to engage the local community in the conversation.
Planning for the event began last fall. It will be hosted and produced by Jennifer Pascua, owner of Halo Halo Multimedia.
"We believe the event is an important step in engaging the public as we explore how we move forward in our journey to ensure that downtown Holland is welcoming to all," said marketing coordinator Kara de Alvare.
The event will begin at 9 a.m. with a live panel discussion featuring local community leaders, including Robyn Afrik, director of diversity, equity and inclusion for Ottawa County.
Pre-recorded interviews from local business owners and representatives will launch at noon, followed by another live panel discussion with leaders of nonprofit organizations at 3 p.m.
The second live panel will include Herrick District Library Relationship Manager Sara DeVries and Holland Museum Executive Director Ricki Levine.
The final release at 6 p.m. will feature additional pre-recorded interviews with business owners and representatives.
To attend, visit facebook.com/downtownholland.
Calvin University’s "The Color of Compromise"
Where: Virtual
When: 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Jemar Tisby, author of the award-winning book, "The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism," will speak as part of Calvin University’s January Speaker Series.
The series is completely virtual this year. Visit calvin.edu/january-series on Monday for a link to the free presentation.
Grand Valley State University’s "The Legacy of MLK"
Where: Virtual
When: 6:30-8 p.m.
In partnership with Grand Rapids Community College and Davenport University, Grand Valley State University will host Yamiche Alcindor, White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour and an NBC and MSNBC political contributor.
Alcindor will give the keynote presentation Monday during the 35th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Program. The free event will take place via Zoom.
Visit gvsu.edu/mlk for a link to register.
Hope College’s "Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration"
Where: Virtual
Hope College’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a week-long exposure to the people, policies and events "that have contributed to the quest for racial equity and social justice."
The event will begin Monday and run through Friday, Jan. 22. It will feature more than 20 social media posts that provide information about events or milestones since the signing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
"It is our hope that the campus community will be inspired to think critically while deeply examining the progress made and the progress yet to be made in advancing equity and social justice," said CDI Interim Director Jevon Willis.
To view the posts, follow CDI on Twitter @HopeDiversity and Facebook @HopeCenterforDiversityandInclusion.
— Contact reporter Cassandra Lybrink at [email protected]. Follow her on Instagram @BizHolland.
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"HOLLAND — A host of free events that focus on diversity and inclusion will take place Monday, Jan. 18, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.Here’s a list of what to expect:Holland Museum’s \"How Would You Change The World?\"Where: Virtual and 31 W. 10th St. in HollandWhen: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.The museum will host an in-person and virtual family program titled: \"How Would You Change the World?\"Throughout the day, activities will be posted to help families learn about Martin Luther"
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One of my daughter’s favorite dishes from Tellini’s Pasta Market is their Italian casserole. Begin with a cheesy baked rigatoni, which is heaven on a plate as is, but top it with a zesty marinara sauce. It’s the best of both worlds when you can’t decide whether you’re craving an Alfredo or marinara sauce-based dish.As a surprise for her, I attempted to recreate the recipe. I believe I came really close!BAKED RIGATONI ITALIAN CASSEROLE TOPPED WITH MARINARA
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One of my daughter’s favorite dishes from Tellini’s Pasta Market is their Italian casserole. Begin with a cheesy baked rigatoni, which is heaven on a plate as is, but top it with a zesty marinara sauce. It’s the best of both worlds when you can’t decide whether you’re craving an Alfredo or marinara sauce-based dish.
As a surprise for her, I attempted to recreate the recipe. I believe I came really close!
BAKED RIGATONI ITALIAN CASSEROLE TOPPED WITH MARINARA SAUCE
Make the marinara sauce topping first:
*2 tablespoons olive oil
*1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
*1 teaspoon minced garlic
*1 (28-ounce) can of crushed tomatoes
*2 tablespoons dried Italian seasoning
*1 teaspoon sugar
*1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
*A few grinds of black pepper
In a medium saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onions and let them cook for 4 to 5 minutes until softened. Add garlic and let cook for a minute longer.
Add tomatoes, Italian seasoning and sugar, and bring to a simmer. Cover and let cook for 30 to 45 minutes. During the last few minutes of cooking, add the red wine vinegar and black pepper. Taste and add a little salt if needed.
Now for the casserole:
*16-ounce box rigatoni, cooked according to package directions and drained
*2 tablespoons butter
*2 tablespoons olive oil
*2 tablespoons flour
*3 cups milk
*3/4 cup finely shredded Parmesan, plus extra for topping
*1 cup shredded Mozzarella
*24 ounces ricotta cheese
*1 teaspoon white pepper
*1 teaspoon salt
*1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9-by-13-ince casserole dish with non-stick spray.
In a large saucepan (at least 2 quarts), heat butter and olive oil over medium heat. Add flour and, stirring constantly, let it cook until it is a light brown color. Slowly add in milk, stirring constantly, and allow the mixture to thicken slightly.
Add the cheeses a little at a time until blended and evenly melted. Stir in pepper, salt and dried parsley flakes. Remove from heat and stir into drained rigatoni noodles.
Pour casserole mixture into a prepared baking dish and cover with foil. Cook for 25 minutes and remove foil. Sprinkle more Parmesan cheese on top and return to oven for 10 more minutes. Allow to rest for about 5 minutes. Top each serving with a generous portion of marinara sauce. Add a fresh green salad and breadsticks, and you have a delicious meal.
SOUTHWESTERN TATER TOT CASSEROLE
This recipe is an easy meal for beginning cooks and fills the bill for a fast weeknight dinner.
*1 pound ground chuck, browned and fat drained
*1 can cream of potato soup
*1 can white shoepeg corn with chipotle peppers, drained
*1 small can diced green chilies, drained
*1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
*1 can Rotel tomatoes (I used hot)
*1 teaspoon granulated garlic
*1 teaspoon onion powder
*1 tablespoon chili powder
*1 small (28-ounce) package tater tots
*1 cup shredded Monterrey Jack/Colby cheese blend, divided
*Cilantro, sour cream, green onions (optional)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Combine the first nine ingredients in a large bowl. Add one-half cup of cheese. Spray a 9-by-13-inch casserole dish with non-stick spray.
Gently pour casserole mixture into baking dish. Arrange tater tots on top. Place in the oven for 25 minutes.
Remove from oven, add remaining cheese and return to oven for about 5 minutes. Let rest for a few minutes before serving. Top with cilantro, sour cream or chopped green onions - or all three!
Laura Tolbert, also known as Fleur de Lolly, has been sharing recipes, table decor ideas and advice for fellow foodies and novices on her blog, fleurdelolly.blogspot.com for more than eight years. She won the Duke Mayonnaise 100th Anniversary nationwide recipe contest for her Alabama White BBQ Sauce. You can contact her at facebook.com/fleurde.lolly.5, on Instagram and [email protected].
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"One of my daughter’s favorite dishes from Tellini’s Pasta Market is their Italian casserole. Begin with a cheesy baked rigatoni, which is heaven on a plate as is, but top it with a zesty marinara sauce. It’s the best of both worlds when you can’t decide whether you’re craving an Alfredo or marinara sauce-based dish.\nAs a surprise for her, I attempted to recreate the recipe. I believe I came really close!\nBAKED RIGATONI ITALIAN CASSEROLE TOPPED WITH MARINARA SAUCE\nMake the marinara sauce topping first:\n*2 tablespoons olive oil\n*1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped\n*1 teaspoon minced garlic\n*1 (28-ounce) can of crushed tomatoes\n*2 tablespoons dried Italian seasoning\n*1 teaspoon sugar\n*1 tablespoon red wine vinegar\n*A few grinds of black pepper\nIn a medium saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onions and let them cook for 4 to 5 minutes until softened. Add garlic and let cook for a minute longer.\nAdd tomatoes, Italian seasoning and sugar, and bring to a simmer. Cover and let cook for 30 to 45 minutes. During the last few minutes of cooking, add the red wine vinegar and black pepper. Taste and add a little salt if needed.\nNow for the casserole:\n*16-ounce box rigatoni, cooked according to package directions and drained\n*2 tablespoons butter\n*2 tablespoons olive oil\n*2 tablespoons flour\n*3 cups milk\n*3/4 cup finely shredded Parmesan, plus extra for topping\n*1 cup shredded Mozzarella\n*24 ounces ricotta cheese\n*1 teaspoon white pepper\n*1 teaspoon salt\n*1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes\nPreheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9-by-13-ince casserole dish with non-stick spray.\nIn a large saucepan (at least 2 quarts), heat butter and olive oil over medium heat. Add flour and, stirring constantly, let it cook until it is a light brown color. Slowly add in milk, stirring constantly, and allow the mixture to thicken slightly.\nAdd the cheeses a little at a time until blended and evenly melted. Stir in pepper, salt and dried parsley flakes. Remove from heat and stir into drained rigatoni noodles.\nPour casserole mixture into a prepared baking dish and cover with foil. Cook for 25 minutes and remove foil. Sprinkle more Parmesan cheese on top and return to oven for 10 more minutes. Allow to rest for about 5 minutes. Top each serving with a generous portion of marinara sauce. Add a fresh green salad and breadsticks, and you have a delicious meal.\nSOUTHWESTERN TATER TOT CASSEROLE\nThis recipe is an easy meal for beginning cooks and fills the bill for a fast weeknight dinner.\n*1 pound ground chuck, browned and fat drained\n*1 can cream of potato soup\n*1 can white shoepeg corn with chipotle peppers, drained\n*1 small can diced green chilies, drained\n*1 can black beans, rinsed and drained\n*1 can Rotel tomatoes (I used hot)\n*1 teaspoon granulated garlic\n*1 teaspoon onion powder\n*1 tablespoon chili powder\n*1 small (28-ounce) package tater tots\n*1 cup shredded Monterrey Jack/Colby cheese blend, divided\n*Cilantro, sour cream, green onions (optional)\nPreheat oven to 400 degrees.\nCombine the first nine ingredients in a large bowl. Add one-half cup of cheese. Spray a 9-by-13-inch casserole dish with non-stick spray.\nGently pour casserole mixture into baking dish. Arrange tater tots on top. Place in the oven for 25 minutes.\nRemove from oven, add remaining cheese and return to oven for about 5 minutes. Let rest for a few minutes before serving. Top with cilantro, sour cream or chopped green onions - or all three!\nLaura Tolbert, also known as Fleur de Lolly, has been sharing recipes, table decor ideas and advice for fellow foodies and novices on her blog, fleurdelolly.blogspot.com for more than eight years. She won the Duke Mayonnaise 100th Anniversary nationwide recipe contest for her Alabama White BBQ Sauce. You can contact her at facebook.com/fleurde.lolly.5, on Instagram and [email protected].",
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PARK TWP. — The West Ottawa Public Schools Board of Education has identified its next superintendent. The board voted unanimously Wednesday night, Jan. 20, to enter into contract negotiations with Timothy Bearden.Bearden is employed with Detroit Country Day School, where he serves as chief academic officer for PK-12 curriculum and instruction, upper school head and director of upper school admissions.The board conducted first round interviews with five candidates Jan. 11-12 before
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PARK TWP. — The West Ottawa Public Schools Board of Education has identified its next superintendent. The board voted unanimously Wednesday night, Jan. 20, to enter into contract negotiations with Timothy Bearden.
Bearden is employed with Detroit Country Day School, where he serves as chief academic officer for PK-12 curriculum and instruction, upper school head and director of upper school admissions.
The board conducted first round interviews with five candidates Jan. 11-12 before inviting Bearden and Anne Armstrong, a former WOPS principal and current Hudsonville Public Schools administrator, back for second round interviews.
Following first round interviews, board members were impressed with Bearden’s speaking ability, his views on having teachers observe fellow teachers to learn from each other, his "give credit, take blame" philosophy and his approach to transparency.
They were concerned about what they saw as a lack of experience with economically diverse populations and English language learner students, as well as his transition from a private school in DCDS to a public district.
Following the second interview and reference checks, however, board members felt more comfortable.
The second round interviews, along with district tours and community Zoom sessions, were held Jan. 19. The board then met for around 90 minutes Wednesday to deliberate before making its decision.
A common thread from board members when voicing which candidate they would support was their feeling that Bearden has the ability to build on WOPS’ success and take the district to the next level.
They explained how references lauded Bearden’s ability to create and implement a vision while building up other team members. The references also highlighted Bearden’s commitment to diversity and valuing all students, which were important measures for the board.
Board members also appreciated that Bearden spoke about equity of opportunities for all students in the district and the importance of communicating to the community that each school in the district is doing great things, not just some buildings.
— Contact reporter Mitchell Boatman at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SentinelMitch.
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"PARK TWP. — The West Ottawa Public Schools Board of Education has identified its next superintendent. The board voted unanimously Wednesday night, Jan. 20, to enter into contract negotiations with Timothy Bearden.\nBearden is employed with Detroit Country Day School, where he serves as chief academic officer for PK-12 curriculum and instruction, upper school head and director of upper school admissions.\nThe board conducted first round interviews with five candidates Jan. 11-12 before inviting Bearden and Anne Armstrong, a former WOPS principal and current Hudsonville Public Schools administrator, back for second round interviews.\nFollowing first round interviews, board members were impressed with Bearden’s speaking ability, his views on having teachers observe fellow teachers to learn from each other, his \"give credit, take blame\" philosophy and his approach to transparency.\nThey were concerned about what they saw as a lack of experience with economically diverse populations and English language learner students, as well as his transition from a private school in DCDS to a public district.\nFollowing the second interview and reference checks, however, board members felt more comfortable.\nThe second round interviews, along with district tours and community Zoom sessions, were held Jan. 19. The board then met for around 90 minutes Wednesday to deliberate before making its decision.\nA common thread from board members when voicing which candidate they would support was their feeling that Bearden has the ability to build on WOPS’ success and take the district to the next level.\nThey explained how references lauded Bearden’s ability to create and implement a vision while building up other team members. The references also highlighted Bearden’s commitment to diversity and valuing all students, which were important measures for the board.\nBoard members also appreciated that Bearden spoke about equity of opportunities for all students in the district and the importance of communicating to the community that each school in the district is doing great things, not just some buildings.\n— Contact reporter Mitchell Boatman at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SentinelMitch.",
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HILLSDALE — A Frontier woman arrested Jan. 10 appeared in the 2B District Court Monday for arraignment.Latasha Ann Hyde, 34, was arraigned on charges of possession of methamphetamine, carrying a concealed weapon and driving without insurance.Judge Megan Stiverson granted Hyde’s request for a public defender and lowered her bond from $75,000 to $36,000 with 10-percent allowed.Stiverson said the original bond was set with the understanding Hyde lived in Montpelier, Ohio, but Hydge
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HILLSDALE — A Frontier woman arrested Jan. 10 appeared in the 2B District Court Monday for arraignment.
Latasha Ann Hyde, 34, was arraigned on charges of possession of methamphetamine, carrying a concealed weapon and driving without insurance.
Judge Megan Stiverson granted Hyde’s request for a public defender and lowered her bond from $75,000 to $36,000 with 10-percent allowed.
Stiverson said the original bond was set with the understanding Hyde lived in Montpelier, Ohio, but Hydge informed the arraignments attorney, Keith Stickley, that she in fact lived in Frontier.
Hyde will next appear in the 2B District Court at 11 a.m. Jan. 20 for a probable cause conference. She faces up to 10-years in prison if convicted as charged.
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"HILLSDALE — A Frontier woman arrested Jan. 10 appeared in the 2B District Court Monday for arraignment.Latasha Ann Hyde, 34, was arraigned on charges of possession of methamphetamine, carrying a concealed weapon and driving without insurance.Judge Megan Stiverson granted Hyde’s request for a public defender and lowered her bond from $75,000 to $36,000 with 10-percent allowed.Stiverson said the original bond was set with the understanding Hyde lived in Montpelier, Ohio, but Hydge"
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Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****While it doesn’t have the Marios or Zeldas that Nintendo does, or the Halos and Gears of War titles that Xbox has, PlayStation has long been the home to the exclusive video game titles that appeal most to me.“Marvel’s Spider-Man,” “The Last of Us”, “God of War,” “Ratchet and Clank” and “Astro Bot” are some of the top titles in their respective genres. As
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Columns share an author’s personal perspective.
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While it doesn’t have the Marios or Zeldas that Nintendo does, or the Halos and Gears of War titles that Xbox has, PlayStation has long been the home to the exclusive video game titles that appeal most to me.
“Marvel’s Spider-Man,” “The Last of Us”, “God of War,” “Ratchet and Clank” and “Astro Bot” are some of the top titles in their respective genres. As great as those franchises are, my favorite PlayStation franchise, my favorite video game franchise, is the Uncharted series.
“Uncharted” is like a modern-day Indiana Jones series, following treasure hunter Nathan Drake as he and his friends get in over their heads trying to secure their fortune and glory. Each game in the series plays out like a massive Hollywood blockbuster, with huge action set pieces and great characters and beautifully written, acted and animated characters.
Since the series started in 2007 on the PlayStation 3 with “Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune,” there have been three direct sequels and one spinoff game all created by the developers at Naughty Dog, along with a prequel created for the PlayStation Vita handheld system that was designed by Sony’s Bend Studio rather than Naughty Dog.
Naughty Dog wrapped up Nathan Drake’s story in “Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End” in 2016, and the series has been dormant since the 2017 spinoff “Uncharted: The Last Legacy” was released. That game instead focused on Chole Frazer, Nathan’s old friend, former love interest and associate who is a treasure hunter of her own.
But finally, it looks like a new game in the Uncharted series is in development, just not at the Naughty Dog studio. Instead, it looks like Sony has created a new unannounced studio based in San Diego that is hard at work on the next chapter of the Uncharted series.
Michael Mumbauer was apparently the studio head at this new studio through last November. On his LinkedIn profile, he wrote: “His latest achievement is having built a brand new, all-star, AAA Action/Adventure development team for PlayStation. Based in San Diego and utilizing proprietary engine technology, this team was assembled to expand upon existing franchises and craft all new stories for the next generation of gamers.”
While his page doesn’t specifically mention the Uncharted series, he also shared a YouTube video on his page about Sony setting up a secret studio to create “Uncharted 5.”
Naughty Dog has created masterpiece after masterpiece since 2007, so I am disappointed it has moved on from the Uncharted series. That said, I am extremely excited to see this series continue. “Uncharted 4” did an amazing job wrapping up Nathan Drake’s story, so it will be interesting to see if the next game in the series will bring him out of retirement somehow or focus on a new character.
(Editor’s note: Spoilers are ahead for the end of “Uncharted 4”) The fourth game ended with an epilogue that jumped the series forward many years and put you in control of Nathan’s teenage daughter Cassie. I wouldn’t mind if “Uncharted 5” moved the story ahead a few more years and focused on Cassie going on her first real adventure and could even have Nathan around as a support.
Dusty Ricketts is the editor of The Destin Log and The Walton Sun newspapers and can be reached at [email protected].
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"Columns share an author’s personal perspective.\n*****\nWhile it doesn’t have the Marios or Zeldas that Nintendo does, or the Halos and Gears of War titles that Xbox has, PlayStation has long been the home to the exclusive video game titles that appeal most to me.\n“Marvel’s Spider-Man,” “The Last of Us”, “God of War,” “Ratchet and Clank” and “Astro Bot” are some of the top titles in their respective genres. As great as those franchises are, my favorite PlayStation franchise, my favorite video game franchise, is the Uncharted series.\n“Uncharted” is like a modern-day Indiana Jones series, following treasure hunter Nathan Drake as he and his friends get in over their heads trying to secure their fortune and glory. Each game in the series plays out like a massive Hollywood blockbuster, with huge action set pieces and great characters and beautifully written, acted and animated characters.\nSince the series started in 2007 on the PlayStation 3 with “Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune,” there have been three direct sequels and one spinoff game all created by the developers at Naughty Dog, along with a prequel created for the PlayStation Vita handheld system that was designed by Sony’s Bend Studio rather than Naughty Dog.\nNaughty Dog wrapped up Nathan Drake’s story in “Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End” in 2016, and the series has been dormant since the 2017 spinoff “Uncharted: The Last Legacy” was released. That game instead focused on Chole Frazer, Nathan’s old friend, former love interest and associate who is a treasure hunter of her own.\nBut finally, it looks like a new game in the Uncharted series is in development, just not at the Naughty Dog studio. Instead, it looks like Sony has created a new unannounced studio based in San Diego that is hard at work on the next chapter of the Uncharted series.\nMichael Mumbauer was apparently the studio head at this new studio through last November. On his LinkedIn profile, he wrote: “His latest achievement is having built a brand new, all-star, AAA Action/Adventure development team for PlayStation. Based in San Diego and utilizing proprietary engine technology, this team was assembled to expand upon existing franchises and craft all new stories for the next generation of gamers.”\nWhile his page doesn’t specifically mention the Uncharted series, he also shared a YouTube video on his page about Sony setting up a secret studio to create “Uncharted 5.”\nNaughty Dog has created masterpiece after masterpiece since 2007, so I am disappointed it has moved on from the Uncharted series. That said, I am extremely excited to see this series continue. “Uncharted 4” did an amazing job wrapping up Nathan Drake’s story, so it will be interesting to see if the next game in the series will bring him out of retirement somehow or focus on a new character.\n(Editor’s note: Spoilers are ahead for the end of “Uncharted 4”) The fourth game ended with an epilogue that jumped the series forward many years and put you in control of Nathan’s teenage daughter Cassie. I wouldn’t mind if “Uncharted 5” moved the story ahead a few more years and focused on Cassie going on her first real adventure and could even have Nathan around as a support.\nDusty Ricketts is the editor of The Destin Log and The Walton Sun newspapers and can be reached at [email protected].",
"Play Life, Live Games column: PlayStation could be headed back to ‘Uncharted’ territories",
"Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****While it doesn’t have the Marios or Zeldas that Nintendo does, or the Halos and Gears of War titles that Xbox has, PlayStation has long been the home to the exclusive video game titles that appeal most to me.“Marvel’s Spider-Man,” “The Last of Us”, “God of War,” “Ratchet and Clank” and “Astro Bot” are some of the top titles in their respective genres. As"
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Each president of the United States, on inauguration day, swears to "support and defend the Constitution against all enemies."This president has conducted himself disgracefully, and perhaps treasonably, repeatedly dishonoring the spirit and the letter of his oath of office. Even before the election, he was quoted numerous times saying that if he did not win a particular election it was "rigged." He has relentlessly sought to subvert the legitimacy of the most recent national election without
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Letter: GOP must find courage to break with Trump
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Each president of the United States, on inauguration day, swears to "support and defend the Constitution against all enemies."
This president has conducted himself disgracefully, and perhaps treasonably, repeatedly dishonoring the spirit and the letter of his oath of office. Even before the election, he was quoted numerous times saying that if he did not win a particular election it was "rigged." He has relentlessly sought to subvert the legitimacy of the most recent national election without any proof of systemic misconduct or conspiracy. He was recorded pressuring the Georgia secretary of state to "find 11,780 votes" to turn Georgia’s election results in his favor. Then came his incitement of the Capitol riots Jan. 6 —a direct threat to the legislative branch.
This has gone far beyond party politics. The spectacle of fellow Republicans attempting to equivocate about the president’s conduct during the past two months is horrifying. Republicans must find the courage — as they did in 1974 when then-President Richard Nixon crossed a line that almost seems minor compared with this president’s acts — to work with Democrats to remove President Trump from office using constitutional powers. No matter how few days remain before inauguration day. Not to remove Trump would be to assent to the president’s conduct, and tempt future demagogues.
Clay Stauffer
Holland
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"Each president of the United States, on inauguration day, swears to \"support and defend the Constitution against all enemies.\"\nThis president has conducted himself disgracefully, and perhaps treasonably, repeatedly dishonoring the spirit and the letter of his oath of office. Even before the election, he was quoted numerous times saying that if he did not win a particular election it was \"rigged.\" He has relentlessly sought to subvert the legitimacy of the most recent national election without any proof of systemic misconduct or conspiracy. He was recorded pressuring the Georgia secretary of state to \"find 11,780 votes\" to turn Georgia’s election results in his favor. Then came his incitement of the Capitol riots Jan. 6 —a direct threat to the legislative branch.\nThis has gone far beyond party politics. The spectacle of fellow Republicans attempting to equivocate about the president’s conduct during the past two months is horrifying. Republicans must find the courage — as they did in 1974 when then-President Richard Nixon crossed a line that almost seems minor compared with this president’s acts — to work with Democrats to remove President Trump from office using constitutional powers. No matter how few days remain before inauguration day. Not to remove Trump would be to assent to the president’s conduct, and tempt future demagogues.\nClay Stauffer\nHolland",
"Letter: GOP must find courage to break with Trump",
"Each president of the United States, on inauguration day, swears to \"support and defend the Constitution against all enemies.\"This president has conducted himself disgracefully, and perhaps treasonably, repeatedly dishonoring the spirit and the letter of his oath of office. Even before the election, he was quoted numerous times saying that if he did not win a particular election it was \"rigged.\" He has relentlessly sought to subvert the legitimacy of the most recent national election without"
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Rep. Walberg: The purpose of this communication is to request that you submit your resignation as a United States Congressman, effectively immediately, for your seditious actions regarding the lawful election process of 2020.You were/are part of the problem. You have, and continue to, enable Trump. This enabling led to insurrection by domestic terrorists on January 6, 2021.While you have a right to your opinion, you do not have the right to use your opinion to sign a seditious Amicus brief as a
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Rep. Walberg: The purpose of this communication is to request that you submit your resignation as a United States Congressman, effectively immediately, for your seditious actions regarding the lawful election process of 2020.
You were/are part of the problem. You have, and continue to, enable Trump. This enabling led to insurrection by domestic terrorists on January 6, 2021.
While you have a right to your opinion, you do not have the right to use your opinion to sign a seditious Amicus brief as a Member of Congress and then say that you acted on behalf of your constituents. You did not act on my behalf or on behalf of thousands of individuals like me.
You, for the past four years, have been one of Donald J. Trump’s ardent supporters, buying his lies, allowing him to violate the emoluments clause, denigrating the purpose of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and so many other shenanigans. You repeat his lies and spew your own. This behavior will not be tolerated.
You will go down in history, at the state and national levels, as a traitor to the people of the 7th District. At the very least, you need to resign your office immediately.
Idali Feliciano
Adrian
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"Rep. Walberg: The purpose of this communication is to request that you submit your resignation as a United States Congressman, effectively immediately, for your seditious actions regarding the lawful election process of 2020.\nYou were/are part of the problem. You have, and continue to, enable Trump. This enabling led to insurrection by domestic terrorists on January 6, 2021.\nWhile you have a right to your opinion, you do not have the right to use your opinion to sign a seditious Amicus brief as a Member of Congress and then say that you acted on behalf of your constituents. You did not act on my behalf or on behalf of thousands of individuals like me.\nYou, for the past four years, have been one of Donald J. Trump’s ardent supporters, buying his lies, allowing him to violate the emoluments clause, denigrating the purpose of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and so many other shenanigans. You repeat his lies and spew your own. This behavior will not be tolerated.\nYou will go down in history, at the state and national levels, as a traitor to the people of the 7th District. At the very least, you need to resign your office immediately.\nIdali Feliciano\nAdrian",
"Time for a change",
"Rep. Walberg: The purpose of this communication is to request that you submit your resignation as a United States Congressman, effectively immediately, for your seditious actions regarding the lawful election process of 2020.You were/are part of the problem. You have, and continue to, enable Trump. This enabling led to insurrection by domestic terrorists on January 6, 2021.While you have a right to your opinion, you do not have the right to use your opinion to sign a seditious Amicus brief as a"
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CASCO TWP. — A single-vehicle rollover crash late Friday resulted in the driver being ejected and being sent to the hospital in critical condition.The Allegan County Sheriff’s Office responded shortly before midnight Friday, Jan. 15, to the area of Blue Star Highway and North Shore Drive.The preliminary investigation determined the vehicle was traveling northbound on Blue Star Highway when police say the driver lost control of the vehicle driving into the median, striking a sign,
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CASCO TWP. — A single-vehicle rollover crash late Friday resulted in the driver being ejected and being sent to the hospital in critical condition.
The Allegan County Sheriff’s Office responded shortly before midnight Friday, Jan. 15, to the area of Blue Star Highway and North Shore Drive.
The preliminary investigation determined the vehicle was traveling northbound on Blue Star Highway when police say the driver lost control of the vehicle driving into the median, striking a sign, and rolling at least once coming to rest on its roof.
The accident remains under investigation. There were no witnesses to the crash.
Police are determining if speed and alcohol were factors in the crash.
Police are withholding the name of the driver at this time.
The South Haven Police Department and South Haven Area Emergency Services assisted at the scene.
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"CASCO TWP. — A single-vehicle rollover crash late Friday resulted in the driver being ejected and being sent to the hospital in critical condition.\nThe Allegan County Sheriff’s Office responded shortly before midnight Friday, Jan. 15, to the area of Blue Star Highway and North Shore Drive.\nThe preliminary investigation determined the vehicle was traveling northbound on Blue Star Highway when police say the driver lost control of the vehicle driving into the median, striking a sign, and rolling at least once coming to rest on its roof.\nThe accident remains under investigation. There were no witnesses to the crash.\nPolice are determining if speed and alcohol were factors in the crash.\nPolice are withholding the name of the driver at this time.\nThe South Haven Police Department and South Haven Area Emergency Services assisted at the scene.",
"Driver in critical condition following rollover crash",
"CASCO TWP. — A single-vehicle rollover crash late Friday resulted in the driver being ejected and being sent to the hospital in critical condition.The Allegan County Sheriff’s Office responded shortly before midnight Friday, Jan. 15, to the area of Blue Star Highway and North Shore Drive.The preliminary investigation determined the vehicle was traveling northbound on Blue Star Highway when police say the driver lost control of the vehicle driving into the median, striking a sign,"
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A long season that was filled with delays, shutdowns and uncertainty finally came to a close Saturday with state finals in three divisions.
The swimmers reached the finish line.
A long season that was filled with delays, shutdowns and uncertainty finally came to a close Saturday with state finals in three divisions.
The times were surprisingly good considering that the swimmers were forced to endure a two-month layoff that hit right when they had prepared their bodies for the state finals.
“This was a long season after a delayed start and a couple of stoppages and re-starts,” said Milan coach Dan Heikka. “It was nice to finally finish.”
Flat Rock’s Lauren McNamara was especially pleased to get a chance to finish. She capped a great freshman year by taking third in Division 3 in the butterfly and 12th in the individual medley.
“Under the circumstances, I am extremely proud of her performance,” said her mother and coach, Shannon McNamara.
Despite having to train in six different pools in the weeks leading up to the state finals, McNamara actually posted a personal-best of :58.4 in the butterfly and was a second off her best in the IM.
The only two swimmers who finished ahead of her in the butterfly – Lara Wujciak of Flint Powers (:56.77) and Hale Oal of Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood (:58.12) – were seniors.
“She was pretty excited about that,” her mother said.
Considering that Flat Rock didn’t even have its own swimming team until this year, it was a pretty successful first year for McNamara.
“If you would have told me at the beginning of the year that she would do that, I would have said you are crazy,” Shannon McNamara said. “I didn’t expect her to be there.”
Milan wound up placing 16th in the Division 3 meet as all nine members of the Big Reds’ state team brought home medals.
Annabelle Williams led the way. She was sixth individually in the 50-yard freestyle, ninth in the 100 and swam with Jillian Rhoney, Elaina Malach and Phoebe Rhoney on the sixth-place 400 freestyle relay.
“It has been a great year for Milan Swimming and Diving,” Heikka said. “In a year that brought many challenges, I am proud of how the girls responded and supported each other.”
Dundee also had a strong showing in the Division 3 meet led by Madeline Roggelin (11th in the 200 freestyle and 16th in the backstroke).
Alexa Fuleky was 12th in the backstroke and was part of three relays and Ava Bell placed in two events for Bedford at the Division 2 meet.
Results for the Monroe County Region athletes follow:
BEDFORD (24th in Division 2 with 14 points)
Ava Bell: 200 individual medley, 19th, 2:17.24; breaststroke,16th, 1:09.37.
Alexa Fuleky: backstroke, 12th, :59.98.
Medley relay (Alexa Fuleky, Ava Bell, Gabby Pisanti, Hannah Smith), 13th, 1:53.85.
200 free relay (Alexa Fuleky, Gabby Pisanti, Jenna Almomar, Hannah Smith), 21st, 1:45.95.
400 free relay (Hannah Smith, Gabby Pisanti, Alexa Fuleky, Ava Bell), 19th, 3:47.32.
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MILAN (16th in Division 3 with 56 points)
Phoebe Rhoney: 200 free, 17th, 2:05.97; 500 free, 16th, 5:35.65.
Elaina Malach: 200 individual medley, 27th, 2:22.04; backstroke, 17th, 1:02.19.
Annabelle Williams: 50 free, 16th, :25.16; 100 free, 9th, :54.77.
Jillian Rhoney: 500 free, 10th, 5:27.45.
Medley relay (Elaina Malach, Rylee Mitchell, Mikala Muccino, Hailey Brady), 13th, 1:56.64.
200 free relay (Annabelle Williams, Hailey Brady, Raeghan Hines, Krista Cook), 15th, 1:46.01.
400 free relay (Jillian Rhoney, Annabelle Williams, Elaina Malach, Phoebe Rhoney), 6th, 3:46.61.
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DUNDEE (21st in Division 3 with 30 points)
Madeline Roggelin: 200 freestyle, 11th, 2:02.1; backstroke, 16th, 1:02.02.
Emma O’Connell: 200 free, 16th, 2:05.57.; 100 free, 20th, :57.31.
Emerson Hernandez: butterfly, 24th, 1:03.28; 500 free, 23rd, 5:23.54.
Olivia Waterstradt: 50 free, 33rd, :26.56.
Hannah Behm: diving, :29th, 91.20.
Joslyn Ball: backstroke, 21st, 1:03.16.
Medley relay (Madeline Roggelin, Sara Carter, Emerson Hernandez, Olivia Waterstradt), 14th, 1:54.09.
200 free relay (Lia Parry, Emma O’Connell, Emma Brink, Olivia Waterstradt), 13th, 1:44.61.
400 free relay (Emma O’Connell, Emerson Hernandez, Olivia Waterstradt, Madeline Roggelin), 13th, 3:52.77.
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FLAT ROCK (25th in Division 3 with 21 points)
Lauren McNamara: 200 individual medley, 12th, 2:15.98; butterfly, 3rd, :58.4.
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"A long season that was filled with delays, shutdowns and uncertainty finally came to a close Saturday with state finals in three divisions.\nThe swimmers reached the finish line.\nA long season that was filled with delays, shutdowns and uncertainty finally came to a close Saturday with state finals in three divisions.\nThe times were surprisingly good considering that the swimmers were forced to endure a two-month layoff that hit right when they had prepared their bodies for the state finals.\n“This was a long season after a delayed start and a couple of stoppages and re-starts,” said Milan coach Dan Heikka. “It was nice to finally finish.”\nFlat Rock’s Lauren McNamara was especially pleased to get a chance to finish. She capped a great freshman year by taking third in Division 3 in the butterfly and 12th in the individual medley.\n“Under the circumstances, I am extremely proud of her performance,” said her mother and coach, Shannon McNamara.\nDespite having to train in six different pools in the weeks leading up to the state finals, McNamara actually posted a personal-best of :58.4 in the butterfly and was a second off her best in the IM.\nThe only two swimmers who finished ahead of her in the butterfly – Lara Wujciak of Flint Powers (:56.77) and Hale Oal of Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood (:58.12) – were seniors.\n“She was pretty excited about that,” her mother said.\nConsidering that Flat Rock didn’t even have its own swimming team until this year, it was a pretty successful first year for McNamara.\n“If you would have told me at the beginning of the year that she would do that, I would have said you are crazy,” Shannon McNamara said. “I didn’t expect her to be there.”\nMilan wound up placing 16th in the Division 3 meet as all nine members of the Big Reds’ state team brought home medals.\nAnnabelle Williams led the way. She was sixth individually in the 50-yard freestyle, ninth in the 100 and swam with Jillian Rhoney, Elaina Malach and Phoebe Rhoney on the sixth-place 400 freestyle relay.\n“It has been a great year for Milan Swimming and Diving,” Heikka said. “In a year that brought many challenges, I am proud of how the girls responded and supported each other.”\nDundee also had a strong showing in the Division 3 meet led by Madeline Roggelin (11th in the 200 freestyle and 16th in the backstroke).\nAlexa Fuleky was 12th in the backstroke and was part of three relays and Ava Bell placed in two events for Bedford at the Division 2 meet.\nResults for the Monroe County Region athletes follow:\nBEDFORD (24th in Division 2 with 14 points)\nAva Bell: 200 individual medley, 19th, 2:17.24; breaststroke,16th, 1:09.37.\nAlexa Fuleky: backstroke, 12th, :59.98.\nMedley relay (Alexa Fuleky, Ava Bell, Gabby Pisanti, Hannah Smith), 13th, 1:53.85.\n200 free relay (Alexa Fuleky, Gabby Pisanti, Jenna Almomar, Hannah Smith), 21st, 1:45.95.\n400 free relay (Hannah Smith, Gabby Pisanti, Alexa Fuleky, Ava Bell), 19th, 3:47.32.\n***\nMILAN (16th in Division 3 with 56 points)\nPhoebe Rhoney: 200 free, 17th, 2:05.97; 500 free, 16th, 5:35.65.\nElaina Malach: 200 individual medley, 27th, 2:22.04; backstroke, 17th, 1:02.19.\nAnnabelle Williams: 50 free, 16th, :25.16; 100 free, 9th, :54.77.\nJillian Rhoney: 500 free, 10th, 5:27.45.\nMedley relay (Elaina Malach, Rylee Mitchell, Mikala Muccino, Hailey Brady), 13th, 1:56.64.\n200 free relay (Annabelle Williams, Hailey Brady, Raeghan Hines, Krista Cook), 15th, 1:46.01.\n400 free relay (Jillian Rhoney, Annabelle Williams, Elaina Malach, Phoebe Rhoney), 6th, 3:46.61.\n***\nDUNDEE (21st in Division 3 with 30 points)\nMadeline Roggelin: 200 freestyle, 11th, 2:02.1; backstroke, 16th, 1:02.02.\nEmma O’Connell: 200 free, 16th, 2:05.57.; 100 free, 20th, :57.31.\nEmerson Hernandez: butterfly, 24th, 1:03.28; 500 free, 23rd, 5:23.54.\nOlivia Waterstradt: 50 free, 33rd, :26.56.\nHannah Behm: diving, :29th, 91.20.\nJoslyn Ball: backstroke, 21st, 1:03.16.\nMedley relay (Madeline Roggelin, Sara Carter, Emerson Hernandez, Olivia Waterstradt), 14th, 1:54.09.\n200 free relay (Lia Parry, Emma O’Connell, Emma Brink, Olivia Waterstradt), 13th, 1:44.61.\n400 free relay (Emma O’Connell, Emerson Hernandez, Olivia Waterstradt, Madeline Roggelin), 13th, 3:52.77.\n***\nFLAT ROCK (25th in Division 3 with 21 points)\nLauren McNamara: 200 individual medley, 12th, 2:15.98; butterfly, 3rd, :58.4.",
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LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday that restaurants could resume providing indoor dine-in service to patrons, with restrictions, beginning Monday, Feb. 1.Indoor dining had been paused since Nov. 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic in the state.The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ new rules outline that restaurants and bars will be allowed to reopen at 25 percent capacity — up to 100 people. Tables must be six feet apart with no more than
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LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday that restaurants could resume providing indoor dine-in service to patrons, with restrictions, beginning Monday, Feb. 1.
Indoor dining had been paused since Nov. 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic in the state.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ new rules outline that restaurants and bars will be allowed to reopen at 25 percent capacity — up to 100 people. Tables must be six feet apart with no more than six people per table. Outdoor tents with four sides are permitted under these same rules. Bars and restaurants must close by 10 p.m. Contact information must be collected from diners for contact tracing purposes. Nightclubs remain closed under the order.
Whitmer cited improving figures in Michigan’s situation with COVID-19 as a reason to allow indoor dining again.
COVID-19 case rates are at 225 daily cases per million people, down from 740 daily cases per million people on Nov. 14. Case positivity rate has also declined to an seven-day average of 6.6 percent, down from 13.9 percent on Nov. 14. Hospital capacity has also improved.
"The pause has worked. The efforts we have made together to protect our families, frontline workers and hospitals have dramatically reduced cases and we have saved lives," Whitmer said in a statement. "Now, we are confident that starting Feb. 1, restaurants can resume indoor dining with safety measures in place."
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Whitmer and Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Michigan’s chief medical executive, continued to urge individuals to support restaurants by ordering takeout and gift cards from restaurants, rather than immediately partaking in indoor dining.
"Be mindful of the risks associated with the activities you are doing," Khaldun said. She urged Michiganders to continue to wear masks, social distance and frequently wash hands.
Kim Collins, owner of Guardian Brewing in Saugatuck, also spoke during the announcement and commended the state’s reopening date for indoor dining.
Leading restaurant groups in Michigan applauded the announcement, but called on the Whitmer administration to provide additional steps to allow for more expanded service and vaccine priority for hospitality workers.
"We welcome the governor’s decision to reopen restaurant dining on Feb.1 as good, if overdue news," Michigan Restaurant & Lodging Association President & CEO Justin Winslow said in a statement.
"It is now time for this administration to move aggressively towards a more comprehensive reintegration strategy, which includes prioritizing vaccination for the broader hospitality industry and establishing clear metrics for phased reopening to 100 percent capacity of indoor dining. The hospitality industry and its sizable workforce has suffered far worse than its peers from this pandemic, losing nearly 3,000 restaurants and employing 200,000 fewer workers than a year prior.
"It also stands to gain the most from a proficient and expedited vaccination schedule, which is why we contend that there is no more important step the governor can take to get Michigan’s economy back on track than restoring public confidence in Michiganders ability to safely dine and travel."
— Contact reporter Arpan Lobo at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @arpanlobo.
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Entry price: $69,050Price as tested: $87,035 This week, we’re driving Infiniti’s full-size luxury SUV, namely the 2021 Infiniti QX80 AWD. High on amenities and opulence, QX80 starts at $69,050 for the entry Luxe trim, then moves up to Premium Select at $73,350 and finally our tester’s upper-limit Sensory model at $80,200. Unquestionably high-end, this Infiniti rates right up there with its list of competitors, including Cadillac, Lexus, Lincoln, Range Rover and Mercedes-
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Entry price: $69,050
Price as tested: $87,035
This week, we’re driving Infiniti’s full-size luxury SUV, namely the 2021 Infiniti QX80 AWD. High on amenities and opulence, QX80 starts at $69,050 for the entry Luxe trim, then moves up to Premium Select at $73,350 and finally our tester’s upper-limit Sensory model at $80,200. Unquestionably high-end, this Infiniti rates right up there with its list of competitors, including Cadillac, Lexus, Lincoln, Range Rover and Mercedes-Benz.
Featuring high tech safety and an exceptional interior, there’s also a V8 with 400 horses and 413 lb. ft. of torque under the hood, necessary to move this near three-ton curb weight QX80.
Assembled in Los Angeles, our tester came with Infiniti’s “All Mode” AWD system that couples to a fuel efficient seven-speed automatic with adaptive shift control. The AWD system can be manually set to offer 4-High and 4-Low settings, or to simplify things just leave it in automatic mode allowing Infiniti’s computers to make all traction decisions. Additionally, when in automatic 4x4 mode the traction to the massive Bridgestone 22-inch tires on 14-spoke alloy wheels is distributed where needed most but never more to front tires than rear. This traction attribute is used to prevent what is called torque steer (less steer ability under full acceleration) or a “push” (turn but keeps going straight)during normal driving.
The aforementioned powerful 5.6-liter 32-valve DOHC V8 is not only very responsive, it delivers surprisingly good highway fuel mileage considering QX80’s mass. Infiniti’s freeway transmission gearing and seamless cylinder deactivation results in a 19 MPG highway EPA rating while on the flip side of the EPA rating is a lowly 13 MPG city. Still, it’s the highway fuel mileage that is important as this seven or eight passenger QX80 cruises at 65 mph with an RPM of just 1,500, which guarantees decent highway fuel mileage. For acceleration enthusiasts, zero to 60 mph is most impressive at 6.5 seconds or better, depending on passengers and cargo weight.
Infiniti’s QX80 suspension features a sturdy independent front and rear double wishbone setup with automatic load-leveling. If you need to tow a larger boat or travel trailer, all QX80s are delivered ready to tow with a 7-pin wiring harness and integrated Class IV hitch allowing up to 8,500-pound tow capacity. You can add a hitch with weight distribution ($370), hitch ball mount ($81) and a hitch ball ($24), all of which are installed at your dealer or you can purchase similar items at your area auto store or trailer camping center. A tow jumper sub harness ($36) hooks to your trailer brake controller and is recommended. Also notable are QX80s standard “snow and tow” modes to better control throttle response and transmission shift points.
If you tow near the maximum of 8,500 pounds (larger luxury boat, enclosed collector car, or midsize travel trailer), I highly recommend the weight distribution hitch purchase as it removes all of the trailer weight from QX80s rear axle and transfers the weight evenly across the frame of both the trailer and tow vehicle. If you’re towing a small row boat, it’s not necessary.
The Audio and Entertainment system all Sensory trims offer is top class. Instead of the 13-speaker Bose system that is standard on the Luxe, the Sensory model features a 17-speaker Bose performance audio system and the Infiniti Dual High-Definition Display system featuring navigation with maps and premium traffic info. Siri Eyes, Android and Apple compatibility, USBs, 12-volt outlets and Wi-Fi Hotspot is also standard fare. We cranked up the stereo numerous times listening to the SiriusXM Classic Vinyl station and were impressed with the great sound. An in-dash CD player with MP3 playback you ask? Yes, it still comes standard across the trim line and absent these days in many of the competitor models. Additionally, if you would rather have a second row split bench seat instead of the standard Captain chair buckets, it’s a no-cost change and gives you room for eight-passengers instead of seven.
One of the impressive standard features on our Sensory trim tester is Infiniti’s excellent safety control offerings. Included are automatic collision notification (which is then relayed to emergency responders), emergency call, high beam assist, backup collision intervention, blind spot warning and intervention, intelligent brake assist with forward emergency braking with pedestrian detection, predictive forward collision warning, lane departure warning and prevention, distance control, hill start assist, all around view monitor with moving object detection, and front pre-crash seat belts. Your Infiniti dealer will explain in detail these safety features.
Another standard feature notable is a Hydraulic Body Motion Control System that self levels the suspension and assists QX80 in distributing weight and preventing lean in the corners. Specifically, a hydraulic circuit unites the four independent suspension components via hydraulic pressure, actuating as necessary while QX80 is in motion.
Other notables on the standard fare list include climate controlled front seats, leather seating throughout three rows, power moonroof, stitched leather heated steering wheel, heated second row seats, third row reclining seats, roof rails, power tailgate, second-row pop-up seat for easy third row access, and much more.
A second row dual screen entertainment system also comes standard on the Sensory and adds dual 8-inch monitors mounted into the back of the front seat headrests. You’ll receive two wireless headphones, wireless remote control, auxiliary jacks with HDMI input and a 120V outlet for entertainment equipment.
I was able to give the QX80 a good run on the freeway and secondary roads and considering its size and “no lean” body control, QX80 is a competent handler on all types of roadway.
Important numbers include a wheelbase of 121.1 inches, 5,813 pound curb weight, 26 gallon fuel tank, 41.3 ft. turning diameter, and from 16.6 to 95.1 cu. ft. of cargo space depending on seat arrangement.
There were a few options on our tester, including illuminated kick plates for $485; a cargo package with mats and net for $295; exterior welcome lighting for $455; and recommended premium paint for $695. With $1,395 delivery the final retail came in at $87,035. Check with your Infiniti dealer for incentives or perhaps a similar 2020 leftover at reduced prices.
In summary, Infiniti still builds one of the very best full size luxury SUVs out there so make sure you give it a look if shopping this segment.
Likes: Highway fuel mileage, looks outside and inside, safety.
Dislikes: Some driver blind spots, boxy design dated, big Sensory price.
Greg Zyla writes weekly for More Content Now and Gannett Co. Inc. Contact him at [email protected] or at 303 Roosevelt St., Sayre, PA 18840.
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The AWD system can be manually set to offer 4-High and 4-Low settings, or to simplify things just leave it in automatic mode allowing Infiniti’s computers to make all traction decisions. Additionally, when in automatic 4x4 mode the traction to the massive Bridgestone 22-inch tires on 14-spoke alloy wheels is distributed where needed most but never more to front tires than rear. This traction attribute is used to prevent what is called torque steer (less steer ability under full acceleration) or a “push” (turn but keeps going straight)during normal driving.\nThe aforementioned powerful 5.6-liter 32-valve DOHC V8 is not only very responsive, it delivers surprisingly good highway fuel mileage considering QX80’s mass. Infiniti’s freeway transmission gearing and seamless cylinder deactivation results in a 19 MPG highway EPA rating while on the flip side of the EPA rating is a lowly 13 MPG city. Still, it’s the highway fuel mileage that is important as this seven or eight passenger QX80 cruises at 65 mph with an RPM of just 1,500, which guarantees decent highway fuel mileage. For acceleration enthusiasts, zero to 60 mph is most impressive at 6.5 seconds or better, depending on passengers and cargo weight.\nInfiniti’s QX80 suspension features a sturdy independent front and rear double wishbone setup with automatic load-leveling. If you need to tow a larger boat or travel trailer, all QX80s are delivered ready to tow with a 7-pin wiring harness and integrated Class IV hitch allowing up to 8,500-pound tow capacity. You can add a hitch with weight distribution ($370), hitch ball mount ($81) and a hitch ball ($24), all of which are installed at your dealer or you can purchase similar items at your area auto store or trailer camping center. A tow jumper sub harness ($36) hooks to your trailer brake controller and is recommended. Also notable are QX80s standard “snow and tow” modes to better control throttle response and transmission shift points.\nIf you tow near the maximum of 8,500 pounds (larger luxury boat, enclosed collector car, or midsize travel trailer), I highly recommend the weight distribution hitch purchase as it removes all of the trailer weight from QX80s rear axle and transfers the weight evenly across the frame of both the trailer and tow vehicle. If you’re towing a small row boat, it’s not necessary.\nThe Audio and Entertainment system all Sensory trims offer is top class. Instead of the 13-speaker Bose system that is standard on the Luxe, the Sensory model features a 17-speaker Bose performance audio system and the Infiniti Dual High-Definition Display system featuring navigation with maps and premium traffic info. Siri Eyes, Android and Apple compatibility, USBs, 12-volt outlets and Wi-Fi Hotspot is also standard fare. We cranked up the stereo numerous times listening to the SiriusXM Classic Vinyl station and were impressed with the great sound. An in-dash CD player with MP3 playback you ask? Yes, it still comes standard across the trim line and absent these days in many of the competitor models. Additionally, if you would rather have a second row split bench seat instead of the standard Captain chair buckets, it’s a no-cost change and gives you room for eight-passengers instead of seven.\nOne of the impressive standard features on our Sensory trim tester is Infiniti’s excellent safety control offerings. Included are automatic collision notification (which is then relayed to emergency responders), emergency call, high beam assist, backup collision intervention, blind spot warning and intervention, intelligent brake assist with forward emergency braking with pedestrian detection, predictive forward collision warning, lane departure warning and prevention, distance control, hill start assist, all around view monitor with moving object detection, and front pre-crash seat belts. Your Infiniti dealer will explain in detail these safety features.\nAnother standard feature notable is a Hydraulic Body Motion Control System that self levels the suspension and assists QX80 in distributing weight and preventing lean in the corners. Specifically, a hydraulic circuit unites the four independent suspension components via hydraulic pressure, actuating as necessary while QX80 is in motion.\nOther notables on the standard fare list include climate controlled front seats, leather seating throughout three rows, power moonroof, stitched leather heated steering wheel, heated second row seats, third row reclining seats, roof rails, power tailgate, second-row pop-up seat for easy third row access, and much more.\nA second row dual screen entertainment system also comes standard on the Sensory and adds dual 8-inch monitors mounted into the back of the front seat headrests. You’ll receive two wireless headphones, wireless remote control, auxiliary jacks with HDMI input and a 120V outlet for entertainment equipment.\nI was able to give the QX80 a good run on the freeway and secondary roads and considering its size and “no lean” body control, QX80 is a competent handler on all types of roadway.\nImportant numbers include a wheelbase of 121.1 inches, 5,813 pound curb weight, 26 gallon fuel tank, 41.3 ft. turning diameter, and from 16.6 to 95.1 cu. ft. of cargo space depending on seat arrangement.\nThere were a few options on our tester, including illuminated kick plates for $485; a cargo package with mats and net for $295; exterior welcome lighting for $455; and recommended premium paint for $695. With $1,395 delivery the final retail came in at $87,035. Check with your Infiniti dealer for incentives or perhaps a similar 2020 leftover at reduced prices.\nIn summary, Infiniti still builds one of the very best full size luxury SUVs out there so make sure you give it a look if shopping this segment.\nLikes: Highway fuel mileage, looks outside and inside, safety.\nDislikes: Some driver blind spots, boxy design dated, big Sensory price.\nGreg Zyla writes weekly for More Content Now and Gannett Co. Inc. Contact him at [email protected] or at 303 Roosevelt St., Sayre, PA 18840.",
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HILLSDALE — A Hillsdale man is behind bars facing allegations of breaking into a motor vehicle and resisting arrest.Matthew Lynn Riddle, 32, was arrested Jan. 4 by Jonesville Patrolman Carl Albright.Riddle appeared in the 2B District Court Wednesday afternoon for arraignment on the allegations and pleaded not guilty, paving the way for a probable cause conference tentatively scheduled for 9 a.m. Jan. 20.Riddle’s request for a court appointed attorney was granted by Magistrate Jon-
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HILLSDALE — A Hillsdale man is behind bars facing allegations of breaking into a motor vehicle and resisting arrest.
Matthew Lynn Riddle, 32, was arrested Jan. 4 by Jonesville Patrolman Carl Albright.
Riddle appeared in the 2B District Court Wednesday afternoon for arraignment on the allegations and pleaded not guilty, paving the way for a probable cause conference tentatively scheduled for 9 a.m. Jan. 20.
Riddle’s request for a court appointed attorney was granted by Magistrate Jon-Paul Ruddell and his bond in the two matters was set at $7,500 with 10-percent allowed.
"The officer mistook me for someone else," Riddle said before being interrupted by Keith Stickley, the arraignments attorney. "This is all a big mistake."
Riddle was also arraigned on seven bench warrants for failure to appear in the district court for show cause hearings.
In 2016, Riddle was arrested on allegations of stealing a motor vehicle but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of joyriding and served time on probation after completing a nominal jail sentence.
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ADRIAN — The NCAA Division III Adrian College men's hockey team struggled in its pair of games over the past weekend despite winning 7-4 over Concordia-Wisconsin and then dropping a 9-1 decision to the U.S. National Under-18 Team.So AC coach Adam Krug was looking for a better all-around game out of his team in their rematch against the Falcons at Arrington Ice Arena Tuesday night, and got it as his Bulldogs steadily improved throughout the night en route to a 3-2 win courtesy of a late
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ADRIAN — The NCAA Division III Adrian College men's hockey team struggled in its pair of games over the past weekend despite winning 7-4 over Concordia-Wisconsin and then dropping a 9-1 decision to the U.S. National Under-18 Team.
So AC coach Adam Krug was looking for a better all-around game out of his team in their rematch against the Falcons at Arrington Ice Arena Tuesday night, and got it as his Bulldogs steadily improved throughout the night en route to a 3-2 win courtesy of a late goal from Andrew Bellant.
"We deserved that goal, I thought the third period was our best period as a group," Krug said. "We did some things really well, just supporting the puck, supporting each other and playing hard from the middle of the ice out. We had some 2-on-1s tonight, some zone time with a lot of pucks to the net, and credit to their goalie, he was awesome tonight. I don't think the score really reflect the game, but the shots on goal probably did, it was huge to get that goal to give ourselves that little cushion, which we ended up needing that cushion."
The victory Tuesday lifted the Bulldogs back to .500 this season at 4-4-0 and extended their winning streak against DIII opponents that stretches back to last season to 17 games in a row.
Trevor Coykendall, Connor May and Bellant found the back of the net for Adrian, while freshman goaltender Dershahn Stewart, after making his Bulldog debut on Sunday against the U.S. U-18 squad, made his first career start for Adrian and was impressive, holding a shutout through 40 minutes and ended up stopping 29 of 31 shots from Concordia (0-2-0) to get the win in his debut 60 minutes.
"The boys did a really good job at clearing the pucks once I made the first save, and that was just great defense by the guys," Stewart said. "We just harp on playing good defense and our offense is the best defense, so they kept the puck out of our end a lot, and showed it on the scoreboard."
The teams traded chances out of the gates, but it was Adrian to get on the board first as Grant Baetsen hit Nick Lund with a pass and Lund pulled the trigger on a shot from the low slot that Falcons goalie Bo Didur made the stop on the first shot, but the rebound found its way to Coykendall who pounded the close-in chance home to put the Bulldogs up 1-0 with eight minutes, 19 seconds gone in the game.
Adrian had to kill off a penalty less than two minutes after going ahead with May getting in for a shorthanded chance against Didur, but the Falcons netminder proved hard to crack, keeping Concordia down just one goal at the first intermission.
Concordia gave Adrian a golden chance to extend the lead early in the second, giving the Bulldogs a 5-on-3 powerplay advantage for over a minute, but Didur and his penalty killers in front of him kept AC at bay even after the Falcons successfully killed off another Adrian powerplay.
The Falcons got a golden chance to level the game with about three minutes to play in the second, as Nick Guiney broke into the clear on Stewart one-on-one and rifled a shot that Stewart had to make a quick stop on, and then make a save on a followup chance.
With less than a minute to go in the frame, the Bulldogs swarmed Didur's crease on a loose puck, and as players crashed into the net, May pushed the puck into the net, and despite coming away having to kill off another powerplay chance for the Falcons, Adrian took a 2-0 lead into the third period.
Adrian killed off the powerplay, but giving up a 2-on-1 chance with about seven minutes gone in the frame saw Concordia get on the board as Michael Fradette rifled a shot that beat Stewart blocker side.
Adrian's attack kept the Falcons pinned down and got what proved to be a crucial insurance goal with 1:04 to go when Bellant came out from behind the net, spun a quick shot that just trickled through Didur.
The Falcons were not done, as Cory Dennis found a way to get the puck past Stewart with 29 seconds to play to cut the gap back to one goal, and Concordia made a charge up the ice and Guiney rifled a shot that Stewart smothered with a second to go, and Alessio Luciani won the final draw to lock up the game for Adrian.
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"ADRIAN — The NCAA Division III Adrian College men's hockey team struggled in its pair of games over the past weekend despite winning 7-4 over Concordia-Wisconsin and then dropping a 9-1 decision to the U.S. National Under-18 Team.\nSo AC coach Adam Krug was looking for a better all-around game out of his team in their rematch against the Falcons at Arrington Ice Arena Tuesday night, and got it as his Bulldogs steadily improved throughout the night en route to a 3-2 win courtesy of a late goal from Andrew Bellant.\n\"We deserved that goal, I thought the third period was our best period as a group,\" Krug said. \"We did some things really well, just supporting the puck, supporting each other and playing hard from the middle of the ice out. We had some 2-on-1s tonight, some zone time with a lot of pucks to the net, and credit to their goalie, he was awesome tonight. I don't think the score really reflect the game, but the shots on goal probably did, it was huge to get that goal to give ourselves that little cushion, which we ended up needing that cushion.\"\nThe victory Tuesday lifted the Bulldogs back to .500 this season at 4-4-0 and extended their winning streak against DIII opponents that stretches back to last season to 17 games in a row.\nTrevor Coykendall, Connor May and Bellant found the back of the net for Adrian, while freshman goaltender Dershahn Stewart, after making his Bulldog debut on Sunday against the U.S. U-18 squad, made his first career start for Adrian and was impressive, holding a shutout through 40 minutes and ended up stopping 29 of 31 shots from Concordia (0-2-0) to get the win in his debut 60 minutes.\n\"The boys did a really good job at clearing the pucks once I made the first save, and that was just great defense by the guys,\" Stewart said. \"We just harp on playing good defense and our offense is the best defense, so they kept the puck out of our end a lot, and showed it on the scoreboard.\"\nThe teams traded chances out of the gates, but it was Adrian to get on the board first as Grant Baetsen hit Nick Lund with a pass and Lund pulled the trigger on a shot from the low slot that Falcons goalie Bo Didur made the stop on the first shot, but the rebound found its way to Coykendall who pounded the close-in chance home to put the Bulldogs up 1-0 with eight minutes, 19 seconds gone in the game.\nAdrian had to kill off a penalty less than two minutes after going ahead with May getting in for a shorthanded chance against Didur, but the Falcons netminder proved hard to crack, keeping Concordia down just one goal at the first intermission.\nConcordia gave Adrian a golden chance to extend the lead early in the second, giving the Bulldogs a 5-on-3 powerplay advantage for over a minute, but Didur and his penalty killers in front of him kept AC at bay even after the Falcons successfully killed off another Adrian powerplay.\nThe Falcons got a golden chance to level the game with about three minutes to play in the second, as Nick Guiney broke into the clear on Stewart one-on-one and rifled a shot that Stewart had to make a quick stop on, and then make a save on a followup chance.\nWith less than a minute to go in the frame, the Bulldogs swarmed Didur's crease on a loose puck, and as players crashed into the net, May pushed the puck into the net, and despite coming away having to kill off another powerplay chance for the Falcons, Adrian took a 2-0 lead into the third period.\nAdrian killed off the powerplay, but giving up a 2-on-1 chance with about seven minutes gone in the frame saw Concordia get on the board as Michael Fradette rifled a shot that beat Stewart blocker side.\nAdrian's attack kept the Falcons pinned down and got what proved to be a crucial insurance goal with 1:04 to go when Bellant came out from behind the net, spun a quick shot that just trickled through Didur.\nThe Falcons were not done, as Cory Dennis found a way to get the puck past Stewart with 29 seconds to play to cut the gap back to one goal, and Concordia made a charge up the ice and Guiney rifled a shot that Stewart smothered with a second to go, and Alessio Luciani won the final draw to lock up the game for Adrian.",
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"ADRIAN — The NCAA Division III Adrian College men's hockey team struggled in its pair of games over the past weekend despite winning 7-4 over Concordia-Wisconsin and then dropping a 9-1 decision to the U.S. National Under-18 Team.So AC coach Adam Krug was looking for a better all-around game out of his team in their rematch against the Falcons at Arrington Ice Arena Tuesday night, and got it as his Bulldogs steadily improved throughout the night en route to a 3-2 win courtesy of a late"
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City Council
Notice of Public Hearings
On Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 7:30 p.m., the City of Monroe City Council will meet via Zoom, for the purpose of holding a Public Hearing to review and hear comments on the following:
The FY 2021-2027 Capital Improvements Program Budget
The proposed budget identifies capital projects that are to receive funding in the upcoming fiscal year, as well as identifying a five-year project plan for proposed funding.
A copy of the proposed FY 2021-2027 Capital Improvements Program and Budget is available for public review at the City Clerk-Treasurer’s Office.
A link to the virtual (Zoom) meeting is available on the City of Monroe’s website at www.monroemi.gov under “Upcoming Events” or by contacting the City Clerk-Treasurer at [email protected] or 734-384-9140.
Further information can be obtained by contacting the Community Development Department, City of Monroe, 120 East First Street, Monroe, Michigan 48161-2169; 734-384-9106, or [email protected].
Written comments received by 4:30 pm on February 16, 2021 will also be considered and should be directed to the Clerk’s Office.
Michelle J. LaVoy
City Clerk-Treasurer
January 27, 2021
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"City of Monroe 2/16/2021 public hearing\nCity Council\nNotice of Public Hearings\nOn Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at 7:30 p.m., the City of Monroe City Council will meet via Zoom, for the purpose of holding a Public Hearing to review and hear comments on the following:\nThe FY 2021-2027 Capital Improvements Program Budget\nThe proposed budget identifies capital projects that are to receive funding in the upcoming fiscal year, as well as identifying a five-year project plan for proposed funding.\nA copy of the proposed FY 2021-2027 Capital Improvements Program and Budget is available for public review at the City Clerk-Treasurer’s Office.\nA link to the virtual (Zoom) meeting is available on the City of Monroe’s website at www.monroemi.gov under “Upcoming Events” or by contacting the City Clerk-Treasurer at [email protected] or 734-384-9140.\nFurther information can be obtained by contacting the Community Development Department, City of Monroe, 120 East First Street, Monroe, Michigan 48161-2169; 734-384-9106, or [email protected].\nWritten comments received by 4:30 pm on February 16, 2021 will also be considered and should be directed to the Clerk’s Office.\nMichelle J. LaVoy\nCity Clerk-Treasurer\nJanuary 27, 2021",
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DEAR AMOR: What's the matter with my aloe vera plant? It had been upright and perky, but now it’s kind of collapsed. I put it in the spare bedroom for Christmas and its cold in there. Have I killed it? Any advice would be great. Please, I'd love to save it. — JanieDEAR JANIE: Yes, your once upright, perky aloe vera plant collapses because that spare bedroom of yours is too cold for it to thrive.How cold is too cold for an aloe vera plant? This tropical, sunshine-loving succulent
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DEAR AMOR: What's the matter with my aloe vera plant? It had been upright and perky, but now it’s kind of collapsed. I put it in the spare bedroom for Christmas and its cold in there. Have I killed it? Any advice would be great. Please, I'd love to save it. — Janie
DEAR JANIE: Yes, your once upright, perky aloe vera plant collapses because that spare bedroom of yours is too cold for it to thrive.
How cold is too cold for an aloe vera plant? This tropical, sunshine-loving succulent plant flourishes successfully as a perennial in hardiness zone 8-11. So, as a houseplant, it can’t be happy with temperature below 50 degrees.
Some unfortunate potted plant can fall into a dying mode. If it is not dead and the problem is corrected, it should bounce back to become healthy and strong again. Aloe vera actually is an easy-grower that does not demand much from a gardener. However, it takes a handful of years before it can surprise us with blossoms. On top of a long leafless stem are its charming red or yellow clusters of tube-like flowers.
Like any houseplant, aloe vera needs at least six hours of sunshine. A bright room with a south- or west-facing window is ideal, since the plant needs sunlight and warmth. Leaves sag when the plant is not receiving enough light, which can be artificial or natural.
Colder temperature may not be the only reason why an aloe vera plant became limp or lifeless. All houseplants do not like wet roots. Too much moisture will hurt the plant as well as encourage gnat infestation. Soil should be dry before each watering so it will not always be continuously moist. Water it well, but let the water drain out.
Aloe vera may have an outbreak of rust, leaf spot and sooty mold. Too much moisture on the plant and sitting on water for a long period causes this to happen. The dish underneath the potted plant should not have any standing water. If there is water, dump it . Bacteria and fungi growth from standing water causes disease and root rot that eventually will kill the plant.
Give your plant a bath if there is a sign of bug infestation. Wash bugs away from the plant with running water. Black, sooty mold grows on plants that have mealybugs, scales, aphids or spider-mites. Insecticide control may be used to address those nutrient-sucking insects that leave traces of sugary "honeydew" on leaves in which this mold is feeding upon.
Repot plants that have overgrown a smaller pot. Trim and discard rotting roots. Use a fresh succulent and cacti potting media to guarantee a good start and a disease-free houseplant. The new pot doesn’t have to be new, but should have good drainage.
Some old corn cribs may have unwanted and stored clay pots a farmer might want to sell at a low cost. A clay pot is advantageous to use for aloe vera plant, because it will not easily tip over, especially when the plant becomes heavy or overly outgrown. Divide over-crowding pups, its younger sucker babies, to become a new potted plant. Give away as gifts to friends and neighbors or sell.
Amor Chamness of Howe, Ind., is an intern in the Purdue Extension master gardener program. Send your gardening questions to [email protected].
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"DEAR AMOR: What's the matter with my aloe vera plant? It had been upright and perky, but now it’s kind of collapsed. I put it in the spare bedroom for Christmas and its cold in there. Have I killed it? Any advice would be great. Please, I'd love to save it. — Janie\nDEAR JANIE: Yes, your once upright, perky aloe vera plant collapses because that spare bedroom of yours is too cold for it to thrive.\nHow cold is too cold for an aloe vera plant? This tropical, sunshine-loving succulent plant flourishes successfully as a perennial in hardiness zone 8-11. So, as a houseplant, it can’t be happy with temperature below 50 degrees.\nSome unfortunate potted plant can fall into a dying mode. If it is not dead and the problem is corrected, it should bounce back to become healthy and strong again. Aloe vera actually is an easy-grower that does not demand much from a gardener. However, it takes a handful of years before it can surprise us with blossoms. On top of a long leafless stem are its charming red or yellow clusters of tube-like flowers.\nLike any houseplant, aloe vera needs at least six hours of sunshine. A bright room with a south- or west-facing window is ideal, since the plant needs sunlight and warmth. Leaves sag when the plant is not receiving enough light, which can be artificial or natural.\nColder temperature may not be the only reason why an aloe vera plant became limp or lifeless. All houseplants do not like wet roots. Too much moisture will hurt the plant as well as encourage gnat infestation. Soil should be dry before each watering so it will not always be continuously moist. Water it well, but let the water drain out.\nAloe vera may have an outbreak of rust, leaf spot and sooty mold. Too much moisture on the plant and sitting on water for a long period causes this to happen. The dish underneath the potted plant should not have any standing water. If there is water, dump it . Bacteria and fungi growth from standing water causes disease and root rot that eventually will kill the plant.\nGive your plant a bath if there is a sign of bug infestation. Wash bugs away from the plant with running water. Black, sooty mold grows on plants that have mealybugs, scales, aphids or spider-mites. Insecticide control may be used to address those nutrient-sucking insects that leave traces of sugary \"honeydew\" on leaves in which this mold is feeding upon.\nRepot plants that have overgrown a smaller pot. Trim and discard rotting roots. Use a fresh succulent and cacti potting media to guarantee a good start and a disease-free houseplant. The new pot doesn’t have to be new, but should have good drainage.\nSome old corn cribs may have unwanted and stored clay pots a farmer might want to sell at a low cost. A clay pot is advantageous to use for aloe vera plant, because it will not easily tip over, especially when the plant becomes heavy or overly outgrown. Divide over-crowding pups, its younger sucker babies, to become a new potted plant. Give away as gifts to friends and neighbors or sell.\nAmor Chamness of Howe, Ind., is an intern in the Purdue Extension master gardener program. Send your gardening questions to [email protected].",
"Dear Amor: How to save a dying aloe plant",
"DEAR AMOR: What's the matter with my aloe vera plant? It had been upright and perky, but now it’s kind of collapsed. I put it in the spare bedroom for Christmas and its cold in there. Have I killed it? Any advice would be great. Please, I'd love to save it. — JanieDEAR JANIE: Yes, your once upright, perky aloe vera plant collapses because that spare bedroom of yours is too cold for it to thrive.How cold is too cold for an aloe vera plant? This tropical, sunshine-loving succulent"
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Snow and ice blanketed southern Michigan and northern Indiana on New Year’s Day, coating the area in frozen precipitation and causing scattered power outages.National Weather Service's northern Indiana office issued a winter weather advisory beginning Jan. 1 and extending to Jan. 2. Forecasters warned of icy roads and potential power outages as a storm system moved up the Mississippi Valley New Year’s Eve, arriving mid-morning Jan. 1.By mid-afternoon New Year’s Day, fewer than
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Snow and ice blanketed southern Michigan and northern Indiana on New Year’s Day, coating the area in frozen precipitation and causing scattered power outages.
National Weather Service's northern Indiana office issued a winter weather advisory beginning Jan. 1 and extending to Jan. 2. Forecasters warned of icy roads and potential power outages as a storm system moved up the Mississippi Valley New Year’s Eve, arriving mid-morning Jan. 1.
By mid-afternoon New Year’s Day, fewer than 20 Consumers Energy customers were without service as ice began to coat trees and power lines, and an outage southeast of nearby Cassopolis in Cass County had a cluster of 136 Indiana Michigan Power customers without service.
On the afternoon of Jan. 2, 481 IMP customers in St. Joseph County were without power as precipitation continued to build. At noon Sunday, 457 Consumers Energy customers in the county had lost power, with most northwest of Centreville, south of Colon and east of Sturgis. By 6 p.m., that had been reduced to 125 outages and eliminated by late Sunday night.
During the same time frame, IMP customers reported outages near Centreville, Constantine, Three Rivers and White Pigeon. At midnight Monday, about 75 IMP customers awaited restoration of service.
As of Monday afternoon, fewer than five Indiana Michigan Power customers were without service in St. Joseph County, and all Consumers Energy clients had service restored.
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"Snow and ice blanketed southern Michigan and northern Indiana on New Year’s Day, coating the area in frozen precipitation and causing scattered power outages.\nNational Weather Service's northern Indiana office issued a winter weather advisory beginning Jan. 1 and extending to Jan. 2. Forecasters warned of icy roads and potential power outages as a storm system moved up the Mississippi Valley New Year’s Eve, arriving mid-morning Jan. 1.\nBy mid-afternoon New Year’s Day, fewer than 20 Consumers Energy customers were without service as ice began to coat trees and power lines, and an outage southeast of nearby Cassopolis in Cass County had a cluster of 136 Indiana Michigan Power customers without service.\nOn the afternoon of Jan. 2, 481 IMP customers in St. Joseph County were without power as precipitation continued to build. At noon Sunday, 457 Consumers Energy customers in the county had lost power, with most northwest of Centreville, south of Colon and east of Sturgis. By 6 p.m., that had been reduced to 125 outages and eliminated by late Sunday night.\nDuring the same time frame, IMP customers reported outages near Centreville, Constantine, Three Rivers and White Pigeon. At midnight Monday, about 75 IMP customers awaited restoration of service.\nAs of Monday afternoon, fewer than five Indiana Michigan Power customers were without service in St. Joseph County, and all Consumers Energy clients had service restored.",
"Snow, ice, power outages greet new year",
"Snow and ice blanketed southern Michigan and northern Indiana on New Year’s Day, coating the area in frozen precipitation and causing scattered power outages.National Weather Service's northern Indiana office issued a winter weather advisory beginning Jan. 1 and extending to Jan. 2. Forecasters warned of icy roads and potential power outages as a storm system moved up the Mississippi Valley New Year’s Eve, arriving mid-morning Jan. 1.By mid-afternoon New Year’s Day, fewer than"
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Initially, I assumed the Trump-hatting letters would end with Trump losing the election. But I was wrong, they just keep coming. Most all are reruns and continue to question the senility of a Republican voter. The writers must not have heard the calls for unity.But because I am a helpful guy, I will suggest some themes to help them get off the Trump hate train.The Civic Center being a perennial money pit, needing hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Until leaders realize this, it
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Initially, I assumed the Trump-hatting letters would end with Trump losing the election. But I was wrong, they just keep coming. Most all are reruns and continue to question the senility of a Republican voter. The writers must not have heard the calls for unity.
But because I am a helpful guy, I will suggest some themes to help them get off the Trump hate train.
The Civic Center being a perennial money pit, needing hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Until leaders realize this, it won’t make it as a venue center.President Biden on Inauguration Day signed an executive order allowing anyone who identifies as a girl, to play on girls sports, effectively ruining girls sports forever.People are filling in a beautiful shoreline with rocks to preserve private property on Lake Michigan.Does Holland really want affordable housing?Will the press continue to give President Biden a free pass on anything he does?
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Laketown Township
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"Initially, I assumed the Trump-hatting letters would end with Trump losing the election. But I was wrong, they just keep coming. Most all are reruns and continue to question the senility of a Republican voter. The writers must not have heard the calls for unity.\nBut because I am a helpful guy, I will suggest some themes to help them get off the Trump hate train.\nThe Civic Center being a perennial money pit, needing hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Until leaders realize this, it won’t make it as a venue center.President Biden on Inauguration Day signed an executive order allowing anyone who identifies as a girl, to play on girls sports, effectively ruining girls sports forever.People are filling in a beautiful shoreline with rocks to preserve private property on Lake Michigan.Does Holland really want affordable housing?Will the press continue to give President Biden a free pass on anything he does?\nDavid Vander Sluis\nLaketown Township",
"Letter: Other things to talk about than Trump",
"Initially, I assumed the Trump-hatting letters would end with Trump losing the election. But I was wrong, they just keep coming. Most all are reruns and continue to question the senility of a Republican voter. The writers must not have heard the calls for unity.But because I am a helpful guy, I will suggest some themes to help them get off the Trump hate train.The Civic Center being a perennial money pit, needing hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Until leaders realize this, it"
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Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****As Americans have come to accept more than 2,500 deaths a day as a result of COVID-19 - it is no wonder that little attention is being paid to the dramatic increase in homicides nationwide.From the east coast to the west the numbers are astounding. As December drew to a close, New York City’s 447 homicides made 2020 the city’s bloodiest year in nearly a decade, according to The New York Times.The Chicago Tribune reported
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*****
As Americans have come to accept more than 2,500 deaths a day as a result of COVID-19 - it is no wonder that little attention is being paid to the dramatic increase in homicides nationwide.
From the east coast to the west the numbers are astounding. As December drew to a close, New York City’s 447 homicides made 2020 the city’s bloodiest year in nearly a decade, according to The New York Times.
The Chicago Tribune reported that through the last week of 2020, Chicago had recorded 762 homicides, a 55% jump over the same period in 2019. It is one of the largest annual increases in recent city history.
Across the city of Houston, 400 people were murdered as of Dec. 29. That’s a spike of at least 42% over 2019, according to KTRK-TV 13 the ABC affiliate in Houston.
In Los Angeles, 2020 saw killings rise sharply. As of mid-December homicides had risen by 30.4%, their highest level in a decade. According to the Los Angeles Times, in one week this summer, from June 29 to July 5, 29 people were murdered in Los Angeles County.
There are several suggested reasons for increasing violence in big cities - the mounting tension associated with the pandemic, a tumultuous presidential election and the nationwide protests associated with police treatment of blacks.
However, the increase in homicides is not just a big city problem.
According to the Washington Post, FBI data indicates that small cities with fewer than 10,000 residents saw more than a 30% increase in killings in the first nine months of the year.
The nation as a whole has experienced the largest single one-year increase in homicides since the country started keeping records.
Murder is probably the best indicator of crime. Unlike robbery or aggravated assault, homicide cannot be manipulated or negotiated to look like a different offense. Police can charge an individual with felony assault and then plead the charge down to disorderly conduct or a charge of robbery, a felony, can be reduced to a misdemeanor theft.
Murder is murder - investigators cannot ignore a dead body.
Why is murder on the rise? Some suggest that the confluence of the pandemic and social unrest have left police departments depleted.
Some will argue that as police officers became infected with COVID-19 there were fewer officers on the street. As the public became infected there were fewer witnesses. Some will argue as protests increased more officers were assigned to manage the unrest instead of investigating and fighting crime. Disputes were being settled in the streets.
Have police officers pulled back on their influence with regard to community safety as a result of movements like Black Lives Matter and “Defund the Police?”
The New York Times looked at preliminary reports of violent crime mid-year and found that while murder was soaring, violent crime was generally down. The Times asked, “How often do murder and other types of violent crime move in opposite directions?”
Only four times since 1960. Over the last 30 years the difference nationally between murder and violent crime has been just 2.2%, so a “big increase in murder nationally while violent crime falls is almost unheard of.”
This anomaly points to either underreporting or under-investigating. Another key indicator of police pull back are clearance rates - the number of cases solved by police departments. For instance, in Minneapolis where George Floyd was killed by police, the clearance rate has dropped to about 41% this year - four in ten murders were solved in Minneapolis. New York City’s clearance rate has fallen as has Houston’s, after three years of improvement.
Policymakers will not have a clear picture of the role of policing in the increase in homicides until after the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report and the Department of Justice’s National Crime Victimization Survey are released later this year.
However, the preliminary numbers are a harbinger of difficult times for communities across the country.
Matthew T. Mangino is of counsel with Luxenberg, Garbett, Kelly & George P.C. His book “The Executioner’s Toll, 2010” was released by McFarland Publishing. You can reach him at www.mattmangino.com and follow him on Twitter at @MatthewTMangino.
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"Columns share an author’s personal perspective.\n*****\nAs Americans have come to accept more than 2,500 deaths a day as a result of COVID-19 - it is no wonder that little attention is being paid to the dramatic increase in homicides nationwide.\nFrom the east coast to the west the numbers are astounding. As December drew to a close, New York City’s 447 homicides made 2020 the city’s bloodiest year in nearly a decade, according to The New York Times.\nThe Chicago Tribune reported that through the last week of 2020, Chicago had recorded 762 homicides, a 55% jump over the same period in 2019. It is one of the largest annual increases in recent city history.\nAcross the city of Houston, 400 people were murdered as of Dec. 29. That’s a spike of at least 42% over 2019, according to KTRK-TV 13 the ABC affiliate in Houston.\nIn Los Angeles, 2020 saw killings rise sharply. As of mid-December homicides had risen by 30.4%, their highest level in a decade. According to the Los Angeles Times, in one week this summer, from June 29 to July 5, 29 people were murdered in Los Angeles County.\nThere are several suggested reasons for increasing violence in big cities - the mounting tension associated with the pandemic, a tumultuous presidential election and the nationwide protests associated with police treatment of blacks.\nHowever, the increase in homicides is not just a big city problem.\nAccording to the Washington Post, FBI data indicates that small cities with fewer than 10,000 residents saw more than a 30% increase in killings in the first nine months of the year.\nThe nation as a whole has experienced the largest single one-year increase in homicides since the country started keeping records.\nMurder is probably the best indicator of crime. Unlike robbery or aggravated assault, homicide cannot be manipulated or negotiated to look like a different offense. Police can charge an individual with felony assault and then plead the charge down to disorderly conduct or a charge of robbery, a felony, can be reduced to a misdemeanor theft.\nMurder is murder - investigators cannot ignore a dead body.\nWhy is murder on the rise? Some suggest that the confluence of the pandemic and social unrest have left police departments depleted.\nSome will argue that as police officers became infected with COVID-19 there were fewer officers on the street. As the public became infected there were fewer witnesses. Some will argue as protests increased more officers were assigned to manage the unrest instead of investigating and fighting crime. Disputes were being settled in the streets.\nHave police officers pulled back on their influence with regard to community safety as a result of movements like Black Lives Matter and “Defund the Police?”\nThe New York Times looked at preliminary reports of violent crime mid-year and found that while murder was soaring, violent crime was generally down. The Times asked, “How often do murder and other types of violent crime move in opposite directions?”\nOnly four times since 1960. Over the last 30 years the difference nationally between murder and violent crime has been just 2.2%, so a “big increase in murder nationally while violent crime falls is almost unheard of.”\nThis anomaly points to either underreporting or under-investigating. Another key indicator of police pull back are clearance rates - the number of cases solved by police departments. For instance, in Minneapolis where George Floyd was killed by police, the clearance rate has dropped to about 41% this year - four in ten murders were solved in Minneapolis. New York City’s clearance rate has fallen as has Houston’s, after three years of improvement.\nPolicymakers will not have a clear picture of the role of policing in the increase in homicides until after the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report and the Department of Justice’s National Crime Victimization Survey are released later this year.\nHowever, the preliminary numbers are a harbinger of difficult times for communities across the country.\nMatthew T. Mangino is of counsel with Luxenberg, Garbett, Kelly & George P.C. His book “The Executioner’s Toll, 2010” was released by McFarland Publishing. You can reach him at www.mattmangino.com and follow him on Twitter at @MatthewTMangino.",
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PITTSFORD TOWNSHIP — Hillsdale County Sheriff deputies are investigating a crash that occurred early Tuesday morning in Pittsford Township.A sheriff’s news release indicated deputies were dispatched around 6:36 a.m. Tuesday to South Pittsford Road near Beecher Road for a one vehicle crash.A preliminary investigation showed that 36-year-old Sheldon Scott Edwards of Hudson was traveling westbound on East Beecher Road when he lost control and started to rotate.He then slid through the
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PITTSFORD TOWNSHIP — Hillsdale County Sheriff deputies are investigating a crash that occurred early Tuesday morning in Pittsford Township.
A sheriff’s news release indicated deputies were dispatched around 6:36 a.m. Tuesday to South Pittsford Road near Beecher Road for a one vehicle crash.
A preliminary investigation showed that 36-year-old Sheldon Scott Edwards of Hudson was traveling westbound on East Beecher Road when he lost control and started to rotate.
He then slid through the intersection and struck the ditch, the news release stated.
The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Jefferson Township Fire Department, Hudson Ambulance and Father & Sons Towing.
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"PITTSFORD TOWNSHIP — Hillsdale County Sheriff deputies are investigating a crash that occurred early Tuesday morning in Pittsford Township.\nA sheriff’s news release indicated deputies were dispatched around 6:36 a.m. Tuesday to South Pittsford Road near Beecher Road for a one vehicle crash.\nA preliminary investigation showed that 36-year-old Sheldon Scott Edwards of Hudson was traveling westbound on East Beecher Road when he lost control and started to rotate.\nHe then slid through the intersection and struck the ditch, the news release stated.\nThe Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Jefferson Township Fire Department, Hudson Ambulance and Father & Sons Towing.",
"Deputies investigating Tuesday crash",
"PITTSFORD TOWNSHIP — Hillsdale County Sheriff deputies are investigating a crash that occurred early Tuesday morning in Pittsford Township.A sheriff’s news release indicated deputies were dispatched around 6:36 a.m. Tuesday to South Pittsford Road near Beecher Road for a one vehicle crash.A preliminary investigation showed that 36-year-old Sheldon Scott Edwards of Hudson was traveling westbound on East Beecher Road when he lost control and started to rotate.He then slid through the"
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LANSING — Fears of mayhem at the Capitol in Lansing appeared overblown as no trouble was reported Sunday during a small protest.A dozen or so self-described members of the Boogaloo Bois openly carried rifles and handguns, but no shots were fired and no altercations were reported. They wore masks as they spoke briefly outside the fence that encircled the Capitol building. They condemned government overreach and insisted they always intended a peaceful demonstration.By late afternoon, the
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LANSING — Fears of mayhem at the Capitol in Lansing appeared overblown as no trouble was reported Sunday during a small protest.
A dozen or so self-described members of the Boogaloo Bois openly carried rifles and handguns, but no shots were fired and no altercations were reported. They wore masks as they spoke briefly outside the fence that encircled the Capitol building. They condemned government overreach and insisted they always intended a peaceful demonstration.
By late afternoon, the gathering had mirrored the day's weather, a drizzle rather than a storm.
Protesters never appeared to number more than 100 at a time and for much of the day they were outnumbered by police officers, both uniformed and undercover, as well as members of the news media, some of whom were accompanied by security details.
The international scope of the media presence was evident in the overseas accents heard among the reporters.
A State Police helicopter circled overhead much of the day, but things on the ground were mostly quiet. No chanting was heard. No bullhorns were used.
Some of the people who did attend said they were there to support President Donald Trump.
"We can’t go into hiding and not support our president," said Kyle Lapre of South Lyon, who wore a sweatshirt that said "Fight for Trump." "There is a strong movement in the U.S."
A would-be entrepreneur tried to sell Trump flags and yard signs near the gatherings. He wheeled his wares near the protest in a trash bin like the ones homeowners set at the curb on garbage day.
He didn't get many takers and soon left.
An FBI warning earlier in the week that there could be violent protests at state capitols across the country prompted officials in Lansing to take precautions.
"We want to make this a safe environment for people to come down here to express their constitutional rights," Michigan State Police Lt. Brian Oleksyk said. "We don't know how many people are going to attend or how many groups or what groups. ... But we are prepared to protect this building as well as the people that are here. We're not going to tolerate any type of violence, any type of destruction of property, any assault to police officers (or) other people here expressing their constitutional rights, as well as the media."
Buildings near the Capitol were boarded up to protect their windows. Police blocked some streets around downtown. The National Guard was on standby with armored Humvees at the ready, but in the end, it was a quiet day.
— Free Press reporters Elisha Anderson, Dave Boucher, Jennifer Dixon, Paul Egan, Joe Guillen and Christine MacDonald contributed to this report.
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"LANSING — Fears of mayhem at the Capitol in Lansing appeared overblown as no trouble was reported Sunday during a small protest.\nA dozen or so self-described members of the Boogaloo Bois openly carried rifles and handguns, but no shots were fired and no altercations were reported. They wore masks as they spoke briefly outside the fence that encircled the Capitol building. They condemned government overreach and insisted they always intended a peaceful demonstration.\nBy late afternoon, the gathering had mirrored the day's weather, a drizzle rather than a storm.\nProtesters never appeared to number more than 100 at a time and for much of the day they were outnumbered by police officers, both uniformed and undercover, as well as members of the news media, some of whom were accompanied by security details.\nThe international scope of the media presence was evident in the overseas accents heard among the reporters.\nA State Police helicopter circled overhead much of the day, but things on the ground were mostly quiet. No chanting was heard. No bullhorns were used.\nSome of the people who did attend said they were there to support President Donald Trump.\n\"We can’t go into hiding and not support our president,\" said Kyle Lapre of South Lyon, who wore a sweatshirt that said \"Fight for Trump.\" \"There is a strong movement in the U.S.\"\nA would-be entrepreneur tried to sell Trump flags and yard signs near the gatherings. He wheeled his wares near the protest in a trash bin like the ones homeowners set at the curb on garbage day.\nHe didn't get many takers and soon left.\nAn FBI warning earlier in the week that there could be violent protests at state capitols across the country prompted officials in Lansing to take precautions.\n\"We want to make this a safe environment for people to come down here to express their constitutional rights,\" Michigan State Police Lt. Brian Oleksyk said. \"We don't know how many people are going to attend or how many groups or what groups. ... But we are prepared to protect this building as well as the people that are here. We're not going to tolerate any type of violence, any type of destruction of property, any assault to police officers (or) other people here expressing their constitutional rights, as well as the media.\"\nBuildings near the Capitol were boarded up to protect their windows. Police blocked some streets around downtown. The National Guard was on standby with armored Humvees at the ready, but in the end, it was a quiet day.\n— Free Press reporters Elisha Anderson, Dave Boucher, Jennifer Dixon, Paul Egan, Joe Guillen and Christine MacDonald contributed to this report.",
"Lansing protest over the presidential election proves to be a dud",
"LANSING — Fears of mayhem at the Capitol in Lansing appeared overblown as no trouble was reported Sunday during a small protest.A dozen or so self-described members of the Boogaloo Bois openly carried rifles and handguns, but no shots were fired and no altercations were reported. They wore masks as they spoke briefly outside the fence that encircled the Capitol building. They condemned government overreach and insisted they always intended a peaceful demonstration.By late afternoon, the"
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HOLLAND TWP. — Herrick District Library is gradually reopening its north branch to the pubic.The location at 155 Riley St. began serving patrons with curbside pickup Monday, Jan. 18. The newly remodeled building is slated to open for grab-and-go service beginning Monday, Feb. 1.Construction on the $4 million expansion began in spring 2020, when the district temporarily moved books and other materials to a storefront in The Shops at Westshore.The expansion doubled the branch’s square
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HOLLAND TWP. — Herrick District Library is gradually reopening its north branch to the pubic.
The location at 155 Riley St. began serving patrons with curbside pickup Monday, Jan. 18. The newly remodeled building is slated to open for grab-and-go service beginning Monday, Feb. 1.
Construction on the $4 million expansion began in spring 2020, when the district temporarily moved books and other materials to a storefront in The Shops at Westshore.
The expansion doubled the branch’s square footage and added a meeting room, study rooms, and an early literacy play area — in addition to expanding the branch’s seating and work space.
At the main branch in downtown Holland, patrons are able to find materials on library shelves, check out their own items, use a walk-up computer and access a library copier. There is limited capacity and masks are required.
The same rules will be observed at the north branch when it reopens for grab-and-go service.
In the meantime, curbside service is available at the location 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays.
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"HOLLAND TWP. — Herrick District Library is gradually reopening its north branch to the pubic.\nThe location at 155 Riley St. began serving patrons with curbside pickup Monday, Jan. 18. The newly remodeled building is slated to open for grab-and-go service beginning Monday, Feb. 1.\nConstruction on the $4 million expansion began in spring 2020, when the district temporarily moved books and other materials to a storefront in The Shops at Westshore.\nThe expansion doubled the branch’s square footage and added a meeting room, study rooms, and an early literacy play area — in addition to expanding the branch’s seating and work space.\nAt the main branch in downtown Holland, patrons are able to find materials on library shelves, check out their own items, use a walk-up computer and access a library copier. There is limited capacity and masks are required.\nThe same rules will be observed at the north branch when it reopens for grab-and-go service.\nIn the meantime, curbside service is available at the location 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays.",
"Herrick north branch opens for curbside service, grab-and-go coming soon",
"HOLLAND TWP. — Herrick District Library is gradually reopening its north branch to the pubic.The location at 155 Riley St. began serving patrons with curbside pickup Monday, Jan. 18. The newly remodeled building is slated to open for grab-and-go service beginning Monday, Feb. 1.Construction on the $4 million expansion began in spring 2020, when the district temporarily moved books and other materials to a storefront in The Shops at Westshore.The expansion doubled the branch’s square"
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While Michigan officials argue they are doing what they can to encourage a more rapid administration of vaccinations, the state is facing a problem: Some front-line workers are declining to be vaccinated.
Michigan ranks among the worst in the nation for getting coronavirus vaccines into the arms of health care workers, first responders and others who fall into the top priority for immunizations, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Only six other states — Arizona, Kansas, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia — have vaccinated fewer people per capita, CDC data released Monday show.
While Michigan officials argue they are doing what they can to encourage a more rapid administration of vaccinations, the state is facing a problem: Some front-line workers are declining to be vaccinated.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other state leaders have agreed to be publicly vaccinated. Although Whitmer has not received her first dose yet, the idea is many residents will feel more comfortable getting vaccinated if they see her and other leaders receiving the vaccine.
It remains to be seen if state guidelines, regulations or plans will spur more people to agree to the injections.
Michigan has received 379,325 doses of Pfizer's and Moderna's coronavirus vaccines, but only one-third of those vaccine doses have been administered, according to state health department data.
That means two-thirds — more than 250,000 doses — remain in freezers, thus far unused in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic that has killed 12,678 Michiganders and infected more than half a million.
State health officials told the Free Press Tuesday that every state is grappling with difficulties in the roll-out of these vaccines, but did not pinpoint specifically why Michigan has fared worse than others.
"Launching mass vaccinations over the December holiday season created delays with some individuals intentionally delaying vaccines for themselves until after the holidays and clinics not being operational due to the holidays," said Bob Wheaton, a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. "Although it was appropriate to start vaccinations as soon as the vaccine was available, it has caused roll out to be slower."
Another obstacle has been in distribution, said Bobby Leddy, deputy press secretary for Whitmer.
“The federal government has fallen far short of their goal to vaccinate 20 million Americans by the end of 2020," Leddy said.
"When we have the appropriate amount of vaccines, we will be able to quickly expand vaccine administration to additional phases of the general public as we look to reach our goal of at least 70% of the state's adult population — 5.4 million people — within a year.”
But hitting that target could take longer.
At the current pace of 42,796 immunizations a week, just 2.25 million Michiganders — about half the goal — will be vaccinated by the start of 2022.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told the Free Press in an email message that states are notified every Tuesday how many doses of the vaccines they'll get in the following week. Those doses are shipped each weekend, for arrivals at hospitals, health departments and pharmacies starting Monday of each week.
"This is done to give jurisdictions the time to plan through ordering against each week’s allocation," the HHS spokesperson said. "On Thursday, states and jurisdictions begin ordering shipments telling OWS (Operation Warp Speed) exactly where and how many doses to send for delivery across the following week.
"The federal government provided a playbook to states in September and has been working with them ever since on creating their vaccination plans. There will always be a lag between shots allocated and those ordered, between those ordered and those delivered, between those delivered and those administered, and between those administered and reported as administered. We are working with everyone to address those lags. Governors are employing many strategies to increase the rate of vaccination per their state plans."
Setting new vaccination goals
To speed up the process, the state health officials say they are working with hospitals and local health departments, offering to help with operational challenges and boosting staffing.
Any organization in Michigan that receives COVID-19 vaccines — whether it's a hospital, local health department or pharmacy — has been told it must "aim to administer 90% of it within seven days of receipt," Wheaton said.
"We have also clarified the broad categories of health care workers that should be getting vaccinated, as well as the expectation that hospitals support vaccination of phase 1A workers that may not be their own employees. We will continue to evaluate our overall strategy to increase vaccination numbers in Michigan," Wheaton said.
Still, if a first responder or health care worker doesn't show up for a vaccine appointment or more doses of the vaccine are thawed than initially intended, some have been given to people who don't fall into the phase 1A top priority group, he said.
"We would prefer the vaccine be used instead of wasting it, even if that means someone in another priority group receives the vaccine," Wheaton said, adding that the state health department is not collecting data on how often that has happened.
For Michigan hospitals and health care systems, it's been a struggle, said John Karasinski, a spokesperson for the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, which represents all 133 community hospitals in the state.
Planning and scheduling employee vaccinations while finding enough workers to give the immunizations is a real challenge, as is coming up with storage solutions for the vaccines, which have to be frozen.
But, he said, "the primary barrier to faster vaccination has been the lack of consistent and timely information about how much vaccine hospitals in Michigan will receive from the federal government.
Vaccinated buttons available for those at Beaumont Health who began to get the second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination to some of their frontline workers at the Beaumont Service Center in Southfield on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021,
Beaumont says they can administer up to 3,200 people per day at this facility.
"With little advanced notice on quantity and a specific arrival date, it’s very difficult to plan day-long employee vaccine clinics and to know what other community health care providers the hospitals should try to vaccinate. When doses don’t arrive on the day expected, thousands of appointments can be delayed or cancelled. These vaccination clinics require tremendous planning, staffing, monitoring of vaccine recipients and more."
Some refuse to get vaccinated
Vaccine hesitancy is another concern.
About 600 of 1,600 first responders, emergency medical personnel and other health care workers who were offered vaccines in Wayne County declined to be immunized, said Michael McElrath, a spokesperson for the county health department.
As of Monday, Wayne County had received 1,950 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, and administered 1,391 shots.
Kent County reported a similar problem.
"We could have used a few more arms so far," said Steve Kelso, a spokesperson for the Kent County Health Department. "We are seeing a lower than anticipated uptake. Perhaps the holidays influenced some people to wait. We have had a number of our staff tell us that they did not want to 'cut in line' by taking the vaccine of someone who they perceived to be more at risk. These are theories based upon what staff has shared with us."
At Spectrum Health, a western Michigan hospital system that employs 31,000 workers across 14 hospitals, about 74% of employees have opted in to get a coronavirus vaccine, said COO Brian Brasser.
But of the roughly 34,000 vaccines Spectrum Health has received so far from Pfizer and Moderna, it had administered about one-third, 11,400, as of Monday. The hope is to complete 4,000 immunizations this week.
"We've also seen an uptick in folks registering after the holidays. We know anecdotally ... that folks were waiting for the holidays to come and go before they schedule their appointments," Brasser said.
At Beaumont Health, 24,125 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been received, and about 15,000 have been administered, said Mark Geary, a spokesperson for the health system.
The eight-hospital health system has 38,000 employees, and began giving the second booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine to its workers Tuesday, and aims to administer 3,200 shots a day this week.
Beaumont Health began to administer the second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination to some of their frontline workers at the Beaumont Service Center in Southfield on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021.
Beaumont says they can administer up to 3,200 people per day at this facility.
Henry Ford Health System reported Tuesday that it has administered 13,728 of the 23,400 doses of the Pfizer vaccine it has received. The six-hospital health system based in Detroit aims to have immunized all 33,000 of its employees who would like to be vaccinated with both doses by the first week of February.
Once all the workers within hospital systems are immunized, they must then seek out independent health care workers, those in private practice and dentistry, for example, and others in the Phase 1A priority group, and offer them immunizations before the shots can be opened up to the next group on the state's list of priorities.
But Karasinski said that poses yet another challenge that could slow the delivery.
"There's no central database," he said.
"Our hospitals do not receive any information about what other health care providers in their local communities are receiving vaccine. So that adds an additional step. ... Our hospitals have to reach out on their own to proactively see which other community members need vaccine."
County health departments are working to help connect hospitals and health care workers and others in the top priority groups, but they also have heavy lifting of their own to do to deliver vaccines as well as work on contact tracing for new COVID-19 cases along with offering other services.
In Washtenaw County, staffing has limited the health department's ability to fully immunize people in the first priority group.
"The initial shipments right before December holidays made scheduling a bit challenging with holidays and planned time off for some staff," said Susan Ringler Cerniglia, public information officer for the Washtenaw County Health Department. During the weeks of Christmas and New Year, the county was able to immunize 200-300 people a day. The hope is to increase that to 560 vaccinations a day for a least a couple of days this week, she said.
"We have larger/more clinics planned this week and moving forward. We are also hiring temp vaccinators and recruiting volunteers (both those able to vaccinate and general volunteers) to increase volume. Our biggest limiting factor is staffing and many of the same staff still being responsible for all other aspects of the COVID response.
"Our nurses are our vaccinators. We have gradually moved all of our nurses from case investigation and other response roles to vaccination and trained others to fill in case investigation and elsewhere.
"We are recruiting additional temporary staff as well as volunteers. We’re also talking with our hospital partners about their capacity to continue supporting vaccine distribution after their front-line workers are vaccinated, if possible."
Burn out is a concern, Ringler Cerniglia said.
"We’re very conscious of how long we can keep our current vaccinators and staff going at a rapid pace, given the extreme number of hours everyone’s been working for almost a full year now," she said. "So, while we’re prepared to ramp up our numbers with our current staff in the coming weeks, we will definitely need more capacity to keep it going and/or to increase volume much more."
Contact Kristen Jordan Shamus: [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @kristenshamus.
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"While Michigan officials argue they are doing what they can to encourage a more rapid administration of vaccinations, the state is facing a problem: Some front-line workers are declining to be vaccinated.\nMichigan ranks among the worst in the nation for getting coronavirus vaccines into the arms of health care workers, first responders and others who fall into the top priority for immunizations, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\nOnly six other states — Arizona, Kansas, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia — have vaccinated fewer people per capita, CDC data released Monday show.\nWhile Michigan officials argue they are doing what they can to encourage a more rapid administration of vaccinations, the state is facing a problem: Some front-line workers are declining to be vaccinated.\nGov. Gretchen Whitmer and other state leaders have agreed to be publicly vaccinated. Although Whitmer has not received her first dose yet, the idea is many residents will feel more comfortable getting vaccinated if they see her and other leaders receiving the vaccine.\nIt remains to be seen if state guidelines, regulations or plans will spur more people to agree to the injections.\nMichigan has received 379,325 doses of Pfizer's and Moderna's coronavirus vaccines, but only one-third of those vaccine doses have been administered, according to state health department data.\nThat means two-thirds — more than 250,000 doses — remain in freezers, thus far unused in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic that has killed 12,678 Michiganders and infected more than half a million.\nState health officials told the Free Press Tuesday that every state is grappling with difficulties in the roll-out of these vaccines, but did not pinpoint specifically why Michigan has fared worse than others.\n\"Launching mass vaccinations over the December holiday season created delays with some individuals intentionally delaying vaccines for themselves until after the holidays and clinics not being operational due to the holidays,\" said Bob Wheaton, a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. \"Although it was appropriate to start vaccinations as soon as the vaccine was available, it has caused roll out to be slower.\"\nAnother obstacle has been in distribution, said Bobby Leddy, deputy press secretary for Whitmer.\n“The federal government has fallen far short of their goal to vaccinate 20 million Americans by the end of 2020,\" Leddy said.\n\"When we have the appropriate amount of vaccines, we will be able to quickly expand vaccine administration to additional phases of the general public as we look to reach our goal of at least 70% of the state's adult population — 5.4 million people — within a year.”\nBut hitting that target could take longer.\nAt the current pace of 42,796 immunizations a week, just 2.25 million Michiganders — about half the goal — will be vaccinated by the start of 2022.\nA spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told the Free Press in an email message that states are notified every Tuesday how many doses of the vaccines they'll get in the following week. Those doses are shipped each weekend, for arrivals at hospitals, health departments and pharmacies starting Monday of each week.\n\"This is done to give jurisdictions the time to plan through ordering against each week’s allocation,\" the HHS spokesperson said. \"On Thursday, states and jurisdictions begin ordering shipments telling OWS (Operation Warp Speed) exactly where and how many doses to send for delivery across the following week.\n\"The federal government provided a playbook to states in September and has been working with them ever since on creating their vaccination plans. There will always be a lag between shots allocated and those ordered, between those ordered and those delivered, between those delivered and those administered, and between those administered and reported as administered. We are working with everyone to address those lags. Governors are employing many strategies to increase the rate of vaccination per their state plans.\"\nSetting new vaccination goals\nTo speed up the process, the state health officials say they are working with hospitals and local health departments, offering to help with operational challenges and boosting staffing.\nAny organization in Michigan that receives COVID-19 vaccines — whether it's a hospital, local health department or pharmacy — has been told it must \"aim to administer 90% of it within seven days of receipt,\" Wheaton said.\n\"We have also clarified the broad categories of health care workers that should be getting vaccinated, as well as the expectation that hospitals support vaccination of phase 1A workers that may not be their own employees. We will continue to evaluate our overall strategy to increase vaccination numbers in Michigan,\" Wheaton said.\nStill, if a first responder or health care worker doesn't show up for a vaccine appointment or more doses of the vaccine are thawed than initially intended, some have been given to people who don't fall into the phase 1A top priority group, he said.\n\"We would prefer the vaccine be used instead of wasting it, even if that means someone in another priority group receives the vaccine,\" Wheaton said, adding that the state health department is not collecting data on how often that has happened.\nFor Michigan hospitals and health care systems, it's been a struggle, said John Karasinski, a spokesperson for the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, which represents all 133 community hospitals in the state.\nPlanning and scheduling employee vaccinations while finding enough workers to give the immunizations is a real challenge, as is coming up with storage solutions for the vaccines, which have to be frozen.\nBut, he said, \"the primary barrier to faster vaccination has been the lack of consistent and timely information about how much vaccine hospitals in Michigan will receive from the federal government.\nVaccinated buttons available for those at Beaumont Health who began to get the second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination to some of their frontline workers at the Beaumont Service Center in Southfield on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021,\nBeaumont says they can administer up to 3,200 people per day at this facility.\n\"With little advanced notice on quantity and a specific arrival date, it’s very difficult to plan day-long employee vaccine clinics and to know what other community health care providers the hospitals should try to vaccinate. When doses don’t arrive on the day expected, thousands of appointments can be delayed or cancelled. These vaccination clinics require tremendous planning, staffing, monitoring of vaccine recipients and more.\"\nSome refuse to get vaccinated\nVaccine hesitancy is another concern.\nAbout 600 of 1,600 first responders, emergency medical personnel and other health care workers who were offered vaccines in Wayne County declined to be immunized, said Michael McElrath, a spokesperson for the county health department.\nAs of Monday, Wayne County had received 1,950 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, and administered 1,391 shots.\nKent County reported a similar problem.\n\"We could have used a few more arms so far,\" said Steve Kelso, a spokesperson for the Kent County Health Department. \"We are seeing a lower than anticipated uptake. Perhaps the holidays influenced some people to wait. We have had a number of our staff tell us that they did not want to 'cut in line' by taking the vaccine of someone who they perceived to be more at risk. These are theories based upon what staff has shared with us.\"\nAt Spectrum Health, a western Michigan hospital system that employs 31,000 workers across 14 hospitals, about 74% of employees have opted in to get a coronavirus vaccine, said COO Brian Brasser.\nBut of the roughly 34,000 vaccines Spectrum Health has received so far from Pfizer and Moderna, it had administered about one-third, 11,400, as of Monday. The hope is to complete 4,000 immunizations this week.\n\"We've also seen an uptick in folks registering after the holidays. We know anecdotally ... that folks were waiting for the holidays to come and go before they schedule their appointments,\" Brasser said.\nAt Beaumont Health, 24,125 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been received, and about 15,000 have been administered, said Mark Geary, a spokesperson for the health system.\nThe eight-hospital health system has 38,000 employees, and began giving the second booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine to its workers Tuesday, and aims to administer 3,200 shots a day this week.\nBeaumont Health began to administer the second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination to some of their frontline workers at the Beaumont Service Center in Southfield on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021.\nBeaumont says they can administer up to 3,200 people per day at this facility.\nHenry Ford Health System reported Tuesday that it has administered 13,728 of the 23,400 doses of the Pfizer vaccine it has received. The six-hospital health system based in Detroit aims to have immunized all 33,000 of its employees who would like to be vaccinated with both doses by the first week of February.\nOnce all the workers within hospital systems are immunized, they must then seek out independent health care workers, those in private practice and dentistry, for example, and others in the Phase 1A priority group, and offer them immunizations before the shots can be opened up to the next group on the state's list of priorities.\nBut Karasinski said that poses yet another challenge that could slow the delivery.\n\"There's no central database,\" he said.\n\"Our hospitals do not receive any information about what other health care providers in their local communities are receiving vaccine. So that adds an additional step. ... Our hospitals have to reach out on their own to proactively see which other community members need vaccine.\"\nCounty health departments are working to help connect hospitals and health care workers and others in the top priority groups, but they also have heavy lifting of their own to do to deliver vaccines as well as work on contact tracing for new COVID-19 cases along with offering other services.\nIn Washtenaw County, staffing has limited the health department's ability to fully immunize people in the first priority group.\n\"The initial shipments right before December holidays made scheduling a bit challenging with holidays and planned time off for some staff,\" said Susan Ringler Cerniglia, public information officer for the Washtenaw County Health Department. During the weeks of Christmas and New Year, the county was able to immunize 200-300 people a day. The hope is to increase that to 560 vaccinations a day for a least a couple of days this week, she said.\n\"We have larger/more clinics planned this week and moving forward. We are also hiring temp vaccinators and recruiting volunteers (both those able to vaccinate and general volunteers) to increase volume. Our biggest limiting factor is staffing and many of the same staff still being responsible for all other aspects of the COVID response.\n\"Our nurses are our vaccinators. We have gradually moved all of our nurses from case investigation and other response roles to vaccination and trained others to fill in case investigation and elsewhere.\n\"We are recruiting additional temporary staff as well as volunteers. We’re also talking with our hospital partners about their capacity to continue supporting vaccine distribution after their front-line workers are vaccinated, if possible.\"\nBurn out is a concern, Ringler Cerniglia said.\n\"We’re very conscious of how long we can keep our current vaccinators and staff going at a rapid pace, given the extreme number of hours everyone’s been working for almost a full year now,\" she said. \"So, while we’re prepared to ramp up our numbers with our current staff in the coming weeks, we will definitely need more capacity to keep it going and/or to increase volume much more.\"\nContact Kristen Jordan Shamus: [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @kristenshamus.",
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Editor’s note: This story first appeared on mhsaa.com in the Second Half.MONTGOMERY – Jocelynn Nicholls was first drawn to volleyball in grade school.Over the years, the Camden-Frontier senior has made the transition from being a wild swinging middle-schooler to an apprehensive freshman on the varsity to an all-state volleyball player headed to Trine University to play the sport she loves."I fell in love with volleyball when I was in the fourth grade," she said. "I’ve played
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MONTGOMERY – Jocelynn Nicholls was first drawn to volleyball in grade school.
Over the years, the Camden-Frontier senior has made the transition from being a wild swinging middle-schooler to an apprehensive freshman on the varsity to an all-state volleyball player headed to Trine University to play the sport she loves.
"I fell in love with volleyball when I was in the fourth grade," she said. "I’ve played basketball and softball, but nothing feels like volleyball."
It wasn’t always easy for Nicholls, who has overcome the loss of her mother Amy Nicholls during her sophomore season to become a tower of strength for the Redskins.
"She’s been through a lot, but she’s a tough kid and is going to make something of herself," said Camden-Frontier coach Dawn Follis.
Nicholls’ mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the early part of 2018. By volleyball season that year, her mom had become very ill, enough that Nicholls missed a match when her mom went to the hospital. That season, her mom lost her battle; she died on a game day.
Nicholls had asked her mom earlier that day if she should play.
"I said to her ‘What do you want me to do?’," said Nicholls, who was 15 at the time. "She squeezed my hand and told me to go. She couldn’t talk, so we had a way to communicate through squeezing my hand. She wanted me to play."
About halfway through the match against Pittsford, Nicholls felt something she had never experienced before – a feeling, almost like a change in her body.
"My aunt was at the game watching me," she said. "She even noticed the change in me. I got home after the game, and I figured out the news."
Her mom, an English professor and dean of the Jannen School of Arts and Sciences at Trine University in nearby Angola, Ind., had passed away.
Nicholls turned to volleyball to help her through. Using her mom as her strength, she didn’t miss another match. Volleyball has always been a big part of her life.
"I’ve come a long way since my freshman year," she said. "Being pulled up to the varsity was a huge thing. It was a great opportunity for me to grow as a player. It really opened my eyes."
After that season on the varsity, she started playing club volleyball, first at a club in Hillsdale, then at Team Pineapple Volleyball Club in Angola, which is less than a half hour from her home.
"Once I started playing for other teams, I started playing up, against older girls," she said. "When I was a freshman I was playing against a bunch of seniors."
Follis and the Redskins have built a small-school powerhouse in south central Michigan, just north of the Michigan-Indiana state line. Nicholls helped Camden-Frontier to a school-record 40 wins that sophomore season and they won 36 matches and the school’s first Regional crown in 2019. This fall’s was another outstanding season for the Redskins, who went 25-3 and won a fourth-straight District title. Over Nicholls’ four varsity seasons, Camden-Frontier won more than 100 matches.
Nicholls had a great season in 2020, earning first-team all-state honors from the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association. Playing about half the matches the Redskins typically play in a season, she recorded 395 kills, averaging 4.34 per set, and accumulated 141 digs. Two of her teammates, junior Dakota Sigler and senior Heather Shaw, made the all-state honorable mention list. (Camden-Frontier fell 3-2 to Lansing Christian in a Regional Semifinal on Nov. 10; Lansing Christian will play in the Quarterfinals on Tuesday.)
Follis said Nicholls knows how to use her height to her advantage.
"She’s very tall and very athletic and aggressive," Follis said. "She’s worked really hard on her game. When she was in middle school, she was tall and had this wild swing. She played all of the time, and it shows."
Nicholls stands 6-foot tall. She had 70 blocks and block assists this season.
"I’ve always been really tall," she said. "I think by the fifth grade I was taller than any boy in my class.
"I always knew I was tall and that would benefit me, but I knew that wasn’t going to be enough. I worked hard to increase my vertical. I put in a lot of time. I definitely try and use that to my advantage."
Follis said Nicholls did use her height to her advantage, something not all tall players do.
"She’s a hitter, and she really jumps well," said Follis. "In high school she has the ability to change the game with her hitting. She’s a game-changer."
At the Camden-Frontier matches over the past couple of years, there was typically a large contingent of aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins watching Nicholls and her teammates play. That is one of the reasons she chose Trine – her family will be able to see her play.
"I want to be close to my family," she said. "I’d rather be 20 minutes away than 12 hours away. Family is a big deal for me."
Nicholls said she loves to hang out with family and friends but doesn’t have time for a lot of other interests outside of sports. She likes to stay busy, no matter what sports season it is. Right now, she is lifting and running on nice days and staying ready for the upcoming basketball season. She’s been on the varsity softball team since her freshman season as well.
"I am fulltime, 100-percent motivated to focus on my game," she said.
At Trine she plans on majoring in exercise science with the hopes of going into physical therapy or something in the athletic field.
"I want to be there for my mom," she said. "It’s a big opportunity that I will even get to play there. That’s where I wanted to be."
Trine is a big part of the Nicholls family. Not only was her mom a professor at the school, but she also graduated from Trine. Her dad Scott and brother Mason also went to Trine. Jocelynn started going there at a young age and impressed the volleyball coach years ago.
"When I was a freshman, I went there for a camp and the coach told me if I continued to work hard, I would get a (scholarship) offer," she recalled.
Losing her mother a couple of years ago, Nicholls said, completely changed her outlook on life.
"It provided me an opportunity to grow," she said. "It makes me want to give 100 percent all of the time and not take anything for granted. You are not promised tomorrow."
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"Editor’s note: This story first appeared on mhsaa.com in the Second Half.\nMONTGOMERY – Jocelynn Nicholls was first drawn to volleyball in grade school.\nOver the years, the Camden-Frontier senior has made the transition from being a wild swinging middle-schooler to an apprehensive freshman on the varsity to an all-state volleyball player headed to Trine University to play the sport she loves.\n\"I fell in love with volleyball when I was in the fourth grade,\" she said. \"I’ve played basketball and softball, but nothing feels like volleyball.\"\nIt wasn’t always easy for Nicholls, who has overcome the loss of her mother Amy Nicholls during her sophomore season to become a tower of strength for the Redskins.\n\"She’s been through a lot, but she’s a tough kid and is going to make something of herself,\" said Camden-Frontier coach Dawn Follis.\nNicholls’ mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the early part of 2018. By volleyball season that year, her mom had become very ill, enough that Nicholls missed a match when her mom went to the hospital. That season, her mom lost her battle; she died on a game day.\nNicholls had asked her mom earlier that day if she should play.\n\"I said to her ‘What do you want me to do?’,\" said Nicholls, who was 15 at the time. \"She squeezed my hand and told me to go. She couldn’t talk, so we had a way to communicate through squeezing my hand. She wanted me to play.\"\nAbout halfway through the match against Pittsford, Nicholls felt something she had never experienced before – a feeling, almost like a change in her body.\n\"My aunt was at the game watching me,\" she said. \"She even noticed the change in me. I got home after the game, and I figured out the news.\"\nHer mom, an English professor and dean of the Jannen School of Arts and Sciences at Trine University in nearby Angola, Ind., had passed away.\nNicholls turned to volleyball to help her through. Using her mom as her strength, she didn’t miss another match. Volleyball has always been a big part of her life.\n\"I’ve come a long way since my freshman year,\" she said. \"Being pulled up to the varsity was a huge thing. It was a great opportunity for me to grow as a player. It really opened my eyes.\"\nAfter that season on the varsity, she started playing club volleyball, first at a club in Hillsdale, then at Team Pineapple Volleyball Club in Angola, which is less than a half hour from her home.\n\"Once I started playing for other teams, I started playing up, against older girls,\" she said. \"When I was a freshman I was playing against a bunch of seniors.\"\nFollis and the Redskins have built a small-school powerhouse in south central Michigan, just north of the Michigan-Indiana state line. Nicholls helped Camden-Frontier to a school-record 40 wins that sophomore season and they won 36 matches and the school’s first Regional crown in 2019. This fall’s was another outstanding season for the Redskins, who went 25-3 and won a fourth-straight District title. Over Nicholls’ four varsity seasons, Camden-Frontier won more than 100 matches.\nNicholls had a great season in 2020, earning first-team all-state honors from the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association. Playing about half the matches the Redskins typically play in a season, she recorded 395 kills, averaging 4.34 per set, and accumulated 141 digs. Two of her teammates, junior Dakota Sigler and senior Heather Shaw, made the all-state honorable mention list. (Camden-Frontier fell 3-2 to Lansing Christian in a Regional Semifinal on Nov. 10; Lansing Christian will play in the Quarterfinals on Tuesday.)\nFollis said Nicholls knows how to use her height to her advantage.\n\"She’s very tall and very athletic and aggressive,\" Follis said. \"She’s worked really hard on her game. When she was in middle school, she was tall and had this wild swing. She played all of the time, and it shows.\"\nNicholls stands 6-foot tall. She had 70 blocks and block assists this season.\n\"I’ve always been really tall,\" she said. \"I think by the fifth grade I was taller than any boy in my class.\n\"I always knew I was tall and that would benefit me, but I knew that wasn’t going to be enough. I worked hard to increase my vertical. I put in a lot of time. I definitely try and use that to my advantage.\"\nFollis said Nicholls did use her height to her advantage, something not all tall players do.\n\"She’s a hitter, and she really jumps well,\" said Follis. \"In high school she has the ability to change the game with her hitting. She’s a game-changer.\"\nAt the Camden-Frontier matches over the past couple of years, there was typically a large contingent of aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins watching Nicholls and her teammates play. That is one of the reasons she chose Trine – her family will be able to see her play.\n\"I want to be close to my family,\" she said. \"I’d rather be 20 minutes away than 12 hours away. Family is a big deal for me.\"\nNicholls said she loves to hang out with family and friends but doesn’t have time for a lot of other interests outside of sports. She likes to stay busy, no matter what sports season it is. Right now, she is lifting and running on nice days and staying ready for the upcoming basketball season. She’s been on the varsity softball team since her freshman season as well.\n\"I am fulltime, 100-percent motivated to focus on my game,\" she said.\nAt Trine she plans on majoring in exercise science with the hopes of going into physical therapy or something in the athletic field.\n\"I want to be there for my mom,\" she said. \"It’s a big opportunity that I will even get to play there. That’s where I wanted to be.\"\nTrine is a big part of the Nicholls family. Not only was her mom a professor at the school, but she also graduated from Trine. Her dad Scott and brother Mason also went to Trine. Jocelynn started going there at a young age and impressed the volleyball coach years ago.\n\"When I was a freshman, I went there for a camp and the coach told me if I continued to work hard, I would get a (scholarship) offer,\" she recalled.\nLosing her mother a couple of years ago, Nicholls said, completely changed her outlook on life.\n\"It provided me an opportunity to grow,\" she said. \"It makes me want to give 100 percent all of the time and not take anything for granted. You are not promised tomorrow.\"",
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DETROIT — In a year that saw so many stops and starts, delays and heartbreaks, the Clinton football team never lost sight of its goal.Making it back to the Division 6 state championship at Ford Field.While Clinton might have come up short of a title, falling 40-14 against Montague, the fact that Clinton's squad was in the final was an accomplishment in and of itself in a year that, for better or worse, was unlike anything anyone else had seen previously."Obviously, it's not the way we
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DETROIT — In a year that saw so many stops and starts, delays and heartbreaks, the Clinton football team never lost sight of its goal.
Making it back to the Division 6 state championship at Ford Field.
While Clinton might have come up short of a title, falling 40-14 against Montague, the fact that Clinton's squad was in the final was an accomplishment in and of itself in a year that, for better or worse, was unlike anything anyone else had seen previously.
"Obviously, it's not the way we wanted it to end, but unfortunately one team has to lose and today it was us," said Clinton coach Jeremy Fielder Friday. "I'm still extremely proud of these guys and everything they've done. Stop and start, stop and start again, I'm just hoping and praying they get a chance to compete in the winter and the spring, because (Clinton) has a wrestling title to defend and we have some very talented spring athletes."
Like all of the teams in Michigan, Clinton's season was put on pause before the season even started, as the shutdown caused by COVID-19 cost them invaluable practices and ultimately saw Clinton lose three games at the start of their 2020 season against Manchester, Hemlock and its first Lenawee County Athletic Association game since rejoining the conference against Hudson.
Once the season got going, Clinton kept battling through the season and the requirements from the MHSAA and the state’s health department to make a season go, going 5-1 in the regular season before fighting to its first district and regional championships in Fielder's tenure as head coach. In the process Clinton avenged its lone regular season loss to Blissfield with a 16-13 win and then, after another break due to COVID-19 totaling 57 days, Clinton held off Warren Michigan Collegiate 13-12 to win the regional title.
Clinton then overcame having a last-minute switch in terms of playing surfaces, having to move their semifinal to Tecumseh, routing Constantine 40-6 to make the state title game, the first for Clinton since Fielder was defensive coordinator for Scott McNitt back in 2015 against Ithaca.
For senior Will Felts, who has been starting for Clinton since his freshman season as an offensive and defensive lineman, the fact that the team was able to make it to this point in the season, when there was no guarantee of even getting a chance to play at the start, was huge.
"It means a lot because we fell short last year, and we only had a couple seniors last year but they were very vital to our team," Felts said. "So we needed to bring in some more leadership and that's where Brayden (Randolph) and myself and a couple others stepped up. We took over and stayed together, that's how we got here."
For Randolph, the senior fullback for Clinton who had a solid day in his final high school start, running for a game-high 194 yards against Montague, the elongated 2020-21 season proved to be a time for the team to grow and come closer together.
"Having the break we did it was hard to stay focused and stay in that football mentality," he said. "But we're a special group of kids and even though we didn't win tonight, we have a brotherhood and a bond that will last forever and over the break and the time we had off, it brought us closer and made me realize how special it is to be playing at this type of level. We're just grateful to have a great team like that and be able to make it as far as we had. It was an awesome experience and it's something that I'll never forget."
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"DETROIT — In a year that saw so many stops and starts, delays and heartbreaks, the Clinton football team never lost sight of its goal.\nMaking it back to the Division 6 state championship at Ford Field.\nWhile Clinton might have come up short of a title, falling 40-14 against Montague, the fact that Clinton's squad was in the final was an accomplishment in and of itself in a year that, for better or worse, was unlike anything anyone else had seen previously.\n\"Obviously, it's not the way we wanted it to end, but unfortunately one team has to lose and today it was us,\" said Clinton coach Jeremy Fielder Friday. \"I'm still extremely proud of these guys and everything they've done. Stop and start, stop and start again, I'm just hoping and praying they get a chance to compete in the winter and the spring, because (Clinton) has a wrestling title to defend and we have some very talented spring athletes.\"\nLike all of the teams in Michigan, Clinton's season was put on pause before the season even started, as the shutdown caused by COVID-19 cost them invaluable practices and ultimately saw Clinton lose three games at the start of their 2020 season against Manchester, Hemlock and its first Lenawee County Athletic Association game since rejoining the conference against Hudson.\nOnce the season got going, Clinton kept battling through the season and the requirements from the MHSAA and the state’s health department to make a season go, going 5-1 in the regular season before fighting to its first district and regional championships in Fielder's tenure as head coach. In the process Clinton avenged its lone regular season loss to Blissfield with a 16-13 win and then, after another break due to COVID-19 totaling 57 days, Clinton held off Warren Michigan Collegiate 13-12 to win the regional title.\nClinton then overcame having a last-minute switch in terms of playing surfaces, having to move their semifinal to Tecumseh, routing Constantine 40-6 to make the state title game, the first for Clinton since Fielder was defensive coordinator for Scott McNitt back in 2015 against Ithaca.\nFor senior Will Felts, who has been starting for Clinton since his freshman season as an offensive and defensive lineman, the fact that the team was able to make it to this point in the season, when there was no guarantee of even getting a chance to play at the start, was huge.\n\"It means a lot because we fell short last year, and we only had a couple seniors last year but they were very vital to our team,\" Felts said. \"So we needed to bring in some more leadership and that's where Brayden (Randolph) and myself and a couple others stepped up. We took over and stayed together, that's how we got here.\"\nFor Randolph, the senior fullback for Clinton who had a solid day in his final high school start, running for a game-high 194 yards against Montague, the elongated 2020-21 season proved to be a time for the team to grow and come closer together.\n\"Having the break we did it was hard to stay focused and stay in that football mentality,\" he said. \"But we're a special group of kids and even though we didn't win tonight, we have a brotherhood and a bond that will last forever and over the break and the time we had off, it brought us closer and made me realize how special it is to be playing at this type of level. We're just grateful to have a great team like that and be able to make it as far as we had. It was an awesome experience and it's something that I'll never forget.\"",
"Closing time: Clinton finishes memorable season at Ford Field",
"DETROIT — In a year that saw so many stops and starts, delays and heartbreaks, the Clinton football team never lost sight of its goal.Making it back to the Division 6 state championship at Ford Field.While Clinton might have come up short of a title, falling 40-14 against Montague, the fact that Clinton's squad was in the final was an accomplishment in and of itself in a year that, for better or worse, was unlike anything anyone else had seen previously.\"Obviously, it's not the way we"
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OTTAWA COUNTY — Vaccination appointments were open to a new category of people on Monday, and the nearly 1,000 slots available through the Ottawa County health department were gone in 20 minutes, according to department spokeswoman Kristina Wieghmink.The state of Michigan recently approved COVID-19 vaccinations for front-line essential workers, teachers and those age 65 and older.Medical personnel who are part of Phase 1A are continuing to receive their vaccinations and some of them have
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OTTAWA COUNTY — Vaccination appointments were open to a new category of people on Monday, and the nearly 1,000 slots available through the Ottawa County health department were gone in 20 minutes, according to department spokeswoman Kristina Wieghmink.
The state of Michigan recently approved COVID-19 vaccinations for front-line essential workers, teachers and those age 65 and older.
Medical personnel who are part of Phase 1A are continuing to receive their vaccinations and some of them have already received their booster shot.
"We just received some this morning," Wieghmink said of the 975-dose shipment. "We receive it once a week."
The shipment allowed the Ottawa County Department of Public Health to briefly accept appointments Monday.
People with confirmed appointments will receive an email telling them where to get their vaccination shots, Wieghmink said.
The health department has been providing the vaccinations at a clinic at Grand Valley State University’s Holland campus.
Wieghmink said there has been some confusion with people signing up for notifications and thinking they have signed up to receive the vaccination.
The notification registration allows the health department to send an email to the person when appointment slots open up in their qualification category.
It’s then up to the person to go online at vaccinatewestmi.com/register, select the appropriate provider link and sign up for an appointment slot.
As of Monday, the state vaccine database shows 10,400 doses have been shipped to facilities in Ottawa County. Wieghmink said the health department has received about 6,845 doses.
"Whatever the state has given us, we’ve gotten out there," she said.
For the people already inoculated, Wieghmink said the reactions have been a sore arm at the shot site, and some people have reported tiredness or a headache.
The Allegan County Health Department is asking for patients from the public with supply limited. In a press release, ACHD said at least 26,000 more county residents are eligible for vaccination, but that does mean the vaccine is immediately available to them.
Clinics for those age 65 and older through ACHD began Monday, Jan. 11.
The department will notify other eligible people, such as first responders, police offers, jail and prison staff and K-12 teachers by email this week with instructions to schedule appointments with those clinics beginning Jan. 25 depending on vaccine ability.
With its current vaccine supply, ACHD can administer at least 600 vaccines each week. According to the state dashboard, 2,152 vaccines have been administered to Allegan County residents as of Monday.
To get vaccinated through ACHD, individuals must fill out a form on the department’s website.
While the expanded eligibility applies to thousands of residents, the supply of vaccine available covers a small percentage of them, leading to difficulties in scheduling appointments.
Julie Miller, who lives in Macomb County but spends five days a week in Ottawa County assisting with her grandchildren’s schooling, tried to schedule an appointment in Ottawa County, but was told she’d have to wait until next month.
Miller said she tried to sign up in Ottawa because Macomb County didn’t have a website to sign up, and Ottawa County would be more convenient for her.
"When (Gov. Gretchen) Whitmer announced they were opening registration for people 65 and over, which I fall under that category, she said to go to your local health department website and sign up," Miller told The Sentinel.
"I went to the Macomb website, they didn’t have an option to sign up, but Ottawa County did, so I signed up there. Within two days, I got the notification saying, ‘We won’t have any vaccines for another month for your population. We’ll keep you on the list.’"
Miller said she expected she’d have to wait a while, but was surprised at the timeline she was given and that some counties didn’t have sign ups ready to go at the time the state announced the expanded criteria.
Miller also said that the need to register for appointments online could be a barrier for people.
"I know some of my friends who are my age or older, they don’t understand a lot about websites," she said. "They don’t know how to sign up.
"There are notices saying not to call, that they don’t have people to man the phones, the only way to get (an appointment) is on a website. For some older people, that’s intimidating. I’ll be helping some of my friends with that."
Officials from North Ottawa Community Hospital hope to soon add their facility’s name to the provider list. NOCH spokesperson Jennifer VanSkiver said they hope to administer the vaccine to the general public, but have not received enough doses yet to do that.
The Grand Haven hospital is hosting clinics this week to continue the vaccination process for staff only.
Holland Hospital is not providing COVID-19 vaccinations to the public, according to its website. The hospital encourages its patients and other Ottawa County residents to sign up for vaccine notifications on the county’s website.
An appointment-only public vaccination clinic is scheduled to open at Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital Wednesday, Jan. 13. The health system opened a clinic in Grand Rapids Monday and had 1,800 scheduled appointments.
Spectrum Health officials said that appointments filled up quickly and were full throughout the rest of the week during a Monday press conference. More appointments will be available as Spectrum Health receives more doses of COVID-19 vaccines
VanSkiver said that the newly eligible group of residents number in the tens of thousands in Ottawa County alone.
"While it is a wonderful sign that so many in the community are anxious to do their part, it is frustrating that distribution of vaccine is not keeping pace with demand, and puts vaccination sites that are otherwise ready to go in a very difficult position," she said.
VanSkiver said the state’s method of distribution is to look week to week at how many vaccinations were given in the seven previous days, and replacing those vaccines that were used up over that time.
"However, vaccination sites need to be sure they have enough inventory on hand well ahead of time to address not only the pent-up demand heading our way, but also simultaneously finishing vaccinating those waiting boosters, like doctors, nurses and EMS providers," she said.
The North Ottawa Community Health System has submitted a request for more vaccines, but has not yet received that supply.
"We are proud to have been among only a small number of hospitals to complete vaccination clinics for our staff in a matter of days," VanSkiver said.
"And prouder still to have made our surplus immediately available to independent physician groups, dentists and staff at our local Free Health Clinic in an effort to inoculate as many medical professionals in our community as quickly as possible so they can continue caring for you safely and without further interruption.
"In the meantime, we ask for the public’s patience," she added. "When we have confirmation that it’s on the way, we will announce to local media and on social media that we have opened scheduling at noch.org for those who are eligible to make appointments."
— Contact reporter Mitchell Boatman at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SentinelMitch.
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"OTTAWA COUNTY — Vaccination appointments were open to a new category of people on Monday, and the nearly 1,000 slots available through the Ottawa County health department were gone in 20 minutes, according to department spokeswoman Kristina Wieghmink.\nThe state of Michigan recently approved COVID-19 vaccinations for front-line essential workers, teachers and those age 65 and older.\nMedical personnel who are part of Phase 1A are continuing to receive their vaccinations and some of them have already received their booster shot.\n\"We just received some this morning,\" Wieghmink said of the 975-dose shipment. \"We receive it once a week.\"\nThe shipment allowed the Ottawa County Department of Public Health to briefly accept appointments Monday.\nPeople with confirmed appointments will receive an email telling them where to get their vaccination shots, Wieghmink said.\nThe health department has been providing the vaccinations at a clinic at Grand Valley State University’s Holland campus.\nWieghmink said there has been some confusion with people signing up for notifications and thinking they have signed up to receive the vaccination.\nThe notification registration allows the health department to send an email to the person when appointment slots open up in their qualification category.\nIt’s then up to the person to go online at vaccinatewestmi.com/register, select the appropriate provider link and sign up for an appointment slot.\nAs of Monday, the state vaccine database shows 10,400 doses have been shipped to facilities in Ottawa County. Wieghmink said the health department has received about 6,845 doses.\n\"Whatever the state has given us, we’ve gotten out there,\" she said.\nFor the people already inoculated, Wieghmink said the reactions have been a sore arm at the shot site, and some people have reported tiredness or a headache.\nThe Allegan County Health Department is asking for patients from the public with supply limited. In a press release, ACHD said at least 26,000 more county residents are eligible for vaccination, but that does mean the vaccine is immediately available to them.\nClinics for those age 65 and older through ACHD began Monday, Jan. 11.\nThe department will notify other eligible people, such as first responders, police offers, jail and prison staff and K-12 teachers by email this week with instructions to schedule appointments with those clinics beginning Jan. 25 depending on vaccine ability.\nWith its current vaccine supply, ACHD can administer at least 600 vaccines each week. According to the state dashboard, 2,152 vaccines have been administered to Allegan County residents as of Monday.\nTo get vaccinated through ACHD, individuals must fill out a form on the department’s website.\nWhile the expanded eligibility applies to thousands of residents, the supply of vaccine available covers a small percentage of them, leading to difficulties in scheduling appointments.\nJulie Miller, who lives in Macomb County but spends five days a week in Ottawa County assisting with her grandchildren’s schooling, tried to schedule an appointment in Ottawa County, but was told she’d have to wait until next month.\nMiller said she tried to sign up in Ottawa because Macomb County didn’t have a website to sign up, and Ottawa County would be more convenient for her.\n\"When (Gov. Gretchen) Whitmer announced they were opening registration for people 65 and over, which I fall under that category, she said to go to your local health department website and sign up,\" Miller told The Sentinel.\n\"I went to the Macomb website, they didn’t have an option to sign up, but Ottawa County did, so I signed up there. Within two days, I got the notification saying, ‘We won’t have any vaccines for another month for your population. We’ll keep you on the list.’\"\nMiller said she expected she’d have to wait a while, but was surprised at the timeline she was given and that some counties didn’t have sign ups ready to go at the time the state announced the expanded criteria.\nMiller also said that the need to register for appointments online could be a barrier for people.\n\"I know some of my friends who are my age or older, they don’t understand a lot about websites,\" she said. \"They don’t know how to sign up.\n\"There are notices saying not to call, that they don’t have people to man the phones, the only way to get (an appointment) is on a website. For some older people, that’s intimidating. I’ll be helping some of my friends with that.\"\nOfficials from North Ottawa Community Hospital hope to soon add their facility’s name to the provider list. NOCH spokesperson Jennifer VanSkiver said they hope to administer the vaccine to the general public, but have not received enough doses yet to do that.\nThe Grand Haven hospital is hosting clinics this week to continue the vaccination process for staff only.\nHolland Hospital is not providing COVID-19 vaccinations to the public, according to its website. The hospital encourages its patients and other Ottawa County residents to sign up for vaccine notifications on the county’s website.\nAn appointment-only public vaccination clinic is scheduled to open at Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital Wednesday, Jan. 13. The health system opened a clinic in Grand Rapids Monday and had 1,800 scheduled appointments.\nSpectrum Health officials said that appointments filled up quickly and were full throughout the rest of the week during a Monday press conference. More appointments will be available as Spectrum Health receives more doses of COVID-19 vaccines\nVanSkiver said that the newly eligible group of residents number in the tens of thousands in Ottawa County alone.\n\"While it is a wonderful sign that so many in the community are anxious to do their part, it is frustrating that distribution of vaccine is not keeping pace with demand, and puts vaccination sites that are otherwise ready to go in a very difficult position,\" she said.\nVanSkiver said the state’s method of distribution is to look week to week at how many vaccinations were given in the seven previous days, and replacing those vaccines that were used up over that time.\n\"However, vaccination sites need to be sure they have enough inventory on hand well ahead of time to address not only the pent-up demand heading our way, but also simultaneously finishing vaccinating those waiting boosters, like doctors, nurses and EMS providers,\" she said.\nThe North Ottawa Community Health System has submitted a request for more vaccines, but has not yet received that supply.\n\"We are proud to have been among only a small number of hospitals to complete vaccination clinics for our staff in a matter of days,\" VanSkiver said.\n\"And prouder still to have made our surplus immediately available to independent physician groups, dentists and staff at our local Free Health Clinic in an effort to inoculate as many medical professionals in our community as quickly as possible so they can continue caring for you safely and without further interruption.\n\"In the meantime, we ask for the public’s patience,\" she added. \"When we have confirmation that it’s on the way, we will announce to local media and on social media that we have opened scheduling at noch.org for those who are eligible to make appointments.\"\n— Contact reporter Mitchell Boatman at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SentinelMitch.",
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"OTTAWA COUNTY — Vaccination appointments were open to a new category of people on Monday, and the nearly 1,000 slots available through the Ottawa County health department were gone in 20 minutes, according to department spokeswoman Kristina Wieghmink.The state of Michigan recently approved COVID-19 vaccinations for front-line essential workers, teachers and those age 65 and older.Medical personnel who are part of Phase 1A are continuing to receive their vaccinations and some of them have"
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Most people are thrilled — and admit it, you probably have a string of reasons — to kick 2020 to the curb.But honestly, what’s next? Will the economy in 2021 really be all that much better? How much will the ongoing fear of contracting the coronavirus or worries about never finding another job keep us up at night?For more years than I care to count, I’ve gathered economic forecasts to try to spell out what we might expect in the new year when it comes to things like car
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Most people are thrilled — and admit it, you probably have a string of reasons — to kick 2020 to the curb.
But honestly, what’s next? Will the economy in 2021 really be all that much better? How much will the ongoing fear of contracting the coronavirus or worries about never finding another job keep us up at night?
For more years than I care to count, I’ve gathered economic forecasts to try to spell out what we might expect in the new year when it comes to things like car sales, jobs and the stock market.
But if we’ve learned anything in 2020, shouldn’t we have discovered that fear — and a few flops — can really throw everything for a loop? Realistically, we need to recognize that a great deal of uncertainty will just move along to another spot on a new calendar.
Things turned out far worse in 2020 than many would have ever imagined last December, just a year before the grim news that 1 in 1,000 Americans ended up dying of COVID-19 by around Christmas.
And oddly enough, some things turned out better than we anticipated after the pandemic hit. The economy — and the stock market — recovered more quickly than many imagined during the darkest days back in March when businesses first temporarily shut down in order to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
The year was not a financial fiasco for everyone.
Some say we're looking at a V-shaped recovery — now fueled by hopes that the vaccine will put a stop to the pandemic later in 2021.
The biggest upside, economists say, could happen if the coronavirus cases and deaths tumble, thanks to the vaccine. The risk is that this pandemic drags on far longer than anyone imagines.
Charles Ballard, professor of economics at Michigan State University, admits that a bigger caveat than usual might be needed in 2021 when it comes to economic forecasts in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Overall, he expects 2021 to be better than 2020 but risks remain.
"Progress on the economic front depends crucially on progress against the virus," Ballard told me.
"We Americans have done a lousy job with masks and distancing, and that means that the vaccine is even more important than it would have been," he said.
"If we get COVID under control reasonably well, I expect a surge of hiring in the late spring and early summer. When that happens, employers will invite workers back, but they will want those workers to be vaccinated," Ballard said.
Just imagine all those spur-of-the-moment lunches out, the flights we could book to see family and friends, the cars we might buy if we're driving to work, the vacations we might reschedule if we're not fearful of getting sick.
Still, it might take some time for many people to regain their financial footing and their faith that they won't risk contracting the virus.
"Even under the best scenario," Ballard said, "the economy has been undergoing a massive shock, and it will take time to recover fully. I would love to see the economy look fairly normal in the second half of 2021, but it may take until well into 2022."
What might we expect for 2021? Here's a snapshot of some predictions:
Car sales: It's time to shift into gear
Light vehicle sales currently are projected to hit 15.2 million in 2021, up from an anticipated 14.4 million sales in 2020, according to Jonathan Smoke, chief economist for Cox Automotive.
"We would expect to see improving sentiment as vaccinations ramp up and consumers become more optimistic about the future," Smoke said.
It won't be a smooth ride.
"The winter months will be the most difficult," Smoke said. Sales momentum has slowed since September as COVID-19 cases surged and the U.S. economic growth stalled somewhat.
Consumer demand is likely to accelerate in the spring after some added cash flow, Smoke said.
Families will receive a second round of stimulus payments in January amounting to up to $600 for singles who qualify and up to $1,200 for a married couple with no children. An extra $600 is available for qualifying children ages 16 and younger.
Tax refund money will be on the way for many households come February, March and later.
On the upside, Smoke said, it's possible that 300,000 to 500,000 more cars and light trucks could be sold, driving up the forecast for 2021 to up to 15.7 million sales.
"But three factors will likely limit the total potential to remain under 16 million sales in 2021," Smoke said.
"Supply will continue to be constrained as COVID weighs on global production and the supply chain. We expect supply disruptions through at least midyear," he said.
"Credit is likely to remain relatively tight, limiting subprime demand in the new vehicle market as it did in 2020."
Tight credit — on top of record high prices for cars — will make it harder for many consumers to afford a new car. "Affordability will continue to limit total potential demand," Smoke said.
Higher income households can afford to spend, though, and they're likely to be big buyers of new cars and light trucks after they have built up plenty of savings during the pandemic, said Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Analytics.
"There will be a significant amount of pent-up demand for vehicles that will get unleashed on the other side of the pandemic by summer 2021," Zandi told me.
Zandi expects sales of cars and light trucks to hit 16.7 million in 2021 and 17.8 million in 2022.
Jobs: Hiring could be touch-and-go in some industries
Many will still be without paychecks in 2021.
"The problem is that the bulk of the lost jobs are not coming back, even after the pandemic is in the history books," according to Zandi's outlook released Monday.
He warns that business travel isn't as likely to recover as quickly as tourism. Many companies now have embraced Zoom and similar technologies as a way to cut costs, he said.
Many retail jobs at the mall will be lost forever as stores close and sales continue to be lost to online competition. Some restaurants and other businesses may never reopen.
In addition, Zandi and others express growing concern about job cuts that are likely to continue at the local and state government levels.
"Most states are required by their constitutions to quickly eliminate their deficits," Zandi wrote, "and they have no explicit way of issuing debt to pay for operating expenses. Since federal lawmakers failed to come through with any further help to fill their budget shortfalls, state and local officials must come up with an estimated $170 billion to $300 billion in budget cuts over the next year and a half."
Zandi does not expect the "economy to be back in full swing until late 2023."
"It will take that long for the economy to recover the nearly 10 million jobs it is still down since the pandemic hit, get everyone who left the workforce during the pandemic back in and reduce unemployment to our 4% estimate of full employment," he said.
Gus Faucher, the chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group, and others note that the jobs picture in 2021 will be cloudy for some people who may find it tough to switch industries and learn new skills or find themselves taking pay cuts.
The U.S. unemployment rate was 6.7% in November 2020, while Michigan's jobless rate was 6.9%.
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"Most people are thrilled — and admit it, you probably have a string of reasons — to kick 2020 to the curb.\nBut honestly, what’s next? Will the economy in 2021 really be all that much better? How much will the ongoing fear of contracting the coronavirus or worries about never finding another job keep us up at night?\nFor more years than I care to count, I’ve gathered economic forecasts to try to spell out what we might expect in the new year when it comes to things like car sales, jobs and the stock market.\nBut if we’ve learned anything in 2020, shouldn’t we have discovered that fear — and a few flops — can really throw everything for a loop? Realistically, we need to recognize that a great deal of uncertainty will just move along to another spot on a new calendar.\nThings turned out far worse in 2020 than many would have ever imagined last December, just a year before the grim news that 1 in 1,000 Americans ended up dying of COVID-19 by around Christmas.\nAnd oddly enough, some things turned out better than we anticipated after the pandemic hit. The economy — and the stock market — recovered more quickly than many imagined during the darkest days back in March when businesses first temporarily shut down in order to stem the spread of the coronavirus.\nThe year was not a financial fiasco for everyone.\nSome say we're looking at a V-shaped recovery — now fueled by hopes that the vaccine will put a stop to the pandemic later in 2021.\nThe biggest upside, economists say, could happen if the coronavirus cases and deaths tumble, thanks to the vaccine. The risk is that this pandemic drags on far longer than anyone imagines.\nCharles Ballard, professor of economics at Michigan State University, admits that a bigger caveat than usual might be needed in 2021 when it comes to economic forecasts in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Overall, he expects 2021 to be better than 2020 but risks remain.\n\"Progress on the economic front depends crucially on progress against the virus,\" Ballard told me.\n\"We Americans have done a lousy job with masks and distancing, and that means that the vaccine is even more important than it would have been,\" he said.\n\"If we get COVID under control reasonably well, I expect a surge of hiring in the late spring and early summer. When that happens, employers will invite workers back, but they will want those workers to be vaccinated,\" Ballard said.\nJust imagine all those spur-of-the-moment lunches out, the flights we could book to see family and friends, the cars we might buy if we're driving to work, the vacations we might reschedule if we're not fearful of getting sick.\nStill, it might take some time for many people to regain their financial footing and their faith that they won't risk contracting the virus.\n\"Even under the best scenario,\" Ballard said, \"the economy has been undergoing a massive shock, and it will take time to recover fully. I would love to see the economy look fairly normal in the second half of 2021, but it may take until well into 2022.\"\nWhat might we expect for 2021? Here's a snapshot of some predictions:\nCar sales: It's time to shift into gear\nLight vehicle sales currently are projected to hit 15.2 million in 2021, up from an anticipated 14.4 million sales in 2020, according to Jonathan Smoke, chief economist for Cox Automotive.\n\"We would expect to see improving sentiment as vaccinations ramp up and consumers become more optimistic about the future,\" Smoke said.\nIt won't be a smooth ride.\n\"The winter months will be the most difficult,\" Smoke said. Sales momentum has slowed since September as COVID-19 cases surged and the U.S. economic growth stalled somewhat.\nConsumer demand is likely to accelerate in the spring after some added cash flow, Smoke said.\nFamilies will receive a second round of stimulus payments in January amounting to up to $600 for singles who qualify and up to $1,200 for a married couple with no children. An extra $600 is available for qualifying children ages 16 and younger.\nTax refund money will be on the way for many households come February, March and later.\nOn the upside, Smoke said, it's possible that 300,000 to 500,000 more cars and light trucks could be sold, driving up the forecast for 2021 to up to 15.7 million sales.\n\"But three factors will likely limit the total potential to remain under 16 million sales in 2021,\" Smoke said.\n\"Supply will continue to be constrained as COVID weighs on global production and the supply chain. We expect supply disruptions through at least midyear,\" he said.\n\"Credit is likely to remain relatively tight, limiting subprime demand in the new vehicle market as it did in 2020.\"\nTight credit — on top of record high prices for cars — will make it harder for many consumers to afford a new car. \"Affordability will continue to limit total potential demand,\" Smoke said.\nHigher income households can afford to spend, though, and they're likely to be big buyers of new cars and light trucks after they have built up plenty of savings during the pandemic, said Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Analytics.\n\"There will be a significant amount of pent-up demand for vehicles that will get unleashed on the other side of the pandemic by summer 2021,\" Zandi told me.\nZandi expects sales of cars and light trucks to hit 16.7 million in 2021 and 17.8 million in 2022.\nJobs: Hiring could be touch-and-go in some industries\nMany will still be without paychecks in 2021.\n\"The problem is that the bulk of the lost jobs are not coming back, even after the pandemic is in the history books,\" according to Zandi's outlook released Monday.\nHe warns that business travel isn't as likely to recover as quickly as tourism. Many companies now have embraced Zoom and similar technologies as a way to cut costs, he said.\nMany retail jobs at the mall will be lost forever as stores close and sales continue to be lost to online competition. Some restaurants and other businesses may never reopen.\nIn addition, Zandi and others express growing concern about job cuts that are likely to continue at the local and state government levels.\n\"Most states are required by their constitutions to quickly eliminate their deficits,\" Zandi wrote, \"and they have no explicit way of issuing debt to pay for operating expenses. Since federal lawmakers failed to come through with any further help to fill their budget shortfalls, state and local officials must come up with an estimated $170 billion to $300 billion in budget cuts over the next year and a half.\"\nZandi does not expect the \"economy to be back in full swing until late 2023.\"\n\"It will take that long for the economy to recover the nearly 10 million jobs it is still down since the pandemic hit, get everyone who left the workforce during the pandemic back in and reduce unemployment to our 4% estimate of full employment,\" he said.\nGus Faucher, the chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group, and others note that the jobs picture in 2021 will be cloudy for some people who may find it tough to switch industries and learn new skills or find themselves taking pay cuts.\nThe U.S. unemployment rate was 6.7% in November 2020, while Michigan's jobless rate was 6.9%.",
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"Most people are thrilled — and admit it, you probably have a string of reasons — to kick 2020 to the curb.But honestly, what’s next? Will the economy in 2021 really be all that much better? How much will the ongoing fear of contracting the coronavirus or worries about never finding another job keep us up at night?For more years than I care to count, I’ve gathered economic forecasts to try to spell out what we might expect in the new year when it comes to things like car"
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President Joe Biden’s one lucky dude. He’s got a moon rock in his Oval Office bookcase. A 3.9 billion year old chunk the Apollo 17 crew chiseled from the lunar surface more than 48 years ago. Naturally, we’re jealous. We want a moon rock, too. To place next to the stone Gork once brought us from his home planet.Fringus.The cool thing about Fringus — aside from rocks being about all you can find there — is that it’s 31 days ahead of Earth. Meaning Gork’s
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President Joe Biden’s one lucky dude. He’s got a moon rock in his Oval Office bookcase. A 3.9 billion year old chunk the Apollo 17 crew chiseled from the lunar surface more than 48 years ago. Naturally, we’re jealous. We want a moon rock, too. To place next to the stone Gork once brought us from his home planet.
Fringus.
The cool thing about Fringus — aside from rocks being about all you can find there — is that it’s 31 days ahead of Earth. Meaning Gork’s known for a month we’d be writing about him today — Saturday’s passing of broadcasting icon Larry King on whose radio show he frequently appeared having unleashed a flood of memories.
A prolific interviewer — whether 40,000 or 60,000, even he couldn’t say for sure — King was like Major Lance and Johnny Rivers. Born with a curious mind. Equally at ease with the neighborhood plumber — why do you like pipes, he’d ask — as he was with the rich and famous, King’s conversational style transformed his guests into just the guy or gal next door. Everyone had an interesting story to tell, King figured. All he had to do was bring it out.
Despite being a primetime fixture on CNN for a quarter century, it’s King’s radio years at the Mutual Broadcasting System that we remember most. Snapped up by the network brass in 1978 after a 20-year run in Miami, King’s daily task was an hour-long, no-prep interview — a technique he’d perfected in Florida when celebrities would often pop in unannounced during morning broadcasts at a local restaurant — followed by another two hours of phoned-in questions for the guest. Stuck in the graveyard shift, it should have tanked. Instead, King parlayed it into a Peabody Award-winning production that routinely had 6 million listeners hanging onto every word.
At 3 o’clock in the morning.
That’s when the format shifted to the freewheeling Open Phone America segment. Or as he liked to call it, your beacon on a fog-shrouded night. Where Gork — actually King’s best friend whose doctored-up voice resembled a Brooklyn-accented intergalactic Donald Duck — described life on Fringus and predicted many a sunny day ahead for the Gobi Desert. Where the Whittier Whistler and the Portland Laugher — so dubbed for obvious reasons — were eagerly anticipated regulars. And where the eccentric Numbers Man’s persistent attempts to convince a skeptical King of the Almighty’s existence by linking every aspect of the most recent Orioles game to scriptural passages and historical occurrences always ended the same way.
King (annoyed): All I wanna know is the score of tomorrow night’s game. Numbers Man: I don’t do that.
Interspersed between the calls and King’s invariably incorrect Kentucky Derby picks were mesmerizing tales about landing in jail for making an illegal right turn, falling asleep on the air — for an hour — moments after opening his microphone, and how he once ducked out of the studio to romance a lady across town only to have the needle on the Harry Belafonte concert album he’d thrown on the turntable get stuck on the phrase "where the nights."
Which repeated 16,000 times before he could get back.
In a talk radio world dominated by egomaniac bloviating blowhards, Larry King was a throwback to a gentler time whose talent set the standard and whose leisurely approach mirrored that of his beloved baseball. We’ll miss his keen intellect, deft touch, and infectious laugh. Forever just a kid from Brooklyn, he opened the door to endlessly fascinating realms and invited us all to hop aboard with him.
Thanks, Larry.
It’s been one heck of a ride.
Talk Back with Doug Spade and Mike Clement is heard every Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern Time on WABJ, 1490 AM, Adrian, and online at www.dougspade.com and www.lenconnect.com.
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"President Joe Biden’s one lucky dude. He’s got a moon rock in his Oval Office bookcase. A 3.9 billion year old chunk the Apollo 17 crew chiseled from the lunar surface more than 48 years ago. Naturally, we’re jealous. We want a moon rock, too. To place next to the stone Gork once brought us from his home planet.\nFringus.\nThe cool thing about Fringus — aside from rocks being about all you can find there — is that it’s 31 days ahead of Earth. Meaning Gork’s known for a month we’d be writing about him today — Saturday’s passing of broadcasting icon Larry King on whose radio show he frequently appeared having unleashed a flood of memories.\nA prolific interviewer — whether 40,000 or 60,000, even he couldn’t say for sure — King was like Major Lance and Johnny Rivers. Born with a curious mind. Equally at ease with the neighborhood plumber — why do you like pipes, he’d ask — as he was with the rich and famous, King’s conversational style transformed his guests into just the guy or gal next door. Everyone had an interesting story to tell, King figured. All he had to do was bring it out.\nDespite being a primetime fixture on CNN for a quarter century, it’s King’s radio years at the Mutual Broadcasting System that we remember most. Snapped up by the network brass in 1978 after a 20-year run in Miami, King’s daily task was an hour-long, no-prep interview — a technique he’d perfected in Florida when celebrities would often pop in unannounced during morning broadcasts at a local restaurant — followed by another two hours of phoned-in questions for the guest. Stuck in the graveyard shift, it should have tanked. Instead, King parlayed it into a Peabody Award-winning production that routinely had 6 million listeners hanging onto every word.\nAt 3 o’clock in the morning.\nThat’s when the format shifted to the freewheeling Open Phone America segment. Or as he liked to call it, your beacon on a fog-shrouded night. Where Gork — actually King’s best friend whose doctored-up voice resembled a Brooklyn-accented intergalactic Donald Duck — described life on Fringus and predicted many a sunny day ahead for the Gobi Desert. Where the Whittier Whistler and the Portland Laugher — so dubbed for obvious reasons — were eagerly anticipated regulars. And where the eccentric Numbers Man’s persistent attempts to convince a skeptical King of the Almighty’s existence by linking every aspect of the most recent Orioles game to scriptural passages and historical occurrences always ended the same way.\nKing (annoyed): All I wanna know is the score of tomorrow night’s game. Numbers Man: I don’t do that.\nInterspersed between the calls and King’s invariably incorrect Kentucky Derby picks were mesmerizing tales about landing in jail for making an illegal right turn, falling asleep on the air — for an hour — moments after opening his microphone, and how he once ducked out of the studio to romance a lady across town only to have the needle on the Harry Belafonte concert album he’d thrown on the turntable get stuck on the phrase \"where the nights.\"\nWhich repeated 16,000 times before he could get back.\nIn a talk radio world dominated by egomaniac bloviating blowhards, Larry King was a throwback to a gentler time whose talent set the standard and whose leisurely approach mirrored that of his beloved baseball. We’ll miss his keen intellect, deft touch, and infectious laugh. Forever just a kid from Brooklyn, he opened the door to endlessly fascinating realms and invited us all to hop aboard with him.\nThanks, Larry.\nIt’s been one heck of a ride.\nTalk Back with Doug Spade and Mike Clement is heard every Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern Time on WABJ, 1490 AM, Adrian, and online at www.dougspade.com and www.lenconnect.com.",
"Farewell to the King",
"President Joe Biden’s one lucky dude. He’s got a moon rock in his Oval Office bookcase. A 3.9 billion year old chunk the Apollo 17 crew chiseled from the lunar surface more than 48 years ago. Naturally, we’re jealous. We want a moon rock, too. To place next to the stone Gork once brought us from his home planet.Fringus.The cool thing about Fringus — aside from rocks being about all you can find there — is that it’s 31 days ahead of Earth. Meaning Gork’s"
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Congressmen Fred Upton and Peter Meijer are to be commended for taking a courageous stand, putting democracy above party, and voting for the impeachment of Donald Trump.If inciting insurrection, treason, sedition and murder are not impeachable offenses, one shudders to think where the line is drawn for those who believe otherwise.Bill Huizenga, where have you drawn your line?Tom BeamishHolland
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Congressmen Fred Upton and Peter Meijer are to be commended for taking a courageous stand, putting democracy above party, and voting for the impeachment of Donald Trump.
If inciting insurrection, treason, sedition and murder are not impeachable offenses, one shudders to think where the line is drawn for those who believe otherwise.
Bill Huizenga, where have you drawn your line?
Tom Beamish
Holland
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"Congressmen Fred Upton and Peter Meijer are to be commended for taking a courageous stand, putting democracy above party, and voting for the impeachment of Donald Trump.\nIf inciting insurrection, treason, sedition and murder are not impeachable offenses, one shudders to think where the line is drawn for those who believe otherwise.\nBill Huizenga, where have you drawn your line?\nTom Beamish\nHolland",
"Letter: Kudos to Upton, Meijer for being courageous",
"Congressmen Fred Upton and Peter Meijer are to be commended for taking a courageous stand, putting democracy above party, and voting for the impeachment of Donald Trump.If inciting insurrection, treason, sedition and murder are not impeachable offenses, one shudders to think where the line is drawn for those who believe otherwise.Bill Huizenga, where have you drawn your line?Tom BeamishHolland"
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We all need a little help from time to time in all aspects of our lives, even our fitness. You may be new to a workout routine, recovering from an injury, or life has simply gotten hectic and you have not worked out in a while. There are many reasons that we need a little assistance with our fitness from time to time. Our move today is an assisted squat. All you need for this move is something to hold on to for support. It could be a countertop, a banister or a railing, basically anything to
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We all need a little help from time to time in all aspects of our lives, even our fitness.
You may be new to a workout routine, recovering from an injury, or life has simply gotten hectic and you have not worked out in a while.
There are many reasons that we need a little assistance with our fitness from time to time.
Our move today is an assisted squat. All you need for this move is something to hold on to for support. It could be a countertop, a banister or a railing, basically anything to give you a little extra help.
This squat exercise will be working your quads, glutes and hamstrings.
To begin this exercise, position yourself near your sturdy support. Placing both hands on the edge of the table or railing, extend your arms all the way out, and position your feet a little wider than hip-width. Once you feel you are in a good position for balance and mobility, you are ready to start squatting.
Proceed into your squat by bending in your knees and pushing yourself into a sitting motion. Be mindful of keeping your knees behind your toes as you squat into a lower position. Using your assistance for leverage, you can take this squat slightly lower than normal. Once you reach your deepest contraction, slowly return back to your standing position. Keeping this movement going, start back immediately into your next squat. Shoot for at least 10 squats per set.
Take a small break in between each set, and continue for at least three sets. If 10 repetitions seem to be too much, you can always build into that. If you need a little more, obviously add a few more reps to each set.
This assisted squat is good for all levels of fitness. If you are more seasoned in your fitness level, you can use the assistance to take your squat lower and deeper. If you have any restrictions, the assistance is there for your balance and to help you return back to your standing position.
This exercise is great for a warm-up, or added into any lower body routine.
Marlo Alleva, an instructor at Gold’s Gym and group fitness coordinator at Fontaine-Gills YMCA in Lakeland, Florida, can be reached at [email protected].
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"We all need a little help from time to time in all aspects of our lives, even our fitness.\nYou may be new to a workout routine, recovering from an injury, or life has simply gotten hectic and you have not worked out in a while.\nThere are many reasons that we need a little assistance with our fitness from time to time.\nOur move today is an assisted squat. All you need for this move is something to hold on to for support. It could be a countertop, a banister or a railing, basically anything to give you a little extra help.\nThis squat exercise will be working your quads, glutes and hamstrings.\nTo begin this exercise, position yourself near your sturdy support. Placing both hands on the edge of the table or railing, extend your arms all the way out, and position your feet a little wider than hip-width. Once you feel you are in a good position for balance and mobility, you are ready to start squatting.\nProceed into your squat by bending in your knees and pushing yourself into a sitting motion. Be mindful of keeping your knees behind your toes as you squat into a lower position. Using your assistance for leverage, you can take this squat slightly lower than normal. Once you reach your deepest contraction, slowly return back to your standing position. Keeping this movement going, start back immediately into your next squat. Shoot for at least 10 squats per set.\nTake a small break in between each set, and continue for at least three sets. If 10 repetitions seem to be too much, you can always build into that. If you need a little more, obviously add a few more reps to each set.\nThis assisted squat is good for all levels of fitness. If you are more seasoned in your fitness level, you can use the assistance to take your squat lower and deeper. If you have any restrictions, the assistance is there for your balance and to help you return back to your standing position.\nThis exercise is great for a warm-up, or added into any lower body routine.\nMarlo Alleva, an instructor at Gold’s Gym and group fitness coordinator at Fontaine-Gills YMCA in Lakeland, Florida, can be reached at [email protected].",
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Reference: Y24-CABLING
Bid Due: February 18, 2021-2:00 p.m.
Jefferson Schools
Administration Office
5707 Williams Road
Newport, MI 48166
CABLING – USF YEAR 24 –2021/2022 (Y24-CABLING).
Instructions to Bidders:
Bids must be submitted on attached forms.
Bids must be sealed and clearly labeled “CABLING – USF YEAR 24”.
Return two (2) complete copies, one (1) marked “original”.
By mail or in person to:
Jefferson Schools
Administration Office
5707 Williams Road
Newport, MI 48166
Bids must be sealed and received by Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Bids received after 2:00 p.m. on February 18, 2021 will be returned unopened. No oral, telephonic, telegraphic, e-mail or facsimile proposals will be considered.
THE IT DEPARTMENT (Mr. Eric Roberts) WILL HOLD A PRE-BID WALK THROUGH OF THE BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 27, 2021 AT 10:00 a.m., STARTING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, LOCATED AT 5705 WILLIAMS ROAD, NEWPORT, MI 48166. The complete RFP can be found at www.jeffersonschools.org. Go to departments/transportation/support services/Request for Proposals.
January 16, 23, 2021
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EDITOR’S NOTE: During a Sept. 29 presidential debate, candidate Joe Biden said of then-President Trump, "His own FBI director said ... antifa is an idea, not an organization," referring to FBI Director Chris Wray. Earlier that month, Wray testified before Congress, saying, "(Antifa is) not a group or an organization. It’s a movement or an ideology."A quiet day and peacefully celebrated transition of power in our nation's capital on Jan. 20, in contrast to the theatrical display of
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EDITOR’S NOTE: During a Sept. 29 presidential debate, candidate Joe Biden said of then-President Trump, "His own FBI director said ... antifa is an idea, not an organization," referring to FBI Director Chris Wray. Earlier that month, Wray testified before Congress, saying, "(Antifa is) not a group or an organization. It’s a movement or an ideology."
A quiet day and peacefully celebrated transition of power in our nation's capital on Jan. 20, in contrast to the theatrical display of tens of thousands of military. No violence should be tolerated.
Meanwhile in the cities of Portland and Seattle, ANTIFA celebrated by arson and destruction of property. In Portland they even smashed windows of the Democratic Party headquarters displaying their logo over the party name and a large banner stating: "We don't want Biden. We want revenge." When asked about ANTIFA during his campaign, now President Biden dismissed it as just an idea.
A huge migrant caravan is now marching toward the southern U.S. border based on Biden's promises of amnesty and open borders. The Biden administration is made up of mostly recycled and controversial personnel from the failed Obama administration's policies. Welcome to the reality of the "swampy" establishment.
Speeches about unity are great. But when a president insinuates senators are acting like Nazis just for exercising their legal rights, it becomes dangerous and divisive political rhetoric. In the past, Democrats have objected to the validity of electoral votes. They were not impeached or censured, as they were exercising their constitutional rights. Many conservatives are now censored or delisted from social media, and other platforms.
Sadly, true liberalism is dead in America, replaced by radical leftists. It used to stand for freedom of speech.
Mihai Craioveanu
Holland
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Offense, defense, special teams. A joy to watch when they’re clicking on all cylinders. Such was the case last Saturday, when Lenawee Christian brought home their first state football championship in convincing fashion and Clinton punched their ticket to a state title showdown a few hours from now with an equally dominating performance. And in both cases, you can chalk up their success to great teamwork. Acrobatic one-handed grabs in the back of the end zone and 200-yard rushing
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Offense, defense, special teams. A joy to watch when they’re clicking on all cylinders. Such was the case last Saturday, when Lenawee Christian brought home their first state football championship in convincing fashion and Clinton punched their ticket to a state title showdown a few hours from now with an equally dominating performance. And in both cases, you can chalk up their success to great teamwork. Acrobatic one-handed grabs in the back of the end zone and 200-yard rushing performances may get the headlines, but none of it happens when there are missed assignments up front.
And the pulling guards run into one another.
Perhaps that’s why Michigan lawmakers’ accomplishments tend to be few and far between. You don’t win many championships when game plans resemble something only the Keystone Kops could have drawn up — some running a hitch-and-go, others an option right 34 dive, and the rest doing the double-jointed marionette kid’s Charlie Brown Christmas shuffle near the Speaker’s rostrum. All while frantically dashing about, waving their batons, and tooting their own whistles. Especially the latter.
Because in Lansing, teamwork is all about the “I.”
A week ago Wednesday, newly elected House Speaker Jason Wentworth, R-Clare, said all the right things while setting the tone for the new legislative session. House members, he said, must work to regain the people’s trust because it’s only through genuine teamwork legislators can overcome the myriad obstacles and challenges facing them during a time of great unpredictability. Alas, that Kumbaya moment lasted all of about two milliseconds before they abruptly canceled session and spent the next 10 days holed up in underground bunkers at an undisclosed location. Teaching the world to sing in perfect harmony, you see, makes some folks go cuckoo.
And we don’t mean for Cocoa Puffs.
For it seems a couple of lawmakers now fancy themselves the second coming of Chicken Man. Not the white-winged warrior of a half-century ago — although one actually does hail from the crimefighting fowl’s hometown of Midland City — but the type who engage in good old-fashioned WWF-style, nose-to-nose, stare-down, you-blink-you-lose, high stakes games of chicken. Thus the hardball ultimatum from the two appropriation committee chairs, Rep. Tom Albert, R-Lowell, and Sen. Jim Stamas, R-Midland, to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Call off the pandemic-related business restrictions pronto. Or “bawck-bawck-bawk-bawwwwck” we’ll reject your gubernatorial appointees and shut you out of the federal COVID-relief spending decision-making.
Going all-in works when you’re sitting on a royal flush. But Stamas doesn’t serve on the committee that reviews gubernatorial appointments, and the panel’s chair has yet to signal any interest in the do-as-I-say-or-else stance. And with Whitmer this week proposing $90 million for vaccine distribution, $225 million in grants for restaurants and other small business support programs, and $2 billion for schools, Albert’s hand is looking more and more like a 2 and 7 off suit.
And even folks who can’t spell poker know that’s an automatic fold.
Dickering over how to apportion available relief dollars is to be expected. But insisting allocations be linked to favored policy decisions is both petty and a fool’s errand. Particularly when a third-party shipper’s botched temperature setting earlier this week meant 12,000 doses of highly sought after Moderna vaccine had to be thrown out. And when the easing of certain business restrictions is already only days away.
Lawmakers who double down when playing chicken should keep one thing in mind. Getting egg on their faces may be the least of their worries. Usually they wind up looking more like Biff Tannen from "Back to the Future."
After a close encounter with a manure truck.
Talk Back with Doug Spade and Mike Clement is heard every Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern Time on WABJ, 1490 AM, Adrian, and online at www.dougspade.com and www.lenconnect.com.
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"Offense, defense, special teams. A joy to watch when they’re clicking on all cylinders. Such was the case last Saturday, when Lenawee Christian brought home their first state football championship in convincing fashion and Clinton punched their ticket to a state title showdown a few hours from now with an equally dominating performance. And in both cases, you can chalk up their success to great teamwork. Acrobatic one-handed grabs in the back of the end zone and 200-yard rushing performances may get the headlines, but none of it happens when there are missed assignments up front.\nAnd the pulling guards run into one another.\nPerhaps that’s why Michigan lawmakers’ accomplishments tend to be few and far between. You don’t win many championships when game plans resemble something only the Keystone Kops could have drawn up — some running a hitch-and-go, others an option right 34 dive, and the rest doing the double-jointed marionette kid’s Charlie Brown Christmas shuffle near the Speaker’s rostrum. All while frantically dashing about, waving their batons, and tooting their own whistles. Especially the latter.\nBecause in Lansing, teamwork is all about the “I.”\nA week ago Wednesday, newly elected House Speaker Jason Wentworth, R-Clare, said all the right things while setting the tone for the new legislative session. House members, he said, must work to regain the people’s trust because it’s only through genuine teamwork legislators can overcome the myriad obstacles and challenges facing them during a time of great unpredictability. Alas, that Kumbaya moment lasted all of about two milliseconds before they abruptly canceled session and spent the next 10 days holed up in underground bunkers at an undisclosed location. Teaching the world to sing in perfect harmony, you see, makes some folks go cuckoo.\nAnd we don’t mean for Cocoa Puffs.\nFor it seems a couple of lawmakers now fancy themselves the second coming of Chicken Man. Not the white-winged warrior of a half-century ago — although one actually does hail from the crimefighting fowl’s hometown of Midland City — but the type who engage in good old-fashioned WWF-style, nose-to-nose, stare-down, you-blink-you-lose, high stakes games of chicken. Thus the hardball ultimatum from the two appropriation committee chairs, Rep. Tom Albert, R-Lowell, and Sen. Jim Stamas, R-Midland, to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.\nCall off the pandemic-related business restrictions pronto. Or “bawck-bawck-bawk-bawwwwck” we’ll reject your gubernatorial appointees and shut you out of the federal COVID-relief spending decision-making.\nGoing all-in works when you’re sitting on a royal flush. But Stamas doesn’t serve on the committee that reviews gubernatorial appointments, and the panel’s chair has yet to signal any interest in the do-as-I-say-or-else stance. And with Whitmer this week proposing $90 million for vaccine distribution, $225 million in grants for restaurants and other small business support programs, and $2 billion for schools, Albert’s hand is looking more and more like a 2 and 7 off suit.\nAnd even folks who can’t spell poker know that’s an automatic fold.\nDickering over how to apportion available relief dollars is to be expected. But insisting allocations be linked to favored policy decisions is both petty and a fool’s errand. Particularly when a third-party shipper’s botched temperature setting earlier this week meant 12,000 doses of highly sought after Moderna vaccine had to be thrown out. And when the easing of certain business restrictions is already only days away.\nLawmakers who double down when playing chicken should keep one thing in mind. Getting egg on their faces may be the least of their worries. Usually they wind up looking more like Biff Tannen from \"Back to the Future.\"\nAfter a close encounter with a manure truck.\nTalk Back with Doug Spade and Mike Clement is heard every Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern Time on WABJ, 1490 AM, Adrian, and online at www.dougspade.com and www.lenconnect.com.",
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"Offense, defense, special teams. A joy to watch when they’re clicking on all cylinders. Such was the case last Saturday, when Lenawee Christian brought home their first state football championship in convincing fashion and Clinton punched their ticket to a state title showdown a few hours from now with an equally dominating performance. And in both cases, you can chalk up their success to great teamwork. Acrobatic one-handed grabs in the back of the end zone and 200-yard rushing"
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TECUMSEH — After years of having its elections administered by Raisin Township, the administration of elections for Tecumseh Public Schools and possibly the Tecumseh District Library will be taken over by the city of Tecumseh.Tecumseh City Council voted unanimously at a meeting Tuesday to approve an election coordination contract with the schools and library from 2021 to 2024.The move would give the responsibility of administering school and library board elections to Tecumseh City
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TECUMSEH — After years of having its elections administered by Raisin Township, the administration of elections for Tecumseh Public Schools and possibly the Tecumseh District Library will be taken over by the city of Tecumseh.
Tecumseh City Council voted unanimously at a meeting Tuesday to approve an election coordination contract with the schools and library from 2021 to 2024.
The move would give the responsibility of administering school and library board elections to Tecumseh City Clerk Tonya Miller. The boundaries of the districts do not coincide with municipal boundaries, covering many of the surrounding townships including part of Adrian Township.
"We don’t have directly coinciding boundaries, therefore, one of the municipalities that conducts elections in the district usually takes on that responsibility for conducting any elections for the schools and likewise for the district library," Tecumseh City Manager Dan Swallow said at the meeting. "… So this would now move Tecumseh, the city of Tecumseh, into that role and obviously allowed to take over management of those elections."
During discussion of the motion, council member Ron Wimple asked if the city would receive any compensation for taking on the role.
"My understanding, yes, if the schools hold an election outside of a regularly scheduled election, that they do have to reimburse the city for our cost," Swallow said.
Swallow’s agenda item review form mentioned that two factors were considered in the decision: that generally, the largest jurisdiction oversees elections where the school district spans multiple voting jurisdictions and that all of the city’s voters fall within the same school district.
At the time of the meeting, it was unknown by the city if there was still a relationship between the school district and library.
"If this relationship no longer exists, then the Tecumseh District Library would not fall under the Tecumseh city clerk’s election coordinator role and the Tecumseh District Library would be responsible for administering their own elections," Swallow wrote, adding that this is still being confirmed by the county clerk’s office.
The former Tecumseh Public Library was spun off from the Tecumseh school district in 2003 as a district library after the school board found it could no longer afford to run the library. The district library initially had a board appointed by the school board and city council that got the district library up and running with its own millage, but that appointed board was later replaced with an elected board. The library board elections are at the November general elections.
Miller said after the meeting that she welcomed the new arrangement, saying that some residents would complain to the city council or county clerk about school and library elections being held outside the city of Tecumseh.
"We welcome having those back in our jurisdiction and we're hoping that we'll be able to trade off in the future with Raisin Township again and work together on that, make that a joint effort between the two jurisdictions," Miller said.
Miller said that the contract would not create any problems for her staff, as most of the responsibilities were already handled by the city during normal elections. The only additional work the contract will create, she said, is obtaining election workers and physically holding the elections when the elections do not coincide with city elections. But these costs will be reimbursed.
While, previously, candidate petitions and filings for school and library elected officials were handled by Raisin Township, this year that role was taken over by the Lenawee County Clerk’s Office.
The state of Michigan requires a review and renewal of election coordinating contracts with public schools across the state every four years.
Raisin Township has administered these elections since 2015.
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"TECUMSEH — After years of having its elections administered by Raisin Township, the administration of elections for Tecumseh Public Schools and possibly the Tecumseh District Library will be taken over by the city of Tecumseh.\nTecumseh City Council voted unanimously at a meeting Tuesday to approve an election coordination contract with the schools and library from 2021 to 2024.\nThe move would give the responsibility of administering school and library board elections to Tecumseh City Clerk Tonya Miller. The boundaries of the districts do not coincide with municipal boundaries, covering many of the surrounding townships including part of Adrian Township.\n\"We don’t have directly coinciding boundaries, therefore, one of the municipalities that conducts elections in the district usually takes on that responsibility for conducting any elections for the schools and likewise for the district library,\" Tecumseh City Manager Dan Swallow said at the meeting. \"… So this would now move Tecumseh, the city of Tecumseh, into that role and obviously allowed to take over management of those elections.\"\nDuring discussion of the motion, council member Ron Wimple asked if the city would receive any compensation for taking on the role.\n\"My understanding, yes, if the schools hold an election outside of a regularly scheduled election, that they do have to reimburse the city for our cost,\" Swallow said.\nSwallow’s agenda item review form mentioned that two factors were considered in the decision: that generally, the largest jurisdiction oversees elections where the school district spans multiple voting jurisdictions and that all of the city’s voters fall within the same school district.\nAt the time of the meeting, it was unknown by the city if there was still a relationship between the school district and library.\n\"If this relationship no longer exists, then the Tecumseh District Library would not fall under the Tecumseh city clerk’s election coordinator role and the Tecumseh District Library would be responsible for administering their own elections,\" Swallow wrote, adding that this is still being confirmed by the county clerk’s office.\nThe former Tecumseh Public Library was spun off from the Tecumseh school district in 2003 as a district library after the school board found it could no longer afford to run the library. The district library initially had a board appointed by the school board and city council that got the district library up and running with its own millage, but that appointed board was later replaced with an elected board. The library board elections are at the November general elections.\nMiller said after the meeting that she welcomed the new arrangement, saying that some residents would complain to the city council or county clerk about school and library elections being held outside the city of Tecumseh.\n\"We welcome having those back in our jurisdiction and we're hoping that we'll be able to trade off in the future with Raisin Township again and work together on that, make that a joint effort between the two jurisdictions,\" Miller said.\nMiller said that the contract would not create any problems for her staff, as most of the responsibilities were already handled by the city during normal elections. The only additional work the contract will create, she said, is obtaining election workers and physically holding the elections when the elections do not coincide with city elections. But these costs will be reimbursed.\nWhile, previously, candidate petitions and filings for school and library elected officials were handled by Raisin Township, this year that role was taken over by the Lenawee County Clerk’s Office.\nThe state of Michigan requires a review and renewal of election coordinating contracts with public schools across the state every four years.\nRaisin Township has administered these elections since 2015.",
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The abbreviated 2021 NHL season just got underway. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the season will be shortened to 56 games and will feature new division realignments to limit travel across the U.S.-Canada border. One division will be comprised of the NHL’s Canadian teams (North), while the U.S.-based teams will be split into three geographical divisions (East, Central, West). This year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs will have a traditional 16-team, best-of-seven format, with the top
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The abbreviated 2021 NHL season just got underway. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the season will be shortened to 56 games and will feature new division realignments to limit travel across the U.S.-Canada border. One division will be comprised of the NHL’s Canadian teams (North), while the U.S.-based teams will be split into three geographical divisions (East, Central, West). This year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs will have a traditional 16-team, best-of-seven format, with the top four teams in each division qualifying for the postseason. Here are a few hockey podcasts to get you up to speed on the 2021 season.
Puck Podcast
Focusing on analysis, interviews, opinions and information, hosts Eddie Garcia and Doug Stolhand talk about nothing but the NHL. Each week, Garcia and Stolhand breakdown the latest in NHL news during each two-hour show. Each episode is broken down into three periods. The first period begins with general discussion, the second period features interviews and reviews, and the third period focuses on the listeners of the show.
Find it: http://puckpodcast.com/
Puck Soup
ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski, The Athletic’s Sean "Down Goes Brown" McIndoe and Yahoo Sports’ Ryan Lambert get into hockey, both on the ice and about fan culture. Puck Soup also features the group’s takes on movies, TV, fast food and life lessons. Recent episodes include "2020-21 Season Picks," "NHL Over/Unders" and "New Season When?"
Find it: https://pucksoup.libsyn.com/
Hockey Central
Produced by Sportsnet, hosts Jeff Marek, David Amber, Anthony Stewart and Justin Bourne break down all the stories from around the NHL. The show runs five days a week and features former players and executives talking about the latest news. Recent episodes include "Every Year Opening Night Is A Great Night," "Did You Win A Gold Medal With Him?" and "Hold On, One Goal Is A Good Year!"
Find it: https://www.sportsnet.ca
The Full 60
Longtime hockey journalist and NHL insider Craig Custance takes a deep dive into the league with weekly conversations with the game’s most intriguing voices. He tries to cover hockey topics from a unique angle. Recent episodes include "Nick and Janelle Folingo’s ‘Dear Heart’ Milana," "Best of 2020: Burns, Trotz, Burke, Ryan and Emrick" and "James Duthie is a real beauty."
Find it: https://theathletic.com/podcast/22-the-full-60/
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I have worn many hats during my life. I have been a daughter, a wife, a friend, a teacher, a mother and a grandmother. I treasure all my "jobs," but the one that is the dearest to me is motherhood.I have four children and three grandchildren. My kids are all gone from home now; each flew the nest so to speak and now it’s just me and my furry friends: A handsome elderly German shepherd whose loyalty and love are immeasurable and a little 14-year-old lemon Beagle whose stubbornness matches
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I have worn many hats during my life. I have been a daughter, a wife, a friend, a teacher, a mother and a grandmother. I treasure all my "jobs," but the one that is the dearest to me is motherhood.
I have four children and three grandchildren. My kids are all gone from home now; each flew the nest so to speak and now it’s just me and my furry friends: A handsome elderly German shepherd whose loyalty and love are immeasurable and a little 14-year-old lemon Beagle whose stubbornness matches my own testing our relationship daily.
Long gone are the days of rush, rush and then rush some more to get my children to school, to sporting events, tend to their needs, cook dinners, worry about keeping shoes and clothes on them, pay bills, go to school myself and work full-time. That time in my life is a huge blur now! I honestly do not know how I pulled it off single-handedly. But we managed and it’s all memories now. Precious, timeless memories.
As with most mothers, my children and grandchildren are number one in my priority list of life. Mothers carry their children for nine months, give birth, cradle their babies, teach them how to feed themselves, to talk, potty training, social skills and life lessons to name a few. It is a long, sometimes not so smooth, journey where the good, the bad and the ugly intermingle on a daily basis. We worry about every little thing; we worry about their health, their happiness, their performance in school, their friendships, their self-esteem. We do this 24/7 for decades.
Then, the day comes when they fly the nest to pursue their own lives, be it college, an apartment with friends, a new state or sometimes a new country. Gone from our reach, they are gone.
We sit in our living rooms and think about them just the same. We worry just the same way because a mother’s heart is programmed to worry. We pray for them. We hold on to each memory. My favorite is one of a few years back when my sons came together in a room at my house as grown men, not little boys, and shook each other’s hands as grown men do. Oh, how my heart was full to be able to see that take place.
In my other jobs, my responsibilities remain the same. Not much has changed over the years. However, I am no longer a full-time mother, not in a physical sense anyway. And it is hard. It is hard. It is a transition harder than any other I have faced. You see, in a mother’s heart one is forever the little boy or little girl.
I feel displaced. I feel like I have empty hands and arms, for they are not within my arm length anymore. An occasional phone call or visit has replaced the face-to-face dinners of everyday.
I suppose that motherhood is a job that has phases: The Survival Phase: You are needed for survival mode (baby to toddler); The Guidance Phase: You stand by and teach, correct, teach, correct (ages 5-18); The Transition Phase: When you attempt to put in your two cents (college, early adulthood). Finally, the Last Phase: The "I’m Here if You Need Me" Phase (20s on).
My final thoughts are the words I say to a young mother who is struggling with her toddler at the local grocery store: "Treasure these moments for in a blink of an eye these moments become mere memories."
Sandra Parker is a special education teacher who recently moved to Detroit Beach. She can be reached at [email protected].
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"I have worn many hats during my life. I have been a daughter, a wife, a friend, a teacher, a mother and a grandmother. I treasure all my \"jobs,\" but the one that is the dearest to me is motherhood.\nI have four children and three grandchildren. My kids are all gone from home now; each flew the nest so to speak and now it’s just me and my furry friends: A handsome elderly German shepherd whose loyalty and love are immeasurable and a little 14-year-old lemon Beagle whose stubbornness matches my own testing our relationship daily.\nLong gone are the days of rush, rush and then rush some more to get my children to school, to sporting events, tend to their needs, cook dinners, worry about keeping shoes and clothes on them, pay bills, go to school myself and work full-time. That time in my life is a huge blur now! I honestly do not know how I pulled it off single-handedly. But we managed and it’s all memories now. Precious, timeless memories.\nAs with most mothers, my children and grandchildren are number one in my priority list of life. Mothers carry their children for nine months, give birth, cradle their babies, teach them how to feed themselves, to talk, potty training, social skills and life lessons to name a few. It is a long, sometimes not so smooth, journey where the good, the bad and the ugly intermingle on a daily basis. We worry about every little thing; we worry about their health, their happiness, their performance in school, their friendships, their self-esteem. We do this 24/7 for decades.\nThen, the day comes when they fly the nest to pursue their own lives, be it college, an apartment with friends, a new state or sometimes a new country. Gone from our reach, they are gone.\nWe sit in our living rooms and think about them just the same. We worry just the same way because a mother’s heart is programmed to worry. We pray for them. We hold on to each memory. My favorite is one of a few years back when my sons came together in a room at my house as grown men, not little boys, and shook each other’s hands as grown men do. Oh, how my heart was full to be able to see that take place.\nIn my other jobs, my responsibilities remain the same. Not much has changed over the years. However, I am no longer a full-time mother, not in a physical sense anyway. And it is hard. It is hard. It is a transition harder than any other I have faced. You see, in a mother’s heart one is forever the little boy or little girl.\nI feel displaced. I feel like I have empty hands and arms, for they are not within my arm length anymore. An occasional phone call or visit has replaced the face-to-face dinners of everyday.\nI suppose that motherhood is a job that has phases: The Survival Phase: You are needed for survival mode (baby to toddler); The Guidance Phase: You stand by and teach, correct, teach, correct (ages 5-18); The Transition Phase: When you attempt to put in your two cents (college, early adulthood). Finally, the Last Phase: The \"I’m Here if You Need Me\" Phase (20s on).\nMy final thoughts are the words I say to a young mother who is struggling with her toddler at the local grocery store: \"Treasure these moments for in a blink of an eye these moments become mere memories.\"\nSandra Parker is a special education teacher who recently moved to Detroit Beach. She can be reached at [email protected].",
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"I have worn many hats during my life. I have been a daughter, a wife, a friend, a teacher, a mother and a grandmother. I treasure all my \"jobs,\" but the one that is the dearest to me is motherhood.I have four children and three grandchildren. My kids are all gone from home now; each flew the nest so to speak and now it’s just me and my furry friends: A handsome elderly German shepherd whose loyalty and love are immeasurable and a little 14-year-old lemon Beagle whose stubbornness matches"
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Well, I see the actions against Marlena’s Bistro continue as our governor has had some more of her minions take action against her and her constitutional rights, although anything constitutional is not a popular issue anymore.I wonder how they would feel if they lost their jobs; would their stance be a little different?Oh, they would probably say they were just doing their jobs.Millions of people through history have had their lives ruined or destroyed by such actions.I see that Marlena
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Well, I see the actions against Marlena’s Bistro continue as our governor has had some more of her minions take action against her and her constitutional rights, although anything constitutional is not a popular issue anymore.
I wonder how they would feel if they lost their jobs; would their stance be a little different?
Oh, they would probably say they were just doing their jobs.
Millions of people through history have had their lives ruined or destroyed by such actions.
I see that Marlena has a court appearance on Feb. 1 with an administrative law judge.
It will be interesting to view the outcome, as it will be key to others who would be willing to challenge these type of closures over government overreach.
Hope and pray the judge does not take this matter lightly and follows constitutional guidelines.
There is a saying that if you put fear in people, then they are more easily controlled.
I think the past 10 months of rhetoric of the pandemic is a good example.
I think there is a whole generation that has no idea what the Constitution is and what it stands for, as it is not being taught in public schools.
Curt Folkert
Overisel Township
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"Well, I see the actions against Marlena’s Bistro continue as our governor has had some more of her minions take action against her and her constitutional rights, although anything constitutional is not a popular issue anymore.\nI wonder how they would feel if they lost their jobs; would their stance be a little different?\nOh, they would probably say they were just doing their jobs.\nMillions of people through history have had their lives ruined or destroyed by such actions.\nI see that Marlena has a court appearance on Feb. 1 with an administrative law judge.\nIt will be interesting to view the outcome, as it will be key to others who would be willing to challenge these type of closures over government overreach.\nHope and pray the judge does not take this matter lightly and follows constitutional guidelines.\nThere is a saying that if you put fear in people, then they are more easily controlled.\nI think the past 10 months of rhetoric of the pandemic is a good example.\nI think there is a whole generation that has no idea what the Constitution is and what it stands for, as it is not being taught in public schools.\nCurt Folkert\nOverisel Township",
"Letter: Court must side with Marlena",
"Well, I see the actions against Marlena’s Bistro continue as our governor has had some more of her minions take action against her and her constitutional rights, although anything constitutional is not a popular issue anymore.I wonder how they would feel if they lost their jobs; would their stance be a little different?Oh, they would probably say they were just doing their jobs.Millions of people through history have had their lives ruined or destroyed by such actions.I see that Marlena"
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HOLLAND TWP. — New York City-based real estate developer Magnus Capital Partners will break ground this spring on a new apartment complex in Holland Township near the Shops at Westshore.The Felch Street project, called HOM Flats at Felch Street, will include 114 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment units at a mix of "affordable" and market-rate prices.Seventy-seven of the 114 units will be below-market-rate units, with 20 units priced for renters making 80 percent of the area median
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HOLLAND TWP. — New York City-based real estate developer Magnus Capital Partners will break ground this spring on a new apartment complex in Holland Township near the Shops at Westshore.
The Felch Street project, called HOM Flats at Felch Street, will include 114 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment units at a mix of "affordable" and market-rate prices.
Seventy-seven of the 114 units will be below-market-rate units, with 20 units priced for renters making 80 percent of the area median income, 30 units priced for 60 percent of the AMI, 11 units priced for 50 percent of the AMI and 16 percent for 40 percent of the AMI.
The area median income in Ottawa County is $67,468, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The three four-story buildings will be constructed on 8 acres of land at 12191 and 12199 Felch St., purchased in December 2020.
Amenities of the development will include an on-site fitness studio, remote work space, dog park, playground, walking paths, rooftop terraces and a community cafe.
The Holland Charter Township Board of Trustees approved a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement with Magnus Capital last summer. PILOTs are commonly used by municipal governments to make affordable housing developments financially viable.
Since breaking ground in 2019, Magnus Capital Partners has been in the process of redeveloping the former Studio 28 movie theater site in Wyoming into HOM Flats at 28 West, Magnus Capital’s first venture in West Michigan.
The development firm also recently received approval for plans for a 240-unit development on 12 acres of land near Maynard Avenue and Lake Michigan Drive in Grand Rapids.
Vishal Arora, founder and CEO of Magnus Capital Partners, was born and raised in Zeeland and has said his goal with the HOM portfolio is to bring "high quality workforce housing" to West Michigan.
"Any effort that requires large-scale cooperation must be rooted in a common belief system," Arora stated in a news release about the Holland project.
"HOM Flats at Felch Street demonstrates that community and private stakeholders are committed to the development of high quality workforce housing to accompany an unprecedented period of economic growth that has left many renters seeking better options."
Rohde Construction of Kentwood has been hired as the builder. Muskegon-based architectural firm Hooker DeJong and Exxel Engineering of Grand Rapids performed design and engineering work for the project.
Leasing and property management will be handled by American Preferred Management of Grand Rapids.
HOM Flats at Felch Street aims to begin pre-leasing for apartments in the fall. The first units will be ready for move-in by winter 2022.
— Contact reporter Carolyn Muyskens at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter at @cjmuyskens.
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As we all say goodbye to a difficult 2020, I was looking for something warm and fuzzy to ring in the New Year.I found it in an article on the front page of the Jan. 2 issue of The Sentinel about West Ottawa’s T.J. Mann. Even with the turmoil in his early family life, T.J. worked hard and earned the Boy Scouts’ highest award, the Eagle Scout Merit badge.I know that there are a lot of folks out there he's never met who are proud of this determined young man and I, for one, am one of
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As we all say goodbye to a difficult 2020, I was looking for something warm and fuzzy to ring in the New Year.
I found it in an article on the front page of the Jan. 2 issue of The Sentinel about West Ottawa’s T.J. Mann. Even with the turmoil in his early family life, T.J. worked hard and earned the Boy Scouts’ highest award, the Eagle Scout Merit badge.
I know that there are a lot of folks out there he's never met who are proud of this determined young man and I, for one, am one of them!
I've won medals, trophies and honors throughout my life, but the proudest moment was standing on a platform in my Boy Scout uniform with my merit badge sash across my shoulder, in 1955 at age 15, looking out at Scouts from my Troop 147, friends, relatives, my dad, and Scout Master, as my mom pinned my Eagle Scout Merit badge on my shirt.
I'm sure T.J. will agree when I say that the Boy Scout Law has, and will be, words he will always live by. The Boy Scout Law is: Be, trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
Congratulations, young man! Oh, and remember the old Boy Scout song, "Be prepared, it's the Boy Scouts marching song, be prepared as through life we march along!"
Doug Slade
Park Township
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"As we all say goodbye to a difficult 2020, I was looking for something warm and fuzzy to ring in the New Year.I found it in an article on the front page of the Jan. 2 issue of The Sentinel about West Ottawa’s T.J. Mann. Even with the turmoil in his early family life, T.J. worked hard and earned the Boy Scouts’ highest award, the Eagle Scout Merit badge.I know that there are a lot of folks out there he's never met who are proud of this determined young man and I, for one, am one of"
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Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****As a stay-at-home mom, I have always aspired to attain housekeeping perfection. I figured, how hard could it be to clean the house and get all the laundry done in a 14-hour day? However, while this is a good concept in theory, it is somewhat harder to attain in the real world.For example, no sooner will I get the laundry done, then one of my kids will drip or drop something down the front of their shirt. So, I will wash the shirt. And
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As a stay-at-home mom, I have always aspired to attain housekeeping perfection. I figured, how hard could it be to clean the house and get all the laundry done in a 14-hour day? However, while this is a good concept in theory, it is somewhat harder to attain in the real world.
For example, no sooner will I get the laundry done, then one of my kids will drip or drop something down the front of their shirt.
So, I will wash the shirt.
And while I am washing the shirt, the dog will go outside, run through the mud and then track it across the kitchen floor.
So, I will wash the floor and wipe down the dog, and then he will immediately run outside and roll in the mud again.
Then, he will come back in the house and before I can stop him he will run across the clean floor and jump up on one of my kids, leaving dirty paw prints all over their shirt.
So, I will have to wash the shirt again, wash the floor again, and wipe down the dog … again.
This can go on all day until the kids are asleep, the dog is in for the night, and I am looking through the paper for another family that will adopt both the kids and the dog.
For a while I thought that maybe if I tried lowering my expectations of what a clean house and clean kids should look like, I might be more successful at this housekeeping perfection concept. Then I realized if my house routinely looked like a hurricane swept through it and my kids routinely looked like they had been standing in front of an open food processor, it didn’t really qualify on any level as housekeeping perfection.
“You’re seeking the impossible,” said my husband when I complained to him about the sad state of affairs that was our house.“ Having a clean house when you have kids and a dog just goes against the laws of nature.”
And with that, he peeled off his socks, dropped them on the floor, and left the room.
“You forgot to mention HUSBANDS,” I yelled after him.
Clearly, the odds were stacked against me. But I was still confident that I could be the Queen of Clean. The Goddess of Domesticity: Destroyer of Dirt and Dust Bunnies. … Cuz, you know, clearly I have nothing better to do than get my family’s whites their whitest white and have a house that sparkles and shines.
Convinced that I could have a clean house for at least one day, I waited until my husband went out of town, the kids were at school and the dog was at the groomers. Then I attacked my house with the power of Pine Sol and caffeine. For four hours I scrubbed, scoured, put away, threw away, vacuumed, dust-busted and generally declared war on the mess that was my home. I emerged victorious. My home-clean-home was a vision of loveliness with nary a dust bunny or hairball in sight. Mr. Clean himself couldn’t have done a better job.
Just as I was putting away the last cleaning product, the kids got home from school.
“Hey guys,” I said cheerily, “Doesn’t the house look awesome?”
They looked at me horrified.
“Yeah Mom,” said my son, “But YOU look like a mess!”
You can follow Tracy on Twitter @TracyBeckerman and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LostinSuburbiaFanPage.
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"Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****As a stay-at-home mom, I have always aspired to attain housekeeping perfection. I figured, how hard could it be to clean the house and get all the laundry done in a 14-hour day? However, while this is a good concept in theory, it is somewhat harder to attain in the real world.For example, no sooner will I get the laundry done, then one of my kids will drip or drop something down the front of their shirt. So, I will wash the shirt. And"
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ADRIAN — All season, the Adrian College NCAA Division III men's and women's hockey teams have been working toward Northern Collegiate Hockey Association play and a possible NCAA Division III tournament berth.However, with the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on sports schedules, there was no guarantees that either one of those would be possible for both programs, which are both the defending NCHA champions.That was until Dec. 23, when the NCHA endorsed a return to play for the
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ADRIAN — All season, the Adrian College NCAA Division III men's and women's hockey teams have been working toward Northern Collegiate Hockey Association play and a possible NCAA Division III tournament berth.
However, with the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on sports schedules, there was no guarantees that either one of those would be possible for both programs, which are both the defending NCHA champions.
That was until Dec. 23, when the NCHA endorsed a return to play for the conference's teams that wanted in. While it is by no means a guarantee that there will be an NCAA tournament waiting the winners of the NCHA, it does solidify a back-end to the schedule for both programs.
"The mood is business as usual," said men’s coach Adram Krug. "We're back to work defending the title from last year, and it's about us getting better every day. We've got a group that has more games under their belt than any other D-III school in the country, and we can't waste that. We're here, we're back from Christmas break and our guys are on the ice every day, working hard already and we're just excited to go out and play each night."
Under the circumstances, the conference schedules for both of Adrian's NCAA teams already had to be adjusted from being a normal schedule spanning from starting games in November and stretching them, along with a few non-conference contests, until the end of February or beginning of March, to something more closely resembling a sprint.
Both teams will begin NCHA play the first weekend of February, and according to the schedules on the Adrian College athletics pages for the teams, playing every weekend that month and the first weekend of March, getting eight conference games against other teams out of their division.
According to Krug, the top two teams from each division would then comprise the NCHA's tournament field and play each other, with the winners then playing for the conference title and any possible NCAA Tournament berth awarded to the NCHA champions if there is to be a national tournament this year.
The condensed schedule, as it stands on Saturday morning, sees the AC men starting up in a pair of away games at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) on Feb. 5 and 6 and wrapping up conference play a month later with a home-and-home series against Trine, while the Bulldog women start on Feb. 6 at home, also against the Thunder, and wrap it on March 6 at home against Aurora.
With each team now forced into a two-game series against each opponent each week of February and the first week of March, the stakes for each individual game now get raised higher than they have been before.
"The x-factor to me is coming out ready to go right from game one," Krug said. "You can't give up any games. We still at this point don't know what the NCAA tournament is going to look like if there is one, we don't know if these non-conference games are going to count for anything when it comes to the tournament seeding or an at-large potentially, but we have seen at the Division I level where some leagues have gone back and taken non-conference games and counted them toward conference standings, so you don't want to put yourself behind the eight-ball because you're not ready to play and you drop a game that you shouldn't have just because you were unprepared."
Also coming with the condensed schedule means less time for teams to recover injuries or possible positive COVID tests in their lineups, which in turn means that focusing on the health and welfare of the players will be important.
"We gotta take care of our bodies throughout each week with maintenance and making sure that if there's any aches and pains," said women’s coach Shawn Skelly. "You're getting in with our training staff and eating right. It's gonna a sprint in those few weeks and there's gonna be a lot of different travel. We're used to traveling a lot, but usually we travel to one place and we play an opponent twice on the road, where it's a little uncharacteristic this year because of the restrictions that each university has. You're playing one team and then playing the same team the next night either at home or on the road, so there's a lot of logistics for it. We're just going to have to be flexible, understand that this is what we have in front of us and be happy that we're playing and just focus on the task at hand."
Fans have not been able to watch the Bulldogs all season long and while AC works on protocols to get some fans in the stands at Arrington Ice Arena, Adrian men's fans will be able to get a bit of a hockey fix, as they can go watch the Bulldogs take on the U.S. National Under-18 team in an exhibition game Sunday at the USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, with a limited number of fans being allowed for the contest and tickets were still available for purchase as of Saturday morning.
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LANSING — Michigan requested on Monday that standardized testing be waived for the 2020-2021 school year, after a school year marked with instruction inconsistency and difficulty due to the coronavirus pandemic.The Michigan Department of Education submitted the request to the U.S. Department of Education to allow schools to prioritize beginning and end of year benchmark assessments to ensure students are on track with their education and pause federally mandated testing.Michigan can't
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LANSING — Michigan requested on Monday that standardized testing be waived for the 2020-2021 school year, after a school year marked with instruction inconsistency and difficulty due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Michigan Department of Education submitted the request to the U.S. Department of Education to allow schools to prioritize beginning and end of year benchmark assessments to ensure students are on track with their education and pause federally mandated testing.
Michigan can't safely and uniformly administer a fair standardized test, state Superintendent Michael Rice said in the request. Inconsistent internet connection and distracted home environments make online test-taking unfair and accommodations for those with language barriers or disabilities are more difficult to provide during the pandemic.
Last March, as virus cases grew and schools moved online, then-U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos allowed Michigan to waive standardized testing for the 2019-2020 school year. Near the end of her tenure, as waivers were being requested again, she told chief state school officers in a letter that standardized testing is expected for the 2020-2021 school year.
This year, the state will administer benchmark tests to as many students as safely possible, Rice said. Time would be better spent using benchmark tests to help teachers in individual schools to know how to approach classes moving forward at their specific schools.
The Michigan Education Association, which represents about 120,000 teachers and other education professionals, supports waiving standardized testing. MEA President Paula Herbart said in a statement Monday that the federal government and the state Legislature should allow students to catch up on what they might have missed during the pandemic.
"Amidst this pandemic, we simply cannot waste valuable learning time on high-stakes standardized testing," Herbart said. "Mandated standardized testing like the M-STEP does not provide educators the data needed to meet individual student learning needs in real time, which is what we need to be laser focused on right now."
The Every Student Succeeds Act requires 95% of eligible students to take standardized tests or states could lose federal funding. Rice said it is unclear when a majority of students would be able to attend in-person instruction and take a test.
"We find our efforts are better focused on providing supports for the academic and social-emotional needs of our students, rather than using limited in-person time with students in preparation for and administration of state summative assessments," Rice said. "We believe data from these assessments will help educators identify students’ strengths and weaknesses and design instruction to best support student learning during this unprecedented season."
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"LANSING — Michigan requested on Monday that standardized testing be waived for the 2020-2021 school year, after a school year marked with instruction inconsistency and difficulty due to the coronavirus pandemic.\nThe Michigan Department of Education submitted the request to the U.S. Department of Education to allow schools to prioritize beginning and end of year benchmark assessments to ensure students are on track with their education and pause federally mandated testing.\nMichigan can't safely and uniformly administer a fair standardized test, state Superintendent Michael Rice said in the request. Inconsistent internet connection and distracted home environments make online test-taking unfair and accommodations for those with language barriers or disabilities are more difficult to provide during the pandemic.\nLast March, as virus cases grew and schools moved online, then-U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos allowed Michigan to waive standardized testing for the 2019-2020 school year. Near the end of her tenure, as waivers were being requested again, she told chief state school officers in a letter that standardized testing is expected for the 2020-2021 school year.\nThis year, the state will administer benchmark tests to as many students as safely possible, Rice said. Time would be better spent using benchmark tests to help teachers in individual schools to know how to approach classes moving forward at their specific schools.\nThe Michigan Education Association, which represents about 120,000 teachers and other education professionals, supports waiving standardized testing. MEA President Paula Herbart said in a statement Monday that the federal government and the state Legislature should allow students to catch up on what they might have missed during the pandemic.\n\"Amidst this pandemic, we simply cannot waste valuable learning time on high-stakes standardized testing,\" Herbart said. \"Mandated standardized testing like the M-STEP does not provide educators the data needed to meet individual student learning needs in real time, which is what we need to be laser focused on right now.\"\nThe Every Student Succeeds Act requires 95% of eligible students to take standardized tests or states could lose federal funding. Rice said it is unclear when a majority of students would be able to attend in-person instruction and take a test.\n\"We find our efforts are better focused on providing supports for the academic and social-emotional needs of our students, rather than using limited in-person time with students in preparation for and administration of state summative assessments,\" Rice said. \"We believe data from these assessments will help educators identify students’ strengths and weaknesses and design instruction to best support student learning during this unprecedented season.\"",
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"LANSING — Michigan requested on Monday that standardized testing be waived for the 2020-2021 school year, after a school year marked with instruction inconsistency and difficulty due to the coronavirus pandemic.The Michigan Department of Education submitted the request to the U.S. Department of Education to allow schools to prioritize beginning and end of year benchmark assessments to ensure students are on track with their education and pause federally mandated testing.Michigan can't"
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A baby boy, Nathan G. Ortiz Rivera, was the first baby born in 2021 at ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital.
A baby boy, Nathan G. Ortiz Rivera, was the first baby born in 2021 at ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital.
He was born at 8:14 p.m. Jan. 1. Baby Nathan was 5 pounds, 6.8 ounces; and 19 inches long, according to a report from the hospital.
He is the son of Nayka Rivera Berrios and Juan Ortiz of Monroe.
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DETROIT — President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who has served about seven years of a 28-year sentence for corruption.The announcement Wednesday was part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of Trump's White House term that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, ex-members of Congress and other allies of Trump and his family.A White House statement said that prominent members of the Detroit
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DETROIT — President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who has served about seven years of a 28-year sentence for corruption.
The announcement Wednesday was part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of Trump's White House term that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, ex-members of Congress and other allies of Trump and his family.
A White House statement said that prominent members of the Detroit community had supported the former Democratic mayor's commutation and it noted: "During his incarceration, Mr. Kilpatrick has taught public speaking classes and has led Bible Study groups with his fellow inmates."
Kilpatrick, 50, also had asked for Trump's help to get out of prison.
U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider, who has long argued Kilpatrick should not be released early, blasted the commutation decision, the Detroit Free Press reported. The top federal prosecutor in Detroit said Kilpatrick's original sentence "was very appropriately imposed."
"My position on the disgraced former mayor of Detroit has not changed. Kwame Kilpatrick has earned every day he served in federal prison for the horrible crimes he committed against the people of Detroit," Schneider said. "He is a notorious and unrepentant criminal."
Kilpatrick was convicted in 2013 of racketeering conspiracy, fraud, extortion and tax crimes. The government called it the "Kilpatrick enterprise," a yearslong scheme to shake down contractors and reward allies.
Kilpatrick's lawyers had asked for a 15-year sentence. But U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds agreed with prosecutors and ordered an extraordinary 28-year term.
With good time credits, Kilpatrick had been listed for release in 2037. He's been incarcerated at the federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
In May, Kilpatrick was turned down for home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic.
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"DETROIT — President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who has served about seven years of a 28-year sentence for corruption.\nThe announcement Wednesday was part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of Trump's White House term that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, ex-members of Congress and other allies of Trump and his family.\nA White House statement said that prominent members of the Detroit community had supported the former Democratic mayor's commutation and it noted: \"During his incarceration, Mr. Kilpatrick has taught public speaking classes and has led Bible Study groups with his fellow inmates.\"\nKilpatrick, 50, also had asked for Trump's help to get out of prison.\nU.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider, who has long argued Kilpatrick should not be released early, blasted the commutation decision, the Detroit Free Press reported. The top federal prosecutor in Detroit said Kilpatrick's original sentence \"was very appropriately imposed.\"\n\"My position on the disgraced former mayor of Detroit has not changed. Kwame Kilpatrick has earned every day he served in federal prison for the horrible crimes he committed against the people of Detroit,\" Schneider said. \"He is a notorious and unrepentant criminal.\"\nKilpatrick was convicted in 2013 of racketeering conspiracy, fraud, extortion and tax crimes. The government called it the \"Kilpatrick enterprise,\" a yearslong scheme to shake down contractors and reward allies.\nKilpatrick's lawyers had asked for a 15-year sentence. But U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds agreed with prosecutors and ordered an extraordinary 28-year term.\nWith good time credits, Kilpatrick had been listed for release in 2037. He's been incarcerated at the federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.\nIn May, Kilpatrick was turned down for home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic.",
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"DETROIT — President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who has served about seven years of a 28-year sentence for corruption.The announcement Wednesday was part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of Trump's White House term that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, ex-members of Congress and other allies of Trump and his family.A White House statement said that prominent members of the Detroit"
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Decorative wall mirrors: There’s a reason that interior designers, homeowners, and renters alike all gravitate towards this one piece of décor when creating the ideal interior space. This timeless accent promises much more than its functional purpose.Wall mirrors can give a dull room a new dimension, add extra light, and even trick the eye into seeing a much more spacious, well, space. Plus, a mirror can match with any home décor style, whether traditional, mid-century modern,
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Decorative wall mirrors: There’s a reason that interior designers, homeowners, and renters alike all gravitate towards this one piece of décor when creating the ideal interior space. This timeless accent promises much more than its functional purpose.
Wall mirrors can give a dull room a new dimension, add extra light, and even trick the eye into seeing a much more spacious, well, space. Plus, a mirror can match with any home décor style, whether traditional, mid-century modern, bohemian, or industrial.
Wall mirror decorating ideas are endless, but we’ve narrowed down five design possibilities for a simple yet effective upgrade.
1. Windowpane mirrors brighten a room
Windowpane mirrors are exactly what they sound like—a mirror that looks like a window. Small pieces of wood create sections over the mirror, creating what looks like a windowpane, while the mirror reflects light. This wall mirror idea is a bright addition to a room that lacks natural light.
A windowpane mirror is versatile and pairs well with any design style. For a more rustic look, go for natural, distressed wood or faded metal material like this distressed white mirror sold at Wayfair.
For a more minimalist and modern look, this iron-framed gold mirror sold at Target adds an elegant touch fit for any simple space.
2. A gallery mirror wall offers an artistic vibe
If you have a big, blank stretch of wall, arranging decorative mirrors in an art gallery style can be a beautiful way to create dimension and add personality and texture to your room. This look can work in a variety of spots around your home, from the dining room, to the living room, and along a staircase.
Similarly to a gallery photo wall, this look comes together with a collection of different mirrors from furniture stores and vintage shops. If you don’t have the time or desire to spend browsing, you can purchase a curated set of mirrors that’s a ready-made mix and match design.
3. Floor-length and floor mirrors make your room look taller
A trick many interior designers use to make a room feel much larger than it actually is by introducing a full-length mirror into the space.
Large leaning wall mirrors has been one such trend popping up across the internet and in homes. This style is perfect for getting ready in the morning, creating the illusion of a super spacious room, or for snapping a shameless selfie.
This vintage-inspired wall/floor mirror from Anthropologie earns rave reviews and has become a must-have item as seen on Instagram. For a less ornate vibe, this modern metal framed standing mirror sold at The Home Depot fills up both wall and floor space.
4. Entryway wall mirrors offer guests a fancy welcome
The entryway or foyer is your home’s version of a first impression. So make a good one with a mirrored accent rather than framed art. Foyers can be small, especially in older homes, and a mirror immediately opens up the area.
We recommend keeping this decorative mirror on the small side, and place it above an entryway console table or a shoe rack. Try adding a shorter mirror that has more length, or a portrait-style mirror that’s perfect for quick touch-ups before heading out the door.
This entryway mirror with a shelf and hooks sold at Urban Outfitters is a gorgeous essential for keeping your car keys, sunglasses, and face masks all in one place.
5. An over-the-bed centerpiece mirror opens up the bedroom
Create a focal point in any bedroom with a mirror over the bed. Doing so may surprise your senses—the mirror will open up your space and pull sunlight towards it.
We recommend going for a wider mirror that will stretch to complement the width of your bed. This brass-brushed mirror sold at Joss and Main creates an elongated look.
Pro tip: Pair an over-the-bed mirror with a floor-length mirror on another wall for maximum effect.
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"Decorative wall mirrors: There’s a reason that interior designers, homeowners, and renters alike all gravitate towards this one piece of décor when creating the ideal interior space. This timeless accent promises much more than its functional purpose.\nWall mirrors can give a dull room a new dimension, add extra light, and even trick the eye into seeing a much more spacious, well, space. Plus, a mirror can match with any home décor style, whether traditional, mid-century modern, bohemian, or industrial.\nWall mirror decorating ideas are endless, but we’ve narrowed down five design possibilities for a simple yet effective upgrade.\n1. Windowpane mirrors brighten a room\nWindowpane mirrors are exactly what they sound like—a mirror that looks like a window. Small pieces of wood create sections over the mirror, creating what looks like a windowpane, while the mirror reflects light. This wall mirror idea is a bright addition to a room that lacks natural light.\nA windowpane mirror is versatile and pairs well with any design style. For a more rustic look, go for natural, distressed wood or faded metal material like this distressed white mirror sold at Wayfair.\nFor a more minimalist and modern look, this iron-framed gold mirror sold at Target adds an elegant touch fit for any simple space.\n2. A gallery mirror wall offers an artistic vibe\nIf you have a big, blank stretch of wall, arranging decorative mirrors in an art gallery style can be a beautiful way to create dimension and add personality and texture to your room. This look can work in a variety of spots around your home, from the dining room, to the living room, and along a staircase.\nSimilarly to a gallery photo wall, this look comes together with a collection of different mirrors from furniture stores and vintage shops. If you don’t have the time or desire to spend browsing, you can purchase a curated set of mirrors that’s a ready-made mix and match design.\n3. Floor-length and floor mirrors make your room look taller\nA trick many interior designers use to make a room feel much larger than it actually is by introducing a full-length mirror into the space.\nLarge leaning wall mirrors has been one such trend popping up across the internet and in homes. This style is perfect for getting ready in the morning, creating the illusion of a super spacious room, or for snapping a shameless selfie.\nThis vintage-inspired wall/floor mirror from Anthropologie earns rave reviews and has become a must-have item as seen on Instagram. For a less ornate vibe, this modern metal framed standing mirror sold at The Home Depot fills up both wall and floor space.\n4. Entryway wall mirrors offer guests a fancy welcome\nThe entryway or foyer is your home’s version of a first impression. So make a good one with a mirrored accent rather than framed art. Foyers can be small, especially in older homes, and a mirror immediately opens up the area.\nWe recommend keeping this decorative mirror on the small side, and place it above an entryway console table or a shoe rack. Try adding a shorter mirror that has more length, or a portrait-style mirror that’s perfect for quick touch-ups before heading out the door.\nThis entryway mirror with a shelf and hooks sold at Urban Outfitters is a gorgeous essential for keeping your car keys, sunglasses, and face masks all in one place.\n5. An over-the-bed centerpiece mirror opens up the bedroom\nCreate a focal point in any bedroom with a mirror over the bed. Doing so may surprise your senses—the mirror will open up your space and pull sunlight towards it.\nWe recommend going for a wider mirror that will stretch to complement the width of your bed. This brass-brushed mirror sold at Joss and Main creates an elongated look.\nPro tip: Pair an over-the-bed mirror with a floor-length mirror on another wall for maximum effect.",
"Mirror, mirror: 5 decorative wall mirror ideas to add dimension to your home",
"Decorative wall mirrors: There’s a reason that interior designers, homeowners, and renters alike all gravitate towards this one piece of décor when creating the ideal interior space. This timeless accent promises much more than its functional purpose.Wall mirrors can give a dull room a new dimension, add extra light, and even trick the eye into seeing a much more spacious, well, space. Plus, a mirror can match with any home décor style, whether traditional, mid-century modern,"
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HILLSDALE — A Hillsdale man arraigned Jan. 6 on allegations of breaking into a motor vehicle and resisting arrest was back before Magistrate Jon-Paul Ruddell Jan. 8 for arraignment on additional charges.Matthew Lynn Riddle, 32, was arrested Jan. 4 by Jonesville Patrolman Carl Albright.Riddle appeared in the 2B District Court two days later for arraignment on the allegations and pleaded not guilty, paving the way for a probable cause conference tentatively scheduled for 9 a.m. Jan. 20.On
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HILLSDALE — A Hillsdale man arraigned Jan. 6 on allegations of breaking into a motor vehicle and resisting arrest was back before Magistrate Jon-Paul Ruddell Jan. 8 for arraignment on additional charges.
Matthew Lynn Riddle, 32, was arrested Jan. 4 by Jonesville Patrolman Carl Albright.
Riddle appeared in the 2B District Court two days later for arraignment on the allegations and pleaded not guilty, paving the way for a probable cause conference tentatively scheduled for 9 a.m. Jan. 20.
On Jan. 8, Riddle was arraigned on charges of receiving and concealing a stolen motor vehicle, resisting arrest, fourth-degree flee/elude police and driving while license suspended.
Those charges stemmed from a pursuit by the Michigan State Police in Adams Township on Jan. 4.
Further details on the incidents Jan. 4 are expected to unfold during future court appearances.
Riddle’s request for a court appointed attorney was granted by Ruddell and his bond in the two matters was set at $7,500 with 10-percent allowed and $15,000 with 10-percent allowed.
"The officer mistook me for someone else," Riddle said before being interrupted by Keith Stickley, the arraignments attorney Jan. 6. "This is all a big mistake."
Riddle was also arraigned on seven bench warrants for failure to appear in the district court for show cause hearings.
In 2016, Riddle was arrested on allegations of stealing a motor vehicle but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of joyriding and served time on probation after completing a nominal jail sentence.
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"HILLSDALE — A Hillsdale man arraigned Jan. 6 on allegations of breaking into a motor vehicle and resisting arrest was back before Magistrate Jon-Paul Ruddell Jan. 8 for arraignment on additional charges.\nMatthew Lynn Riddle, 32, was arrested Jan. 4 by Jonesville Patrolman Carl Albright.\nRiddle appeared in the 2B District Court two days later for arraignment on the allegations and pleaded not guilty, paving the way for a probable cause conference tentatively scheduled for 9 a.m. Jan. 20.\nOn Jan. 8, Riddle was arraigned on charges of receiving and concealing a stolen motor vehicle, resisting arrest, fourth-degree flee/elude police and driving while license suspended.\nThose charges stemmed from a pursuit by the Michigan State Police in Adams Township on Jan. 4.\nFurther details on the incidents Jan. 4 are expected to unfold during future court appearances.\nRiddle’s request for a court appointed attorney was granted by Ruddell and his bond in the two matters was set at $7,500 with 10-percent allowed and $15,000 with 10-percent allowed.\n\"The officer mistook me for someone else,\" Riddle said before being interrupted by Keith Stickley, the arraignments attorney Jan. 6. \"This is all a big mistake.\"\nRiddle was also arraigned on seven bench warrants for failure to appear in the district court for show cause hearings.\nIn 2016, Riddle was arrested on allegations of stealing a motor vehicle but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of joyriding and served time on probation after completing a nominal jail sentence.",
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"HILLSDALE — A Hillsdale man arraigned Jan. 6 on allegations of breaking into a motor vehicle and resisting arrest was back before Magistrate Jon-Paul Ruddell Jan. 8 for arraignment on additional charges.Matthew Lynn Riddle, 32, was arrested Jan. 4 by Jonesville Patrolman Carl Albright.Riddle appeared in the 2B District Court two days later for arraignment on the allegations and pleaded not guilty, paving the way for a probable cause conference tentatively scheduled for 9 a.m. Jan. 20.On"
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Pastor Mark Witte is among the Monroe-area ministers participating in The Monroe News' clergy column series.
In July of 2015, my father, my brother and I climbed Capitol Peak in Colorado. It is arguably the most difficult of the high peaks in the state.
This mountain is full of loose rock, knife edges and steep drop-offs that line the route. We spent a great deal of time preparing ourselves for such a climb. We also built up quite a bit of anxiety during the process.
High on the mountain is a particularly dangerous area that has led to several lost lives in recent years. It is an area where climbers frequently get off route and into terrain that cliffs out.
Climbers get lost here while looking for an easy shortcut off the mountain. The shortcut they take looks deceptively easy at first, beckoning the unsuspecting climber in, and then quickly turns treacherous and deadly.
In mythical terms, one might compare this to the sirens found in Homer’s The Odyssey. We were aware of this danger and had heeded previous warnings in our research to steer clear.
Due to the handful of deaths in recent years in this area there is discussion whether warning signs should be put in this confusing area of the mountain to help people out. Some say this could keep people safe by warning them away.
Others say it is an intrusion upon the wilderness of the mountain to add signs.
The debate goes on.
I’m very interested in this topic of watchfulness and warnings. It is a debate that we know well in our own lives. How many warnings do we encounter on a regular day?
Watch out, the coffee is hot! Drive slowly, construction ahead. Put on your seat belts! Make sure not to drink that antifreeze; it could kill you.
Okay, some warnings seem a bit unnecessary or over the top, others incredibly helpful. To what extent is it incumbent upon us to be mindful of our neighbors and warn them and watch over their safety? Where should common sense be expected to prevail?
As a Christian, I have a calling given in God’s own Word to be a watchman. It is something God does for us and then hands down to us to do for one another.
You can see an example of this calling with the prophet Ezekiel whom God called to give warning to His people of the doom their wickedness would bring (see Ezekiel 33). Noah is another historic example in the days before the global flood.
He and his family knew the Lord God had promised to flood the earth and destroy all life. Someone
had to give warning to the peoples of this world that they too might have an opportunity to join Noah on the ark.
Sadly, only Noah and his family listened.
We have an opportunity in today’s world to be watchmen for one another. We can do this in a simple way when we look out for each other. When we tend to one another’s needs. When we treat one another with love.
If my neighbor is in need, I can help them out of the abundance of my own surplus. If my neighbor is hurting or struggling I can be a presence of comfort and peace for them. It is an act of love for me to warn my neighbor of impending danger and pitfalls that may lay before them.
So also the opposite is true. If I know a truth that may help rescue my neighbor from certain doom and destruction it is an act of negligence and even hate for me to withhold it. In this, we must especially consider the most destructive dooms of sin and death.
The Lord God showed His love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us (see Romans 5:6-11).
God sees us in our sins and the certain death that awaits us because of sin, and is a Watchmen for us warning us of this doom, calling us away from it into repentance.
We can do this act of love for one another too!
While we cannot see all of the future, the Lord God has told us enough. We have a similar warning before us today that Noah did in the days before the flood. The Lord Jesus returns, and may well return soon, and when He does that will be the last day.
Let us be watchmen in this day of waiting, and show great love for all our neighbors by helping them to be ready.
Ready in the saving faith in Jesus Christ.
Mark Witte is the pastor at Grace Lutheran Church. Contact him at [email protected].
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"Pastor Mark Witte is among the Monroe-area ministers participating in The Monroe News' clergy column series.\nIn July of 2015, my father, my brother and I climbed Capitol Peak in Colorado. It is arguably the most difficult of the high peaks in the state.\nThis mountain is full of loose rock, knife edges and steep drop-offs that line the route. We spent a great deal of time preparing ourselves for such a climb. We also built up quite a bit of anxiety during the process.\nHigh on the mountain is a particularly dangerous area that has led to several lost lives in recent years. It is an area where climbers frequently get off route and into terrain that cliffs out.\nClimbers get lost here while looking for an easy shortcut off the mountain. The shortcut they take looks deceptively easy at first, beckoning the unsuspecting climber in, and then quickly turns treacherous and deadly.\nIn mythical terms, one might compare this to the sirens found in Homer’s The Odyssey. We were aware of this danger and had heeded previous warnings in our research to steer clear.\nDue to the handful of deaths in recent years in this area there is discussion whether warning signs should be put in this confusing area of the mountain to help people out. Some say this could keep people safe by warning them away.\nOthers say it is an intrusion upon the wilderness of the mountain to add signs.\nThe debate goes on.\nI’m very interested in this topic of watchfulness and warnings. It is a debate that we know well in our own lives. How many warnings do we encounter on a regular day?\nWatch out, the coffee is hot! Drive slowly, construction ahead. Put on your seat belts! Make sure not to drink that antifreeze; it could kill you.\nOkay, some warnings seem a bit unnecessary or over the top, others incredibly helpful. To what extent is it incumbent upon us to be mindful of our neighbors and warn them and watch over their safety? Where should common sense be expected to prevail?\nAs a Christian, I have a calling given in God’s own Word to be a watchman. It is something God does for us and then hands down to us to do for one another.\nYou can see an example of this calling with the prophet Ezekiel whom God called to give warning to His people of the doom their wickedness would bring (see Ezekiel 33). Noah is another historic example in the days before the global flood.\nHe and his family knew the Lord God had promised to flood the earth and destroy all life. Someone\nhad to give warning to the peoples of this world that they too might have an opportunity to join Noah on the ark.\nSadly, only Noah and his family listened.\nWe have an opportunity in today’s world to be watchmen for one another. We can do this in a simple way when we look out for each other. When we tend to one another’s needs. When we treat one another with love.\nIf my neighbor is in need, I can help them out of the abundance of my own surplus. If my neighbor is hurting or struggling I can be a presence of comfort and peace for them. It is an act of love for me to warn my neighbor of impending danger and pitfalls that may lay before them.\nSo also the opposite is true. If I know a truth that may help rescue my neighbor from certain doom and destruction it is an act of negligence and even hate for me to withhold it. In this, we must especially consider the most destructive dooms of sin and death.\nThe Lord God showed His love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us (see Romans 5:6-11).\nGod sees us in our sins and the certain death that awaits us because of sin, and is a Watchmen for us warning us of this doom, calling us away from it into repentance.\nWe can do this act of love for one another too!\nWhile we cannot see all of the future, the Lord God has told us enough. We have a similar warning before us today that Noah did in the days before the flood. The Lord Jesus returns, and may well return soon, and when He does that will be the last day.\nLet us be watchmen in this day of waiting, and show great love for all our neighbors by helping them to be ready.\nReady in the saving faith in Jesus Christ.\nMark Witte is the pastor at Grace Lutheran Church. Contact him at [email protected].",
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HILLSDALE - Flu season is here, and amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s even more important than usual to take steps to avoid getting sick.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during the 2018–2019 flu season, an estimated 35.5 million people caught the flu.Locally, Dr. Nichole Ellis said her pediatric office has seen less influenza this season since people are social distancing and following advice like washing hands more due to the pandemic.Area doctors,
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HILLSDALE - Flu season is here, and amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s even more important than usual to take steps to avoid getting sick.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during the 2018–2019 flu season, an estimated 35.5 million people caught the flu.
Locally, Dr. Nichole Ellis said her pediatric office has seen less influenza this season since people are social distancing and following advice like washing hands more due to the pandemic.
Area doctors, including Dr. Maria Bidney, agree that no matter what area they specialize in, the advice is the same. The procedures to follow are universal and everyone can follow steps to keep your households healthy, Bidney said.
The CDC website says the single best way to prevent seasonal flu is to get vaccinated each year, but good health habits like avoiding people who are sick, covering your cough and washing your hands often can help stop the spread of germs and prevent respiratory illnesses like flu.
The tips and resources offered below include actions you can take to protect yourself and others from flu and help stop the spread of germs.
Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.
If possible, stay home from work, school, and errands when you are sick. This will help prevent spreading your illness to others.
Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick. Flu and other serious respiratory illnesses, like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), whooping cough, and COVID-19, are spread by cough, sneezing, or unclean hands.
Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs are often spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth.
Other tips include following a nutritious diet, which can help keep you vital during flu season. Pack a range of immunity-boosting vitamins, minerals and antioxidants into just one meal with a hearty stew of potatoes, carrots, green leafy vegetables, broccoli, beans and lentils. To eliminate pesticides, wax and soil from produce, include a vegetable wash in your meal prep routine, which can be more effective than water alone.
Additionally, consider incorporating a dietary supplement into your family’s daily routine that contains vitamin C, zinc and other immunity-boosters.
And finally, getting regular exercise, staying hydrated and getting plenty of shut-eye are all proven ways to protect your health.
As COVID-19 continues to place substantial demands on hospitals and healthcare resources, doctors emphasize that staying healthy and protected against the flu is especially vital and steps can be taken to boost your immunity and stop the spread of germs.
For more information, visit:https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/actions-prevent-flu.htm.
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"HILLSDALE - Flu season is here, and amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s even more important than usual to take steps to avoid getting sick.\nAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during the 2018–2019 flu season, an estimated 35.5 million people caught the flu.\nLocally, Dr. Nichole Ellis said her pediatric office has seen less influenza this season since people are social distancing and following advice like washing hands more due to the pandemic.\nArea doctors, including Dr. Maria Bidney, agree that no matter what area they specialize in, the advice is the same. The procedures to follow are universal and everyone can follow steps to keep your households healthy, Bidney said.\nThe CDC website says the single best way to prevent seasonal flu is to get vaccinated each year, but good health habits like avoiding people who are sick, covering your cough and washing your hands often can help stop the spread of germs and prevent respiratory illnesses like flu.\nThe tips and resources offered below include actions you can take to protect yourself and others from flu and help stop the spread of germs.\nAvoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.\nIf possible, stay home from work, school, and errands when you are sick. This will help prevent spreading your illness to others.\nCover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick. Flu and other serious respiratory illnesses, like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), whooping cough, and COVID-19, are spread by cough, sneezing, or unclean hands.\nWashing your hands often will help protect you from germs. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.\nAvoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs are often spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth.\nOther tips include following a nutritious diet, which can help keep you vital during flu season. Pack a range of immunity-boosting vitamins, minerals and antioxidants into just one meal with a hearty stew of potatoes, carrots, green leafy vegetables, broccoli, beans and lentils. To eliminate pesticides, wax and soil from produce, include a vegetable wash in your meal prep routine, which can be more effective than water alone.\nAdditionally, consider incorporating a dietary supplement into your family’s daily routine that contains vitamin C, zinc and other immunity-boosters.\nAnd finally, getting regular exercise, staying hydrated and getting plenty of shut-eye are all proven ways to protect your health.\nAs COVID-19 continues to place substantial demands on hospitals and healthcare resources, doctors emphasize that staying healthy and protected against the flu is especially vital and steps can be taken to boost your immunity and stop the spread of germs.\nFor more information, visit:https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/actions-prevent-flu.htm.",
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"HILLSDALE - Flu season is here, and amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s even more important than usual to take steps to avoid getting sick.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during the 2018–2019 flu season, an estimated 35.5 million people caught the flu.Locally, Dr. Nichole Ellis said her pediatric office has seen less influenza this season since people are social distancing and following advice like washing hands more due to the pandemic.Area doctors,"
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Holland lost a wonderful leader with the passing of Lou Hallacy. He was my friend and a friend to our community. Lou was an entrepreneur, a good businessman (Barber Ford), Holland mayor, president of the Chamber of Commerce and president of the Holland Economic Development Corp. He was also a good family man, golfer and volunteer.Many will remember Lou as mayor, but in my opinion, his most important role was the leader of HEDCOR. Lou, along with Don Heeringa as the chairman, brought numerous
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Holland lost a wonderful leader with the passing of Lou Hallacy. He was my friend and a friend to our community. Lou was an entrepreneur, a good businessman (Barber Ford), Holland mayor, president of the Chamber of Commerce and president of the Holland Economic Development Corp. He was also a good family man, golfer and volunteer.
Many will remember Lou as mayor, but in my opinion, his most important role was the leader of HEDCOR. Lou, along with Don Heeringa as the chairman, brought numerous new businesses into the area and helped many local companies expand here. HEDCOR would purchase farmland and develop industrial parks with roads, utilities and improvements. Companies could purchase ample property at competitive prices and HEDCOR would assist in acquiring the necessary permits, and in some cases, tax abatements.
Who knows how many jobs were created?
As mayor, one important contribution he made was the development of a new football stadium. There was federal grant money available, but the city had to raise significant matching funds. There were the normal objections to the cost. For a while, the project became known as the "Hallacy Fallacy." Nevertheless, Lou had a vision. He was a great fan of Hope sports and several years later, Hope acquired the stadium from the city.
The Chamber had come on hard times until Lou took over and developed it into an outstanding resource.
Lou was involved in helping other nonprofit and for-profits. He did it because he loved the city and the people. He was constantly promoting the city, Tulip Time, Hope College and the Holland Country Club.
Lou was also a humble person. In retirement, he was a volunteer at Holland Hospital. He was a good civic leader, a good friend to many and a wonderful asset to our community.
He will be missed.
Patrick A. Thompson
Holland
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"Holland lost a wonderful leader with the passing of Lou Hallacy. He was my friend and a friend to our community. Lou was an entrepreneur, a good businessman (Barber Ford), Holland mayor, president of the Chamber of Commerce and president of the Holland Economic Development Corp. He was also a good family man, golfer and volunteer.\nMany will remember Lou as mayor, but in my opinion, his most important role was the leader of HEDCOR. Lou, along with Don Heeringa as the chairman, brought numerous new businesses into the area and helped many local companies expand here. HEDCOR would purchase farmland and develop industrial parks with roads, utilities and improvements. Companies could purchase ample property at competitive prices and HEDCOR would assist in acquiring the necessary permits, and in some cases, tax abatements.\nWho knows how many jobs were created?\nAs mayor, one important contribution he made was the development of a new football stadium. There was federal grant money available, but the city had to raise significant matching funds. There were the normal objections to the cost. For a while, the project became known as the \"Hallacy Fallacy.\" Nevertheless, Lou had a vision. He was a great fan of Hope sports and several years later, Hope acquired the stadium from the city.\nThe Chamber had come on hard times until Lou took over and developed it into an outstanding resource.\nLou was involved in helping other nonprofit and for-profits. He did it because he loved the city and the people. He was constantly promoting the city, Tulip Time, Hope College and the Holland Country Club.\nLou was also a humble person. In retirement, he was a volunteer at Holland Hospital. He was a good civic leader, a good friend to many and a wonderful asset to our community.\nHe will be missed.\nPatrick A. Thompson\nHolland",
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Frenchtown Township 1/19/2021 meeting minutes
PAID PUBLIC NOTICE
FRENCHTOWN
CHARTER TOWNSHIP
BOARD WORKSHOP MEETING
MINUTES JANUARY 19, 2021
A Regular Meeting of the Frenchtown Charter Township Board was held via ZOOM on January 19, 2021 at 2:00 PM.
PRESENT: SUPERVISOR-Al VanWashenova, CLERK-Kyle Bryant, TREASURER-Julie Ellison, TWP. ATTORNEY-Kerry Bondy, TRUSTEE-Matt Rimel, TRUSTEE-Chris Collins, TRUSTEE-Christiaan Carlton, TRUSTEE-Gary Klemz
Deputy Clerk, Jessica Burt; Utility Director, Rich Weirich; Fire Chief, Wendy Stevens; Township Assessor, Justin Prybylski; Human Resources Generalist, Meagan Russell; Township Engineer, Mark Mathe; and 5 other persons were in attendance.
Supervisor VanWashenova declared there was quorum at 2:00 PM.
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA: There were no changes to the agenda.
MOTION #21.11 – AGENDA APPROVAL: Motion made by Mr. Bryant; seconded by Mr. Rimel to approve the January 19, 2021 as presented. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.
MOTION #21.12– APPROVAL OF JANUARY 19, 2021 CONSENT AGENDA: Motion made by Mr. Collins; seconded by Mrs. Ellison to approve the consent agenda with the removal of invoices from Walmart for the adopted family. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.
CONSENT AGENDA:
a. January 12, 2021 – Regular Board Meeting Minutes
b. Invoices Paid on January 13, 2021 to January 15, 2021
c. Invoices to be Paid on January 19, 2021
PUBLIC COMMENT: None
MOTION #21.13 – DISCUSSION – COVID-19 QUARANTINE PERIODS: Motion made by Mr. Rimel; seconded by Mr. Klemz to follow the CDC guidelines as to Covid19 quarantine periods, to continue to compensate without requiring use of vacation, personal or paid time off days for those employees who are mandatory quarantine for Covid19 for a period not to exceed 2 work weeks per occurrence for a maximum of 2 times per 12 month period with a condition of payment (not leave) being that the employee provides a positive test confirmation for the employee or a member of the household of the employee only until further action of the Board and further if an employee can work remotely during this time that will be determined by the department head and finally, should the FFCRA be reinstated or similar legislation mandating paid time off for Covid19 be enacted, then those days used by an employee shall be credited toward those newly mandated paid days off. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.
MOTION #21.14 – DISCUSSION – TECH EXPERTS REPORTS: Motion made by Mr. Collins; seconded by Mr. Bryant to approve proceeding with replacement program for computers of employees that are older than 6 years on a regular case and providing 2 computer monitors for each employee. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.
MOTION #21.15 – PURCHASE REQUEST – MUSTANG ICE COMMANDER RESCUE SUITS: Motion made by Mr. Klemz; seconded by Mr. Collins to approve the Fire Chief’s request to purchase 8 ice rescue suits at a price not to exceed $4,001.73 of Township funds in addition to the $1,222.27 to come from the Derik Bondy Memorial donation funds. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.
MOTION #21.16 – PURCHASE REQUEST – 2 BOOK DROP REPLACEMENTS AT 2 LIBRARY LOCATIONS: Motion made by Mr. Klemz; seconded by Mr. Rimel to table this item for further information. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mrs. EllisonYes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.
MOTION #21.17 – PURCHASE REQUEST – WATER SERVICE LINE INVENTORY: Motion made by Mr. Bryant; seconded by Mr. Klemz to approve the request for the purchase of water service line materials from Kuhlman and Perrysburg Pipe as presented in the Memo from Director Weirich dated January 14th, 2021. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.
Supervisor VanWashenova asked for Public Comment before going into Closed Session.
PUBLIC COMMENT: One person had a question regarding when persons can address the Board during meetings.
MOTION #21.18 – CLOSED SESSION/SECTION 8A: Motion made by Mrs. Ellison; seconded by Mr. Rimel to go into Closed Session under Open Meetings Act Section 8 (a) at the request of the Human Resources Generalist and to include the Township Attorney and HR generalist. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes. Motion carried 7-0. This vote was taken at 3:56 pm.
MOTION #21.19 – ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION / APPROVE CLOSED SESSION MINUTES / RECONVENE TO BOARD WORKSHOP MEETING: Motion made by Mr. Bryant; seconded by Mr. Collins to approve the minutes of the closed session and to reconvene in open session. A voice vote was taken. Motion carried 7-0. This vote was taken at 5:09
MOTION #21.20 – HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST CONTRACT: Motion made Mr. Bryant; seconded by Mr. Carlton to approve the Human Resource Generalist’s contract with the revisions as discussed. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.
MOTION #21.21 – MEETING EXTENSION: Motion made Mr. Bryant; seconded by Mr. Klemz to extend the meeting over 3 hours. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.
MOTION #21.22 – ADJOURNMENT: Motion made by Mr. Bryant; seconded by Mr. Carleton to adjourn the January 19, 2021 Regular Board Meeting at 5:23 PM. A roll call vote was taken. Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.
Kyle Bryant, Township Clerk
Al VanWashenova
Township Supervisor
JANUARY 30, 2021
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"Frenchtown Township 1/19/2021 meeting minutes\nPAID PUBLIC NOTICE\nFRENCHTOWN\nCHARTER TOWNSHIP\nBOARD WORKSHOP MEETING\nMINUTES JANUARY 19, 2021\nA Regular Meeting of the Frenchtown Charter Township Board was held via ZOOM on January 19, 2021 at 2:00 PM.\nPRESENT: SUPERVISOR-Al VanWashenova, CLERK-Kyle Bryant, TREASURER-Julie Ellison, TWP. ATTORNEY-Kerry Bondy, TRUSTEE-Matt Rimel, TRUSTEE-Chris Collins, TRUSTEE-Christiaan Carlton, TRUSTEE-Gary Klemz\nDeputy Clerk, Jessica Burt; Utility Director, Rich Weirich; Fire Chief, Wendy Stevens; Township Assessor, Justin Prybylski; Human Resources Generalist, Meagan Russell; Township Engineer, Mark Mathe; and 5 other persons were in attendance.\nSupervisor VanWashenova declared there was quorum at 2:00 PM.\nCHANGES TO THE AGENDA: There were no changes to the agenda.\nMOTION #21.11 – AGENDA APPROVAL: Motion made by Mr. Bryant; seconded by Mr. Rimel to approve the January 19, 2021 as presented. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.\nMOTION #21.12– APPROVAL OF JANUARY 19, 2021 CONSENT AGENDA: Motion made by Mr. Collins; seconded by Mrs. Ellison to approve the consent agenda with the removal of invoices from Walmart for the adopted family. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.\nCONSENT AGENDA:\na. January 12, 2021 – Regular Board Meeting Minutes\nb. Invoices Paid on January 13, 2021 to January 15, 2021\nc. Invoices to be Paid on January 19, 2021\nPUBLIC COMMENT: None\nMOTION #21.13 – DISCUSSION – COVID-19 QUARANTINE PERIODS: Motion made by Mr. Rimel; seconded by Mr. Klemz to follow the CDC guidelines as to Covid19 quarantine periods, to continue to compensate without requiring use of vacation, personal or paid time off days for those employees who are mandatory quarantine for Covid19 for a period not to exceed 2 work weeks per occurrence for a maximum of 2 times per 12 month period with a condition of payment (not leave) being that the employee provides a positive test confirmation for the employee or a member of the household of the employee only until further action of the Board and further if an employee can work remotely during this time that will be determined by the department head and finally, should the FFCRA be reinstated or similar legislation mandating paid time off for Covid19 be enacted, then those days used by an employee shall be credited toward those newly mandated paid days off. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.\nMOTION #21.14 – DISCUSSION – TECH EXPERTS REPORTS: Motion made by Mr. Collins; seconded by Mr. Bryant to approve proceeding with replacement program for computers of employees that are older than 6 years on a regular case and providing 2 computer monitors for each employee. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.\nMOTION #21.15 – PURCHASE REQUEST – MUSTANG ICE COMMANDER RESCUE SUITS: Motion made by Mr. Klemz; seconded by Mr. Collins to approve the Fire Chief’s request to purchase 8 ice rescue suits at a price not to exceed $4,001.73 of Township funds in addition to the $1,222.27 to come from the Derik Bondy Memorial donation funds. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.\nMOTION #21.16 – PURCHASE REQUEST – 2 BOOK DROP REPLACEMENTS AT 2 LIBRARY LOCATIONS: Motion made by Mr. Klemz; seconded by Mr. Rimel to table this item for further information. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mrs. EllisonYes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.\nMOTION #21.17 – PURCHASE REQUEST – WATER SERVICE LINE INVENTORY: Motion made by Mr. Bryant; seconded by Mr. Klemz to approve the request for the purchase of water service line materials from Kuhlman and Perrysburg Pipe as presented in the Memo from Director Weirich dated January 14th, 2021. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.\nSupervisor VanWashenova asked for Public Comment before going into Closed Session.\nPUBLIC COMMENT: One person had a question regarding when persons can address the Board during meetings.\nMOTION #21.18 – CLOSED SESSION/SECTION 8A: Motion made by Mrs. Ellison; seconded by Mr. Rimel to go into Closed Session under Open Meetings Act Section 8 (a) at the request of the Human Resources Generalist and to include the Township Attorney and HR generalist. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes. Motion carried 7-0. This vote was taken at 3:56 pm.\nMOTION #21.19 – ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION / APPROVE CLOSED SESSION MINUTES / RECONVENE TO BOARD WORKSHOP MEETING: Motion made by Mr. Bryant; seconded by Mr. Collins to approve the minutes of the closed session and to reconvene in open session. A voice vote was taken. Motion carried 7-0. This vote was taken at 5:09\nMOTION #21.20 – HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST CONTRACT: Motion made Mr. Bryant; seconded by Mr. Carlton to approve the Human Resource Generalist’s contract with the revisions as discussed. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.\nMOTION #21.21 – MEETING EXTENSION: Motion made Mr. Bryant; seconded by Mr. Klemz to extend the meeting over 3 hours. A roll call vote was taken. Mr. Klemz-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.\nMOTION #21.22 – ADJOURNMENT: Motion made by Mr. Bryant; seconded by Mr. Carleton to adjourn the January 19, 2021 Regular Board Meeting at 5:23 PM. A roll call vote was taken. Mrs. Ellison-Yes; Mr. Bryant-Yes; Mr. VanWashenova-Yes; Mr. Collins-Yes; Mr. Carlton-Yes; Mr. Rimel-Yes; Mr. Klemz-Yes. Motion carried 7-0.\nKyle Bryant, Township Clerk\nAl VanWashenova\nTownship Supervisor\nJANUARY 30, 2021",
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Bedford Public Schools will return to its hybrid learning model on Monday, resuming in-person instruction for the first time since going all-virtual on Nov. 11.
Bedford Public Schools will return to its hybrid learning model on Monday, resuming in-person instruction for the first time since going all-virtual on Nov. 11.
The BPS board of education voted unanimously Thursday night to re-certify the district’s learning plan. This means that students who opted for in-person learning prior to the start of the school year will return to that model at least through the end of the first semester on January 31. Students who opted for virtual learning will continue with that plan, and students who were in-person but don’t feel safe returning to the classroom can learn remotely by utilizing resources and assignments posted online by their teachers for full credit.
Per the re-certified Return to Learn Plan, K-5 students in the district have an assigned teacher while junior high and high school students have an assigned homeroom teacher with a cohort model that allows students to accomplish their schoolwork using district-provided Chromebooks and virtual learning platforms such as Schoology.
Like many districts across Monroe County, BPS suspended all in-person learning just days before an order from the Michigan Health Department would have required the move due to a surge in COVID-19 cases across the state and country. In presenting the administration’s recommendation to re-certify the district’s learning plan, Bedford Supt. Dr. Carl Shultz told the board that many of the county’s other districts have once again resumed in-person learning due to a downward trend in average daily positive COVID cases in the county and state.
“We feel that returning to the previous model, at least for the next few weeks, gets students back in before exams and gets students back in learning where they can have that socialization that we all know is so important, especially for our school-age students,” Shultz said.
The superintendent acknowledged that there are concerns among the district’s families and staff who feel it is still not safe to return to the classroom. Many of those individuals called in or wrote letters to be presented at Thursday’s meeting voicing their concerns, while others voiced support for the decision to reopen the district’s buildings.
“...We’re a balancing act here as a board of education and cabinet,” Shultz said. “My job is to balance the needs of all the staff and students, and I always look at student needs first and I know a lot of students are struggling. At Bedford High School, the last time I checked last week 15 percent of students were failing at least one class. That’s significantly higher than BHS is used to. Many variables go into that, but the social emotional aspect, which depending on which pediatrician or educator you listen to, can be equally if not more important to the physical danger somebody ages 5-to-18 might go through.”
Newly elected board member Amy Driehorst said that while she is supportive of returning to in-person learning as soon as it is safe, she was concerned that the district wasn’t allowing enough time to account for an expected surge in coronavirus cases associated with the holiday season. Driehorst added that while the numbers may be trending in the right direction, they’re still higher than what they were when the district returned to all-virtual learning in early November.
“Throughout this I’ve been in complete support of what the district has done, and now that I’m sitting in this chair I have to maybe just dig a little deeper,” Driehorst said. “We’ve all heard so many people this evening express concerns, and more people reached out to me this week. From an emotional standpoint I agree with everybody, everybody who reaches out makes a good point. So we can’t make the decision emotionally, we have to look at the data. Certainly (Dr. Shultz) presented a whole of it, but I’ve looked at some that still gives me pause.”
Board member Todd Bruning said Thursday’s decision simply “gives choice back to the parents.”
“If parents want to get their kids in, they have that choice to send them back,” he said. “If they’re still afraid, keep them home. It gives people a choice, it puts the choice back with the parents. Let’s just do this, get it done.”
Shultz acknowledged that the district will likely continue to witness positive cases among staff and students, and that a rash of confirmed cases may result in the quarantining of a classroom or building. But the superintendent again pointed to the encouraging trends in county and state data, as well as the promise of a vaccine on the horizon as educators have been included in the next wave of Michiganders eligible for inoculation.
“I feel it’s time we get back,” Shultz said “We’ve been out a long time, and others are proving that they can do it.”
Should the data support it, Shultz says he would like to see the district adjust its learning plan to return in-person instruction back to a more typical model next semester. This could include reintroducing specials such as music and gym class to the elementary school level, and switching classes throughout the day at the junior high and high schools.
Whether or not this adjustment occurs, Shultz reiterated the district’s promise of providing some version of completely virtual learning at least through the remainder of the school year.
“It might look different than it is today,” Shultz said. “(But we) are committed to help those families that just want to wait this out a little while longer, or have other reasons for needing to be out. This is not all or nothing; We committed for this entire year to offer our students that option, but our primary goal is to get as many students back in front of their teachers as possible.”
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"Bedford Public Schools will return to its hybrid learning model on Monday, resuming in-person instruction for the first time since going all-virtual on Nov. 11.\nBedford Public Schools will return to its hybrid learning model on Monday, resuming in-person instruction for the first time since going all-virtual on Nov. 11.\nThe BPS board of education voted unanimously Thursday night to re-certify the district’s learning plan. This means that students who opted for in-person learning prior to the start of the school year will return to that model at least through the end of the first semester on January 31. Students who opted for virtual learning will continue with that plan, and students who were in-person but don’t feel safe returning to the classroom can learn remotely by utilizing resources and assignments posted online by their teachers for full credit.\nPer the re-certified Return to Learn Plan, K-5 students in the district have an assigned teacher while junior high and high school students have an assigned homeroom teacher with a cohort model that allows students to accomplish their schoolwork using district-provided Chromebooks and virtual learning platforms such as Schoology.\nLike many districts across Monroe County, BPS suspended all in-person learning just days before an order from the Michigan Health Department would have required the move due to a surge in COVID-19 cases across the state and country. In presenting the administration’s recommendation to re-certify the district’s learning plan, Bedford Supt. Dr. Carl Shultz told the board that many of the county’s other districts have once again resumed in-person learning due to a downward trend in average daily positive COVID cases in the county and state.\n“We feel that returning to the previous model, at least for the next few weeks, gets students back in before exams and gets students back in learning where they can have that socialization that we all know is so important, especially for our school-age students,” Shultz said.\nThe superintendent acknowledged that there are concerns among the district’s families and staff who feel it is still not safe to return to the classroom. Many of those individuals called in or wrote letters to be presented at Thursday’s meeting voicing their concerns, while others voiced support for the decision to reopen the district’s buildings.\n“...We’re a balancing act here as a board of education and cabinet,” Shultz said. “My job is to balance the needs of all the staff and students, and I always look at student needs first and I know a lot of students are struggling. At Bedford High School, the last time I checked last week 15 percent of students were failing at least one class. That’s significantly higher than BHS is used to. Many variables go into that, but the social emotional aspect, which depending on which pediatrician or educator you listen to, can be equally if not more important to the physical danger somebody ages 5-to-18 might go through.”\nNewly elected board member Amy Driehorst said that while she is supportive of returning to in-person learning as soon as it is safe, she was concerned that the district wasn’t allowing enough time to account for an expected surge in coronavirus cases associated with the holiday season. Driehorst added that while the numbers may be trending in the right direction, they’re still higher than what they were when the district returned to all-virtual learning in early November.\n“Throughout this I’ve been in complete support of what the district has done, and now that I’m sitting in this chair I have to maybe just dig a little deeper,” Driehorst said. “We’ve all heard so many people this evening express concerns, and more people reached out to me this week. From an emotional standpoint I agree with everybody, everybody who reaches out makes a good point. So we can’t make the decision emotionally, we have to look at the data. Certainly (Dr. Shultz) presented a whole of it, but I’ve looked at some that still gives me pause.”\nBoard member Todd Bruning said Thursday’s decision simply “gives choice back to the parents.”\n“If parents want to get their kids in, they have that choice to send them back,” he said. “If they’re still afraid, keep them home. It gives people a choice, it puts the choice back with the parents. Let’s just do this, get it done.”\nShultz acknowledged that the district will likely continue to witness positive cases among staff and students, and that a rash of confirmed cases may result in the quarantining of a classroom or building. But the superintendent again pointed to the encouraging trends in county and state data, as well as the promise of a vaccine on the horizon as educators have been included in the next wave of Michiganders eligible for inoculation.\n“I feel it’s time we get back,” Shultz said “We’ve been out a long time, and others are proving that they can do it.”\nShould the data support it, Shultz says he would like to see the district adjust its learning plan to return in-person instruction back to a more typical model next semester. This could include reintroducing specials such as music and gym class to the elementary school level, and switching classes throughout the day at the junior high and high schools.\nWhether or not this adjustment occurs, Shultz reiterated the district’s promise of providing some version of completely virtual learning at least through the remainder of the school year.\n“It might look different than it is today,” Shultz said. “(But we) are committed to help those families that just want to wait this out a little while longer, or have other reasons for needing to be out. This is not all or nothing; We committed for this entire year to offer our students that option, but our primary goal is to get as many students back in front of their teachers as possible.”",
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LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sought "common ground" with the Republican-led Legislature in her State of the State address Wednesday, a call that was welcomed by local legislatures but not without criticism of the governor’s record so far."The people of Michigan have been through a lot during this once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. They have seen schools and businesses shut down and adjusted to wearing masks to protect themselves; and many of them have lost loved ones," State Sen. Dale
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LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sought "common ground" with the Republican-led Legislature in her State of the State address Wednesday, a call that was welcomed by local legislatures but not without criticism of the governor’s record so far.
"The people of Michigan have been through a lot during this once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. They have seen schools and businesses shut down and adjusted to wearing masks to protect themselves; and many of them have lost loved ones," State Sen. Dale Zorn, R-Ida, said in a news release Wednesday. "We have a responsibility to them to overcome our divisions to defeat this virus and improve their lives."
Zorn said that it was heartbreaking for him to hear from local business owners who may never reopen or unemployed workers struggling to provide for their families through no fault of their own.
"… We owe it to them to help them make ends meet, safely reopen and return to work. I have been frustrated with many of the governor’s unilateral actions, but I remain committed to working with her to protect our people and job providers, support our students and workers, make health care more accessible and affordable, and preserve our way of life," Zorn said. "As part of that effort, we must help schools responsibly reopen for in-person learning and allow their student athletes to safely have fun and compete."
State Rep. Bronna Kahle, R-Adrian, said in a text message that she did not hear the data-driven solutions she was hoping for from the governor’s speech.
"…It seems like our state may continue to be an outlier by operating without any metrics or a clear roadmap. Michigan is one of only a few states in the nation still operating without any metrics or a clear plan and many people across Lenawee are asking for one," Kahle said. "The hardships faced by the people in our community still exist. We must work together to safely and sensibly resume our lives and livelihoods in order to build a healthier community and economy."
State Rep. Sarah Lightner, R-Springport Twp., also welcomed the governor’s calls to work across party lines but said in a news release that she looks forward to hearing specific details about how the governor is going to "deal with the unintended consequences of her unilateral decision making."
"Our focus right now has to be on delivering help to struggling job providers – and the families in our communities who depend on them," Lightner said. "People have been absolutely crushed by the governor’s COVID restrictions. They are tired of handouts; they want to go back to work and earn a living for themselves and their loved ones. Families are struggling to stay above water. Main Street businesses are in danger of closing their doors forever. Our kids and grandkids are hurting academically and emotionally. We must improve our COVID response and give them hope for a better tomorrow."
In her speech, Whitmer called for quick passage of a multibillion-dollar relief plan that would prioritize coronavirus vaccinations and additional aid to Michigan schools and businesses to help end the pandemic.
The $5.6 billion spending proposal, first announced last week, was among several policy initiatives outlined in the Democrat's third annual speech — a virtual one in which she touted residents' grit in a grueling crisis that has claimed thousands of lives.
"The state of our state is resilience," the governor said.
The address came hours after GOP lawmakers stepped up opposition to her administration's COVID-19 restrictions, rejecting 13 of Whitmer's appointees and saying the funding should not be approved unless she cedes her administration’s power to prohibit activities such as high school sports to local health departments.
"While common ground seems less and less common these days, it’s never been more important that we work toward it," Whitmer said. "I know you’re used to me saying ‘fix the damn roads.’ This year, let’s also fix the damn road ahead — find common ground to grow our economy and get families and businesses back on their feet. That starts by ending the pandemic."
The virus, which has resulted in 600,000-plus cases in Michigan and contributed to the deaths of more than 15,300 residents in 10 months, continues to dominate the governor's attention. She delivered the 24-minute speech virtually from her office inside the Capitol rather than in person to protect hundreds of legislators and dignitaries who typically would gather in a packed House chamber.
Though a majority of the public has backed her handling of the pandemic, she has faced GOP criticism, a lawsuit and protests — egged on by then-President Donald Trump — over restrictions such as mask mandates and indoor restaurant dining bans. The speech occurred the same day one of six men accused of plotting to kidnap her last week pleaded guilty. The FBI has said the armed anti-government extremists were upset over her orders.
Whitmer said the rules have saved lives, but she acknowledged the toll on small businesses and asked the Legislature to help enact the next round of pandemic aid, including federal vaccine distribution funds.
"Every eligible Michigander who wants a vaccine will get one," she said, asking for patience and noting the objective is to inoculate at least 70% of people age 16 and up. "This process is like a locomotive. It will be cumbersome and slow in the beginning, but it will get faster and smoother as we go."
Her proposal would spend $575 million in state funds along with $5 billion in federal relief authorized before Trump left office. The state funding would help K-12 schools offer face-to-face instruction and include grants to restaurants and other "placed-based" businesses hurt by the outbreak.
Republican legislators do not necessarily oppose such spending, having backed grants to workers and businesses as recently as December. But they contend Whitmer's governing style has been unilateral and not bipartisan. They oppose the state's 25% capacity limit for restaurants that will resume indoor dining next week after a 2 1/2-month ban, as well an ongoing prohibition against youth contact sports.
"The people we represent did not consent to Gov. Whitmer’s continued closures. The people of Michigan want and deserve answers," Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and House Speaker Jason Wentworth said in a statement.
In her release, Lightner said she hoped instead, the governor would support another comprehensive recovery plan that was introduced in the House this week, that she believes makes best use of the federal funding.
The plan in mirrors many of the governor’s goals, but comes with a smaller price tag of $3.5 billion in federal and state funds and with a focus on reopening businesses, schools, restarting school sports and providing legislative oversight of COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
"I welcome and look forward to the governor finally coming to the table to work with us and fix the road ahead," Lightner said.
The governor said her administration this year will aggressively focus on economic growth and getting people back to work. She asked the Legislature to renew expired tax incentives to support large-scale business expansions, though similar legislation died last term.
She also returned to a pre-pandemic priority that she pledged to address while campaigning for governor: fixing the roads and other infrastructure. At last year's State of the State, she announced that Michigan would borrow $3.5 billion to rebuild the state’s deteriorating highways and bridges over five years after her proposed 45-cents-a-gallon fuel tax hike was rejected. The bonding is not being used to repair local roads.
Michigan is one of few states with a restrictive local road-funding structure, according to the governor's office. Legislation that would have let counties seek voter approval of local gas taxes and registration fees stalled last session. It should be passed, Whitmer said, so local communities "can move some dirt, too."
The governor also urged legislative approval of a $500 million water infrastructure plan that was unveiled in the fall, a permanent $2 hourly raise for direct care workers, and bills to lower prescription drug costs and require price transparency. Whitmer, who is up for reelection in 2022, said this year she will launch a "fixing the damn road ahead" tour to engage with residents.
She also announced that teachers next month will receive up to $500 each for their work transitioning to remote instruction last spring. K-12 support staff will get up to $250. The state enacted the funding last summer.
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"LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sought \"common ground\" with the Republican-led Legislature in her State of the State address Wednesday, a call that was welcomed by local legislatures but not without criticism of the governor’s record so far.\n\"The people of Michigan have been through a lot during this once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. They have seen schools and businesses shut down and adjusted to wearing masks to protect themselves; and many of them have lost loved ones,\" State Sen. Dale Zorn, R-Ida, said in a news release Wednesday. \"We have a responsibility to them to overcome our divisions to defeat this virus and improve their lives.\"\nZorn said that it was heartbreaking for him to hear from local business owners who may never reopen or unemployed workers struggling to provide for their families through no fault of their own.\n\"… We owe it to them to help them make ends meet, safely reopen and return to work. I have been frustrated with many of the governor’s unilateral actions, but I remain committed to working with her to protect our people and job providers, support our students and workers, make health care more accessible and affordable, and preserve our way of life,\" Zorn said. \"As part of that effort, we must help schools responsibly reopen for in-person learning and allow their student athletes to safely have fun and compete.\"\nState Rep. Bronna Kahle, R-Adrian, said in a text message that she did not hear the data-driven solutions she was hoping for from the governor’s speech.\n\"…It seems like our state may continue to be an outlier by operating without any metrics or a clear roadmap. Michigan is one of only a few states in the nation still operating without any metrics or a clear plan and many people across Lenawee are asking for one,\" Kahle said. \"The hardships faced by the people in our community still exist. We must work together to safely and sensibly resume our lives and livelihoods in order to build a healthier community and economy.\"\nState Rep. Sarah Lightner, R-Springport Twp., also welcomed the governor’s calls to work across party lines but said in a news release that she looks forward to hearing specific details about how the governor is going to \"deal with the unintended consequences of her unilateral decision making.\"\n\"Our focus right now has to be on delivering help to struggling job providers – and the families in our communities who depend on them,\" Lightner said. \"People have been absolutely crushed by the governor’s COVID restrictions. They are tired of handouts; they want to go back to work and earn a living for themselves and their loved ones. Families are struggling to stay above water. Main Street businesses are in danger of closing their doors forever. Our kids and grandkids are hurting academically and emotionally. We must improve our COVID response and give them hope for a better tomorrow.\"\nIn her speech, Whitmer called for quick passage of a multibillion-dollar relief plan that would prioritize coronavirus vaccinations and additional aid to Michigan schools and businesses to help end the pandemic.\nThe $5.6 billion spending proposal, first announced last week, was among several policy initiatives outlined in the Democrat's third annual speech — a virtual one in which she touted residents' grit in a grueling crisis that has claimed thousands of lives.\n\"The state of our state is resilience,\" the governor said.\nThe address came hours after GOP lawmakers stepped up opposition to her administration's COVID-19 restrictions, rejecting 13 of Whitmer's appointees and saying the funding should not be approved unless she cedes her administration’s power to prohibit activities such as high school sports to local health departments.\n\"While common ground seems less and less common these days, it’s never been more important that we work toward it,\" Whitmer said. \"I know you’re used to me saying ‘fix the damn roads.’ This year, let’s also fix the damn road ahead — find common ground to grow our economy and get families and businesses back on their feet. That starts by ending the pandemic.\"\nThe virus, which has resulted in 600,000-plus cases in Michigan and contributed to the deaths of more than 15,300 residents in 10 months, continues to dominate the governor's attention. She delivered the 24-minute speech virtually from her office inside the Capitol rather than in person to protect hundreds of legislators and dignitaries who typically would gather in a packed House chamber.\nThough a majority of the public has backed her handling of the pandemic, she has faced GOP criticism, a lawsuit and protests — egged on by then-President Donald Trump — over restrictions such as mask mandates and indoor restaurant dining bans. The speech occurred the same day one of six men accused of plotting to kidnap her last week pleaded guilty. The FBI has said the armed anti-government extremists were upset over her orders.\nWhitmer said the rules have saved lives, but she acknowledged the toll on small businesses and asked the Legislature to help enact the next round of pandemic aid, including federal vaccine distribution funds.\n\"Every eligible Michigander who wants a vaccine will get one,\" she said, asking for patience and noting the objective is to inoculate at least 70% of people age 16 and up. \"This process is like a locomotive. It will be cumbersome and slow in the beginning, but it will get faster and smoother as we go.\"\nHer proposal would spend $575 million in state funds along with $5 billion in federal relief authorized before Trump left office. The state funding would help K-12 schools offer face-to-face instruction and include grants to restaurants and other \"placed-based\" businesses hurt by the outbreak.\nRepublican legislators do not necessarily oppose such spending, having backed grants to workers and businesses as recently as December. But they contend Whitmer's governing style has been unilateral and not bipartisan. They oppose the state's 25% capacity limit for restaurants that will resume indoor dining next week after a 2 1/2-month ban, as well an ongoing prohibition against youth contact sports.\n\"The people we represent did not consent to Gov. Whitmer’s continued closures. The people of Michigan want and deserve answers,\" Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and House Speaker Jason Wentworth said in a statement.\nIn her release, Lightner said she hoped instead, the governor would support another comprehensive recovery plan that was introduced in the House this week, that she believes makes best use of the federal funding.\nThe plan in mirrors many of the governor’s goals, but comes with a smaller price tag of $3.5 billion in federal and state funds and with a focus on reopening businesses, schools, restarting school sports and providing legislative oversight of COVID-19 vaccine distribution.\n\"I welcome and look forward to the governor finally coming to the table to work with us and fix the road ahead,\" Lightner said.\nThe governor said her administration this year will aggressively focus on economic growth and getting people back to work. She asked the Legislature to renew expired tax incentives to support large-scale business expansions, though similar legislation died last term.\nShe also returned to a pre-pandemic priority that she pledged to address while campaigning for governor: fixing the roads and other infrastructure. At last year's State of the State, she announced that Michigan would borrow $3.5 billion to rebuild the state’s deteriorating highways and bridges over five years after her proposed 45-cents-a-gallon fuel tax hike was rejected. The bonding is not being used to repair local roads.\nMichigan is one of few states with a restrictive local road-funding structure, according to the governor's office. Legislation that would have let counties seek voter approval of local gas taxes and registration fees stalled last session. It should be passed, Whitmer said, so local communities \"can move some dirt, too.\"\nThe governor also urged legislative approval of a $500 million water infrastructure plan that was unveiled in the fall, a permanent $2 hourly raise for direct care workers, and bills to lower prescription drug costs and require price transparency. Whitmer, who is up for reelection in 2022, said this year she will launch a \"fixing the damn road ahead\" tour to engage with residents.\nShe also announced that teachers next month will receive up to $500 each for their work transitioning to remote instruction last spring. K-12 support staff will get up to $250. The state enacted the funding last summer.",
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JONESVILLE – After one of the most unique years in their history, Hillsdale Community Theatre, Inc. (The Sauk) will hold their annual meeting via Zoom.The meeting will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. The first-time virtual event is open to the public."The annual meeting will look different this year, but we will still celebrate our amazing volunteers, donors, sponsors and patrons," Executive Director Trinity Bird said. "The event is a combination of celebration, business meeting, award
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JONESVILLE – After one of the most unique years in their history, Hillsdale Community Theatre, Inc. (The Sauk) will hold their annual meeting via Zoom.
The meeting will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. The first-time virtual event is open to the public.
"The annual meeting will look different this year, but we will still celebrate our amazing volunteers, donors, sponsors and patrons," Executive Director Trinity Bird said. "The event is a combination of celebration, business meeting, award ceremony and performances."
The event will include a recap of the 2020 season, the election of board members for the 2021 season and the announcement of the 2021 recipient of the Clint Johnson Award. The award recognizes outstanding off-stage contributions to the organization.
"It was a challenging year, but we still had a full season," Bird said. "It really is something to celebrate. We survived and our future is bright."
Bird said the event is free to the public and an excellent way to find out about what the theater does.
"If people are curious, but have never been here and they want to get involved, then this is the perfect event to see what we’re doing," Bird said. "This year, they can even do it from the comfort of their own homes."
There will be performances from the Sauk Shorts, the Living Room Monologues and several other 2020 productions. Also planned is a sneak preview of "The Giver," set to begin performances March 4.
"We are so excited to celebrate what makes community theatre so special…our community," Bird said.
To view the annual meeting, go to www.thesauk.org on the night of the meeting and click the link at the top of the page. The event will take place via Zoom. For more information, call The Sauk at 517-849-9100.
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"JONESVILLE – After one of the most unique years in their history, Hillsdale Community Theatre, Inc. (The Sauk) will hold their annual meeting via Zoom.The meeting will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. The first-time virtual event is open to the public.\"The annual meeting will look different this year, but we will still celebrate our amazing volunteers, donors, sponsors and patrons,\" Executive Director Trinity Bird said. \"The event is a combination of celebration, business meeting, award"
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The state volleyball tournament is scheduled to resume for the Kestrels at 6 p.m. tonight.
St. Mary Catholic Central’s volleyball team has been let down too many times this year.
Officially, the state volleyball tournament is scheduled to resume for the Kestrels at 6 p.m. tonight.
While it seems like nothing will get in the way this time, coach Karen O’Brien and her players are being a little more guarded with their emotions and their expectations. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, constant delays, long breaks, and even the occasional quarantine have led to repeated disappointments.
“Just because of the roller coaster ride we’ve been on since Nov. 15, it’s just hard to say it’s going to happen,” O’Brien said. “In my heart, I believe it’s going to happen, but it’s like I’m not allowing myself to get that excited until that first whistle at 6 p.m.”
SMCC’s last game was Nov. 12 – a three-set sweep over Manchester to claim a Regional title.
Next up is a familiar foe as the Kestrels travel to Whitmore Lake at 6 p.m. today to take on Bronson in the Division 3 state quarterfinals.
That’s over 60 days between games.
The Kestrels were given clearance to resume practice on Dec. 21, only to be shut down again a couple days later. Thanks to a partnership between the Michigan High School Athletic Association and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, volleyball teams finally are ready to return to the court.
The result of that partnership is a new rapid-testing program with which all teams must comply. All players and coaches have to be tested three times a week.
“We’ve already tested four times and we’re testing 22 people,” O’Brien said. “Right now, all 22 have been negative every time. It’s easy to do it and it’s 15 minutes later you get to read it. It’s definitely rapid.”
The Kestrels have been willing to do whatever it takes to keep their season alive and fight for the chance to win back-to-back state championships.
SMCC has a good shot at accomplishing the feat.
The team has sat atop the state rankings since the beginning of the year and heads into the quarterfinal match against Bronson with a 36-2 overall record.
The two teams have tangled often in the postseason.
Since 2014, only SMCC and Bronson have been crowned state champions in Division 3. Bronson won four straight from 2015-2018, with SMCC claiming the 2014 and 2019 titles.
“I feel like we have a good rivalry with them, not only playing them in the playoffs but we usually see them at the Bedford tournament earlier in the year,” O’Brien said. “It’s become a good, competitive rivalry.”
Bronson is listed as honorable mention in the state rankings and barely finished above .500 in the regular season, but O’Brien is not about to take the Vikings lightly. Bronson has yet to drop a set since the state tournament began.
“Their whole season throughout the year they’ve had different people quarantined and had some injuries,” she said. “They really didn’t have their starting line up that they’re playing with now until the last week before Districts.”
For Bronson, everything runs through a pair of powerful hitters (Skye Woodman and Karissa Gest) and first-team All-State setter Meagan Lasky. O’Brien knows how to deal with that challenge.
“The good way to take a team out from running their middles is for us to be aggressive offensively,” she said. “If we make their setter really move a lot, they won’t be able to really run quality middles. And I think we have the offensive power to do that.”
SMCC is led by a trio of First Team All-State hitters -- Mikayla Haut, Abbie Costlow, and Anna Dean -- along with Third Team All-State middle Kylie Barron. Setter Kate Collingsworth was also was a Third Team All-Stater.
Grace Lipford splits time at setter with Collingsworth and Jaydin Nowak starts at libero.
“We have six players who are capable of hitting and I think it’s hard for teams to defend that,” O’Brien said. “It’s hard to win in the playoffs when you only rely on one or two people as your offense.”
A win tonight would send SMCC into the state semifinals at 2 p.m. Thursday against either Calumet or No. 5-ranked Beaverton at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek.
If the Kestrels advance to Saturday’s noon championship match in Battle Creek, O’Brien expects to see No. 2 Schoolcraft on the other side of the net.
“From the rankings and what other coaches I’ve talked to have said, it should be Schoolcraft,” guessed O’Brien. “They have two middles and a good setter. So, it’s kind of nice that if all things work out, they’re a lot like Bronson. So we’re preparing for two teams at one time.”
Teams will be allowed up to 50 seats for fans to attend matches this week. That will create a slightly more subdued experience than O’Brien is used to in Battle Creek, but the Kestrels are excited to have anybody along for the ride. Originally, no fans were going to be allowed at the games.
“We haven’t really had a student section or fans, besides parents, all year,” O’Brien said. “So, I think we’re okay with that. Our bench gets into cheering and making some noise, and that always helps.”
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"The state volleyball tournament is scheduled to resume for the Kestrels at 6 p.m. tonight.\nSt. Mary Catholic Central’s volleyball team has been let down too many times this year.\nOfficially, the state volleyball tournament is scheduled to resume for the Kestrels at 6 p.m. tonight.\nWhile it seems like nothing will get in the way this time, coach Karen O’Brien and her players are being a little more guarded with their emotions and their expectations. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, constant delays, long breaks, and even the occasional quarantine have led to repeated disappointments.\n“Just because of the roller coaster ride we’ve been on since Nov. 15, it’s just hard to say it’s going to happen,” O’Brien said. “In my heart, I believe it’s going to happen, but it’s like I’m not allowing myself to get that excited until that first whistle at 6 p.m.”\nSMCC’s last game was Nov. 12 – a three-set sweep over Manchester to claim a Regional title.\nNext up is a familiar foe as the Kestrels travel to Whitmore Lake at 6 p.m. today to take on Bronson in the Division 3 state quarterfinals.\nThat’s over 60 days between games.\nThe Kestrels were given clearance to resume practice on Dec. 21, only to be shut down again a couple days later. Thanks to a partnership between the Michigan High School Athletic Association and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, volleyball teams finally are ready to return to the court.\nThe result of that partnership is a new rapid-testing program with which all teams must comply. All players and coaches have to be tested three times a week.\n“We’ve already tested four times and we’re testing 22 people,” O’Brien said. “Right now, all 22 have been negative every time. It’s easy to do it and it’s 15 minutes later you get to read it. It’s definitely rapid.”\nThe Kestrels have been willing to do whatever it takes to keep their season alive and fight for the chance to win back-to-back state championships.\nSMCC has a good shot at accomplishing the feat.\nThe team has sat atop the state rankings since the beginning of the year and heads into the quarterfinal match against Bronson with a 36-2 overall record.\nThe two teams have tangled often in the postseason.\nSince 2014, only SMCC and Bronson have been crowned state champions in Division 3. Bronson won four straight from 2015-2018, with SMCC claiming the 2014 and 2019 titles.\n“I feel like we have a good rivalry with them, not only playing them in the playoffs but we usually see them at the Bedford tournament earlier in the year,” O’Brien said. “It’s become a good, competitive rivalry.”\nBronson is listed as honorable mention in the state rankings and barely finished above .500 in the regular season, but O’Brien is not about to take the Vikings lightly. Bronson has yet to drop a set since the state tournament began.\n“Their whole season throughout the year they’ve had different people quarantined and had some injuries,” she said. “They really didn’t have their starting line up that they’re playing with now until the last week before Districts.”\nFor Bronson, everything runs through a pair of powerful hitters (Skye Woodman and Karissa Gest) and first-team All-State setter Meagan Lasky. O’Brien knows how to deal with that challenge.\n“The good way to take a team out from running their middles is for us to be aggressive offensively,” she said. “If we make their setter really move a lot, they won’t be able to really run quality middles. And I think we have the offensive power to do that.”\nSMCC is led by a trio of First Team All-State hitters -- Mikayla Haut, Abbie Costlow, and Anna Dean -- along with Third Team All-State middle Kylie Barron. Setter Kate Collingsworth was also was a Third Team All-Stater.\nGrace Lipford splits time at setter with Collingsworth and Jaydin Nowak starts at libero.\n“We have six players who are capable of hitting and I think it’s hard for teams to defend that,” O’Brien said. “It’s hard to win in the playoffs when you only rely on one or two people as your offense.”\nA win tonight would send SMCC into the state semifinals at 2 p.m. Thursday against either Calumet or No. 5-ranked Beaverton at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek.\nIf the Kestrels advance to Saturday’s noon championship match in Battle Creek, O’Brien expects to see No. 2 Schoolcraft on the other side of the net.\n“From the rankings and what other coaches I’ve talked to have said, it should be Schoolcraft,” guessed O’Brien. “They have two middles and a good setter. So, it’s kind of nice that if all things work out, they’re a lot like Bronson. So we’re preparing for two teams at one time.”\nTeams will be allowed up to 50 seats for fans to attend matches this week. That will create a slightly more subdued experience than O’Brien is used to in Battle Creek, but the Kestrels are excited to have anybody along for the ride. Originally, no fans were going to be allowed at the games.\n“We haven’t really had a student section or fans, besides parents, all year,” O’Brien said. “So, I think we’re okay with that. Our bench gets into cheering and making some noise, and that always helps.”",
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Don Landgren cartoon.
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Landgren cartoon: Trump’s letter to Biden
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The City of Flat Rock is seeking Wayne County’s help to upgrade the crumbling, pothole-ridden Gibraltar Rd. corridor.
FLAT ROCK — The City of Flat Rock is seeking Wayne County’s help to upgrade the crumbling, pothole-ridden Gibraltar Rd. corridor leading into the city from I-75.
Monday night, the city council approved asking the Wayne County Department of Roads to fix the potholes and severe pavement breakup that has plagued the key east-west artery in recent years.
A city resident raised the issue at the council’s last meeting in December, saying the route had greatly deteriorated and was not safe.
In addition, the council said repairs also should be considered for E. Huron River Dr. that connects Flat Rock to the City of Rockwood. Both Gibraltar and E. Huron River are county roads and under the county’s jurisdiction, Mayor Mark Hammond said.
Hammond said he is in the process of writing the letter.
“We are seeking immediate assistance and want them to put the roads on their priority list,” Hammond said Wednesday. “Like Gibraltar, E. Huron River is in disrepair from all the heavy trucks” and wintry weather.
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ALLENDALE — An annual report from Grand Valley State University analyzing health care trends in West Michigan was released Friday, Jan. 8.The report, "Health Check 2021: Analyzing Trends in West Michigan," is the 12th annual report from GVSU compiling data from Kent, Ottawa, Muskegon and Allegan counties, referred to as KOMA in the report.Much of the trend data in this year’s report comes from 2018, with some 2019 data available in certain areas and limited 2020 data used in
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ALLENDALE — An annual report from Grand Valley State University analyzing health care trends in West Michigan was released Friday, Jan. 8.
The report, "Health Check 2021: Analyzing Trends in West Michigan," is the 12th annual report from GVSU compiling data from Kent, Ottawa, Muskegon and Allegan counties, referred to as KOMA in the report.
Much of the trend data in this year’s report comes from 2018, with some 2019 data available in certain areas and limited 2020 data used in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The full report is currently available on the GVSU website, and a recording of presentations given Friday will be available by Jan. 15.
This year’s report was put together by Erkmen Aslim, Daniel Montanera and Gerry Simons, of the GVSU Seidman College of Business.
Key findings of the report include that while access to health insurance and primary care in West Michigan has improved, some health outcomes have gotten worse; that healthcare spending (by hospitals and health systems, not patients) remain comparatively low in West Michigan, but the "advantage" is shrinking and that COVID-19 had a more severe effect on the Detroit and Flint areas compared to the rest of the state.
Data in the report show that fewer KOMA residents were without insurance in 2018 than in previous years and that a higher percentage had received a routine check-up in 2018.
Despite this, a higher percentage reported being in fair or poor health and having poor mental health days. There was also an increase in deaths by suicide from 2017, up to just under 14 deaths per 100,000 people.
For hospital admission and expense data, the report compares Grand Rapids to Detroit, national averages and a benchmark data level derived from comparable cities in the United States, specifically Buffalo, Louisville, Milwaukee and Rochester, New York.
The comparisons show that while Grand Rapids has fewer hospital admissions per 1,000 people, the hospital expense per admission separated a bit from those comparisons and is thousands of dollars higher on average.
"Historically, healthcare utilization and spending in Grand Rapids has been fairly low, that’s a good thing for lots of reasons," Montanera said. "But you can see the nationwide trend and benchmark communities are declining, so that gap is narrowing over time.
"We’ll see in some cases that the gap has really narrowed or vanished. Grand Rapids needs to be mindful of this or it risks losing one of its advantages."
Aslim helped conduct research creating a "Pandemic Misery Index" analyzing unemployment rates and deaths per 10,000 in areas of Michigan from March to September 2020. Adding to two rates together showed which regions were hit hardest by the pandemic, with higher numbers representing harsher effects.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn had the highest rate on the index at 26.09, followed by Flint (23.27), Saginaw (20.96), Muskegon (20.15) and Bay City (17.98). The Grand Rapids-Kentwood area, the closest region to Holland, was 12th highest of 15 regions at 13.27.
Figures in the report also show that healthcare spending in Michigan took a sharp downturn in mid-March at the onset of the pandemic, but began a steady recovery beginning with the first round of stimulus payments in mid-April.
To view the full report, visit gvsu.edu/vphealth/health-check-65.htm.
— Contact reporter Mitchell Boatman at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SentinelMitch.
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Willow Annabelle Peacock name change
PAID PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF MICHIGAN
PROBATE COURT
MONROE COUNTY
38th Circuit Court – Family Division
PUBLICATION OF
NOTICE OF HEARING
FILE NO. 2021-100830-NC
Honorable Cheryl E. Lohmeyer
In the matter of
WILLOW ANNABELLE PEACOCK
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including
Andrew Williams Peacock
whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following:
TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 8:30 at 106 E. First Street, Monroe, MI 48161 before Judge Cheryl E. Lohmeyer P-55710 on the petition of SHAYLIE VELAZQUEZ requesting a Change of Name for WILLOW ANNABELLE PEACOCK to WILLOW ANNABELLE-ANU PEACOCK.
Dated: 1/22/2021
SHAYLIE VELAZQUEZ
Petitioner
7573 GRANT DR.
NEWPORT, MI 48166
JANUARY 28, 2021
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"Willow Annabelle Peacock name change\nPAID PUBLIC NOTICE\nSTATE OF MICHIGAN\nPROBATE COURT\nMONROE COUNTY\n38th Circuit Court – Family Division\nPUBLICATION OF\nNOTICE OF HEARING\nFILE NO. 2021-100830-NC\nHonorable Cheryl E. Lohmeyer\nIn the matter of\nWILLOW ANNABELLE PEACOCK\nTO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including\nAndrew Williams Peacock\nwhose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following:\nTAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 8:30 at 106 E. First Street, Monroe, MI 48161 before Judge Cheryl E. Lohmeyer P-55710 on the petition of SHAYLIE VELAZQUEZ requesting a Change of Name for WILLOW ANNABELLE PEACOCK to WILLOW ANNABELLE-ANU PEACOCK.\nDated: 1/22/2021\nSHAYLIE VELAZQUEZ\nPetitioner\n7573 GRANT DR.\nNEWPORT, MI 48166\nJANUARY 28, 2021",
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Don Landgren cartoon on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Landgren cartoon: McConnell won’t shell out
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CLINTON – Clinton is no stranger to lining up against some great quarterbacks.The Division 6 state finalist squad, coached by Jeremy Fielder, had to take on 2,000-yard passer Gavin Ganun of Blissfield twice and Noah Beaudrie, Erie Mason’s dual-threat weapon, in a playoff game.On Friday, Clinton might be facing its toughest test of all – Division 5/6 Associated Press Player of the Year Drew Collins. The 6-3, 208-pound senior is a dual threat himself, having passed for 1,894
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CLINTON – Clinton is no stranger to lining up against some great quarterbacks.
The Division 6 state finalist squad, coached by Jeremy Fielder, had to take on 2,000-yard passer Gavin Ganun of Blissfield twice and Noah Beaudrie, Erie Mason’s dual-threat weapon, in a playoff game.
On Friday, Clinton might be facing its toughest test of all – Division 5/6 Associated Press Player of the Year Drew Collins. The 6-3, 208-pound senior is a dual threat himself, having passed for 1,894 yards and 22 touchdowns while rushing for 661 yards and 16 more scores.
The experience of having played against Ganun and Beaudrie should help Clinton’s cause.
"It certainly does," Fielder said. "That Erie Mason game really helps us because of some of the stuff we installed with our defensive packages and blitzes. Against Blissfield we didn’t blitz as much, but we still used some of the same packages. It will be a challenge, but our players can adapt so well. It doesn’t take long to teach them things."
Clinton is in the state finals for the third time in 10 years, but first with Fielder as the head coach. He was the defensive coordinator in the other two championship game appearances. Clinton is on a roll, having won eight straight games after a Week 3 loss to Blissfield.
Ganun threw for 2,149 yards in nine games. His season low was 148 yards against Clinton in Week 3. His second seaseon low was 149 against Clinton in the district championship game.
"First of all, they have the players," said Blissfield coach Ron Estes. "They have guys that I think could stand on their head and play good defense. Guys like Brayden Randolph are just so good.
"That said, they also did a great job, against us, of disguising what they were doing. They’d show man, but play a zone, or vice-versa. They disguised things all night. They put their linebackers in places you normally don’t see linebackers, then moved them around. They have exceptional kids who are really talented and they are experienced."
Collins has thrown two interceptions this season and sat out several second half’s because the Wildcats were far ahead in so many games.
He passed for a season-high 307 yards, completing 23-of-27 passes in a win over Ravenna and twice had four touchdowns in a game. He has 136 completions on the season on 190 attempts, a completion percentage of better than 70 percent.
He’s as dangerous running the ball. He had three 100-yard games and two more which he had at least 75 yards. He’s also rushed the ball 116 times, easily the most on his team. The ball is in his hands a lot.
Estes said Clinton’s ball control offense is what could make for a long day for Colllins.
"Montague better be ready to have the ball only like four or five times," Estes said. "Clinton is so good at eight or nine-minute drives."
Randolph is the leader of the Clinton defense, having made 90 tackles from his linebacker post. The All-Stater averaged 10 tackles a game and has five tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. Braydn Lehman is second on the team in tackles with 72 while defensive back Davey Campbell is third at 69. Campbell also has two of Clinton’s 10 interceptions this season and leads the team with nine tackles for loss. Ridge Ahrens has for picks and George Ames two.
Up front, Will Felts and Tyler Bowles were all-state offensive lineman, but get it done on the defensive line, too.
"Davey (Campbell) is the quarterback of our defense," Fielder said. "He just gets it. It’s awesome to have these guys."
Clinton has played a tough schedule, having beat four of the top 10 ranked teams in Division 6 in Blissfield, Erie Mason, Warren Michigan Collegiate and Constantine.
Fielder said when the playoffs re-started in January, Clinton didn’t have to start over, despite being away for two months.
"The kids were so excited to be able to do it, to get back together," he said. "There was a little rust, but, for the most part, our kids just picked up where they left off."
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"CLINTON – Clinton is no stranger to lining up against some great quarterbacks.\nThe Division 6 state finalist squad, coached by Jeremy Fielder, had to take on 2,000-yard passer Gavin Ganun of Blissfield twice and Noah Beaudrie, Erie Mason’s dual-threat weapon, in a playoff game.\nOn Friday, Clinton might be facing its toughest test of all – Division 5/6 Associated Press Player of the Year Drew Collins. The 6-3, 208-pound senior is a dual threat himself, having passed for 1,894 yards and 22 touchdowns while rushing for 661 yards and 16 more scores.\nThe experience of having played against Ganun and Beaudrie should help Clinton’s cause.\n\"It certainly does,\" Fielder said. \"That Erie Mason game really helps us because of some of the stuff we installed with our defensive packages and blitzes. Against Blissfield we didn’t blitz as much, but we still used some of the same packages. It will be a challenge, but our players can adapt so well. It doesn’t take long to teach them things.\"\nClinton is in the state finals for the third time in 10 years, but first with Fielder as the head coach. He was the defensive coordinator in the other two championship game appearances. Clinton is on a roll, having won eight straight games after a Week 3 loss to Blissfield.\nGanun threw for 2,149 yards in nine games. His season low was 148 yards against Clinton in Week 3. His second seaseon low was 149 against Clinton in the district championship game.\n\"First of all, they have the players,\" said Blissfield coach Ron Estes. \"They have guys that I think could stand on their head and play good defense. Guys like Brayden Randolph are just so good.\n\"That said, they also did a great job, against us, of disguising what they were doing. They’d show man, but play a zone, or vice-versa. They disguised things all night. They put their linebackers in places you normally don’t see linebackers, then moved them around. They have exceptional kids who are really talented and they are experienced.\"\nCollins has thrown two interceptions this season and sat out several second half’s because the Wildcats were far ahead in so many games.\nHe passed for a season-high 307 yards, completing 23-of-27 passes in a win over Ravenna and twice had four touchdowns in a game. He has 136 completions on the season on 190 attempts, a completion percentage of better than 70 percent.\nHe’s as dangerous running the ball. He had three 100-yard games and two more which he had at least 75 yards. He’s also rushed the ball 116 times, easily the most on his team. The ball is in his hands a lot.\nEstes said Clinton’s ball control offense is what could make for a long day for Colllins.\n\"Montague better be ready to have the ball only like four or five times,\" Estes said. \"Clinton is so good at eight or nine-minute drives.\"\nRandolph is the leader of the Clinton defense, having made 90 tackles from his linebacker post. The All-Stater averaged 10 tackles a game and has five tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. Braydn Lehman is second on the team in tackles with 72 while defensive back Davey Campbell is third at 69. Campbell also has two of Clinton’s 10 interceptions this season and leads the team with nine tackles for loss. Ridge Ahrens has for picks and George Ames two.\nUp front, Will Felts and Tyler Bowles were all-state offensive lineman, but get it done on the defensive line, too.\n\"Davey (Campbell) is the quarterback of our defense,\" Fielder said. \"He just gets it. It’s awesome to have these guys.\"\nClinton has played a tough schedule, having beat four of the top 10 ranked teams in Division 6 in Blissfield, Erie Mason, Warren Michigan Collegiate and Constantine.\nFielder said when the playoffs re-started in January, Clinton didn’t have to start over, despite being away for two months.\n\"The kids were so excited to be able to do it, to get back together,\" he said. \"There was a little rust, but, for the most part, our kids just picked up where they left off.\"",
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"CLINTON – Clinton is no stranger to lining up against some great quarterbacks.The Division 6 state finalist squad, coached by Jeremy Fielder, had to take on 2,000-yard passer Gavin Ganun of Blissfield twice and Noah Beaudrie, Erie Mason’s dual-threat weapon, in a playoff game.On Friday, Clinton might be facing its toughest test of all – Division 5/6 Associated Press Player of the Year Drew Collins. The 6-3, 208-pound senior is a dual threat himself, having passed for 1,894"
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By Dan Cherry @DCherrySJ1For some, having an abortion is a personal choice made with conviction, while others struggle with ending their pregnancy at the time or in the future.A Burr Oak husband and wife offer a service to give hope for men and women enduring pain in silence from the effects of abortion.Timothy and Kristy Hall offer services through SaveOne, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women and men emotionally heal after making the choice of abortion. SaveOne partners
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For some, having an abortion is a personal choice made with conviction, while others struggle with ending their pregnancy at the time or in the future.
A Burr Oak husband and wife offer a service to give hope for men and women enduring pain in silence from the effects of abortion.
Timothy and Kristy Hall offer services through SaveOne, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women and men emotionally heal after making the choice of abortion. SaveOne partners with nongovernment organizations, churches and local pregnancy resource centers to equip and teach men and women about healing after abortion.
"Our passion is to help men and women reclaim and restore their peace of mind and self-worth," Tim Hall said.
SaveOne provides information to assist in answering suqestions, gaining control of stray emotions, renewing one’s mind and faith-based approaches to healing. The organization offers a 12-week course at no charge to help those finding themselves experiencing what is called post-abortion syndrome.
J. Denton Collins, a therapist in Canada, said "PAS is a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder commonly experienced by women who have had one or more abortions. Through the process of denial, the woman has blocked the natural grieving process of the death of her child and often has denied her responsibility in the abortion. The denial, or suppression, blocks the healing process and the possibility of forgiveness for herself and others. Symptoms of PAS include guilt, sham, depression, reliving the abortion experience, lack of bonding, and experiencing strong, emotion symptoms on the anniversary of the abortion or forecasted due date of the child.
Tim Hall said his experience with post-abortion struggles started when he was about 20 and a college student.
"?’I don?’t love you enough to have your children,’" Hall said his girlfriend told him.? "In a 10-minute conversation on the phone, I heard from the woman, I thought I was going to marry, that I had been a father for two or three months. I had no idea that she was pregnant."
His then-girlfriend had an abortion, and for Hall, "I was depressed" for several months.
The struggle he felt in losing a child was compounded by self-destructive behavior and wrestling with his faith.
"I didn?’t stop going to church and believing in God during this time," Hall said. "I felt like a hypocrite, and that made the feelings that much worse. During those years of pain, guilt and shame, it never occurred to me that maybe it was because I needed an inner healing. I thought I was ?over it?."
In 2001, when Hall was 26 years old, "I heard about SaveOne. They made an announcement for the start of the new class and it was open for men who had this in their past. Immediately, I knew I should go. I thought I was healed and had moved on only to find out there was still hurt and grief for the child who was taken from me."
Hall found he the only man in the class, a first for the organization which had been operating since 2000.
"I was newly married and my wife took a brave step and attended the class with me," Hall said. "She was determined to protect me from the other women if necessary."
While Kristy had never had an abortion, she found the class was as much for her as it was for her husband.
"When my husband told me he needed to attend a SaveOne class my first response was confusing," Kristy said. "He had not mentioned this part of his past to me before and obviously I was taken aback by what he was telling me. I made the decision to go with him to protect him from any women who would have anger and bitterness towards men."
Kristy said she had to check her "churchi-ness" at the door, though.
When I walked into that room and saw other women in the church who I had relationship with … my stereotypes were proven wrong," she said. "I needed to learn how to love unconditionally, to be nonjudgmental, and to be a grace giver."
"I discovered healing," Tim said. "(Kristy) discovered wrongthinking that needed correction. So often, women who have made the choice of abortion are looked down upon. This is just as wrong as the act itself."
Hall said post-traumatic stress disorder is real.
"Doctors are starting to see PTSD in post-abortive people," Hall said.
Kristy experienced a miscarriage in October 2004, and the "grief was terrible."
And the people in the class validated her feelings, Kristy said.
"There is often a misconception that the amount of grief a woman feels for her miscarried child is equivalent to the time she carried the child," Kristy Hall said. Satan had been using that misconception to hold me back. Together, the other ladies and I walked into freedom and wholeness."
In 2004, a new job took the Halls to Slovenia in southeastern Europe.
"God quickly showed us the need for SaveOne there, and he brought the right people in our path to translate the material," Hall said.
The Halls said they had several successful classes there, and met Sonja Horswell who has a pro-life ministry in Vienna, Austria.
"We partnered together to translate the material into German language, and SaveOne Europe was born," Tim Hall said.
From there, the Halls have helped SaveOne grow into 24 countries. Over the past two months, Hall trained a group of pastors in Nigeria to lead SaveOne Bible studies, and trained a pastor in Mani Puri, India, near Myanmar, Hall said Mani Puri is a "poor, uneducated area where abortions are rampant."
"Wherever God leads us, we will spread our testimony," he said.
More information can be found at saveone.org.
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"By Dan Cherry @DCherrySJ1\nFor some, having an abortion is a personal choice made with conviction, while others struggle with ending their pregnancy at the time or in the future.\nA Burr Oak husband and wife offer a service to give hope for men and women enduring pain in silence from the effects of abortion.\nTimothy and Kristy Hall offer services through SaveOne, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women and men emotionally heal after making the choice of abortion. SaveOne partners with nongovernment organizations, churches and local pregnancy resource centers to equip and teach men and women about healing after abortion.\n\"Our passion is to help men and women reclaim and restore their peace of mind and self-worth,\" Tim Hall said.\nSaveOne provides information to assist in answering suqestions, gaining control of stray emotions, renewing one’s mind and faith-based approaches to healing. The organization offers a 12-week course at no charge to help those finding themselves experiencing what is called post-abortion syndrome.\nJ. Denton Collins, a therapist in Canada, said \"PAS is a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder commonly experienced by women who have had one or more abortions. Through the process of denial, the woman has blocked the natural grieving process of the death of her child and often has denied her responsibility in the abortion. The denial, or suppression, blocks the healing process and the possibility of forgiveness for herself and others. Symptoms of PAS include guilt, sham, depression, reliving the abortion experience, lack of bonding, and experiencing strong, emotion symptoms on the anniversary of the abortion or forecasted due date of the child.\nTim Hall said his experience with post-abortion struggles started when he was about 20 and a college student.\n\"?’I don?’t love you enough to have your children,’\" Hall said his girlfriend told him.? \"In a 10-minute conversation on the phone, I heard from the woman, I thought I was going to marry, that I had been a father for two or three months. I had no idea that she was pregnant.\"\nHis then-girlfriend had an abortion, and for Hall, \"I was depressed\" for several months.\nThe struggle he felt in losing a child was compounded by self-destructive behavior and wrestling with his faith.\n\"I didn?’t stop going to church and believing in God during this time,\" Hall said. \"I felt like a hypocrite, and that made the feelings that much worse. During those years of pain, guilt and shame, it never occurred to me that maybe it was because I needed an inner healing. I thought I was ?over it?.\"\nIn 2001, when Hall was 26 years old, \"I heard about SaveOne. They made an announcement for the start of the new class and it was open for men who had this in their past. Immediately, I knew I should go. I thought I was healed and had moved on only to find out there was still hurt and grief for the child who was taken from me.\"\nHall found he the only man in the class, a first for the organization which had been operating since 2000.\n\"I was newly married and my wife took a brave step and attended the class with me,\" Hall said. \"She was determined to protect me from the other women if necessary.\"\nWhile Kristy had never had an abortion, she found the class was as much for her as it was for her husband.\n\"When my husband told me he needed to attend a SaveOne class my first response was confusing,\" Kristy said. \"He had not mentioned this part of his past to me before and obviously I was taken aback by what he was telling me. I made the decision to go with him to protect him from any women who would have anger and bitterness towards men.\"\nKristy said she had to check her \"churchi-ness\" at the door, though.\nWhen I walked into that room and saw other women in the church who I had relationship with … my stereotypes were proven wrong,\" she said. \"I needed to learn how to love unconditionally, to be nonjudgmental, and to be a grace giver.\"\n\"I discovered healing,\" Tim said. \"(Kristy) discovered wrongthinking that needed correction. So often, women who have made the choice of abortion are looked down upon. This is just as wrong as the act itself.\"\nHall said post-traumatic stress disorder is real.\n\"Doctors are starting to see PTSD in post-abortive people,\" Hall said.\nKristy experienced a miscarriage in October 2004, and the \"grief was terrible.\"\nAnd the people in the class validated her feelings, Kristy said.\n\"There is often a misconception that the amount of grief a woman feels for her miscarried child is equivalent to the time she carried the child,\" Kristy Hall said. Satan had been using that misconception to hold me back. Together, the other ladies and I walked into freedom and wholeness.\"\nIn 2004, a new job took the Halls to Slovenia in southeastern Europe.\n\"God quickly showed us the need for SaveOne there, and he brought the right people in our path to translate the material,\" Hall said.\nThe Halls said they had several successful classes there, and met Sonja Horswell who has a pro-life ministry in Vienna, Austria.\n\"We partnered together to translate the material into German language, and SaveOne Europe was born,\" Tim Hall said.\nFrom there, the Halls have helped SaveOne grow into 24 countries. Over the past two months, Hall trained a group of pastors in Nigeria to lead SaveOne Bible studies, and trained a pastor in Mani Puri, India, near Myanmar, Hall said Mani Puri is a \"poor, uneducated area where abortions are rampant.\"\n\"Wherever God leads us, we will spread our testimony,\" he said.\nMore information can be found at saveone.org.",
"Organization helps with post-abortion struggles",
"By Dan Cherry @DCherrySJ1For some, having an abortion is a personal choice made with conviction, while others struggle with ending their pregnancy at the time or in the future.A Burr Oak husband and wife offer a service to give hope for men and women enduring pain in silence from the effects of abortion.Timothy and Kristy Hall offer services through SaveOne, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women and men emotionally heal after making the choice of abortion. SaveOne partners"
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Erie Township 2/8/2021 ZBA hearing
ERIE TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF MEETING
AND PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals of Erie Township, Monroe County, Michigan, will hold a Regular Meeting and Public Hearing on Monday, February 8, 2021 at 4:00 P.M. in the Board Room of the Erie Township Hall, 2065 Erie Road, Erie, MI. 48133 at which time the following appeals will be considered:
Appeal number 21-215-001-00 by Tanusree Coomar, Monroe MI, for the addresses of 7716 S Dixie Hwy & 1325 Garden Ct. Erie, MI., who is requesting a variance from Erie Township Zoning Ordinance #117, as amended: Article 10, Table 10-3, Site Development Requirements, in the R-3 Zoning District, to create a sub-standard lot with less than the required Minimum Lot Area & less than the required Minimum Side Yard Setback of 6 feet. The parcel is located on S Dixie Hwy between Garden Ct & Benore Rd, and currently contains two (2) separated single family homes on the same parcel. The appeal is proposed to create a separate parcel for each home.
The property is identified as Parcel Number 58-05-215-001-00 and is in the R-3 High Density Residential zoning district.
This Hearing is being held in accordance with the requirement of Erie Township Zoning Ordinance #117, as amended, Article 6 and Section 6.05 C-Variances and the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, PA 110 of 2006. If you require special accommodations due to a disability contact the Clerk at 734-848-5915 prior to the meeting.
January 22, 2021
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"Erie Township 2/8/2021 ZBA hearing\nERIE TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF MEETING\nAND PUBLIC HEARING\nNotice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals of Erie Township, Monroe County, Michigan, will hold a Regular Meeting and Public Hearing on Monday, February 8, 2021 at 4:00 P.M. in the Board Room of the Erie Township Hall, 2065 Erie Road, Erie, MI. 48133 at which time the following appeals will be considered:\nAppeal number 21-215-001-00 by Tanusree Coomar, Monroe MI, for the addresses of 7716 S Dixie Hwy & 1325 Garden Ct. Erie, MI., who is requesting a variance from Erie Township Zoning Ordinance #117, as amended: Article 10, Table 10-3, Site Development Requirements, in the R-3 Zoning District, to create a sub-standard lot with less than the required Minimum Lot Area & less than the required Minimum Side Yard Setback of 6 feet. The parcel is located on S Dixie Hwy between Garden Ct & Benore Rd, and currently contains two (2) separated single family homes on the same parcel. The appeal is proposed to create a separate parcel for each home.\nThe property is identified as Parcel Number 58-05-215-001-00 and is in the R-3 High Density Residential zoning district.\nThis Hearing is being held in accordance with the requirement of Erie Township Zoning Ordinance #117, as amended, Article 6 and Section 6.05 C-Variances and the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, PA 110 of 2006. If you require special accommodations due to a disability contact the Clerk at 734-848-5915 prior to the meeting.\nJanuary 22, 2021",
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Recent letters to the editor discourage changes to R-1 zoning allowing more rental housing. These changes would allow higher density and more rental properties.Some suggest that these changes would destroy the character of single-family neighborhoods. The reality is for a landlocked city like Holland, this is one of the few ways to add affordable housing.Affordable housing has somehow been left behind in the past 20 years of development in Holland. There are many young professionals and
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Recent letters to the editor discourage changes to R-1 zoning allowing more rental housing. These changes would allow higher density and more rental properties.
Some suggest that these changes would destroy the character of single-family neighborhoods. The reality is for a landlocked city like Holland, this is one of the few ways to add affordable housing.
Affordable housing has somehow been left behind in the past 20 years of development in Holland. There are many young professionals and families who can’t find housing in Holland. And many people don't want to make a 10-year commitment to purchase a house with employees changing jobs more often.
Many of the renters coming to Holland have a lot to offer, being teachers, professionals and volunteers. Additional rental units will not destroy Holland’s neighborhoods, and they have the possibility of making them better.
Did all the new residential rental units on Eighth Street make it better or worse? There is a bumper sticker that says: "Good neighbors come in many colors." It might be time for a sticker that says: "Good neighbors come in different housing."
David Vander Sluis
Laketown Township
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"Recent letters to the editor discourage changes to R-1 zoning allowing more rental housing. These changes would allow higher density and more rental properties.\nSome suggest that these changes would destroy the character of single-family neighborhoods. The reality is for a landlocked city like Holland, this is one of the few ways to add affordable housing.\nAffordable housing has somehow been left behind in the past 20 years of development in Holland. There are many young professionals and families who can’t find housing in Holland. And many people don't want to make a 10-year commitment to purchase a house with employees changing jobs more often.\nMany of the renters coming to Holland have a lot to offer, being teachers, professionals and volunteers. Additional rental units will not destroy Holland’s neighborhoods, and they have the possibility of making them better.\nDid all the new residential rental units on Eighth Street make it better or worse? There is a bumper sticker that says: \"Good neighbors come in many colors.\" It might be time for a sticker that says: \"Good neighbors come in different housing.\"\nDavid Vander Sluis\nLaketown Township",
"Letter: UDO detractors need to be realistic",
"Recent letters to the editor discourage changes to R-1 zoning allowing more rental housing. These changes would allow higher density and more rental properties.Some suggest that these changes would destroy the character of single-family neighborhoods. The reality is for a landlocked city like Holland, this is one of the few ways to add affordable housing.Affordable housing has somehow been left behind in the past 20 years of development in Holland. There are many young professionals and"
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Anyone who is looking to pay bills and get a tax refund in early February is out of luck. Expect some significant delays.The Internal Revenue Service announced Friday that it is going to only begin processing 2020 income tax returns as of Feb. 12. The Feb. 12 delay is about three or four weeks later than the usual kickoff for the tax season, which often begins in late January.The tax season was likely to be delayed, given the latest stimulus rollout and tax rule changes that took place in late
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Tax returns won't come as quickly this year. Here's why.
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Anyone who is looking to pay bills and get a tax refund in early February is out of luck. Expect some significant delays.
The Internal Revenue Service announced Friday that it is going to only begin processing 2020 income tax returns as of Feb. 12. The Feb. 12 delay is about three or four weeks later than the usual kickoff for the tax season, which often begins in late January.
The tax season was likely to be delayed, given the latest stimulus rollout and tax rule changes that took place in late December.
Such a delay will impact those who depend on the Earned Income Tax Credit, too.
The IRS noted online earlier this year that the EITC refund can be expected "as soon as the first week of March if you file your return online, you choose to get your refund by direct deposit and we found no issues with your return."
Typically, many of those tax filers had received money in late February.
The IRS confirmed that it will process the 2020 tax returns beginning on Feb. 12. People can still prepare and file returns electronically but the IRS isn't going to move the returns through the system until much later than usual.
And that means you won't get your tax refund as quickly as last year.
The IRS blamed additional programming and testing of the IRS tax systems "following the Dec. 27 tax law changes that provided a second round of Economic Impact Payments and other benefits."
Several important tax changes were made late in the year, including how the Earned Income Tax Credit could be calculated. The economic relief package, passed by Congress in late December, also provided a second round of Economic Impact Payments — which the IRS has been rolling out in January.
Tax filers continue to complain this week that they are not seeing their stimulus checks quickly, though millions of consumers already have received their money.
"This programming work is critical to ensuring IRS systems run smoothly," the IRS said.
The IRS said more trouble would take place if the season wasn't delayed.
"If filing season were opened without the correct programming in place, then there could be a delay in issuing refunds to taxpayers," the IRS said.
"These changes ensure that eligible people will receive any remaining stimulus money as a Recovery Rebate Credit when they file their 2020 tax return."
Taxpayers are urged to file electronically to avoid the massive troubles that took place last year when mailed returns sat in truck trailers and could not be processed during the pandemic.
"Given the pandemic, this is one of the nation’s most important filing seasons ever," said said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig in a statement.
"This start date will ensure that people get their needed tax refunds quickly while also making sure they receive any remaining stimulus payments they are eligible for as quickly as possible."
The IRS said last year’s average tax refund was more than $2,500. More than 150 million tax returns are expected to be filed this year, with the vast majority before the Thursday, April 15 deadline.
— Contact Susan Tompor via [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @tompor.
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"Anyone who is looking to pay bills and get a tax refund in early February is out of luck. Expect some significant delays.\nThe Internal Revenue Service announced Friday that it is going to only begin processing 2020 income tax returns as of Feb. 12. The Feb. 12 delay is about three or four weeks later than the usual kickoff for the tax season, which often begins in late January.\nThe tax season was likely to be delayed, given the latest stimulus rollout and tax rule changes that took place in late December.\nSuch a delay will impact those who depend on the Earned Income Tax Credit, too.\nThe IRS noted online earlier this year that the EITC refund can be expected \"as soon as the first week of March if you file your return online, you choose to get your refund by direct deposit and we found no issues with your return.\"\nTypically, many of those tax filers had received money in late February.\nThe IRS confirmed that it will process the 2020 tax returns beginning on Feb. 12. People can still prepare and file returns electronically but the IRS isn't going to move the returns through the system until much later than usual.\nAnd that means you won't get your tax refund as quickly as last year.\nThe IRS blamed additional programming and testing of the IRS tax systems \"following the Dec. 27 tax law changes that provided a second round of Economic Impact Payments and other benefits.\"\nSeveral important tax changes were made late in the year, including how the Earned Income Tax Credit could be calculated. The economic relief package, passed by Congress in late December, also provided a second round of Economic Impact Payments — which the IRS has been rolling out in January.\nTax filers continue to complain this week that they are not seeing their stimulus checks quickly, though millions of consumers already have received their money.\n\"This programming work is critical to ensuring IRS systems run smoothly,\" the IRS said.\nThe IRS said more trouble would take place if the season wasn't delayed.\n\"If filing season were opened without the correct programming in place, then there could be a delay in issuing refunds to taxpayers,\" the IRS said.\n\"These changes ensure that eligible people will receive any remaining stimulus money as a Recovery Rebate Credit when they file their 2020 tax return.\"\nTaxpayers are urged to file electronically to avoid the massive troubles that took place last year when mailed returns sat in truck trailers and could not be processed during the pandemic.\n\"Given the pandemic, this is one of the nation’s most important filing seasons ever,\" said said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig in a statement.\n\"This start date will ensure that people get their needed tax refunds quickly while also making sure they receive any remaining stimulus payments they are eligible for as quickly as possible.\"\nThe IRS said last year’s average tax refund was more than $2,500. More than 150 million tax returns are expected to be filed this year, with the vast majority before the Thursday, April 15 deadline.\n— Contact Susan Tompor via [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @tompor.",
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"Anyone who is looking to pay bills and get a tax refund in early February is out of luck. Expect some significant delays.The Internal Revenue Service announced Friday that it is going to only begin processing 2020 income tax returns as of Feb. 12. The Feb. 12 delay is about three or four weeks later than the usual kickoff for the tax season, which often begins in late January.The tax season was likely to be delayed, given the latest stimulus rollout and tax rule changes that took place in late"
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Closures and delays for Wednesday, Jan. 20Allegan CountyMartin Public Schools — CLOSEDMartin Reformed Preschool — CLOSEDSt. Margaret Catholic School — CLOSEDSt. Mary’s Visitation — CLOSEDSt. Stanislaus School — CLOSEDOttawa CountyNone
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Students who live three-quarters of a mile or farther from school would be eligible to ride the bus
ADRIAN — A proposed change to the Adrian Public Schools transportation policy would make more students eligible to ride the bus.
The Adrian school board is considering reducing the walking zone for its younger students. A walking zone is an area close enough to a school building where a district does not provide transportation. Students who live in these areas are expected to walk or find other transportation to school.
In the Adrian school district, all students who live within one mile of their school do not receive busing options. However, there are some families who struggle to get their children to school, despite being within this radius.
A proposed change to the district's transportation policy would reduce the walking zone to three-quarters of a mile for students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
This would make students who live more than three-quarters of a mile but less than a mile from school eligible to ride the bus.
Ben Newsome, transportation director for Adrian, said families impacted by the one-mile walking zone all live within that range.
Walking zones are based on safety. Newsome explained that having students who live close to schools walk is safer than having a bus pick them up since areas near schools are often congested with both pedestrian and vehicle traffic in the morning and afternoon.
"You don't want buses making stops 10 minutes before school starts," he said. "It's not safe for us to be making stops … with all that vehicle traffic."
Walking zones also make for more efficient bus routes. Adrian bus routes are all an hour or less. More stops close to school would prolong routes and keep students on buses longer.
For Newsome, "facts and data speak to everything" and guide the district's transportation policy.
Reducing walking zones and picking up a few extra students is not expected to impact route length. It will also keep students from having to cross dangerous streets.
Although a mile radius doesn't sound like a large area, less than one mile from Prairie Elementary School is US 223. US 223 is also within a mile of Michener Elementary School, as is Beecher Street. Those are busy streets and ones you don't want children crossing, Newsome said.
The board is expected to vote on the policy change at is Jan. 25 meeting.
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Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****In my earlier years, I dated several women who worked in various health professions. Although it worked out well in the end, I suffered a few rejections along the way:I used to date a radiologist, but she saw right through me.I used to date a podiatrist, but we got off on the wrong foot.I used to date a dentist until she tried to remove my Bluetooth.I used to date a cardiologist, but she didn’t think my heart was in the right
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*****
In my earlier years, I dated several women who worked in various health professions. Although it worked out well in the end, I suffered a few rejections along the way:
I used to date a radiologist, but she saw right through me.
I used to date a podiatrist, but we got off on the wrong foot.
I used to date a dentist until she tried to remove my Bluetooth.
I used to date a cardiologist, but she didn’t think my heart was in the right place.
I used to date a chiropractor, but she had too many back issues.
I used to date an allergist, but it was seasonal.
I used to date a proctologist, but we couldn’t work it out.
I used to date a pediatrician, but she had little patience.
I used to date a psychiatrist. Everyone said I was nuts.
I used to date an anesthesiologist, but knocked myself out getting it to work.
I used to date an orthopedic surgeon. She soon set me straight.
I used to date an acupuncturist, but she lost her license to practice so it became pointless.
I used to date a urologist until a friend warned “urine trouble.”
I used to date a retired gynecologist, but she just couldn’t deliver anymore.
I used to date a plastic surgeon, but she wanted to see new faces.
I used to date a pharmacist, but seems I was just a placebo in her clinical trial.
I used to date a hypnotherapist. Sure, I was entranced, but only subconsciously.
I used to date a geriatrician, but after a few weeks she said it was just getting old.
I used to date an audiologist, but she dumped me. It was a sound decision.
I used to date a physical therapist, but it was a useless exercise.
I used to date an optometrist, but she said I got on her optic nerve.
I used to date a neurosurgeon, but she kept trying to change my mind.
I used to date a dermatologist. I know, it was rash.
I used to date an ophthalmologist, but her jokes were cornea than mine.
I used to date a nurse, but she started seeing another guy TID with meals.
I used to date another nurse. And married her. She’s still in recovery.
Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews for over 850 newspapers and magazines. See www.getnickt.org.
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"Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****In my earlier years, I dated several women who worked in various health professions. Although it worked out well in the end, I suffered a few rejections along the way:I used to date a radiologist, but she saw right through me.I used to date a podiatrist, but we got off on the wrong foot.I used to date a dentist until she tried to remove my Bluetooth.I used to date a cardiologist, but she didn’t think my heart was in the right"
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HOLLAND — A new center for Ottawa County's foster care needs opens soon in Holland.Journey Home, a project of Ottawa County-based nonprofit Michigan Fosters, aims to ease the transition to foster care for children and provide a welcoming, non-judgmental space for parents of children in foster care to meet with caseworkers and foster parents.Having fostered more than 40 kids and teens herself, Michigan Foster's executive director Tiffany Kraker understood how difficult, stressful and
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HOLLAND — A new center for Ottawa County's foster care needs opens soon in Holland.
Journey Home, a project of Ottawa County-based nonprofit Michigan Fosters, aims to ease the transition to foster care for children and provide a welcoming, non-judgmental space for parents of children in foster care to meet with caseworkers and foster parents.
Having fostered more than 40 kids and teens herself, Michigan Foster's executive director Tiffany Kraker understood how difficult, stressful and complex each family's journey with the foster care system can be, and she wanted to do something to ease the load.
Michigan Fosters had been operating primarily as an online support group for foster parents for several years, but she had always dreamed of being able to open a space like Journey Home.
"We feel as though there needs to be more emphasis on strengthening and healing the entire family and not just the child," Kraker said.
Initially, she thought of trying to find an office space for the center.
But one day "God laid the word 'home' on my heart," Kraker explained. "And that's when it clicked that we need a home and not another agency. They need to walk in and feel like they're at home."
With the help of Grace Chapel Zeeland Church and donations, Kraker was able to renovate the parsonage at Holland Heights Christian Reformed Church on Eighth Street to be the site of Journey Home.
The church is leasing the house to Michigan Fosters for five years.
Children who are removed from their parents' homes will be able to stay at Journey Home during the wait time, which can be 12 hours or more, between removal and an agency finding a foster placement for them.
The house will also provide a space for parents of children in foster care to spend visiting hours with their kids, with a living room, craft room and kitchen where parents can cook for their children.
"We feel as though the most home-like environment is what will be successful for families being reunified," Kraker said. "Currently, they've been meeting in agency meeting rooms, which are typically not that large, with maybe some toys, and it's very sterile. They sit there for an hour or two. They know there's a two-way mirror usually, so they feel like they're being watched."
"In this space, they can come in and snuggle with their child."
Meetings between caseworkers, foster parents and parents of children in foster care can also happen at Journey Home, which Kraker described as "a neutral space" for those meetings to occur.
At Journey Home, caseworkers will also be able to pick up freezer meals, clothing and backpacks of supplies for kids when they are first placed in foster care, helping relieve some of the stress on the foster family's first few days with the new child.
"We really want to be the center point for foster care in Ottawa County," Kraker said. "We plan to try to meet all the needs that the foster family might need right from the start."
After training and orientation for the caseworkers who will use the space occurs this month and final renovations to the building are complete, Journey Home expects to be open in February.
— Contact reporter Carolyn Muyskens at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter at @cjmuyskens.
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HILLSDALE - As we head into 2021, adults and kids alike may still be enjoying the excitement of digital devices received as gifts over the holidays.Mandy Vincent, who teaches health and physical education at Davis Middle School, said she is always motivated to provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to actively pursue a healthy lifestyle while using those devices.Since many of the students she teaches tend to be on their digital devices, such as phones and tablets much of the
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HILLSDALE - As we head into 2021, adults and kids alike may still be enjoying the excitement of digital devices received as gifts over the holidays.
Mandy Vincent, who teaches health and physical education at Davis Middle School, said she is always motivated to provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to actively pursue a healthy lifestyle while using those devices.
Since many of the students she teaches tend to be on their digital devices, such as phones and tablets much of the day, she encourages them to get moving - and using apps to do so are popular with the students.
"They love the apps that keep track of steps and that log food they eat," Vincent said.
Vincent noted that the topic of health is always going to be at the forefront and she encourages those who wish to pursue degrees in health.
She graduated from Hillsdale High School in 2000 and Spring Arbor University in 2005 with a triple minor in elementary education, exercise and sports science, and language arts. After graduation, she continued her education and received her health education endorsement. She played basketball and ran track for Spring Arbor as well. Previously, she taught at Camden-Frontier School for two years, teaching sixth grade self-contained for one year and health, physical education and math remediation the other year. She also taught at Will Carleton Academy for 10 years as a physical education and health teacher.
Vincent added that technology isn't going away anytime soon, so she she tries to find a way "to join the revolution.
"I share apps with my students about keeping track of calories, step counters, timers, log daily food intake, and my favorite is an app that scans the barcode on the food and gives the food a grade," she said. "The kids will often come in my class and take something out of their backpack for me to tell them what grade their food is. My sister in law is the high school cross country coach and many of her athletes will use Strava with a GPS to keep track of their runs, so everyone can see and comment on them. There really are a lot of benefits."
However, Vincent agrees that too much screen time is detrimental to health.
"I try to encourage students to put away electronics at night at least 30 minutes before bed because it affects sleep," Vincent said. "However, I understand how hard that can be. I sometimes don't even listen to my advice on that one.
Vincent said the school covers being safe online, too.
"That is my number one concern with students," she said. "We started the new year with a 2021 Vision Board. Many students listed that they needed to spend less time on social media and their phone. I think the messages are getting across."
StatePoint Media says the new year is always a great time for a reset, so alongside those new devices, consider adopting some new digital habits.
Here are some ideas for helping families build healthier relationships with their digital devices:
• Get healthy: Not all screen time is wasted time. You can use your device in positive, productive ways that help your family work toward improved physical health. For example, a steps counter might encourage your family to move more or even take up running, while a yoga app can help guide your family through quick routines you can practice from the comfort of home.
• Get smart: Likewise, the members of your family can use their devices to exercise their minds. Encourage everyone to let their smartphones and tablets double function as e-readers, and to download apps that teach new skills and build knowledge. You can even try setting a goal as a family, such as learning a new language using the same app.
• Schedule digital downtime: Too much screen time is associated with poor quality sleep, increased anxiety and a range of other physical and mental health concerns, so be sure each day includes digital downtime. This is especially important if your family is working and learning from home right now. Make the most of these screen-free blocks by engaging in active play, moving, getting fresh air or spending quality time together.
• Get assistance: Making sure every member of the family is using their device only in safe and healthy ways is easier said than done: however, a parental guidance app can help. Some apps feature URL whitelisting and blacklisting, daily screen time allowances and iMessage/SMS blocking, helping ensure device usage passes your approval.
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"HILLSDALE - As we head into 2021, adults and kids alike may still be enjoying the excitement of digital devices received as gifts over the holidays.\nMandy Vincent, who teaches health and physical education at Davis Middle School, said she is always motivated to provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to actively pursue a healthy lifestyle while using those devices.\nSince many of the students she teaches tend to be on their digital devices, such as phones and tablets much of the day, she encourages them to get moving - and using apps to do so are popular with the students.\n\"They love the apps that keep track of steps and that log food they eat,\" Vincent said.\nVincent noted that the topic of health is always going to be at the forefront and she encourages those who wish to pursue degrees in health.\nShe graduated from Hillsdale High School in 2000 and Spring Arbor University in 2005 with a triple minor in elementary education, exercise and sports science, and language arts. After graduation, she continued her education and received her health education endorsement. She played basketball and ran track for Spring Arbor as well. Previously, she taught at Camden-Frontier School for two years, teaching sixth grade self-contained for one year and health, physical education and math remediation the other year. She also taught at Will Carleton Academy for 10 years as a physical education and health teacher.\nVincent added that technology isn't going away anytime soon, so she she tries to find a way \"to join the revolution.\n\"I share apps with my students about keeping track of calories, step counters, timers, log daily food intake, and my favorite is an app that scans the barcode on the food and gives the food a grade,\" she said. \"The kids will often come in my class and take something out of their backpack for me to tell them what grade their food is. My sister in law is the high school cross country coach and many of her athletes will use Strava with a GPS to keep track of their runs, so everyone can see and comment on them. There really are a lot of benefits.\"\nHowever, Vincent agrees that too much screen time is detrimental to health.\n\"I try to encourage students to put away electronics at night at least 30 minutes before bed because it affects sleep,\" Vincent said. \"However, I understand how hard that can be. I sometimes don't even listen to my advice on that one.\nVincent said the school covers being safe online, too.\n\"That is my number one concern with students,\" she said. \"We started the new year with a 2021 Vision Board. Many students listed that they needed to spend less time on social media and their phone. I think the messages are getting across.\"\nStatePoint Media says the new year is always a great time for a reset, so alongside those new devices, consider adopting some new digital habits.\nHere are some ideas for helping families build healthier relationships with their digital devices:\n• Get healthy: Not all screen time is wasted time. You can use your device in positive, productive ways that help your family work toward improved physical health. For example, a steps counter might encourage your family to move more or even take up running, while a yoga app can help guide your family through quick routines you can practice from the comfort of home.\n• Get smart: Likewise, the members of your family can use their devices to exercise their minds. Encourage everyone to let their smartphones and tablets double function as e-readers, and to download apps that teach new skills and build knowledge. You can even try setting a goal as a family, such as learning a new language using the same app.\n• Schedule digital downtime: Too much screen time is associated with poor quality sleep, increased anxiety and a range of other physical and mental health concerns, so be sure each day includes digital downtime. This is especially important if your family is working and learning from home right now. Make the most of these screen-free blocks by engaging in active play, moving, getting fresh air or spending quality time together.\n• Get assistance: Making sure every member of the family is using their device only in safe and healthy ways is easier said than done: however, a parental guidance app can help. Some apps feature URL whitelisting and blacklisting, daily screen time allowances and iMessage/SMS blocking, helping ensure device usage passes your approval.",
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"HILLSDALE - As we head into 2021, adults and kids alike may still be enjoying the excitement of digital devices received as gifts over the holidays.Mandy Vincent, who teaches health and physical education at Davis Middle School, said she is always motivated to provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to actively pursue a healthy lifestyle while using those devices.Since many of the students she teaches tend to be on their digital devices, such as phones and tablets much of the"
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IONIA — Ionia County commissioners addressed their road department’s fiscal year 2021 budget at their final meeting of the year.The Ionia County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the road department budget for 2021 — a continuation of the 2020 budget — during its Tuesday, Dec. 29, virtual meeting.The decision came after a public hearing where there was no comment from residents, but county officials discussed.Finance Director Linda Pigue presented a
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IONIA — Ionia County commissioners addressed their road department’s fiscal year 2021 budget at their final meeting of the year.
The Ionia County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the road department budget for 2021 — a continuation of the 2020 budget — during its Tuesday, Dec. 29, virtual meeting.
The decision came after a public hearing where there was no comment from residents, but county officials discussed.
Finance Director Linda Pigue presented a continuation budget of 2020 for the road department. She said one reason was due to the county not yet having a road department managing director in place.
Pigue said the county has a detailed budget for its Michigan Department of Transportation projects, but did not have detailed projects on how to spend millage money and any MDOT money available for the county to spend on primary or local roads.
Prein & Newhof, the engineering firm for the road department, is putting together a project list for 2021. Prein & Newhof, Pigue said, is recommending to continue chip sealing and repair the collapsing retaining wall on the David Highway bridge in Orange Township.
"That will be a project that we’ll do (in 2021)," Pigue said.
Ionia County District One Commissioner and Board Chair David Hodges noted the county is meeting with state Rep. Thomas Albert, R-Lowell, of Michigan’s 86th District, in an effort "to come up with some creative ideas for finding money that’s not already allocated to go toward the pension."
The county board voted in October 2019 to dissolve the Ionia County Road Commission and create a road department due to its unfunded pension liability.
Albert suggested looking at creating a debt for the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System (MERS) unfunded pension liability, Pigue said.
"I myself don’t see how it would do us any good to borrow money to put down on it," District Six Commissioner Jack Shattuck said. "It’s still a debt."
The board will continue discussions in the future. It agreed to again repost its road department managing director position.
Commissioners also unanimously approved the following during Tuesday’s meeting:
Year-end budget amendmentsTo set its 2021 organizational meeting for 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021Extend its contract with Farhner’s for crack seal and chip seal and fog into 2021Letters of understanding for union contractsA medical services agreement with Mid-Michigan Correctional Care PC to provide medical services at the Ionia County Jail.
The meeting also marked the final one for Ionia County District Four Commissioner Chris Bredice, who did not seek reelection in 2020. He will be replaced by Ally Cook.
— Contact reporter Evan Sasiela at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SalsaEvan.
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"IONIA — Ionia County commissioners addressed their road department’s fiscal year 2021 budget at their final meeting of the year.\nThe Ionia County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the road department budget for 2021 — a continuation of the 2020 budget — during its Tuesday, Dec. 29, virtual meeting.\nThe decision came after a public hearing where there was no comment from residents, but county officials discussed.\nFinance Director Linda Pigue presented a continuation budget of 2020 for the road department. She said one reason was due to the county not yet having a road department managing director in place.\nPigue said the county has a detailed budget for its Michigan Department of Transportation projects, but did not have detailed projects on how to spend millage money and any MDOT money available for the county to spend on primary or local roads.\nPrein & Newhof, the engineering firm for the road department, is putting together a project list for 2021. Prein & Newhof, Pigue said, is recommending to continue chip sealing and repair the collapsing retaining wall on the David Highway bridge in Orange Township.\n\"That will be a project that we’ll do (in 2021),\" Pigue said.\nIonia County District One Commissioner and Board Chair David Hodges noted the county is meeting with state Rep. Thomas Albert, R-Lowell, of Michigan’s 86th District, in an effort \"to come up with some creative ideas for finding money that’s not already allocated to go toward the pension.\"\nThe county board voted in October 2019 to dissolve the Ionia County Road Commission and create a road department due to its unfunded pension liability.\nAlbert suggested looking at creating a debt for the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System (MERS) unfunded pension liability, Pigue said.\n\"I myself don’t see how it would do us any good to borrow money to put down on it,\" District Six Commissioner Jack Shattuck said. \"It’s still a debt.\"\nThe board will continue discussions in the future. It agreed to again repost its road department managing director position.\nCommissioners also unanimously approved the following during Tuesday’s meeting:\nYear-end budget amendmentsTo set its 2021 organizational meeting for 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021Extend its contract with Farhner’s for crack seal and chip seal and fog into 2021Letters of understanding for union contractsA medical services agreement with Mid-Michigan Correctional Care PC to provide medical services at the Ionia County Jail.\nThe meeting also marked the final one for Ionia County District Four Commissioner Chris Bredice, who did not seek reelection in 2020. He will be replaced by Ally Cook.\n— Contact reporter Evan Sasiela at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SalsaEvan.",
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Wilma L. Doebler notice to creditors
PAID PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF MICHIGAN
PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF MONROE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Decedent’s Estate
FILE NO. 2021-0005-DE
Estate of
WILMA L. DOEBLER
Date of birth: 11/5/1926
TO ALL CREDITORS:
NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Wilma L. Doebler, died February 27, 2020.
Creditors of the decedent are notified that all CLAIMS against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Janice D. Stewart, personal representative, or to both the probate court at 106 E. First Street, Monroe, Michigan 48161 and the personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice.
Janice D. Stewart
Personal representative
2900 W. Temperance Road
Temperance, Michigan 48182
734-847-0458
Ronald L. Nagy P79369
Attorney-at-Law
1683 Woodlands Drive, Suite D
Maumee, Ohio 43537
419-887-5818
JANUARY 27, 2021
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"The Lions’ new head coach introduced himself to the Detroit media on Thursday in a bizarre press conference that was full of meme-worthy quotes and light on anything," Blake says in his sports column.
Dan Campbell’s coaching philosophy apparently involves... cannibalism?
The Lions’ new head coach introduced himself to the Detroit media on Thursday in a bizarre press conference that was full of meme-worthy quotes and light on anything that explains how a former tight end with little relevant experience beat out more qualified candidates such as Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy.
Immediately after assuring fans that he isn’t one to indulge in “coachspeak,” Campbell... well I don’t know what to call it, so just read the quote and decide for yourself:
“This team is going to take on the identity of this city and this city has been down and it found a way to get up,” he said. “It's found a way to overcome adversity, right? So this team is going to be built on, we're going to kick you in the teeth, right? And when you punch us back, we're going to smile at you. And when you knock us down, we're going to get up and on the way up, we're going to bite a kneecap off. All right? And we're going to stand up and it's going to take two more shots to knock us down. And on the way up, we're going to take your other kneecap and we're going to get up and it's going to take three shots to get us down. And when we do, we're going to take another hunk out of you.
"Before long, we're going to be the last one standing. That's going to be the mentality.”
How’s the saying go? If you can’t beat them... eat them?
Let’s not beat around the bush: Campbell is not qualified to be a head coach in the National Football League. He’s not qualified to be a head coach in the Mid-American Conference, and yet here we are.
The one thing he has going for him - besides a truckload of confidence and biceps the size of my head - is that he spent the past five seasons under the tutelage of Saints coach Sean Payton. Before that Campbell spent six years in Miami, starting as an offensive intern before becoming the tight ends coach and, finally, interim head coach for the final 12 games of the 2015 season. The Dolphins went 5-7 under his watch.
One would wonder how he even earned an interview with Lions brass with a resume that bare, especially when you compare it against the work of some of the candidates who were passed over. Former Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis is about as un-sexy a hire as you can find, but at least it makes more sense than the one Detroit ultimately made.
Roll your eyes all you want, but you know we have to talk about the color of Campbell’s skin.
The NFL has more than earned the criticism it hears this time every year regarding the lack of diversity in its coaching ranks. It does itself no favors when its teams make illogical hiring decisions that also align with what everyone fears is happening.
You’re forgetting something, idiot reporter guy: the Lions hired a Black general manager.
Yes they did, valued reader, and by every account Brad Holmes is a brilliant hire and more than qualified to steer a franchise.
I just wish the Lions would have trusted him to hire his own head coach. Holmes met with the applicants and provided input before Campbell was selected, but judging by the lack of time between the two hires it sure seems like the train was already on its way out of the station. Oh, and instead of the traditional power structure where Campbell would report to Holmes, both men will reportedly answer directly to new owner Sheila Ford Hamp. I’m sure that won’t lead to a power struggle that ultimately derails this regime.
No professional team is required to show their work when it comes to who they hire and why. But as a long-suffering Lions fan who was promised something different, I’d sure like to at least peak at Detroit’s notes on Campbell. He’s been heralded as a team-first, rah rah guy who is obviously the polar opposite of the locker room pariah that was ex-coach Matt Patricia. But that’s not going to be enough to change the Lions’ fortunes.
Detroit needed a football guru, someone with real experience who knows the ins and outs of the modern NFL. They interviewed several promising candidates.
It’s too bad they didn’t hire one of them.
Blake Bacho is a staff writer at The Monroe News. Readers can contact him at [email protected].
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"\"The Lions’ new head coach introduced himself to the Detroit media on Thursday in a bizarre press conference that was full of meme-worthy quotes and light on anything,\" Blake says in his sports column.\nDan Campbell’s coaching philosophy apparently involves... cannibalism?\nThe Lions’ new head coach introduced himself to the Detroit media on Thursday in a bizarre press conference that was full of meme-worthy quotes and light on anything that explains how a former tight end with little relevant experience beat out more qualified candidates such as Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy.\nImmediately after assuring fans that he isn’t one to indulge in “coachspeak,” Campbell... well I don’t know what to call it, so just read the quote and decide for yourself:\n“This team is going to take on the identity of this city and this city has been down and it found a way to get up,” he said. “It's found a way to overcome adversity, right? So this team is going to be built on, we're going to kick you in the teeth, right? And when you punch us back, we're going to smile at you. And when you knock us down, we're going to get up and on the way up, we're going to bite a kneecap off. All right? And we're going to stand up and it's going to take two more shots to knock us down. And on the way up, we're going to take your other kneecap and we're going to get up and it's going to take three shots to get us down. And when we do, we're going to take another hunk out of you.\n\"Before long, we're going to be the last one standing. That's going to be the mentality.”\nHow’s the saying go? If you can’t beat them... eat them?\nLet’s not beat around the bush: Campbell is not qualified to be a head coach in the National Football League. He’s not qualified to be a head coach in the Mid-American Conference, and yet here we are.\nThe one thing he has going for him - besides a truckload of confidence and biceps the size of my head - is that he spent the past five seasons under the tutelage of Saints coach Sean Payton. Before that Campbell spent six years in Miami, starting as an offensive intern before becoming the tight ends coach and, finally, interim head coach for the final 12 games of the 2015 season. The Dolphins went 5-7 under his watch.\nOne would wonder how he even earned an interview with Lions brass with a resume that bare, especially when you compare it against the work of some of the candidates who were passed over. Former Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis is about as un-sexy a hire as you can find, but at least it makes more sense than the one Detroit ultimately made.\nRoll your eyes all you want, but you know we have to talk about the color of Campbell’s skin.\nThe NFL has more than earned the criticism it hears this time every year regarding the lack of diversity in its coaching ranks. It does itself no favors when its teams make illogical hiring decisions that also align with what everyone fears is happening.\nYou’re forgetting something, idiot reporter guy: the Lions hired a Black general manager.\nYes they did, valued reader, and by every account Brad Holmes is a brilliant hire and more than qualified to steer a franchise.\nI just wish the Lions would have trusted him to hire his own head coach. Holmes met with the applicants and provided input before Campbell was selected, but judging by the lack of time between the two hires it sure seems like the train was already on its way out of the station. Oh, and instead of the traditional power structure where Campbell would report to Holmes, both men will reportedly answer directly to new owner Sheila Ford Hamp. I’m sure that won’t lead to a power struggle that ultimately derails this regime.\nNo professional team is required to show their work when it comes to who they hire and why. But as a long-suffering Lions fan who was promised something different, I’d sure like to at least peak at Detroit’s notes on Campbell. He’s been heralded as a team-first, rah rah guy who is obviously the polar opposite of the locker room pariah that was ex-coach Matt Patricia. But that’s not going to be enough to change the Lions’ fortunes.\nDetroit needed a football guru, someone with real experience who knows the ins and outs of the modern NFL. They interviewed several promising candidates.\nIt’s too bad they didn’t hire one of them.\nBlake Bacho is a staff writer at The Monroe News. Readers can contact him at [email protected].",
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LITCHFIELD — With the onset of winter and steady colder temperatures, anglers throughout Hillsdale County have already begun to take to the hard water in search of great northern pike, bluegills and black crappie.Tip-Up season is well underway with many local anglers having already attended and fished in the Big 9 Sportsman Clubs annual tip-up festival this past weekend.As ice conditions continue to strengthen across several lakes across the county, it is once again time for the annual
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LITCHFIELD — With the onset of winter and steady colder temperatures, anglers throughout Hillsdale County have already begun to take to the hard water in search of great northern pike, bluegills and black crappie.
Tip-Up season is well underway with many local anglers having already attended and fished in the Big 9 Sportsman Clubs annual tip-up festival this past weekend.
As ice conditions continue to strengthen across several lakes across the county, it is once again time for the annual Litchfield Tip-Up, hosted by Litchfield Outdoors, which benefits Litchfield Community Schools.
Litchfield Outdoors owner Dave Tefft has prepared a wide range of hunting and fishing activities throughout the three day festival scheduled to begin Friday and end Sunday.
A coyote hunt will occur all weekend and is open to hunting or trapping coyotes. Entry fees are $40 per two man team with a $10 optional big coyote side pot. This tournament pays out 50-percent to winners with the other half benefiting the schools.
The ever popular squirrel hunt will take place Saturday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. when hunters must have their squirrels in for weigh-in at Litchfield Outdoors.
All hunting and fishing ends at 2 p.m. Sunday and the tip-up raffle begins at 3 p.m. at Litchfield Outdoors, located at 123 Marshall Street in Litchfield.
Additional information on festivities this weekend can be found on Facebook at Litchfield Outdoors or by calling Tefft at (517) 542-3663.
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ADRIAN — Both the Adrian boys and girls bowling teams improved to 2-0 on the season as each swept Jackson Wednesday at Lenawee Rec.The girls topped their Southeastern Conference foes, 29-1. The Maples won both games in convincing fashion by differences of 252 and 169 pins.Elaynna Alvarez rolled a 200 to lead Adrian while Jada Robertson rolled a 176, Alicia Garcia rolled a 166 and Adriana Knotek rolled a 162.On the boys side, Adrian won 22-8 and totaled 900 pins on the day.Landon Zick
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ADRIAN — Both the Adrian boys and girls bowling teams improved to 2-0 on the season as each swept Jackson Wednesday at Lenawee Rec.
The girls topped their Southeastern Conference foes, 29-1. The Maples won both games in convincing fashion by differences of 252 and 169 pins.
Elaynna Alvarez rolled a 200 to lead Adrian while Jada Robertson rolled a 176, Alicia Garcia rolled a 166 and Adriana Knotek rolled a 162.
On the boys side, Adrian won 22-8 and totaled 900 pins on the day.
Landon Zick rolled a 200 while Xander Finkbeiner rolled a 186, Kyle Neuman rolled a 177, Hunter Davies rolled a 171 and Adam Luck rolled a 166.
Both teams are back at the lanes at 3 p.m. Monday at Ypsilanti Lincoln.
Ypsilanti Lincoln at Tecumseh: At Tecumseh, both the boys and girls kicked off the season and beat the Railsplitters in SEC play by scores of 24-6.
Freshman Owen Williams led the boys with games of 254 and 224 while fellow freshman Kaden Salts rolled a 270. Senior Nate Ewing had a strong season debut as well with games of 256 and 212.
Another freshman, Wendy Ketola, led the girls team with games of 217 and 202. Liza Verrier rolled a big game as well with a 231.
Tecumseh JV: The JV team also had a strong start to the season with a 29-1 win. Freshman Garris Waynick rolled games of 267 and 244 while sophomore Andrew Rowe rolled a 234 and freshman Harry Hutchinson rolled a 214.
The Tecumseh teams will be on the road at 3:30 p.m. Monday when it travels to Chelsea.
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"ADRIAN — Both the Adrian boys and girls bowling teams improved to 2-0 on the season as each swept Jackson Wednesday at Lenawee Rec.The girls topped their Southeastern Conference foes, 29-1. The Maples won both games in convincing fashion by differences of 252 and 169 pins.Elaynna Alvarez rolled a 200 to lead Adrian while Jada Robertson rolled a 176, Alicia Garcia rolled a 166 and Adriana Knotek rolled a 162.On the boys side, Adrian won 22-8 and totaled 900 pins on the day.Landon Zick"
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Village of Dundee 2/1/2021 public hearing
Notice of Public Hearing
Village of Dundee Planning Commission
Monday, February 1, 2021, at 6:00 pm
Notice is hereby given that the Village of Dundee Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday February 1, 2021 at 6:00 pm, through Zoom Platform. The purpose of the hearing will be to receive public comment regarding the proposed amendments to the Master Plan.
All interested persons are encouraged to attend the public hearing to ask questions or to make comments. Written comments may be submitted to Tracy Anderson at [email protected]. Oral comments will be accepted at the hearing. A copy of the draft Master Plan is available for public examination online at http://dundeevillage.net/175/Planning-Zoning under Dundee Master Plan Updates (2020).
A virtual meeting is allowable through Michigan Senate Bill 1108 that amended the Open Meetings Act to allow public bodies to conduct electronic "virtual" meetings with remote participation for any reason through the end of 2020. Due to the current Covid 19 outbreak levels in the Village of Dundee and Monroe County the Dundee Planning Commission will meet electronically via the web-based application “Zoom”. The public may attend the Dundee Planning Commission meeting virtually at the following web address
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87344130032?pwd=QkZQdXNRTGRqbTh3SXdhckdOTjVJQT09
Passcode: 991020
or via telephone: 1-646-558-8656 Webinar ID: 873 4413 0032 Passcode: 991020
If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of an auxiliary aid or service to participate in the meeting, please contact David Uhl, Village Manager, at 734-529-3430 ext 1032 for voice and TDD call or email [email protected] prior to the meeting. Public Participation: Members of the community are invited and encouraged to address the Dundee Planning Commission during the public comment portion of the agenda through Zoom by pressing *9 via telephone or using the hand raise function within the Zoom App.
This notice is disseminated pursuant to PA 33 of 2008, being the Michigan Planning Enabling Act, as amended.
Village of Dundee Planning Commission
Gary Dahl, Village Building Official
January 14, 2021
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"Village of Dundee 2/1/2021 public hearing\nNotice of Public Hearing\nVillage of Dundee Planning Commission\nMonday, February 1, 2021, at 6:00 pm\nNotice is hereby given that the Village of Dundee Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday February 1, 2021 at 6:00 pm, through Zoom Platform. The purpose of the hearing will be to receive public comment regarding the proposed amendments to the Master Plan.\nAll interested persons are encouraged to attend the public hearing to ask questions or to make comments. Written comments may be submitted to Tracy Anderson at [email protected]. Oral comments will be accepted at the hearing. A copy of the draft Master Plan is available for public examination online at http://dundeevillage.net/175/Planning-Zoning under Dundee Master Plan Updates (2020).\nA virtual meeting is allowable through Michigan Senate Bill 1108 that amended the Open Meetings Act to allow public bodies to conduct electronic \"virtual\" meetings with remote participation for any reason through the end of 2020. Due to the current Covid 19 outbreak levels in the Village of Dundee and Monroe County the Dundee Planning Commission will meet electronically via the web-based application “Zoom”. The public may attend the Dundee Planning Commission meeting virtually at the following web address\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87344130032?pwd=QkZQdXNRTGRqbTh3SXdhckdOTjVJQT09\nPasscode: 991020\nor via telephone: 1-646-558-8656 Webinar ID: 873 4413 0032 Passcode: 991020\nIf you are an individual with a disability who is in need of an auxiliary aid or service to participate in the meeting, please contact David Uhl, Village Manager, at 734-529-3430 ext 1032 for voice and TDD call or email [email protected] prior to the meeting. Public Participation: Members of the community are invited and encouraged to address the Dundee Planning Commission during the public comment portion of the agenda through Zoom by pressing *9 via telephone or using the hand raise function within the Zoom App.\nThis notice is disseminated pursuant to PA 33 of 2008, being the Michigan Planning Enabling Act, as amended.\nVillage of Dundee Planning Commission\nGary Dahl, Village Building Official\nJanuary 14, 2021",
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Monroe County businesses impacted by the State of Michigan's November emergency order are eligible for financial relief.
Local businesses impacted by the state’s most recent emergency order are once again eligible for financial relief.
The application process opens 9 a.m. Tuesday for the Michigan Business Survival Grant, a program created through a bill passed late last year in the state Legislature. It will close noon Friday.
The program seeks to offer financial help to businesses impacted by the November and December emergency orders issued by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, which shuttered indoor dinning at restaurants and closed several entertainment venues as COVID-19 rates surged across the state.
Various sectors have been able to reopen in increments since then, but many restrictions have remained in place. Restaurants are slated to reopen their dining rooms Feb. 1.
About 75 businesses located in Monroe County will be selected to receive a grant, according to Matthew Vanisacker, vice president of business development at the Monroe County Business Development Corp.
“It has been difficult for local businesses to forecast a time when orders will be put into effect and subsequently when they will end,” Vanisacker said. “This uncertainty causes disruptions in several areas of their business including inventory, staffing levels, rent, utilities and reopening expenses like personal protective equipment.
Legislators earmarked $55 million for the program, which is administered by the Michigan Economic Development Corp.
The MEDC took the money and distributed among its recognized economic regions, with the intention for those regions to be used to determine how much money local entities would receive.
Monroe County is grouped with the Greater Ann Arbor region. Since it accounts for 15% of the regional population, Monroe County received $663,523 of the region’s allocated funds, according to Vanisacker.
As the Monroe BDC is the recognized partner for the MEDC, it was chosen to distribute the funds and oversee the awarding process.
The local industries to have been the hardest are those food service establishments, bars, exercise facilities, retail, entertainment venues, travel/hospitality, recreational facilities, childcare, transportation, and manufacturers supplying the hospitality and automotive industries, he added.
The committee is composed of representatives from the BDC, the Community Foundation of Monroe, the Monroe County Chamber of Commerce and the Monroe County Economic Development Corporation.
“Each institution was selected as a result of their organizational mission, their county-wide scope, and their previous grant selection experience,” Vanisacker said.
The committee will examine several criteria to select recipients and how much funds those businesses will receive.
Representatives will weigh businesses’ gross revenue from last year to figures from 2019. Additionally, whether businesses have introduced new products or how its overall employment has been affected by the order will be factors.
The committee also will take into consideration whether a business remains closed or has been able to open in some capacity, as well as how much COVID-19 related aid applicants have received from previously from local, state and federal agencies.
To qualify, businesses must meet the following requirements:
— Had up to 100 employees priors to Nov. 17.
— Is within an industry that has been impacted by the MDHHS order.
— Needs working capitol to support acceptable business expenses.
— Demonstrates an income loss as result of the order.
— Is not a live music or entertainment venue eligible for funds under a previous program.
The committee will begin reviewing applications immediately after the deadline. Funds are expected to be awarded by Feb. 28, according to Vanisacker.
“It remains uncertain just how long it will take for our business community to truly recover beyond the sunset on restrictions,” Vanisacker said. “There is no doubt that additional aid would be much welcomed for those who continue to be impacted.”
To apply, visit www.michiganbusiness.org/survival/.
For more information about the Monroe BDC, the program or additional resources available to Monroe County businesses, visit monroecountybdc.org/covid-19/.
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"Monroe County businesses impacted by the State of Michigan's November emergency order are eligible for financial relief.\nLocal businesses impacted by the state’s most recent emergency order are once again eligible for financial relief.\nThe application process opens 9 a.m. Tuesday for the Michigan Business Survival Grant, a program created through a bill passed late last year in the state Legislature. It will close noon Friday.\nThe program seeks to offer financial help to businesses impacted by the November and December emergency orders issued by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, which shuttered indoor dinning at restaurants and closed several entertainment venues as COVID-19 rates surged across the state.\nVarious sectors have been able to reopen in increments since then, but many restrictions have remained in place. Restaurants are slated to reopen their dining rooms Feb. 1.\nAbout 75 businesses located in Monroe County will be selected to receive a grant, according to Matthew Vanisacker, vice president of business development at the Monroe County Business Development Corp.\n“It has been difficult for local businesses to forecast a time when orders will be put into effect and subsequently when they will end,” Vanisacker said. “This uncertainty causes disruptions in several areas of their business including inventory, staffing levels, rent, utilities and reopening expenses like personal protective equipment.\nLegislators earmarked $55 million for the program, which is administered by the Michigan Economic Development Corp.\nThe MEDC took the money and distributed among its recognized economic regions, with the intention for those regions to be used to determine how much money local entities would receive.\nMonroe County is grouped with the Greater Ann Arbor region. Since it accounts for 15% of the regional population, Monroe County received $663,523 of the region’s allocated funds, according to Vanisacker.\nAs the Monroe BDC is the recognized partner for the MEDC, it was chosen to distribute the funds and oversee the awarding process.\nThe local industries to have been the hardest are those food service establishments, bars, exercise facilities, retail, entertainment venues, travel/hospitality, recreational facilities, childcare, transportation, and manufacturers supplying the hospitality and automotive industries, he added.\nThe committee is composed of representatives from the BDC, the Community Foundation of Monroe, the Monroe County Chamber of Commerce and the Monroe County Economic Development Corporation.\n“Each institution was selected as a result of their organizational mission, their county-wide scope, and their previous grant selection experience,” Vanisacker said.\nThe committee will examine several criteria to select recipients and how much funds those businesses will receive.\nRepresentatives will weigh businesses’ gross revenue from last year to figures from 2019. Additionally, whether businesses have introduced new products or how its overall employment has been affected by the order will be factors.\nThe committee also will take into consideration whether a business remains closed or has been able to open in some capacity, as well as how much COVID-19 related aid applicants have received from previously from local, state and federal agencies.\nTo qualify, businesses must meet the following requirements:\n— Had up to 100 employees priors to Nov. 17.\n— Is within an industry that has been impacted by the MDHHS order.\n— Needs working capitol to support acceptable business expenses.\n— Demonstrates an income loss as result of the order.\n— Is not a live music or entertainment venue eligible for funds under a previous program.\nThe committee will begin reviewing applications immediately after the deadline. Funds are expected to be awarded by Feb. 28, according to Vanisacker.\n“It remains uncertain just how long it will take for our business community to truly recover beyond the sunset on restrictions,” Vanisacker said. “There is no doubt that additional aid would be much welcomed for those who continue to be impacted.”\nTo apply, visit www.michiganbusiness.org/survival/.\nFor more information about the Monroe BDC, the program or additional resources available to Monroe County businesses, visit monroecountybdc.org/covid-19/.",
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The year 2020 started out with unemployment at a historical low—around 3%.In the blink of an eye, COVID-19 wiped out an entire decade of economic recovery from the last recession. Businesses shut down, and we found ourselves back at 2009 levels of unemployment.Business owners faced the fear of laying off staff and even closing their doors permanently.Many individuals found themselves not knowing when or if they would go back to their jobs. They faced an overwhelmed unemployment system and
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The year 2020 started out with unemployment at a historical low—around 3%.
In the blink of an eye, COVID-19 wiped out an entire decade of economic recovery from the last recession. Businesses shut down, and we found ourselves back at 2009 levels of unemployment.
Business owners faced the fear of laying off staff and even closing their doors permanently.
Many individuals found themselves not knowing when or if they would go back to their jobs. They faced an overwhelmed unemployment system and delays in critical benefits.
Those lucky enough to continue working had to start balancing work-from-home technology, homeschooling children, and family health and safety.
Last year forced us to adjust to a new way of life. Through innovation and flexibility we found the path forward.
That includes local workforce agency, West Michigan Works, that serves employers and job seekers in Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon and Ottawa counties.
As thousands of Michiganders lost their jobs in the early months of the pandemic, West Michigan Works shifted its focus to assist the Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA).
West Michigan Works staff received training in basic services to help individuals file initial unemployment claims and verify identification for those whose payments were held up due to potential fraud.
From April to September 2020, West Michigan Works fielded over 73,000 UIA assistance calls.
The agency also pivoted quickly to provide virtual services to anyone looking for a job. Services included program enrollment, workshops and virtual hiring events.
In fact, West Michigan Works was the first agency in Michigan to host a virtual job fair to help fill essential roles in our communities. In 2020, it hosted 40 virtual hiring events featuring 324 employers which lead to 207 hires.
Even in a time of uncertainty and anxiety, West Michigan Works was there for our communities. In 2020:
They served 32,609 job seekers.Services resulted in $568 million in wages earned.3,023 employers received services.7,971 jobs were filled.
To learn more about West Michigan Works effect on our region in 2020, you can view its annual report at westmiworks.org/about.
While it’s a new year, we continue to face the challenges of a global pandemic. When you’re ready to get back to work, West Michigan Works is ready to help.
Its next Virtual Job Fair is Wednesday, January 20. Job seekers can register online at westmiworks.org/virtual-job-fair beginning Monday, Jan. 11.
— Employment Expertise is provided by West Michigan Works. Learn more about how they can help: visit westmiworks.org or your local Service Center.
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A life hack is defined as any trick, shortcut, skill or novelty method that increases productivity and efficiency, in any walk of life. When most people think of a life hack, they think of tricks to fold a fitted sheet or using a carabiner to haul several bags of groceries into the house. To learn even more helpful tips and tricks to make your life easier, here are a few life hack podcasts to listen to. Life Kit From parenting to moving to organizing your photos, the Life Kit podcast, produced
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A life hack is defined as any trick, shortcut, skill or novelty method that increases productivity and efficiency, in any walk of life. When most people think of a life hack, they think of tricks to fold a fitted sheet or using a carabiner to haul several bags of groceries into the house. To learn even more helpful tips and tricks to make your life easier, here are a few life hack podcasts to listen to.
Life Kit
From parenting to moving to organizing your photos, the Life Kit podcast, produced by NPR, gives listeners tools to help get your life together. Each episode is about 20 minutes long and features discussions with experts on the best advice available. Recent episodes include "What To Tell Kids When They News Is Scary," "5 Steps To Saving Money On A Move" and "How To Make A Hard Decision."
Find it: https://www.npr.org/lifekit
10 Bestest
Hosts Karen McFarlane Holman and Brian Hart spend their time curating the world’s coolest things to help make your life easier and then pass them on to the listener. This podcast is a condensed way for listeners to learn new things to enhance various aspects of life. From gadgets to books to apps to philosophy, Holman and Hart tackle 10 cool things in each episode. Recent episodes include "Fasting, sustainable hemp, mapping ignorance and more!" "Best of 2020" and "Be a better cook, designer, chess player and more."
Find it: https://bit.ly/3onMWV6
The Upgrade by Lifehacker
Hosts Alice Bradley and Jordan Calhoun help listeners make their lives a little better. Along with all-star guests, Bradley and Calhoun tackle topics such as happiness, how to buy a TV, how to be less bad with money or how to date. Recent episodes include "How to Hack Happiness with Gretchen Rubin," "How to Get Over Yourself with Mark Epstein" and "How to Get Your Kids Into Reading with Alvin Irby."
Find it: https://lifehacker.com/c/the-upgrade
The Less Doing Podcast
Hosted by Ari Meisel, The Less Doing Podcast helps listeners do less and live more. Meisel offers strategies to become more efficient to create more time and freedom to do the things they love. Meisel also invites guests and experts to share their personal strategies. Listeners can learn about new apps, tools, technologies, habits and ideas to improve productivity. Recent episodes include "Keep Moving Forward," "Unleash the Team" and "Constraints."
Find it: https://lessdoing.com/
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"Podcasts to Listen To: Life Kit and the best life hack podcasts",
"A life hack is defined as any trick, shortcut, skill or novelty method that increases productivity and efficiency, in any walk of life. When most people think of a life hack, they think of tricks to fold a fitted sheet or using a carabiner to haul several bags of groceries into the house. To learn even more helpful tips and tricks to make your life easier, here are a few life hack podcasts to listen to. Life Kit From parenting to moving to organizing your photos, the Life Kit podcast, produced"
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Backup quarterbacks did more than just hold clipboards in the NFL’s divisional playoff round.Jameis Winston threw a 56-yard trick-play touchdown pass to Tre’Quan Smith on his first playoff action after 76 regular-season games over six seasons.Chad Henne, the Chiefs’ 35-year-old backup, also got his first taste of the playoffs Sunday when he was pressed into duty after former MVP Patrick Mahomes suffered a concussion midway through the third quarter against Cleveland.In his
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Backup quarterbacks did more than just hold clipboards in the NFL’s divisional playoff round.
Jameis Winston threw a 56-yard trick-play touchdown pass to Tre’Quan Smith on his first playoff action after 76 regular-season games over six seasons.
Chad Henne, the Chiefs’ 35-year-old backup, also got his first taste of the playoffs Sunday when he was pressed into duty after former MVP Patrick Mahomes suffered a concussion midway through the third quarter against Cleveland.
In his 72nd NFL game, Henne atoned for an end zone interception with two huge plays to allow the Chiefs to escape with a 22-17 win over the Browns.
A day earlier, another ex-MVP, Lamar Jackson, was knocked out of Baltimore’s 17-3 loss at Buffalo and was replaced by Tyler Huntley, an undrafted rookie from Utah who ascended to QB2 status last month when Robert Griffin III (hamstring) and Trace McSorely (knee) ended up on IR.
The only game that both quarterbacks took all the snaps was the Packers’ 32-18 win over the Rams, when MVP favorite Aaron Rodgers threw for 296 yards and two touchdowns and Jared Goff was an efficient 21 of 27 a week after he was pressed into duty just 12 days post-surgery on his broken right thumb.
Rodgers and Tom Brady, making his 14th conference championship appearance in 21 seasons, square off next week at Lambeau Field. Mahomes will have to clear concussion protocol to face the Bills and Josh Allen, who has completed 68.1% of his playoff passes after completing 69.2% of his throws in his breakout 2020 regular season.
WINSTON WINGING IT
Winston’s long touchdown throw was his only pass, leaving him with a perfect passer rating of 158.3. His TD gave the Saints a 13-10 lead over the Bucs in the second quarter. But he didn’t get another snap in New Orleans’ 30-20 loss that many believe was Drew Brees’ final game after 20 NFL seasons in which he threw for 85,724 yards, including the playoffs.
That’s more than 16 miles worth of completions.
If this was it, Brees went out with a whimper: 134 yards passing and three interceptions in the worst playoff game of his career.
Brees broke 11 ribs in 2020 and missed four games, so it’s easy to say he should have retired a year ago.
"No complaints. No regrets," said Brees, who tossed the football around with his kids and Brady long after the game ended. "I’ve always tried to play this game with great respect and a great reverence for it, and I appreciate all that this game has given to me.
"There are obviously so many incredible memories, so many incredible relationships that have come as a result of playing in this game, and you found out so much about yourself, and you fight through so much when you play this game," Brees said.
"And I would say this season I probably had to fight through more than I’ve ever had to in any other season in my career, from injury to all the COVID stuff to just crazy circumstances, and it was worth every moment of it. Absolutely."
PRACTICE SQUAD JUMP
Jackson was forced out of the game two plays after Taron Johnson tied an NFL record with a 101-yard interception return for a touchdown that gave the Bills a 17-3 lead.
Facing second-and-10 at Baltimore’s 25, center Patrick Mekari snapped the ball over Jackson’s head. The quarterback turned and chased the bouncing ball down inside the 5, turned and quickly threw it away as Tremaine Edmunds had him by the legs and Trent Murphy fell on top of him.
Jackson’s concussion left Huntley, who had been promoted from the practice squad, to finish the game and he completed 6 of 13 passes for 60 yards, not nearly enough for a comeback.
"We’ll hold our head high walking out of here and into the offseason," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said.
HENNE’S HEROICS
Henne played a major role in Kansas City squeaking past Cleveland to earn a third consecutive AFC championship game at home.
The 35-year-old veteran of 11 NFL seasons in Miami, Jacksonville and K.C. completed the Chiefs’ field goal drive after Mahomes was thrown down hard by Browns linebacker Mack Wilson. But with Kansas City clinging to a five-point lead following a TD run by former Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt, Henne was intercepted in the end zone by Karl Joseph with eight minutes remaining.
The Chiefs forced a punt and Henne got the ball back with just over four minutes left. Cleveland couldn’t stop Henne from scrambling for 13 yards on third-and-14 or from completing a short pass on fourth-and-inches to Tyreek Hill with 74 seconds left to seal the Chiefs’ 10th win this season by six points or less.
The Browns’ biggest regret was wide receiver Rashard Higgins’ fumble near the goal line in the closing minutes of the first half.
Higgins hauled in a 25-yard pass from Baker Mayfield while stumbling near the Chiefs’ 5-yard line and launched himself toward the corner pylon.
Just as Higgins extended his arms, he was blasted by Chiefs linebacker Daniels Sorenson, who dislodged the ball, which bounced out of the end zone for a touchback.
Lost in the commotion was Sorenson’s helmet-to-helmet hit that should have negated the turnover.
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski wasn’t blaming the officials or the rule book like so many announcers and fans did.
"I will never ever doubt Rashard Higgins’ effort or our guys’ effort," Stefanski said. "Our rule there is not to reach the ball out when it is first-and-goal, and he knows that. Again, appreciate his effort. He battled like he always does, but we have to fight that urge because it is such a big loss if it does end up being a touchback."
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"Backup quarterbacks did more than just hold clipboards in the NFL’s divisional playoff round.\nJameis Winston threw a 56-yard trick-play touchdown pass to Tre’Quan Smith on his first playoff action after 76 regular-season games over six seasons.\nChad Henne, the Chiefs’ 35-year-old backup, also got his first taste of the playoffs Sunday when he was pressed into duty after former MVP Patrick Mahomes suffered a concussion midway through the third quarter against Cleveland.\nIn his 72nd NFL game, Henne atoned for an end zone interception with two huge plays to allow the Chiefs to escape with a 22-17 win over the Browns.\nA day earlier, another ex-MVP, Lamar Jackson, was knocked out of Baltimore’s 17-3 loss at Buffalo and was replaced by Tyler Huntley, an undrafted rookie from Utah who ascended to QB2 status last month when Robert Griffin III (hamstring) and Trace McSorely (knee) ended up on IR.\nThe only game that both quarterbacks took all the snaps was the Packers’ 32-18 win over the Rams, when MVP favorite Aaron Rodgers threw for 296 yards and two touchdowns and Jared Goff was an efficient 21 of 27 a week after he was pressed into duty just 12 days post-surgery on his broken right thumb.\nRodgers and Tom Brady, making his 14th conference championship appearance in 21 seasons, square off next week at Lambeau Field. Mahomes will have to clear concussion protocol to face the Bills and Josh Allen, who has completed 68.1% of his playoff passes after completing 69.2% of his throws in his breakout 2020 regular season.\nWINSTON WINGING IT\nWinston’s long touchdown throw was his only pass, leaving him with a perfect passer rating of 158.3. His TD gave the Saints a 13-10 lead over the Bucs in the second quarter. But he didn’t get another snap in New Orleans’ 30-20 loss that many believe was Drew Brees’ final game after 20 NFL seasons in which he threw for 85,724 yards, including the playoffs.\nThat’s more than 16 miles worth of completions.\nIf this was it, Brees went out with a whimper: 134 yards passing and three interceptions in the worst playoff game of his career.\nBrees broke 11 ribs in 2020 and missed four games, so it’s easy to say he should have retired a year ago.\n\"No complaints. No regrets,\" said Brees, who tossed the football around with his kids and Brady long after the game ended. \"I’ve always tried to play this game with great respect and a great reverence for it, and I appreciate all that this game has given to me.\n\"There are obviously so many incredible memories, so many incredible relationships that have come as a result of playing in this game, and you found out so much about yourself, and you fight through so much when you play this game,\" Brees said.\n\"And I would say this season I probably had to fight through more than I’ve ever had to in any other season in my career, from injury to all the COVID stuff to just crazy circumstances, and it was worth every moment of it. Absolutely.\"\nPRACTICE SQUAD JUMP\nJackson was forced out of the game two plays after Taron Johnson tied an NFL record with a 101-yard interception return for a touchdown that gave the Bills a 17-3 lead.\nFacing second-and-10 at Baltimore’s 25, center Patrick Mekari snapped the ball over Jackson’s head. The quarterback turned and chased the bouncing ball down inside the 5, turned and quickly threw it away as Tremaine Edmunds had him by the legs and Trent Murphy fell on top of him.\nJackson’s concussion left Huntley, who had been promoted from the practice squad, to finish the game and he completed 6 of 13 passes for 60 yards, not nearly enough for a comeback.\n\"We’ll hold our head high walking out of here and into the offseason,\" Ravens coach John Harbaugh said.\nHENNE’S HEROICS\nHenne played a major role in Kansas City squeaking past Cleveland to earn a third consecutive AFC championship game at home.\nThe 35-year-old veteran of 11 NFL seasons in Miami, Jacksonville and K.C. completed the Chiefs’ field goal drive after Mahomes was thrown down hard by Browns linebacker Mack Wilson. But with Kansas City clinging to a five-point lead following a TD run by former Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt, Henne was intercepted in the end zone by Karl Joseph with eight minutes remaining.\nThe Chiefs forced a punt and Henne got the ball back with just over four minutes left. Cleveland couldn’t stop Henne from scrambling for 13 yards on third-and-14 or from completing a short pass on fourth-and-inches to Tyreek Hill with 74 seconds left to seal the Chiefs’ 10th win this season by six points or less.\nThe Browns’ biggest regret was wide receiver Rashard Higgins’ fumble near the goal line in the closing minutes of the first half.\nHiggins hauled in a 25-yard pass from Baker Mayfield while stumbling near the Chiefs’ 5-yard line and launched himself toward the corner pylon.\nJust as Higgins extended his arms, he was blasted by Chiefs linebacker Daniels Sorenson, who dislodged the ball, which bounced out of the end zone for a touchback.\nLost in the commotion was Sorenson’s helmet-to-helmet hit that should have negated the turnover.\nBrowns coach Kevin Stefanski wasn’t blaming the officials or the rule book like so many announcers and fans did.\n\"I will never ever doubt Rashard Higgins’ effort or our guys’ effort,\" Stefanski said. \"Our rule there is not to reach the ball out when it is first-and-goal, and he knows that. Again, appreciate his effort. He battled like he always does, but we have to fight that urge because it is such a big loss if it does end up being a touchback.\"",
"Analysis: Backup QBs saw plenty of action in NFL playoffs",
"Backup quarterbacks did more than just hold clipboards in the NFL’s divisional playoff round.Jameis Winston threw a 56-yard trick-play touchdown pass to Tre’Quan Smith on his first playoff action after 76 regular-season games over six seasons.Chad Henne, the Chiefs’ 35-year-old backup, also got his first taste of the playoffs Sunday when he was pressed into duty after former MVP Patrick Mahomes suffered a concussion midway through the third quarter against Cleveland.In his"
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Thank you for your story on the Ganges United Methodist Church's stained glass windows in December.I can't pinpoint a time when these windows weren't in my life. Before I existed, my grandparents sat in the pews before them every Sunday. My mother was baptized in front of them. My parents were married in front of them in the 1970s. As babies, my little brother and I were baptized in front of them.I looked at them whenever I'd peruse the church library when we visited my grandparents. As a young
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Thank you for your story on the Ganges United Methodist Church's stained glass windows in December.
I can't pinpoint a time when these windows weren't in my life. Before I existed, my grandparents sat in the pews before them every Sunday. My mother was baptized in front of them. My parents were married in front of them in the 1970s. As babies, my little brother and I were baptized in front of them.
I looked at them whenever I'd peruse the church library when we visited my grandparents. As a young kid, I looked up at them during church services when my grandfather sang in the choir. As a young adult, I sat in the pews facing them as my older cousins got married in the church. They were always there.
As I got older, family members began to pass away. My grandfather died and I looked at the windows through tears during his service. In my 20s, I stood in front of them as I ugly cried while delivering my grandmother's eulogy.
In my 30s, as my mother was in the hospital fighting leukemia, this same church family threw me a baby shower there with 25 of my pseudo-moms in attendance when my own mother was too ill to participate. Months later, I stood with our family and our little miracle baby as he was baptized beneath those same beautiful windows.
So you see, I just can't imagine GUMC without them, without these incredible glass windows that represent more than glass, more than beauty, more than our lives and deaths and joys and sorrows. GUMC is ingrained into the fabric of my families' lives. It's supported every happy (and sad) family event I can remember.
GUMC still needs the community's help to save the windows. It would mean so much to me, my family and all the members of GUMC.
Donations can also be made online at a GoFundMe webpage called "GUMC Stained Glass Window Restoration."
Monica Stout
Ganges
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"Thank you for your story on the Ganges United Methodist Church's stained glass windows in December.\nI can't pinpoint a time when these windows weren't in my life. Before I existed, my grandparents sat in the pews before them every Sunday. My mother was baptized in front of them. My parents were married in front of them in the 1970s. As babies, my little brother and I were baptized in front of them.\nI looked at them whenever I'd peruse the church library when we visited my grandparents. As a young kid, I looked up at them during church services when my grandfather sang in the choir. As a young adult, I sat in the pews facing them as my older cousins got married in the church. They were always there.\nAs I got older, family members began to pass away. My grandfather died and I looked at the windows through tears during his service. In my 20s, I stood in front of them as I ugly cried while delivering my grandmother's eulogy.\nIn my 30s, as my mother was in the hospital fighting leukemia, this same church family threw me a baby shower there with 25 of my pseudo-moms in attendance when my own mother was too ill to participate. Months later, I stood with our family and our little miracle baby as he was baptized beneath those same beautiful windows.\nSo you see, I just can't imagine GUMC without them, without these incredible glass windows that represent more than glass, more than beauty, more than our lives and deaths and joys and sorrows. GUMC is ingrained into the fabric of my families' lives. It's supported every happy (and sad) family event I can remember.\nGUMC still needs the community's help to save the windows. It would mean so much to me, my family and all the members of GUMC.\nDonations can also be made online at a GoFundMe webpage called \"GUMC Stained Glass Window Restoration.\"\nMonica Stout\nGanges",
"Letter: Windows mean more than just glass",
"Thank you for your story on the Ganges United Methodist Church's stained glass windows in December.I can't pinpoint a time when these windows weren't in my life. Before I existed, my grandparents sat in the pews before them every Sunday. My mother was baptized in front of them. My parents were married in front of them in the 1970s. As babies, my little brother and I were baptized in front of them.I looked at them whenever I'd peruse the church library when we visited my grandparents. As a young"
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After having followed this story for a while, I have some observations. To begin with I don’t know the owner nor the restaurant, so I have no axes to grind with her or the employees.The background of the owner of any restaurant (or any business) is really of little value to me. One’s background is no excuse to not follow the rules/laws at all levels of government. There are no doubt thousands of businesses whose owners and employees need work and all of these people have background
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After having followed this story for a while, I have some observations. To begin with I don’t know the owner nor the restaurant, so I have no axes to grind with her or the employees.
The background of the owner of any restaurant (or any business) is really of little value to me. One’s background is no excuse to not follow the rules/laws at all levels of government. There are no doubt thousands of businesses whose owners and employees need work and all of these people have background stories.
All of these people have constitutional rights, as we all do. Quote, "I just follow the Constitution." (Sentinel, Jan. 24). I am certainly no student of said Constitution, but I would guess there is something in there about following the laws of the land.
Quote: "Your health is your responsibility." That is self-serving. To follow this line of thinking, then we have no need for the USDA, the health department or any other departments that help protect our food and the people who handle that food. This thinking tells me that how clean a restaurant’s food is, its handling of the food, the cleanliness of the restaurant and the health of the employees are all my responsibility. Really?
WE THE PEOPLE, need to follow the rules that WE THE PEOPLE have set up to protect us ALL.
Walter Lamb
Holland
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"After having followed this story for a while, I have some observations. To begin with I don’t know the owner nor the restaurant, so I have no axes to grind with her or the employees.\nThe background of the owner of any restaurant (or any business) is really of little value to me. One’s background is no excuse to not follow the rules/laws at all levels of government. There are no doubt thousands of businesses whose owners and employees need work and all of these people have background stories.\nAll of these people have constitutional rights, as we all do. Quote, \"I just follow the Constitution.\" (Sentinel, Jan. 24). I am certainly no student of said Constitution, but I would guess there is something in there about following the laws of the land.\nQuote: \"Your health is your responsibility.\" That is self-serving. To follow this line of thinking, then we have no need for the USDA, the health department or any other departments that help protect our food and the people who handle that food. This thinking tells me that how clean a restaurant’s food is, its handling of the food, the cleanliness of the restaurant and the health of the employees are all my responsibility. Really?\nWE THE PEOPLE, need to follow the rules that WE THE PEOPLE have set up to protect us ALL.\nWalter Lamb\nHolland",
"Letter: Isn’t Constitution about following laws?",
"After having followed this story for a while, I have some observations. To begin with I don’t know the owner nor the restaurant, so I have no axes to grind with her or the employees.The background of the owner of any restaurant (or any business) is really of little value to me. One’s background is no excuse to not follow the rules/laws at all levels of government. There are no doubt thousands of businesses whose owners and employees need work and all of these people have background"
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The homily for Sunday Mass was about God speaking to us. I'm wondering if we are listening to God during this crisis of COVID-19 and political division. We may disagree with one another on issues, but we all know we cannot disagree with what God wants us to do. He said to love one another, respect one another and to have him above all. So, we know what we have to do.We can agree to disagree to reach common ground to start a dialog. We cannot have it all or force others to act or to think the
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The homily for Sunday Mass was about God speaking to us. I'm wondering if we are listening to God during this crisis of COVID-19 and political division. We may disagree with one another on issues, but we all know we cannot disagree with what God wants us to do. He said to love one another, respect one another and to have him above all. So, we know what we have to do.
We can agree to disagree to reach common ground to start a dialog. We cannot have it all or force others to act or to think the way we do. For starters, let’s talk about respect for law and order, respect each other’s views and find solutions to the problems facing us today.
My concern is the consequences if we do not unite. We will all lose the very foundation of what this country was founded on. I ask for your prayers to God to help us during this crucial time.
Celestino Reyes
Holland
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"The homily for Sunday Mass was about God speaking to us. I'm wondering if we are listening to God during this crisis of COVID-19 and political division. We may disagree with one another on issues, but we all know we cannot disagree with what God wants us to do. He said to love one another, respect one another and to have him above all. So, we know what we have to do.\nWe can agree to disagree to reach common ground to start a dialog. We cannot have it all or force others to act or to think the way we do. For starters, let’s talk about respect for law and order, respect each other’s views and find solutions to the problems facing us today.\nMy concern is the consequences if we do not unite. We will all lose the very foundation of what this country was founded on. I ask for your prayers to God to help us during this crucial time.\nCelestino Reyes\nHolland",
"Letter: Find common ground to move forward",
"The homily for Sunday Mass was about God speaking to us. I'm wondering if we are listening to God during this crisis of COVID-19 and political division. We may disagree with one another on issues, but we all know we cannot disagree with what God wants us to do. He said to love one another, respect one another and to have him above all. So, we know what we have to do.We can agree to disagree to reach common ground to start a dialog. We cannot have it all or force others to act or to think the"
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Columns share an author's personal perspective. ***** Reader Question: A recent article you authored titled "What's wrong with real estate" was insightful. The overview described several conditions that contribute to the real estate sales environment. We will be selling our home soon and feel that expanding on the agents would help alert us to which agents to avoid. Can you drill down to the individual agents and better describe the "masses of part-time, untrained, unethical and incompetent
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Columns share an author's personal perspective.
*****
Reader Question: A recent article you authored titled "What's wrong with real estate" was insightful. The overview described several conditions that contribute to the real estate sales environment. We will be selling our home soon and feel that expanding on the agents would help alert us to which agents to avoid. Can you drill down to the individual agents and better describe the "masses of part-time, untrained, unethical and incompetent agents?"
Monty's Answer: In my experience, one of the most challenging tasks when selling your home is picking a competent agent. Most real estate agents I have worked with are friendly and present themselves as honest and sincere. They likely believe in their abilities and come across as confident and competent. You cannot always distinguish shortcomings until after you engage them. It takes effort on the seller's part to uncover weaknesses in their ability before you hire. There are many articles on the DearMonty website to help. Here is an example at DearMonty (http://bit.ly/2LKsDmf) that describes differences in agent's practices.
Attitudes and Motivation
Here are differences in why I believe they may be working:
Hard-working, efficient use of time, and not afraid of sharing information they know you will not like to hear. These agents can defend their conclusions with accurate data and present them diplomatically. They are customer-focused, active listeners, intending to satisfy their customers by putting their interests ahead of their own. This is the agent you want. They are hard to find.Hard-working, efficient and honest, but lacks knowledge and common sense.This agent needs a cover to camouflage their real interests, be it gambling, alcohol or drugs, playing sports, shopping, looking for love or something else.This agent is lazy, invests little effort and waits for business to come to them.Agents that use their agent status to prospect for bargains to build their real estate portfolios.Agents that work only to sell their listings and get paid on both sides of the transaction. They are greedy and short-sighted. “Coming soon” promotions are an example of both sides.The part-time real estate agent suggests using caution. Agents who consider themselves full-time may hold a bias that overlooks that part-time agents can perform well. I once met a retired physician with time on her hands and an interest in real estate. She could outperform many full-time agents. What is the new agent's background?Experienced real estate agents generally believe new agents do not know enough. To hire one is a bad idea. That may not be the case. What were they doing before they entered real estate? I am aware of an agent that completed over 60 transactions in their first year with five-star recommendations. That said, many new agents are not prepared.
In my opinion, these descriptions are accurate. This writer operated real estate brokerages for many years and was active with local and state Realtor organizations. If you would like to learn more, here is a link (https://bit.ly/3i1pta5) to an independent study from 2015 of industry problems commissioned by the National Association of Realtors. Please scroll to the agent section on page 20 to learn how agents described their fellow agents.
Richard Montgomery is the author of "House Money - An Insider’s Secrets to Saving Thousands When You Buy or Sell a Home." He advocates industry reform and offers readers unbiased real estate advice. Follow him on Twitter at @dearmonty, or at DearMonty.com.
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"Columns share an author's personal perspective.\n*****\nReader Question: A recent article you authored titled \"What's wrong with real estate\" was insightful. The overview described several conditions that contribute to the real estate sales environment. We will be selling our home soon and feel that expanding on the agents would help alert us to which agents to avoid. Can you drill down to the individual agents and better describe the \"masses of part-time, untrained, unethical and incompetent agents?\"\nMonty's Answer: In my experience, one of the most challenging tasks when selling your home is picking a competent agent. Most real estate agents I have worked with are friendly and present themselves as honest and sincere. They likely believe in their abilities and come across as confident and competent. You cannot always distinguish shortcomings until after you engage them. It takes effort on the seller's part to uncover weaknesses in their ability before you hire. There are many articles on the DearMonty website to help. Here is an example at DearMonty (http://bit.ly/2LKsDmf) that describes differences in agent's practices.\nAttitudes and Motivation\nHere are differences in why I believe they may be working:\nHard-working, efficient use of time, and not afraid of sharing information they know you will not like to hear. These agents can defend their conclusions with accurate data and present them diplomatically. They are customer-focused, active listeners, intending to satisfy their customers by putting their interests ahead of their own. This is the agent you want. They are hard to find.Hard-working, efficient and honest, but lacks knowledge and common sense.This agent needs a cover to camouflage their real interests, be it gambling, alcohol or drugs, playing sports, shopping, looking for love or something else.This agent is lazy, invests little effort and waits for business to come to them.Agents that use their agent status to prospect for bargains to build their real estate portfolios.Agents that work only to sell their listings and get paid on both sides of the transaction. They are greedy and short-sighted. “Coming soon” promotions are an example of both sides.The part-time real estate agent suggests using caution. Agents who consider themselves full-time may hold a bias that overlooks that part-time agents can perform well. I once met a retired physician with time on her hands and an interest in real estate. She could outperform many full-time agents. What is the new agent's background?Experienced real estate agents generally believe new agents do not know enough. To hire one is a bad idea. That may not be the case. What were they doing before they entered real estate? I am aware of an agent that completed over 60 transactions in their first year with five-star recommendations. That said, many new agents are not prepared.\nIn my opinion, these descriptions are accurate. This writer operated real estate brokerages for many years and was active with local and state Realtor organizations. If you would like to learn more, here is a link (https://bit.ly/3i1pta5) to an independent study from 2015 of industry problems commissioned by the National Association of Realtors. Please scroll to the agent section on page 20 to learn how agents described their fellow agents.\nRichard Montgomery is the author of \"House Money - An Insider’s Secrets to Saving Thousands When You Buy or Sell a Home.\" He advocates industry reform and offers readers unbiased real estate advice. Follow him on Twitter at @dearmonty, or at DearMonty.com.",
"Dear Monty column: Eight real estate agent categories",
"Columns share an author's personal perspective. ***** Reader Question: A recent article you authored titled \"What's wrong with real estate\" was insightful. The overview described several conditions that contribute to the real estate sales environment. We will be selling our home soon and feel that expanding on the agents would help alert us to which agents to avoid. Can you drill down to the individual agents and better describe the \"masses of part-time, untrained, unethical and incompetent"
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The presentation is scheduled for Jan. 27.
LANSING — For the first time in history, Michigan’s State of the State address will take place virtually on Jan. 27, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Friday.
Whitmer’s third State of the State will be the first one not delivered in front of a huge crowd of lawmakers, other elected officials and invited guests, inside the state House chamber.
“Due to the ongoing COVID- 19 pandemic, the State of the State address will be held virtually, in compliance with CDC ( Centers for Disease Control) and the state of Michigan’s best practices,” Whitmer said in a news release.
“These are extraordinary times that require innovative ways of doing things to ensure safety,” Whitmer said. “A large gathering would pose an unnecessary risk to the health of legislators, justices, staff, and guests.”
More details will be released later on how the public can view the event, she said.
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"The presentation is scheduled for Jan. 27.\nLANSING — For the first time in history, Michigan’s State of the State address will take place virtually on Jan. 27, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Friday.\nWhitmer’s third State of the State will be the first one not delivered in front of a huge crowd of lawmakers, other elected officials and invited guests, inside the state House chamber.\n“Due to the ongoing COVID- 19 pandemic, the State of the State address will be held virtually, in compliance with CDC ( Centers for Disease Control) and the state of Michigan’s best practices,” Whitmer said in a news release.\n“These are extraordinary times that require innovative ways of doing things to ensure safety,” Whitmer said. “A large gathering would pose an unnecessary risk to the health of legislators, justices, staff, and guests.”\nMore details will be released later on how the public can view the event, she said.",
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READING - A chance to be behind the scenes as an extra for a major film once gave a local woman opportunity to mix with Hollywood stars.While Nakyshia Galloway of Reading was an extra on the set of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," she was able to meet most of the cast. The film is a 2016 American superhero film based on the DC Comics characters Batman and Superman."It was a once in a life time experience," Galloway said, noting she was a college student at the time.Galloway, whose maiden
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READING - A chance to be behind the scenes as an extra for a major film once gave a local woman opportunity to mix with Hollywood stars.
While Nakyshia Galloway of Reading was an extra on the set of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," she was able to meet most of the cast. The film is a 2016 American superhero film based on the DC Comics characters Batman and Superman.
"It was a once in a life time experience," Galloway said, noting she was a college student at the time.
Galloway, whose maiden name is Brown, has lived in Hillsdale County since 2000. She lived in North Adams from 2001-2006, in Reading from 2006-2012, and graduated from Reading High School in 2012. She attended Eastern Michigan University, where she graduated in 2016 with a bachelors in arts and sciences.
After graduation, she moved back home and married her high school sweetheart in May of 2016.
"I’ve been here since," Galloway said. "I worked in real estate for awhile, but now I’m a stay-at-home mom with my two toddlers."
She got the chance to be an extra when a friend sent her a link for an ad asking for extras.
"I sent some head shots and they wanted information about my clothing size and height," Galloway said. "I filled out the form and then honestly, forgot about it, because I didn't think they would call me." A few weeks later she was sitting in class and she got a call.
"I stepped out to answer it and they asked me: 'Is this Nakyshia Brown? Would you still be able to be an extra in Batman vs. Superman? We’d need you in Lansing by tonight.' I obviously said yes!"
Galloway was a resident hall advisor at the time, so she got a friend to cover her shifts and she headed to Lansing that afternoon.
"We were on set for two nights, all night," she said. "As far as requirements, we really just had to be to set on time, so they could do makeup and wardrobe. We had to stand still at moments, or pretend to talk amongst ourselves during filming. We could not have our phones on set. If you were caught with a phone, you’d be dismissed from the set and asked not to return."
Among stars she was able to meet were Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jesse Eisenberg, Nicole Forester and Director Zack Snyder.
"They were all so nice and kind," Galloway said. "Nicole and I talked about the fashion choices the designers made for us and how much we liked them. Jesse Eisenberg was kind and sweet. He took time to talk to some of us extras and it was honestly like talking to a friend."
Since she was a college student at the time, pay wasn't a major draw.
"I was just happy they gave me free Jimmy Johns (sandwiches)," she said. "But, the pay was very good for just a few days."
Later, she was offered a chance to apply for a Macy’s commercial, but it was too close to her wedding date, so she turned it down.
"I haven’t tried to be in other films," she said. "The only reason I applied for 'Batman v Superman' was because I am a huge Batman fan."
Among takeaways from the experience, she was one of the youngest extras on set.
"I thought that was cool," she said. "Also, the amount of work that goes into making a movie; I never realized how many times you have to shoot a scene and from so many different angles. We did two nights worth of work for a 5 minute scene."
The scene was where Lex Luthor (Jessie Eisenberg) was receiving an award for his philanthropy. "Superman (Clark Kent) and Batman (Bruce Wayne) are also meeting for the first time, and we also see Wonder Woman for the first time on screen. This was the scene where tension is really building between Batman and Superman."
The whole experience seems surreal now.
"This was never something I thought I would be doing," she said. "I think, when my kids are older, I would like to be an extra again. It was a really fun experience and I would do it over again. I really had a lot of fun - plus free meals, and as a college kid you can’t pass that down. I don't think I would change anything - it was really amazing!"
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"READING - A chance to be behind the scenes as an extra for a major film once gave a local woman opportunity to mix with Hollywood stars.\nWhile Nakyshia Galloway of Reading was an extra on the set of \"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,\" she was able to meet most of the cast. The film is a 2016 American superhero film based on the DC Comics characters Batman and Superman.\n\"It was a once in a life time experience,\" Galloway said, noting she was a college student at the time.\nGalloway, whose maiden name is Brown, has lived in Hillsdale County since 2000. She lived in North Adams from 2001-2006, in Reading from 2006-2012, and graduated from Reading High School in 2012. She attended Eastern Michigan University, where she graduated in 2016 with a bachelors in arts and sciences.\nAfter graduation, she moved back home and married her high school sweetheart in May of 2016.\n\"I’ve been here since,\" Galloway said. \"I worked in real estate for awhile, but now I’m a stay-at-home mom with my two toddlers.\"\nShe got the chance to be an extra when a friend sent her a link for an ad asking for extras.\n\"I sent some head shots and they wanted information about my clothing size and height,\" Galloway said. \"I filled out the form and then honestly, forgot about it, because I didn't think they would call me.\" A few weeks later she was sitting in class and she got a call.\n\"I stepped out to answer it and they asked me: 'Is this Nakyshia Brown? Would you still be able to be an extra in Batman vs. Superman? We’d need you in Lansing by tonight.' I obviously said yes!\"\nGalloway was a resident hall advisor at the time, so she got a friend to cover her shifts and she headed to Lansing that afternoon.\n\"We were on set for two nights, all night,\" she said. \"As far as requirements, we really just had to be to set on time, so they could do makeup and wardrobe. We had to stand still at moments, or pretend to talk amongst ourselves during filming. We could not have our phones on set. If you were caught with a phone, you’d be dismissed from the set and asked not to return.\"\nAmong stars she was able to meet were Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jesse Eisenberg, Nicole Forester and Director Zack Snyder.\n\"They were all so nice and kind,\" Galloway said. \"Nicole and I talked about the fashion choices the designers made for us and how much we liked them. Jesse Eisenberg was kind and sweet. He took time to talk to some of us extras and it was honestly like talking to a friend.\"\nSince she was a college student at the time, pay wasn't a major draw.\n\"I was just happy they gave me free Jimmy Johns (sandwiches),\" she said. \"But, the pay was very good for just a few days.\"\nLater, she was offered a chance to apply for a Macy’s commercial, but it was too close to her wedding date, so she turned it down.\n\"I haven’t tried to be in other films,\" she said. \"The only reason I applied for 'Batman v Superman' was because I am a huge Batman fan.\"\nAmong takeaways from the experience, she was one of the youngest extras on set.\n\"I thought that was cool,\" she said. \"Also, the amount of work that goes into making a movie; I never realized how many times you have to shoot a scene and from so many different angles. We did two nights worth of work for a 5 minute scene.\"\nThe scene was where Lex Luthor (Jessie Eisenberg) was receiving an award for his philanthropy. \"Superman (Clark Kent) and Batman (Bruce Wayne) are also meeting for the first time, and we also see Wonder Woman for the first time on screen. This was the scene where tension is really building between Batman and Superman.\"\nThe whole experience seems surreal now.\n\"This was never something I thought I would be doing,\" she said. \"I think, when my kids are older, I would like to be an extra again. It was a really fun experience and I would do it over again. I really had a lot of fun - plus free meals, and as a college kid you can’t pass that down. I don't think I would change anything - it was really amazing!\"",
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"READING - A chance to be behind the scenes as an extra for a major film once gave a local woman opportunity to mix with Hollywood stars.While Nakyshia Galloway of Reading was an extra on the set of \"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,\" she was able to meet most of the cast. The film is a 2016 American superhero film based on the DC Comics characters Batman and Superman.\"It was a once in a life time experience,\" Galloway said, noting she was a college student at the time.Galloway, whose maiden"
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Columns share an author’s personal perspective.*****You never know how a sermon will turn out, but I knew the one on Dec. 20 was going to be good.My message was framed around the metaphor of a tiny Christmas cactus that sat in the windowsill of our guest bedroom. It had, that very week, produced a wee pink bloom - a sign of life in the darkest days of December. It was the perfect illustration.But as the old saying goes, we plan, and God laughs.The day I had to record the sermon, I walked
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*****
You never know how a sermon will turn out, but I knew the one on Dec. 20 was going to be good.
My message was framed around the metaphor of a tiny Christmas cactus that sat in the windowsill of our guest bedroom. It had, that very week, produced a wee pink bloom - a sign of life in the darkest days of December. It was the perfect illustration.
But as the old saying goes, we plan, and God laughs.
The day I had to record the sermon, I walked into the church holding the tiny cactus like a newborn baby bird, its bright pink bloom dangling precariously off one of its branches. Placing the cactus just out of the view of the camera, I hit record on my phone and began: “The title of my sermon is ...” I was six words in when all of a sudden, the little pink blossom detached itself from the cactus branch, dropped to the carpet, and lay lifeless next to my foot.
I hit pause on the camera and stared down at the pink dot. My entire sermon was lying on the floor. Panic began to creep in. What was I to do? I couldn’t rewrite the whole thing. The only thing I knew to do was pray.
“Dear Lord in heaven, please make that blossom fly up and reattach itself.”
The Lord heard my prayer, for when I opened my eyes, I spied the Scotch tape.
Praise baby Jesus.
Quickly taping the blossom back on the cactus, I hit record and finished the sermon.
In that moment, I couldn’t help but think of the old saying: “Held together by duct tape, baling wire, and the grace of God.”
Amen. Ain’t that the truth?
We’re all just trying to hold it together by any means possible. Whether you’re a teacher trying to hold a virtual classroom together, an essential worker trying to prevent a hospital from falling apart, a government leader attempting to keep the seams of America from ripping apart or a human being trying to maintain your sanity, we’ve all been pushed to the breaking point. Many days, like that little blossom, we feel like we just can’t hang on.
The grace of God is all we have left.
Here’s the good news: That holy tape is stronger than you think. As Colossians 1:17 teaches, “In him all things hold together.” If we hold on to God, we can be sure that God will never let go of us.
Bottom line, we have two choices:
We can admit defeat, let go, walk away, and allow the forces of evil to run roughshod over all things good and true.
Or we can pick ourselves up, Scotch tape what we can back together, and keep moving forward. If we choose this path - if we fight to hold it together - eventually our strength will return. Our hope will come back. Grace will take over, and things will start to blossom once again.
Trust me, I know. A few days ago, and several weeks after the sermon, I noticed the tiniest stain of pink on the end of another branch of my Christmas cactus. It was so faint that I had to put my face right next to the plant to see it, but it was there ... just barely peeking out.
Sometimes you have to Scotch tape things together until hope peeks back out again. And it always does. Granted, we may not see even the tiniest stain of hope on the horizon right now, but with a little faith and patience, righteousness will overcome. In the meantime, if we hold it together with a little duct tape and baling wire, the grace of God will do the rest.
A trial lawyer turned stand-up comedian and Baptist minister, the Rev. Susan Sparks is the senior pastor of Madison Avenue Baptist Church in New York City. A nationally known speaker and preacher, she is the author of four books, including her new devotional, “Grace-Filled Gratitude: A 40-Day Joy Journal” available on Amazon. Contact her through her email at [email protected], or her website, http://SusanSparks.com.
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SARANAC — A defendant’s convictions stemming from a 2015 traffic stop in Saranac will remain overturned after the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the prosecution’s application for the state’s highest court to rule on the case.The Michigan Supreme Court announced Dec. 30 that the application filed by the prosecution in the case against Anthony Michael Owen has been denied. Owen was accused of driving 43 mph in a 25 mph zone in September 2015 on Parsonage Road
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SARANAC — A defendant’s convictions stemming from a 2015 traffic stop in Saranac will remain overturned after the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the prosecution’s application for the state’s highest court to rule on the case.
The Michigan Supreme Court announced Dec. 30 that the application filed by the prosecution in the case against Anthony Michael Owen has been denied. Owen was accused of driving 43 mph in a 25 mph zone in September 2015 on Parsonage Road in Saranac and was charged with operating while visibly impaired and being a concealed licensee in possession of a firearm while intoxicated.
Owen appealed his convictions, which the state Court of Appeals reversed in July 2019. Owen argued the sheriff’s deputy who arrested him had no lawful basis to stop him because the speed limit on the unposted roadway was 55 mph, not 25. The appeals court agreed.
After the prosecution filed an application for leave to appeal the Court of Appeals’ ruling, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments from both sides Nov. 12. The Supreme Court issued an order denying the leave to appeal Wednesday.
"The application is again considered, and it is denied, because we are not persuaded that the question presented should be reviewed by this court," the Dec. 30 order by the Supreme Court stated.
The Supreme Court ordered the denial in a 4-3 decision. Justice Brian Zahra dissented from the Supreme Court’s denial of leave and his statement was joined by Justice Stephen Markman and Chief Justice Pro Tem David Viviano.
"In my view, the Court of Appeals clearly erred by concluding that the arresting deputy sheriff made an unreasonable mistake of law regarding the applicable speed limit that justified the traffic stop of the defendant’s vehicle," Zahra wrote. "The Court of Appeals failed to assess this case from the objective perspective of the deputy. I would reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and reinstate the judgment of the circuit court, which ruled that the deputy’s actions were objectively reasonable."
Zahra argued that although the deputy was mistaken — it was "objectively reasonable" for the deputy to have surmised the applicable speed limit was 25 mph on the road and stop Owen based on that understanding.
"For these reasons, I respectfully dissent from our order denying leave to appeal," Zahra wrote. "I would instead reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and reinstate defendant’s convictions and sentences."
Owen argued to the Court of Appeals that the circuit court erred because it "incorrectly ruled the deputy made a reasonable mistake of the law despite lacking an articulable and reasonable suspicion that (Owen) violated any law," the COA opinion states.
Evidence showed the deputy believed the speed limit on the road was 25 mph because the 25 mph speed limits were posted on some streets entering Saranac, the Court of Appeals ruled. Evidence also showed Saranac had no sign posted anywhere that provided it had a general village speed limit by ordinance or regulation. Since 2006 and under the Motor Vehicle Code, villages could not have blanket village-wide 25 mph speed limits within their boundaries, the COA stated.
During oral arguments in November, Jackson County Chief Appellate Attorney Jerrold Schrotenboer — appearing on behalf of the Ionia County Prosecutor’s Office — argued that the deputy made a "reasonable mistake." He said the roadway was 25 mph going the other way and in a half mile residential stretch of Saranac. He added that most of the signs in the Ionia County village read 25 mph and it’s difficult to figure out the law.
Edward Sternisha, Owen’s defense attorney, argued the mistake was "not objectively reasonable" — stating the deputy testified he knew unposted roads were 55 mph.
Ionia County Prosecutor Kyle Butler told The Sentinel-Standard he appreciates the support he’s received from prosecutors and prosecuting agencies across the state, as well as the assistance in handling this case up to the Michigan Supreme Court.
"Obviously I’m disappointed in the outcome of the case," Butler said. "I agree with the dissent and the three justices who support the dissent."
Sternisha believes speed limits in Saranac are "still improper" and is concerned drivers are being pulled for speeding when they’re not actually speeding. He told The Sentinel-Standard he was pleased with the Supreme Court order.
"I’m very excited it about," Sternisha said. "It’s been a long time coming — about 5 1/4 years."
— Contact reporter Evan Sasiela at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SalsaEvan.
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"SARANAC — A defendant’s convictions stemming from a 2015 traffic stop in Saranac will remain overturned after the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the prosecution’s application for the state’s highest court to rule on the case.\nThe Michigan Supreme Court announced Dec. 30 that the application filed by the prosecution in the case against Anthony Michael Owen has been denied. Owen was accused of driving 43 mph in a 25 mph zone in September 2015 on Parsonage Road in Saranac and was charged with operating while visibly impaired and being a concealed licensee in possession of a firearm while intoxicated.\nOwen appealed his convictions, which the state Court of Appeals reversed in July 2019. Owen argued the sheriff’s deputy who arrested him had no lawful basis to stop him because the speed limit on the unposted roadway was 55 mph, not 25. The appeals court agreed.\nAfter the prosecution filed an application for leave to appeal the Court of Appeals’ ruling, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments from both sides Nov. 12. The Supreme Court issued an order denying the leave to appeal Wednesday.\n\"The application is again considered, and it is denied, because we are not persuaded that the question presented should be reviewed by this court,\" the Dec. 30 order by the Supreme Court stated.\nThe Supreme Court ordered the denial in a 4-3 decision. Justice Brian Zahra dissented from the Supreme Court’s denial of leave and his statement was joined by Justice Stephen Markman and Chief Justice Pro Tem David Viviano.\n\"In my view, the Court of Appeals clearly erred by concluding that the arresting deputy sheriff made an unreasonable mistake of law regarding the applicable speed limit that justified the traffic stop of the defendant’s vehicle,\" Zahra wrote. \"The Court of Appeals failed to assess this case from the objective perspective of the deputy. I would reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and reinstate the judgment of the circuit court, which ruled that the deputy’s actions were objectively reasonable.\"\nZahra argued that although the deputy was mistaken — it was \"objectively reasonable\" for the deputy to have surmised the applicable speed limit was 25 mph on the road and stop Owen based on that understanding.\n\"For these reasons, I respectfully dissent from our order denying leave to appeal,\" Zahra wrote. \"I would instead reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals and reinstate defendant’s convictions and sentences.\"\nOwen argued to the Court of Appeals that the circuit court erred because it \"incorrectly ruled the deputy made a reasonable mistake of the law despite lacking an articulable and reasonable suspicion that (Owen) violated any law,\" the COA opinion states.\nEvidence showed the deputy believed the speed limit on the road was 25 mph because the 25 mph speed limits were posted on some streets entering Saranac, the Court of Appeals ruled. Evidence also showed Saranac had no sign posted anywhere that provided it had a general village speed limit by ordinance or regulation. Since 2006 and under the Motor Vehicle Code, villages could not have blanket village-wide 25 mph speed limits within their boundaries, the COA stated.\nDuring oral arguments in November, Jackson County Chief Appellate Attorney Jerrold Schrotenboer — appearing on behalf of the Ionia County Prosecutor’s Office — argued that the deputy made a \"reasonable mistake.\" He said the roadway was 25 mph going the other way and in a half mile residential stretch of Saranac. He added that most of the signs in the Ionia County village read 25 mph and it’s difficult to figure out the law.\nEdward Sternisha, Owen’s defense attorney, argued the mistake was \"not objectively reasonable\" — stating the deputy testified he knew unposted roads were 55 mph.\nIonia County Prosecutor Kyle Butler told The Sentinel-Standard he appreciates the support he’s received from prosecutors and prosecuting agencies across the state, as well as the assistance in handling this case up to the Michigan Supreme Court.\n\"Obviously I’m disappointed in the outcome of the case,\" Butler said. \"I agree with the dissent and the three justices who support the dissent.\"\nSternisha believes speed limits in Saranac are \"still improper\" and is concerned drivers are being pulled for speeding when they’re not actually speeding. He told The Sentinel-Standard he was pleased with the Supreme Court order.\n\"I’m very excited it about,\" Sternisha said. \"It’s been a long time coming — about 5 1/4 years.\"\n— Contact reporter Evan Sasiela at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @SalsaEvan.",
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HILLSDALE — A Morenci man arrested Jan. 3 in the city of Hillsdale on a slew of criminal allegations appeared in the 2B District Court Wednesday morning for a probable cause conference.Jeremy Scott Brown, 44, was charged with aggravated stalking, two counts of carrying a weapon with unlawful intent, two counts of malicious destruction of private property between $200-$1,000, malicious destruction of private property between $1,000-$20,000 and failing to report an accident.On Wednesday,
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HILLSDALE — A Morenci man arrested Jan. 3 in the city of Hillsdale on a slew of criminal allegations appeared in the 2B District Court Wednesday morning for a probable cause conference.
Jeremy Scott Brown, 44, was charged with aggravated stalking, two counts of carrying a weapon with unlawful intent, two counts of malicious destruction of private property between $200-$1,000, malicious destruction of private property between $1,000-$20,000 and failing to report an accident.
On Wednesday, his attorney, Rodney Leon, spoke briefly with the Hillsdale County Prosecutor’s Office to discuss the case and possible plea bargains.
Leon informed Judge Megan Stiverson that Brown was considering accepting a plea offer to a high-court misdemeanor and two misdemeanor charges to resolve the case in its entirety, but asked that Brown had a week to think it over.
The decision was made to continue a preliminary examination hearing in the 2B District Court next Wednesday at which time Brown could waive his rights to the hearing and request his case be bound over to the 1st Judicial Circuit Court for a plea hearing in front of Judge Sara Lisznyai.
On the day of his arrest, Jan. 3, officers with the Hillsdale City Police Department were alerted to an incident near the heart of downtown where a woman, reportedly a former girlfriend of Brown’s, reported someone had possibly thrown a rock through her window.
Responding officers, working off a vehicle description relayed by the 911 caller, immediately began searching the area for the suspect vehicle and located it a short distance away.
Further investigation showed the window of the victim’s car had been shot out with a pellet rifle.
Brown had also hit a nearby pickup truck causing damage.
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"HILLSDALE — A Morenci man arrested Jan. 3 in the city of Hillsdale on a slew of criminal allegations appeared in the 2B District Court Wednesday morning for a probable cause conference.\nJeremy Scott Brown, 44, was charged with aggravated stalking, two counts of carrying a weapon with unlawful intent, two counts of malicious destruction of private property between $200-$1,000, malicious destruction of private property between $1,000-$20,000 and failing to report an accident.\nOn Wednesday, his attorney, Rodney Leon, spoke briefly with the Hillsdale County Prosecutor’s Office to discuss the case and possible plea bargains.\nLeon informed Judge Megan Stiverson that Brown was considering accepting a plea offer to a high-court misdemeanor and two misdemeanor charges to resolve the case in its entirety, but asked that Brown had a week to think it over.\nThe decision was made to continue a preliminary examination hearing in the 2B District Court next Wednesday at which time Brown could waive his rights to the hearing and request his case be bound over to the 1st Judicial Circuit Court for a plea hearing in front of Judge Sara Lisznyai.\nOn the day of his arrest, Jan. 3, officers with the Hillsdale City Police Department were alerted to an incident near the heart of downtown where a woman, reportedly a former girlfriend of Brown’s, reported someone had possibly thrown a rock through her window.\nResponding officers, working off a vehicle description relayed by the 911 caller, immediately began searching the area for the suspect vehicle and located it a short distance away.\nFurther investigation showed the window of the victim’s car had been shot out with a pellet rifle.\nBrown had also hit a nearby pickup truck causing damage.",
"Morenci man charged with stalking, carrying weapon set for exam",
"HILLSDALE — A Morenci man arrested Jan. 3 in the city of Hillsdale on a slew of criminal allegations appeared in the 2B District Court Wednesday morning for a probable cause conference.Jeremy Scott Brown, 44, was charged with aggravated stalking, two counts of carrying a weapon with unlawful intent, two counts of malicious destruction of private property between $200-$1,000, malicious destruction of private property between $1,000-$20,000 and failing to report an accident.On Wednesday,"
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