the michigan banner april 1, 2012 edition

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PastorPhyllisChipp–Page7

MarcyWeston–Page10

TrayvonMartin–Page 6

Leading in Diversity “Empowering Communities and Changing Lives”

TorrieL.Lee–Page9

TraciGuinn–Page10

ZetaPhiBetaSororityCelebratesCommunityLeadersThe Women of Zeta Omega Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., will

be honoring trailblazing women, groups and girls of the Saginaw community by celebrating its annual finer womanhood Scholarship Luncheon and Celebration entitled “Shining on the Spotlight on the Next Level of Greatness…Empowering, Enlightening and Distinctly Lifting our Community Leaders.”

The celebration and luncheon will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 11 a.m. at the Horizon’s Conference Center located at 6200 State Street, in Saginaw.

This year, the sorority will be honoring several individuals and groups who have contributed unselfishly to the welfare of the community and its people. Special recognition will be given to Angelia Williams, Director of Special Services for School Based Health Care and HIV/AIDS. A Saginaw resident, Williams received her formal high school education at St. Stephens Catholic High School in Saginaw. She also attended Michigan State University and received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. Williams also

received her certification as an adult nurse practitioner; as well as her Masters degree in nursing from Florida International University in Miami, Florida.

Ms. Williams has published several nursing articles and has been the recipient of many prestigious awards throughout her 30 plus years in nursing, which includes Outstanding Nursing Alumni Recipient in 2007 from Florida International University in Miami.

Williams is the daughter of Anna Williams and the late George Williams and truly loves her family. She is an active member of Bethel AME Church where she holds an office on the Trustee Board and is one of the 2012 Co-Chairpersons of the Women’s Day with her mom and sister. She is dedicated to improving the quality of life for persons who are unable to access health care, equal to, or above health care standards of the larger society. Williams has been named Woman of the Year, the sorority’s most esteemed honor.

Operation Reach will be honored with the “Shining Star Community Service Award.” Operation Reach was first conceived several years ago after a pray was made to God by Noah Bruner, the founding director requesting the opportunity to be a blessing to others. Shortly after making that request, Noah Bruner became employed with the state helping to reunite families experiencing abuse and neglect.

Zeta Omega Zeta Chapter member, Autumn L. Scherzer, Director of the Saginaw Intermediate School District Career Links Program and the Success for the Future Gang Diversion Program, will be awarded “Zeta of the Year”. Scherzer is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Legal Studies, accredited with American Bar Association. Scherzer previously worked for the Great Lakes Bay Michigan Works! Summer Youth Employment Program. Currently as the Program Director of the Saginaw Intermediate School District Career Links Program, she manages and mentors a staff of nine.

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In addition, several youth and youth groups will be recognized for their commitment and service to the Saginaw community. Sisters, Karrington and Khamani Marshall, are being honored as the “Pearlettes of the Year”” along with J’Nae Bean as the “Amicette of the Year”and Cerra Brown as “Archonette of the Year.”

Also, Five Great Lakes Bay area high school seniors will be receiving a $500 scholarship award for their community and school dedication, hard work and scholastic achievement during their academic career. This year’s winners include Bryce Basse, Carrollton High School, Jazeeka Brewer, Saginaw High School, Wen’Zell Franklin, Saginaw High School, Andrea Pugh, Saginaw High School, and Ta’Daviyon Reed, Saginaw High School.

Tickets are available in advance for a $35 donation. Proceeds will support the Freddye Curl Murphy Scholarship Fund. Tickets can be purchased from any member or by emailing the sorority at [email protected].

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CongratulationsSaginawHighChampionsFromTheMichiganBanner!By Mike ThompsonFor The Michigan Banner

Saginaw High now has six Class A basketball state championships in school history, including three during the past six years. The Trojans claimed the 2012 crown when they came from behind to beat Rockford, 54-42, by scoring 17 of the final 19 points.

Saginaw High won 26 of 28 games this season, and the toughest opponent all year may have been right here at home,

Arthur Hill. The Trojans won two of three meetings, including in the district tournament.Saginaw High was a team in the truest sense. Senior guard Travontis Richardson led a balanced

team effort all season with a modest 15 points per game. He also excels at stealing the ball on defense and earned Associated Press all-state honors, along with first-year Coach Julian Taylor.

There was a pair of happy “family matters.” The final two games were at Michigan State University’s Breslin Center, and so Draymond Green was able to attend. Green’s MSU Spartans lost in the college Sweet Sixteen, but he was able to watch his alma mater repeat the championships he helped to win in 2007 and 2008. The High’s previous state titles were in 1946, 1964 and 1996.

Also, the former coach, Lou Dawkins, was free to attend because his season as an assistant at Northern Illinois University was finished. He accepted the promotion last year because he aims to coach at the college level. Taylor was his former assistant and childhood schoolmate and friend.

In a sentimental note, Rockford was the school that Saginaw High was facing when Lou’s son, Dorian Dawkins, collapsed during a summer practice game and died from an undiagnosed heart ailment. Dorian would have been a junior star on this year’s team. Travontis Richardon, Treven Bentley and Kevin Marshall had been his teammates.

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DowExpandsSustainableInnovationStudentChallengeAwardwithNineNewUniversitiesWorldwide

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) recently announced the fourth annual Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award (SISCA) program is expanding to include nine new strategic universities across the globe. Developed in conjunction with Dow’s 2015 Sustainability Goals, SISCA drives collaboration and advancement in social and environmental responsibility by inspiring students to solve significant world challenges through sustainable solutions.

“In order to achieve a more sustainable future, it’s essential that we cultivate fresh ideas, innovative thinking and multidisciplinary learning among tomorrow’s leaders who will be the champions of change,” said Neil Hawkins, Dow’s Vice President of Sustainability and Environment, Health & Safety. “SISCA harnesses the energy, commitment and enthusiasm of students to craft real-world solutions, while building a robust collaboration between industry and academia.”

Participating universities are selected based on their academic excellence and a commitment to sustainability. The nine new universities are:

• California Institute of Technology (U.S.)

• FudanUniversity(China)• Monterrey Institute of Technology

and Higher Education (Mexico)• MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology

(U.S.)• PennStateUniversity(U.S.)• ShanghaiJiaotong(China)• Technische Universiteit Delft (The

Netherlands)• TsinghuaUniversity(China)• UniversityofMinnesota(U.S.)Returning for the 2012 program are the

following universities:• KingAbdullahUniversityofScience

and Technology (Saudi Arabia)• NorthwesternUniversity(U.S.)• PekingUniversity(China)• TuftsUniversity(U.S.)• University of California, Berkeley

(U.S.)• University of Cambridge (United

Kingdom)• UniversityofMichigan(U.S.)• UniversityofSãoPaulo(Brazil)Established in 2008, in its fourth year,

SISCA has recognized winning concepts

such as a third-party credit rewards program that enables cardholders to invest their points or airline miles in clean energy projects, and a water wheel allowing easier and faster transportation of potable water in underdeveloped nations.

Graduate students submit their research and projects and winners are selected in a peer-review process based on innovative thinking and excellence in research, a project’s potential for solving significant world challenges such as energy, water, housing or food and the interdisciplinary nature of their work. The students compete to win cash prizes for their innovative solutions to the world’s challenges.

The 2012 SISCA program will run from March to December, ending with an online collaboration event for student winners. For more information on The Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award, visit http://www.dow.com/sustainability/studentchallenge/.

References to “Dow” or the “Company” mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be found at www.dow.com.

Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines the power of science and technology to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company connects chemistry and innovation with the principles of sustainability to help address many of the world’s most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, renewable energy

generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity. Dow’s diversified industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in approximately 160 countries and in high growth sectors such

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TrayvonMartin’sPlaceinHistoryBy Mike ThompsonFor The Michigan Banner

First and foremost, to sign an online petition calling for the arrest and trial of Trayvon Martin’s killer in Sanford, Fla., purported Neighborhood Watch captain George Zimmerman, visit http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-

killer-of-our-son-17-year-old-trayvon-martin. If you don’t want to write all that down, simply Google search for “Trayvon Martin petition.” As of March 25, there were more than 1.9 million signatures.

When they first showed photos of Trayvon Martin on TV, my thoughts swung to Emmett Till, who was 14 when a lynch mob killed him 57 years ago in Money, Miss. In typing the two names into a Google search, there were more than 42,000 people making the same connection on the web.

But one author listed more names of racial hate murder victims. Readers may recognize some of these.

Addie Mae Collins, Carol Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, all 14, and Denise McNair, 11, killed in a 1963 Birmingham church bombing only three weekends after the March on Washington.

Michael Griffin, 23, run over in a car by a gang of white kids in 1986 at Howard Beach, Queens, New York.

Yusef Hawkins, 16, shot to death in an attack by a white youth gang in Brooklyn in 1989.

Amadou Diallo, 23, killed in a hail of 41 gunshots by New York City police in 1999.

Sean Bell, 23, killed by New York City police in 2006. This time there were 50 shots.

Oscar Grant, 23, shot execution-style by a

San Francisco transit police officer in 2009.Troy Davis, 42, executed last September

in Geogia on a death penalty conviction for the slaying of a white police officer, in spite of overwhelming subsequent evidence of his innocence.

The writer could have added the name of James Byrd Jr., 49, killed in 1998 when three white men chained him to the back of a car and drove three miles down a rural road in Jasper, Texas.

And of course, civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, 37, in 1963 in Jackson, Miss., and Martin Luther King Jr., 39, in 1968 in Memphis, Tenn., were victims of hate murders.

White sympathizers to civil rights also have been victims. James Chaney in Philadelphia, Miss., in 1964 was a 21-year-old black man, but Mickey Schwerner, 24, and Andrew Goodman, 21, were white.

Viola Liazzo, 39, was driving African American participants back to Selma, Ala., after the 1965 march to Montgomery when a passing motorist shot her.

Here in Saginaw back in 1981, when 43-year-old probation officer Oliver Bruce Moorer was slain in his home during a drug raid involving four white police officers, many citizens viewed this as a hate crime, or in the least as a racist act.

Sadly, this is merely a partial list. Some names are lesser-known, and there are others we’ll never know.

I was trying to think, in reverse, of whites who have been killed by blacks in hate crimes. No names came to mind. The closest was Reginald Denny, the 33-year-old white truck driver who was beaten and bricked by four black men during the 1992 Rodney King verdict riots in Los Angeles. Denny didn’t die, although he still suffers the lifelong effects of

his injuries.Therefore, I again resorted to Google for

black-on-white hate murders.Virtually the only significant file that

popped up was from 2007 in Knoxville, Tenn. Four black men and a black woman were convicted in the kidnapping, rape, torture and murder of Christopher Newsome, 23, and his 21-year-old girlfriend, Channon Christian. Even so, prosecutors said it was not clear whether race was a motive.

As a 56-year-old man of Scottish, Irish, French and German blood, a.k.a. white, I hate to even think of this disparity, much less try to explain. All I know is that in the wake of the Trayvon Martin slaying, when President Obama says we all need to do some “soul-searching,” I know which group he’s mainly talking about and it includes me.

One aspect that has caused me distress is that Trayvon’s parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, have felt a special need to describe their son as a good kid. He loved sports and aimed for a college education to study aviation engineering, etc., etc. These expressions are heartfelt and natural on their part, and any of us would speak the same of our children, but let us in no way imply that this has anything to do with the travesty of Florida authorities failing to arrest Zimmerman and to further investigate. If Trayvon Martin didn’t appear so clean cut or had shouted expletives at Zimmerman -- or had whistled at his wife, which was Emmett Till’s supposed sin -- this would not make an iota of difference. It would still be a racist, vigilante killing, as the 911 tapes demonstrate, along with witness observations

So with all of the protesting and petition-signing that is taking place, what’s the

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TheDreamAGoodFridayDrama

By Pastor Phyllis ChippFaith Harvest Church

“All Eli wantedwas some peace. Hejust wanted to be leftalone, eat a snack, liedown on his couchandwatchhisfavoritetelevision channel,just like he didevery Sunday. This

particular Sunday something was amiss.Somethingwasdifferent.Somethingwasstrange. Severaldisturbingdreamseachbearing the same message had left himuneasilytossingandturning.Didhejustsee somethingmove out of the corner ofhis eye? Whatwas thatunearthlynoise,thateerieglow?Elicouldn’ttellifhewashavingahardtimefallingbacktosleeporifhewashavingahard timewakingup.Before this day would be over with, hewouldpraythatitwouldonlybeadream.”

Join Faith Harvest Church for our annual

Good Friday Drama. This year’s presentation “The Dream” follows the mysterious events in the day of a hardworking family man on Easter Sunday. Find out how God is able to show him what is truly important in life and how precious life truly is. This play, written by Phyllis Chipp, wife of Bishop Ronald E. Chipp of Faith Harvest Church, and directed by Ophelia Johnson and featuring Ron Stanley as the main character Eli Johnson, will entertain you, make you laugh, perhaps even make you cry and will certainly cause you to contemplate your own future. It features an original song written by Aaron Chipp and performed by his wife Tamar Chipp both of whom are members of Modern Day Cure a contemporary worship band. With a cast of twenty-one people ranging from elementary school age to senior citizens, it is a play the whole family can enjoy.

This Good Friday Drama is held at Faith Harvest Church, 1734 N. Mason in Saginaw,

Michigan. There are two free shows at 3:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Free tickets may be obtained online at www.faithharvestministry.org or by calling the church office at (989) 799-4200.

Says Bishop Ronald Chipp, founder and senior pastor of Faith Harvest Church, “Our Good Friday Dramas are one of the highlights of our year. They became so popular that we had to go to two performances to accommodate the community. The feedback we get every year is amazing as people share how they were deeply touched by the drama. I thank God for our extremely dedicated and talented cast and crew who make such extraordinary effort to serve God and people in this way.”

So there you have it. Come out to our Good Friday Drama, April 6, 2012 and discover just like hard working Eli that “sometimes you have to close your eyes before you can see.”

Cast: Deja Anderson, Robert Austin, Allum Baugh, Desmond Baugh, Greg Baugh, Sabrina Bell, Thomas Bell, Jeannine Belton, Jill Case, Tamar Chipp, Brianna Covington, Dick Fritz, Dylan Lewis, Diamond McGhee, Abram Prince, Faye Presley, James Sewere, Joshua Shelton, Detrick Smith, Ron Stanley, Briana Williams

Following the drama, residents are encouraged to attend an Easter Sunday “The Blessing Service” at the church at 11 a.m., Sunday, April 8.

Faith Harvest Church is a multi-ethnic non-denominational ministry that provides practical teaching that makes the Word of God come alive for everyday living. Its vision is to significantly impact the Great Lakes Bay Region and touch the world.

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purpose? People need to express themselves, of course, but what will be the result? Justice for Trayvon Martin is the immediate goal, keeping in mind that his father admirably states that he doesn’t seek “an eye for an eye” in terms of George Zimmerman. But in a larger sense, will all the attention help to thwart the stereotyping of young black males that occurs all too often, in so many ways?

Let’s see how long this story remains in focus. I was discouraged last fall when the Troy Davis story seemed all but forgotten the day after his execution, which, when we think of it, was also a racial hate crime. Will the same fate have occurred, by the time you read this early in April, with Trayvon Martin?

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ContinuingaCommunityLegacyBetty J. Martin,

the founder of the Betty J. Martin Restoration Community Outreach for Human Development, Inc. (RCO), spent 28 years in community service working with the poor, the homeless, and the downtrodden. In 1990, Martin organized The

Restoration Community Outreach Center. She was able to secure the vacant Norman Street Fire Station, which was deeded to RCO after a year of service by the City of Saginaw. Nearly 20 years later, RCO, continues to be the only men’s homeless shelter in and around Saginaw County. RCO exists to provide a comprehensive approach to breaking the cycle of homelessness in partnership with other local homeless assistance agencies.

The agency is now under the direction of Torrie L. Lee. Lee is a native of Saginaw, and

graduated from Buena Vista High School. After 1 year of receiving her Cosmetology license and working at Diane Barnett’s Nu-Look Salon Lee moved to Detroit where she lived for 14 years, graduating from Wayne State University in 1998 with a BS in Business Management. Lee also holds a MBA in Global Management which she received in 2005 from the University of Phoenix. She also received her Cosmetology Educators license from the State Board of North Carolina in 2007. Lee has a work history that ranges from corporate America to the non-profit sector as well.

After moving back to Saginaw in July 2010, she started her RCO journey as the Finance Manager in February 2011. In March 2011, she was promoted to the Director position. Lee states, “The position has been the most challenging due to the financial stresses, but it has also been the most rewarding work experience that I have had thus far. There is not anything that is more rewarding than giving back to

the community where you were born and raised. The population that RCO serves is the most challenging of its kind. We work with men who are felons, sexual offenders, unemployed, drug users or are battling some other circumstance that led to the episode of homelessness. Many people will not accept these men back into the community but at RCO we believe in second chances.”

Lee credits her drive and ambition to a strong family foundation provided by her parents Edward and Tina Carruth, her brother Denorris Smith II and her sister Dilaina Pelt. One of her biggest supporters is her 13 year old son who is the joy of her life, Christopher T. Lee II. “I plan to stay with the organization for as long as they will have me and I will continue to seek out new funding resources and avenues in order to continue on with the legacy of Mrs. Betty J. Martin.”

To support Restoration Community Outreach, call Torrie Lee, Director/Program Manager, at 989-753-1886.

Torrie L. Lee RCO Director/Program Manager

SVSUandDeltaCollegeReachReverseTransferAgreement

Saginaw Valley State University and Delta College have completed a reverse transfer agreement, designed to improve

college completion rates in the Great Lakes Bay Region. Eric Gilbertson, president of SVSU, and Jean Goodnow, president of Delta, signed the agreement during a ceremony Thursday, March 29.

“This is one of many examples of the fine cooperation that exists between our institutions for the students we share,” Gilbertson said.

The agreement applies to students who

completed at least 24 credits at Delta that will transfer to SVSU. Such students will now have the ability to transfer SVSU credits back to Delta to complete an associate’s degree if they so choose. Such opportunities existed previously, but this formalized agreement will streamline the process.

“I’m very pleased that through this agreement, our students have another opportunity to earn their associate’s degree,” said Goodnow. “Workplace statistics show an associate’s is a valuable credential offering increased employability and earning power.”

Over the past three years, an average of 384 students per year have transferred from Delta College to SVSU.



CMU-ACELuncheontoHonorMarcyWestonandTraciGuinnThis year, two women will be honored by

the Office of Women in Higher Education for their leadership of women in higher education, positive impact on women on campus, and in the community at the CMU-ACE luncheon April 10, in the University Center Rotunda from noon to 1 p.m.

Marcy Weston, executive associate director of athletics/sport administration, was nominated for her outstanding leadership and national impact on advancing women in collegiate sports. She is being honored as the 2012 CMU Woman of the Year for the

influence she’s had on Chippewa women in her 40-year career.

Traci Guinn, Director of multicultural academic student services, was nominated for being a role model for young women across campus including her presidency of

Zeta Phi Beta sorority. She is being honored as the 2012 CMU Woman of Excellence for her personal philosophy of leadership that she shares with the community through her involvement on campus.

Tickets for the luncheon will be $10 and can be purchased in advance. Registration begins at 11:45 a.m. Come, and celebrate the contributions of Marcy Weston and Traci Guinn for their continued commitment to making a difference for CMU.

DowCorningGlobalCommunityRelationsManagerRetiresKimberly Houston-

Philpot, Global Community Relations manager, recently retired after 32 years of service with Dow Corning Corporation on March 30, 2012. Kim joined Dow Corning as a college co-op in 1979 in the Finance Department. After graduating she

held various positions in Finance and Human Resources. In 2009, she joined the Public Affairs and Corporate Communications team as the Global Community Relations Manager and President of the Dow Corning

Foundation.“Kim has been an asset to Dow Corning

throughout her career, and has especially enriched the Dow Corning Foundation,” said Mary Lou Benecke, vice president of Public Affairs and Corporate Communications. “I am pleased she will remain a trustee of the Foundation as a retiree. Her insight has contributed to relationships and projects that benefit our communities around the world.”

Kim’s community involvement includes: serving as a member of The Council of Michigan Foundations, The Business Contributions Council, The Michigan Forum for African American Philanthropy, Delta College Board of Trustees, the executive boards of the Saginaw County Business

Education Partnership and the Midland Area Chamber of Commerce and she is a charter member of the Saginaw Promise Scholarship Board and also serves on the Michigan Nonprofit Association and the Delta College Foundation Boards.

She was recently selected as the 2012 Athena Award recipient on behalf of the Midland Chamber of Commerce. An award which honors individuals who strive toward the highest levels of personal and professional accomplishment, who excel in their chosen field, devote time and energy to their community in a meaningful way, and forge paths of leadership for other women.

Kimberly Houston-Philpot

Congratulations ADDY Award WinnersThe American Advertising Federation – Great Lakes Bay Region recently announced the winners of the coveted ADDY® Awards competition. The ADDY® Awards recognize and honor creative excellence in advertising in both the professional and college student arenas. Gold ADDY® recipients are automatically forwarded to the district competition. This year 103 outstanding advertising entries were submitted and yielded the highest percentage of awards from years past. For more information visit www.aafgreatlakes.org



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Delta’sQ-90.1radiowinsthreeawardsatMichiganAssociationofBroadcasterAwards

Delta College Public Broadcasting was the recipient of three Merit Awards for broadcasting excellence at the recent Michigan Association of Broadcasting meeting. Additionally, Howard Sharper, program manager for Delta’s WUCX Q90.1 radio was reelected Vice President of the Michigan Association of Public Broadcasters for the 2012-2013 year which serves more than 30 public broadcasting stations in Michigan.

The awards were made at the state meeting in March. MAB offers three awards: Best of Show, Merit and Honorable Mention. Delta’s Q-90.1 radio received Merit Awards:

Life Lines with John Augustine, an adjunct instructor and retiree of Delta College, who weekly reviews biographies,

wins in Feature Use of Medium.FM Forum with Scott Seeburger’s

interview with Midland’s Paleo Joe. Seeburger is community and public relations at Q-90.1 radio, winning in the Community Involvement category.

I Get A KickOut of Q by Pat Cronley, a Flint musician, winning in the Membership Appeal category with an adaptation of an original song.

Q-90.1 radio serves more than a dozen counties including the

entire Great Lakes Bay Region and shares its broadcast day with Central Michigan University. The station reaches approximately 30,000 people weekly and Delta Broadcasting has received dozens of awards over the last decade for broadcasting excellence.

SaginawCountyChamberofCommerce WelcomesNewMember

Q. How long have you been with your company/organization?A. 10 years.

Q. How long have you been a Chamber Ambassador?A. Years!

Q. What do you like about being an ambassador?

A. There are many reasons I enjoy being an Ambassador for the Saginaw Chamber. Saginaw County is the hub of our Great Lakes Bay Region being the largest community in the Great Lakes bay Region. The Saginaw Chamber has been at the driving edge to bring our region together to promote the benefits of living, playing and working in the GLB Region. I like being a part of

this team of enthusiastic, forward-thinking people and spreading the word that Saginaw has so many opportunities for you and your business. There have been many benefits to me personally and to Hammer Restoration over the time I have had the privilege to be part of the Ambassador Team. The many connections and the friends I have made have been incredible. If I had not been part of the Ambassador Team I would not have had the opportunity to make and build these relationships. Chamber members only really get value for their chamber membership by investing time and energy back into the organization. There is a direct ratio, the more you give the more you get. I am greatly honored and lucky that I work for wise owners and managers that understand the long-term benefit of investing in the chamber and allowing me to spend some of their work hours promoting the region.

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Announcing the 2012 Michigan 50 Companies to WatchMICHIGAN – There is now an opportunity for more people to

support Michigan’s outstanding, award-winning small businesses at the state’s 8th annual “Michigan Celebrates Small Business” awards dinner to be held in Lansing on May 3rd.

“Thanks to the generosity of this year’s underwriters, the MCSB organizers have been able to accomplish a longstanding goal to decrease the event’s ticket price,” says Jennifer Deamud, Associate State Director of the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center. “In a time of ever-growing prices, we are proud to change that trend. For the first time in seven years the ticket price will drop substantially to $95.”

The expectation with the decreased ticket price is more community members, such as Chambers, EDCs and small business owners will be able to attend to support the businesses in their community that are being awarded.

“Michigan Celebrates is an opportunity to tell the new story of Michigan -- a story of bright futures and exciting companies that are building Michigan’s economy,” says Penny Lewandowski, Director of Entrepreneurship and Development at the Edward Lowe Foundation. “This is the place to celebrate and acknowledge their success and to learn who and what is driving the state’s momentum.” The new Michigan Celebrates underwriters brought onboard this year are Varnum LLP, Michigan Credit Union League, Huntington Bank and DBI Office Interiors

“Last year we attended the awards event for the first time and were so impressed by the accomplishments of the honorees that we decided to become a sponsor,” says Scott Hill, Partner with Varnum law firm. “We assist entrepreneurs and small businesses with their legal needs and understand the many challenges of growing a business. Recognizing success honors the recipients and inspires us all.”

PNC has been a supporter of Michigan Celebrates for the previous seven years.

“We’re honored to have been the primary sponsor of this prestigious event since its inception eight years ago,” says David

Morrison, Southeast Michigan Business Banking Market Manager with PNC. “Michigan Celebrates Small Business is very important to PNC because it recognizes those companies and individuals that have taken the risks necessary to grow our economy. At PNC, we have a group of seasoned bankers that help those risk takers succeed.”

Tickets are $95 per person or receive a discount and reserve a table of ten for $900. The evening includes a cocktail reception, a keynote speaker and the awards dinner at the Lansing Center in Lansing. Black tie is optional. To register online go to www.MichiganCelebrates.biz.

For more information about Michigan Celebrates Small Business contact Jennifer Deamud, Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center at (616) 331-7480 or [email protected].

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National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)

is an annual observance to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases and celebrate the achievements of immunization programs and their partners in promoting healthy

communitiesNIIW 2012 will be April 21-28. For

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‘Better Choices, Better Medicine, Better Healing’Dr.Nash’sDentalCorner

Dr. Jack Nashhas been practicingdentistry for over 35years.Heisagraduateof the University ofMichigan DentalSchool. He has alsobeen an adjunctfaculty member atDelta College and

is currently a Fellow of the AmericanAcademy of General Dentistry and agraduate of the prestigious Council onInnovativeDentistry.

To ask Dr. Nash dental questionswrite tohimat: Dr.JackW.Nash,POB1442, Saginaw,MI 48607, or email himat [email protected]. All opinionsdiscussed in these articles are those ofDr. Nash; treatment options should bediscussed with an individual’s personaldentist.

DearDr.Nash:Recently while my nephew was playing

basketball at a local gym he was trying to make a “Michael Jordan move” and he got tripped up and fell, breaking his front tooth. He immediately tried to find the piece that he broke off, and when he found it his coach put the piece of the tooth into a small cup full of bleach. The next day my sister took my nephew to the dentist so the chip could be repaired.

The dentist said that they could not use the original chip because the bleach should have never been used on it. I think the coach

was just trying to keep the fractured piece of tooth clean and sterile. Could you please tell me and your readers what to do if a tooth is ever fractured so the chip can be used to help restore the tooth to its original size and shape.

DearReader:I am sorry to hear that the chipped piece

of tooth could not be bonded back onto the tooth. I have bonded these chips back onto the original tooth dozens of times in my career. I will try to give you and my readers some guidelines on what to do and not to do with a tooth chip so hopefully we can save someone else’s chipped tooth in the future.

When a tooth is chipped and you can find the piece(s), get a baggie, with about a cup of tap or drinking water in it and wrap the tooth piece inside wet gauze if you have any around. You should never put the tooth chip into bleach, peroxide, alcohol or any chemical solutions because these can damage the tooth tissue (remember your tooth is living tissue, not just enamel, and you don’t want to kill it). Water is always the best liquid to use.

It is a must to get to a dentist as soon as possible. The sooner you get to the dentist the better chance you have that you can bond the chip back into place. If the remaining tooth portion in the mouth is deeply damaged, getting quick treatment lessens the chance of the nerve inside the tooth being exposed to bacteria from saliva. You have to look at chipping a tooth like cutting your finger. When you cut your finger you expose tissue underneath the skin that was not intended to be exposed. When you chip a tooth you are

exposing the dentin of the inner layers of the tooth to bacteria that it is not supposed to be exposed to. If too much bacteria attacks the nerve inside of the tooth your chances of killing the tooth are increased dramatically, and a root canal may be needed for restoration. So calling your dentist and having the tooth repaired as soon as possible is an absolute must.

If the chip/fracture of the tooth has not damaged the nerve, then just bonding the small chip back in place may be the only treatment needed at that time. If the chip is very large and has exposed the nerve then root canal treatment may have to be performed before the piece is bonded back in place. It is imperative to try and bond the chip back in place before it discolors. Most of the time the original chipped portion can be used again and you should be able to get a good color match. If the chip has discolored or cannot be found, the dentist will rebuild the missing piece of the tooth with a composite resin. After the tooth has been restored it should be evaluated every six months just in case there was nerve damage done that was not visible or have symptoms at first.

I hope together we can save more teeth. Until next time my friends........I wish you well.

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TheAffordableCareActandWhatItCanDoForYouNow!The Patient Protection

and Affordable Care Act, also known as HealthCare Reform, was signed by President Obama in March 2010. Health Care Reform is creating change in four key areas that include; Insurance Reform, Coverage Expansion, Delivery System Redesign and Payment Reform.

Insurance Reform changes are all about the regulations that determine what health insurance companies can and cannot do in providing coverage to their beneficiaries or customers. Coverage Expansion is about what new segments of the American population will be covered by health care insurance and how the government will help people and small businesses afford private health care insurance and for still others, it will address how new people can participate in the Medicaid program for their health care coverage. There will be new eligibility rules by 2014 that will allow people that were previously not eligible, to get Medicaid coverage.

Delivery System Reform is about changes to how the organizations that provide health care do so, with a much expanded focus on prevention and wellness. This is where the concept of “health care homes” comes into play. The vision for the future is for everyone to have a regular primary care physician/provider that will serve as a medical home for the majority of the US population. When people do not have a regular primary care doctor and they get sick, even for simpler illness like colds and flu, they go to the

emergency rooms in local communities where the cost of care there is much more expensive. The same expensive emergency room care and in patient hospital care could also be reduced if people got regular check-ups and caught illnesses earlier so that chronic diseases could be treated earlier and less expensively.

Payment Reform will be about creating reimbursement to providers of health care with positive payment incentives to support wellness, reduction of service duplications and waste and financial penalties to these same providers when things go wrong or waste and unnecessary service duplication occurs. Presently, the more treatment is provided the more health care providers get paid. The payment incentives therefore need to change so that there is a financial benefit to keeping people healthy.

Healthcare Reform is scheduled to gradually take effect until January 1, 2018. Many things about healthcare have already changed, and many more changes are coming. The path of Healthcare Reform may change based on decisions of the Supreme Court this summer, and by the Presidential election this November. No matter which choices are made, our healthcare world is definitely changing. Some of the important changes that may impact you and your family’s health care right now are:

•Ifyoubuyahealthinsuranceplanforyou or your family after March 23, 2010, that insurance plan can not limit or deny coverage for a child under the age of 19 because the child has a health problem or disability (this is called a pre-existing condition).

• If you have had a problem gettinghealth insurance because of a pre-existing condition, and have been uninsured for at

least the past six months, the Health Insurance Program for Michigan (HIP Michigan) can help you. HIP Michigan offers many of the benefits that you would get from a private health insurance plan. For more information, you can call the HIP Michigan Customer Service Department at 877-459-3113 and ask for an application.

• You may have heard about theMedicare Part D Doughnut Hole. Once you and your Part D drug plan have spent $2,840 for covered drugs, you are in the Doughnut Hole until your out-of-pocket cost reaches $4,550. In the past you would have to pay for the full cost of your prescription drugs while you were in the Doughnut Hole. Now, people who enter the Doughnut Hole will receive a 50 % discount on covered brand-name drugs as well as a discount on generic drugs when they hit the doughnut hole. Also, the 50 % discount will count toward consumers’ out-of-pocket limit. This means Medicare consumers will spend less while in the doughnut hole.

•UndertheAffordableCareActmanyinsurance plans are now required to cover the full cost of important preventive services, like medical tests (physicals, screenings, mammograms, colonoscopies) and shots (vaccines). If you have private insurance, you may be able to get these services at no cost to you. Many are also provided at no cost under Medicare or Medicaid.

• New health plans now allow youngpeople up to their 26th birthday to remain on their parents’ insurance policy.

Saginaw County Community Mental Health Authority CEO Sandra Lindsey will continue to provide accurate and current health care reform information to families in the Great Lakes Bay Region.

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CovenantandSVSUPartnerinUniqueProgramCovenant HealthCare and Saginaw

Valley State University have started a unique partnership geared toward pre-med students. Begun last fall, this program is now believed to be the only program in the country of its kind using this approach to training and implementation.

Physician Facilitators, also known as “scribes,” are real-time medical transcriptionists. They accompany a physician during a shift and capture data into an electronic medical record. While they have no direct patient contact, they are a great asset to patients, physicians and the hospital. But the benefits do not end there. These SVSU students with plans for medical school or a physician assistant graduate program are able to experience firsthand a day in the life of a physician.

Whystudentsloveit?According to the SVSU course guide,

Kinesiology 390 Medical Scribe Training is “designed to prepare students to function as physician scribes. Course topics include medical terminology, body systems, common medical conditions and procedures, billing and charting, order entry, and understanding patient care in an emergency department.” Not only do students receive 3 credits, but upon completion they are then eligible to

apply for a paid position as a Physician Facilitator at Covenant HealthCare. SVSU aims to have approximately 20-25 students go through the class each year.

Whyscribesloveit?Students hired as Physician Facilitators

have scheduled shifts conducive to student life. Non-traditional hours, sometimes overnight, work well with class schedules. In addition, scribes are better able to get a sense of what lays ahead for them in the medical profession. According to Kristina Brookshire, a Lead Physician Facilitator, “being a scribe is more than volunteering or a job shadow.” Scribes are able to see firsthand the duties of a physician, and decide if it is right for them before committing to medical school and its associated costs.

Whyphysiciansloveit?Simply put: less computer time and more

patient time. Physicians often spend hours dictating and inputting information into electronic charts. Now, information is put into the Covenant electronic medical record system right away. Information inputted by scribes is marked as such and physicians are responsible to review and verify notes, however it is much more detailed and efficient than dictation and physicians are able to spend more face time with their patients.

Whyhospitalsloveit?With the advancement of electronic

medical records (EMR) patient health information is increasingly more accurate. With the help of scribes, the notes in the chart are entered in real-time with more detailed documentation. In addition, the scribe program is a great recruitment and retention tool. Dr. Brian Purchase states that “many physicians would never go back to working at a hospital without scribes.” In the busy Covenant Emergency Care Center, which had more than 80,000 patient visits in 2011, scribes are able to help to improve patient flow through the department.

Whypatientsloveit?Patients have more face-time with their

physicians; improving patient satisfaction. When a scribe is present, physicians verbalize every aspect of the exam. Not only does the scribe hear the information, but the patient also gets a detailed description of what the physician is seeing and doing.

More detailed information on the Saginaw Valley State University and Covenant HealthCare scribe program is available, along with interview opportunities with students, practicing scribes, physicians, and professors.

MichiganBloodToOpenTheNation’sFirstBloodDonationCenterinsideasportsstadiumMIDLAND-

The nation’s first blood donation center inside a sports stadium is opening in Midland, Mich.

The public will have an opportunity to view the site at 825 E. Main in Midland at a community open house at the Dow Diamond Donor Center from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, April 9 in conjunction with Dow Diamond’s Opening Day activities. The first 50 people who attend and schedule an appointment to

give blood will win a Great Lakes Loons ticket voucher when they donate. Individuals also have the opportunity to register to win Great Lakes Loons prizes valued at $500.

Dow Diamond is the home of the Great Lakes Loons baseball team, a Single-A partner of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“The Dow Diamond Donor Center is a continuation of the rich history of blood donation in Midland. It’s an honor for Michigan Blood to be a part of this legacy,” said Bill Rietscha, CEO and president of Michigan Blood. “We are very pleased to open a center right in the heart of the Great Lakes

Bay Region that will offer donors another opportunity to help support the needs of our partner hospitals throughout Michigan.”

The donation site is the result of a partnership between The Dow Chemical Company, the Michigan Baseball Foundation, the Great Lakes Loons baseball franchise, and Michigan Blood. Thanks to an $80,000 donation from The Dow Chemical Company to support renovations, the Dow Diamond Donor Center will replace a long-time location at Dow. The new site will be accessible to the public through an entrance

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HelpingChildrenReachTheirFullPotentialBy Brenda Brissette-Mata Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC)

There were days when Smith didn’t feel like she could get out of bed, days when she didn’t know how to cope with an inconsolable, crying baby. Days when, she says, she felt like there were just too many challenges for her to meet.

Through family centered treatment in Saginaw County, Smith learned coping skills. “I learned how to play with my baby. I learned how to deal with him when it seemed like he would never stop crying. And when he was 18 months old and starting to exhibit aggressive behavior, I knew how to get him help,” she said. Smith and her son are one example of the many Saginaw County families being helped by the work of Project LAUNCH.

Today, while still in treatment with her son, Smith is helping others by working as a parent support partner for the Association for Children’s Mental Health through Saginaw County Mental Health.

The Michigan Department of Community Health was one of only 24 sites selected nationally for Project LAUNCH, a federally-funded grant program of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). LAUNCH (Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health) is focused on promoting wellness in children from before birth to age 8.

Saginaw was selected as the pilot community to test the different LAUNCH strategies. Lin Dann, project director of Michigan LAUNCH said one of the reasons Saginaw was selected was because of the strong system already in place.

“We have a strong Great Start Collaborative in Saginaw,” Dann said. “And we have a lot of community partners working together.”

The goal for LAUNCH is to help children reach their full potential in physical, social, emotional, behavior and cognitive health.

LAUNCH places emphasis on social/emotional health. “We recognize that social emotional health and wellness is crucial to being able to accomplish optimal development in all the other areas,” Dann pointed out. “It’s integrated into all other areas of development and child school readiness.”

In a recent national survey of kindergarten teachers, more than 80 percent of teachers said that being able to get along with other children, behave in class and follow directions were essential skills for school readiness.

These so-called “soft skills” are examples of social emotional behavior honed in the earliest years of childhood. Results from multiple studies estimate that 10 percent of young children suffer from emotional and behavioral challenges that impair their ability to learn.

Among children in poverty, the numbers are two or three times higher.

Many situations including, inconsistent or unstable care, economic stress, parental depression, violence, trauma and homelessness, can impair social emotional health in young children.

Project LAUNCH is working to increase evidence-based practices that promote wellness. The goal is to prevent issues and address concerns early in order to prevent emerging problems when the child is older. Public awareness is an important part of the focus, as are prevention and promotion strategies.

“We have activities going on using several different strategies in the Saginaw community,” Dann said. “One is developmental assessment in a range of child serving settings.”

Project LAUNCH is funding trainings for physician offices to explain the importance of routine developmental screening, integration into their practice, and how to administer

and score the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) and the ASQ-Social Emotional Screen. Recommendations for routine screening at well child visits are provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics for children up to 5 years old.

“We have two practices that we provide assistance to that are providing routine screenings, “Dann said. “One practice has expanded social emotional screening to the 5-8 year old children and is offering the Edinburgh Post Partum Depression screening at well baby checkups at two weeks and two-months.”

Dann said that the screening tools are necessary because 60-80% of developmental delays are not picked by mere observation. “If we can promote and encourage screening at those early stages, and follow up with recommendations, it can have a huge impact on being able to get a child into treatment early and being able to correct issues when they are at a manageable level rather than letting things go too long,” Dann said.

LAUNCH’s second strategy is to integrate behavioral health into primary care settings. To accomplish this, funding is provided for a mental health consultant to work part time in the doctor’s offices. “If a parent voices a concern, a physician identifies a concern or if a screening tool shows the child scored out of normal limits, help is available,” Dann said.

The third strategy is CCEP, the Child Care Expulsion Program. In this case, a mental health consultant works specifically in child care settings. The consultant can do individual consultation, meet with teachers if there is an issue with a child, or meet with parents and share information about help that is available.

Kelly Albers of Freeland found help for her son Evan, who was exhibiting aggressive

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behavior in child care, through that strategy.

Albers works for the Transit Authority and a co-worker, Algeria Sowah, a member of the Saginaw County Great Start Collaborative shared information with her about CCEP.

The consultant monitored Evan at KinderCare and met with Albers and her son, separately and together.

“I really started to feel supported,” Albers said. “I met with her several times and we worked on so many things. Things I could do with Evan at home to coordinate with the stuff he was working on in child care.”

Albers said Evan was diagnosed with developmental delays, in particular a speech problem. “I learned a lot of his behavior came from being frustrated that nobody could understand him,” Albers said. Work with a speech pathologist made a remarkable difference in six short weeks.

“I wouldn’t have known help was available if it wasn’t for Algeria,” Albers said. “I wouldn’t have even known anything like this existed.”

A fourth strategy for Project LAUNCH is home visitation. Dann said LAUNCH has used funds to expand and enhance the Birth Through Five home visitation already in place in Saginaw County.

“They had limited resources and didn’t have a self-assessment, so we’re providing a lot of training,” Dann said.

LAUNCH has also provided direct funds to expand services, to hire additional staff and expand the number of families that receive home visitation services. As a result, in the past year home visitation in Saginaw County has increased 38 percent.

A fifth strategy is Family Strengthening and Parent Skill training and development. Incredible Years, an evidence-based practice, was brought into the community by LAUNCH. The program works with families for 16 to 20 weeks in sessions in two to three hour sessions.

“Project LAUNCH is trying to initiate services and systems that will advocate for prevention and promotion of services for mental health so that we can identify issues early,” Dann said.

Smith said there are community-wide parenting classes, adding that many times parents need additional skills to help cope with behavioral issues. Classes include information on how to create structure and discipline in an effective manner.

“We want to give the parent help, too,” she said. “Let them learn skills and ways of adapting that will work. Parents can get what they need for their families and for

themselves. What’s coming out of the Great Start initiative and out of Project LAUNCH is that there is more access to social emotional support and consultation in Saginaw County.”

LAUNCH is working on many collaborative partnerships at the state and local levels. Members of the Great Start System serve on the advisory board for the state level and the Great Start Collaborative in Saginaw serves as the advisory board for the local level.

“We’re building a system,” Dann said, “Working on sustainability. The hope is that after the five year grant these strategies will last for many more years.”

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New Research Reveals Medications Leading Cause of Accidental Poisoning Deaths Among ChildrenWashington, DC – Recently, Safe Kids Worldwide released a new

research report that found while the death rate among children from poisoning has been cut in half since the late 1970s, the percentage of all child poisoning deaths due to medications has nearly doubled, from 36 percent to 64 percent.

Did you know?• Medicationsaretheleadingcauseofchildpoisoningtoday.• Eachyear,morethan500,000childrenundertheageoffive

experience a potential poisoning related to medications.• Morethan60,000childrenaretreatedinemergency departments due to accidental unsupervised ingestions each

year. • Currently,morechildrenarebroughttoemergency

departments for medication poisonings than for motor vehicle occupant injuries.

• Amongyoungchildren,oneofevery150two-year-oldsis beingseenintheemergencydepartmentformedication- related poisoning.

• From1979to2006,thepoisoningdeathratewascutinhalf, decliningfrom0.35to0.17per100,000children.Yet,among all child poisoning deaths the number attributable to medications increased from 36 percent to 64 percent.

What To Do!• Alwaysputmedicinesandvitaminsawayaftereveryuse.

Never leave them on the counter between doses. Don’t be tempted to “keep them handy” in a purse, backpack, or briefcase, or in an unlocked cabinet or a drawer within a child’s reach.

• Alwaysreadandfollowlabelinstructionswhengiving medicines to children.

• Onlyusethedosingdevicethatcomeswiththemedication. Never use a household utensil, such as a teaspoon or tablespoon, to measure medication.

• Upto20percentofpediatricpoisoningsinvolvea grandparent’s medication. Make sure that all medications in the child’s environment are stored out of reach and out of sight.

• Programthenationwidepoisoncontrolcenternumber (1-800-222-1222)intoyourphones.

Source: www.safekids.org

NationalWindowSafetyWeekApril 1-7 is Nation Window Safety Week and keeping

windows and doors open not only provides fresh air through your home, but creates a hidden danger for your little ones.

Window falls increase dramatically during the spring and summer months; however, they can be prevented. It takes supervision and a device called a window guard. TopTipstoPreventWindowFalls

• Installwindow guards to prevent children from falling out of windows. For windows above the first floor, install window guards with an emergency release device in case of fire.

• Install window stops so that windows open no more than four inches.

• Keepwindowslockedandclosedwhentheyare not being used.

• Keepfurnitureawayfromwindowssokidscannot climb to the ledge.

• If you have double-hung windows— the kind that can open down from the top as well as up from the bottom— it is generally safer to open the top pane, but growing kids may have enough strength, dexterity and curiosity to open the bottom pane.

• Donotrelyonwindowscreenstopreventfalls.• Keepwindowslockedwhentheyareclosed.• Supervisechildrenatalltimes,especiallyaround

open windows.www.safekids.org

CelebrateLibrariesInAprilMotherGooseStorytimeAtZauelLibrary

It’s “Mother Goose Time” again at Zauel Library, 3100 N. Center. “Mother Goose Time” programs are specially designed for children ages 18-24 months who must be accompanied by a parent or other adult. Adults and children will be participating in stories, finger plays, songs, activities and nursery rhymes. “Mother Goose Time” consists of a series of four programs that will be held on consecutive Thursdays, April 5, 12, 19 and 26, at 10:30 a.m. Registration is required for these free programs. Space is limited to 15 per group, so please register early. For more information, call the Zauel Library Children’s Department at 799-2771.April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

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FiRe SaFetyCreate an escape plan.Cree un plan de escape.

Install smoke alarms.Instale alarmas contra incendio.Test smoke alarms once a month.Pruebe las alarmas contra incendio una vezalmes.

Change batteries once a year.Cambie las baterias una vez al ano.Know the sound of your alarm.Conozca elsonido de su alarma.

Get low and go.Agachese y parta del lugar.

Have a safe meeting place outside.Tenga unlugar seguro donde reunirse afuera.Source: www. SafeKids.Org

When crossing a street, look _______, then _______, then _______ again.

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3. Match the traffic sign to its meaning.

Pedestrian Safety Activity Sheet

Go. Don’t walk.

Railroad crossing.

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Stop. Look both ways.

MyChocolate EasterRabbitI got a chocolate rabbit

For an Easter treat,A great big chocolate rabbit,

Good enough to eat.So I ate his ears on Sunday,his nose I finished Monday,

Tuesday I nibbled on his feet.I ate his tail on Wednesday,

Thursday I kept on,By Friday he was going,Saturday he was gone.

Oh, I loved that chocolate rabbit,From the moment that he came,

And if I get another one,I’ll love him just the same.

ParishionersonPatrolandY.M.C.A.PresentsaYouthLock-InThe Parishioners on Patrol in partnership with the Y.M.C.A. will present a

youth lock-in at the Y.M.C.A., located at 1915 Forney Street in Saginaw on April 6, at 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. The cost is $10.00 per child, and registration is required.

There will be music, games, information, prizes and food available at no extra cost. Community organizations will be assisting with the event. For additional information, contact Brian Lechel, Y.M.C.A. at 989-753-7721, Pastor Larry Camel at 989-798-6405, or Supt. Gaddy at 240-744-6266.

This is a safe and secure event for our community



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JudgeMarableStudentsOfTheMonthFLINT- Flint 68th District

Judge Herman Marable, Jr. and his Citizens Advisory Committee announced recently that Alyssa Hobbs, Lauren Neumann, and Lauren Edmonds, have been selected as Judge Marable’s Students of the Month for September, October, and November 2011. These students were selected by Judge Marable’s Citizens Advisory Committee on the basis of their applications and essays. Hobbs attends Mt. Morris High School; Neumann attends Luke M. Powers Catholic High School; and Edmonds attends Genesee Early College.

Hobbs is looking forward to a career as doctor and she has a strong interest in math and writing and works at a local restaurant.

Neumann aspires to have a career in business and economics and her extra-curricular activities at school include forensics, the ski and tennis teams, and student government. She also participates in the Flushing Youth Council, Rotary Interact Club, the St. Gerard’s Society, and St. Roberts Parish. Her interests include traveling, reading, scuba diving, and piano.

Edmonds would like to pursue a career as a doctor, and she would like to own a studio. She is a member of the Flint Southwestern varsity swim team, Saturday Morning Academy, AKettes youth group, and Grace Emmanuel Baptist Church. She volunteers at the North End Soup Kitchen, and the Creative Expressions Dance Studio; and she has a strong interest in art, reading, music and shopping.

As Students of the Month, each honoree will receive a $75.00 U.S. Savings Bond, a trophy, a certificate, and will be invited to shadow Judge Marable for a day at the court while he performs his official duties. The honorees names have been engraved on a plaque on permanent display at the 68th

District Courthouse. The Judge Marable Student of the

Month/Year program was established in 2004 by Judge Marable and his Citizens Advisory Committee to encourage Flint area high school students to focus on academic achievement and career goals. Each month during the school year a 10th grade student is recognized and awarded a $75.00 savings bond, trophy, and certificate based on the completion of an application and essay

about their career goals. This summer one of the monthly awardees from the 2011-2012 school year will be selected as Judge Marable’s Student of the Year and will receive a $500.00 savings bond.

Tenth grade students who are Flint or Genesee County residents are eligible to apply for the Judge Marable Student of the Month/Year Award. Further information on the Judge Marable Student of the Month/Year Award and applications are available from high school guidance counselors, principals, or from the www.judgemarable.net website or by calling (810) 597-7795.

Lauren EdmondsAlyssa Hobbs Lauren Neumann

Study:GirlScoutingYieldsLifetimeBenefitsThe life lessons learned

in Girl Scouting stay with girls well into their adult

years, according to the results of a national study conducted by the Girl Scout Research Institute.

The study concluded that women who were Girl Scouts display significantly more positive life outcomes than non-Girl Scout alumnae. In addition, the research found that former Girl Scouts have higher self-perceptions, volunteer more, vote more often, are more educated and have higher household incomes than do non-Girl Scouts.

“As Girl Scouting turns 100 years old this

month, we couldn’t ask for a better birthday present than this,” said Jan Barker, CEO of Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan. “We know that Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. The new research findings strengthen our position as the world’s premier leadership development organization for girls,” she said. To learn more about Girl Scouting Works: The Alumnae Impact study, or to obtain a copy, visit http://www.girlscouts.org/research. To join, volunteer or learn more about Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan, visit www.gshom.org or call 1-800-497-2688 (49-SCOUT).

FUSiON FiRe WeeKeNDFusion Fire Weekend at Saginaw Valley

Community Church, located at 3660 Hermansau Drive, in Saginaw on

May 4, to May 5, with Unhindered Nate Marialke, and Dallas Holm in concert.

Admission is 2 canned goods at the door for each

Visit www.SVCC.CC for additional information



on the third-base side of the stadium. The 1,000-square-foot facility will feature up to six new donor beds, two screening booths, new equipment, new furniture, and a flat screen television for donors.

Beginning Tuesday, April 10, the site will welcome donors from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. To donate, donors must schedule appointments online at www.miblood.org or by calling 1-866-MIBLOOD.

Besides the Dow Diamond Donor Center, Michigan Blood collects blood donations at other area sites including MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland and Dow Corning. In Mid-Michigan, among others, Michigan Blood supplies all of the blood needed by patients at Covenant HealthCare, St. Mary’s of Michigan, MidMichigan Medical Center - Midland, and Genesys Regional Medical Center.

FROM P 18, Michigan Blood

NON PROFIT DIRECTORYA.Philip Randolph InstitutePOB 1107Saginaw, MI 48606

American Red Cross1232 N. MichiganSaginaw, MI 48602989-754-8181

Antique Toy & Firehouse Museum3456 Patterson Rd. Bay City, MI 487061-888-888-1270 Boys & Girls Club of Bay County300 Lafayette Ave.Bay City, MI 48706989-892-6723 Circle of Love 1809 Durand Ave.Saginaw, MI 48602989-754-2377

Emmaus House of Saginaw733 S. 15th StreetSaginaw, MI 48601989-755-7538

Faith, Hope, & charity MissionPOB 5546Saginaw, MI 48603989-792-8121

Family & Children Services2806 DavenportSaginaw, MI 48602989-790-7500

CAN Council Saginaw County1311 N. Michigan AvenueSaginaw, MI 48602(989) 752-7226 / fax (989) 752-2777www.cancouncil.org

First Ward Community Center1410 N. 12th StreetSaginaw, MI 48601989-753-0411

Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan5470 Davis Rd.Saginaw, MI 48604989-799-9565

Good Neighbors Mission1318 Cherry StreetSaginaw, MI 48601989-399-9918

Houghton-Jones Task Force1708 Johnson StreetSaginaw, MI989-752-1660

Michigan Banner Outreach 1400 W. GeneseeSaginaw, MI 48602989-714-2240

Nathan Weidner Children’s Advocacy Ctr.715 N. EuclidBay City, MI989-671-1345

The Salvation Army2030 N. CarolinaSaginaw, MI 48602989-793-8371

The Saginaw Community Foundation100 S. Jefferson Ste. 201Saginaw, MI 48607989-755-0545

Underground Railroad, Inc.5647 State Street, Suite ALisa B. HallCommunity Development Manager989.399.0007 ext. 100989.399.0010 [email protected]

Women of ColorsPOB 5525Saginaw, MI 48603989-399-9275 or 989-737-9286

YMCA of Saginaw1915 Fordney Street Saginaw Michigan989-753-7721

WhyHealingPrayer?Healing the sick was a central part of Jesus’ ministry. He healed the broken hearted;

He delivered the captives, gave recovery of sight to the blind, and set at liberty those who were oppressed. (Luke 4:18)

God showed His heart to heal through the life of Jesus Christ; healing is a demonstration of God’s love for people and a demonstration of His power. Jesus then gave this power to His disciples. He gave them power and authority over demons, and to cure diseases. (Luke 9:1-6) Praying for the sick is a commission from the Lord for all believers. (Mark 16:17-18) Therefore, ministering in the name of Jesus to the sick, with laying on of hands is for “those who believe.” (John 14:12)

A simple answer to “why healing prayer?” Because God loves people and wants to set them free.

If you are sick and need the Lord to touch and heal you, the Saginaw Healing Rooms are here for you. They are located at Saginaw Valley Community Church, 3660 Hermansau. The Healing Room hours are Tuesdays 10am – noon and 7pm – 9pm, also Thursdays 1pm – 3pm and 6:30 – 8:30pm. Everyone is welcome!

DeltaCollege’s25thAnnualGlobal AwarenessProgram

The 25th annual Global Awareness Program, featuring Europe, will take place on Delta College’s Main Campus from April 9-12. All events and activities are free and open to the public. For a complete list of events, please visit www.delta.edu/GAP.



Following Your Dreams LivingYourPassion

Yvette M. Haynes from Saginaw is a single parent and is currently enrolled in the Ferris State University 3 +1 program where she is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice on the campus of Delta College. Haynes

will graduate in the summer of 2012. She was recognized by Ferris State University

for her academic success placing her in the top 15% of her class, and on the Dean’s list of scholars. In 2011, she was nominated to join the Golden Key International Honor society, a global honor society known for its Academics, Leadership, and Service.

Before entering the 3+1 program, she excelled in her studies at Delta, after a 10 year absence from school that was unsuccessful, with several outstanding awards, including an Associated in Applied Arts in Criminal Justice, an Associate in Liberal Arts, and two

certificates. Yvette is dedicated to helping students

who are interested in attending Delta as well as students who have the desire to transition to the Ferris State University program. When there is an opportunity, she pursues her passion for serving others and volunteers at various non-profit organizations. She is currently a member and purpose leader of her age group at New Life Ministries where Pastor Rufus Bradley Sr. is the senior pastor.

Yvette M. Haynes

FollowingTheCareerofYourDreamsBorn and raised

in Saginaw, Shantay McKinnie Mills always loved to fly. “My mother, Louise McKinnie, and I would fly to Los Angeles quite often to visit my grandmother. On the flights, I always admired the stewardess, formerly the title we

were called, and I begun to desire to become a stewardess.”

After graduating, I decided to attend Southeastern academy in Kissimmee Florida for the 12 week airline, hotel and travel

agent course. I then moved to Los Angeles to continue to fulfill my dream, and was hired by Imperial airlines to work on the ramp in hopes that I would be able to transfer and become a flight attendant.

Desiring to be again in Saginaw, I returned in 1985 where I applied for another airline position, but I was never able to get the job. In 1986, I was working for the power company in Saginaw. I decided to check out the want ads in the US Today newspaper and found a flight attendant open house for American Eagle, a subsidiary of American Airlines. I applied and was called for an interview. I was asked to come back for the second interview, and I was hired.

I gave my two week notice and moved to Dallas, Texas. I liked Dallas, but again I wanted to be closer to my son and my family. I then attended an open house with Northwest Airlines in 1997 and was hired after the second interview. I recently received my 15 year pin on March 13, of this year.

If you like the following:Love to travel Working with people 16 days a month off Paid vacations Company matched 401kDental and medical insurance Free travel for you, your spouse, your

kids and parents, this is the career for you!

Shantay McKinnie Mills

SaginawNativeReturnstoMichiganApril20and21Kalamazoo- Stacy

Cordery, a Saginaw native and third-generation Girl Scout, will be at the Girl Scout Memorabilia Show at the Kalamazoo Program and Training Center for a book signing 5 to 9 p.m.,

Friday, April 20. On Saturday, April 21, she will sign copies of her book, “Juliette Gordon Low: the Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts,” at the Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Later on Saturday, April 21, from 3 to 5 p.m. she will be at the Midland Historical Society, as part of the yearlong celebration of the centennial of Girl Scouting in Girl Scouts Heart of

Michigan. Cordery proudly uses her “mitten hand”

to show people where she’s from. She was born in Saginaw and lived in Bridgeport and Novi, among other Michigan towns. “I remember riding my bike on Nine Mile Road in Novi when it was just a dirt road,” said Cordery, “and I remember the stones from the road nicking the pink paint off of my bicycle.”Stacy Cordery

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SecondBaptistChurchPastor Seth Doyle 1770 W. Youngs Ditch Rd.Bay City, MI (989) 893-3937

AntiochBaptistChurchPastor Lewis Randolph1083 E. Stewart Ave.Flint, MI 48505(810) 789-2931

DeliveranceChurchofGodinChristElder Zack Smith, Sr.3311 Mildred StreetFlint, Michigan (810) 785-0094

St.StephensCommunityChurchReverend Herman Haller1007 Kimberly DriveLansing, MI 48912(517) 484-2180

BethelAMEChurchPastor P. David Saunders535 Cathay St.Saginaw, MI 48601(989) 755-7011BethlehemBaptistChurchPastor Ernest W. Bothuel3309 Bundy StreetSaginaw, MI 48601989-752-5866BreadofLifeHarvestCenterSenior Pastor Rodney J. McTaggart 3726 Fortune Blvd. Saginaw, MI 48603(989) 790-7933ChristDisciplesBaptistPastor Eddie Benson3317 Lapeer StreetSaginaw, MI 48601(989) 754-2444

ChurchofChristMinister James Sanderson1325 N. Center RoadSaginaw, MI 48638(989) 790-2707

WorldOutreachCampus ofGreater ColemanTempleMinistriesSupt. H.J. Coleman Jr.2405 Bay Rd. Saginaw, MI 48602(989) 752-7957

CorinthianBaptistChurchPastor Roy L. Manning104 S. 10th St.Saginaw, MI 48601(989) 754-1820

FaithHarvestChurchBishop Ronald E. ChippFaith Harvest Church 1734 N. MasonSaginaw, MI 48602(989) 799-4200Website: www.faithharvestministry.orgE-mail: [email protected]

GreaterWilliamsTempleBishop H.J. Williams608 Remington Saginaw, MI 48601(989) 755-5291

Jacob’sLadderPastor Dempsey Allen1926 Fairfield StreetSaginaw, MI 48602989-799-6601

LifeInChristMinistriesPastor Dennis Cotton, Sr.2915 S. Washington Ave.Saginaw, MI [email protected]

MessiahMissionaryBaptistChurch2615 Williamson RoadSaginaw, MI 48601Pastor Otis Washington Phone: 989-777-2636Fax: 989-777-2640Email: [email protected]: www.Messiahsag.org

Mt.OliveBaptistChurchPastor Marvin T. Smith1114 N. 6th StreetSaginaw, MI 48601(989) 752-8064

NewBeginningsLifeChanging MinistriesPastor Otis Dickens2312 S. Washington Ave.Saginaw, MI 48601(989) 755-3650

NewBirthMissionaryBaptistPastor Larry D. Camel1418 S. WarrenSaginaw, MI 48601(989) 755-6604

NewChristCommunityPastor Dr. Eugene Seals3302 Grant St.Saginaw, MI 48601(989) 755-3357

NewCovenantChristianCenterPastor Ron Frierson 523 Hayden Saginaw, MI 752-8485

NewFaithTempleCOGICElder Charles H. Coleman 2118 Burt Street Saginaw, MI 48601 (989) 752-3880

NewLifeBaptistChurchPastor Rufus Bradley1401 Janes St. Saginaw, MI 48601(989) 753-1151

NewLifeFullGospelChurchElder Zachary Williamson1200 East Genesee Ave.Saginaw, MI 48601(989) 746-0764

NewMt.CalvaryBaptistPastor Robert Donald3610 Russell StreetSaginaw, MI 48601(989) 754-0801

NinthStreetCommunityChurch Pastor William L. Scott, Jr. Assistant Pastor Rex Jones 1118 N. 9th Street Saginaw, MI 48601 989-752-7366PrinceofPeaceBaptistChurchPastor Robert B. Corley725 N. 24th StreetSaginaw, MI 48601989-754-2841St.PaulBaptistPastor Vincent D. McMillon120 N. 15th St. Saginaw, MI 48601(989) 752-5023SaginawValleyCommunity Pastor Richard Sayad3660 HermansauSaginaw, MI 48603(989) 752-4769St.LukesCMEPastor Charles Braddock1121 Tuscola Saginaw, MI 48607(989) 755-0351TabernacleBaptistChurchRev. Thomas J.London810 Cathay Street Saginaw, MI. 48601(989) 753-5282TransformingLifeMinistriesPastor William Brown3024 South Washington AvenueSaginaw, MI 48601-4353(989) 754-9573TruevineBaptistChurchPastor Paul E. Broaddus 2930 Janes StreetSaginaw, MI 48601989-752-0751

VictoriousBelievers Ministries Church Rev. Christopher V. Pryor624 S. Outer Dr. Saginaw, MI (989) 755-7692ZionMissionaryBaptistChurchPastor Rodrick Smith721 JohnsonSaginaw, MI 48607(989) 754-9621





SaginawValleyCommunityChurch3660HermansauDr.Saginaw,MI48603

Sunday10 a.m. ~ Morning Worship6 a.m. ~ Celebrate Recovery6:30 p. m. ~ Love After Marriage 6:30 p. m. ~ Young Adult’s Life Group Bible Study/WorshipMonday 7 p. m ~ Women’s Life Group Tuesday (2nd & 4th) – 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. ~ Heaven’s Manna Food Distribution 7 a.m. ~ Men’s Life Group 6:30 p.m ~ Prayer Night 10 a.m. & 7 p.m ~ Healing RoomsWednesday 6:30 p.m ~ Equipping Classes, all agesThursday 1 p. m & 6:30 p .m ~ Healing Rooms Saturday 6 p.m. ~ Youth Worship

Pastor Dempsey Allen

Jacob’s Ladder Ministries1926 Fairfield StreetSaginaw, MI 48602

989.799.6601www.jacobsladdersaginaw.org

Christian Education – 9:30 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship – 11:30 a.m.Wednesday Bible Study – 6 p.m. Men’s Meeting held every second Saturday of the month

ChristDiscipleBaptistChurch3317LapeerStreetSaginaw,Michigan

989-754-2444

Amanofcourageisalsofulloffaith.Marcus Tullius Cicero



Reflections:ADistortedLifeWritten by Steve Holsey

By now many, if not most, of us are tired of hearing, reading and seeing things related to Whitney Houston, the sadness of the tragedy notwithstanding. But I have a few more thoughts to express. First of all, I feel a lot of compassion for Bobbi

Kristina Brown. She seems to be a very nice young lady, she’s 18 now, but only God, and Bobby Brown, know what she saw and heard in that household. No kid should be subjected to such things. In addition, now her every move will be followed and every action scrutinized.

Secondly, it is wrong to blame Bobby Brown for what happened. Geraldo Rivera, someone I have always liked, went so far as to refer to him as “the devil.” Truth is, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown were birds of a feather.

And thirdly, we could have done without Ray J’s theatrics at the home going service. I wouldn’t be surprised if he ended up with his own reality TV show, especially taking into account his extremely explicit sex video with former girlfriend Kim Kardashian. Ray J, real name: Ray Norwood Jr., apparently prefers high profile ladies which, no doubt, are beneficial to his career.

COUNTME in among those who are not the least bit surprised that Chris Brown and Rihanna have been working together on two songs. Not saying they will become

a couple again, but despite what happened three years ago, I knew something was still there. Rihanna was honest and defiant when she said, “No pain is forever,” adding, “Don’t like it, don’t listen.” The forgiving attitude of Rihanna has disappointed and angered a lot of women, which is understandable, but people do what they feel is right for them, and it’s nobody’s business but theirs anyway.

FANSOF the Marvelettes waited more than two decades for the Motown group’s last four albums — “The Marvelettes,”“Sophisticated Soul,” “In Full Bloom” and “TheReturn of theMarvelettes”— tobecome available on CD.

That finally became a reality on Dec. 13, 2011, a deluxe box set titled “The Marvelettes, Forever More: The Complete Motown Albums.” However, it was not available for purchase, in its entirety or for individual songs, on iTunes. But now that too has changed. I started buying songs immediately.

According to famed bandleader/musician Rickey Minor, the five necessary ingredients for success in show business are talent, desire, discipline, patience and “fire inside.” In his excellent book, “No Traffic on the Extra Mile,” Minor says, “If you happen to succeed despite missing one of these fundamental attributes, let me give this advice: Enjoy it for the moment because your time in the spotlight will be short-lived.”

MATHEW KNOWLES, father of Beyoncé and former manager of his daughter and Destiny’s Child, teaches a course called “The Recording Industry” at

the Texas Southern University School of Communication. It is located in Houston which is where the Knowles are from. “Teaching and mentoring young adults is one of my passions,” said Knowles. Beyoncé, by the way, was given the title “Queen of Pop” at the huge Glastonbury Music Festival in the United Kingdom.

It’s hard to understand how Chris Tucker could have possibly allowed himself to end up owing the federal government approximately $12 million in back taxes.

R&B singer Robin Thicke was arrested recently in New York for possession of marijuana. However, the arresting officers were excited to meet the star, so after the official business was taken care of, they asked for autographs and took pictures with Thicke.

Wow, talk about show business spilling over into real life!

MEMORIES: “Love Hangover” (Diana Ross), “It’s All Right” (the Impressions), “I Need Love” (LL Cool J), “Last Dance” (Donna Summer), “Addictive Love” (BeBe and CeCe Winans), “Hello” (Lionel Richie), “Let’s Work” (Prince), “When We Get Married” (Larry Graham), “Don’t Leave Me This Way” (Thelma Houston), “Caught Up in the Rapture” (Anita Baker).

WORDSOF THEWEEK, from Paul McCartney: “You’ve got to get it just in case it doesn’t come around again.”

Let the music play!The Michigan Chronicle

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CastleMuseumOpensTwoExhibitsinAprilThe first exhibit the Castle Museum

is hosting is called We Don’t Want Them, which was created for the Great Michigan Read book, “Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights and Murder in the Jazz Age.”

This exhibit will be at the Museum from Tuesday, April 3 through Sunday, April 29. It is co-sponsored by The Saginaw News. On Tuesday, April 17th, the Castle Museum and the Public Libraries of Saginaw are co-

hosting a book discussion on “Arc of Justice” at the Castle. The event begins at Noon and is free with paid admission to the Museum.



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MarchisWomenHistoryMonthWomen’sEducation–Women’sEmpowerment

Each year in the month of March millions of women are celebrated during Women’s History Month. Although we of course cannot include all of the outstanding women who contribute greatly to the success of our society, we hope you will join us in saluting the women who display courage, perseverance, and creativity in the Great Lakes Bay Region and nationally listed for the year of 2012.The women celebrated this year may have multiple careers and community involvement, but each one is an educator to those in their sphere of influence.

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