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Mother Soror Maggie Gaddis Daughter Soror Cora Peavie Granddaughter Somonna Peavie

“GodCanDoit!”Senior Pearl Soror Linnie M. Dent was initiated into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Eta

Upsilon Omega chapter in January 2003, and has been selected to receive the recognition of endearment for years of service to the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority of members over the age of 70. A retired school teacher, she is a graduate of Saginaw High School, Delta College and Saginaw Valley State University, with a Bachelor’s degree in Education. She has received honors and awards which include the City Rescue Mission Volunteer Certificate of Achievement, Shepherd Pathways a Day Program, Decatur, GA., and has served in numerous organizations including as a board member of Home from Heaven, serving the homeless at Magic Kitchen, and is a member of the

Bright Star chapter of OES. “Because of the unity and sisterhood, I have made a difference by

trying to keep the unity and sisterhood alive and growing. I had a stroke and have difficulty speaking but I still have faith in God and demonstrate through prayer and Bible study that he is still good,” said Soror Dent.

A dedicated member of the Mennonite Ninth Street Community Church where she faithfully serves with the Mennonite women, Senior Pearl Soror Dent’s favorite biblical scriptures are Proverbs 31, and Matthew 6:33. She is the mother of 3 children: Debra Sims, Aaron Dent and Devett Dent, 9 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

Senior Pearl Soror Linnie M. Dent

The annual Hats Off to Mom Scholarship luncheon sponsored by Eta Upsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, incorporated will be celebrated on Saturday, May 4, 10:30 a.m. at the Horizons Conference Center, located at 6200 State Street, in Saginaw.

In addition to the sorority honoring Mrs. Dorothy Presley as VIP Mother of the Year, and Mrs. Denise Pass as Soror of the Year, the sorority is also honoring members, Senior Pearls, Mrs. Linnie M. Dent, and Mrs. Maggie Gaddis, for recognition of endearment for years of service to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority of those over the age of 70.

Mrs. Maggie Gaddis also has the distinction as a member of the Gaddis Family’s legacy, for a span of 40 years and 4 generations, as her daughter, Soror Cora Peavie, and granddaughter, Somonna Peavie, are members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

For additional information, or to purchase tickets, contact Mary Broadway at 989.755.5715, or Rubie White at 989.777.5514. The ticket costs are $35 for adults, $20 for students, 7 to 8 years old, and children 6 and younger are free.

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Lansing - Gov. Rick Snyder recently praised Jackson National Life Insurance Co. for its decision to further invest in Michigan by expanding and adding the capacity for more than 1,000 jobs over the next 10 years at its Lansing campus.

“Jackson National has long been a good neighbor in mid-Michigan and a good partner with the entire state,” Snyder said. “The company’s continued commitment will strengthen these important relationships while also reinforcing Michigan’s well-earned reputation as a great place to do business and create jobs. We are the nation’s comeback state thanks to success stories like those of Jackson National.”

Jackson National Life, a leading provider of retirement solutions and educational resources for industry professionals and consumers, announced it

will invest $100 million to expand its corporate headquarters in Lansing, subject to state and local approvals. The expansion will include a connector from the building to a new 260,000-square-foot office complex and a new 80,000-square-foot data imaging center and warehouse on an adjacent piece of land. Michigan was chosen over competing sites nationwide.

The investment will add the capacity for up to 1,019 new jobs over the next 10 years, with the potential to bring the overall number of employees at the Lansing location to more than 3,000.

“Jackson has called mid-Michigan home for the past 52 years and we owe much of our success to the support of the surrounding community and the people who have made Jackson what it is today,” said Jackson President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Wells. “This expansion allows us to continue to invest in Lansing and Michigan, as well as in our dedicated, talented associates. Our associate base has doubled in size since we opened this building in 2000 and I am confident this project will enable us to continue to expand our footprint in the financial services industry nationally. Through this growth, Jackson and its employees will have the opportunity to make an even larger impact on local charitable organizations with corporate giving and volunteer time.”

The city of Lansing is supporting the project through a 425 revenue sharing agreement between the city and Alaiedon Township, which made way for a personal property tax exemption to make the proposed headquarters expansion possible.

“Doubling the size of Jackson’s national headquarters is an extraordinary example of regional cooperation. It is LEAP’s privilege to finalize the incentive package necessary to grow Jackson here rather than out of our region and state,” said Lansing Area Economic Partnership President Bob Trezise. “Jackson is an economic giant in our region, impacting thousands and thousands of families on a daily basis. We are proud that Jackson continues to call Lansing home.”

Gov. Rick Snyder

“It is easier to raise strong children than repair broken men.” – Frederick Douglass

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CommentaryTheartoftheimpossibleBy Thomas Sowell

CA - Someone called politics “the art of the possible.” But, in the era of the modern welfare state, politics is largely the art of the impossible.

Those people morbid enough to keep track of politicians’ promises may remember how Barack

Obama said that ObamaCare would lower medical costs -- and lots of people bought it.

But if you stop and think, however old-fashioned that may seem these days, do you seriously believe that millions more people can be given medical care and vast new bureaucracies created to administer payment for it, with no additional costs?

Just as there is no free lunch, there is no free red tape. Bureaucrats have to eat, just like everyone else, and they need a place to live and some other amenities. How do you suppose the price of medical care can go down when the costs of new government bureaucracies are added to the costs of the medical treatment itself?

By the way, where are the extra doctors going to come from, to treat the millions of additional patients? Training more people to become doctors is not free. Politicians may ignore costs but ignoring those costs will not make them go away.

With bureaucratically controlled medical care, you are going to need more doctors, just to treat a given number of patients, because time that is spent filling out government forms is time

that is not spent treating patients. And doctors have the same 24 hours in the day as everybody else.

When you add more patients to more paperwork per patient, you are talking about still more costs. How can that lower medical costs? But although that may be impossible, politics is the art of the impossible. All it takes is rhetoric and a public that does not think beyond the rhetoric they hear.

You can just call “medical care for all” a “right” and you are home free with a major part of the public. Those who are more skeptical can be dismissed as people who just are not as compassionate. That puts you on the side of the angels against the forces of evil -- and that is a proven winning strategy in politics.

Back during World War II, military construction battalions had the motto, “The difficult done immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.” Today, the impossible may not even take longer. Indeed, the impossible has become routine in political rhetoric.

Whether in medical issues or other issues, politicians don’t even have to prove that what they advocate is possible, much less probable. For example, those who advocate tighter gun control laws are almost never asked for evidence that such laws have in fact reduced gun violence. And almost never do they even attempt to present such evidence.

But the only way that it is possible that such laws will save lives is if they do in fact reduce killings with guns. But who cares what is possible these days? If the intention is good and the means

sound plausible, who wants to get bogged down in specifics? Certainly not politicians or most of the media. All you really need is rhetoric that puts you on the side of the angels against the forces of evil.

On the international stage, the ever-popular policy of “disarmament” is in essence domestic gun control writ large. Nuclear disarmament is especially popular. No doubt many people wish that scientists had never discovered how to make such devastating weapons.

But, once the principles on which nuclear bombs operate have been discovered, it is impossible to undiscover them.

Even if you destroyed every nuclear bomb in the world, the knowledge of how to make them cannot be destroyed. If you killed every scientist who has this knowledge, such a bloodbath would be futile, because new scientists can discover what the old scientists discovered.

With international disarmament agreements, as with domestic gun control, nothing is easier than disarming peaceful people -- thereby leaving them more vulnerable to people who are not peaceful, who can simply ignore the restrictions that others obey.

But if verifiable, lasting and universal nuclear disarmament is impossible, who cares, so long as it sounds good? Politics is the art of the impossible.

Thomas Sowell is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author. He is currently the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

This is an important conversation for our children, for our communities, for Democrats and Republicans. Speaking is difficult but I need to say something important. Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something. It will be hard. But the time is now. You must act. Be bold. Be courageous. Americans are counting on you.

Statement of former Representative Gabrielle Giffords to the Senate Judiciary Committee, January 30th, 2013

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CommentaryCouldWeHaveCaughttheBostonBombersearlier?

VA - Twelve years after September 11, our intelligence and federal law enforcement agencies still haven’t fixed the data-sharing problems that make us vulnerable to more attacks. It’s difficult to reach any other conclusion after

unnamed counterterrorism officials at the CIA revealed that Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev remained in their system as a person with possible ties to terrorism, while the FBI had closed its investigation into the man.

If this information had been shared between the agencies and the FBI had continued to monitor his activities, could the bombing have been prevented? That is a question no one can answer definitively. It may be that our laws still would not have given the FBI sufficient authority to track him. And the sheer number of individuals whose profiles suggest they pose similar risks may simply overwhelm our ability to keep a close eye on all of them.

But one thing does seem clear: Government authorities should have been able to identify him as a suspect almost immediately after the bombing. If they had done so, it would have saved MIT police officer Sean Collier’s life, prevented injuries to other police officers who pursued the brothers, and perhaps saved millions of dollars in shutting down major sections of Boston and surrounding communities and the police efforts required to apprehend the suspects.

Since the FBI was involved in the investigation into the bombing from the beginning, why didn’t they search their database for individuals who had

been investigated for potential ties to terrorism over the past several years? Surely Tsarnaev’s name would have turned up. And if not, why not?

If his name had come up, wouldn’t the FBI or other law enforcement figures have gone out to interview him immediately after the bombing? We know from the secretary of homeland security that his departure for Russia was noted in the department’s counterterrorism database. Surely investigators who knew that he’d recently visited the Russian province of Dagestan, a hotbed of Muslim extremism, should have quickly put him on a list of possible suspects. If the information available to the CIA and homeland security were available to all federal counterterrorism agencies, it should have triggered alarms as soon as the bombing occurred.

If this act of terrorism had been an ordinary crime -- say the abduction of a child -- law enforcement immediately would have combed their records for the presence of individuals in the surrounding community who raised suspicion based on previous crimes, or who had been the subject of investigations for unsolved crimes. So why did the feds not turn up Tsarnaev’s name? After all, a foreign government had alerted U.S. authorities that he was a person who might be involved in terrorist planning or activities.

Hindsight is always 20-20, and there is a tendency to think we should be able to prevent bad things from happening. But as former President George W. Bush said, in order to do so, we have to be right 100 percent of the time, and the bad guys only need to be right once. We have uncovered similar plots, and it may be that we will never be right every time, especially since

we need to balance protecting our civil liberties and privacy rights with being able to prevent terrorism. None of us wants to live in a police state that monitors everyone’s move.

But that doesn’t mean we can’t do better. We may not be able to prevent every single act of terrorism, but we should be able to quickly apprehend those involved when their names are already on our watch lists. Thankfully, Tsarnaev and his younger brother were stopped before they could finish the job they started -- which included bombing Times Square, as investigators learned...

We won’t get better at preventing such terrorist acts, however, until all counterterrorism information is shared between agencies. Congress should investigate why this isn’t happening. If the reason is that the agencies lack the legal authority to do so, Congress should change the laws. But even before that happens, the FBI should launch its own investigation into why officials in their Boston office didn’t quickly discover Tsarnaev’s name in their own files and act on it immediately after the bombing.

Linda Chavez is chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a non-profit public policy research organization in Sterling, VA She also writes a weekly syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country, is a political analyst for FOX News Channel, and hosts a syndicated, daily radio show on Liberty Broadcasting. In 2000, Linda Chavez was honored by the Library of Congress as a “Living Legend” for her contributions to America’s cultural and historical legacy.

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Mexican-americanHonoredasWWiiVetandHolocaustsurvivorBy Vanessa A. Alvarez

Anthony Acevedo is one of the World War II veterans being honored at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s 20th Anniversary Tribute in Washington, D.C. But unlike his fellow honorees, Acevedo is also a Holocaust survivor.

Entire article can be read at http://nbclatino.com

Anthony Acevedo is photographed during the 20th Anniversary Tour event in Los Angeles (Photo/Courtesy U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)

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somosHispanosHello! I’m Cynthia, Reyes,

the host for Somos Hispanos. Somos Hispanos is Q-TV’s monthly news magazine about the Hispanic people: how they live, the issues they face day to day, and the positive work they do to make a difference in the community. Segments highlight

people, culture, and events that help promote positive images of the Hispanic community.

You can find our schedule at http://www3.delta.edu/broadcasting/somoshispanos/schedule/ , and if you have questions or comments you can e-mail us at [email protected].

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BajaLibros.com, a leading retailer of eBooks in Spanish, has opened its portal for business in the U.S.

The new portal allows Spanish-language readers to download more than 50,000 books, novels, and textbooks, including classics and bestsellers, to enjoy on a variety of devices such as, iPads, smartphones and tablets with Android OS, netbooks, notebooks or desktop computers.

“After receiving superb reviews from readers in Latin America, we are thrilled to open our on-line book store to Spanish language readers in the U.S.,” said Viviana Zocco, founder and president of the VI-DA Group and creator of BajaLibros.com. “We are confident that we will provide a much needed service to millions of people, whether they are a casual reader or a student studying Spanish.”

BajaLibros.com offers e-books in various genres, including popular works from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile and Peru. For example, BajaLibros.com has the largest collection of Spanish-language books about Pope Francis - all of which have been written by him - including popular titles that have become BajaLibros.com’s best sellers since the pope was elected.

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2013MichiganMinorityprocurementConference

The Michigan Minority Procurement Conference (MMPC) will be held on May 1, 2013 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and May 2, 2013, 8:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Cobo Center, in Detroit. The conference trade fair will offer premium access to the country’s top corporations and minority-owned businesses showing their areas of service and expertise with opportunities for networking, leadership development, and relationship building. The MMPC is one of the largest of its kind in the state of Michigan with attendance of approximately 2,000 participants.

For additional information visit http://mmpc.minoritysupplier.org, e-mail [email protected], or call 313.873.3202. The cost is $300.

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HiringourHeroesemploymentWorkshop

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Hiring Our Heroes hiring fair, scheduled for May 3, 2013, at the Dow Event Center is committed to making this one-of–a-kind FREE hiring fair a win-win for employers and veteran/military spouse job seekers.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Hiring Our Heroes event is co-sponsored locally by the Midland Area, Saginaw County, Bay Area Chambers of Commerce, State of Michigan Veterans Division, Great Lakes Bay Region Michigan Works!, Michigan National Guard, the Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve (ESGR), the U. S. Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Service (DOL VETS), U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs, The American Legion and The Dow Chemical Company.

For additional information call 517.481.7909.

Saginaw ISD Head Start/Early Head Start Program Director, Sabrina Beeman-Jackson has been accepted into the UCLA/Johnson & Johnson Head Start Management Fellows Program. The UCLA/Johnson & Johnson Head Start Management Fellows Program is an intensive management training program held at one of America’s recognized premier business schools, UCLA Anderson School of Management.

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Sabrina Beeman-Jackson, Saginaw ISD Head Start/Early Head Start Program Director

Saginaw Valley State University has promoted Mary Harmon to dean of the College of Education, effective July 1.

“This is a critical time for the College,” said Donald Bachand, provost and vice president for academic affairs. “It requires strong, knowledgeable and effective leadership to help it meet important challenges that it is facing. Mary’s distinguished career at both the secondary and university levels has given her the experience necessary to provide the College with the leadership and vision that

will be necessary as it copes with the changing landscape of both K-12 education and teacher preparation programs.”

Harmon’s appointment is for three years, which will include SVSU’s next visit by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. She replaces Susie Emond, who is retiring this summer after serving SVSU’s College of Education for 35 years.

A professor of English, Harmon joined SVSU in 1991 and twice has chaired the English department, SVSU’s largest academic unit. She also has taught English education courses and has served as a co-director of the National Writing Project. Prior to SVSU, Harmon enjoyed a 23-year career in the public schools, primarily as a high school English teacher.

“I am very pleased to have been chosen for this position,” Harmon said. “I am looking forward to all of us in the College of Education working together to meet current challenges in the field and to prepare our students to succeed as educators. Our state and our nation never have needed good teachers more than they do today.”

Harmon completed a Ph.D. at Michigan State University, with concentrations in English education, composition theory, and contemporary literature. She also completed bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Western Michigan University.

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BuenaVistaCommunity Forumsannouncements

The community forums with regards to water and sewer and Buena Vista will be held

May 6, at 5:30 p.m. at the Township Hall, and May 9, at 5:30 p.m. at the

Community Center.

Dexter A. MitchellInterim Township Manager

Buena Vista Charter Township1160 S. Outer Dr.

Saginaw MI 48601

saginawpromise Golfouting

The 2nd Annual Saginaw Promise Golf Outing will be held on Thursday, May 23,

9:30 a.m., at the Fortress, 950 Flint Street, in Frankenmuth. All proceeds from this event will benefit the Saginaw Promise. Join us at the Fortress for an omelet breakfast, 18 holes of golf with a cart and dinner for just $85. Many sponsorship opportunities are also available. For more information or to

register, visit www.svsu.edu/promise or call 989.755.0545.

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Motorspeedway

Bring the kids and let them meet their

favorite drivers during the Autograph Session, on May 31, at 5 p.m. Kids 6 and under is FREE, ages 7-13, is

$1 admission. Tri-City Motor Speedway is

located at 85 W. Wheeler Rd. in Auburn, MI. For additional information

call 989.316.6804.



Bethel A.M.E. Church Announces the “Restoring The Village Summer Youth Program”

Bethel A.M.E. Church, located at 535 Cathay Street, in Saginaw, is pleased to announce its “Restoring The Village Summer Youth Program.” The Program is designed to provide safe summer recreation for Saginaw’s children and young adults, character training and exposure to positive role models. The character training will focus on gangs, gun violence, drugs, alcohol and related issues. The ten week program will operate at the church on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. beginning June 13, 2013, and ending on August 24, 2013.

TUESDAYS - On Tuesdays and Thursdays from June 18 - August 8 there will be free swimming lessons for up to 120 children and young adults at the Saginaw YMCA. Transportation from the church will be provided for those who need it. Applications are available at the church and must be returned by May 31, 2013.

THURSDAYS - Will include various recreational activities and a basketball camp for elementary and middle school students. The camp will be supervised by Mr. Marshall Thomas, Retired Saginaw High Athletic Director and Basketball Coach, Mr. Greg Mathis, Arthur Hill High School Boys Basketball Coach, Ms. Sophia Jordan, Saginaw High Girls Basketball Coach and several other local coaches. Applications are available at the church and must be returned by May 31, 2013.

SATURDAYS - Will include a 3-on-3 basketball competition (similar to Gus Macker) called “Heavenly Hoops”. Children and young adults from the entire Saginaw Community are invited to participate. There is no entry fee or cost but each participant will be required to complete one of the church’s weekly drug education and crime prevention classes in order to compete each week. Applications for Heavenly Hoops are available at the church.

Tae Kwon Do classes by Master Marlow from the Saginaw YMCA will be offered from 11 a.m. to noon in the church’s gym. Ages 3 and up are welcome.

A free lunch will be provided on both Thursday and Saturday.

For additional information concerning the program, contact Ms. Cheri Smith, Bethel A.M.E. Church at 989.755.7011 ext 221, Hon. M.T. Thompson, Jr. or Ms. Ivory Thompson at 989.790.8033, or [email protected].

BowlforkidssakeFundraiserBig Brothers Big Sisters is hosting their annual Bowl for Kids Sake Fundraiser, on May 11, at State Lanes, 5707

State Street, in Saginaw, beginning at 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The YPN, Young Professional Network, would like to show their support by having a team or two to represent the group at the event. Thereisnocosttoattend. Teams raise money online (similar to Relay for Life). The Saginaw event needs between 30 and 40 teams.

For additional information, contact Jamie Leyrer at 989-964-4948 or email [email protected].

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education

Yogi Berra may have said it best when he said, “It ain’t over till it’s over.”

Joan and I announced our plans to retire on June 30. Words of support have exceeded our wildest expectations.

A typical exchange has been something like

this. “Is it true you are retiring?” “Yes.” “What will you be doing?” “We are staying here.”

Several nuances are embedded... First, there is an implication that people do not want us to

retire. Well, that is awesome. We all know of people in opposite situations, where everyone seems pretty happy to hear about retirement news (as in, “It is a great idea you’re finally leaving....”).

Second, the logic surfaces that retirement must be because we are going to do something else. That is pretty cool!

Finally, it is communicated that we are not “leaving” Carrollton or Saginaw County or the Great Lakes Bay Region...not moving to Florida or Arizona.... we are staying. Must be the area is nice after all, and that the need to “move” is not really a need after all. I mean, why move?

We have resources that meet or exceed other

locations. Take a look at a Lake Huron sunrise. Or the Mackinac Bridge sunset. Walk a fairway at Bay Valley or Apple Mountain. Jog the streets of Frankenmuth. Catch the Tigers (or the Loons) play baseball. The list of places to go, things to do, and people to meet is endless.

We plan to stay in the area and to be involved. We have organizations for which we plan to support; we want to do something to “give back.”

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth,” stated Muhammad Ali. Our goal is to make this happen. After all, it ain’t over until it is over!

CarrolltonschoolssuperintendentCraigDouglastoRetireinJuneBy Dr. Craig DouglasSuperintendent of SchoolsCarrollton School DistrictGuest Educational Journalist

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scholarshipMoniesareBeingReturnedBelow is a listing of scholarships that have been listed as being unknown of, or have a low percentage for application by African American students.

According to reports, a large sum of the scholarship money is being returned because of lack of interest. Why not take the initiative to apply, get your children involved, and to tell all who may have interest in obtaining funding for their future.

It’s that time of the year again where summer internships are soon to begin, and one new web site, FindInternships.com, is helping students find the right program.

An intern is an assistant or apprentice who is being taught a craft or trade. For college students and graduates, an internship is a short term job, often without pay, that allows them to practice their new skills and learn from more experienced

employees. It also gives them a real life look into the day to day activities that will define their work environment for the next 30-40 years. FindInternships.com is a 100% free online resource for students looking for summer and year-round internships. The web site posts new opportunities

daily from major corporations, non-profit organizations, and local and federal government agencies. Some of their opportunities are even for students looking to go abroad.

There are many, opportunities available, and FindInternships.com representatives have stated that each internship is filtered through to ensure that they are 100% real and legit. Some are specific to students of certain majors and career paths, while others are only for students who reside in certain cities and states.

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Have you ever set a goal for yourself or perhaps you have an overwhelming desire to do something meaningful that will not only benefit

yourself but others around you as well? Perhaps you have a vision for the region. Perhaps you have a vision that will bring about a cure to a devastating medical condition. Perhaps you have a vision that will obliterate generational poverty. As you begin the requisite work to bring this vision to reality, let me encourage you to have your vision checked. It is said that “Vision is a gift. It provides you the opportunity to clearly see how to expand your horizons and accomplish your goals. Maintaining a laser-sharp focus on accomplishing goals is neither natural or easy. Without question, you will face distractions that pull you away from your vision. That is okay as long as you quickly get back on track. Commit to your vision and be willing to pay the price to make your vision a reality.”

One of the problems confronting the potential visionary is the problem of being Myopic. Myopia is a condition in which near objects are generally seen clearly, but distant objects are blurred and do not come into proper focus. As we establish our goals it is important to determine more than the immediate steps necessary to make

our dreams, goals and aspirations come into fruition. It is imperative that we also take a step back and look at what it takes to have achieved greatness. What exactly does it look like to cross the stage and receive a diploma/degree? What does it look like to become your own business owner? What does it look like to sign a home mortgage or buy a car?

Start with research. What does it take to make this vision a reality? Will I have to go/return to school? Do I have the necessary capital? How long will it take me to accomplish the goal (establish a timeline)? The visionary is one who is willing to invest their personal time, talent and resources in bringing the goal into clear focus. Clear focus requires that you know what you are looking for and what you are looking at. Another requirement is to begin where you are. Assess your current personal strengths and weaknesses to determine where you need to grow. Be honest with yourself and don’t be afraid to back up before you move forward. When you suffer from nearsightedness,

you can see what needs to be done immediately but you lack the ability to see the challenges ahead. When you suffer from nearsightedness, you can see what needs to be done, however you may lack the intestinal fortitude or work ethic to persevere until the goal has been attained. Research can only help!

There are times that our vision becomes blurred because we only focus on what is in our immediate presence without looking ahead to determine what it takes to maintain our vision. Nearsightedness is common, however it is not a disease it’s a condition. If properly treated it can be corrected! Don’t suffer from Myopia, when the power to correct your vision is right in front of your face. Your vision is at hand.

Dr. Daniel can be contacted at Dr.DanielQmotivationalfactor.org. Also, visit the website www.motivationalfactor.org.

seeingit!This article is part one of a series of writings titled Seeing It! The articles will address the challenges of bringing our vision into reality

By Desmon R. Daniel, Ph.DGuest Educational Journalist



Arielle Bryant, Central Michigan University Alum, Former MAC ScholarIn August 2010, the New York Times published an article discussing

the extension of the transition to adulthood that is becoming common among emerging adults. According to Dr. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett Emerging Adulthood is characterized by “identity exploration, instability, self-focus, feeling in-between, and sense of possibilities” (Henig, 2010, pg 3) as well as a mix of optimism and urgent fear about the choices of the future. He insists that the cohort of 20-somethings is unique in these characteristics and therefore should be recognized as a distinct stage of life.

As a member of this cohort myself I can agree that life feels different than it did before. There seems to be a lot of options to consider and choices to make and they all seem to have a deadline. There are days I feel like a ‘grown-up’ and then there are times that I am glad that I’m not because of all of the responsibilities waiting for me when I cross into that group. The problem is that while I feel different from the middle and high school aged group of adolescents, and the family-planning, career-focused adults, there is no consensus between professionals on whether this ambivalence is evidence of a stable and distinct new stage of life, or a trend brought about by sociological and economic changes such as an inflation of secondary and post-secondary degrees, and a shortage of jobs available immediately following graduation.

The first thing to decide is whether or no emerging adulthood even exists. Arnett admits that the amount of time an individual spends in this phase is highly contingent on factors such as culture, the development of the country in which the young adult resides (developing, industrialized, etc.), and the necessity/ability to explore options; if a person skips this phase it may not be a big deal depending on why that person skipped it in the first place meaning that emerging adulthood is not universal (Henig, 2010). This noncompliance with the typical necessity of life stage to be universal is why there is so much division among professionals despite the enthusiasm for the concept.

So what does being an emerging adult mean in practical terms? The article touched on the fact that the classification of Emerging Adulthood as an important life stage in human development would lead to necessary changes in institutional society in order to accommodate this group of individuals. The main changes would occur with the education, health care, social services, and law systems as they try to simultaneously protect and support this group. There are quite a few laws and policies that focus on the rights and responsibilities of Arnett’s emerging adults; however, there are so many ambiguities when it comes to those that fall into this category. This is seen clearly in policies regarding health care and education:

If [young adults] are full-time students, the Internal Revenue Services considers them dependents until 24; those without health insurance will soon be able to stay on their parents’ plans even if they’re not in school until age 26, or up to 30 in some states. Parents have no access to their child’s college records if the child is over 18, but parents’ income is taken into account when the child applies for financial aid up to age 24. (Henig, 2010, pg 3)

Change occurs slowly; if and when emerging adulthood becomes recognized as an important life stage it will take time and continued efforts to prove that 20-somethings are inherently different from other people. Even without a consensus amongst professionals it is likely that policies will begin to affect us as the prolonged transition to adulthood shifts the interaction of all generations with each other and with society.

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Intersection of Business & WealthChemicoMaysReceivesFourthConsecutiveGMsupplieroftheYearawardBy Damon Autry

Leon C. Richardson rose from his chair recently at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History amid cascading applause. He strolled onstage in his finely tailored blue pinstripe suit where he was greeted by General Motors’ Kim Brycz and Tom McMillen. There, the president and CEO of ChemicoMays graciously accepted the automaker’s Supplier of the Year award for the fourth consecutive year.

The award is given to a select few of GM’s more than 18,500 suppliers worldwide. In fact, ChemicoMays was one of only 83 suppliers acknowledged — or less than one-half of one percent of GM’s suppliers.

“We put our focus every day on doing the best job we can for our customers,” Richardson said. “That’s our core mission. So being recognized by GM for our efforts is an honor and a testament to the dedication and hard work of our employees across North America. We’re really humbled by this acknowledgement.”

General Motors recognizes the significance of ChemicoMays’ presence as a premier automotive supplier.

“ChemicoMays played a critical role in GM’s success in 2012 through their outstanding work and commitment to quality,” said Grace Lieblein, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. “We are thrilled to recognize ChemicoMays, who we consider to be a world-class supplier.”

To fully appreciate the breadth of ChemicoMays as a leading chemical management company, one must know how the company came to be. Richardson worked as a salesman during the ’80s for one of the foremost chemical management companies in the country at the time. He ascended to the top of the 18-person sales force, becoming the company’s most successful salesperson. His stellar performance and huge

commission checks began garnering the attention of company executives, who surprised him not with words of encouragement and pats on the back, but rather with a condescending message aimed at Richardson’s knack for outperforming his colleagues.

The owner of the company, Richardson recalls, told him that his success was overshadowing the other salespeople. “You’ll never be the president of this company, so don’t even try,” the owner said. “Just concentrate on being a good salesman.”

Company executives soon decided to reconfigure the commission structure as a result of Richardson’s achievements. Any sale over a certain dollar amount, the new company mandate stated, Richardson had to split the commission with the entire sales force. Richardson received 50 percent with the other half divvied between the others. Surprised, angry, yet deeply motivated, he completed a big sale soon thereafter that netted him $50,000 in commission, which he split with the 17 other salespeople. But Richardson took his $25,000, walked away from the company and started his own firm in September of 1989: Chemico Systems, Inc.

The company started as a manufacturer of nonhazardous chemical products for use in the automotive industry, primarily for use in the

painting process.“With the knowledge I had gained, I felt

that I was well equipped with everything I needed to start my own company,” he says. Six years later, in a strange and mortifying twist of irony, Richardson’s former employer began experiencing financial troubles and ultimately filed for bankruptcy. Richardson then decided to purchase his former employer from bankruptcy. “So the company that told me I’d never be more than a salesperson, I ended up buying,” he said with a muted sense of pride. And what happened to the former owner of the company? “Oh, he worked for me,” Richardson revealed matter-of-factly.

In an effort to expand his company’s reach, Richardson merged with Mays Chemical in 2006 to create ChemicoMays LLC, the largest African American-owned chemical management company in North America. “Our coming together helped blend Mays’ purchasing, logistics and distribution experience with our research, development and technological know-how,” Richardson said. “It was the best of both worlds.”

ChemicoMays has operations throughout North America, and Richardson, being the hands-on corporate leader he is, travels more than 100,000 miles annually to keep tabs on the growth and development of the business. He realizes, too, that the viability of his company is rooted in the productivity of his workforce. Richardson rarely utters the words “I” or “me” when it comes to his business; rather, it’s “we” and “our.”

It is this corporate mindset, in addition to delivering top-notch products and services, which helps position ChemicoMays as a premier chemical management company.

Source: The Michigan Chronicle

Leon C. Richardson, ChemicoMays President and CEO



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Washington - States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that overwhelmingly passed a test vote in the Senate recently.

Under current law, states can only require stores to collect sales taxes if the store has a physical presence in the state. As a result, many online sales are essentially tax-free, giving Internet retailers a big advantage over brick-and-mortar stores.

The bill would allow states to require online retailers to col-lect state and local sales taxes for purchases made over the Inter-net. The sales taxes would be sent to the states where shoppers live.

The Senate voted 74 to 20 to begin debating the bill. If that level of support continues, the Senate could pass the bill as early as this week.

Supporters say the bill is about fairness for businesses and lost revenue for states. Opponents say it would impose compli-cated regulations on retailers and doesn’t have enough protections for small businesses. Businesses with less than $1 million a year in online sales would be exempt.

“I believe it is important to level the playing field for all re-tailers,” said Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., the bill’s main sponsor. “We should not be subsidizing some taxpayers at the expense of others.”

In many states, shoppers are required to pay unpaid sales tax when they file their state income tax returns. However, states complain that few people comply.

“I do know about three people that comply with that,” Enzi said.

President Barack Obama supports the bill, but its fate is un-certain in the House, where some Republicans regard it as a tax increase. Heritage Action for America, the activist arm of the con-servative Heritage Foundation, opposes the bill and will count the vote in its legislative scorecard.

Many of the nation’s governors — Republicans and Demo-crats — have been lobbying the federal government for years for the authority to collect sales taxes from online sales, said Dan Crippen, executive director of the National Governors Associa-tion. Those efforts intensified when state tax revenues took a hit from the recession and the slow economic recovery.

“It’s a matter of equity for businesses,” Crippen said. “It’s a matter of revenue for states.”

The bill pits brick-and-mortar stores like Wal-Mart against online services such as eBay. The National Retail federation sup-ports it. And Amazon.com, which initially fought efforts in some states to make it collect sales taxes, supports it, too.

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FROM P 17, Senate Bill . .“Amazon.com has long supported a simplified nationwide approach that is

evenhandedly applied and applicable to all but the smallest volume sellers,” Paul Misener, Amazon’s vice president of global public policy said in a recent letter to senators.

On the other side, eBay has been rallying customers to oppose the bill.“I hope you agree that imposing unnecessary tax burdens on small online busi-

nesses is a bad idea,” eBay president and CEO John Donahoe said in a letter to customers. “Join us in letting your Members of Congress know they should protect small online businesses, not potentially put them out of business.”

The bill is also opposed by senators from states that have no sales tax, including Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.

“Supporters of this online sales tax bill are trying to muscle it through before senators find out how disastrous it would be for businesses in their states,” Ayotte said. “I will fight this power grab every step of the way to protect small online busi-nesses in New Hampshire and across the nation.”

Baucus said the bill would require relatively small Internet retailers to comply with sales tax laws in thousands of jurisdictions.

“This legislation doesn’t help businesses expand and grow and hire more em-ployees,” Baucus said. “Instead, it forces small businesses to hire expensive lawyers and accountants to deal with the burdensome paperwork and added complexity of tax rules and filings across multiple states.”

But Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said the bill requires participating states to make it relatively easy for Internet retailers to comply. States must provide free computer software to help retailers calculate sales taxes, based on where shoppers live. States must also establish a single entity to receive Internet sales tax revenue, so retailers don’t have to send them to individual counties or cities.

“We’re way beyond the quill pen and leger days,” Durbin said. “Thanks to com-puters and thanks to software it is not that complex.”

Saginaw Valley State University has hired a recognized international business scholar and program builder to serve as dean of the College of Business and Management. Rama Yelkur comes to SVSU from the University of Wis-consin-Eau Claire where she joined the faculty in 1998 and has served as director of interna-tional business programs since 2002.

While at UW-Eau Claire, Yelkur devel-oped an implemented an international busi-ness major and played an active role during the

school’s accreditation process with AACSB International, the Associ-ation to Advance Collegiate Schools of Businsess. She also created the Northern Wisconsin International Trade Association and has served as its director since its founding in 2008. In that role, Yelkur has assisted firms seeking export markets for their products and has organized a variety of workshops and seminars for businesses.

Yelkur said SVSU’s student-centered emphasis attracted her to the position.

“The faculty and staff here are dedicated to the success of stu-dents,” she said. “I also liked that there are many global opportunities for students.”

Outside of academia, Yelkur has served as a consultant to NBC Television since 2008 in the areas of media, sponsorships and advertis-ing. One of her areas of scholarly expertise is the study of Super Bowl ads and their effectiveness.

During her campus visit, Yelkur came away impressed with SV-SU’s strong relationships with regional businesses and with her future colleagues in the College of Business and Management.

“When I visited,” she said, “I saw the collegiality of the people in the College of Business and Management and the connections to the regional business community. I’m excited to grow these connections and expand our outreach.”

Yelkur completed a Doctor of Business Administration at Mis-sissippi State University. She also holds two degrees from her native India: an M.B.A. from PSG College of Technology and a bachelor’s degree from Madras University.

Yelkur will begin her duties at SVSU July 1. She replaces Jill Wet-more, who is retiring this summer after more than 30 years in SVSU’s College of Business and Management.

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Business SolutionsThe Growth CoachCal Talley, Owner293 Provincial Ct. #78989-401-6229C.Talley@The GrowthCoach.comwww.The GrowthCoach.com

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ConstructionKingdom BuildersJim Shafley, President2210 Annesley StreetSaginaw, MI 48601989. 948.8094www.kingdombuildersmi.org

ConsultantsEnviCare Consulting, Inc.Billy J. Strawter, Sr., President2809 Blairmont DriveMidland, MI 48622989.839.9177www.envicareinc.com

DentistsJack W. Nash, DDSCosmetic andRestorative Dentistry1320 S. Washington Ave.Saginaw, Michigan 48601989-752-1200

FashionWhere Did U Get That Hat? Specialize in Custom Designs“Sunday’s Best” Yvonne Ellison/MillinerPhone 989-529-4193E-mail: [email protected]

FinancialCity of Saginaw Block Grant & Rehab Program 1315 S. Washington Avenue, Room Saginaw, MI 48601 989-759-1530

Saginaw Economic Development Corporation Shontaye Bibbs 1315 S. Washington Avenue, Room 207 Saginaw, MI 48601 989-759-1395 [email protected]

Florists Erika’s Flowers214 Federal Ave.Saginaw, MI 48607989-755-9330www.erikasflowerssaginaw.com

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Funeral Homes Deisler Funeral Home2233 Hemmeter Rd.Saginaw, MI 48603989.799.1151

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PublicationsDavid HallCrimiel Publications LLCPOB 20061Saginaw, Michigan 48602

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RestaurantsBrother Arthur’s Fish & More2522 E. Genesee Saginaw, MI 989-752-0200

Rite Spot 1205 Lapeer Saginaw, MI 48601 989-754-6001

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TailorsExecutive Tailoring Christopher E. EddingtonMaster Tailor418 Court StreetSaginaw, MI [email protected] hour service

Tax ServicesRobert McDuffy Tax & Accounting Service/ERO e-file2127 LedyardSaginaw, MI 48601Business - 989-443-0115 Fax [email protected]

TransportationMcFadden Charter Service, LLCHoward McFadden1200 E. Moore Rd.Saginaw, Michigan989-777-7038 / 989-751-1461Howard [email protected]

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Saginaw Valley Ford Lincoln Gil Johnson, President4201 Bay RoadSaginaw, MI 48603989.792.17001.800.479.8651

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Banquet FacilitiesRowan - West Facility1400 W. Genesee Saginaw, Michigan989-753-3475

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Dr. Jack Nashhas been practicingdentistry for over 35years.He is a graduateof the University ofMichiganDentalschool.To askDr. Nash dentalquestions write to himat: Dr. Jack W. Nash,poB1442,saginaw,Mi48607, or email him at

[email protected]. all opinions discussedin these articles are those of Dr. Nash;treatmentoptionsshouldbediscussedwithanindividual’spersonaldentist.

DearDr.Nash: I have seen all the headlines about the Oral Surgeon in Tulsa who may have possibly exposed thousands of his patients to terrible diseases like AIDS and Hepatitis. This scares me almost to death to see that things like this can still happen in this age of modern medicine. Can you please tell me what should

be done in every dental office to protect the patients from being exposed to the same things that happened in Tulsa? Thanks, Gregory.

Gregory: You are asking a very good question. I myself was taken aback when I read about the Oral Surgeon in Tulsa and the troubles he has caused. Let me assure you that most dental offices follow the strict guidelines of the CDC (Center for Disease Control). In this new era of single use for many of the materials modern dentists use, and by following the proper sterilization procedures, there is only a remote chance -- almost next to impossible -- that any diseases can pass from one patient to another from routine dental treatment.

I will give you a few examples of what a dental team does to insure the safety of a patient and also themselves during dental treatment. The dental team will wear gloves, mask, glasses and protective garments. Before a patient enters a room all surfaces that may have been touched during dental treatment are cleaned and disinfected. In today’s world most of the products

we use are single use/disposable products. Needles, cotton rolls and gauze are never reused; they are disposed of according to strict guidelines. Any non-disposable instruments are sterilized according to the guidelines that are enforced by the ADA and the Center for Disease Control.

So Gregory, if you really are a little wary about all the hoopla regarding the dentist in Tulsa and the poor dental sterilization procedures, just ask your dentist about the sterilization procedures that are followed in the office, and that will ease your mind. I am sure your dentist will be proud to show you the careful attention given to the patients’ safety by a host of sanitizing procedures in practice in the office.

So my friend, get your teeth fixed and you will feel better about yourself and maybe even live longer. Until next time....Keep Smiling!

Dr. NashDr. Jack W. Nash, DDS FAGD, 1320 S.

Washington Ave., Saginaw, Michigan 48601-2591 - Office - 989.752.1200 – Fax- 989.752.2481



Health‘Better Choices, Better Medicine, Better Healing’isthepossibilityofspreadingDiseasesinYourDentalofficeaReality?

Watch for these signs and symptoms if you think you or someone else may be having a stroke. Note when your signs and symptoms begin, be-cause the length of time they have been present may guide your treatment decisions.

• Troublewithwalking.You may stumble or experience sudden dizziness, loss of balance or loss of coordination.

• Troublewithspeakingandunderstand-ing. You may experience confusion. You may slur your words or have difficulty understanding speech.

• paralysisornumbnessoftheface,armorleg. You may develop sudden numbness, weak-

ness or paralysis in your face, arm or leg, especially on one side of your body. Try to raise both your arms over your head at the same time. If one arm begins to fall, you may be having a stroke. Simi-larly, one side of your mouth may droop when you try to smile.

• Troublewithseeinginoneorbotheyes.You may suddenly have blurred or blackened vi-sion in one or both eyes, or you may see double.

• Headache. A sudden, severe headache, which may be accompanied by vomiting, dizziness or altered consciousness, may indicate you’re hav-ing a stroke.

Whentoseeadoctor:

seekimmediatemedicalattention if you no-tice any signs or symptoms of a stroke, even if they seem to fluctuate or disappear. Call 911 or your lo-cal emergency number right away. everyminutecountsfromthebeginningwhenthesymptomsoccur. Don’t wait to see if symptoms go away. The longer a stroke goes untreated, the greater the po-tential for brain damage and disability. If you’re with someone you suspect is having a stroke, watch the person carefully while waiting for emergency assistance.

Source: Mayo Clinic

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“outoftheshadows”By Will Hillman

On May 9, Saginaw MAX System of Care youth, families, and sys-tem partners will be cel-ebrating “National Chil-dren’s Mental Health Awareness Day”. Every year the National Federa-tion for Families creates a theme, this year being

“Out of the Shadows: Exposing Stigma”. Every day a young person living with complex mental health needs experience more than their diagno-sis; they experience judgment by their commu-nity, social media, peers, systems, and even their families. We often think of our youth as “nothing but trouble”, however, more often than not, they are simply “misunderstood”. The truth is, some individuals don’t understand mental health or what it means to be mentally ill - it is not always what you see in movies.

Youth living with mental health challenges walk the daily life of stigma by trying to avoid names and labels such as “crazy, weird, and slow”. This population of youth experiences a high volume of bullying which increases suicidal ideation and low self esteem. Mental health is not merely the absence of mental illness, but it is also the ability to cope with the challenges in life. It

is just as important as ones own physical health.Failure to detect early signs of mental illness

in youth may result in negative consequences such as increased risk for academic failure, social isolation, unsafe sexual behavior, drug and alco-hol abuse, suicide attempts, unemployment, and poor health. A recent report from the CDC says, “Rising rates of mental and emotional problems among U.S. children and youngsters signal a cri-sis for the country. Depression, anxiety, attention deficit, conduct disorders, suicidal thinking, and other serious psychological problems are striking more and more children and youths.” (Center for Disease Control, 2012)

Youth facing complex mental health needs will often have multi-system involvement (e.g. DHS, CMH, Juvenile Justice, and Specialized Education). It’s overwhelming for anyone to try to successfully navigate through these systems, but add to that the complex lifestyle mental health challenges creates along with simply be-ing a teenager and it can seem downright impos-sible. So, it’s no surprise that many youth and families are facing numerous barriers and chal-lenges within each system.

Saginaw MAX System of Care has been working hard to address the barriers, challenges, and red tape that youth and families may face while accessing care. Youth and families are em-

powered to make decisions in their own care as well as in the policies that govern them. Through the Saginaw MAX collaborative approach, sys-tem partners are committed to hearing the voices of these youth and families.

As a community we are bringing attention to youth mental health as it will effectively support youth, empower parents, and encourage families in their unique lives, so on May 9, we celebrate the unique lives of youth across the county, state, and nation who live with mental health challeng-es.

Join us as we gather on the steps of City Hall, located at 1315 S. Washington Ave., at 4:30 p.m. Mayor Greg Branch and a representative from the Saginaw County Board of Commissioners will present the youth and families with procla-mations declaring May 9, a day of mental health awareness for youth in Saginaw County. Imme-diately following the ceremony, the group will march to Holland Avenue Bridge where they will release green balloons as a symbol of hope and pride. The march will then continue along Michi-gan Avenue and will conclude at Ojibwa Island.

All are welcome to attend and participate at no cost, and wearing green in support of mental health awareness is encouraged!

Are you thinking of adding a dog or cat as a member of your family? Do you want to know what to look for in choosing the right furry friend? Are you concerned with the cost of caring for a pet? Whether you are exploring the idea of pet ownership, or if you already have one and want to learn more about their needs, this family program is one that you don’t want to miss on Thursday,May16at6:30p.m.,at

HoytLibrary,505Janes.Dr. David Wallace, Doctor of Veterinary

Medicine, a Saginaw native and a graduate of Arthur Hill High School, will be on hand to an-swer your pet curiosities and concerns that will help your family make an informed decision about pet ownership and responsibilities. Dr. Wallace started the Mid-Michigan Veterinary Hospital in 1985 and is skilled in all aspects

of pet care…from general checkups to delicate surgery.

Kevin Wilken, Director of the Saginaw County Animal Care Center will also answer questions about adoption being an option for families looking for that special furry friend.

This program is FREE and open to fami-lies!

ChoosingTheRightFurryFriendForYourFamily

Library Happenings

MichiganHistoryWeekCelebrationTuesday,May14•4:30p.m.ClaytorLibrary

For “Michigan History Week” Claytor Library will be celebrating the wonderful “Great Lakes State.” The program will include games, activities and picture matching! Children ages 7-10 are welcome to explore the library and learn many new and exciting facts about the state of Michigan. Prizes will be awarded!

Are you or someone you know having child behavior problems?

The CAN Council, through Project LAUNCH funding, offers FREE parenting classes. The program is called Incredible Years and is an evidence based curricula targeting parents with 3 to 6 year old children. The parent training program is designed to work jointly to promote emotional and social competence and to prevent, reduce, and treat behavioral and emotional problems in young children. There have been 40 parents and caregivers who participated in 3 series of 20 sessions each.

Is IY helpful?

National studies have shown promising results:

Increased positive and nurturing parenting

Decreased harsh coercive negative parenting

Reduction in children’s home and school behavior problems

Increased positive behaviors at home and school

Increased parent-child bonding

For more information about Incredible Years, please contact Vera, CAN Council Great Lakes Bay Region CAPE Director and Incredible Years Group Leader, at [email protected] or 989-752-7226.

Project LAUNCH stands for Linking Actions for Unmet Needs for Children’s Health. The Michigan Department of Community Health was awarded a grant from the federal government and they chose Saginaw as the area to provide services. If you want to learn more about Project LAUNCH contact Pamela at (989) 202-1485 extension 102 or [email protected].

S A G I N A W

I N C R E D I B L E Y E A R S Incredible Years We began our third Incredible Years class series in October 2012. On the first day of classes we do paperwork and introductions. During the first class, my co-group leader and I began introductions by saying what our jobs are and what our background is. Then it was the parents’ turns to share. This group went way above and beyond the typical name and brief background (number of children, gender and ages) that most parents give when they first meet each other. These parents voluntarily opened up and shared difficulties they were having with each child including the troubles and barriers their families were facing. Several of the parents cried when they shared. Each parent spent a good ten minutes or more telling their story and what had led them to be in the class. They chose not to hold back! We believe this story shows just how vital the Project Launch-funded Incredible Years is to the community. The parents in our current session had these feelings and concerns bottled up just waiting for someone to listen to them. Just waiting for someone who had support to offer them. When adults who have never met are willing to open up to strengthen their families, you know the services being provided are exactly what they were hoping for! ~ Danelle Elliott Incredible Years Group Leader CAN Council Great Lakes Bay

“We believe this story shows just

how vital the Incredible Years

and Project Launch are to

our community.”





A.Philip Randolph InstitutePOB 1107Saginaw, MI 48606American Red Cross1232 N. MichiganSaginaw, MI 48602989-754-8181Antique Toy & Firehouse Museum3456 Patterson Rd. Bay City, MI 487061-888-888-1270 Boys & Girls Club of Bay County300 Lafayette Ave.Bay City, MI 48706989-892-6723CAN Council Saginaw County1311 N. Michigan AvenueSaginaw, MI 48602(989) 752-7226 / fax (989) 752-2777www.cancouncil.orgCastle Museum of Saginaw County History500 Federal Ave.Saginaw, MI 48607 Circle of Love 1809 Durand Ave.Saginaw, MI 48602989-754-2377

Emmaus House of Saginaw733 S. 15th StreetSaginaw, MI 48601989-755-7538THE EZEKIEL [email protected]. Box 3470Saginaw, MI. 48605-3470Phone: 989.755.1620 Fax: 989.755.4038First Ward Community Center1410 N. 12th StreetSaginaw, MI 48601989-753-0411Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan5470 Davis Rd.Saginaw, MI 48604989-799-9565Good Neighbors Mission1318 Cherry StreetSaginaw, MI 48601989-399-9918Health Delivery, Inc. 501 Lapeer Ave.Saginaw, MI 48607989.759.6400

Houghton-Jones Task Force1708 Johnson StreetSaginaw, MI989-752-1660Michigan Banner Outreach 1400 W. GeneseeSaginaw, MI 48602989-714-2240Nathan Weidner Children’s Advocacy Ctr.715 N. EuclidBay City, MI989-671-1345Operation Reach 119 S. Jefferson Avenue Saginaw, MI 989-754-4444Public Libraries of SaginawButman-Fish, Claytor, Hoyt, Wickes & Zauel Libraries505 Janes AvenueSaginaw, MI 48607989-755-0904www.saginawlibrary.org

Restoration Community Outreach1205 Norman Saginaw, MI 48601(989) 753-1886 / fax (989) 753-2880Email: [email protected] Saginaw County Community Action Agency, Inc. (CAC)2824 Perkins StreetSaginaw, MI 48601989.753.7741The Salvation Army2030 N. CarolinaSaginaw, MI 48602989-793-8371The Saginaw Community Foundation1 Tuscola, Suite 100 Saginaw, MI 48607989-755-0545Women of ColorsPOB 5525Saginaw, MI 48603989-399-9275 or 989-737-9286

NON PROFIT DIRECTORY

Passionate about ending violence against women? A local agency is seeking volunteers to help at SPECIal EvEnTS anD FunDRaISERS.

ClERICal aSSISTanT volunteers needed to assist with daily office duties such as filing, answering phone, typing, and assisting with various other office duties. Training is provided.

A local agency is looking for individuals to walk with in the CInCO DE MayO PaRaDE. Duties include passing out candy and being able to walk approximately 2-3 miles. Event: May 4th.

Make a difference in the lives of those with life-limiting illnesses. Volunteers needed to provide In-HOME or nuRSInG HOME vISITS to allow family members to run errands and get a break from caregiving.

OFFICE volunteers are needed at a local agency to assist with routing incoming calls, occasional photocopying, mail preparation and other general duties.

Lead the way in a movement to reclaim

the future for millions! Volunteers are needed to help with TEaM RECRuITMEnT, SPOnSORSHIP, kickoff parties, day of event logistics and more

Do you know how to wRITE GRanTS? If you have the skills needed for this volunteer position please consider giving a few hours of your time a month.

PHySICIan volunteers needed to provide free medical care to individuals without any type of health insurance at various medical clinics throughout Saginaw County.

GREaT STaRT Day at the Zoo! Volunteers are needed to help with CHIlDREn’S CRaFT BOOkMaRk aCTIvITy during the event. Agency is looking for individuals to work 2 hour shifts.

vIGIl volunteers are needed at a local agency to be caring and calming presence for a dying patent when words and deeds are less important than just being there. Training provided.

Volunteers needed for anSwERInG PHOnES, COOkIE BakInG anD BEInG

FRIEnDly TO RESIDEnTS PET THERaPHy DOGS needed at a local

agency to bring a smile to lonely patients. Come play store with us for a good cause?

Volunteers needed for various positions: CaSHIER, PRICE MERCHanDISE, GREETER and anyone with interest and knowledge in anTIquES. Training provided.

lICEnSED PHaRMaCIST needed to volunteer at local agency to help check filled medications, supervise pharmacy technicians, educate clients about medications and transfer medications.

PHySICIan and REGISTERED nuRSE volunteers are needed at a local clinic to help provide free medical assistance. Time: 9am – 12pm. Days flexible.

To volunteer your services or to donate goods, call Henrietta watson at the United Way of Saginaw County 755-0505, Ext. 216, [email protected]. Or check out the web-based volunteer program at www.GOvolunteerNOW.org.

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At the news of a massive storm front roll-ing in recently, and impending flooding along N. River Road in Saginaw, the staff of St. Fran-cis Home in Saginaw rushed to find temporary housing for their residents. Staff and residents packed their bags up and left for clean dry hous-ing for as long as they needed it. They made their way to two local nursing homes, and an assisted living community.

Forty-two of the St. Francis residents were moved to New Hope Valley, while 15 each moved to Saginaw Geriatrics and Brittany Manor in Midland.

New Hope Valley Assisted Living in Sagi-naw is a new community that opened its doors as a temporary home for St. Francis residents

to live and thrive. In less than 6 hours, 42 resi-dents, staff, and equipment were moved into New Hope from Thursday, April 18, until Mon-day, April 22.

This living situation could have ended poorly, with massive changes over the course of a few hours. Against great odds, St. Francis and New Hope staff, as well as their residents came together to form a relationship of wel-come guests, and gracious hosts. Kitchen staff from St. Francis arrived with pots, pans, and food in tow. Nursing staff moved in with carts, equipment, furniture and clothing. Residents busied themselves with crafting, catching their favorite television shows, telling their stories and listening to the tunes of Arlyn at the piano.

St. Francis Home is a provider of quality skilled nursing care and successful physical re-habilitation services in Saginaw, and surround-ing areas. For additional information concern-ing St. Francis Home, contact Sister Margaret Mary Turner, RSM, at 989.781.3150.

New Hope Valley is a Saginaw based 45 apartment community that offers assisted liv-ing, and memory care. an optimal agingexpowillbeheldbyNewHopeValleyonitscampusonsaturday,May11,fromnoonto4p.m.Contact R. Rumi Shahzad, Founder & Managing Director, New Hope Valley Assisted Living Home, at 989.498.4000, concerning the new community.

st.FrancisHomeandNewHopeValleyCollaborateResidentMoveinanticipationofFlooding

Woonsocket, RI - The CVS Caremark Char-itable Trust, a private foundation created by CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) recently announced the recipients of the “Innovations in Community Health” grants, which have been awarded to community health centers nationwide through a partnership with the National Associa-tion of Community Health Centers (NACHC). The grants will help community health centers increase access to quality health care and pro-duce better health outcomes while reducing costs for patients and healthcare systems.

The grants, which total more than $1 mil-lion, have been awarded to 21 community health centers to support the development of innova-

tive, community-based programs and initiatives that focus on the treatment and management of chronic illnesses, specifically heart disease, dia-betes, hypertension and asthma.

“Today, community health centers are pro-viding affordable health care services to more than 22 million patients in more than 9,000 lo-cations throughout the country,” said Tom Van Coverden, President and CEO of the National Association of Community Health Centers. “Through our partnership with the CVS Care-

mark Charitable Trust, we are able to work with the ‘Innovations in Community Health’ grant re-cipients to not only help them provide their local communities with access to innovative and high quality health care but also educate the public on how they can prevent and manage chronic dis-eases.”

Funding through the “Innovations in Com-munity Health” grant program will support com-munity health centers nationwide that are helping patients manage chronic disease, include Health Delivery, Inc. of Saginaw with a program focus on diabetes and hypertension management.

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Wilbert J. Smith and Alois B. Smith

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Contact us today to learn more about our Quality Care Guarantee!

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The ComForcare MissionTo improve the quality of life and

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We focus on four initiatives that are critical to the well-being of seniors: • Fall Prevention

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With health care costs increasing and more expenses being passed on to the consumer, MMR has created a program to help cover co-payments for ambulance transportation.

MMR Plus is an optional membership program for $49 annually.

• Ambulancetransportsmustbemedicallynecessary.• No limits to the number of times you may use the

membership during the program year.• Membershipcoversbothspousesanddependentchildren

living at home.• Don’t have a billable health insurance? Membership

means you’ll only be charged the Medicare allowable rate – a fraction of the regular charges.

Check your insurance coverage and benefit structure to see if MMR Plus is right for you. You may also contact MMR’s Verifications Specialists for further details at 989.907.2120, or 800.232.5216.

We are building LIFETIME ADVOCATES to inspire change and end VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. Come experience how you can help make that change in Saginaw.

Underground Railroad—Advocates for Change Thursday, May 9, 2013

After you hear our story, you will see how your $100 donation ensures someone is available to answer the most important call.

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Praise Connections and LifeMr.CountercultureThe Church (Body of Christ, Ecclesia)By Corey Pritchett

Greetings beloved, I speak grace and peace unto you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I want to draw your attention to my last article concerning the definition of the Church. I gave a very brief detail of some, not all, areas that define the Body of Christ. One of them was “…an assembly of professing Believers.” I would like to discuss some of the “sound doctrinal instructions” about this assembly of people.

The Apostle Paul had wrote to the “assembly of professing Believers” in Ephesus “I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord,

beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all”(Eph. 4:1-6NKJV).

Therefore, I want every Believer of the Body of Christ, the Church, to ask themselves, “How well am I following these sound doctrinal instructions?” Are you living a lifestyle that demonstrates longsuffering and bearing with one another in love? Are you endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace? Why don’t Believers support one another in ministry efforts?

I know a brother by the name of Chet Atkins, who was recently ordained as a Pastor and will be having a conference on June 6, June7, and June 8. The conference will be 7:00 p.m. each night at 1121 Tuscola Ave., in Saginaw. Because he is not a “known or famous” Pastor, many will read this announcement and will not pay any attention to it, however, those of you who love the Body and love to unify with the “assembly of Believers,” will at least inquire about it.

Do you ever wonder why there are so many denominations within the Body and why there are so many Believers who fail to agree on the sound doctrine of scripture? There are many factors as to why Christians don’t operate in unity and agree on the sound doctrine of scripture, but tend to have their own interpretations on particular things as they see fit or may have been taught. This is due to the three things that are in this world, which are the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life (I John 2:16 NKJV). People disagree with sound doctrine sometimes because of what they want physically or materially, the lust of the eyes. Some disagree with sound doctrine at times because of envy or selfish ambitions, the lust of the flesh. Others may disagree with sound doctrine because they want to be lifted up and exalted, they are not experiencing liberty in the Spirit because their hearts are hardened due to the pride of life. I will be addressing “sound doctrine in my next article on “the Church.”

Until next time beloved…

GettingYourHouseinorderZion Missionary Baptist Church, located at 721 Johnson Street, in Saginaw, Pastor Rodrick A. Smith, Quality of Life Support Ministry, will present the topic Getting Your House in Order. The monthly meeting will be held on May 7, at 10:20 a.m. in the Austin Fellowship Hall. The speaker is Ms. Angilina Davis-Lindsey from Evans & Browne’s Funeral Home who will discuss the benefits of pre-funeral arrangements. The meeting is open to the public and refreshments are served. For additional information, call 989.777.4861.


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NewBeginningChristianChurch1016ShermanRoad•Saginaw,MI48604•989-754-2963

sunday10 a.m. - Sunday School11 a.m. - Morning Worship 1st Sunday Morning Worship Communion Wednesday Noon and 6 p.m. Prayer and Bible Study ReverendDr.WillieF.Casey

and1stLadyidaM.Casey

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

ChristDiscipleBaptistChurch3317LapeerStreet,Saginaw,Michigan•989-754-2444

pastorLarryD.Camel and1stLadyshirleyCamel

sunday9:30 a.m. – Sunday School11:00 – Worship Service

NewBirthMissionaryBaptistChurch1418S.WarrenAvenue•Saginaw,MI48601•989-755-6604

Pastor Dempsey Allen

Jacob’sLadderMinistries1926 Fairfield StreetSaginaw, MI 48602

989.799.6601www.jacobsladdersaginaw.org

sundayMorningWorship-11:15a.m.

sunday8:30 a.m. Early Morning Worship 8:00 a.m. Radio Ministry - 98.9 FM 9:30 a.m. Sunday School, Enrichment 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship www.mtoimbc.org

Mt.oliveinstitutionalMissionaryBaptistChurch1114N.6th•Saginaw,MI48601•(989)-752-8064

Dr. Marvin T. and Omie Smith

saginawValleyCommunityChurch3660HermansauDr.•saginaw,Mi48603•989-753-4769Sunday10 a.m. ~ Morning Worship6 p.m. ~ Celebrate Recovery6:30 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 Rooms

Wednesday 6:30 p.m ~ Equipping Classes, all agesThursday 1 p. m & 6:30 p .m ~ Healing Rooms Saturday 6 p.m. ~ Youth Worship

Pastor P. David Saunders

Bethela.M.e.Church 535 Cathay Street

Saginaw, MI(989) 755-7011 ext. 221

BreadofLifeHarvestChurch3726FortuneBoulevard•Saginaw,MI48603 989.790.7933

sunday10 a.m. Wednesday7 p.m. http://breadoflifetm.org/ apostleRodneyJ.and

prophetessRonniMcTaggart



My Mother kept a garden, a garden of the heart,

She planted all the good thingsthat gave my life it’s start.

She turned me to the sunshineand encouraged me to dream,

Fostering and nurturingthe seeds of self-esteem...

And when the winds and rain came, she protected me enough-

But not too much because she knewI’d need to stand up strong and tough.

Her constant good examplealways taught me right from wrong-

Markers for my pathwaythat will last a lifetime long. I am my Mother’s garden.

I am her legacy-And I hope today she feels the love

reflected back from meauthor unknown

Happy Mother’s Day from the Michigan Banner Family

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1 unbaked 9-inch pie crust2 ¼ cups maple syrup¾ cup half-and-half¼ cup all-purpose flour4 eggs1 cup chopped walnutsPreheat the oven to 375 F.

Prepare the pastry for a 9-inch single-crust pie. Set it aside.Combine the maple syrup, half-and-half, and flour in a large bowl; whisk until well blended. Add the eggs one at a time, blending well after each addition. Stir in the walnuts until they are well coated. Pour the filling into the prepared pie crust. Bake for 10 minutes, then decrease the heat to 350 degrees and bake for 30 to 35 minutes longer, or until the filling is set. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes before serving.

Makes one 9-inch pie

Patty Pinner is the author of Sweets and Sweety Pies. A collection of Soul Food Desserts and Memories, which was selected as one of the best cookbooks of the year by The New York Times, and called “a sliver of fancy cake with a soulful memory” by the Washington Post.

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

BethelaMeChurchPastor P. David Saunders535 Cathay St.Saginaw, MI 48601(989) 755-7011

BethlehemBaptistChurchPastor Ernest W. Bothuel3309 Bundy StreetSaginaw, MI 48601989-752-5866

BreadofLifeHarvestCenterSenior Pastor Rodney J. McTaggart 3726 Fortune Blvd. Saginaw, MI 48603(989) 790-7933

ChristDisciplesBaptistPastor Eddie Benson3317 Lapeer StreetSaginaw, MI 48601(989) 754-2444

ChristFellowshipMBCPastor Robert Davis818 N. Washington Ave. Saginaw, MI 48601(989) 754-4435

WorldoutreachCampusof GreaterColemanTempleMinistriesSupt. 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

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

GreaterFreewillMissionary BaptistChurchPastor James E. Speed615 Irving Park Ave.Saginaw, Michigan 48601(989) 753-1713(989) 755-3133Email: [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

NewBeginningChristianChurchReverend Dr. Willie F. Casey1016 Sherman Road Saginaw, MI 48604 989-754-2963

NewBeginningsLifeChanging MinistriesPastor Otis Dickens2312 S. Washington Ave.Saginaw, MI 48601(989) 755-3650NewBirthMissionaryBaptistPastor Larry D. Camel1418 S. WarrenSaginaw, MI 48601(989) 755-6604 NewCovenantChristianCenterPastor Ron Frierson 523 Hayden Saginaw, MI 752-8485 NewFaithTempleCoGiCElder Charles H. Coleman 2118 Burt Street Saginaw, MI 48601 (989) 752-3880NewHopeMissionaryBaptistChurchPastor Floyd A. Logan1721 Tuscola StreetSaginaw, MI 48601(989) 753-7600Email: [email protected] Rufus Bradley1401 Janes St. Saginaw, MI 48601(989) 753-1151NewMt.CalvaryBaptistPastor Robert Donald3610 Russell StreetSaginaw, MI 48601(989) 754-0801NinthstreetCommunityChurch Pastor William L. Scott, Jr. Assistant Pastor Rex Jones 1118 N. 9th Street Saginaw, MI 48601 989-752-7366princeofpeaceBaptistChurch825 North 24th StreetSaginaw, MI 48601989.754.2841Pastor Robert B. Corley, Jr.ResurrectionLifeMinistriesChurchPastor Carolyn L. Wilkins 2320 Sheridan Avenue Saginaw, MI 48601989.754.9466

st.paulBaptistPastor Vincent D. McMillon120 N. 15th St. Saginaw, MI 48601(989) 752-5023

saginawValleyCommunityPastor Richard Sayad3660 HermansauSaginaw, MI 48603(989) 752-4769

st.JohnMissionaryBaptistChurchPastor James E. Hodge1309 North 6th StreetSaginaw, MI 48601(989) 753-2188(989)714-7678

st.LukesCMePastor Charles Braddock1121 Tuscola Saginaw, MI 48607(989) 755-0351

TransformingLifeMinistriesPastor William Brown3024 South Washington AvenueSaginaw, MI 48601-4353(989) 754-9573

TruevineBaptistChurchPastor Paul E. Broaddus 2930 Janes StreetSaginaw, MI 48601989-752-0751

VictoriousBelievers MinistriesChurchRev. Christopher V. Pryor624 S. Outer Dr. Saginaw, MI (989) 755-7692

WolverineBaptiststateConvention615 S. Jefferson Ave.Saginaw, MI 48607

ZionMissionaryBaptistChurchPastor Rodrick Smith721 JohnsonSaginaw, MI 48607(989) 754-9621





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AT&T “It Can Wait” Take out your wireless device. Read the last text message you sent or received aloud. Would reading or responding to that text message from behind the wheel be worth the risk of getting into a car accident -- or worse? Our goal

is to educate all wireless users, especially teen drivers, on the risks of texting while driving. AT&T is committed to putting an end to the behavior and our message is simple, yet vital: When it comes to texting and driving, it can wait. Visit the AT&T “It Can Wait” Campaign at www.itcanwait.com for additional information, and while you are there try the texting and driving simulator.

An established Barber Shop is seeking a talented and skilled Barber. Must be licensed, have an outgoing personality, a clientele, and is a team player. We offer affordable booth rent. If you are interested, call 989.753.3475.

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Carleton Green loves to help people — specifically, to create opportunities for others. It’s why the sophomore communications major devotes himself to organizations driven to develop people’s potential. Carleton is the vice president of SVSU’s chapter National Society of Leadership Success, an organization on campus that emphasizes goal-setting and achievement. In fact, Carleton’s chapter achieved a few goals of its own: in its first year, it has been named the Best New Organization and become the largest registered student organization on campus.

A brother in the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity and a former mentor in the Great Lakes Bay Region Youth Leadership Institute, Carleton also recently became involved in AISIEC, an international organization that helps students arrange exchanges abroad. “I have done so much and have become involved in quite a few organizations,” Carleton says. “I love that SVSU feels like my home away from home.”

i amcreating my future ... and it is bright

Prospective or transfer students can check out SVSU by taking a campus tour and meeting with an admissions representative. Call (989) 964-4200 or email [email protected].

Visit us online at svsu.edu

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