Adams Farm Market on Food Circus
Krissy Kerwin visits Adams Farm Market located in Clark Lake, MI. She's shopping for ingredients to make a delicious roasted cabbage steak meal.
Tuesday, September 22
Jerry Jarzynka, Jackson County Prosecutor; Elizabeth Palmer, Cell Block 7 Museum Manager, with Judy Gail Krasnow, First Prison Tours, Jackson Journeys; Daveda Quinn, City of Jackson Supervisor of Industrial Pretreatment Program & Lab Chemist; Dan Ross, TransPharm & Jeff Updyke, Irish Hills Collision, for Brooklyn-Irish Hills Chamber of Commerce, All Sports Spectacular Event; Rebeka Moilanen, David’s Promise, for National Down Syndrome Buddy Walk, with Andrea Mann, past participant; Colin Norton, 9-year old Qualifier for National Drive, Chip & Putt Championship
Consumers Energy Hosting Electronics & Computer Recycling Event
Whether you're making room for a new "football-ready" TV, or you're just doing a bit of cleaning, stop by Consumers Energy’s Parnall complex on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and recycle your old appliances and electronics. The address is 1945 Parnall Road. This year, Consumers Energy is teaming up with Habitat for Humanity and Valley City Recycling. Volunteers from both organizations will be on hand to help handle your recyclables. In addition, we are making a donation of $1,000 to Habitat for Humanity and will add 20 cents for every pound of electronics recycled. Last year, we donated $1,300 to Habitat for Humanity and know we can beat that this year. As part of our Appliance Recycling Program, we are offering $50 rebates for eligible refrigerators and freezers and $15 rebates for eligible window air conditioners and dehumidifiers. Additional items to recycle (not eligible for rebate – do not have to be in working condition) Computer systems and accessories • PCs and Macs – towers, laptops, all-in-ones • LCD displays • CPUs and circuit boards • Hard drives, internal, external disk drives • Docking stations, routers, hubs, switches • Servers, server racks, networking equipment • Modems…
Center for Family Health’s Terry Langston Honored with National Award
Terry Langston, communications and development officer at the Center for Family Health, has been honored by a national organization for his advocacy for community health centers. Langston received the Elizabeth K. Cooke Grassroots MVP Award from the National Association of Community Health Centers for his “constant effort and unflagging persistence as an advocate for America’s health centers and health-center patients.” Molly Kaser, president and CEO of the Center for Family Health, said Langston is exceptionally skilled at working with state and federal lawmakers of all political viewpoints to convey the social and financial benefits of federally qualified health centers. “Terry is an outstanding advocate for community health centers,” Kaser said. “He has been able to forge connections with elected officials and he communicates very effectively with them. We’re so very happy that Terry is part of our staff.”
Jackson Awarded Grant from Michigan Arts Council
Jackson is one step closer to housing the Glidden Parker mural after receiving $75,000 from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) at their awards ceremony Friday, Sept. 18. MCACA officials reviewed nearly 600 grant applications from around the state before awarding nearly $10 million in grants to recipients including schools, municipalities and museums. Jackson received the highest funding allocation - no awardee received more than $75,000 - and its grant application scored the second highest out of the 462 applicants, second only to the Detroit Institute of Arts. This is the second competitive grant the project has earned after becoming one of 66 projects nationwide to receive a National Endowment for the Arts “Our Town” Grant in July of 2014. “This has been the most difficult season of grant reviews since the days of the Great Recession when there was so little money, now the issue is how to reach as many eligible organizations as possible around the entire state with our increased, albeit still limited, funding,” said MCACA Executive Director John Bracey. The project to build a climate-controlled art gallery for the lighted 9-by-28-foot has now raised $344,000 in committed funds, including $119,000 from the Jackson…
MCCU Awards $5,000 to Columbia Elementary School
PHOTO: Left to right, Deb Powell of Columbia Elementary, Liz Hoffius of Michigan Community Credit Union, and Christi O’Neil of Columbia Elementary. Michigan Community Credit Union was honored to be a sponsor and to be present at Childrenz Challenge for a second year. Childrenz Challenge is a muddy obstacle course designed for children ages 4-13 years of age. Two courses were within the event; ages 4-8 competed on a 1 ½ mile course, and ages 9-13 competed on a 2 mile course. “We are so thrilled to be a part of an event that promotes a fun and active lifestyle for children. My son has participated the last two years and loved it,” said Tina Hamilton, CEO of Michigan Community Credit Union. Childrenz Challenge held the Michigan Community Credit Union School Challenge, which awards the top four schools that have the most participating students, based on percentage, with prize money. Childrenz Challenge awarded fourth place with $500 to Ezra Eby Elementary, third place with $1,000 to George Long Elementary, and second place with $1,500 to Queens Elementary. Michigan Community Credit Union awarded $5,000 to Columbia Elementary as the first place winner. Representatives of Columbia Elementary stated that this prize money…
SAU Baseball Coach Sam Riggleman Announces Retirement
SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – Sam Riggleman, a 40-year coaching veteran and one of the winningest coaches in NAIA history, has announced that he will retire as head baseball coach at Spring Arbor University following the 2016 season. “Coach Riggleman has had a profound impact on the lives of so many student-athletes as well as coaches, administrators, faculty members and parents throughout his 40 years of coaching,” said Director of Athletics Ryan Cottingham. “I am grateful for the 14 years we’ve worked together at Spring Arbor University where he’s been a mentor and a friend.” A two-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Coach of the Year, Riggleman has led the Cougars to a 358-190 (.653) record as the head coach over the past 11 seasons, and made five national tournament appearances, including a national runner-up finish in 2007. He has guided the Cougars to three regular season conference championships and two conference tournament titles. One of the most memorable seasons for Riggleman was the 2007 campaign where he directed his team to a remarkable 48-5 record – which included an extraordinary 36-game winning streak. The Cougars, who opened the season completely off the national radar, captured the conference, regional…
Allegiance Partners with 5 Hospitals in Unique Care Delivery Network
Six of Michigan’s leading health systems have come together to form a clinically integrated network designed to deliver high-quality, cost-effective healthcare and improve the health of residents across the state. The founding members of the clinically integrated network include Allegiance Health ,Bronson Healthcare (Kalamazoo), Covenant HealthCare (Saginaw), Lakeland Health (St. Joseph),MidMichigan Health (Midland) and Sparrow Health System (Lansing). Each of these health systems will continue to operate independently; however, together, they will offer the size, scale and scope to develop and deploy evidence-based best practices that will accelerate the transformation to better healthcare value for employers and individuals and sophisticated population health management. A clinically integrated network is a network of providers and health systems collaborating at various points to improve and maintain the health of the residents of their communities. Critical to the success of the network will be the physician-led, data driven approach to sharing best practices across the state that will allow members to reduce variations in care, lower total healthcare costs and improve the health of patients and communities served by the network. A 12-member Board of Managers was appointed in June to provide strategic direction for the network. Physicians from the member systems comprise 50…