Month: May 2020 | Page 37

Friday, May 8, 2020

May 8, 2020

Friday on The Morning Show, the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic, plus Andy and Bart’s guest: Dr. Donna O’Neill, Infectious Disease Specialist, PIIC Center. Live at 9 AM, replay at 11 AM. On The Bart Hawley Show, continuing coverage, plus Bart’s guests: Brian Philson, CEO, Highfields; Jan Barker, CEO, Girls Scouts Heart of Michigan; Jenifer Scanlon, The Brokerage House; Ashari Cain, Jackson High School Class of 2020; Entertainment Correspondent Dave DeBaker; Ric Walton, Walton Insurance Group. Live at 1 PM, replays at 5, 8 and 11 PM; 2 and 5 AM Saturday. Today at 3 PM, JTV Sports Classics. The 2015 Promise Bowl, Lumen Christi vs Jackson football.

Events of Friday, May 8, 2020

May 8, 2020

The Jackson Area Career Center 12th annual Agriscience/FFA Plant Sale. A vast selection of annual, perennials, herbs, vegetables and hanging baskets. Final Day Friday 10am - 3pm! The Career Center greenhouses are located at 6800 Browns Lake Road. Cash, check and credit/debit will be accepted. Customers will have to follow a traffic flow and only so many people will be allowed on site at a time. Customers will also be required to wear a face mask or face covering. There will be a limit of one person per vehicle, so customers are asked to please keep their helpers at home. Career Center staff will be available to help people grab baskets, carry plants and load cars. “We are asking people to please bring grace, compassion and patience with them as we navigate through the challenges brought about by these unprecedented times,” said Kaci Babineau, Marketing and Special Projects Coordinator for the Jackson County Intermediate School District. Cascades Humane Society Empty the Shelters National COVID-19 Relief Event. May 9th thru May 17th. CHS will be participating and invites you to make an appointment by visiting www.chspets.org. By appointment only. Contact-less as much as possible. Please wear facemasks. Explore The Trail System…

Sova Stars for MCHS On, off the Field

May 7, 2020

Michigan Center High School athlete Kole Sova (33) attempts to drive past a Hanover-Horton High School player during a game this past winter. Photo by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. By Jeff Steers JTV Sports Structure. That word keeps coming up during conversations with Michigan Center High School athlete Kole Sova. He liked going to the gym every day because it gave his day structure and kept his mind off of other things. Math is his favorite subject because Sova likes working with numbers. He misses the structure of going to school, practice, and everything that goes with attending high school. And finally, Sova plans to become an engineer – maybe building some structures in the future. There hasn’t been much structure in life for Sova or thousands of high school seniors recently. School was postponed for three weeks in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. In early April, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer closed schools for good for the remainder of the calendar year. A couple of days later the Michigan High School Athletic Association ended the spring season before it even began. “The Thursday everything was shut down was my first baseball practice of the season,” Sova said. “I figured they…

Governor Whitmer’s 5-7-20 Press Briefing and PowerPoint

May 7, 2020

Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-77 to extend Michigan’s Stay Home, Stay Safe order to May 28. The governor’s order will allow manufacturing workers, including those at Michigan’s Big 3 auto companies, to resume work on Monday, May 11 as part of her MI Safe Start Plan. To view the PowerPoint presentation the governor used, click the link below: PPT 5.7.20.pdf

Michigan Food and Agriculture Companies Can Now Apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans

May 7, 2020

(May 7, 2020 4:06 PM) The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation want the state’s food and agriculture companies to know they are now eligible for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan and EIDL Advance programs. Qualified Michigan food and agriculture businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and have fewer than 500 employees, are encouraged to prepare their business financial information and apply. SBA’s EIDL portal has been reopened for farmers and agriculture businesses affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. Per SBA guidelines, agriculture businesses include businesses engaged in the legal production of food and fiber, ranching, and raising of livestock, aquaculture, and all other farming and agriculture related industries [as defined by section 18(b) of the Small Business Act]. Eligible agriculture businesses must have 500 or fewer employees. “This is the first time agricultural producers are eligible for the programs, and it couldn’t come at a more critical moment for Michigan’s food and agriculture industry,” said MDARD Director Gary McDowell. “Across the country, we are seeing fractures in the food supply chain, and we need every resource available to help weather this storm. We urge every qualified…