Photo courtesy of Margaux & Associates, LLC Margaret Shupe (left), Co-op Services’ assistant branch manager in Livonia, and Member Service Representative Katelyn Fava model new backpacks donated by staff during the Backpack Drive. Accepting new backpacks and school supplies at 11 branch locations Co-op Services Credit Union launched its sixth annual Backpack Drive which runs through Friday. Partnering with Volunteers of America, CSCU is collecting new backpacks, folders, notebooks, pens, scissors, pencils and other … [Read more...] about CSCU hosts annual backpack drive Aug. 22
Downriver
Residents persevere in record rainfall, floods
Photo by Bob Oliver Photo by Scott Bewick Southeast Michigan came to a virtual standstill last week as up to a record six inches of rain fell in less than 36 hours, causing even more record flooding. The average Michigan montly August rainfall is approximately three inches. Top, an abandoned vehicle sits up to its windows in water on Schaefer Road under Rotunda Drive; above Southfield Road under Outer Drive at the Allen Park-Dearborn-Dearborn Heights border is covered by almost 13 feet of water; and below flooding reached … [Read more...] about Residents persevere in record rainfall, floods
Transit authority millage looking for renewal, increase
By BOB OLIVER Times-Herald Newspapers Wayne County voters taking part in the Aug. 5 primary will be deciding whether to approve a measure from county transit authority renewing and increasing an existing millage. The issue, which also will be on ballots in Oakland and Macomb counties, concerns the existing millage of 0.59 mills on all taxable property in the WCTA area that is set to expire later this year. The proposal would increase the levied tax to 1 mill and extend collection through the end of 2017. The increase … [Read more...] about Transit authority millage looking for renewal, increase
Skimmers more common than most people know
Photo courtesy of Robert J. Rebhan/Institute for the Prevention of Financial Crimes. This handheld skimmer is easily purchased, legal, and in a second collects the personal information and credit card information about the person whose card is slid through it. By TEREASA NIMS Sunday Times Newspapers They are legal, available for as little as $10 and can help rob someone of their identity. They are skimmers, devices that when a credit or debit card is swiped in it, or a personal identification number punched in, it records … [Read more...] about Skimmers more common than most people know
Wayne County efforts under way to reduce West Nile virus
Photo by Mary Mazur One of the Mosquito traps set in Wayne County communities to monitor mosquitoes and detect the presence of West Nile virus in residential areas. Environmental initiative includes mosquito monitoring and larvicide program Wayne County’s Environmental Health Division has begun its annual mosquito monitoring program to detect the presence of West Nile virus in the county. The initiative, funded through a grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health, serves as an early warning system for WNV … [Read more...] about Wayne County efforts under way to reduce West Nile virus
WWII organization seeks ‘Riveters’
The American Rosie the Riveter Association is trying to locate women who worked on the home front during World War II. Women who worked during the war are invited to call 888-557-6743, email americanrosietheriveter2@yahoo.com or write to: American Rosie the Riveter, P.O. Box 18, Kimberly, Ala., 35091. … [Read more...] about WWII organization seeks ‘Riveters’
Cruisers, perusers ready for Cruisin’ Downriver
By TEREASA NIMS and JAMES MITCHELL Sunday Times Newspapers Sally Jessup is counting the days until the 15th annual Cruisin’ Downriver when she and her boyfriend show off their candy apple red 1967 Fastback Mustang in front of an estimated 300,000 people expected to line Fort Street. This year the Fort Street tour begins at 10 a.m. Saturday and stretches from just north of Sibley Road in Riverview to Warwick, just north of Southfield in Lincoln Park. “This isn’t all about cars,” Jessup said. “It’s a great day for families to … [Read more...] about Cruisers, perusers ready for Cruisin’ Downriver
How to successfully merge finances in marriage
CHARLES HOFF By CHARLES HOFF Special to the Times-Herald He’s a spender. She’s a saver. He likes risk. Her, not so much. Is this mismatch a divorce in the making? Differing financial habits need not portend a doomed marriage. With a few proactive conversations and a little upfront planning, the merger of finances can be a positive and productive step for couples entering matrimony. Marriage counselors report that money is the leading cause of unhappiness; in fact, it’s the leading reason couples give when calling it quits. … [Read more...] about How to successfully merge finances in marriage
Taylor-Trenton Oakwood emergency drills
Photos courtesy City of Taylor Oakwood Healthcare Inc. invited city officials and first responders to a National Disaster Medical System exercise in Dearborn last month, a training session held in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The session tested the ability of the VA's Veterans Integrated Service Network to move patients and address catastrophic disasters at the local level. The cities of Taylor and Trenton recently were named pilot communities for Oakwood's Healthy Communities program to conduct health … [Read more...] about Taylor-Trenton Oakwood emergency drills
Oakwood golf outing offers ‘Two Times the Fun’
Photo courtesy of Pat Andrews The committee for the 22nd annual Oakwood Hospital Healthcare Classic consists of: Monica Mulligan (front row left), Cailin Campbell, Beth Dixon, Kim Pfeffer, Dolores Pfeffer, Pat Andrews, Stacee Laske, Lisa Glines, Vonda Cini, Becky Kaplar, Mary Compeau, Kathleen Sajewicz, Marianne Malone, Edith Hughes (back row left), Dr. Vicki Athens, Janet Schwyn, Tammy McKelvey, Collene Pellegrino, Karen Mazo and Karen Colina Wilson Smithbaurer. Riverview native Bob Guiney plans to be fashionably pink on June 9. … [Read more...] about Oakwood golf outing offers ‘Two Times the Fun’